The ancient life of a master craftsman

Although he felt that he could buy Mu Ergou's housing base, Li Enbai still let the old man Yun spread the word, saying that he would change a housing base near Yun's house, exchange it with the housing base he shared, and subsidize ten taels of silver.

For those whose family members work in factories, ten taels of silver is not too little, just to change the base of the house. If bricks and tiles are not used for building, they can use yellow mud, wood, stones, etc. to build two houses at most. The three taels of silver is mainly due to the wages.

If there are many brothers in the family, it will be more economical. Wood, stones, and yellow mud are all free of charge. You can go to the mountains or rivers to get them yourself.

As soon as the news got out, someone came to ask, and Li Enbai also went to see the house as usual. Muergou's place is relatively long in front and back, and the front yard is shorter, which is suitable for daily activities. , Raising horses, and putting two carriages in will not take up space.

Moreover, Li Enbai is a person who doesn't like to move his house very much. He is used to living in one place, and if he can continue to live in it, he will not want to change it. So he just went to other people's homes to have a look, but he didn't make a decision.

Mu Ergou came faster than he thought, and the deeds were all ready. There were two more slap marks on his face than when he came before, but he looked much more cheerful.

"Linfeng, I'm here to sell the house base." Mu Ergou didn't seem to care about the redness on his face at all, and directly handed the house base paperwork to Li Enbai, "Look, my name is written on it."

Li Enbai read it again, and found that the deed was very strict, and it was indeed Mu Ergou's own name, and had nothing to do with Mu Ergou's family.

He didn't ask Mu Ergou how he discussed with his family, but he took out his house land deed and put it in front of Mu Ergou together with ten taels of silver, "My father will come over immediately, and when he testifies to us, Once you write the deed, it will be done.”

"Hey, don't worry." Mu Ergou rubbed the back of his head and asked about building the house instead, "Linfeng, what kind of house do you plan to build? Is it made of blue bricks and red tiles? Is it expensive?"

He asked too many questions at once, and Li Enbai didn't know which one to answer him first, so he had to ask him, "Do you want to build a house too?"

Mu Ergou smiled innocently, "I have some money in my hand, and with these ten taels, it should be enough to build a house. Build it first, and then I will slowly save furniture and dowry money."

"Your idea is right, but if you build it, your parents will live there..." Li Enbai also kindly pointed out.

Mu Ergou shook his head, "No, I've already told Uncle San that I will give them two hundred Wen every month and two buckets of grain every year and festival. To live in my house, I don't have to pay a penny."

With his brother's greed for money, he would never let his parents live in his house, so whoever farms the land for him will get two hundred coins for nothing.

He didn't go into details, but since Mu Laosan has dealt with this matter, if the second son of a bitch and the eldest brother change their minds again, there will be no good fruit to eat.

Old man Yun came in wiping his sweat, Li Enbai quickly poured some water for him, "Father, why did you leave in such a hurry?"

"It's not because I'm afraid of delaying the business of both of you. Er Gou has to go back to work in the factory later, so we can't delay." Old Man Yun gulped down a large bowl of water, "Have you both discussed it? No objection? "

"It's all discussed."

Wipe off the sweat from his forehead, "Okay, Enbai, write the deed, and press your fingerprints after writing, I will take it to the town tomorrow to handle the formalities for you two, can Ergou go?" Old man Yun couldn't think Get up, is it time for the factory to rest tomorrow?

"I've already told Brother Yunshan that I'll take a day off. I have time tomorrow." Mu Ergou nodded. The old man Yun doesn't like to procrastinate. Ergou had already thought about it before he came.

As a result, the construction of the house was settled, Yunhe also found enough workers, and on a certain sunny day, the construction of the new house officially started.

This time, Yunli doesn't have to watch every day, he can't even if he wants to, Zhang Jiu, who has raised him for half a month, keeps him by his side to learn various mistress skills, such as reading books, taking care of housework, restraining the back house, etc. Zhang Jiu is proficient in everything, and now Yunli's desire to learn is satisfied to the point of resentment.

"Brother Jiu, this ledger is too difficult, I can't read it." Yunli dejectedly flipped through a ledger specially made by Zhang Jiu.

Zhang Jiu was calculating the daily expenses and arranging all kinds of trivial matters. He heard him complain and comforted him, "The young master is just a beginner. With the young master's intelligence, he will soon be able to understand and calculate the accounts."

"Oh... well, let me try again, Brother Jiu, what does this mean? Why do you write 200 taels for the public account and 35 taels for the internal account? Isn't the public account and the internal account both me and En Is brother flowering?"

"My little master, that's not the case. The public account refers to the income and expenses of the entire Li family, including the relationship between the master, and the internal account refers to the expenses of the young master and the master." Zhang Jiu also found out, he This ledger is not easy for Yunli to understand.

