hunter's daughter-in-law

When spring came, Zhang Jin and Yuan Hong moved out of the cave and returned to their original home.The whole winter passed, and the house was even more dilapidated after the heavy snow.All the eaves collapsed, leaving only the bare walls around.

The two walked around the house, and finally stopped at the gate.

"This is the house left by my grandfather's grandfather. I remember my grandfather told me that when this house was first built, it was the most magnificent house in the ten miles and eight villages. There was a row of small houses next to it for the servants to live in. In addition There are also stables and utility rooms”

Yuan Hong touched the remaining wall, "At that time, my grandfather's grandfather was a well-known gentry in the neighborhood, but something happened later, and he disappeared in my grandfather's generation. When this house was passed on to me, only This room."

Zhang Jin listened to Yuan Hong's narration, and a generation of prosperous and wealthy families gradually came to decline in his mind. He couldn't help lamenting the impermanence of the world.

Zhang Jin approached Yuan Hong, looked up at him, and said firmly, "We can fix it and make it more beautiful than before."

Yuan Hong reached out and hugged him tightly, "No matter what, I will give you the best, no matter what it is!"

The matter of the house can't wait any longer. Zhang Jin had already drawn the design when she was still in the cave, but after carefully checking the terrain of the old house, she had a new idea.

After one night, Zhang Jin changed the design again, and finally both of them were very satisfied with the design.

Given that the house was really uninhabitable and the temperature in spring hadn't risen enough, Zhang Jin and Yuan Hong decided to live in the cave for a while, and then move out after the house was built.

The next day, the two drove the ox cart to the town.When I came to the brick shop, I ordered a batch of green bricks from the manager, and made an appointment that the other party would send someone to deliver them to the designated place at the designated time.After finishing the basic materials, Zhang Jin asked the supervisor if he knew a reliable bricklayer.

"If you ask me, you're asking the right person!" The manager said enthusiastically, "When you leave my brick workshop, turn right and walk about a mile, and you will see a house with a locust tree in front of it. The famous bricklayer here lives here, known as Wang Datie, he is an honest man who is willing to work, his craftsmanship is beyond words, and some houses of rich and noble families are built by him."

Zhang Jin thanked the steward, and went to Wang Datie's house with Yuan Hong in a bullock cart.

After some time, the ox cart finally stopped in front of the locust tree.After tying the cow, Yuan Hong and Zhang Jin went up to the door and knocked lightly.

"Excuse me, is Master Wang at home?"

After a while, a thin man in his thirties opened the door. He was dressed in shabby clothes, followed by three little radish heads, all of whom stared at the visitor with wide-eyed eyes, and their faces were a little yellow.

"You are?"

Zhang Jin smiled at him, "It's like this. We are going to build a new house, so I want to ask Master Wang for help. I wonder if he is free?"

"That's it! I'm free! I'm free! Please come in!" The man opened the door, turned around and shouted, "Sir, come out quickly! Someone is looking for you!"

Zhang Jin was taken aback by this publicity. He has not fully adapted to this world full of men and women.After a while, a middle-aged man of about 35 years old appeared in front of the two of them. He had dark skin and was a little thin. Due to years of hard work, he was not weak, but rather strong.From the face alone, he looks like a very honest person.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Jin, and his name is Yuan Hong, and he's my man." Zhang Jin is really not used to such a title.

"Oh, I'm Wang Datie, come in and sit down!"

This honest man looked a little embarrassed.

After sitting down, Zhang Jin explained the purpose of coming to him.

After hearing this, Wang Datie showed a happy smile on his face, "I am dissatisfied with you, saying that I haven't received work these days, and I have nothing to do, so I will help you get things done as soon as possible."

With these words, Zhang Jin felt relieved. Now they need to build the house as soon as possible.

Master Wang is really an honest person, and the asking price is not high.After they thanked Master Wang sincerely, they went to the market to buy some things.

According to the design drawings, the two plan to build an attic on the basis of repairing the old house, and build two small houses on both sides for future use.Build a row of simple one-story houses a little further away to raise cattle and pigs, and maybe later to raise horses.

Open up another vegetable field, plant some fresh vegetables, set aside a large yard, and then use a fence to surround it.

The brick shop delivered the blue bricks up as promised. After unloading, the person in charge took the tea handed over by Zhang Jin and drank it in big gulps. After finishing, he wiped his sweat with the sweat towel around his neck Sighed, "Tsk tsk! I'm so tired! It's not easy to transport the bricks up, even people and cars almost slipped down the ravine several times!"

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhang Jin gave everyone a little tip.

The workers who benefited finally went down the mountain happily without any complaints.

Master Wang arrived as scheduled, and brought three small workers, ready to start repairing the old house according to the requirements of the two.

Master Wang is experienced and very efficient. Yuan Hong and Zhang Jin only need to provide the materials they need.As for the materials, most of them are wood, and there are the most on the mountain. In this regard, the two of them did not spend much effort and money.In the process of building the house, Zhang Jin drew a few pictures according to the furniture styles of later generations and handed them to Yuan Hong. These furniture are very practical, simple and elegant in shape.

Yuan Hong built them all based on these pictures. Zhang Jin asked Master Wang to bring him some paint when he went back, and painted all the furniture light green, fresh and comfortable.

About a month later, with the hard work of Master Wang and three small workers, the house was finally built.

To Zhang Jin's great surprise, Master Wang not only built the house, but also did the carving work.

The eaves, panes and even some of the blue bricks have been meticulously carved, with different carving contents, including animals, flowers, farming scenes, and gods and nobles.

Zhang Jin was really shocked, just building a house, but revealing art everywhere, this is the wisdom and civilization of the ancients!

"Thank you so much!"

Zhang Jin admires people like Master Wang from the bottom of her heart. Although bricklayers have a low status here, Zhang Jin feels that people like them are the wealth of society and the world.Especially in later generations, such exquisite house-building techniques have almost disappeared.

Zhang Jin and Yuan Hong, who were very satisfied with the new house, finally gave Master Wang an extra 2 taels of silver, because it was totally worth it. Both Zhang Jin and Yuan Hong saw their care and meticulousness in the process of building the house.

However, after the house was built, the two of them didn't have much money left in their hands. In addition to the money spent in the town a few days ago, they only had 5 taels of silver left.However, it doesn't matter, Yuan Hong knows how to hunt, and if he has no money to use, he can earn it immediately.

After moving all the things into the new house, Zhang Jin turned around excitedly, looked at the attic to see the room, looked at the room to see the kitchen, looked at the kitchen and looked at the yard. In short, Zhang Jin couldn't stop at all.

"Okay, you should be tired." Yuan Hong held him in his arms.

"No, how can you be tired?" Zhang Jin's eyes were shining with excitement, "We have witnessed the rebirth of this house with our own eyes. It can also be said that we participated in it. There are traces of us everywhere here. The furniture you make, the pictures I draw, our designs, everything says it all—this is our home.”

"Our home" touched the deepest string in Yuan Hong's heart, full of warmth climbed up his heart, and he stared at Zhang Jin enthusiastically.This person is his, his wife who will accompany him all his life!

"Oh~~~~"

Zhang Jin endured Yuan Hong's kiss like a storm, opened his teeth, hugged his head, and responded enthusiastically.

Having a home will have roots from now on, they don't have to be like duckweed without a place to live, this will be the root of their life