Chapter 23 023. Blue bricks and pottery tiles

Then Gu Xiaoxiao left the village chief’s house and went home. After finishing the work, let’s wait for Qian Bin to come to find him in the afternoon. Now we have to think about what kind of house to build!

There is a large piece of open space behind the house, which can actually be used to expand the area of ​​the area. First, enclose the house, build the outer wall first, and then build the inside house.

We should go step by step, and we should discuss other details with Qian Bin, as well as the question of where they live before the house was demolished and built. We should talk to Qian Bin at that time.

After sorting things out, she stayed for a while and it was time to make lunch, so she got up and went to the kitchen to work.

The second, third, and fourth treasures were still playing with Dahuang in the yard. After Dabao confirmed that the master agreed to teach them, he pulled Zhou Zeyun to study and asked his father to teach him more things so that he could give the master a good impression when the master came.

Gu Xiaoxiao naturally did not disturb the father and son. It is a good thing to love to study, so you need to support it!

After lunch, a knock came from the door, followed by a loud male voice, "Is Madam Gu at home? The village chief asked me to come!"

Gu Xiaoxiao knew that Qian Bin was coming, so she hurriedly went to open the door.

"Come in! Come in quickly, waiting for you." She smiled and said politely.

Qian Bin has heard of Gu Xiaoxiao more or less when he returned to the village, but he has never seen him. Because he has been harvesting in autumn and Gu Xiaoxiao's family has no land, the two of them can't meet. From other people's descriptions, he imagined that this was a tough woman.

At this moment, as the door suddenly opened, the pretty girl with a smile caught her eyes, a little stunned for a moment.

"Are you Miss Gu?" an incredible tone.

Gu Xiaoxiao nodded when she heard this, looking at him with some confusion in her eyes.

"I'm right, what's wrong?"

"Ah, no... nothing, I just didn't expect that the brave and fearless Madam Gu, who was called by others, was actually a little girl." Qian Bin came to his senses and explained.

Gu Xiaoxiao smiled in her heart. Heroic, it should be that she kicked Zhou Weijie away with one kick. Fearless means that she is brave. This wording is quite appropriate, at least she won't feel uncomfortable after hearing it.

What the village chief said is indeed correct. This kid is smart!

She smiled softly, "Don't stand stupidly, come into the house, let's talk about the main business."

"Oh, OK!"

Then the two of them came in. Zhou Zeyun looked at the person who came with some confusion and looked at Gu Xiaoxiao again.

Only then did she remember that she hadn't told Zhou Zeyun that she wanted to build a house. After all, this is also his home, so she should have told him something.

Then she asked Qian Bin to sit down and wait for a while. She took Zhou Zeyun to the east room and talked about this.

Zhou Zeyun thought for a moment and nodded, "It should be, you did a good job. It is indeed difficult to survive the winter in this house. Just do what you think, and I will support you!" Just as she supports him in studying...

Gu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and smiled, knowing that her little husband is a sensible person and she has a good vision!

After finishing the bus with Piaoliangxiang, she went to negotiate with Qian Bin.

When she left the east house, she saw Qian Bin sitting upright and looking at the environment inside the house.

She walked over slowly, sat opposite him, and gently opened her lips, "What are you looking at?"

Qian Bin then withdrew his gaze, looked at Gu Xiaoxiao, and said with a smile: "Oh! Let me take a look at the structure of your house. The village chief told me about building the house. See if you have any ideas, I will do my best to help!"

"That's so thankful." Gu Xiaoxiao nodded.

"Oh, don't say that. When the village chief went to my house and said that it was found by Mrs. Gu, my mother immediately agreed to me... Of course, I am willing to do it too! Before I came here, my mother told me that I would definitely help you!"

"Aunt Zhao is really good, and she has helped me a lot!" She smiled even more heartwarmingly when she heard Qian Bin's words.

Next, I stopped talking about the serious business.

"I plan to use the open space behind the house to build a bigger house, so that there are more rooms. A few children will never be able to squeeze together to sleep when they get older." She paused and said, "There are also materials for building houses. I want to use blue bricks and tiles. Please help find which one is more suitable for the price."

"Blue brick tiles?! Mrs. Gu, the price of this material cannot be cheap!" Qian Bin was a little surprised. You should know that every household in the village uses walls made of soil, and the better one is red bricks and cement. Mrs. Gu directly uses blue bricks and tiles, which are only used by the big households in the town!

"It doesn't matter. Try to push the price down as much as possible. It doesn't matter if you can't. As long as you won't be slaughtered!" Gu Xiaoxiao said.

She also thought that the price would definitely be a little higher, but compared to the prices in this era, it would be less than 300 taels. After all, even if the open space behind the house is added, the place is barely strong and small, which is incomparable to the yard of a large family. There is no need to use too many bricks and tiles, which is the amount of normal people.

"However, I want to build the wall higher and make the house higher, which makes it look grand!" Her first house here has more or less a special significance in her heart, so it is better.

"This is no problem." Qian Bin smiled.

"Also, because we only live in this place, I think you can build the outer periphery first. If you are inside, you will first build the open house behind the house, move it over and then demolish the front house, otherwise we will have no place to live."

"good."

"Well... I think the construction will start tomorrow and the next day. At that time, the village chief can help find more than a dozen villagers. If you take them, you will give you thirty cents a day. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Qian Bin waved his hand quickly, "Hey, no, no, it's just a neighborhood fellow to help me, what money should I give you! If I take this money, I can't explain it to my mother when I go back!"

"It doesn't matter. Everyone who works has this money. They are twenty cents. You are the leader. You are worried about more things, so naturally you get more rewards than them. But now I can't give too much of this condition. After all, the family still needs to spend money, so I will give you ten cents. If you don't want it, you will dislike the small amount of money I gave?" she joked.

