The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

Fortunately, it will be dinner time soon.

After the family finished dinner, Lou Hua took out the account book and started to settle the accounts. "Before the balance was 580 taels of silver, it cost 61 taels to buy land, six taels to build roads, 52 taels for wages, three taels for patterns, 15 taels for food, 83 taels for building materials, and 61 taels for furniture. It cost 50 taels and 57 taels for six glazed window grilles. The big ones are Young Master Pei's side and shopkeeper Jiao's shopkeeper Zhai's side, and the gift money from the old house in the village adds up to less than two taels."

Lou Yuzhu glanced at the embarrassed expression on Lou Chengyi's face with a half-smile, and said happily to Lou Hua, "Brother, continue."

"Excluding the expenses, we still have 300 taels of silver left in our account."

Fu Linshu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that there was still 300 taels of money left over. The children took care of the accounts very well and he never thought of intervening, but seeing the extravagant appearance of building the house before, he was still a little worried. Money is also at ease.

"If you keep money at home, you can't make money. If you spend it, you can create other value." Lou Yuzhu glanced at the others, and stopped on Lou Chengyi: "What's your opinion, Dad?"

Lou Chengyi glanced at Fu Linshu and summoned up his courage: "I want to buy a field, and I also want to buy a sheep to raise at home. When your younger brother is born at the end of the year, there will be sheep to drink. In the past, your brothers were poor and didn't drink sheep for a few days. Grandma, now that you have money, you can't lose your brother."

Putting aside those who bought the sheep, Lou Yuzhu asked, "How many acres of land do you plan to buy?"

"...buy five or five acres?"

Lou Chengyi has been dealing with Tian since he was born, and there is a notion that Tian feels at ease. Lou Yuzhu didn't intend to correct him, but was a little funny at his cautious appearance: "It's better to buy twenty acres."

"Buy, buy so much?" Lou Chengyi stammered when he heard that he would buy twenty acres.He originally wanted to grow his own food and pay taxes.

"Land property is hard currency, so it doesn't matter if you buy more and let it go." He looked at Fu Linshu as he spoke, "Where is Dad? Do you have any good advice?" Seeing that Fu Linshu shook his head and said no, he turned to Louhua: "Where's big brother?"

Lou Hua had already thought about it, and said straightly: "If you want to buy a cow, you also need to drive an ox cart. It can be used for transportation and help the family with farm work, which is much more convenient."

"You can have this." Lou Yuzhu glanced at Lou Hua appreciatively, thinking that there was finally something urgently needed at home. "Where's the second brother?"

Lou Ming Qiqi Ai Ai asked: "Can I buy some chickens? Then I won't have to spend money to buy eggs for my family!"

Facing Lou Ming's puppy-like expectant eyes, Lou Yuzhu still refused cruelly. "No! Think about it, second brother, you will go to the town to study in the spring, who will have time to feed this chicken? You won't tell me to let me feed it? I can tell you that I won't care! The second brother thinks about it again, the chickens can’t be raised in pens, they have to be let out, when the time comes, the house will be full of chicken manure and you’ll suffer?” The cows are kept in the backyard and don’t come to the front yard, and they come in and out through the back door. It's not like chicken, and you can't control the chicken manure flying around everywhere. It won't smell in winter, but in summer, the smell should not be too ecstasy when you cover it with heat!He had had enough of that in the old house! "But the second brother can keep two dogs. They can watch the house and be vigilant, and they can scare those Xiao Xiaoxiao. If they are trained well, they won't be dragged around. It's better than chickens."

"Can you keep a dog?" Lou Ming's eyes lit up immediately.

"Yes. It's just that the second brother has to take good care of it in the future. You can't keep the heat map fresh for a quarter of an hour. If you don't take care of it and cause trouble to the family, you will be punished!" Lou Yuzhu has no pressure to fool the child or something!

"Brother Yu, don't worry, I will take good care of it!" Lou Ming patted his chest and promised that as long as he asked him to raise a dog, he would be able to talk about anything!

"Since the second brother promises, tomorrow I will find out which house has puppies, and I will bring you two back when I have time."

Lou Hua looked at Lou Ming's happy face and couldn't find Bei with a funny face, and turned to Lou Yuzhu, "We've already said it, what about you, Brother Yu?"

