The fragrance of medicine is alluring, the farm elder sister is cool and cool

"Mom, we have enough budget this time, so we don't have to worry about building a house. I designed a sketch overnight these two days and plan to build a second floor." Wen Qingcheng took out the sketch she had drawn from the room.

"The first floor is the main room, study, and master bedroom. The second floor has two bedrooms and a small living room."

The mother and daughter were holding a sketch and imagining what their new home would look like. While they were talking, they heard Wen Zhuo calling inside from outside the courtyard gate: "Sister-in-law, Qingcheng, are you home?" Wen Zhuo saw that the door was not closed, so he came in.

When I arrived at the main room door, I saw the mother and daughter talking with the door open.

"Sister-in-law, I have found out everything you asked me to find out."

"Brother, you are here. Have you eaten yet? Sit down and eat together. Qingcheng, go get some more bowls and chopsticks."

Wen Qingcheng responded and was about to go, but was stopped by her cousin Wen Zhuo: "I've eaten, I'll say a few words and then leave."

"Sister-in-law, I went to town this afternoon. The Master Guo I told you about this morning has been building houses for more than 20 years. He is meticulous in his work and never cuts corners. The craftsmen under him are all relatives. It just so happens that he is free recently."

"That's great. Thank you for your hard work, brother. You've been running around for me."

"I just happened to be going to town, so it's on my way. You can take some time to go to town to meet him. If you think it's a good fit, he can help you contact someone to sell building materials, and it's even cheaper."

"I'll go with my mother tomorrow."

"Where is his home?"

"It's the third house east of the big willow tree in town. If you need any help, just come to me."

After breakfast the next day, Wen Qingcheng and Ye Xiuying were ready to set off. Chuyi also dressed early and was waiting in the main room. Seeing that the mother and daughter were about to set off, he decided to follow them.

"Chuyi, be good. Mom and I are going to do some serious business. You and Zicheng can play at home." Wen Qingcheng said as she reached out and touched his cheek.

Chuyi was touched on the face by Wen Qingcheng like a child. He smiled foolishly in an unnatural way and thought to himself: This damn girl, building a house is a big deal. If I wasn't there to keep an eye on them, I'd be really afraid that the mother and daughter would be cheated.

"Go, go." Chu Yi grabbed Wen Qingcheng's arm tightly.

Wen Qingcheng looked at Ye Xiuying helplessly, "Mom, what should I do? I have to follow you with me."

First grade of junior high school "..."

"If Chuyi goes, I want to go too." Zicheng and Chuyi are inseparable, and he also wants to go.

Ye Xiuying didn't want to take the child there at first, but she was not worried about the first day of the new year. Although the child was silly, he never caused her any trouble and never ran around.

It’s Zicheng. He is too young. After walking for a long time, he would lie down on the ground and couldn’t walk anymore. He needed someone to carry him.

"Zicheng, this trip is not for fun. You need to walk a lot. If you can't walk anymore, no one will take care of you."

"I won't cry. I can keep up."

Wen Qingcheng pondered for a moment and said, "I'm worried about leaving him alone at home. Let him follow. If you can't walk anymore, let Chuyi carry you on his back."

First day of the first month: "......"

The family went out together and hired a bullock cart to rush to the town. The town was not far from Yueya Village, ten miles away, and they arrived in no time. After finding the big willow tree that Uncle Wenzhuo mentioned, they soon found the home of the craftsman Master Guo.

When Master Guo heard that it was Wen Zhuo who introduced them, he already knew most of what Wen Qingcheng's family wanted, so he smiled heartily.

"It must be that our two families are destined to be together. Not long ago, I took on a job to build a new house. The family was about to get engaged, but the groom found someone he liked and was not satisfied with his parents' arranged marriage, so he eloped with another woman. We had almost bought the building materials, but after this incident, the two elders were no longer in the mood to build a new house, so they said they would wait until they found someone."

"Oh, there is such a thing. Parents cannot ignore their children's thoughts, and children cannot just walk away." Ye Xiuying felt a little regretful after hearing this.

