Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

The harvest of watermelons is very good, the sales are also smooth, and the profits are unexpectedly large.After getting excited, Qiao Mo once again focused on the construction of the new house.

When the watermelon is fully ripe, the new house is completed.

Qiao Mo and Lin were standing in front of the gate looking at the newly completed house, and many villagers gathered around to watch the excitement.Originally, the topic of Lin Zheng's house building had never stopped, and on the day when the project was actually completed, the villagers even talked about it.

This is a small courtyard.

Originally, Qiao Mo's idea was unreasonable in some places, or the construction seemed nondescript, and the professional explained them one by one.Later, Qiao Mo saw that what the other party said was reasonable, so he simply asked the other party to produce the blueprint, and thought it was good, so he built it according to the other party's blueprint.

The gate is in the southeast corner, and when you enter, you will be faced with a screen wall. The pattern on the screen wall is lotus leaf, lotus, carp.

Going around the screen wall to the left is the courtyard, and there are three inverted houses against the courtyard wall in the south.Facing the inverted seat are three main rooms, one is bright and the other is dark. A half side room was specially added on the east side to communicate with the main room. On the west side, there is an aisle between the house and the courtyard wall, and a small opening is opened on the north wall. The door leads directly to the back of the courtyard, and behind the courtyard is a preserved vegetable garden.There are two wing rooms on the left and right sides of the courtyard.

The foundation of the house is slightly higher than the ground of the yard, and a level of steps has been built.

According to Qiao Mo's request, except for the four corners that were vacated for planting flowers and trees, the rest of the yard was covered with blue bricks, mainly for the convenience of drying food in the future, and avoiding mud in rainy days.There is a door on the courtyard wall between the inverted room and the west wing room, which is enough for a car to pass through, and there is a large courtyard through this door.

The yard is about the same size as a courtyard house, with a gate opened in the southwest.There is a horse shed against the south wall, with a lot of fodder piled up, and a chicken coop is also built on a corner of the south wall.Several rooms were built on the north and west sides, which were prepared for bamboo weaving workshops.At that time, people will be recruited to work, whether it is bamboo materials, finished products, or even workers need a place to do their work.

Qiao Mo didn't want to put these things in the courtyard, it was too messy, not to mention people coming and going.

When a new house is built, it is not to live in it on the same day, but to choose an auspicious day, and to treat guests to dinner as a housewarming ceremony.Many villagers came to visit the new house together, all of them looked around in a strange way, counting how many rooms there were, counting how many bricks were used, and talking about how exquisite and beautiful the large carved windows were, and so on.

Grandma Chun also followed in the crowd, but unlike the envy of others, she became more jealous and heartbroken the more she watched.

It happened that someone was smacking their lips next to them, counting how much money the house cost, which made others want to guess.

"Look, it's so grand. I heard it's called a courtyard house. There are houses like this all over the capital. Counting, there are three and a half rooms in the upper room, four rooms in total, and three rooms in the south, making a total of ten and a half rooms. There is such a yard, yo, what a waste, it is all paved with green bricks."

"What is this? There is a big yard over there, and there are five or six houses."

"Lin Zheng's family has gotten rich. It's the first time they have built such a big house. This house probably costs... 100 taels?"

"What's enough for 100 taels? Why don't you get 200 taels of silver?"

"Have you heard that the piece of sand bought by Lin Zheng's family planted two acres of watermelons, and they were said to have been sold for dozens of taels of silver. Oh boy, where are the watermelons? They are all big golden eggs! If we can also grow watermelons, we don’t expect to build such a magnificent house, it’s enough to build two big brick houses for our son.”

"How can we build such a house by farming alone? Uncle Qiao'er loves him so much that he gave him a special sum of money to build the house." Grandma Li was impatient and interrupted everyone in a cold voice. Discussed, and said: "Don't just be jealous, Lin Zheng and Brother Qiaoer know how to farm land and know how to do business. If they can make money, they will naturally have a better life than us. Besides, they live well, but they don't Forget folks."

"What do you mean?" Upon hearing this, someone immediately asked.

"What's the rush, Brother Qiao will tell everyone in a few days." Aunt Li was only talking for Qiao Mo just now, so she might as well have slipped her mouth. Thinking that Qiao Mo and the others haven't bought it yet, she is afraid that it will cause trouble if she speaks out. It was perfunctory with vague words.

Waiting to see the new house, the people who watched the excitement dispersed, but Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng couldn't be idle.

The two drove their cars to Guadai, borrowing not only the old man's car, but also the cars of the third uncle from the Lin family and Li Zheng's family, and asked the Li family father and son for help as usual.Last time, the three melon sellers each ordered [-] melons. Shopkeeper Xiao of the teahouse sent someone here a few days ago and asked for [-] melons, which means [-] melons.

Four trucks full of watermelons were transported to the county seat, and they were sent to several houses.

This time, the price was nine coins for teahouses and restaurants, and ten coins for the Song family and Wu Ji’s goods shop, a total of 88 taels and five cents.

When I got home, I picked another twenty melons from the field, distributed three to each of Aunt Lin's family and Aunt Li's family, and gave two to each family of the patriarch, Li Zheng, Fat Aunt, Old Man Yu, and Uncle Lin Cang.Because Li Xue was married, she also sent two to Lin Daqing's house.

Sending out eighteen melons at once, Qiao Molin was not feeling sorry for him yet, but Aunt Li and Old Mo Lin felt very distressed.

