After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

The next day, Wang Xingren took Zhang Hulan to see the place he liked, which was not far from the land Zhang Hulan bought later.

That piece of land was government farmland, more than a thousand acres, and he planned to buy it all.

Wang Xingren pointed to the area and said, "I plan to build a house in the middle. There are fertile fields on both sides, and I will grow crops.

Dig a few fish ponds in front of the house so that my grandfather can fish when he has nothing to do.

I also want to plant some fruit trees next to the fish pond. That's basically it. Auntie, please help me plan the details."

Zhang Hulan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you with it then."

Wang Xingren then went to the county government office to buy the land, and then Zhang Hulan came forward to find Zhao Guoliang and asked him to be responsible for building the house.

There is no busy work now, and there is not much work for Zhang Hulan. Only Zhou is helping Zhang Hulan feed the chickens and ducks.

Zhang Hulan found work for Zhao Guoliang and Zhao Cheng on the farm.

But Zhao Guoliang said that there were enough people on the farm and that he and Zhao Cheng were not needed at all, so both father and son refused to go to Zhang Hulan's farm to work.

However, Zhang Hubing's family was building a house, so both father and son went to work and earned some money in two months.

Zhao Cheng's wife, Jiang, is now pregnant, and the Zhao family is very happy.

Seeing Zhang Hulan coming over, Jiang quickly moved a stool for her. "Come and sit down, Hulan. What brings you to my house? Are you here to see my father-in-law?"

Zhang Hulan smiled and nodded. "Yes, I have something to ask Uncle Lizheng. How is Sister Jiang?"

"I'm in great shape now. Unlike before, I would feel out of breath if I moved a little more. Now I can even run without any problem."

Jiang was also quite grateful to Zhang Hulan. "It's all thanks to you. If you hadn't lent us the money, I don't know how my body would be, let alone conceiving a child."

Jiang gently stroked her belly. She had not been pregnant for long and her belly was not even noticeable.

The Zhao family attached great importance to the child in Jiang's belly. They had been looking forward to it for many years, so Zhou and Zhao Guoliang did not let Jiang work and just let her stay at home to take good care of the baby.

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "In the final analysis, you and this child are destined to be together.

Your family are all good people, and good people will naturally be blessed."

After chatting for a few minutes, Zhao Guoliang came out.

Zhang Hulan said directly to Zhao Guoliang, "Uncle Village Chief, I have something to trouble you with again."

"What's the matter? Tell me, why are you being so polite to me?"

Zhang Hulan said, "It's not that I have a problem, it's that Master Wang bought a piece of land outside the village, and he wants to build a yard here too.

You are familiar with building houses, so please help me with the arrangements. The salary is one tael of silver per month."

Zhao Guoliang asked curiously, "Isn't Master Wang's family from the capital? Why would he want to build a house here?"

Only the Zhang family knew Wang Xingren's family background, and everyone in the village only knew that Wang Xingren was from Beijing.

Zhang Hulan said, "From what he said, he might move in with us in the future."

Zhao Guoliang shook his head and laughed, "That's true. Some people want to move to the city, but some people want to move out of the city and live in the countryside."

Then Zhao Guoliang asked, "What kind of house does Mr. Wang want to build?"

Zhang Hulan said, "We have to wait for the craftsmen hired by Master Wang to arrive. He has hired skilled craftsmen from other places to do the work.

At that time, some high-demand jobs will be done by the craftsmen hired by Mr. Wang, and some simple jobs will be done by the craftsmen here. You can help find some assistants later.

The yard that Master Wang wants to build is quite large, and it requires quite a few people. It will probably take more than a year to complete the project.”

"It'll take a year?" Zhao Guoliang asked in surprise, "How big a yard does Master Wang want to build?"

"Uncle Village Head, it took nearly half a year to build my house. Young Master Wang wants to build a three-story courtyard with a garden and a pond. His requirements are very high."

"Don't worry, I'm not going to scare you. Master Wang has put out 10,000 taels of silver to build this house. How big do you want it to be?"

"Ten thousand taels of silver?" Zhao Guoliang was indeed frightened.

Zhao Guoliang hurriedly said, "Hu Lan, I don't think I can do this job.

I would just build an ordinary yard. For something like Mr. Wang's, the requirements would definitely be high, and I'm afraid I can't do it."

"Uncle Village Head, don't worry about that. There are special craftsmen to build houses. You are mainly responsible for some manpower matters.

Also, if you need to buy something, you are familiar with the place.

You don't have to worry about building the house, and you will be responsible for other trivial matters.

Mr. Wang also wants to dig fish ponds on both sides of his house and plant fruit trees.

As for the food and lodging of the craftsmen, you will be responsible for these matters."

Zhao Guoliang felt relieved. If it were just these things, he would have no problem.

Zhao Guoliang asked: "When will the work start?"

Zhang Hulan said, "I'll show you the place later, and you can start working now.

The stones for the foundation can be piled up first and transported over.

The foundation can wait until the craftsmen hired by Master Wang arrive."

Zhao Guoliang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get someone this afternoon."

During this period, the stonemasons nearby made a lot of money.

After Zhang Hulan's house was finished, Zhang Hubing's family took over. After Zhang Hubing's family finished getting the stones for their house, they gave them to Zhang Hujun's family. Now there's work to do again. Business is really good.

After the matter was settled, Zhao Guoliang immediately went to look for the stonemason. Zhang Hulan also pointed out the place to Zhao Guoliang.

The craftsmen Wang Xingren hired arrived half a month later, with ten stonemasons and ten carpenters.

Zhang Dahua was in charge of these craftsmen, so Zhang Hulan had nothing to do with them. She just needed to go and take a look when she had time.

……

Time flies and it’s August.

After more than two months, even the foundation of Wang Xingren's house was not yet fully completed.

The place was too wide, with both a garden and a pool, so the craftsmen spent a long time on the overall planning.

Zhang Hujun's house has been built.

We also had a banquet when we moved, and all the villagers came.

His future father-in-law was moving to a new house, so Wang Xingren, as his son-in-law, couldn't come empty-handed.

I bought more than a dozen large and small vases, as well as a lot of large and small screens, ornaments, etc.

There are also various flowers, orchids, peonies, camellias, etc.

Wang Xingren also bought paintings with calligraphy, although Zhang Hujun and others could not understand the words on them and could not appreciate the paintings.

But looking at those calligraphy and paintings, Zhang Hujun was still very happy.

Xiang Chunhua even said jealously, "Tsk tsk tsk, my parents-in-law are just different. They sent me so many gifts. Sigh... As their aunt, I feel so jealous..."

Xiang Chunhua touched her belly and said, "I hope it's a girl. Then I can find a rich husband for her."

Wang Xingren smiled and said, "Aunt, if you really give birth to a daughter, I will be a matchmaker for my little sister and choose a husband for her in the capital."

Xiang Chunhua's eyes lit up immediately. "Xingren, that's what you said! If I give birth to a daughter, then I will leave her lifelong affairs to you, my brother-in-law."

"No problem, I'll take care of it."