The pastoral concubine of space

Chapter 20 Returning to Hongye Town

Knowing that Xiao Yunchu was actually planning to build a mansion like the rich families in the town, and also wanted to buy a large piece of land, Village Chief Liu was unavoidably shocked, and tried to dissuade them like Liu Yinghua, but Xiao Yunchu led them over with a few words.

After all, she is the one who wants to spend money to build a house. Others are most likely to offer opinions, and it is impossible to make decisions beyond her. Village Chief Liu can see that Xiao Yunchu is very assertive now. Besides, she is planning to find someone in the village for help when building a new house. Returning the wages is also good for the villagers, so naturally I won't persuade them any more.

When Xiao Yunchu came here, he brought two catties of pork belly from home by the way, and his attitude was very polite when talking to the village head. The village head saw that she understood these ways of the world, and also remembered the kindness of others to her. After we broke up, he resumed his previous enthusiasm and happily helped her calculate how much the land she needed would cost.

"These three places add up to about 20 taels. The exact amount will not be known until I go to the yamen in the town to get someone to come and measure it. What do you think?" Village Chief Liu asked Xiao Yunchu for his opinion.

Xiao Yunchu roughly glanced at the area that the village head indicated on the booklet recording the land in the village, and after a little calculation, he nodded, "Yes, I will trouble you."

"Small things, these are what I, the village head, should do." The village head said with a smile.

"There is also the matter of recruiting workers in the village. I also need to trouble you to find someone for me. After all, I am not familiar with the situation in the village."

"Although there is a lot of work to do in the fields before the autumn harvest, many families in the village can spare one or two laborers to earn a little money. However, do you have any specific requirements for the people you want to recruit? How many people are you planning to recruit? "The village head thought for a while and asked.

Xiao Yunchu had thought about this earlier, and said casually: "The best age is between 40 and [-] years old, young and strong, able to do heavy work, the most important thing is to work quickly, diligently, and work well. I hope the house can be built as soon as possible. Well, at least a dozen or twenty people should be recruited, and in addition, two aunts who are good at workmanship will be asked to help prepare lunch during the construction of the house, and help boil water, etc., and they will be paid."

"How much is the salary per day?"

"It's not less than ten cents a day. If you do a good job and do it quickly, I can give you another hard fee after the work is over."

Village head Liu's eyes lit up, this treatment is quite good.

Because the house is big, there are many people in need, more than a dozen or 20 people, almost half of the households in the village can benefit. As for others, some households may not be able to spare manpower to help, and some people are too lazy to work. Those who are diligent and not honest enough are not considered at all. Basically, everyone can follow Xiao Yunchu's tossing around.

For a while, the village head looked at Xiao Yunchu more gently.

"Don't worry, the matter of finding someone will be on my shoulders. I will definitely find you a job quickly and honestly." Village Chief Liu promised, patted his chest.

When she got home, Xiao Yunchu first took a look at Chen Zixi. When she left, the two children were playing backgammon, and they are still playing now. She didn't call them, just took out a pen and paper from the space and started counting. account.

The initial budget for buying land is 20 taels, and the amount of green bricks required to enter the big house is huge. Compared with the cost of the village head’s house, it may be more than ten times. Let’s say it’s 50 taels, and building a house is not just Green bricks are needed, and other building materials are also required, which is another expense. In addition to labor costs, the food materials that need to be prepared for the workers during the period, and the cost of finding a suitable foreman in the town must be more expensive than recruiting people from the village. After the house is built, the matching furniture has to be customized.

The bigger the house, the more furniture it needs. There are people in the village who know how to work with carpentry, but what they can build are very ordinary tables, chairs and benches that only look at practicality. Hard to say.

After doing all the miscellaneous calculations, the budget is really a little too high. If this account is followed, the more than 200 taels in her hand may really bottom out.

If there are any extra expenses that she didn't think of during the period, there may be a little lack.

"Tsk, money is indeed a very expensive thing no matter in any era." Xiao Yunchu sighed.

