Reborn in 1965, I can obtain resources just by sweeping the floor.

"Pfft! Little brother, are you serious? 'Wealth leads to wives and concubines'... What do you mean, 'wives and concubines'? Your ideal is truly amazing!"

Feng Lan stared at Su Chen with a surprised look, and after a long while she burst out laughing, giving Su Chen two thumbs up.

"Cough! Cough! Sister Xiaolan, you must have misheard. You must have misheard."

Su Chen scratched his head awkwardly, wondering why he had blurted out the truth all of a sudden.

“Little brother, I support your great ideal. If your older sister can’t get married in the future, I’ll be your concubine. Yao Yao, how about we go together? That way we won’t have to be separated.”

"What nonsense are you spouting, you brat? If someone hears you, you'll be dragged through the streets."

Bai Peiyao was truly exasperated by Feng Lan's thought process and slapped her hard twice.

"Uh! Sister Yaoyao, Sister Xiaolan, my master needs to see me, I have to go now!"

Watching the two of them playfully bickering, especially with Feng Lan pinning Bai Peiyao down, Su Chen suddenly had a thought of taking her place, which frightened him so much that he quickly left the educated youth settlement.

"Hmph! Woman! You've disturbed my Daoist mind."

He breathed a sigh of relief once he stepped outside. He didn't want to waste any more time on romantic entanglements. Firstly, his secret was too important, and secondly, in this day and age, being a scoundrel could get you into trouble.

"Hey, a cassette player, that's a good thing, kid, you've got some talent."

Seeing the radio his beloved apprentice had brought out, Hu Xingming immediately became interested. He tuned it to a traditional opera program, squinted his eyes, and naturally tapped out the rhythm with his hands, looking completely absorbed in the music.

That evening, Su Chen went to Village Chief Yang's house and brought Fang Haoyu's things along with his own.

"Xiao Chen, look at you, you always bring things every time you come. What can I say to you?"

"Uncle Yang, Haoyu gave you some of these, and those little bits of candy are mine. There aren't many things here, just a small snack for the kids."

"Fine! I can't argue with you. I'll take some to the eldest and second eldest sons and let them share it with the children."

Yang Dazhuang has two sons and three daughters. His two sons and two daughters are all married and have established their own careers. Only his three daughters are left in the family, but she is already engaged to someone from the next village.

"I've already got Uncle Yang's barefoot doctor certificate. My idea is this: could you please approve a plot of land for me in the village? I'll build two rooms in the front as a clinic, and the back will be where I live..."

Su Chen explained his thoughts to Yang Dazhuang in detail.

"Yes! No problem. It's just that spring plowing will start in a few days, and people will all be going to work, so there isn't much time. We need to make some adobe bricks in advance."

After a moment's thought, Yang Dazhuang nodded. The matter of the homestead was easy to resolve; there was plenty of wasteland in the village, and all they needed was a certificate from the village.

"Uncle Yang, I don't plan to build a house with adobe bricks. If I'm going to build one, I'll build a house with blue bricks and tiles. I've already decided on a place. It'll be on that high hill next to the back mountain. I can also use that wasteland to grow some medicinal herbs."

"You... what did you say... do you know how much it costs to build a house like that! At least this much!"

When Su Chen said he wanted to build a large brick and tile house, Yang Dazhuang looked at him in surprise and waved his hand in front of Su Chen.

“I’ve already taken care of Uncle Yang’s money issue. My relatives gave me some money before I went to the countryside, and my parents’ comrades-in-arms gave me some more. It’s enough to build a house. I just need your help to find a construction team. What do you think…”

"No problem, I'll take care of it. If you really build a big brick house, it will be the first of its kind in the village."

Yang Erzhuang, the younger brother of the village chief, is the captain of the construction team in the township. He happened to be home at the moment, so Yang Dazhuang did not delay and took Su Chen directly to his brother's house.

"Really? That's wonderful! The harvests haven't been good these past few years, and people don't have much money. Our construction team also doesn't have much work. Let's go to the site tomorrow and I'll calculate how much we need, so you'll have a better idea of ​​what's required."

Upon hearing Su Chen's purpose, Yang Erzhuang immediately perked up.

