Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

"Building a house again?"

Xia Shengsheng plans to build a new yard on the vacant land opposite the house, and the yard can be simpler.

It is mainly divided into the front yard and the back yard. The vermicelli workshop is also moved there to save the sixty or seventy people from working in the living area and making too much noise.

So, I came to Village Chief Ma specifically to buy a piece of land to build a house.

Village chief Ma was also very surprised. It had only been a few months since Xia Shengsheng built his last house, and now he was building another one.

But then she thought again, she had just sold more than ten cartloads of vermicelli, and she must have enough money in her hands. It was only natural for her to expand the scale of her business.

"Wasteland is not valuable. The land opposite your house cannot be reclaimed because the soil is not good. It is suitable for building a house. For one acre of land, 300 coins will be enough. After all, you are building this workshop to benefit the village!"

One acre of land was indeed enough. Xia Shengsheng brought some money with him and signed a contract directly with the village chief to buy the land opposite his home.

"Thank you very much, village chief. I will go to the town to find craftsman Chen. I may also ask the villagers to help build the house. The wages will be calculated according to last time, and lunch will be provided as usual."

With a precedent, it will be easier to do anything later.

The village chief nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, the peppers in the field have been planted now. Each family can keep one or half a pepper and go to the field from time to time to look after them.

There are plenty of idle people who can help out! And they can earn money.

When you come back from town, tell me how many people you need and I will help you arrange it."

After getting a satisfactory answer, Xia Shengsheng went back to drive his donkey cart and prepared to go directly to the town to find craftsman Chen.

I wonder if craftsman Chen has the time? This time the house is in a hurry to be built. If it is completed sooner, the instant noodle workshop can start working sooner.

When I went back to drive the donkey cart, I saw Ye Chao and Er Cheng practicing fighting.

"I'm going to town, will you two come with me?"

The two men stopped, looked at each other, and shook their heads.

Xia Shengsheng had no choice but to let two people look after the house.

"Then you two can stay at home! I'll go to Craftsman Chen and ask him to build a factory on the land opposite our house. The workshop in the front yard can also be moved there. This way, our house will be quieter and less noisy."

Moreover, it smokes and makes noises every day. Occasionally, when I want to rest for a while or take a nap, I either can't stay still because of the choking, or can't fall asleep because of the noise.

When Ercheng heard that Xia Shengsheng was going to Master Chen's place, he suddenly stopped practicing, ran over and sat on the donkey cart.

"Mom, I'll go too, in case there's anything I can do to help?"

Xia Shengsheng was a little confused. Didn't she just say she wouldn't go? Why did she seem afraid of not taking him with her now?

Ye Chao was also scratching his head, why did he just leave him behind?

"Come down quickly! If you want to go, just go! I'm not leaving you alone. Go get the lock and lock all the doors in the house.

Ye Chao was helping, and Sicheng was probably playing with Hu Zi and the others under the big tree in the middle of the village.

Just pick him up when you pass by later.

Let’s go together!”

Ercheng scratched his head, chuckled, got out of the car and ran to lock the door.

Ye Chao also followed to help.

Xia Shengsheng drove the donkey cart out of the gate first.

Seeing that Xia Shengsheng was far away and could no longer hear him, Ye Chao asked Ercheng in a low voice, "You go to town every day. You finally have a holiday, what are you going to do in town?

"Mom has something important to do, too? What's the point of us following her?"

Ercheng pursed his lips and said nothing no matter how much he was asked.

He had his reasons for going to town, why should he explain to others?

Seeing that Ercheng ignored him, Ye Chao didn't get angry. He followed Ercheng and got on Xia Shengsheng's donkey cart after the door was opened.

Xia Shengsheng didn't care what Ercheng was thinking. Although the child was still young, he should have his own little secrets, right?

It's just a trip to town, just go if you want.

When passing by the big locust tree in the middle of the village, I saw Sicheng, Huzi and the others. They were a group of kids squatting together, and I didn't know what they were talking about.

I told Sicheng that I wanted to go to town, but Sicheng seemed like he hadn't had enough fun and refused to go with me no matter what.

"The door is locked. If you don't come with me, you can't go home. You won't even have lunch. If we go to town now, I can take you guys to have lunch first, and then we can go to Craftsman Chen's house to discuss things."

When Sicheng heard this, he thought, how can we live without lunch? So he said goodbye to the little boy, got on the donkey cart obediently, and went to the town with Xia Shengsheng.

Along the way, we did meet quite a few people from the village heading to the town.

Xia Shengsheng politely asked them if they wanted to take a car, but they all said it was not far and they could just walk there.

Xia Shengsheng did not try to persuade them much. There were really too many people going there and the donkey cart could not hold so many people. It was not like they just met one or two people and took them all along.

Li Erjia and Ma Dajia were also walking together behind.

"It's great to have a car! If you want to go to town, you can go to town. If you want to go to the capital, you can go to the capital. It's really convenient."

"Don't envy that. Maybe we can buy an animal in the fall!"

The Ma family was also a little envious. In fact, their family had a lot of land, and their father-in-law was the village chief.

I should have bought an animal a long time ago. Even if I didn't buy a donkey, I should have bought a cow to help plow the land.

But in the early years, she spent a lot of money to support her eldest son's education.

Later, the third son of Ma Er's family fell ill and almost drained the family's savings.

As a result, my family hasn’t recovered yet.

Her eldest son has reached the age of marriage, so she doesn't dare to buy any livestock at this time. She also wants to save more money for her eldest son to get married.

By the time her eldest son gets married, Ma Laoer's son will be grown up soon, and it will be impossible for him to buy livestock by then.

Now she can only hope that Xia Shengsheng's business will get better and better so that she can save more money.

After two months, that thing called pepper will grow well and I can sell it for more money, and then life will be better.

Xia Shengsheng drove the donkey cart to the town and had lunch with the children.

There is only one restaurant in the town, but there are quite a few small restaurants.

After all, he had just sold some silver, so Xia Shengsheng was willing to take the children out for a good meal.

I went to the only restaurant for something.

Several people ordered four dishes in total, namely braised carp, lion head, steamed eggplant box with sugar, and gypsum tofu.

Another person ordered a bowl of rice.

But as for the taste, it's just so-so.

The lion's head was okay, but a little too oily. The braised carp was a bit fishy, ​​and the steamed eggplant box with sugar was too sweet. Apart from the sweetness, I couldn't taste the saltiness or the fragrance of the eggplant.

The gypsum tofu is quite tender.

"The restaurants here just can't compare to the capital city!"

Sicheng couldn't help but sigh, he should have known not to come, it would have been better to play with his friends at home.

"Speak a little quieter, it's not good if others hear you."

Ercheng looked around and made sure no one heard it, but he still gave instructions to Sicheng.

That's true. If the food doesn't taste good, just don't come back. There's no need to comment on it in front of others.