I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

Ye Ze stopped and said with a smile: "I knew that mother is a kind-hearted person. When I build a new house, there will be more rooms and it will be spacious. We won't have to live in such a crowded place anymore."

"You want to build a house?" Zhao Li asked in surprise while putting on her clothes.

Building a house is a big deal for the villagers, but thinking that Ye Ze has no shortage of money now, Zhao Li felt relieved.

"Well, I won't keep you waiting too long. Today, my brother and I will go to the town to find some craftsmen. If there are people in the village who are willing to help, we can ask them to go to the mountains and collect some flat stone bricks. I will buy them."

"What are you buying the bricks for?" Zhao Li was a little curious. Who would use bricks to build a house?

Then, Zhao Li said, "No one in the village will go there. Many people went up the mountain to collect herbs today. The old people in the village know some common herbs. They just didn't know they could be exchanged for money before."

Ye Ze understood. It was probably related to the grain tax. With less food in their hands, everyone wanted to supplement their families from other places. In addition, most people in the village knew about collecting herbs in the past few days and sold them for money, so naturally more people followed suit.

Ye Ze shrugged indifferently: "There won't be many people picking herbs in a few days, just wait."

Zhao Li: "...Why?"

Ye Ze smiled mysteriously: "I won't tell you!"

There was no shortage of common herbs in the pharmacy, and I was selling them to the mall, not to the town. It seemed that I couldn't continue my journey of collecting herbs until the season was over.

Fortunately, Ye Ze had enough money and didn't care about those small things.

'Boom dong dong'

"Uncle, aunt, grandma asked you to come over for dinner. Uncle Monkey has something to discuss with you." Ye Xiaomai's clear voice came from outside the door.

Ye Ze stretched himself and said, "Got it. I'll be out right away."

Zhao Li hurriedly handed Ye Ze the clean clothes she had found for him to wear.

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When Ye Ze and the others came out, the family was just having breakfast. There were two new people, Mu Tou and his mother, sitting at the table with women and children.

The mother and son were temporarily arranged to live in the woodshed. The dry firewood and farm tools in that room were put aside, and a temporary bed was built for them with wooden boards on the other side. Although it was just a woodshed, it was much better than the shabby house they had lived in before, and there were clean beddings for them to use.

After dinner last night, Old Mrs. Ye asked them to boil water for their own bath, and also gave them soap beans and wood ash.

Seeing the clean mother and son, Ye Ze was a little reluctant to recognize them.

Mu Tou Niang looked to be no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old, about the same age as Boss Ye. Her hair was tied up in a neat bun at the back of her head, and she had changed into clean clothes. They should be old clothes that her eldest or second sister-in-law didn't want anymore. After washing up, she looked a lot more energetic, with a bit of the charm of a beautiful young woman. At this moment, she was sitting upright in her seat, with a natural expression, looking very calm and elegant.

The same goes for Mu Tou. His face was so dark yesterday that Ye Ze couldn't tell what he looked like. Only his eyes were clear and bright. Now that they were clean, he looked quite handsome. He sat upright at the dining table with his body straight and his hands on his knees. He looked very well behaved.

Both mother and son were considerate. Breakfast was prepared by Mu Tou's mother and Lin together. Mu Tou got up early to clean the yard and helped Xiao Mai feed the chickens and pigs.

Mu Tou Niang didn't want to sit at the table and eat with the Ye family. It was Old Mrs. Ye who felt that since they were going to stay at home for a while, they should get familiar with everyone in the family and not be too distant.

Ye Ze greeted him and sat down at his seat. He asked Shou Hou directly, "Have you found the person who made the adobe bricks?"

"Well, but only a few older men are willing to come, the others have gone up the mountain." The monkey said embarrassedly.

Ye Ze nodded: "Making adobe bricks is not a heavy job, as long as someone can do it." Then he said to Ye Lao Da: "Brother, come with me to the town today. I want to find a craftsman who specializes in building houses and order some bricks and tiles."

Boss Ye: "...Why do we need to find a craftsman to order bricks and tiles? Aren't we going to make adobe bricks for our family? The second brother and I can also build a house. Together with Monkey and the others, we can do it even without asking for help from others."

Ye Ze chuckled and said, "I want to build a brick house with stone bricks on the ground. There should be a suite in the house, and I can take a shower in the house. I also want to build a drainage channel underground... and a toilet. This is the most important thing. I want to build a toilet with stone slabs. If conditions permit, I also want to build one in the house, so that we don't have to go out and freeze our butts in winter."

"I want a toilet in the house. My butt will freeze if I go out to poop in the winter!" Ye Wenli agreed quickly.

The rest of the family was still in shock. What did they just hear?!

"Third brother wants to build a brick house?" Chen was the first to react, and then she was happy. She could live in a brick house soon? Wouldn't it be much easier for her son to find a wife in the future?

In the entire Liushu Village, only the village chief's house and the Shen clan leader's house had brick and tile houses built.

"This house was built with Ze'er's own money. When the family splits up in the future, the house will be given directly to the third room. Do you have any objections?"

Old Mrs. Ye's words were like a bucket of cold water, chilling Chen from head to toe.

Chen's smile froze on her face, and she kept saying, "That's right, that's right... Hehe, that's right..."

Ye Ze held back his smile and didn't say anything to comfort her.

When breakfast was almost over, the old men who were supposed to help make adobe bricks arrived, and Ye Ze hurriedly shoveled the porridge in the bowl into his mouth.

Ye Ze went out with Shouhou Goudan and felt relieved when he saw the people. Although they were called old men, they were not really old. The oldest one was only in his fifties.

People of this era get married early and have children early. People in their fifties now have great-grandchildren.

Ye Ze led people to the wasteland next to their house and stopped at the other end of the wasteland.

"This is it. Stack the bricks here first."

"Okay, leave it to us brothers. We can definitely make the bricks solid for you." The oldest old man patted his chest and promised: "Let's get started now and clear this area first."

"it is good!"

Not to mention making adobe bricks, they are also experts at building houses, but no one is willing to use them.

Now Ye Ze not only asked them for help, but also paid them. This made these old men who were preparing for retirement see their own value and they became very motivated.

Ye Ze nodded and told them to just do it. The veterans are worth two at a time, so these old guys should not be underestimated.

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