The next morning, Yang Erzhuang arrived at Hu Xingming's house early, looking even more anxious than Su Chen.

Yang Dazhuang, Yang Erzhuang, and Su Chen arrived together at the high ground near the back mountain. Su Chen originally planned to build three main rooms, plus a kitchen, for a total of four rooms.

“Comrade Xiao Su, we’re not strangers, and it’s not that I want you to spend more money. The management of building houses in the village isn’t strict right now, but the township has some requirements. If you ask me, you should take advantage of the fact that no one is in charge now and build a bigger house, so that you’ll have a place to live when you get married and have children.”

Su Chen thought that Yang Erzhuang's words made sense. Although he certainly couldn't stay here forever, he couldn't say for sure when he would leave. Anyway, he had money.

After some discussion, we decided on a layout with six main rooms, a kitchen on the west side, a warehouse on the east side, and two rooms next to the main gate in front to serve as a clinic. In total, the yard occupied nearly three or four acres of land.

The initial budget was definitely not enough. After Yang Erlin did a detailed calculation, it was estimated that the cost of bricks, tiles, roof beams, wooden planks for the roof, and doors and windows would be around a thousand yuan. Labor was calculated by the day, with skilled workers paying seven mao per day and unskilled workers paying four mao per day, plus a lunch.

Su Chen found the price acceptable and immediately took out 1,500 yuan from his pocket.

"Uncle Erzhuang, here is 1,500 yuan. We'll make up the difference, and if there's any overpayment, we'll refund the difference. Also, I don't know anything about building houses, so I'll leave it to you to take full responsibility. I'll give you an extra yuan every day."

“Uncle Yang, you know I’m still staying at my master’s house, so it’s impossible for me to cook at the educated youth settlement. I’d like to trouble you, Auntie, to find two people to help. I’ll provide the materials, and each of them will get five cents a day to cook lunch for these construction workers…”

Without giving the two a chance to refuse, Su Chen made the decision directly.

"Okay, I know you're looking out for us. Rest assured, there will be absolutely no problem with the quality."

"Uncle Su won't say anything else. As for meals, let your aunt, Cuifen, and your second aunt take care of them. They will definitely make sure the chefs eat well and are full."

Yang Erzhuang glanced gratefully at his older brother. Fifty cents a day was not a small amount; working in the village, he earned less than fifteen cents a day.

As trucks carrying blue bricks entered the village, people soon learned that the newly arrived educated youth were going to build houses in the village, and they were even blue brick and tile houses. Many people cast envious glances at them, and several matchmakers were already eager to go to Su Chen's house to find him a wife as soon as the house was built.

Time flew by, and a month passed before Su Chen's house was finally completed.

Yang Erzhuang returned the remaining hundred-odd yuan to Su Chen.

"Remember to keep the windows open for ventilation these days. Moisture evaporates quickly in spring, and it will be completely dry in a few days, then you can move in."

Looking at the row of six large tiled houses, Yang Erzhuang felt a little envious and jealous. If his family had such a house, none of his five sons would have trouble finding wives.

"Wow! Little brother, your house is so beautiful. I want to move here too once it dries. Yao Yao, let's move here together. It's such a waste to let this brat live in such a big house all by himself."

The gate is spacious, and the two rooms on the left side of the gate are tiled houses used as clinics. A stone-paved road leads directly from the gate to the main house.

The land in the yard was leveled and flat, which would be perfect for planting vegetables in the summer. Near the kitchen on the west side, there was a hand pump well. Feng Lan ran over like a child and pressed the pump a few times, and a stream of clear water flowed out.

"No problem, there are plenty of rooms, you two can stay wherever you like, but you'll have to pay rent."

Although Bai Peiyao didn't say anything, it was easy to tell from her face that she also wanted to live in such a house. Hearing Su Chen's agreement, Feng Lan pulled Bai Peiyao and ran into the house.

"Little brother, Yao Yao and I will stay in these two rooms, and you can stay in the three rooms on the east side. How does that sound?"

The six rooms can actually be viewed as two separate sets of three rooms each, with the main hall in the middle and a bedroom on each side.

"Sister Xiaolan, whatever you say goes. As your younger brother, I'll do whatever you say."