Jiang Hexi went to talk to Uncle Jiang and others about the situation. After hearing this, Uncle Jiang and Grandpa Jiang were stunned, and then a bright smile appeared on their faces.
Jiang Hexi said, "Second Grandpa, Uncle, are you going to the city to make money?"
The second grandfather patted his thigh and said, "I have to go, I must go. This job is good, so just follow He Xi." caset
"Hello!"
That's how it was settled.
On the side, Grandpa Jiang Er hesitated for a moment and said, "He Xi, when you go to work this time, can you call the Second Army from Li Zheng's house?"
Jiang Lizheng and Grandpa Jiang Er are biological brothers. Jiang Li is Grandpa Jiang Er’s eldest brother. He also has five sons in the family.
Jiang Hexi said, "Of course, as long as Uncle Erjun is willing."
Jiang Hexi knew that Grandpa Jiang Er was trying to support his people. Of course, he was also building a good relationship with Li Zheng in disguise.
As the eldest son, Jiang Lizheng received 90% of the family property when the family was separated. Although Grandpa Jiang Er only received 10% of the family property when the family was separated, his parents secretly subsidized money to Grandpa Jiang Er that year, so the two brothers
The relationship with everyone is pretty good.
Life in the countryside is not easy. Even though Jiang Lizheng accounts for 90% of the family property, he has five sons. The eldest son can share 90% of the property, but the remaining sons live in difficulty and have no way of making money. Jiang Lizheng all
My hair almost turned gray due to worry.
After Jiang Hexi agreed, Grandpa Jiang Er also had a bright smile on his face.
Jiang Hexi said, "Second Grandpa, we definitely have more than just one business. Let's do this. After this business is completed, if we receive other business, we can ask the uncles of the Third Army, Fourth Army and Fifth Army, if they are willing.
Follow us into the city to set up fire beds and renovate latrines."
"Okay, okay! I'll call the second army first, and let the second army go together this time."
"good."
When Grandpa Jiang Er came to Li Zheng's house and told the story, Jiang Lizheng and his wife were really happy, and Jiang Erjun and his wife were even more happy.
As for Jiang Dajun, he also smiled.
He is the eldest son. According to the rules, 90% of the family property belongs to him. The rules cannot be broken. However, he cannot bear to see his younger brothers suffer. Now that the second younger brother can go to the city to make money, he is naturally happy.
As a result, Jiang Hexi's team of contractors grew.
Early the next morning, Jiang Hexi and others followed Mr. Bai back to the city.
Mr. Bai's house was in the east of the city. After he led Jiang Hexi and others into the house, he began to talk about the rooms that needed to be renovated.
Mr. Bai's wife also came out. After knowing that Jiang Hexi and others were here to help renovate the house, her expression softened a lot. She looked extremely kind and kind, and even asked someone to boil sugar water for Jiang Hexi and others to drink.
Jiang Hexi took the opportunity to look at Mrs. Bai and found that she was very elegant, with good facial features, a smile at the corner of her mouth, a round face, and she was very approachable to her servants.
It's a pity that for such a good woman, her husband actually took her as a concubine behind her back and even planned to have a son.
Jiang Hexi thanked Mrs. Bai and went down to work.
Bai Mao kept watching nearby, and it wasn't until Mrs. Bai walked away that Bai Mao looked better.
Jiang Hexi sneered and ordered everyone to work quickly and not to come into contact with anyone in the Bai Mansion.
When you are busy, time flies by faster.
Because Jiang Hexi and others required that there should be no outsiders during the renovation, Baimao could only stand outside the house and peek, and did not get close. However, even if he peeked outside the house, Baimao was satisfied.
He considers himself a smart man and thinks that setting up a fire bed is very simple. Isn't it just a chimney connected to the kitchen? He becomes more and more arrogant, and feels that he has already succeeded in stealing from others.
The renovation of Baimao's house was not difficult. It took two days to complete the fire pit.
On the third day, a group of people began to renovate the toilet.
Renovating the toilet requires laying a sewer to lead to the outside. It took a little effort, but it was completed in two days.
When the fire bed was ready, Bai Mao's neighbors also took a fancy to the fire bed.
Not only does the kang save charcoal fire in winter, it is also extremely warm.
Who doesn’t want to lie on the warm kang in the winter and get furry hair?
Therefore, the neighbors around Bai Mao immediately made a reservation for Jiang Hexi and his team.
Compared with leaving a chamber pot or something in the bedroom, it is incomparable to building a clean latrine.
After Bai Mao checked, he was very satisfied with both the hot bed and the toilet, so he paid the money immediately.
He felt that he had mastered the job of making a fire bed, and planned to start a team to work on his own. After paying, he quickly drove Jiang Hexi and others away.
Jiang Hexi and others took the money and were about to go to work at Baimao's neighbor's house, but suddenly Baimao's neighbor was unwilling to make changes.
The neighbor said, "Oh, our house still won't be renovated!"
As he spoke, he closed the courtyard door with a bang.
Jiang Hexi didn't care when he saw this, but Uncle Jiang and others looked a little unhappy.
