The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

It was said to keep it secret, but there was actually another reason Lin Xiazhi didn't mention.He always feels that it is best to separate work and life. It is not good to put the kitchen at home and the tofu maker together, and the tofu can only be sold to Jufulou and cannot make much money. He plans to discuss it with Jufulou in winter. , if they agree to sell tofu in a large area, a stone mill at home is not enough, and a separate tofu room can guarantee the production of enough tofu.

However, Lin Huzi still felt that it was too extravagant to use one mu of land to build a house. There were only five people in his family who could not use one mu of land. In his opinion, Lin Xiazhi's plan was almost catching up with that of a landlord.

Lin Xiazhi said a few things that didn't make sense to him, so he could only lower his face and say that if Lin Huzi had any objections, he would pay for the building of the house.

In fact, Lin Xiazhi also doesn't have much money, otherwise there would be many more rooms in the house. He also decided on this blueprint plan while saving money as much as possible, and it really couldn't be less.

Li Xiu had no opinion on this aspect. Although he also felt that the house was a bit big, he was willing to listen to his son after Lin Xiazhi gradually became stronger.What's more, when Lin Xiazhi and him designed the head flower and embroidery patterns together, he had gradually revealed these ideas to him, and Li Xiu had already slowly accepted them in his heart.

As for the question of whether the family has enough money to build a house, Li Xiu thought that anyway, he still has ten taels of silver in his hand, so he can use it to build a house, at worst, he will do more embroidery work to earn back the silver.

Lin Chengzong was even more happy, he will have his own separate room soon, he used to share a room with Lin Chengzu, now he shares a room with Lin Xiazhi, in his opinion, it is very satisfying to have his own separate room.

After finalizing the drawings, Lin Chengzu and Lin Xiazhi went to Lizheng's house to chat with Lizheng with a piece of meat to see if they could decide on a suitable land.

After Wei Fulang learned the purpose of the two brothers' visit, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, he pulled Lin Xiazhi aside and asked quietly, "Brother Xia, have you saved enough money to build a house?"

"Ah Wei, do you know why our family can connect with Jufulou?" Lin Xiazhi said mysteriously.

Wei Fulang shook his head. It was rumored in the village that they were lucky. Every day, people saw Lin Chengzu transporting melons, fruits and vegetables to Jufulou in Uncle Liu’s ox cart. There were two barrels covered with white cotton cloth every day. They didn’t know. What is it.

Lin Xiazhi repeated the arguments discussed at home. When Lin Chengzu went to the city to find a part-time job, he accidentally rescued the young owner of Jufulou who had fallen from the horse. They were grateful to the Lin family and collected the vegetables they produced every day, and gave another sum of money. Money, it is with this money that Erfang's family dares to build a house.

"Please ask Wei Ama to help keep this matter secret, so as not to cause trouble in the village."

"Amitabha, good people have good rewards. It turned out to be like this. Don't worry, I will never reveal a word about this matter." Wei Fulang was really happy for the second wife of the Lin family.

On the other side, Li Zheng took out the blank land in the village for Lin Chengzu to choose. There was a piece of wasteland adjacent to the thatched cottage, which was about six or seven acres. Because it was backed by the mountains, the big guy was worried that the beasts in the mountains would come down and attack people. people buy.

Lin Xiazhi actually wanted to buy the several acres of land together, but unfortunately he didn't have enough money, so he could only buy a piece of land and build a house first.

According to Lin Xiazhi's previous plan, Lin Chengzu picked a piece of land close to Lin Dashan's house. The wasteland was five taels of silver per mu. He paid a deposit of two taels of silver on the spot, and the remaining three taels of silver waited for the government to measure the land. It will only be given when the title deed is obtained.

The next day, Li Zheng took Lin Chengzu to the yamen, spent some money on yamen servants, and got the title deed on the same day.

Once the land is bought, it is time to start preparing to build a house.

When people from the government came to measure the land, the villagers knew that Lin Erfang had bought the land. The wasteland he bought must be used to build a house. Some people wondered where the Lin family got the money, and some people thought about waiting for the Lin family to build a house. time to help.

Before everyone could inquire, Wei Fulang helped spread the word in Fulang's circle. The second room of the Lin family needed ten young and strong men to build a house. Eighty copper coins a day included two meals in the morning and at noon.

The wages are set by Lin Xiazhi. The daily wages of day laborers in the county range from [-] to [-] coppers. Lin Xiazhi thinks that there is no need for his family to be special, as long as it is the same as the standard of the county town.

In addition to inviting young and strong men, Lin Xiazhi also privately found two husbands in their 30s, namely Lin Dashan's husband Liu and Lin Sishu's husband Niu, and asked them to help cook and feed them every day. Forty copper plates also cover two meals.

The two were very happy when they heard the news. Their husband-in-law was selected to help build the house. If he also helped cook, the couple can earn 120 yuan a day. Suppose it takes ten days to build the house. That's [-] words, more than one or two!

However, the two refused at first, because they felt that there was no need to pay such high wages for cooking, but Lin Xiazhi said that Li Xiu could not help, because he was weak, and it was actually very tiring to cook meals for a dozen strong men every day. , Forty Wen a day is not much.

In the end, Lin Xiazhi said that if the two of them were not satisfied, they could add more money, and the two of them quickly agreed. They were already a little guilty with forty renminbi, and if there was more, they would be stabbed in the back.

