It is said that red bricks and green tiles accompanied by blue sky and white clouds are the most pleasing to the eye. Although there are no green tiles, Qin Yue is very satisfied with this red brick mansion with two entrances.
The remaining six houses have also been built, with only the roofs remaining.
With the help of the soldiers, seven red brick houses rose from the ground, which stood out among the residential houses surrounded by mud and grass poles.
The house is built next to the wasteland, which is the land for building the village. It is easy for them to farm next to the fields, so it is not too convenient.
It's just that it's next to fields, which will be a problem when the village expands in the future.
Fortunately, Qin Yue doesn't have such ambitions. She would find it troublesome if there are too many people. It would be better to run a small company with just these people.
She should be able to manage farming.
Everyone's face was filled with joy, not only because they lived in a solid red brick house that was warm in winter and cool in summer, but also because of the lush greenery in the fields.
This means they will have a good harvest this year!
Although Aunt Zhang did not participate in land reclamation, she was happy from the bottom of her heart when she saw a bumper harvest in the first year of land reclamation.
Their Huaxia Village will definitely get better and better!
The smile on Aunt Zhang's face never stopped, and every time she returned to the door of her house, she couldn't help but look up and down for a long time.
It is completely different from the previous small double wooden doors. This door looks very grand. It is painted with red paint and has a high threshold. It looks like a house of a wealthy family.
She never imagined that she would be able to live in such a big house in this life. Her previous reluctance to leave her old house was now replaced by the joy of her new house.
Living in a big house is comfortable. In addition to the east and west rooms, we also built east and west wing rooms, demolished the house, and built a pig pen and chicken shed.
This is Qin Yue's request, and he will definitely raise livestock in the future.
Now their family only keeps a donkey for pulling work, and occasionally raises chickens and ducks. There are also a few households in Zhangjia Village that raise pigs.
Among the villages more than ten miles around, Zhangjiacun is the poorest.
Due to this current situation, she never expected to build a big house, let alone a house like this!
But she never thought that after becoming a migrant, no, no, no, she was a native of Huaxia Village, and she would live in the house right away!
The children ran wildly in the yard, full of novelty about the new house.
Uncle Zhang also sat happily on the steps every day, looking at Huaxia Village with only about 20 people, and felt a little emotional for a while.
When I first arrived here a few months ago, there were only a few temporary houses. Although they were sheltered from wind and rain, they always gave people a sense of desolation.
Then he watched each house starting from laying the foundation and getting up bit by bit. He was still confused because he didn't know what red bricks were.
When the house gradually took shape and two craftsmen from outside the house, oh no, two craftsmen from Huaxia Village spontaneously built daily utensils for everyone, I began to have some expectations in my heart.
Qin Yue's big house was built first, and the six families went in and looked around. The more they looked at it, the happier they became, and they began to have great expectations for their own home.
When their growing expectations were finally met, they suddenly felt a sense of belonging.
Huaxia Village truly has a soul.
Although the village is small and the number of people is small, it is exceptionally united.
"Uncle Third, the chair you had before was a bit lame. I'll give you a new one." Song Daqiang walked over in high spirits.
Uncle Zhang hurriedly stood up, a little surprised and a little moved, "I said no, you didn't even take a penny from me, so why give me another hit?"
For that little problem, just cover it with wood.
Song Daqiang put the chair at the door with a smile, his dark face was covered with sweat, "That's okay, the tables and chairs that I made are all in good condition. Okay, uncle, I'll go to Madam Qin's house to take a look.
See if there’s anything missing.”
Uncle Zhang thanked him repeatedly and looked at Song Da's powerful back, feeling warm in his heart.
I used to live in the same village, but I never knew who the other person was.
Qin Yue stood on the short slope and saw that the original wasteland was now green and the soil was extremely fertile, and she suddenly felt much happier.
"It seems that the cost will definitely be recovered this year!" Aunt Zhang stood behind her and said with a smile.
After so many years of farming, this is the first time I heard that the cost of land reclamation can be recovered in the first year. Qin Yue has the ability.
Qin Yue smiled and said: "It should more than recover the cost."
At least it will be doubled, and when the next planting is done, the yield can be doubled again.
"But we have to be careful." Aunt Zhang suddenly said.
Qin Yue turned around and looked over.
Aunt Zhang said helplessly: "It's not just to speculate on people, but in fact there are indeed many people who are jealous."
Qin Yue thought for a moment and nodded. Aunt Zhang was right.
Just like Lao Lizheng, who can come here confidently, would he feel happy if he saw the scene like this in Huaxia Village now?
Not only him, but other villages as well.
Although she was wary, Qin Yue didn't expect these people to take action so quickly.
That night, Big Big Wolf howled to warn, but fortunately Aunt Zhang reminded her, and the other villagers were also vigilant, so no one harmed the crops.
Instead, they caught two sheep.
Yes, these people come to Qin Yue’s crop fields to graze sheep in the middle of the night!
