After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Ye Qing calculated that ten taels of silver was enough to buy furniture. In this way, Old Man Ye and Li lived in the east room of the main house, Old Man Ye and Zhou lived in the west room of the main house, and there were two rooms for living rooms.

Ye Qing lived in one room in the east wing, one room was used as an embroidery room, where family members could embroider and make clothes in the future, and it could also be converted into a study. There was also a bathroom, so that they didn't have to take a bath in the kitchen every time.

The west wing has a room for each of my three brothers, so they can live in it when they get married.

The kitchen is located in the south side, and there is another room for storing miscellaneous items. The residential land is more than one acre, and the rooms are also relatively large.

A small door was also opened in the backyard, leading to the river beach behind, so that people can pick vegetables directly from the back in the future.

Everyone in the village wants to build a house, but how long will it take to build it if they rely solely on their families? So everyone goes to the village head for advice.

The head of the village suggested that everyone be divided into six groups to build houses, arranged according to the homestead. Whoever family was next in line would be provided with meals, and no wages were required. As soon as one family was finished building a house, the next family would be replaced.

The groups are also divided according to the homesteads. The village has planned a total of six rows, with one row as a group. If there are many people, a family can be built in a few days.

The materials for building the house have been almost prepared at home. The beams have been dried in the sun, and the mud bricks have been laid. The only things left are the tiles.

Some families used all their money to buy land and used thatch for the roof, while others, who were more affluent, used tiles directly for the roof.

The village head counted the number of tiles needed and planned to buy them all at once, which would be cheaper. The village happened to be borrowing grain from the government, so they had to go get it.

The head of the village selected a young man from each family to push a cart to carry tiles and grain distributed by the government. They set out at dawn and arrived in Wu'an City at noon.

After buying things and collecting food, they were busy until night. The villagers were reluctant to spend money on accommodation, so the head of the village led everyone back at night.

Ye Qing's family was the first in this group. There were 40 to 50 laborers in the group to repair the house, and the women in the family also came to help. Some dug the foundation, some carried soil, and some compacted the ground. The second and third aunts helped Zhou prepare food. With so many people, they had to cook a lot.

Ye Qing's design was quite novel, so people from all over the village came to see it. Those who could afford it also built houses according to this design. Those who did not have so much money also left space for it, building the main hall first and then the side rooms later.

The weather was good these two days, and the foundation was built in one day. The mud bricks were all dried, and we just needed to build the earth wall. As more people came, the height of the earth wall rose rapidly, and in less than two days, it was time to put up the roof beams.

Putting up the beam is the highlight, and red cloth needs to be tied on the beam. The master also needs to recite the congratulatory words, "Auspicious time and auspicious day bring prosperity to the house, and millions of treasures will enter the family hall. Putting up the beam at a good time brings prosperity to the family, and the children and grandchildren are rich and prosperous. The left has a green dragon delivering treasures, and the right has a white tiger bringing farmland. Lu brings wealth to the house, and horses bring prosperity to the house. The first entry brings millions of people, the second entry prolongs life, the third entry brings great wealth, the fourth entry brings blessings to the hometown, and the fifth entry brings eternal prosperity to the family. Go! Go! Great progress, great wealth and honor."

The people below then said, "Good luck." Only then was the entire beam-raising ceremony completed.

After the beams are put up, the next step is to lay tiles. First, lay a layer of sorghum stalks on the beams, and then lay tiles neatly on top of the sorghum stalks. In this way, the roof can be used for more than ten years.

While the tiles were being laid, the people building the courtyard wall were also busy. They worked on both sides at the same time, and the whole house was built in six days.

After the house was built, furniture, doors, windows and other items were slowly added. Ye Qing looked at the new house with joy in his heart.

Next is Uncle Ye’s house. Uncle Ye also liked Ye Qing’s design and built it directly in the style of his eldest brother’s house.

In order to avoid the next rainy season, everyone started building houses at night. The staff were divided into two shifts and worked day and night. It took more than a month for everyone to move into their new houses.

A livestock shed had been built in the backyard, but there was still a large area that was not used. Ye Qing suggested digging a cellar so that the harvested grain could be stored in it.

The cellar was usually not told to anyone except close ones. Boss Ye called his two younger brothers, as well as the Sun family and the Zhou family, to help dig the cellar, and it took two days to dig it.

After digging it, he helped several other families dig one as well, and then he started to build the gate with peace of mind.

The gate was not a delicate job, just nail some wooden sticks together to make the gate. Ye Lao Da didn't know how to make doors and windows, so he asked his second brother to help.

Ye Qing ordered a few more beds and a large double-door wardrobe of his own design, which borrowed from modern styles and had a dedicated hanging area.

I also ordered two bathtubs, the kind that you can sit in and take a bath in. I haven’t had a comfortable bath in a long time.

At night, the Ye family members were lying in their house without doors and windows, and they were very happy. They had been fleeing from famine for a year, without a stable place to live, and they were all very scared. Now that they have settled down, they will make money to marry their children.

Now that the crops have been planted and the houses have been built, there is hope for the future.

Ye Qing was also very happy. Since coming to Kaoshan Village, he had been sleeping in a crowded room with his parents, brothers and sisters, without any privacy. Now he didn't have to fall asleep listening to his brother's snoring, nor did he have to worry about being woken up by the rain.

That night, everyone fell asleep with a smile on their face, without any dreams. The next day, everyone woke up late, and the first person to get up at home slept until noon.

Ye Qing got up early in the morning and put the four little rabbits into the rabbit house. The rabbit house had three floors and could hold more than a hundred rabbits.

The four little rabbits have grown a lot and will be able to give birth to baby rabbits in three or four months.

Ye Qing took a basket and went to the river to cut grass for the rabbits. The cut grass had to be dried first, as rabbits would have diarrhea if they ate grass with dew on it.

"Qingya, you're back. Hurry up and wash your hands and have dinner." Zhou stuck her head out of the kitchen and greeted Ye Qing.

"Mom, I'll hang the grass in the backyard first, I'll be right there."

"Erlang, go and help your sister get the grass." Zhou called her second son.

Ye Erlang put down the straw mat he was weaving, took the basket from Ye Qing, and went to the backyard.

Ye Qing followed his brother and walked to the backyard. "Brother, I found a piece of mint by the river. Can you pick some for me later? I want to soak it in water. It's perfect for summer."

"Let's go dig it after dinner. It's cool and tastes pretty good." Ye Chenming agreed good-temperedly.

The two of them quickly spread out the grass, took some dried grass to feed the rabbits, and then went back to the front yard to eat.

After dinner, Ye Lao Da and his sons continued to clean up the wasteland, while Ye Qing went to the woods to see how the peppercorns were growing.

Ye Qing pulled open the curtain covering the pepper and carefully observed whether there were any sprouts in the soil. After watching for a while, Ye Qing did not find any sprouts and felt disappointed.

Ye Qing did not give up, and carefully dug up the top layer of soil. After a while, he was surprised to find that the Sichuan pepper had grown to one centimeter, but it was still small and had not yet been exposed. It seemed that it would grow out in three or two days.