Xu Ling was helped home by his family, originally to leave Fan Shiqing to sleep in Gu's house, but the old man was half drunk and half awake, and he was not happy.

No, Xu Ling had no choice but to take him home and let him sleep on the cart in the firewood room for the time being.

Fan Shiqing readily agreed.

Xu Ling was really drunk this time, and he didn't have much memory when he went back, and when he woke up again, it was already the second day, and it was bright outside, and he was left alone in bed.

He slept more than five hours a day outside at most, and he hadn't slept so comfortably for a long time, and he was refreshed and his head didn't hurt.

Xu Ling stretched his waist and sat up, put on his clothes, it was still very cold outside, but the sun was finally out.

"What about Xu Ren? I asked Lao Wang to build a house, and first discussed how many rooms to build. ”

Early in the morning, Gu Litian couldn't sleep and looked for acquaintances in the village who could build a house, and wanted to build the Xu family's new house in time before the year.

Xu Ling hurriedly got dressed and went out, "Dad, you got up so early?" ”

Gu Litian didn't scold him, but said: "If you don't build a house early, it won't be easy to build when it snows." ”

The same villager he found was named Wang Li, although he was also from Lianhuawanzi, but his home lived downstream, which was quite far away.

Wang Li was about the same age as Gu Litian, and said to him with a smile: "I heard that your son-in-law is a hand who can hold money, and now the new house will be built." ”

Gu Litian also smiled: "I didn't succeed before, but now I make a little money, I should build a new house, otherwise there will be more people in the future, and my family won't be able to live in it!" ”

Xu Ling called uncle, and Wang Li didn't waste time, and directly discussed with him how to build a new house.

Either the current house was demolished and a new house was built on the original foundation, or a new house was built in another area of the village.

Xu Ling thought about it, if he picked up the house, his family would have no place to live, so he chose the second way.

Find another piece of land, Xu Ling looks next to his house is very good. They originally lived on the edge of the village, there were few serious neighbors around, a large wasteland, and there was no difference between homestead and field in these years, as long as no one in the village was looking for trouble, how you wanted to build it.

Xu Ling first went to the village to inquire, but he didn't hear that anyone wanted the wasteland near his house, so at noon Wang Li found a dozen young and strong men in the village, first weeding, and then digging the foundation.

Gu Litian and Gu Daliang, father and son, were not idle, carrying a bag of sugar and walking for an hour to Youping Village at the foot of the mountain to find someone to buy wood.

The matter of buying bricks and tiles fell on Xu Ling's head.

After lunch, Xu Ling was going to the town. Zhao Zhen's maternal uncle, Wang, lives in a village near the town, and before he can repay the money, he has to go to the yamen.

"Dare to ask Sun Baoyao, is Lord Sun in the yamen?"

Xu Ling carried a piece of pig neck meat and a pot of wine with a straw rope, and went to the yamen to find Sun Baoyao.

I heard that Sun Baoyao had just finished his conscription and happened to be resting at home today, and a young man volunteered to take Xu Ling to Sun Baoyao's house to find someone.

Erfang Town is poor, there is no special planning, the houses on both sides of the road are also a little dilapidated compared with other places, but there are always people who live better, such as Sun Baoyao's small courtyard, white walls and black tiles, a rose tree is planted in the yard behind the door, and the vines climb to the top of the door, winding out a shade.

The person who opened the door to Xu Ling was a woman, who was not very old, and when she learned that Xu Ling was looking for Sun Baoyao, she hurriedly went in to spread the word.

Xu Ling waited for a while, and then heard Sun Baoyao's voice.

Before anyone else arrived, the voice came first.

"Brother Xu, how did you find my house?"

Sun Baoyao warmly welcomed Xu Ling to the house, and asked the woman to serve tea and pour water.

He looked for Sun Baoyao today, and he did two things, one was to use Sun Baoyao's light to repay the Wang family's money.

Second, he wants to ask Sun Baoyao if there is a good brick burning in the town, he has to buy at least a thousand yuan, if Sun Baoyao has acquaintances, wouldn't this be a smooth push, and Sun Baoyao can also make some money.

To put it bluntly, the sophistication in human affection, first, you must not be afraid of trouble, and second, you must go around in circles.

A piece of pork was taken out, passed through the hands of several people, and the oil and water were evenly soaked. That's how you make money.

Sure enough, Sun Baoyao laughed when he heard this, and hurriedly praised Xu Lingdao: "Brother Xu is really young and promising, he is going to build a new house so soon?" Don't worry, since my brother has spoken, how can I not help, I will go to Wang's house with you in a while! ”

Xu Ling's face was overjoyed, he got up and bent over, and asked Sun Baoyao to go to the town restaurant for dinner.

Sun Baoyao was waited by the young woman to change into a dress for going out, and then left the house.

The two first went to Wang's house, and her sons Liu Shun and Sun Baoyao were also colleagues, and they also heard about Wang's loans.

"Brother Xu, don't worry, if the Wang family refuses to settle the debt with you for a while, I will make trouble with the master, and I will seek justice for you!"

After knocking on the door, a person quickly came out of the room, "Who! ”

Xu Ling heard that it was Wang's voice, and hurriedly said: "Aunt Wang, I'm Xu Ling, I'm here to pay you back!" ”

Wang's eyelids jumped, he didn't expect Xu Ling to save enough money so quickly.

She hurriedly went back to the house to discuss with her man: "I don't know where this kid got the money, should we ask him for forty taels, or let him spit it out again?" ”

Her man Liu Ding was more honest, and only said: "I'm also from Zhen'er's same village, so forget it this time!" ”

"You're a worthless one! His kind of bastard, even if he is not collected by us this time, next time he will sell his daughter-in-law and daughter cheaply! Didn't you see it last time? His daughter-in-law looks really good! ”

Xu Ling obviously heard footsteps, and didn't see anyone come out to open the door for a long time, so he raised his voice and shouted a few more times.

Only then did I hear Wang shouting: "It's coming, it's coming!" What is it called! ”

When Wang opened the door, his eyes just turned to Xu Ling, and he saw Sun Baoyao standing on the side.

Sun Baoyao didn't wait for her to make a difficulty, and stepped forward and said: "Aunt Wang, I am Liu Shun's colleague, named Sun Baoyao, this is my brother Xu Ling, I came with him to pay off the debt." ”

Wang's eyes were shocked, afraid that Xu Ling would deliberately call someone to deceive her, and his face was not very good-looking, "Xu Ling, at the beginning, I lent you money in the face of my nephew and daughter-in-law, and it was not easy for you to reduce it to forty taels, could it be that you don't even want to pay me back these forty taels?" There is no such reason in the world! ”

Seeing that she was trying to make a preemptive strike, Xu Ling only felt funny, took out his purse from his bosom, and poured out forty taels of silver, so that she could see it clearly.

"Aunt Wang, what are you talking about, Brother Sun just went out to do things, and by the way, he came with me, I owe you money, isn't this returning to you?"

Wang hurriedly took the silver, afraid that it was fake, raised it and looked at it again, and after confirming that it was true, the expression on his face was uncertain.

But when he saw that Sun Baoyao was here, he had to grit his teeth and go into the house to take out the IOU and return it to Xu Ling.

Since then, the most urgent guillotine on Xu Ling's head has also disappeared.