Pastoral elegance: the shocking little peasant girl

Chapter 147 The New House Has Been Earned
"Mother, are we building a tile-roofed house or an earthen house?" Tian Xiaohe continued to ask with an unhappy expression.

"You guys are still keeping your filial piety. How can we build tile houses? Mother, isn't it time to cut thatch? Let's make the roof in advance."

Seeing that she was unhappy, Mrs. Tian patted the grass clippings on her body, stepped forward to comfort her, "Don't think about living in tile-roofed houses, adobe houses are also good, how many adobe houses are there in the village? There are also many people who live in wooden houses."

"Although an adobe house is more expensive than a wooden house, it is much faster to build an adobe house than a wooden house."

Tian said, glanced at the direction of the village, and explained earnestly, "Mother told you, not only do wooden houses have to go into the deep mountains to cut down trees, but it also takes a lot of time and manpower to safely lift them from the deep mountains. Not to mention, it’s just a carpenter sawing the big trees into boards and chiseling grooves on the boards that can be spliced. These are quite a large amount of work.”

"Because it is wet wood, it is easy to deform when it dries, and it is easy to rot when it rains in summer, and it will attract all kinds of moths. If it can't last for a few years, it needs to be replaced and repaired from time to time. This wooden house is incomparable with an adobe house. .”

Tian explained patiently, she just hoped that her daughter would not spend more money to build a stone house, otherwise, if she borrowed too much money, her daughter would not be exhausted from working for others?Look, everyone was tired and sick yesterday.

Thinking about it, Tian's hand touched Xiaohe's forehead, it didn't feel very hot, then he leaned over and rubbed his eyelids, and felt that it was still a little hot, so he hurriedly urged, "Xiaohe, go home and sweat , if your mother is watching what's going on here, don't come and pretend (rao)."

While the couple were talking, a middle-aged man over there pushed a cart of messy branches and sticks, as well as some ring-shaped things made of shrubs and twigs.

"Isn't this Xiaohe? She really has grown up. Third Uncle heard that Xiaohe went to the town to teach satin to others and made a lot of money. This new house has been earned."

The one who pushed the cart was Gu Sanshu, who took care of the work and built the house. He was a good mason by training. In the nearby villages, he would be called for renovations and additions.

"Hello, Third Uncle Gu." Tian Xiaohe greeted with a smile, his polite manner made people feel relieved.

"Okay, let's go and play, it's dirty and messy here, if you leave it far away, you'll trip and hurt yourself." Uncle Gu nodded and smiled in response, but the work in his hand didn't stop, he was busy getting out of the car Unload debris.

"Uncle Gu, how long will it take for my house to be completed? How do you calculate your wages?" Tian Xiaohe pushed away Tian's hand, came to the flatbed truck, and asked curiously.

"If it doesn't rain today, it will be about a month." Gu Sanshu saw a child come up to ask her wages, and he felt a little disgusted in his heart. He felt that it was too impolite for a child to ask something that was discussed between adults.

So, he didn't say much.

"Xiaohe, Gu Sanshu and the others are honest people, why are you so curious about it?" Mrs. Tian saw that she was standing in the way, so she stepped forward and gave her a hand.

"Mother, I know Third Uncle and the others are good people, but didn't I earn the money? I have to know how much I spent, right? Anyway, the account will be settled sooner or later, so it doesn't matter if I knew earlier, right?"
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(End of this chapter)