The population structure of the Li Mansion is too simple, and there is no way to distinguish the difference between the public account and the internal account. Only a large population with several generations of the same family will use such a comprehensive account book, so he can only describe the two as much as possible. Just let Yunli understand the difference.

In addition to reading the account book, Zhang Jiu also asked Yunli to learn poetry and chess, but because Zhang Jiu himself was not very good at it, he could only ask the master to teach Yunli these two things.

Before going to bed at night, Zhang Jiu would watch the two of them teach and learn. One hour a day, Li Enbai was fine at chess, and he played chess with Liu Chuncheng often. Now he is improving day by day. It is still no problem to teach Yunli to get started. A new way of getting along.

The most devilish thing is that one day Zhang Jiu asked Shuangzhong to dig up several different kinds of flowers and came back, asking Yunli to learn how to arrange flowers!

Yunli looked at the bouquet of flowers after planting, and then looked at Zhang Jiu's demonstration of "Flowers in the Water", and couldn't stand it anymore, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it's so hard!"

Zhang Jiu smiled, "My little master doesn't like flower arrangement? But in the future, when other talented wives and husbands get together, flower arrangement and flower viewing are must-haves. If you don't know anything at all..."

When Yunli thought of that kind of scene, he would not only lose face to himself, but also brother En's face. If it doesn't work, he should learn!

They lived temporarily at Old Man Yun’s house, in Yunli’s original house, while Zhang Jiu and Shuang Zhong lived in the utility room to the west. Shuang Zhong followed the workers to the construction site every day, and Zhang Jiu stayed at home with a lot It's time to teach Yunli.

Every time Brother Qing came to look for Yunli, he always saw him learning something, and what he learned was different every time. He was a little curious, but Yunli couldn't hold back, and dragged him into the water. He had no motivation to learn alone, but two people could do it together. have a companion.

Based on the principle of herding one sheep, two sheep, and a group of sheep, Brother Qing dragged Xue Geer, Yu Geer, and Duo Duo together.

"Brother Jiu, please take the time to learn. The five of us will learn together." Yunli was a little embarrassed. It was tiring to teach him one lesson, so he added a few more people, but he really wanted someone to follow him. Learned together.

Zhang Jiu didn't resist, and was even relieved that the young master finally learned to order, "Yes, young master."

So the new home was built in full swing, and the five of them got together at dawn to study.

No one complains of suffering or tiredness. It is better to learn a little more than not at all. Maybe it will be useful at any time.

Even Li Enbai felt tired and flustered when he saw what they had to learn in a day, it was too complicated, reading account books, flower arrangement, reading, female celebrities, managing family affairs, human relations, understanding the three obediences and four virtues, and etiquette.

The first thing in the morning is to learn etiquette. Etiquette includes many aspects. They learn it from standing posture, such as walking in a hurry, shoulders collapsed, and back bent. When walking, they must hold their heads up naturally. Tighten your belly, look straight ahead, and don't probe your head.

Just learning how to walk took them more than half a month to see some results, and it tortured a few of them enough. Duo Duo really couldn't stand such a strict upbringing. But come and learn.

Regarding her withdrawal, Brother Qing and the others didn't say anything. It was originally just a pear's light, and no one forced her to learn if she didn't want to learn.

Brother Yu also felt that he didn't need so many things, but who made his younger brother very interested in these things? Seeing how hard his younger brother is learning, he should follow along, not just tired.

Brother Qing is to accompany Yunli. If Yunli learns so many things by himself, he may not be able to stand it in a few days. It will be much better if someone is with him.

In fact, Zhang Jiu didn't know much about it. He used to be a small second-bedroom manager, and he only had a little face in front of the second-bedroom wife. The reason why he was able to teach so many things was because the second-bedroom wife specially hired a teacher from the capital. Nurturing nun to her daughter.

Zhang Jiu was able to do well in front of the second wife, and he had a lot of contact with the foster mother, and he was caring, so he remembered a lot. If he didn't go to the capital, what he taught would be very bluffing. If he went to the capital It's not enough to see a place where one dignitary takes one step at a time.

But Li Enbai didn't care about it, he only said that Yunli could teach if he wanted to learn, and it was fine if he didn't want to learn, everything was based on Yunli's own wishes.

Unexpectedly, Yunli was quite able to persevere, until Zhang Jiu finally had nothing to teach, and the four of them relaxed.

It's only been a little over a month, but their temperament has been quietly changing, and after a long time, they will see the difference.

The new house is almost built, with the beams installed, and the inside can be tidied up and ready to live in.

The day of beam-raising is particular. The workers must be invited to have a meal of meat and set off firecrackers before the beam can be erected. It is said that if this is not done, the beam will not be straight and the house will easily collapse.

Although it was a feudal superstition, Li Enbai did not miss the price of a meal, and prepared a sumptuous table. When the workers finished eating, they lit firecrackers.

Take Yunli to watch the completion of the new home together.