Qi Ning took the chattering crowd to the new house.

Rows of neat and brand-new large tiled houses, thick wooden doors painted with black paint, open the courtyard paved with blue bricks, the doors and windows painted in jujube red have not yet been pasted with window paper, the house is paved with stone slabs about a foot square, and the walls are finely painted with white ash twice. The room was very bright.

After looking at a few courtyards in a row, Qi Ning went to the big courtyard behind to take a look again, and couldn't help but like it even more, she decided to be in the last row, and the courtyard on the side of the road was left by herself, and the one next to the west was given to Master Zhou.

Looking at the noisy crowd behind him, Qi Ning shouted loudly: "It's too crowded here, after half an hour, let's divide the house there, and everyone go and get the deed." "Some of the people who didn't have the deed with them ran back to get them.

Qi Ning took the Lu family brothers up the mountain, and a wide bamboo house had been built more than ten zhang west of the spring halfway up the mountain. The bamboo house is three or four feet above the ground, and a terrace of dozens of square meters is made of wooden planks in front, the doors and windows are all wood, no carving, just a simple square, with beige window screens nailed on the top, the bamboo furniture in the house, the bamboo tables and chairs, the bamboo beauty couch, and even the beds in the bedrooms on both sides are also wide bamboo beds.

"I have long learned the skill of Uncle Lu to build a house, and I can't find a better one than you in the entire Qing'an City. Uncle Lu's craftsmanship is even more amazing, bamboo can make such exquisite furniture. Qi Ning was sincerely admired.

"It's good if the girl is satisfied."

"Uncle and Third Uncle, please take a seat. There will be no tea at this time, so let's make a long story short and settle the wages. ”

The Lu brothers sat down at the table, Lu Laosan took out an account book and calculated it for Qi Ning in detail, and finally Qi Ning gave him the remaining four hundred taels, and the Lu carpenter was still a little short of one hundred and twenty taels, so he received one hundred and two from Qi Ning.

Qi Ning asked Carpenter Lu to make a set of more delicate furniture from sour branch wood in the large courtyard.

Knowing that Qi Ning was busy, the Lu family brothers took the silver ticket and left the mountain.

Qi Ning went to the duck shed to check around, Qiao Niang was cleaning duck dung. Qi Zhong came back with water, put down the bucket without saying hello to Qi Ning, and went over to grab the broom in Qiao Niang's hand: "Why don't you know how to cherish yourself and your children, I didn't say that you should not sweep the floor, in case you flash your waist, it will be troublesome." ”

Qiao Niang saw Qi Ning standing outside the door, and her face suddenly turned red: "The girl is here, it's very dirty and smelly here, you can come in after I clean it." ”

"Qiao Niang, are you pregnant?"

"Back to the girl, a few days ago, Qiao Niang vomited a lot, and I found out that she was two months pregnant when I looked at the doctor in the neighboring village." Qi Zhong rubbed his hands with excitement on his face.

"If you're pregnant, you can't do these jobs. Let's go home and raise it first. ”

"It's okay girl, the woman of the village who is not still working in the fields when she is born." Qiao Niang glanced at Qi Zhong with disgust.

"You have really worked the mountain during this time, now you don't come up the mountain with your body, I will find someone to help Qi Zhong work."

"Thank you, girl, thank you." Qi Zhong thanked him again and again.

"I have left a small courtyard at the bottom of the mountain, which is the easternmost courtyard in the sixth row from the back, you can pack up and move over, do a good job, I will not treat you badly."

"Thank you, girl, I'll pack up and move over at night." Qi Zhong was so excited that he was about to jump, he would have a son soon, and he would live in a new house.

"Qiao Niang, don't go up the mountain first, I left a yard for myself at the bottom of the mountain, so I went to the yard to help watch the door, and the salary will be open for you as usual."

"Thank you, girl." Qiao Niang hurriedly bowed to Qi Ning, she knew that Qi Ning arranged her light work to take care of her and continue to pay her.

Back before returning to the grinding plate, Village Chief Zhu and Zhu Xiuwen's second brother Zhu Xiuwu had already brought tables and chairs, Qi Ning sat at the table and inspected their deeds one by one, deducted the rent money that should be paid according to the area written on it, and paid off the silver.

was busy until almost noon, and Village Chief Zhu asked Qi Ning to go to his house for dinner, but everyone quit: "I haven't said who lives in which house?" Let's divide the house first. ”

"The yard, the big one is twenty-five, the small one is fifty-six, the one in the last row of the big yard by the side of the road and the one next to the west I kept myself, and I also kept the one on the last row of the small yard on the side of the road. The others, whether they are big or small, must be drawn, and the number of numbers caught must be drawn. ”

Qi Ning stood up and said to the eager crowd: "Don't worry, everyone, we are still here to draw lots after lunch." ”

"Qi girl went to my house to eat, my mother-in-law is ready." Wu knew that she would come back yesterday after today's delivery, and she had already told Qi Ning that she wanted a big yard.