Uncle Jiang said, "How can they do this? Didn't they already agree?"
Jiang Hexi said, "Uncle, don't worry, just wait. Anyway, we don't have to worry about having no work."
Turning around, she led everyone to the back door of Zhou Mansion.
Bang bang bang!
After Jiang Hexi knocked on the door, the concierge of the Zhou Mansion soon came to open the door.
When he saw Jiang Hexi, the concierge said, "Girl, who are you looking for?"
Jiang Hexi took out a few copper coins and handed them to the concierge and said, "I'm looking for Butler Zhou. Last time, Butler Zhou asked me to come find him. Please tell Butler Zhou that I am from Jiangjiacun."
The porter took the copper coins, responded, and immediately went in to report.
Jiang Hexi waited at the door for a while, then a steward came over and asked Jiang Hexi to go in to see Butler Zhou.
In the Zhou family's backyard, Jiang Hexi met Butler Zhou.
"Zhou Shu'an, it's been a while since we last met. Uncle Zhou is getting more energetic."
Butler Zhou smiled and said, "So it's He Xi, what's the matter with you?"
Jiang Hexi went straight to the topic and said, "Uncle Zhou, it's like this. I recently thought of a new way to install a fire bed. Do you think your family needs to install a fire bed and renovate the latrine?"
"Fire Kang? What is Fire Kang?"
Jiang Hexi smiled and described the purpose of the fire kang and how clean and tidy the toilet was.
After hearing these words, Butler Zhou perked up and said, "Is there such a convenient thing? It is more practical than burning silver charcoal. After all, burning silver charcoal is not only not as warm, but also more expensive.
I’m worried about charcoal poisoning!”
Jiang Hexi smiled and said, "That's not the case! You only need some firewood to keep the kang warm. No, I got such a good thing, so I came to tell you, Uncle Zhou. Do you want to modify it?"
"
Butler Zhou pondered for a moment and then said, "In this case, you can set up a fire bed in my bedroom first, and I will try the effect. If the effect is good, I will report it to the master."
"Okay!" He paused and then said, "Then, do you want to build a toilet in your bedroom? This will make it easier for you to go to the toilet in the future, and you don't need to put a chamber pot in the bedroom, and it won't stink."
Butler Zhou was really interested and said, "How can this toilet be transformed so magically? Then I will transform my toilet as well."
When the servants of the Zhou Mansion went to the toilet, they would place a chamber pot in the room, and then take it out and empty it out the next morning. There are also special trucks in the city that collect night fragrance. Anyway, every morning, the smell, tsk tsk! It's not ordinary people.
Tolerable.
Now that I heard that not only can the chamber pot be filled without emptying, but there is no odor, Butler Zhou is really curious. He thought, if there really is such a magical latrine, after he successfully renovates it, he will report it to the master, and he will definitely get one.
Credit.
"Okay!".
Jiang Hexi happily answered, accepting the order.
As for the price? For a wealthy family like the Zhou Mansion, no price can be negotiated. As long as the work is done well, Jiang Hexi believes that the reward alone will be enough for them to spend.
Moreover, since she is here to "repay a favor", she must not accept the salary and lose her character.
Butler Zhou's house lives on the east side of the lower house, with an independent courtyard. His family has children at home. Except for the son of the family who has taken important errands from Master Zhou outside, the only ones left in the house are his mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law with the same lifeblood.
Little grandson.
Seeing Butler Zhou leading people into the house, Butler Zhou's daughter-in-law took a curious look. After asking a few questions, she was no longer interested. However, she always respected men, so she still treated Jiang Hexi and others politely.
Taken in.
It was already a bit cold. She was worried about her grandson being cold, so she went into the house to rest.
But I was thinking, what is a fire kang? But I have never heard of it. Don’t be deceived by others. If there is a good thing that can keep the room warm in winter, and you don’t worry about poisoning, what will the adults in Bianjing do?
No need?
Of course, she only planned to talk to Butler Zhou secretly in private.
On the other side, after Jiang Hexi and others arrived at the small courtyard, they officially started working in the small kitchen in Guanjia Zhou's courtyard.
Uncle Jiang and others had made several kangs in succession and were now familiar with it. With Jiang Hexi's guidance, they quickly started working according to Jiang Hexi's request.
Jiang Hexi was not idle either. She took the tools and started building the wall beside her.
Since only one fire bed and the toilet in Guanjia Zhou's yard were renovated, the renovation was very fast and took three days to complete.
The Zhou Mansion wanted to connect the sewer pipes on the street, so it took a little effort to break open a piece of ground and make a new sewage pipe out of bluestone, and then the toilet was renovated.
After the toilet was renovated, the next step was to use it. Housekeeper Zhou and his wife opened their eyes wide when they saw the clean and tidy toilet pit paved with bluestone.
"This, this...is this the dirty latrine? Oh my God, it's not easy for the latrine to be so clean and tidy!"
Jiang Hexi said to herself, you have never seen a fully automatic toilet, that one is more advanced.