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Chapter 946 About Happiness

That night, they did not go back to Sakurawu-senpai's house, but returned to Uncle Nanye's village.

On the one hand, he came to pick up his luggage, and on the other hand, Xia Feng wanted to discuss his ideas with Uncle Nanye.

Seeing them coming back, the enthusiastic Nanno Shimoda prepared a hot dinner, as well as a lot of small seafood that Sorata caught during the day.

Bagpipe took out a candy apple from his backpack.

"Hanako, come here, give you another candy."

"Wow, thank you sister."

The little girl Hanako took the candy and hid in the inner room alone to lick it.

After the food was served, Nanye went to the field and took out some wine.

"Fuutarou, come have a few more drinks with me."

Seeing Bagpipe's unkind look, Xia Feng firmly refused this time.

"No, no, I'm a heavy drinker. I have a lot of things to do recently, so I won't drink."

Nanye Shimoda was a reasonable person, so he stopped lobbying.

"Hey, young man, it's a good thing not to drink. Come on, let's eat more food."

Xia Feng rolled up his sleeves and picked up the chopsticks.

"To be honest, I'm really hungry, Uncle Nanye, so I won't be polite."

"You are welcome."

While eating, Nanno went to the fields and asked them about their harvest with concern.

"How about it, have you met the senior Yingwu who lives in seclusion in the cherry blossom forest?"

Xia Feng swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Well, I met him. He is a very good person."

"Then have you decided where to live?"

"It's decided, just south of the cherry blossom forest. Today Bagpipe and I have sorted out an open space."

"Not bad."

Having said this, Xia Feng put down his bowls and chopsticks and got to the point.

"By the way, Uncle Nanye, I just have something I want to discuss with you."

"What's up?"

"It's like this. Neither Bagpipe nor I know how to build a house. If it's just a shelter from the wind and rain, we can probably build it clumsily. But you also know that we plan to live here for a long time, so naturally we also plan to complete in one step."

Afterwards, Xia Feng explained his expectations in detail.

To put it simply, he hopes to get help from the villagers of Nanye Village to help him build a house with complete supporting facilities in the shortest possible time.

He didn't want to have sex for free. To be honest, there was nothing secretive about it. He would pay for it if his brother settled the score.

Today, the currencies circulating throughout the Eastern Kingdom are stone gold, stone silver, and copper coins issued by the Kamino family, and the same is naturally true in the Nishikawa area.

Nanno Village, which has been settled on the south coast for generations, does not circulate money within the village, but adopts a cooperative model. To put it bluntly, it means exchanging the items one has for what one does not have, and supporting each other's lives.

In this one-third of an acre of land in the village, gold coins cannot be eaten or drunk, and they have almost no use except for sparkling.

Of course, just because there is no currency circulating within the village, it does not mean that the role of currency is completely absent.

In today's era, few villages can be truly isolated from the world. Kong Tai mentioned before that there are more than a dozen villages of various sizes scattered along the entire southern coast of Xichuan, as well as relatively large towns.

Nanno Village is self-sufficient in most of its daily necessities, but in order to improve the quality of life, there are still some things that need to be purchased outside.

For example, medicines, tools, and some auxiliary materials in manufacturing processes, including spices and sugars that cannot be grown.

You need to go to the town on the other side of the mountain to buy these things. You don’t have to use money to buy them, you can also exchange them for things.

Because Nanno Village is close to the sea, seafood such as dried fish is very abundant. These things can be exchanged for daily necessities in the town.

Of course, it is easier to use money.

Through the conversation with Uncle Nanye, Xia Feng also had a certain understanding of the current economic situation of the village.

The villagers have a weak concept of money. Only a few people usually leave the village to exchange things in the town, and they only go there once every half a month on average.

The villagers do not have the habit of saving money, and all the money is kept by the village chief. Now all the money combined is not as much as the gold coins in his trouser pocket.

After understanding Xia Feng's thoughts, Uncle Nanye thought for a moment.

"Well, I can discuss it with the village chief. Someone should be able to help. As neighbors, this is what we should do."

Xia Feng looked happy.

"That's great. Nannomura is loyal. Don't worry, I won't let everyone's efforts go in vain."