Lou Yuzhu didn't answer but instead calculated: "To buy a cow and drive an oxcart should cost 15 taels in total, and to buy 110 acres of fertile land costs [-] and [-] taels. It doesn't cost much to raise a dog, but I plan to pay extra. Buy three acres of fertile land for the village to use as a sacrifice field."

"Jie Tian?"

"Well, the land obtained will be distributed to Grandpa Lizheng to the old people who have nothing to live in the village, or children who have nothing to support. Dad, I have to think about our great-grandfather who led the family to Yanjia Village. Has he ever made any offerings to the village? The great-great-great-great-grandfather of our Lou family was also from the Yan family village, but it has been so long since the old Huangli has lost any trace. But look at the people in the village who are against us? Let alone the grandpa of the Wei family, the two uncles and Father, you have a strong friendship, how much help has Uncle Lizheng helped inside and out? We must be grateful!"

Lou Chengyi listened and patted his head: "Brother Yu said buy it, just buy it."

Lou Yuzhu smiled, and continued to settle the accounts: "The total of these expenses should be 140 taels. The family's petty expenses plus the plan of 50 taels from the gift money from grandpa's house after the new house is built, these calculations should be a total of 200 taels." Scanning the family members, he said again: "There is 100 taels left, I plan to use 60 taels to buy a servant."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes widened, among which Lou Ming stared the biggest.

"I know it's a bit extravagant to buy someone from a farmer's family, but after thinking about it, our family really should buy someone, and we can't buy less." Lou Yuzhu organized the words and said: "The eldest brother and the second brother are going to the school in the town. Don't say two of these book boys, at least one should be prepared? Father is pregnant with his younger brother, and there are so many chores outside the house, and he can't always trouble his grandma to run away when he is confinement at the end of the year, right? I need to buy an older brother here. Besides, when I buy a field in the future, I will not be able to do the [-]-acre land alone. After spring and summer, I will also do the snail business, and then there will be a big red crayfish business, dad. You can’t let the uncles come to help for nothing, right? So at least three should be bought, one bookboy, one slave, and one adult.”

Lou Chengyi was about to stutter, he didn't know what to say if he didn't want to spend that money to buy a servant, and scratched his head in a hurry.

Fu Linshu hesitated and said: "The book boy wants to buy, and he can also add a labor force, but don't add people for these chores at home, right? Didn't all the work in the old house used to be busy, and if there is nothing, you can live in a new house and have nothing to do. Make sense."

"Since you want to buy it, it's better to buy a complete set, or else you have to cook for the servants?" Lou Yuzhu said something funny, and seeing that Lou Chengyi was still frowning, she sighed and said: "Father, our family's The situation will only get better and better, if you ask the long-term worker to trouble you, it is better to buy one, and when the time comes, we will not be afraid that the other party will be dishonest."

"But..." In Lou Chengyi's mind, buying a servant is something only a wealthy family in the town can do, and their family is still a serious family. "Building such a big house is already eye-catching enough. If we need to buy another person, then the village will speak badly."

"The mouth grows on other people, so we can't live without gossip?" Lou Yuzhu smiled hoarsely. "Besides, the sacrificial land our family bought for the village is not for nothing. Who dares to say that there will never be a time when you are old and nowhere? Even if you don't have relatives with other surnames? If you don't want to make trouble ugly, just keep your mouth clean."

"I…"

"Father, I think Brother Yu is right." Lou Hua thought for a while before seconding, Lou Ming was a follower, and immediately expressed his support.A family of five does not count as the one in the stomach, three votes in favor of the other two votes, is there anything else to say?

"That's the deal. Tomorrow morning, my father and I will go to Lizheng to discuss the purchase of fertile land. After that, we will go to the town to order cattle carts and watch cattle. We will also go to Renyazi to see if there is any suitable one. Talk to Ren Yazi, don't be in a hurry."

Things were finalized, the family meeting was dismissed, and the three brothers went to work on their own and took a hot bath.Washed thoroughly from head to toe, and then put on new clothes, I saw the three boys were full of energy and radiant, and their postures were good, which made Lou Chengyi just smirk, and disappeared without a trace because of the awkwardness of the buyer. trace.

Although Mr. Lou is selfish and self-centered, and Liu Amo is narrow-minded and short-sighted, it has to be said that both of them have good looks.The three sons of the Lou family are all good-looking, and Lou Chengyi is the best among them. It can be said that he has completely inherited the advantages of the two.Fu Linshu was originally a son of an official family, and his appearance was even more inherited. Naturally, the child born from the genetic fusion of the two would not be bad.In the past, due to malnutrition, she was thin and thin, and her face was sallow, but in the past few months, the advantage of having good food and good food was immediately revealed.Outsiders would say that Lou's parents are very good, and Lou Hua's parents are good, and Lou Hua's raising them is not bad at all!