But no, if someone is interested in doing the math, the sixteen melons will be calculated as ten catties each, and ten Wen per catty, that is one tael or six renminbi.Lin Zhengjia is so generous!

When it was different, Auntie Li was distressed because she felt that their hands were loose and would not know how to live, while Madam Lin was distressed by the money.Because Lin is building a new house, Madam Lin is already jealous. Seeing that they have made a fortune growing watermelons, and being provoked by some caring people, she can't sit still.

At this time, Qiao Mo didn't have time to take care of Lin Laoma's thoughts. He and Lin Zheng were inspecting their newly built cellar.

There used to be a cellar in the old house, which was used to store cabbage, radishes, and sweet potatoes. It was not too big and rough.When building a new house this time, Lin Zheng thought about it first, and purposely rebuilt a cellar.The entrance to the cellar is in the inverted building. Of the three rooms here, except for the one next to the door which is used as a kitchen, the other two are used as warehouses with a rather large area.

The entrance of the cellar is on the west wall, and a thick wooden board is used as the door close to the ground, and it fits tightly after being covered.

Pull the wooden boards apart, and two people can easily run side by side, laying neat steps to the bottom of the cellar.

The entire cellar is built under the patio of the courtyard, and its area is larger than the three main rooms combined. The vault, walls and even the ground are all made of blue bricks, and an arched wall is used as a partition in the middle, which is also to share the load. , to prevent collapse.

Qiao Mo liked the cellar in front of him very much. It has a large space and powerful storage functions. It can not only store winter vegetables and fruits, but also store ice... No, if ice is hidden in winter, then the radish and cabbage in the cellar should be Frozen.It seems that if you want to store ice, you really have to build a separate cellar.

As soon as he said his regrets, Lin Zheng smiled: "It's okay, you forgot that our house still has an old cellar. In spare time, we can rebuild the old cellar, and we can still store ice in time for this winter."

Because the old cellar was used to store winter vegetables, it was originally next to the horse shed of the old house, but now that place has been demolished long ago.Although the old cellar has not been backfilled, it has been left alone. The entrance is at the east wall of the yard over there.The whole cellar is L-shaped, the cellar entrance is narrow and narrow, and the ladder leads straight down, and the main body is just under the west courtyard.

This type of cellar is the most common style in farmhouses.

Although Qiao Mo didn't go down, he also stood on the side to see it. Not to mention the panoramic view, but the space is really not big.

"That's a big project. Once I move in, I'll have someone dig it. It has to be doubled, the depth has to be increased, and the entrance of the cellar has to be changed. In addition, I also want to dig a well in the yard over there, otherwise the draft It's too troublesome." Qiao Mo only felt that time was running out and there were always things that couldn't be done.

I have to worry about the late harvest of watermelon, and I have to worry about selling the grain during the summer harvest. I need all kinds of furniture for my new home, and I need to plant flowers and trees. Then in autumn, all kinds of crops will mature one after another.Not to mention that he has to deliver goods to teahouses every month, and plans to open a shop and hold bamboo weaving workshops.

Even so, I feel that life is very busy, at least every day is not wasted.

Lin Zheng didn't think about digging a well at first, but after the house was built, he also felt that there should be a well.

"I heard that there is an old man Yang in Xiaoyang Village who is very good at digging wells. I'll look for it tomorrow. If there is water in the nearby yard, I will dig a well."

Lin Zheng was not a stingy person, not to mention that although he had built a new house, the harvest this year was good, and the watermelon was a big income. No matter how tired he was every day, his heart would still be sweet.Once you have money, naturally you can't hold it in your hands, you must let your daughter-in-law try to live a good and comfortable life as much as possible.

The cellar was ventilated for a day, and then Qiao Mo picked all the more than 100 ripe melons in the field and put them in the cellar to prevent them from rotting in the field.

He didn't plan to transport these melons to the county again, and kept them at home to eat slowly, or if someone in a neighboring village wanted one or two, he would sell the scattered ones.

Then wait for the auspicious day to enter the house.

Auntie Li helped to check the day, but it was not good for a few days in a row, until the sixth day was the auspicious day for moving into the house.

Qiao Mo and the two were not in a hurry, so they went to Carpenter Wang's house to see how much furniture they had made.When the house was being built, Carpenter Wang was hired to make furniture. Although Qiao Mo knew how to weave bamboo, it took a lot of time to make big things, and he had to learn it now. Besides, as a bed, wood was still practical.

Carpenter Wang moved quickly and did a good job.

The furniture was all made according to Qiao Mo's requirements. A two-meter large bed was made with a slightly curved headboard. There were no complicated patterns, just polished and painted with a layer of paint.A row of wardrobes are made after measuring the size of the house to ensure that the size is suitable and beautiful.For the division of space in the closet, Qiao Mo directly referred to the modern design, mainly because it is convenient to store and easy to find.

In addition, tables, chairs, stools, and desk tables.

Furthermore, the three rooms in the main room were partitioned, the east one and half of the side room were used as bedrooms, the Ming room was used for receiving close relatives and friends, and the west one was used as a study.Therefore, all the furniture in the study has also been prepared.

On weekdays, people come into the kitchen at home.

The kitchen is located in the inverted seat, and there are three rooms in a row, which are very spacious.The middle of the house is half-separated by a waist-high brick wall, and there is a small dining room on the entrance side, with a wood stove for cooking inside, and it is not crowded.

Everything is ready, finally came the sixth day of the lunar new year.