Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

The villagers dispersed and the courtyard returned to peace. Xiao Yunxi invited the village chief and Uncle Tang into the house to discuss building a house and buying land.

"I want to buy three brick houses and five mu of land..."

西北的良田1亩差不多15两，5亩就是75两，再算上3间砖瓦房，起码200两打底。

Without Xiao Yunxi's permission, Da Niu did not tell the village chief about selling the formula. The village chief stared at him with his tiger eyes and asked:

"Where do you get so much money?"

"I just made some money. I sold the braised pork recipe."

Building a house and buying land required the two uncles' busy work, so they simply told them everything. Their eyes widened and their mouths were so big that an egg could fit in.

Is it so easy to make money now?

The village chief took out his pipe and puffed hard. He wanted to be quiet:

"The land for building a house is too large and needs approval from the village head. My authority only covers one mu of land, and the price is 40 taels. I can go directly to the town government office to handle it. As for the land, it's a bit more troublesome."

In feudal society, land was the lifeblood of a family and would not be easily sold. Xiao Yunxi had no intention of buying ready-made fertile land:

"I've marked out one acre of land behind the house I live in as my homestead. As for farmland, there are about five acres of wasteland between the homestead and the hillside, which I'm reclaiming myself."

The village chief looked thoughtful and reminded her in a deep voice,

"Wasteland is cheap, and it's exempt from taxes for two years, but it's not fertile enough and there's a high probability of no harvest. If you register it with the government, you can't change it, and you'll have to pay taxes every year from now on!"

The climate in the northwest is dry, the land is barren, there is no chemical fertilizer, and there is no way to make compost. Even if the land is reclaimed, it is not enough to pay the taxes.

If you can't pay the taxes, you will be sent to jail. People would rather go hungry than open up wasteland. At most, they would secretly plant some crops on wasteland.

I live in fear every day, worried about being discovered.

Xiao Yunxi was not worried at all. No matter how poor the land was, she could turn it into fertile farmland. He told the village chief to go ahead and do it with confidence.

The village chief was confused, but he didn't ask any further questions. Everyone has their own secrets, and it was enough for Xiao Yunxi to know it.

"Then I'll go to the town now and ask the yamen runners to come and measure and register it."

Dongshan Town has a government office, which is under the jurisdiction of the county and specializes in handling paperwork, judicial affairs, etc. Xiao Yunxi took out 5 taels of silver and gave it to the village chief.

The King of Hell is easy to deal with, but the little ghosts are hard to deal with. If you have money to bribe them, things will be easier to get done.

After the village chief left, Xiao Yunxi took out a pen and paper and drew the outline of the house she wanted to build, as well as the interior decoration, and asked Uncle Tang if he could do it.

"This...suite you're talking about is simple to build, but the fire wall is troublesome. It requires bluestone slabs, yellow mud, and square bricks to isolate the flue, which will greatly increase the cost."

Winters in the northwest are very cold. Xiao Yunxi wants comfort, and money is a small matter. Old Uncle Tang nodded and pointed at the map:

"Why does your ceiling seal the roof?"

The ceilings in ancient times were used for decoration. The ceiling that Xiao Yunxi described completely covered the triangular part of the roof, which overturned Uncle Tang's cognition.

Xiao Yunxi explained:

"It's mainly about reducing the height, covering the beams, making it more aesthetically pleasing, and also providing insulation and cooling."

Uncle Tang seemed to understand and continued to ask:

"Why does the kitchen have two doors, and another door connecting to the main room? Why?"

"It's so convenient... For example, when it rains or snows, you have to go out to the kitchen, and the food has to be carried back and forth. It's so inconvenient. With this door, you can truly stay indoors... In addition, this door can be used to deliver firewood and move things without dirtying the main room. You can also build a shed outside to store miscellaneous items."

Xiao Yunxi became more and more excited as she talked, even wanting to share with Uncle Tang how she was going to decorate her home and design the furniture.

Uncle Tang went from being confused at first to being excited, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Just by listening to Xiao Yunxi's description, he felt that the suite was very useful, and with those novel furniture, such as wardrobes and hangers,

In ancient times, when a woman got married, her dowry would include many empty boxes and a clothes hanger made of horizontal wood. This is actually equivalent to the decorated furniture that a woman would give in modern times, which is used to store and hang clothes.