Lou Yuzhu glanced at Lou Chengyi contemptuously, put the lantern in his hand and opened his mouth to drive him away. "Daddy, go and greet daddy, we don't have to watch here."

"Ah? Oh. Then go to bed early."

Watching the honest man turn around, the three brothers looked at each other happily, and gathered in the Louhua room to light the oil lamp and whispered to each other.

Lou Ming lay on the bed and rolled over, looking at Lou Hua eagerly: "Brother, I'll sleep with you today."

Lou Yuzhu sat by the bed and pinched Lou Ming's face: "What's wrong? Second brother is afraid?"

Ren Lou Yuzhu pinched his face, Lou Ming touched his ears embarrassedly: "It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm a little flustered. Since I can remember, I've always slept with my brother, and suddenly I don't sleep together, and I feel a little empty in my heart."

Lou Yuzhu couldn't help laughing.Since a heartless brat still lacks a sense of security, it is a rare thing. "I used to have no place to sleep, but now that I have a place, the second brother wants to share a bed with the eldest brother? It's not ashamed to be ashamed!"

"Just today! I promise to sleep alone tomorrow!"

"There are ghosts only if you believe in you!" Lou Yuzhu teased him.

Lou Ming was in a hurry. "I promise, if I don't sleep alone tomorrow, I will do it"

"What am I?"

"I won't eat meat for two or three days!"

Lou Hua, who kept laughing and watching, pretended to be depressed and said, "It turns out that I only have three days' worth of meat in my second brother's heart."

Lou Ming stared, dumbfounded.

"Hahaha...look at how stupid the second brother is!" Lou Yuzhu laughed and fell down.

Lou Hua also pressed his hand to his lips and couldn't help laughing.

"You guys!" Knowing that he was being teased, Lou Ming blushed angrily, pointed at the two trembling laughing people and scolded angrily, "You are all bad people! I will ignore you!" Wrapping himself in a quilt, Hide yourself completely without seeing anyone.

Lou Yuzhu poked the quilt bag: "Second brother, second brother, is my good second brother angry?"

A muffled snort came from under the blanket.

"Second brother is angry and ignores us? Then we'll leave~~" Lou Hua made a loud noise while talking and walked away deliberately, and then walked back with heavy feet.

Lou Ming, who was stuffed under the quilt, didn't hear the sound for a long time, really thought that the two had left, so he hurriedly lifted the quilt.

Lou Yuzhu rushed forward with sharp eyes, and rubbed Lou Ming's face for a while, pretending to be fierce in his mouth: "How dare you get angry when you are so small?! I can't deal with you! Big brother, go to the family law!"

"Hey!" Lou Hua pressed Lou Ming's feet, it was just convenient for him to take a bath without even wearing socks. "Second brother is disobedient, so he should be taken care of by the family!" As he spoke, he scratched the soles of his feet.

Immediately, Lou Ming's loud laughter nearly knocked off the roof.

Lou Chengyi, who was in the main room, was startled and hurriedly got up to watch, but Fu Linshu held him back: "It's okay, I'm just playing with you guys. It's rare for them to be happy, so don't disturb them."

Hearing this, Lou Chengyi scratched his head and gave up the idea of ​​going to have a look.

This Xiang Louming was being tickled and rolled all over the bed, and finally laughed so hard that he couldn't help but lie there quite still.

Lou Yuzhu was also very happy, she turned her head and fell on Lou Ming's stomach, making him laugh again.Unhappy, he patted his trembling stomach, pretending to be angry and said: "A pillow should look like a pillow, what kind of pillow is it that is always moving?"

Lou Ming couldn't stop laughing, Lou Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction and settled on the pillow.

Lou Hua looked at the two lazy cats, so he resigned himself to pouring water. "Get up and drink some water."

The two brothers got up and took a sip, Lou Ming continued to lie back as a 'pillow', and Lou Yuzhu also continued to turn her head back to sleep on the pillow.

Looking at the messy bed, and looking at the two brothers who are still pretending, Lou Hua helplessly helped his forehead. "I'm so used to you guys!"