Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 42 Dongpo
That day, Su Shi got up early.

After moving here and living in a big house for a few days, Su Shi's mood seemed to have improved a lot. He no longer stayed out all night and would go for a walk outside the east gate from time to time.

He had just gotten up when he saw Su Yun, who usually slept until noon, carrying a hoe and walking out with Ah Hui. He couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Ah Yun, what are you doing?"

Su Yun smiled when he saw Su Shi and said, "Uncle, do you remember the hillside outside the east gate where you often went for walks? I asked Zhou Zhan to buy it for me. I plan to open up the land and grow some rice, wheat, fruits, vegetables, etc."

Su Shi was surprised and said, "The family situation has become so bad, and you are actually going to open up wasteland?
I know that hillside is about fifty acres, but it is overgrown with thorns and rubble, and is extremely barren. It would take a lot of effort to reclaim it.”

Su Yun smiled and said, "That's not the case. We don't lack money to spend. We just want to find a job that can stretch our muscles. Besides, the fruits and vegetables we grow ourselves taste better."

Su Shi laughed and said, "You monkey, you practice swordplay and stickplaying in the yard every day, but it's not enough for you to stretch your muscles. I think you are just idle, how about I give you some homework?"

Su Yun waved his hands and said, "I have to copy Han books every day and learn how to write official documents. I have enough homework. Please don't make it difficult for me."

Su Shi laughed and said, "Come on, I'll go with you to take a look."

The three of them went out of the east gate together, walked along a yellow mud road, and then they saw the hillside.

Even when I was still dozens of steps away, I saw that the hillside was already bustling with people.

Su Shi smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you, I don't know who has nothing better to do but build a house on the hillside. They leveled a large piece of land on the hillside, probably to build a large yard."

Su Yun's mouth twitched and he said, "Uncle, the one who has nothing to do should be my nephew.

My nephew took this piece of land for two reasons: first, to reclaim wasteland, and second, to build a few tiled houses. "

Su Shi laughed when he heard this, and then asked in surprise: "The courtyard is already big enough, why are you building a house?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "After a while, my aunt and her friends should arrive in Huangzhou. There are about 20 of them. Although our compound is not small, there are many people. It is not a problem to stay at home on weekdays, but what if we have guests?"

Su Shi said, "You can stay at Lingao Pavilion."

Su Yun nodded and said, "Besides, the house is so noisy, I have to find a quiet place to read and write."

Su Shi sneered and said, "The house is so big, it's not easy to find a secluded room. Besides, Mai'er and Guo'er are not children anymore, they won't make noise. Besides, scholars should learn to find peace in the midst of noise, which is a kind of cultivation."

Su Yun looked at Su Shi and said, "If you have angered your aunt, you can come here to take shelter."

Su Shi's expression suddenly became solemn. He patted Su Yun on the shoulder and said, "You consider the problem quite comprehensively. Let's go and take a look. I'll see if I can give you some suggestions."

Su Yun sneered in his heart. As expected, Sichuan men a thousand years ago were still henpecked. How dare you laugh at Chen Jichang for having a lioness in his family?
Su Yun carried a hoe and went up the hillside. This wasteland was indeed very barren. Thorns grew so tall that there was no place for them to stand. Fortunately, a road had been opened up here to build a house. It looked like they were planning to pave the road with stone slabs.

Going up the mountain road, you will enter a flat land that has been leveled out like several terraces. The total area of ​​these flat lands is about 6,000 to 7,000 square meters. The houses built on the mountain are ups and downs, which has a sense of mountain beauty.

Su Shi looked at these pieces of flat land and couldn't help but exclaimed: "How big a tile house do you want to build? You need such a large piece of land?" Su Yun was also puzzled and said: "I wrote down the dimensions on the sketch I gave Zhou Zhan. The total size is less than two acres. There are almost more than ten acres here."

At this time, someone on the mountain saw Su Yun and his party and hurried over. He was a middle-aged man who looked very smart. When he saw Su Shi, he bowed respectfully and said, "Zhou Lin, the steward of the Zhou family, greets Mr. Su."

Then he looked at Su Yun with shining eyes and said, "You are Master Su Lang of Jiangyou, right?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "Hello, Butler Zhou, how do you know us?"

Zhou Lin chuckled and said, "The master said you might come over, and that if there is an unprecedentedly handsome man coming over, that person would be you."

Su Yun felt his face getting hot. In his two lives, this was the first time he was praised in person as the most handsome man ever. He felt more embarrassed than being called Jiangyou Su Lang.

Su Yun quickly changed the subject and said, "Butler Zhou, how come you have leveled so much land? It looks like there are more than ten acres of land, right?"

Zhou Lin nodded and said, "Yes, these three plots of land together are about 15 acres."

Su Yun was surprised and said, "Why are there so many? The blueprint I gave to Mr. Zhou only occupies about two acres of land."

Zhou Lin cried out, and quickly took something out of his arms, saying, "No, that's not right. The one the master gave me is this big. I can't be mistaken, Mr. Su, take a look."

Zhou Lin handed Su Yun a piece of paper. Su Yun spread it out and took a look, but it was no longer his simple diagram.

There were only a few large tiled houses on his simple drawing, but this blueprint was based on the shape of his tiled houses, and as it extended, there were three or four times more houses than the original one.

Su Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Mr. Zhou, this is too much of a fuss. Why is it so big?"

At this time, a carriage came down the hillside, and coming out of the carriage was Zhou Zhan.

When Zhou Zhan saw Su Yun, he immediately rushed up excitedly, saluted Su Shi first, and then smiled at Su Yun and said, "I guessed that you would come today, and it turned out to be true."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, you have worked hard. I thought you wouldn't be so fast, but I didn't expect you to be so efficient."

Zhou Zhan smiled complacently and said, "I am not good at anything else, but I am impatient. I never leave anything overnight. If I want to do something, I have to do it right away. Look, now that the ground has been leveled, the speed will be fast."

Su Yun smiled, then pointed at the blueprint and said, "Brother Zhou, what's going on with this blueprint?"

Zhou Zhan chuckled and said, "Brother Su, you may not know that your schematic diagram is not a construction drawing. You need a construction drawing to build a house.

So I specially invited craftsmen from Huangzhoudianzhaiwu to come here for on-site measurements, and then based on the measurement results and combined with your drawings, I finally came up with this construction drawing.

Even though it may seem a little different from your schematic, they are all drawings tailored to local conditions. We should trust professionals, don’t you think? "

(End of this chapter)