If you want to lose more, you will lose more.
Qin Yue was not used to these people, so she had two sheep slaughtered and barbecued at dawn the next day.
If you don’t eat the mutton skewers delivered to your door, you won’t be sorry for yourself.
I don’t know who did this, but someone will definitely come to the door. For the villagers, the two sheep are ‘big items’ in the family.
Sure enough, before noon, a group of villagers came over.
This group of people are not from Zhangjiacun, and Qin Yue doesn't know any of them.
Aunt Zhang, on the other hand, frowned as she looked at them.
"He's from Yuanjia Village, right next to Qinjia Village." She reminded.
The reason for the reminder is to tell Qin Yue that Yuanjia Village is not something to be trifled with.
Qin Yue also ‘recalled’ things about Yuanjia Village.
There is no other reason. Yuanjia Village is not managed by Li Zheng, but by squires.
Although squires did not have official positions, they were selected through the imperial examination system, and most of them were scholars.
The royal family generally made the gentry more sincere by reducing taxes and land rent.
Therefore, although both the squire and Li Zheng had no official positions, the status of the squire was much higher than that of Li Zheng.
Correspondingly, the size of the village or town where the squire is located will be much larger.
To clarify, the squire is the actual person in power in the countryside. He has influence on the selection of subordinate officials and can collect local taxes.
Yuanjiacun is obviously the clan of this squire, relying on the clan to exert influence in the local area.
After understanding it, Qin Yue has nothing to fear.
This is an era that relies on force to reason. Both sides are quite powerful and can sit down and reason together. If one side is weak, then the truth belongs to the stronger side.
In this case, she naturally does not need to be afraid.
But other people are very worried. There are not even thirty people in Huaxia Village, and they don't even scream if someone makes dumplings.
Seeing that good days are just around the corner, he gets into trouble because he is hated by others.
The villagers of Huaxia Village were all standing behind Qin Yue at this moment, even the twelve or thirteen-year-old boy did not flinch.
Qin Yue but the old god was still grilling mutton kebabs.
Time is tight, it would be better if it is marinated.
"Everyone, please sit down. This is our first dinner party in Huaxia Village. Don't let the crowd of people affect your mood."
Her words were indeed meant to comfort everyone, but the angry people from Yuanjia Village didn't listen to her.
A woman burst into tears when she saw the mutton carcass being roasted on the fire.
"Oh my god, my sheep! Damn you dogs, you actually ate my sheep!"
The woman sat down on the ground, slapping her thighs and howling loudly.
His voice was loud and confident, making people's eardrums buzz.
Qin Yue's face turned green, she picked up the crossbow beside her, pulled the trigger of the crossbow and struck with a cold light.
The arrow almost grazed the woman's cheek and the sound stopped suddenly.
Phew...it's finally quiet.
Qin Yue really couldn't stand such a loud voice. In just a moment, his head was about to explode, as if there were countless villains beating drums in his head.
The menacing Yuanjiacun people stopped suddenly because of this arrow, and the unscrupulous look on their faces suddenly disappeared.
A man with a fierce face stared at Qin Yue and said in a deep voice: "The village is not big, but the appetite is not small. The sheep we lost turned out to be caught and eaten by you!"
Come up and rake it down.
Qin Yuecai didn't want to do this. He kept turning the mutton skewers in his hand over the fire and said calmly: "It turns out that the sheep belongs to your family. This sheep was eating my meat when he found it. Give it to me."
If a large piece falls, will you come to compensate me?"
The popularity of Yuanjiacun laughed.
Is this little girl still dreaming?
"Do you know how much your shabby crops cost? How much do I get from this sheep! If I don't get this sheep to live today, no one will be able to leave your little shabby village!"
The man with the first name seems to be a generous person, and his words are full of hostility, which makes people feel fearful.
But that's someone else.
Qin Yue handed the grilled mutton skewers to the four little ones and asked them to eat first.
In the past, the four little ones would have been able to eat in such a situation, but they are used to Qin Yue's style. When she is not nervous, it means everything is fine. Even if the sky falls, it will not fall to them.
Qin Yue turned around and walked over slowly with a crossbow in her hand.
"Food is the most important thing for the people, and food is food. Are you saying that food is worthless? What's more, what these two sheep ate happened to be prepared for the border military men. As the rightful owners, if this matter is not resolved, none of you will
Don’t even think about returning to the village with your whole body intact.”
She imitated the man's words and replied.
He lacked the male aggression, his tone was calm and steady, and he didn't have the tyranny of a man, but when he said it, no one present dared to look down upon him.
Most of this is due to the powerful crossbow in her hand.
The man sneered, "Don't scare us, Master. We are still growing vegetables for Master. If you hurt me and I can't grow vegetables, Master will take care of you!"
The woman regained her composure and said fiercely: "That's right, let us squires go to the military master to punish you when the time comes!"