After crossing over: kidnapping a female hunter to be the stepfather of the three cubs

"Then I'll give this elder sister a discount. Our bricks are the best on the market. Even if they are taken to Shang'an Mansion, our bricks are still not bad."

Shopkeeper Wang said this with great pride. He even took out a few bricks from the back for comparison and asked Zhao Huanxi what style he wanted.

Zhao Huanxi took the brick in his hand and weighed it. It felt very heavy, and it was indeed a good brick. He chose a plain, undecorated blue brick from the middle. The shopkeeper quoted a price of 3 wen per brick.

Zhao Huanxi understood that the shopkeeper quoted a slightly higher price and then tried to save face by lowering the price to the normal price. This way he made money and earned face.

"Boss, I want a lot. If you don't behave yourself, I will take my sister away." Zhao Huanxi's face was indifferent, as if he had no interest.

"Oh, my dear lady, the prices I offer are very fair! If you go to the market, you won't find anyone else who can produce bricks of such high quality except my kiln."

Shopkeeper Wang clapped his hands twice with a brick, but Zhao Huanxi wasn't fooled. He'd seen all sorts of people in his past life. Seeing he was still being disloyal, he turned around, grabbed Pang Hongying, and was about to leave.

"Oh, young lady, don't go away, don't go away. Let's be friends. How about a couple of cents from you? I haven't yet repaid this lady Pang for her help last time."

Zhao Huanxi heard this, turned around and looked at Shopkeeper Wang, and said with a smile:

"Then bring out your tiles and let me see them, and I'll pick some out for you."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Wang was overjoyed and hurriedly took out tiles of various styles for Zhao Huanxi to choose from.

"I want this one, give me the actual price."

"Shopkeeper Wang, you are not being honest~" Pang Hongying also came to her senses at this time and stared at Shopkeeper Wang with a playful look on her face.

Shopkeeper Wang was shocked. He saw that the woman was dressed in a poor manner and did not look like a woman from some family who came out to purchase things. He could tell at a glance that she was from a farming family, so he had some bad thoughts.

Unexpectedly, this woman could see through his tricks at a glance. He wanted to make a fortune, but now it seems that it is impossible.

"This tile you chose complements the blue brick you chose perfectly. Madam, you have excellent taste. I'll give you two cents for this tile. How many do you want? When do you want it?"

Zhao Huanxi picked out plain tiles that looked like blue bricks. Seeing that the shopkeeper was not playing any tricks, Zhao Huanxi took out the blueprint of the house he had drawn.

When the shopkeeper saw that the dimensions were clear on the drawing, he started calculating the materials needed on an abacus.

"Sister Zhao, please reserve a guest room for me. I will definitely come to your house for dinner and stay overnight in the future~" Pang Hongying looked at the drawing, and the layout on it was clearly visible.

"Don't worry, there's one left, and it's definitely yours."

Last night, Zhao Huanxi used branches to roughly count the number of bricks and tiles on the ground at home, and he had an idea of ​​the number.

"Madam, your house, including the renovation and paving, will require approximately 13,000 bricks and 12,000 tiles, which comes out to be exactly 50 taels of silver. I'll send it to your house whenever you need it."

Zhao Huanxi calculated it and found it was roughly the same as his own, so he bargained with the shopkeeper and finally settled on 48 taels. If it was not enough, he could come back to get more, and the excess could be refunded.

Zhao Huanxi left his address and asked the shopkeeper to deliver it the next morning. He took out the 100 taels of silver note, paid a deposit of 10 taels, and paid the balance after the delivery.

The shopkeeper wrote the deed, and after both parties signed it, Zhao Huanxi took the remaining silver and Pang Hongying out.

"Sister Zhao, Shopkeeper Wang's mother got lost last time, and I kindly sent her back to him last time. I didn't expect Shopkeeper Wang to try to trick me this time."

Pang Hongying still looked a little indignant, and Zhao Huanxi comforted her:

"Oh, it's okay. His bricks are really good. I can sell them for three cents."

Zhao Huanxi remembered what the clan leader had asked him to prepare yesterday. Now that the bricks and tiles had been bought, all that was left was the wood.

