Cang Xiuxuan didn't know why she suddenly asked about saltpeter, "What do you want this for?"
Saltpeter is very rare, and what is mined by the government is basically used to make firecrackers and other things.
"I'm of great use. If you can find it, help me find more, but it must be as soon as possible. I want it before summer comes."
When summer comes, it's time for her milk tea shop to really make money, and by then she can also use this to make a lot of money from Liuweizhai.
"Okay, I'll let someone find it."
As long as it was something she wanted, let alone saltpeter, he would find a way to pick it off for her even if it was the moon in the sky.
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The main project of Master Li's house was completed in more than 20 days, and Song Chen personally went to inspect it. The people in Wangcun did a good job, and basically there were no problems.
When they finished the last day of work, Song Chen asked Yanyun to help them settle all their wages.
A total of eighteen people came to Wangcun to work at Song Chen's place. They worked for a total of twenty-one days, and each person was paid twenty dollars a day.
During the days they worked here in Beiguan Village, each of them received more than 400 yuan in wages.
The two leading masters each received three taels of wages.
I have to say that it is much easier to make money with a craft.
However, the people in Wangcun were also very satisfied and went back happily with more than 400 yuan.
During this time, they left early and came back late, and there was almost no chance for family members to see each other until they returned home after finishing their work.
When the family members took a closer look at them, they discovered that not only were they not thinner, but they were actually stronger.
"What are you doing? Are you being lazy?"
The men's eyes widened when they heard this, "What are you being lazy about? Do you know how to talk? If we are lazy, can we get our wages back? You see clearly, this is only half a tael of silver."
After saying this, the man was very proud and gave his money to the person in charge of the money at home.
Seeing so many copper coins, everyone smiled.
After all, most of them have not seen so much money at once for a long time.
The same scene was played out in more than a dozen households in Wangcun. They were also envied by other people in Wangcun when they came back this time.
Everyone is waiting together for the next opportunity to be approached by Song Chen and others to work.
The main project was completed, and all that was left was the decoration and furniture inside. This time, it was agreed upon that Master Li would choose the items himself. He had already done most of the work before, and now he only had to wait for them to deliver the items.
coming.
Since he spent his own money to build the house, he chose these items more carefully, spending almost two hundred taels of silver.
Then the study room was hung with some famous paintings that few people knew about, as well as paintings given to him by Song Chen.
Some of his books.
Soon a house with a very cultural atmosphere appeared.
On the moving day, Master Li didn't do any big things. He just invited Cang Xiuxuan, Song Chen and his family, and Lin Maofeng and his family to set up two tables.
Of course, Song Chen is still in charge of the cooking.
Although not all the dishes were made by her, she made several main dishes. She even stewed two chickens with ginseng very extravagantly.
Lin Maofeng and the others had never eaten the food cooked by Song Chen. This was their first time. When they saw the ginseng in the chicken soup, the whole family was shocked.
In fact, they were not the only ones who were shocked, even Master Li himself was shocked. When he had dinner at Song Chen's house before, he felt that sometimes there was a faint smell of medicinal herbs in the soup, but now he realized that she had stewed it together.
They never knew there was such a way to eat it.
Even Master Li doesn't know.
For something as precious as ginseng to be so wasted by Song Chen, they thought it was extraordinary that the emperor would reward them with a bowl of ginseng soup when they went to Beijing in the past.
Now he has the feeling that the emperor's life is not as good as Song Chen's.
He just kept these thoughts silently in his heart. He had to admit that the taste of this chicken soup was so delicious that it made people want to drink it after drinking it.
The same goes for Lin Maofeng and the others. After finishing this table, they felt refreshed for a long time.
Master Li and Wang Shengwei moved out from the Song family, and Zhuang Bosong came again. This time he came to help Song Chen build a house on the mountain. Song Chen directly let him live in the house. Zhuang Bosong had been very impressed with Song Chen's house before.
Interested, now that I can experience it myself, I am naturally very happy.
The Song family did not know that Song Chen was going to build a house on the mountain, and they only regarded Zhuang Bosong as a guest of the family.
But after he left early and came back late for several consecutive days, still accompanying Song Chen, they noticed something was wrong.
Song Dashan asked Song Chen during dinner that night.
"Xiaochen, is Mr. Zhuang helping you?"
