It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

After the land issue was settled, the next step was to divide the family property.

Song Zhi was also very direct. There were three pots in the house now. She picked out one pot to use when building the new house, and the others were the items in their room.

As for the other farm tools and a few chickens, Song Zhi didn't want any of them. The reason was ready-made. They still ate together, so it didn't matter whether these things were divided or not.

Patriarch Song wrote an agreement according to the above situation. After both parties confirmed that it was correct, Song Zhi and Song Youshan put their fingerprints on the agreement.

As a witness, Patriarch Song also pressed his fingerprints on it.

It was the first time for the elders to see such a smooth division of the family. It took only half an hour to divide the family, which was very smooth.

After the division of the family was settled, Patriarch Song took out the land deed he had just written and asked his younger brother to put his fingerprint on it.

After the handprints dried, the Song clan leader put the deed away and said to Song Zhi, "Alright, I'll hand it over to the village head this afternoon and ask him to help me go to the county government office."

Song Zhi hurried back to the house and took out the money to give to the Song clan leader. "Here are two strings of cash for buying the homestead. As for the other two strings of cash, you can keep one string for buying wine and the other string for the village head to thank him for making this trip."

The Song clan leader returned one hundred yuan of money to Song Zhi and said with a smile, "What money are you giving me? Take it back quickly, otherwise it will bring bad morals to the village."

"As for the hundred taels of silver for the village chief, I'll take it first. After all, I'm going to the government office to do some business, and in order to prevent those officials from deliberately making things difficult and delaying me, sometimes a little silver can make things easier."

Seeing that Chief Song said this, and with several elders present, Song Zhi did not refuse and said with a smile:

"In that case, Grandpa Clan Leader and all the other grandpas, please excuse me for making this trip today. Please stay at home for dinner."

Wu agreed repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, everyone stay home for dinner!"

However, Chief Song still refused to stay. He waved his hand and left with his men.

In the eyes of these clan elders, although the Song family made some money from selling jelly, most of the money was probably used up to pay off their previous debts, and they would have to build a house next.

Our family is already struggling enough, it would be fine if they didn't help, but it's really unacceptable to have so many mouths to feed.

After seeing off Clan Leader Song and several elders, Mrs. Wu stood at the door, watching their backs gradually disappearing, and couldn't help but sigh.

Song Zhi, who was standing nearby, heard a sigh and suggested, "Grandma, I'll make some more cakes and send them to the clan leader and the elders."

"Thank you for coming today for something at home."

Mrs. Wu approved of the proposal and nodded repeatedly, "I think this is a good idea."

"Are you going to give me some Jinyu Cake? So I can soak some more beans." Yang from the side continued.

Song Zhi shook her head. "No, I just happened to be making some millet crisps, so I'll just make a few more."

Seeing that her granddaughter had her own ideas, Mrs. Wu agreed to follow her arrangements.

Taking advantage of the fact that the whole family was present, Song Zhi asked, "Grandma, there shouldn't be any problems with the homestead. So, should we also put hiring people and buying bricks on the agenda?"

"I think the summer harvest will be almost here in another month. It's a good opportunity to start construction as soon as possible while everyone is not too busy."

Mrs. Wu pondered for a moment and said, "Hiring someone is not difficult. If the village is short of manpower, we can hire someone by spending money."

"As for buying bricks, wait a minute. I haven't asked you yet, are you going to build the house entirely of bricks and stones? That would require a lot of bricks and stones, and the cost would be huge."

"With the little money you have now, if you use it all to build a brick house, I'm afraid it won't be enough!"

Song Youshan also spoke up at the right time, "Mom is right. Not to mention building so many houses, we also have to build walls. The bricks are not cheap. There are also the costs of wood, labor, etc., which are a lot of money."

"Listen to your uncle. The house you and your sister will live in will be built with blue bricks, and the courtyard wall can be made of adobe!"

What the uncle said was exactly the opposite of what Song Zhi thought.

"Don't worry about uncle's money. I have a way to solve it. As for the courtyard wall, it must be made of bricks, and it must be very high. I will also embed broken porcelain pieces on the top of the wall to prevent bad guys from climbing over the wall and breaking into the house."

It was difficult for him to refute his niece's words. After all, the most important thing for the three children living there was safety.

Just when everyone was silent, Yang spoke at the right time: "Since Ah Zhi is concerned about safety issues, I think you shouldn't build such a large brick house."

"It's only been two years since the world was at peace, and there are still refugees roaming around. This big blue brick and tiled house standing in the village is really eye-catching!"

This reminded Song Zhi that there were only two blue brick houses in the village, Doctor Zheng's house and the Song clan leader's house.

If I build it too high-profile, it will seem to be an eyesore.

She understood that she shouldn't be too ostentatious until she had enough strength to protect herself.

Song Zhi pondered for a moment, took a step back, and said, "The walls and the main house should still be built with blue bricks. As for the utility room and warehouse, we can build adobe houses."

"As for the exterior walls, we'll just cover them with a layer of mud to make them look less conspicuous."

"This way we can take security into consideration while saving some money, it's the best of both worlds."

When everyone heard this, they all thought it was feasible, so the matter was temporarily settled.