I asked Pang Hongying if she knew where to buy wood. Pang Hongying was in a dilemma. Generally, people in the city only use wood to make furniture, but she didn't know much about this kind of large wood.

Seeing her shaking her head in ignorance, Zhao Huanxi found a furniture store and went in.

"Ma'am, are you planning to buy furniture or build a cabinet? We recently bought some new Huanghuali wood, and also..."

"Do you have any large wooden pillars for sale?"

"Madam, you want to buy wood for the pillars? Coincidentally, I'm the only one in the market that sells it. What kind of wood do you want?"

In the end, Zhao Huanxi just looked at the prices in the store. After he had a rough idea in his mind, he went back to ask his parents to avoid being taken advantage of.

After asking about some prices, Zhao Huanxi walked out of the store and strolled on the street with Pang Hongying.

"Hongying, thank you so much today, otherwise I wouldn't know where to buy it."

"Sister, don't say that. We are friends now, and it is my duty as Pang Hongying to help my friend!"

The two chatted and laughed on the way about the follow-up of Li Dabiaozi, and also took a look at other needed materials. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Huanxi promised to visit her next time he came to town. Pang Hongying reluctantly said goodbye to Zhao Huanxi at the street corner and left.

Zhao Huanxi went to the shop where he bought pork last time and wanted to order some pork.

It was still the butcher with the contrasting voice of Qing Shuyin. When he saw his old customer Zhao Huanxi coming again, he enthusiastically sold pork to Zhao Huanxi.

"Boss, I have a wedding coming up at home in a couple of days, and I'd like to order a whole pig. Could you please send the head to my house and have it slaughtered?"

The butcher thought for a moment, then smiled and said to Zhao Huanxi:

"Sure, I wonder where you live? How long will it take?"

"My home is in Dashi Village. Just walk straight to the end of the village and you'll find my home. You can just send it there on the 21st."

"Okay, it's just a little more money. Dashi Village is not close to here."

Finally, he spent a few more taels of silver to order the pig, and bought several dozen pounds of pork to put into the backpack he had bought on the way. After agreeing on a time with the boss, Zhao Huanxi got up and headed towards the ox cart.

On the way, I went to a dim sum shop and bought a few pounds of brown sugar, planning to take it home to give to my elders.

If you don't have connections in the village these days, you'll have no one to help you with any work. Besides, most of the people in the village are nice, so Zhao Huanxi planned to have a few banquets on the groundbreaking day to liven things up and establish his family in the village.

He then bought some necessary things along the street, and finally went to Wenchun Hall to withdraw the eighty taels of silver he had left there.

Doctor He was unable to wait for Zhao Huanxi that day and thought that something had happened to this girl Zhao. Now that he learned that Zhao Huanxi's family needed to renovate their house, Doctor He generously gave her half a pound of peppercorns.

Zhao Huanxi happily accepted it and promised Doctor He that she would bring him something good next time. Unbeknownst to her, Doctor He had once obtained the Seven Soul Grass and sold it to Shang'an Mansion for quadrupled value. He looked at Zhao Huanxi now as if she were the God of Wealth.

Zhao Huanxi had no idea about this, she just felt that the old man was particularly enthusiastic today.

After leaving Wenchuntang, Zhao Huanxi saw Da Sun and the other person who had just changed the medicine not far away on the road.

"Aunt Sun! Brother Xu!"

Zhao Huanxi shouted from behind, and the two men turned around at the same time.

"Zhao girl, can you carry all these things? Take them down. I, your aunt, am very strong and I will help you carry them back."

"Aunt, no, no, has Brother Xu changed his medicine? Is he feeling better?"

Xu Qingzhao wanted to help, but since he was still leaning on a cane, he thought better of it. When he heard Miss Zhao asking him, he quickly replied with a smile:

"The doctor said I just need to rest for a few more days and there's nothing serious. Thank you for your concern, Miss Zhao."

Seeing the thin body of the woman in front of him and the large basket full of things on her back, Xu Qingzhao felt a sudden pang of heartache for no reason.