A small peasant girl's home is bare, but I have a spiritual space

Lin Yiran rushed in hurriedly and almost bumped into the shop owner who was about to go out. If she hadn't dodged at the emergency moment, she would have had a close contact with the old man.

The old master looked at the little girl who rushed in rashly and smiled gently, "Why are you running so fast? Is there something wrong?"

"Grandpa, my brother and I were here this morning. Do you still remember me?" Lin Yiran replied politely.

"How could I not remember such a smart and talented girl like this?" the old master stroked his beard and laughed heartily.

Lin Yiran felt a little embarrassed by the compliment and laughed dryly, "Hey, thank you for the compliment. I came here to say hello to you.

I went back and discussed with my family and decided to build a three-story courtyard house. I'm afraid the materials we ordered before are not enough. Can you help me calculate how much more is needed?"

"You came just in time. If you came tomorrow, my men would have already left for the capital. The other materials would be easy to come by, but we wouldn't be able to make up for the shortage of glazed tiles." The old master teased with a smile.

"Grandpa, I don't believe that you would send someone all the way to the capital just to bring back the glazed tiles I ordered." Lin Yiran replied with a smile.

The old master burst out laughing and said, "You are such a clever kid. I can't hide anything from you."

"Old Zhang, we haven't seen each other for a while," the old master heard the familiar voice and looked up at the people who stepped over the threshold.

"Old Yao, what brings you here?" The old master's eyes were full of joy.

"I came here with Miss Lin and Mr. Lin," Master Yao said with a smile.

When the old master saw Lin San Ge and Chen Liang following behind Master Yao, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Old Yao, are you planning to help the little girl build a house?" Master Zhang asked with a smile.

"Congratulations, you guessed it right." Master Zhang laughed out loud at his amusement.

"Old Zhang, let me introduce you. This is Miss Lin, and this is Mr. Lin. This brother and sister are my friends and partners," Master Yao said, pointing at Lin Yiran and Lin Erge.

"This is Manager Zhang from Zhang's," Master Yao said, pointing at the old master.

"Ms. Lin, Mr. Lin, how are you?" Shopkeeper Zhang said seriously.

"Hey, Master Yao, Shopkeeper Zhang, please stop calling me Miss Lin or Master Lin. It sounds weird. My name is Lin Yiran, and my third brother is Lin Rui. You can just call me by my names."

"Okay, Miss Ran, Brother Lin Rui." Shopkeeper Zhang said with a smile.

Lin Yiran was too lazy to correct him. It sounded pretty good to her so she just left it as it was.

Lin Yiran suddenly thought that in modern times, cement is used to build houses. In this dynasty, I don’t know what to use to glue brick walls and floors?

Thinking of this, she asked, "Master Yao, how do you glue bricks together when you build a brick wall?"

"You can use either white or plaster. The color of plaster is similar to that of bricks, so more people use plaster. However, white plaster is relatively more economical. For those who are not so wealthy, white plaster is more likely to be chosen."

"Ah, there's still plaster?" Lin Yiran exclaimed.

No wonder Manager Zhang didn't say anything when I bought the white clay. He probably thought I was trying to save money.

"Are the white walls in that room covered with white mud?" Lin Yiran asked.

"No, it's another kind of white paint." said Master Yao.

Lin Yiran was dumbfounded. She had taken it for granted and made such a big mistake. She said with a smile, "Manager Zhang, I made a mistake. Can you help me replace the white mud I ordered with gray mud and add some white paint for the wall?"

Master Yao looked at Lin Yiran and joked, "Ran girl, even someone as smart as you can be confused sometimes!"

"Master Yao, please stop making fun of me. Even tigers can take naps sometimes." Lin Yiran said embarrassedly with his head down.

When everyone saw this, they knew that she was shy and tacitly stopped talking about this topic.

"Okay, I'll help you change it. Just come and get it whenever you need it. There are always people in the store." Shopkeeper Zhang pretended to be serious, but his trembling body and the smile in the corner of his eyes betrayed him.

Lin Yiran rolled her eyes. Is it that serious?

Is it that funny? I can't hold it back, huh.

Shopkeeper Zhang found Lin Yiran's eye rolling action inexplicably adorable and couldn't hold it back any longer, so he burst into laughter.

Lin Yiran turned around and looked at the other people. They all looked frustrated, as if they wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

She stamped her feet in anger, her tone full of resentment, "I'm angry, and you all laugh at me. Let's go." Lin Yiran walked out.

Several people looked at each other. This time, the girl was really pissed off.

Third Brother Lin thinks that this is how a little girl should be. His little sister usually suppresses her nature too much, so that people often ignore her real age.

"Manager Zhang, my younger sister is a little willful, please forgive me. It's getting late, and we should go back. Our parents are waiting for us to go back for dinner. See you next time." Third Brother Lin clasped his fists and bowed.

"Brother Lin, what are you talking about? You are not allowed to go back and tell her about it. It was my fault in the first place. I shouldn't have laughed. The girl is shy and must have felt embarrassed by my laughter. Say sorry to her for me." Shopkeeper Zhang said righteously.

"This is inappropriate..." Third Brother Lin hesitated. Manager Zhang glared at him and said, "Okay, let's go. Ran is still waiting for you."

"Okay then," Brother Lin greeted Chen Liang and Master Yao one by one and walked out of the store.

"Wait, let's go together," Master Yao pulled Chen Liang and hurriedly chased after him.

"Mr. Zhang, please give Ran Yatou and the others a lower price for the building materials they bought." Master Yao had already walked out the door, but turned back and gave a worried reminder.

"Don't worry, you know what kind of person I am." Shopkeeper Zhang replied loudly.

"I don't know where Ran went?" Master Yao looked at both sides of the street for a long time, but didn't see Lin Yiran, and began to become a little anxious.

Third Brother Lin smiled and said, "My sister is smarter than a monkey. Don't worry, she must be waiting in the carriage."

"Okay, let's go to the carriage first and take a look," Master Yao was still a little worried.

The three of them walked towards where the carriage was parked, and sure enough, they saw a pretty figure from afar, standing beside the carriage, waving at them.

The three of them walked over quickly, and Lin Yiran greeted them with a smile, "Third brother, Master Yao, Chen Liang, are you all out?"

"You've already run away, why are we still staying there?" Lin Sange said unhappily.

Lin Yiran was a little embarrassed at this time, feeling that she had acted a little willfully, and said coquettishly: "Third brother, I felt a little embarrassed at the time, so I wanted to come out for some fresh air. I'm sorry, I won't do it again in the future."

Brother Lin San, who was originally a little angry, was successfully calmed down by Lin Yiran's words.

My heart softened, "Okay, don't run around alone in the future, so that people won't worry about you. Master Yao and Chen Liang were just looking for you everywhere on the street."

Lin Yiran looked at Master Yao and Chen Liang, and said with some guilt: "I'm sorry for making you worry about me."

Master Yao looked around to make sure there was no one around, then lowered his voice and said quietly, "It's okay, it's just that the town has been in turmoil recently, and a group of bandits came from nowhere and stole more than 5000 kilograms of food from the rice, flour, grain and oil store in the town, and also injured two young men.

For safety reasons, it is better not to run around alone."

"There's such a thing? How come we haven't heard of it?" Lin Yiran and Lin Sange asked in unison, their voices filled with tension and anxiety.