Clothes hangers are prone to collecting dust and take up space. Ordinary people's dowries are mainly boxes, but boxes can be taken out easily. The wardrobe and clothes hangers designed by Xiao Yunxi make up for all the shortcomings.

"Yun Xi, you are truly amazing! Even the emperor would envy a suite like this. And this wardrobe, if it were made, I'm sure many people would rush to buy it."

Huh?

Why didn't she think of it!

Uncle Tang is a carpenter. If we partner with him to sell furniture, we will probably make a fortune. However, selling furniture is different from selling braised meat. It requires a larger market. It is more important to build a house and improve the living environment.

Uncle Tang carefully folded up the thick design drawings and put them in his arms before leaving in a hurry. Xiao Yunxi invited Doctor Lu into the house.

"If you want to learn how to fix a pelvic bone, then stay home and help me look after the kids. If anyone comes looking for trouble, help me fend them off."

"no problem!"

Doctor Lu studied under the imperial physician and has been practicing medicine at Caochuntang for decades. His network of contacts is unimaginable. With him in charge, it would be useless for Ma Cuilan to come.

After settling down at home, Xiao Yunxi went into the mountains with a backpack and a trap.

I came to the place where Dabao was rescued, then found a stream and walked upstream along the stream. I soon found the rocky beach and discovered a pile of black wild boar feces.

She advanced cautiously.

Wild boars are nocturnal, but they come out during the day in autumn and winter.

Their sense of smell and hearing are extremely sensitive. They are very alert when they just give birth and will attack at the first noise, which is very dangerous.

The traces of feces and wild boar footprints began to increase, and soon a well-hidden cave was discovered in the distance. Wild boars were rolling in the mud at the entrance of the cave.

Wild boars have no sweat glands, have a lot of fat, and cannot dissipate heat. They can stay cool by rolling in the mud.

In the autumn and winter when it is warm they will also roll in the mud, covering themselves with thick mud armor to reduce the damage in fighting.

Xiao Yunxi found a high slope and observed from a distance.

There are not many wild boars, only 5 in total. If you want to capture them alive and put them in captivity, the difficulty index is 5 stars.

She did experiments.

Dead objects within a 5-meter radius can be taken into space by the power of thought, but living objects cannot.

A dying wild boar can be taken in by the mind, but a living dog must be tied up before it can be taken into the space.

She speculated it had something to do with control.

The tied-up dog had no resistance, and the dying wild boar had little resistance.

Here comes the problem,

She wanted to keep the wild boar in captivity. She couldn't keep the boar alive if it was dying or seriously injured. To do that, she had to control the wild boar's body.

The wild boar would not let her tie it up obediently, so she had to think of a way.

Xiao Yunxi was thinking about how to capture these wild boars alive, and did not notice that a huge figure was approaching quickly from behind.

Hehehe,

Suddenly, there was a heavy breathing sound, which was the cry of a wild boar. Her hair stood on end instantly. Without looking back, she instinctively rolled on the ground!

While rolling, she saw that the person attacking her was a huge monster covered in black.

It looked bigger than the wild boar I killed last time, with tall bristles and sharp fangs in its mouth. It turned around quickly after failing to hit the wild boar.

I didn't expect him to be such a flexible fat guy.

It scratched the ground vigorously with its two front hooves, opened its big mouth and roared, and attacked again.

Xiao Yunxi was lying on the ground, with no way to dodge, and the wild boars rolling in the mud were also rushing towards her madly. She quickly hid in the space to avoid the attack temporarily.

The wild boar was confused after suddenly losing its target, and then it let out a low roar. The other wild boars scattered around it, guarding it in the middle.

Xiao Yunxi thought that the wild boar must have smelled the lingering scent on her body and was waiting for her to come. It would leave soon.

Unexpectedly, the wild boar acted abnormally and refused to leave.

It was Xiao Yunxi's turn to be anxious.

She can stay in the space for a maximum of 10 minutes before being forced out. There is a 2-minute interval between her leaving the space and re-entering it.

Two minutes was enough for the wild boar to tear her to pieces. She had to find a way, otherwise she would have to explain herself.

Her eyes were fixed on the pile of stones next to the utility room. They were left over from repairing the cowshed. Each stone was as big as a head.

Take the wild boar to see the meteor shower!

The maximum range she can control is 5 meters. If she drops it from this height, the wild boar will be unable to take care of itself.

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