Song Chen was slightly startled, "Yes, don't you know?"
Song Dashan shook his head blankly, "I don't know, you never said it."
Song Chen tilted his head and thought for a while, "Oh, I really didn't remember telling you, didn't I buy that mountain in Wangcun before? I saw that the scenery on the mountain was quite good, so I
I plan to build a house on the mountain, and Mr. Zhuang was specially found by me."
After Song Chen said this, he smiled very sweetly.
But when Song Wang and Song Dashan heard what she said, they both frowned and looked very sad.
"Xiaochen, do you feel uncomfortable with your parents having children at this age?"
Mrs. Song put down her bowl and chopsticks, her eyes a little red.
Song Chen stood up in surprise when he heard her words, "Mom, what are you talking about? How could I feel uncomfortable? There are more people in the family and it is more lively. Besides, you are older."
"Then you, then why do you want to move out?" Mrs. Song felt that Song Chen was still comforting her.
"When did I say that I wanted to move out?" Song Chen couldn't laugh or cry. As expected, a pregnant woman was someone he couldn't mess with.
"Why do you want to build a house on the mountain if you don't want to move out?" Song Wang asked again.
Song Chen really smiled this time, "My dear mother, I think you are too busy now. Who told you that I built a house on the mountain just to move out? Didn't I plan to build an orchard on the mountain? I
If I don’t find a place to live in the mountains, will it be possible for me to run back and forth every day? Do you want to exhaust me to death?”
"Also, there are medicinal fields, nursery bases, etc. on the mountain. The mountain in Wang Village is connected to the mountain in Shiping Village. I have had the roads repaired. It is very convenient for me to live and work on the mountain.
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After Song Chen's explanation, Mrs. Song indeed felt much more comfortable, but she still felt that Song Chen was partly trying to comfort her.
"Even though you said this, Mom still thinks that you are hiding from home. You just work in the mountains and want to live there. Can't you just build a house? You also need to ask Mr. Zhuang to come over. I see that you clearly don't want Dad.
Damn it."
"Dad, please hurry up and persuade my mother, what is this?" Song Chen was really defeated by the Song Wang family, how could he have such an idea.
"Mom, I know what you are thinking now. Do you think I am worried that I will have to take on the responsibility of raising the little one after he is born? So I want to hide away. I can tell you clearly that this situation is not possible.
There is no way I can help you raise him because he is not my responsibility."
"He is your responsibility as a father and mother, but you are my responsibility, so I can support you, so there is no such thing as me needing to hide. Besides, according to the current conditions of our family, and I
The money dad earns from me every month is enough to support ten more children, let alone one little one, right?"
Originally, Song Chen didn't plan to say these words now, but since her mother said this, she made it clear first.
Although she knew that her mother would not have such thoughts, it was inevitable that her mother's thoughts would change as time went by, so she simply started to make these words clear to her now.
In this way, her mother will know clearly whose responsibility the child is, and the child will grow up in a family with normal values.
In modern times, there are such families.
When parents are older, they will have a child who is similar to their own grandson. At first, they feel that they are still qualified to raise the child. However, as the child grows up, they themselves become older and older, and they gradually become unable to raise the child.
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At this time, older children have become their targets. They will feel that since I raised you, you should also help me raise my younger ones.
Such families often end in tragedy.
A good and happy life was destroyed by the parents' impulse.
But the situation here is obviously different. First of all, Song Dashan and Song Wang are not very old. In modern times, they are still in their prime. Song Dashan can still struggle for at least twenty years, and men in this era are no longer in their prime at the age of thirteen.
It’s time to start taking on family responsibilities.
Therefore, their youngest child cannot become her and Song He's responsibility at all, so she does not have any hostility towards this child.
Even if she takes a step back, if this child really needs to be raised by her in the future, she doesn't think it's a big deal. Anyway, she doesn't lack the money to raise a child.
But at that time, they had to follow her request.
She couldn't let her child die like this.
However, no matter how hard she thought about it, the latter situation would never happen in their home.
Song Chen's words may have been a bit unkind, but Mrs. Song felt much more relaxed after hearing what she said.
Because Song Chen said these words, it means that she really doesn't want to move out of this home because of the child.
Although she was looking forward to the arrival of this child, she did not want to be separated from her previous two children because of this child.