"No, no, no, I absolutely don't mean this! You give more than long-term workers outside, so I've earned it, how can I dislike it! Just..."

"That's fine!" Gu Xiaoxiao interrupted him, "Don't refuse, one thing goes one by one, and Aunt Zhao comes here, and you should give the money."

It was useless to push around, but she still had to give it to her in the end, so she decided without giving Qian Bin the chance to refuse.

Seeing this, Qian Bin didn't say anything more. Since this is the case, she would do it for Miss Gu and live up to her trust!

Then some other details were discussed. Sure enough, Qian Bin had done this kind of work outside and was smart enough, so he would raise some issues that Gu Xiaoxiao didn't consider too much. This also made Gu Xiaoxiao very satisfied.

After almost the discussion, he got up and said goodbye. While it was still early, he rushed to the town to determine the building materials. The blue bricks and tiles that Niangzi asked for were the most important, and they should be in place as soon as possible.

After Qian Bin left, the four little ones surrounded him. They just asked their father quietly what was his mother talking about with the uncle? His father said they were going to live in a new house.

This made the kids very happy. Although the children are so young, they can still distinguish between beauty and ugliness. For example, the house where Zhou’s father and mother live is better than the house they live in now.

So when they heard that they were going to live in a new house, the first thing they thought of was to live in a house that looked like the houses of Zhou’s father and mother.

So as soon as Qian Bin left, they surrounded him.

Gu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows, looked at the few short potatoes in front of her, and smiled secretly in her heart.

The children's faces were almost all expressed in their minds.

The four treasures spoke excitedly, and the glutinous and chirping voice made people happy.

"Mom~ Are we going to live in a big house?" He deliberately pulled the big words and made a long sound, and his little fleshy gestured a few times.

Sanbao also looked at her with anticipation.

Gu Xiaoxiao lit up the nose of Xiao Sibao, and smiled in the tone of Sibao and said, "Yes, we are going to live in a big house!"

Sibao happily grabbed Sanbao's hand beside him. Sanbao was stunned for a moment, then clenched Sibao's hand, and the two small balls happily jumped on the ground.

Nowadays, the Three Treasures no longer exclude others from getting close to each other, of course they are limited to their family.

He was also trying hard to unleash his heart as his stepmother said. Although he was still talking less, he also interacted with his brothers more. Sibao pulled him to play with Dahuang with no problem, and he became more and more involved.

Erbao then said, "Mom! Then can we practice boxing in a larger yard?"

Gu Xiaoxiao looked at Erbao again and smiled softly, "Yes, you can still study in a bigger house!"

When he mentioned the teaching he was about to face, Erbao felt bitter. During this time, he saw a few older children in the village, and their family members sent them to a private school.

After class, they said that Master Lao's teaching was very boring and boring, and they couldn't listen.

Erbao couldn't imagine that he could sit there and listen to the words "Zhihuzhe" with a stern look, and he might be crazy!

But there is no way. If you don’t study, you can’t become a general. You have to farm in the village. Between the boredom of a short period of time and the lack of meat for a lifetime and the lack of freedom, he decisively and firmly chose the former. Isn’t it just learning! He can learn boxing, and what’s the difficulty of literacy?

Dabao pursed his lips and thought for a while and said, "Then where do we live? Only when this house is demolished can we build another house. Where do we live in this period?"

Gu Xiaoxiao looked at him with relief. It was indeed the future Jiuqing, who was good at finding flaws, had a subtle observation, meticulous logic, and was born with the talent to be a minister of Dali Temple!

At this time, she belongs to her children, and she can see it no matter how you look at her child!

But on the surface, there was no point in it. He answered his question normally, "Of course there will be a place to live, there is an open space behind you, you can think about the others yourself!" Click to stop.

Dabao frowned slightly, and he really went to the side to think.

Gu Xiaoxiao laughed in her heart. It’s fun for children to make fun of them, but it’s even more fun for children to make fun of them!

She also plans to give each child a room after the new house is built, which is also to exercise their self-care ability. But now I don’t want to tell them, so let’s talk about it then!

The next day, Qian Bin came again and entered the door with a smile, bringing good news.

"There is a building materials shop. The price of blue bricks and tiles made me suppress 10% of the price, and finally gave us 90% of the original price. Although it only reduced 10%, I also tried my best. The price of this building materials is not easy to reduce because of its scarcity." Qian Bin said helplessly.

Gu Xiaoxiao nodded to express her understanding. She knew that Qian Bin could suppress that 10% of the time, so she must have spent a lot of talk.

She poured him a glass of water, and she felt extremely satisfied.

The required tools and materials were finally sold at 150 taels of silver and paid on the day of delivery. This matter was done and the work could be started only when the people were all around!

It was a coincidence that the village chief also came at this time and brought fifteen villagers from the same village.

First, he gave Gu Xiaoxiao the completed procedures. Gu Xiaoxiao looked at it and there was no problem, so he put it away.

Then she took her to see the fifteen people, most of whom were young and middle-aged, and most of them came home because of Qiu Cao, and some of whom originally lived in the village.

She looked at it, picked out three people who looked a little thin, and asked them to go back. She stayed the remaining twelve. Qian Bin was there, so she let them meet and make a familiar face.

Everything is ready, Qian Bin plans to start construction early tomorrow morning, which is just right for Gu Xiaoxiao. Anyway, the faster the better, and then you can ask Teacher Xu to teach the boys.

That night, the children were so excited that they didn't go to bed until very late. The next morning, the two and three babies got up early, waiting to see them start building the wall.

Dabao had already figured out the role of the open space behind, and couldn't help but admire Gu Xiaoxiao. He didn't even think of this solution at the first time!
To be continued...