Li Xiu didn't help with the cooking. The few of them who occasionally came to visit the thatched cottage knew about it. Li Xiu learned how to embroider, and the embroidered things were very good. A delicate embroidered purse could sell for hundreds of coins.However, the few of them tacitly did not talk about it in the village, so not many people knew about it.

Lin Chengzu and Lin Xiazhi went to the county seat before the construction started.

First went to Jufu Building, Lin Chengzu brought a sample of kimchi made by Lin Xiazhi to see if they were interested.

Jufulou has always been open to delicious food. White radish costs two cents a catty, but soaked radish is sold at a high price of five cents a catty, which has more than doubled. Jufulou did not sell it. Guo Kimchi didn't know the demand, so he only ordered five catties cautiously.

Purchased green bricks, tiles, and glazed tiles for building the house, ordered new furniture for the new house, and ordered two bags of white flour, four bags of brown cornmeal, two bags of brown rice, and one bag of white rice in the full storehouse, enough for a dozen people After eating for ten days, the brick and grain store promised to help deliver it to Linjia Village.

The person who will repair the house has been settled, and the materials have been purchased, so everyone starts working according to Lin Xiazhi's plan.

The demand for tofu in Jufu Building has risen to [-] catties a day. Lin Huzi has to work all day to make tofu at home, so Lin Chengzong is the only one who builds the house.

Lin Xiazhi promised to provide two meals a day, and the two pots in the kitchen couldn't make enough food for a dozen strong men. Lin Xiazhi and his two husbands built three temporary stoves outside the thatched cottage, and rented them for ten cents. I cooked two big pots in two families' homes.

In order to ensure the smooth start of the first meal, the three of them started working before dawn.

A large pot of multigrain porridge, three drawers of steamed buns mixed with brown cornmeal and white flour is enough for three people, a large pot of fried vegetables, and each person has a white water egg. This breakfast is not insignificant.

The men were well fed and full of energy, and all of them began to work enthusiastically.

In Jingguo, no matter if it is a rich family or an ordinary wealthy family, they are not very good at providing food to helpers. A kind meal is two steamed buns and a dish, and a black-hearted one is only given two or even one steamed bun. Work is the principle.

For people like Lin Erfang, there are three steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, an egg, and vegetables for breakfast, and there are almost nothing left outside.

Some people said before that Lin Erfang's wages were not high and they didn't want to go there when it was cold. If they knew that the Lin family's food was so good, they would regret it to death.

Lin Xiazhi also knew that his family's behavior would attract people's comments, but he felt that if he was to treat helpers like people in this era, he would not be able to do it himself. Moreover, these people are candidates for employees selected by him, so it would be okay to give them better food. Not bad.

After breakfast, Lin Xiazhi took a look at the construction site, and asked the two husbands who helped cook to start steaming steamed buns for lunch, and he went to the next door village to buy meat from the pig butcher.

When planning to build a house, Lin Xiazhi thought about what to do with meat and vegetables. If he bought pork, the budget for building the house would definitely not be enough, so he could only buy other things, such as pork offal.

The so-called pig offal is actually the internal organs of pigs such as pig large intestine, pig heart, pig lung, and pig belly. Some people are willing to buy pig heart, pig lung, and pork belly. People don't want to eat it because it tastes so bad.

But Lin Xiazhi is not afraid, because he knows a simple and cheap way to get rid of the smell of pig intestines.

A pig's offal can be bought for only twenty coppers, which weighs almost ten catties, and it can weigh eight or nine catties after cleaning. You only need to buy one pair a day to provide food for helpers, and another catty of pigs Boil the suet and the meat dish is finished.

When Lin Xiazhi bought the pig and put it into the water, the two husbands thought that he had been fooled by the pork seller, and told him to return it quickly.

Lin Xiazhi smiled and comforted them not to worry: "Grandma, help me prepare some plant ash. Let's go to the river to wash the pig's large intestine. After washing it, you won't dislike the smell of the pig's large intestine."

Liu Fulang and Niu Fulang followed Lin Xiazhi to the riverside with a skeptical attitude. After rubbing it with plant ash several times, the smell of pig intestines was really washed away. They looked at each other and were very surprised .

In addition to pig large intestines, pig hearts, pig lungs, pig livers and other internal organs are also carefully washed several times.

For lunch, Lin Xiazhi arranged sautéed fat sausages with green peppers, sautéed pork heart with scallions, sautéed kidneys with kimchi, sautéed pork belly with mushrooms, sautéed green beans with oil residue, steamed pumpkin and pork lung and radish soup.The remaining pork liver is hung in the water tank, and the porridge will be cooked tomorrow morning.

It was the first time that Lin Xiazhi started cooking pigs, and the two husbands who helped cook were on the sidelines. Only then did they realize that there are so many steps in cooking.

Some pigs need to be marinated with salt, green onion, ginger and a little rice wine before frying, and some pigs need to be boiled in a pot to skim off the foam.

When cooking, you should also pay attention to it. When the oil in the pot is hot, add the auxiliary ingredients and stir-fry until the aroma is released. Pour the marinated pig into the water and stir-fry quickly. You have to be distracted to control the heat, and you can’t make mistakes in every step. Just by smelling the water, their saliva couldn't stop drooling.