Someone didn't think about it at all, the main reason was because the house she was going to build was too big and too extravagant for farmers.

If we only build according to the farmyard, we can build a house that is better than the village chief's house within 50 taels of storage, enough to live for several generations, but she is not happy about it!

"It seems that we have to find a way to get some more money." Xiao Yunchu muttered in a low voice while rummaging through the warehouse of the space with mental strength, and finally took out a few gadgets that he thought were quite suitable to play with. He hooked his lips in satisfaction, "It's all about you!"

"Mother, can't you take us with you? I want to go to the town too." Xiao Zixi hugged Xiao Yunchu's thigh with longing expression.

Xiao Yunchu pinched her tender face, "Next time, my mother has serious business to do this time, she may have to run to several places and walk a lot, it will be very tiring for you to follow, and it will not be convenient."

Xiao Zichen pulled his younger sister from his mother's arms, and said very sensiblely: "Mother, go, my younger sister and I will wait for you to come back."

Xiao Zixi pouted and looked a little unhappy, but she didn't continue to torture others.

Xiao Yunchu rubbed her hair and comforted her: "I'll bring you something delicious when Mother comes back."

When Xiao Zixi heard this, her small face finally softened a lot, "Mother, you need to come back early."

"Yes." Xiao Yunchu entrusted the two children to the village head's family to take care of them, then went to Uncle Liu's house and asked him to take him to the town.

Because today is not the day to go to the market, she is the only one to ride in the ox cart, and the money to be paid is a bit more than usual, but it is only relative, and the total amount of round trips is only five cents.

The second time I came to Hongye Town, Xiao Yunchu didn't say he was familiar with the road, but he was much more proficient than the last time, and Liu Yinghua told her about the situation before departure, so after a little inquiry, he found a workshop selling green bricks.

The price of blue bricks was a bit high as Liu Yinghua said. She didn't know how much it would take to build a three-entry house, so she simply asked the person in charge of the workshop to estimate the number, and then refunded more and made up for less.

The Blue Brick Workshop has a lot of contacts. As soon as she heard that she was going to build a house and find a craftsman who knew how to build a courtyard, the person in charge immediately said that he could help her get in touch.

After leaving the blue brick workshop, Xiao Yunchu wandered to several famous furniture shops in the town, and asked the price of the custom-made furniture, and found that it was not much different from his estimate.

After running through these few places, it was almost noon, so he casually found a clean noodle stall to deal with, and asked about the location of the more famous jewelry store in the town, Xiao Yunchu finally came to the last stop of the day.

Linglong Pavilion.

Linglong Pavilion is the largest and most famous jewelry store in Hongye Town. There are all kinds of jewelry made of gold, silver and jade. The workmanship is exquisite, there are many styles, and the price is relatively reasonable. There are cheap and high-quality ones suitable for ordinary people, and expensive and luxurious ones are suitable for everyone. Also, it can meet the needs of people from all walks of life.

At the same time, Linglong Pavilion will also accept some well-made jewelry, and the price they give is also satisfactory.

When we arrived at Linglong Pavilion, there were several customers who were choosing jewelry. Some of them were well-dressed and clearly came from rich families, and some of them were ordinary people who could be seen as plain-headed at a glance.

Before coming in, Xiao Yunchu was idle and had nothing to do, so he made up the scene of encountering a high-spirited customer who liked her jewelry and wanted to buy it at a high price. During the conversation, she looked down on her, and then she went back with a few words, but the truth is, Linglong Pavilion The shopkeeper knew that she was here to sell jewelry, and after learning that it was gold jewelry, he directly invited her into a small room at the back to inspect the goods. The customers outside couldn't see what she brought out at all.

"..." Cough, it seems that there is too much drama.

Xiao Yunchu shook his head amusedly, and under the inquiring eyes of the shopkeeper, he took out a few jewelry that he had rummaged through in the space in advance. The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw it.

(End of this chapter)