"Thank you, Aunt Wu, but for everyone's distraction, I'll go to Zhu's house to eat, and Aunt Wu will come over early in the afternoon. When the time comes, I will write a note and everyone will check it, and then I will throw it into the basket, and when the time comes, I will catch it. ”

Qi Ning squeezed out the crowd and went to Village Chief Zhu's house for lunch. As soon as he swallowed it, Qi Ning asked Zhu to settle all their money.

Qi Ning was drinking water, and a group of people came to the door. Seeing this, Qi Ning didn't drink any more water, and followed everyone to the grinding plate with the kettle.

Qi Ning asked Zhu to write the number of twenty-three large courtyards and fifty-five small courtyards, and put them separately in two baskets, the baskets were covered with cloth, and everyone stood in two rows to catch them in order, and those who wanted a large courtyard stood in front of the basket on the east side, and those who wanted a small courtyard stood in front of the west side.

At this time, Zhu Datou, the difficult person who was ignored by Qi Ning, ran over: "Miss Qi, I haven't signed the deed yet." ”

"Oh, I know." Qi Ning didn't look at him and said to the people in line: "Let's start, let's start, if you catch the yard you want, it's just right, if you don't catch it, you can discuss it with others to change, as for how to change, you can negotiate it yourself." Caught the number that suited him, went to the Zhu account room to settle the house money and get the key. When everyone has chosen, I will go to the yamen with Village Chief Zhu to complete the deed and send it to you. ”

Qi Ning said and put a bag of broken silver and copper plates on Zhu Xiuwen's table.

"Miss Qi, wait a minute, I haven't signed the deed yet?" Zhu Datou was anxious, he originally wanted to take a handful, but he didn't expect that after waiting for so long, Qi Ning wouldn't look for him at all, and he was going to divide the house today, and he couldn't hold his breath at all.

"It's okay, I don't force you, you ask who in the village didn't sell it voluntarily."

"Yes, Zhu Datou, you miscalculated this time, and you also asked me to follow you and not sign the deed, but fortunately I didn't listen to you." The people in line gloated.

"That's it, he persuaded me to make trouble with him, so I didn't listen to him, who is like him is not enough to take advantage."

"That's it, the eldest couple is famous for their love to take advantage, and they see a branch on the road and pull it home."

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"Miss Qi, my house is in the middle, if I don't move, your land will not be easy to clean up." Zhu Datou said with a desperate fight.

"It doesn't matter, there are my paddy fields all around, you live in yours, but if you go from my land, you have to pay silver, ten taels of silver a year, and I don't want you much." Qi Ning has always had little patience for people who don't like him.

Zhu Datou's head smoked when he heard it. Ten taels of silver a year is not much!!

"Why do you say you can collect as much as you want, there is no reason in the world not to allow walking. I'm going to see who dares to let me go today. A woman with a fleshy face crossed her waist stepped forward.

"This is the big head's family, of course I can't control you walking, but if you walk from my field, you can see that I don't care. I'm not afraid to tell you, my betrothed husband is the commander of the four-grade guard army in the capital, don't talk about you, even the county master has to get out of the car to say hello when he sees it. ”

"Just you? Stop bragging, scare us don't know where. Zhu Datou's mouth was full of spittle, and he was slanting at Qi Ning.

"The eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, you are dead, Miss Qi and I are neighbors, my shop is rented from her, and her future husband is the original head catcher of Qing'an, and now he is really a big official in the capital." Wu squeezed out of the crowd and pulled Zhu Datou's daughter-in-law's arm and whispered.

"Go home, there's no place for you to talk here." Zhu Datou pushed his wife and squeezed his eyes at her. Zhu Datou's donkey got down the slope, covered his face and pretended to cry, and ran away with a loud howl.

"Miss Qi, Qi Dongjia, I was wrong, I should die, I shouldn't be greedy. Let's take a step to speak. Zhu Datou looked at it, and knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly whispered to Qi Ning.

"No, if you have something to say in front of everyone, I tell you, everyone is the same standard, I won't give more to anyone and less to anyone."

"Then I'll sell you the yard and vegetable garden, okay." Zhu Datou bowed his waist and looked at Qi Ning is in a low voice, for fear that she would say a word.

"Forget it, you wait for Zhu's account room to be busy, take him to your house to measure the land, and then write the deed." Seeing that he was a man with five big and three rough voices, Qi Ning didn't want to embarrass him.

"Hey, thank you for the great benevolence and righteousness of the Qi Dong family. I'll clean up that ignorant mother-in-law when I go home. Zhu Datou bent down and bowed again and again, and then ran behind Zhu's account room and waited.