latelenovela Chapter 147 Preparing to Build a Big Manor
Chapter 147 Preparing to Build a Big Manor
Because of what happened last night, the Wen family was in complete chaos. Mother Yao took this opportunity to find the Second Lady and said that they had just arrived and were not used to the Beijing cuisine, so they had to cook their own meals in the kitchen of the main house.
The Second Madam was already so angry about the inexplicable theft last night that she was almost dying. She had no time to care about these trivial matters in their First House. When she heard this, she didn't take it to heart at all. She just left a few words and drove the person out.
"Eat it if you want, or not, just stay out of my sight!"
There was originally a slightly smaller kitchen in the main house, but no one had cooked in it for many years. It was usually used to boil some hot water and make some snacks, and it was kept quite clean.
As for the rice, flour, grain and oil needed for cooking, Wen Wanwan still had a lot of savings, so she didn't go to look for trouble with Second Madam Mo at this time. She took out some silver and money and gave it to Mother Yao, asking her to take people out to buy them.
She was also inspired by this incident. Servants are servants. If they are disobedient, they can just be sold out. There is no need to show any mercy to others.
You have to know that when they were helping the second family to speak and do things, they did not show any mercy to her, their master.
While they were talking, Zi Su came in with a bowl of black medicine in her hand. Cui waved her hand, and Zi Su tactfully placed the tray in front of Wen Wan Wan.
"Drink it while it's hot. I've given you the prescription. Go get the medicine from the clinic and take it as I tell you."
Cui had already given the prescription to Mingyue. The medicine had to be taken three times a day for a long period of time before her body could slowly adjust.
This time, when treating Wen Wanwan, Cui did not use any external force like the spiritual spring water in the Yuxiu space. Instead, she used the skills she had learned to treat the disease, which was completely sufficient.
Even though the medicinal soup gave off a strange smell, Wen Wanwan didn't hesitate. She picked up the bowl to test the temperature, then gritted her teeth and drank it all in one gulp.
Mingyue was holding a small handkerchief with a few candied fruits wrapped inside. She quickly stuffed one into her mouth.
When Yuxiu saw her drinking the medicine with such heroic movements, she couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for her.
You have to know that this is a bitter medicine soup. She felt nauseous just by smelling it, let alone drinking it.
Wen Wanwan was still thinking about going back to see the excitement in the second room, so she didn't stay long. The few of them sat and talked for a while before leaving with Mingyue.
In the next few days, Yuxiu and the others were very busy. In the house on Guihua Lane, Lin Er hired someone to open the side door according to the master's arrangement. Yuxiu also asked Zhang Wentang to find someone to order medicine cabinets and other things, intending to set up the pharmacy slowly. There was no rush for this matter, anyway, Cui was pregnant now, and they would have to wait until after the baby was born.
As for the newly purchased fields outside the city, they were all handed over to Xu Qinghe to take care of. Yuxiu also went there several times and her only responsibility was to give advice from behind.
They bought the barren mountain very smoothly, but the people in the yamen also had a requirement, which was that if they wanted to buy the barren mountain, they had to buy the large piece of wasteland on the side of the hillside together. This side would be even more inconvenient because it was close to the water source, but fortunately the price was not expensive, so Xu Qinghe thought about it and decided to buy it.
When I think about the wasteland they had reclaimed in Xujia Village, it was not as flat as this hillside, but it was they who cleared it.
Yuxiu didn't know what her father was thinking, but this was exactly what she wanted. Now that all the land here had been bought by her family, they could just build a big farm. When they got tired of living in the capital, they could come and live on the farm for a while.
Just as Qian Da said, I heard that the farm and land here have been bought by someone, and these days people have come one after another to ask them if they are recruiting tenants.
Yuxiu and Xu Qinghe went to meet them together, and picked out about ten families of farmers who looked honest. Together with the people who already existed on the farm, there were about thirty households, and they asked Qian Da to find another ten families. Together, there were nearly three hundred people, young and old, which was almost enough.
Before, these people lived in very scattered places, and their houses were all made of adobe and thatched roofs. After being weathered by wind and rain, they looked very much in disrepair.
There was an area with a lot of rocks not far from the bottom of the hill, where not much food could be grown. Yuxiu planned to have a few rows of houses built there. As for their own yard, it would be built at the bottom of the hill, where the terrain was flatter. When the time came, they would build a few yards and put up walls, and it would be a very nice place to live.
When Yuxiu told Xu Qinghe about her idea, he immediately agreed and quickly called everyone together for a meeting.
The top priority now is to level the land, plant the wheat, and then build the house together, so that everyone can move into the new yard before winter comes.
"Boss, we are not afraid of being tired. When we heard that you were going to build a house for us, we all had endless energy..."
A dark, thin but energetic middle-aged man stood up and said with some embarrassment:
"But now we can't delay farming any longer. With only our manpower, it's too late even if we work in the fields all day long..."
From the moment he stood up and spoke, Yuxiu was secretly observing his and everyone else's expressions. When she saw that everyone nodded after he finished speaking, she understood that what she said was what everyone was thinking.
You have to know that this is ancient times when everything needed manpower, and the cultivated area is so large that even with so many people, it is still a huge project.
"We still have two cows on the farm that we need to use first. After we return to the city today, we must find a way to buy oxen as soon as possible so that we can catch up with the season."
Xu Qinghe was used to farm work, so when he heard this, he immediately thought of buying some cows to plow the fields.
Then someone else brought up the issue of digging canals to divert water, and Xu Qinghe arranged them one by one. Although the scene was noisy, some problems were actually solved.
Yuxiu was very happy when she saw the smile on her cheap father's face. Then she thought of the horses in her space and suddenly she had an idea.
You have to know that cows are a very important labor force at that time. Even if you buy one or two, they won't be of much use. But buying more is not that easy. It would be better to try with the horses that she has raised carefully.