Uncle Nanye waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter. We are friends. Whether we pay or not is a trivial matter. However, there are some things you need to figure out."

"what?"

"Materials for building a house."

"For example?"

You don’t know if you don’t ask, but it’s a lot if you ask.

Uncle Nanye didn't know much about building houses. His usual division of labor was fishing at sea, but with his understanding, he came up with a lot of materials that Xia Feng hadn't thought of before.

Such as burned bricks, sand, gravel, wood, thick soil, etc. This is just the lowest standard house.

If he wants to build something more high-end, he may also need lime, iron frames, waterproofing materials, paint, floor tiles, nails, casings, etc.

Coupled with the agricultural items that Bagpipe is preparing to develop the fields, to be honest, the small Nanno Village really cannot provide these things.

Seeing that Xia Feng was a little confused, Uncle Nanye lit up his pipe and puffed out smoke.

"There is a carpenter in the village who knows this. You can ask him tomorrow what exactly you need and how much you need, but you may have to go to the town to buy these things yourself, and you have to find a way to transport them back."

"this"

Perhaps sensing that Xia Feng was in trouble, Uncle Nanye thought he was worried about money.

Then he said out of good intentions.

"Let's see. The village has just made a batch of dried fish. You can take it to the town and sell it to see how much material you can exchange for it."

Xia Feng came to his senses.

"Oh, no need for that."

Hearing Uncle Nanye's words, Xia Feng felt warm in his heart.

Uncle Nanye might be a little guilty because the village couldn't take him in, but he was willing to help him to this extent.

She gave him the dried fish that the villagers carefully dried after hard work at sea in exchange. This really made him a friend.

He was in a daze just now and just didn't understand the situation, but when he thought about it carefully, this seemed to be much easier than what he thought before.

For him, anything that can be settled with money is easy.

The journey didn't cost much at all, and he now still has 4 stones of gold and a handful of silver coins in his hand.

Although it didn't feel like a lot, combined with the prices in Dongzhou, he knew very well that this amount of money was already a huge sum in the economically backward south coast area.

It was agreed with Uncle Nanye that he would come to the village again tomorrow morning, and then the villagers would take him to the so-called town.

In order not to disturb others, tonight he and Bagpipe carried their luggage and returned to their carefully chosen "home" to prepare for camping.

Although there were some twists and turns, overall it went smoothly.

Walking out of the village, the stars and moon in the night sky are dazzling.

In the neon-lit city of Victoria, this kind of scenery was difficult to see.

The sea breeze was blowing gently and insects were chirping all around. Xia Feng was full of hope for the future life.

He turned his head and grinned at the bagpipe.

"Bagpipe, I will definitely make you happy."

Xia Feng thinks this sentence is reasonable, because they are a team, Feng Bao is an animal, and Bagpipe is the only "person" in the team besides himself.

The happiness of the bagpipe means that he will be happy, and true happiness is when everyone is happy.

However, the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. When this sentence is heard in the ears of Bagpipe, who is still in a "sensitive period", it once again unsurprisingly adds a hint of ambiguity.

Under the moonlight, I could see Bagpipe's eyelashes trembling slightly, and his whole body was a little nervous and at a loss.

"Really, what did you say?"

Xia Feng strode forward with his luggage on his back and responded stupidly.

"Hahaha, I said I will work hard to make you happy."

Bagpipe's little hand holding the strap of his backpack tightened unconsciously. Without the cover of the night, his blushing ears would definitely be discovered.

"Stop talking, aren't you ashamed?"

"Huh? Why should I be ashamed? Don't you want to be happy?"

The sound of the bagpipes was faint.

"Of course I do."

"That's fine then."

"Oh, it's not what you think. The happiness I am talking about is not the kind of happiness you are talking about."

"Ah? The happiness I'm talking about is happiness. What kind of happiness are you talking about?"

"I am talking about ordinary happiness in life."

Xia Feng had another black question mark on his face.

"I'm also talking about ordinary happiness in life. What kind of happiness do you think I'm talking about?"

Bagpipe blushed and puffed out his cheeks.

"I won't tell you anymore."