Master Guo continued, "Look, two of my apprentices had to postpone a job because of that family, and now they have no work at all.

It was also a coincidence that I met your brother yesterday. He said his sister-in-law was going to build a new house. This morning, there was a magpie calling non-stop in my house, and you guys came here. "

Ye Xiuying smiled and covered her mouth. "My brother told me that you are an experienced craftsman. You work carefully and build beautiful and solid houses. We came here today to talk to you about building a house."

Then, Ye Xiuying began to talk about the situation in their new home.

"We have just bought a new homestead and need to demolish some dangerous buildings. How do you calculate the demolition fee? And how much building materials are needed? My daughter even drew a sketch."

Wen Qingcheng took out her architectural sketch. Master Guo took a look at it and then looked up at Wen Qingcheng. "Miss, is this what you thought?"

Wen Qingcheng nodded in agreement, and Master Guo continued, "Many families in the city have built this kind of two-story building. I also went to the city to do it two years ago. But in our town or even in our county, there are not many houses of this kind, and it is not cheap to build them."

"You've worked in the capital before, how much do you estimate you've earned?"

"For this kind of material cost plus labor, you have to budget at least 80 taels."

Although Ye Xiuying knew that building a two-story building like this would definitely not be cheap, after hearing Master Guo say 80 taels, she still felt it was painful to take out so much money at once.

If we were to renovate the original house, it would cost less than twenty taels at most. But my daughter had drawn a picture for her new home with great enthusiasm, and I didn’t want to disappoint her. Besides, this two-story building would look so impressive in Yueya Village, and I was quite tempted, but I couldn’t bear to spend the money.

80 taels of silver was just for building the house, not including decoration. With a new house, she would have to buy some new furniture, so she would have to prepare at least 90 taels of silver. So she would only have to taels of silver left in her savings.

"Master Guo, if it's convenient today, please go to our homestead and take a look at the site first." Ye Xiuying said.

"Okay, I don't have anything to do today, so I'll go now."

Master Guo was a straightforward man. After he finished speaking, he went to his backyard to harness the carriage. The group got on the carriage and returned to Yueya Village.

In Yueya Village, several young wives who were sitting under a tree and chatting saw Ye Xiuying's family returning with the town's craftsmen. They couldn't help but ask, "Where have you been, sister-in-law?"

"Oh, our family is planning to build a new house, so we went to the town to ask Master Guo to take a look." Ye Xiuying did not hide it. Anyway, the villagers would know about their house-building sooner or later.

When Wen Zhuo heard that Master Guo had arrived, he also followed him to Wen Qingcheng and her friends' homestead.

"Wow, your housing plot is really big." Master Guo walked around the yard.

Ye Xiuying whispered in Qingcheng's ear: "Qingcheng, it will cost at least 90 taels of silver to build this house, decorate it and buy furniture."

Wen Qingcheng saw Ye Xiuying's concerns and said with a smile: "Mom, leave the money to me. We are not going to live on this little savings for the rest of our lives. Besides, a house is a durable product that can be lived in by generations."

Seeing that Wen Qingcheng was so confident, Ye Xiuying agreed to her decision. If it were in the past, she would not have dared to think about spending 80 taels to build a two-story building, but now she dared to think about it. Her daughter was so capable, and it was not like she would not be able to make money in the future.

"Qingcheng, tell Master Guo about your plan."

Master Guo looked at Wen Qingcheng with some surprise. This young girl, perhaps the young wife, was actually the head of the family?

Wen Qingcheng was holding a sketch and pointing in a direction while saying, "This is the main building, the door faces this way, build a bathroom on the east side and a toilet next to it."

Master Guo listened to Wen Qingcheng's clear and logical explanation and seemed to be quite knowledgeable. He also mentioned the load-bearing capacity of the house, which was actually designed very reasonably in the drawing.

Chuyi was listening from behind, raised his eyebrows, and curled the corners of his lips slightly. He thought: This girl, I actually underestimated her.