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It took Yu Hongdou's house six and a half days to build.

There are five main rooms, six side rooms, and four gatehouses, a total of fifteen rooms.

In addition to the house, Yu Sanlang did not bother two people and simply asked them to help build the wall.

The bricklayer's family thought that Yu Sanlang was kind and that they still had Yu Erlang's business behind them, so they used the remaining materials to help build two huts, dig a cellar, and use the discarded scraps to pave the passage in the middle of the yard.

Every time Yu Hongdou comes here, she would marvel at the power of ancient people.

If you think about it, in an era without construction vehicles and mixers and fillers, people could build buildings faster and better with just their hands than those cardboard buildings and unfinished buildings in later generations.

For a moment, it is hard to say whether technological progress has improved or reduced the quality of life.

The houses were built, the spring ploughing in the village was basically completed, and the pepper and ginger seeds purchased by the county magistrate Tan Bailu had also arrived.

"Dad, when will we put up the beams for our house?" Yu Hongdou had wanted to have a feast for a long time.

"Over at Butterfly Mountain, the village chief has already brought people to clean up the weeds in the forest. Tomorrow, dad will go up the mountain with them to dig holes and bury the seeds."

"As for ginger, just like potatoes, we have to wait another ten days or so. It's just right, we can take this opportunity to put up the beams." Yu Sanlang had already thought about it before building the house.

He originally wanted to ask his second brother to help him plant his three acres of land, and at most give some food to his second brother's family. But his own father asked the family to help plant the land, which saved him a lot of trouble.

As for the favors he owed, he would just pay them back slowly. Soon the nephews and nieces from the first and second wives would get married and have children. By then, how could he, as an uncle, just sit there and watch?

"Where is the food?" This is what Yu Hongdou was mainly concerned about.

"You little greedy boy." Yu Sanlang finally understood what his daughter meant and couldn't help but flick her head with his hand.

Then Yu Sanlang looked at his wife.

"I thought that building a house is a big deal after all, and moving out is equivalent to starting my own business. Plus, I've been hired to grow herbs, so why don't we take this opportunity to hold a big event and let the villagers have fun."

What Yu Sanlang was thinking was that his son had embarked on a path to success, but his future was still uncertain, so it was not a good idea to publicize it, lest someone with ulterior motives do harm to him. By making it public, he was just shielding his son from harm.

Xu never opposed her husband's decision, but what she was worried about now was that her husband had been spending money too freely recently and might not be able to stop the banquets for the grand ceremony.

If Yu Hongdou knew what her mother was thinking, her first reaction would be to say "Amitabha".

According to her current calculations, the bricklayer's wages were seven hundred coins, which was true for six and a half days' work. However, her father felt that the bricklayer had given him a lot of inspiration and suggestions, and did the job efficiently, so he rounded it up out of joy.

Bricks, tiles, mud, stones, wood, beams, etc., all the miscellaneous materials added up to about ten hundred coins.

The furniture, cloth, pots and ironware bought in the county town, the jars and earthenware pots bought in Xingwang Town, and the food expenses during these days, all added up to more than thirty strings of cash.

Before moving in, you must buy some soft furnishings, which will cost at least three or four hundred yuan.

One hundred coins was equal to one tael of silver, and now nearly fifty taels of silver were gone, which was equivalent to only getting three acres of land and half a mountain after the division of the family.

However, her father showed no sign of restraint and was still enthusiastically counting on his fingers as he made the guest list and menu.

"There are a total of 156 people in our village now, including the head of the village and other relatives and friends. There are ten people at a table, so we need 20 tables of food and wine."

"We can't plan as much as we can. We have to prepare food for 25 tables. We have to prepare more for a few tables."

Xu nodded. Her husband understood clearly that when villagers had a banquet, they would usually notify the whole village. Unless it was a family feud, few would not come.

Yu Hongdou thought about her father's last words, "Prepare it well", and guessed that it was prepared for her brother. No matter if anyone was coming or not, it was better to prepare something, so she nodded.

Seeing that his wife and daughter were not as serious as before, Yu Sanlang chuckled and continued calculating.

"We don't need to make the dishes too surprising, so as not to make it difficult for the villagers to give gifts. The general village custom is four cold dishes, four hot dishes and two soups, half meat and half vegetable. We can add two beets to make it perfect."

"So, one table would cost about 250 coins, 25 tables would cost more than 6 dao, and 30 jars of wine would be prepared, each jar costing 100 coins, which would cost 3 dao."

"Add to that the one hundred dollars for the banquet master and the helper, and the total is about eleven hundred dollars."

Why not find a chance to hand over the twenty taels in the backpack? This was Yu Hongdou's first reaction after hearing her father's account.

How did she just realize that her father was so good at spending money? Normally, she, a time traveler, should treat money as dirt.

It seems that we still have to make money! No matter how hard it is, we can't let our parents suffer!

Her father spends so much money just to improve their quality of life!

Yu Hongdou decided to list all her previous plans of making soaps, toys and incense, and see which one would be easier to implement and bring more benefits, and rank them in order.

The house is built, and it's time to receive the furniture from the city.

Three days ago, Yu Song and the three brothers of the Tan family returned to the county town with the murals chiseled out from the secret room under the well of the Niangniang Temple on Erdai Mountain, as well as several gold artifacts dug out from the well water.

Before leaving, Yu Song left a message, asking the bricklayer to come to the city to inform him when the house was completed.

When the time comes, he will bring his colleagues from the furniture store to deliver the ordered furniture so that his father won't have to make another trip.

"I wonder if my brother can come back tomorrow." Yu Hongdou's face was full of anticipation as she wondered if he would bring back her farm and the title deed to the house.

When Yu Hongdou heard that the night-shining pearl not only bought her brother a student status, but also bought herself a farm and a small house in Beijing, she was so happy that she went crazy.

value! So worth it!

She didn't know how precious the Night Pearl was in this era, nor did she know how priceless the Sui Hou Pearl was.

To Yu Hongdou, who had seen all kinds of lights and even watched several light shows, it was just a big glowing pearl.

Beads that big cannot be worn or displayed. Wouldn’t it be better to bury them in the ground and leave them for future generations instead?

Perhaps for others, the value is not equal to just such a small amount, but Yu Hongdou is content.

She is just a little country bumpkin now, her father and brother are just starting out, why would they need a bicycle!

There was indeed no bicycle, but Yu Hongdou never expected that when her brother came back, he not only brought two land deeds, but also a horse carriage.

"Dad, this is the gift from my senior brother for my new home. My teacher and senior brother said that they will come to celebrate after the roof beam is raised at home." Yu Song grinned and reported the good news to his parents.

Nowadays, even cows, mules and donkeys are rare animals. These animals are indispensable for work and transporting goods. Although the law that eating beef is illegal has been abolished today, there is basically no beef for sale on the market.

As military supplies, horses are even more difficult to come by.

A few days ago, Yu Hongdou overheard two cattle-raising uncles bragging that a horse cost twenty taels of silver, but there was no demand for it.

This Tan Bailu is quite a good person, Yu Hongdou praised him, and in her heart she gave this county magistrate a good guy card.

This good guy card allowed Tan Bailu to be promoted two levels directly. Of course, this is a later story.