The village chief came out and saw that they were still there. He waved his hand and said, "Why are you still stuck here? If you have nothing to do, go home as soon as possible."
Everyone laughed, but didn't leave.
There is not much work in the fields during the winter, and new residents have finally arrived in the village, so they will definitely have to watch the excitement.
The Jiang family and the others pulled the ox cart and followed the village chief towards the inside of the village.
As they walked, there were fewer and fewer houses, and finally they stopped outside a large blue brick house.
On the way, Jiang Zhiyue had already told the Jiang family and the others that this was where they would stay temporarily.
The village chief took out a key and opened the door. There were a lot of weeds growing in the yard inside, and a lot of dust fell in the house.
However, the house is very tidy and can be lived in after tidying up.
There are five or six rooms in the yard, complete with kitchens, latrines, etc.
People watching the excitement outside were shocked when they saw the Jiang family and their entourage following the village chief into the house.
They all belong to the same village, so of course they know whose house this is.
But the important thing is, this house costs one hundred pence a day, and these people who have fled from famine live in it like this?
Jiang Zhiyue and the village chief agreed to pay the rent every five days, and the village chief would transfer the money to the family.
Jiang Zhiyue took 500 coins and handed it to the village chief in front of everyone. The money and goods were both received.
The villagers outside were silent and felt a little sour in their hearts.
It seems that those people are not fleeing famine, they are the ones.
But after all, this is other people's money, and they have no right to say anything. They can only look at it with sour eyes.
After handing over the money, Mrs. Jiang and the others stayed at home to clean up the yard and house.
The rest of the people followed the ancient village chief to see the house.
The village chief took them from the beginning of the village to the end of the village to look at the houses for each person to build a house, and let them choose a place by themselves.
Mr. Wang Fugui, Mr. Jiang, Jiang Yuchao and Jiang Zhiyue gathered around to discuss for a while, and finally decided to buy the house in the open space behind the village.
The land at the front of the village where no one built houses was taken advantage of by the villagers.
If they chose that place to build their house, the villagers would have to lose everything.
Although they do not exclude new outsiders like them from settling in the village now, they may not be able to take over those houses where vegetables are grown.
Moreover, Jiang Zhiyue found it inconvenient to live in the middle of the village.
Although we have only been here for a while, everyone can see that life is not easy for the people in the village.
Now that they are not short of money, wouldn't it be tempting to eat meat every three days?
Besides, there are no two houses close to each other in the front or middle of the village, or the place is not big enough.
So they simply decided to choose the house behind the village, against the mountain, a little further back than the yard they rent now.
After they discussed it, they followed the village chief to choose the house.
The government originally gave them two houses, and the Wang family asked for one. In addition to the house, the Jiang family bought two more plots of land next to it, which were combined into one large house.
The Jiang family only needs to go to the county government together with the village chief to file the record and place the title deed.
The crowd of spectators was already numb. They spent dozens of taels of silver at will, and it was of no use to them no matter how upset they were.
However, some people still said sourly: "Hey, if you are really that rich, you can just buy a house in the town and move there. What are you showing off here?"
The person who spoke was a woman. The people who came out with the ancient village chief to choose a house were all men except Jiang Zhiyue. It was not easy to argue with the quick talk, so she just pretended not to hear.
Just when everyone thought they would not have a quarrel with the villagers on the first day they arrived.
Jiang Zhiyue glanced at the woman and suddenly said, "It's really easy to eat carrots and not worry about anything."
The woman's eyes widened, she looked at Jiang Zhiyue and said, "You girl...what do you mean!"
Jiang Zhiyue glanced at her and said, "I told you to mind your own business."
When the woman gets angry, she opens her mouth and scolds: "You stinky girl..."
But Jiang Zhiyue interrupted her directly and said: "Uncles, after we have chosen a house, we will build a house. Next, we have to trouble all uncles. If anyone is willing to build a house, come to us to sign up tomorrow and the wages will be paid.
It’s twenty cents a day, and lunch is not included.”
Everyone looked at Jiang Zhiyue in surprise, and then at Mr. Jiang and the others.
They haven't discussed this matter yet, but Mr. Jiang reacted quickly.
He smiled and said: "What my granddaughter said is true. If anyone is willing to help build a house, you can sign up tomorrow."
Everyone had smiles on their faces. Who still remembered the unpleasant incident just now and began to ask repeatedly whether it was true.
You must know that after winter, they will have nothing to do if they stay at home. People are almost idle and their hair will grow.
If I could earn some money by building a house before the year before, I would be better off this year.
And the woman couldn't say the words stuck in her throat, or it could be said that she didn't dare to say them.
There is also a man in her family, and she also wants her family to help earn some coins.
So the woman calmly kept her mouth shut and planned to let her man and children go when she signed up tomorrow.
Nothing happened next, and the onlookers all left with smiles on their faces.
They had to go back quickly to tell their families the good news.
It costs 20 cents a day, but the labor contractors in the town only earn 15 cents a day.
They just didn't ask how many people they needed to work, so they have to go to the new company early tomorrow to sign up, otherwise others will take away this good thing.
Jiang Zhiyue and the others also took the opportunity to return to the house they were renting.
Jiang Yuchao wanted to send the village chief back, but the village chief waved his hand and refused, then left humming an unknown ditty.
By the time Jiang Zhiyue and the others returned, Mu Ran had already eaten and left.
Those who stayed in the yard pulled out all the weeds in the yard and swept the dust in the house.
As soon as Mrs. Jiang saw Jiang Zhiyue coming back, she pulled her over and asked anxiously: "Zhiyue, why did someone come to ask about our recruitment just now?"
It turned out that just before Jiang Zhiyue and the others came back, those who had received the news came to ask for the news.
I want Mrs. Jiang and the others to leave two places for their family for the sake of the friendship they just had chatting outside the ancient village Changmen.
But Mrs. Jiang and the others didn't know about this, so they could only hesitantly reveal it.
Now I see Jiang Zhiyue and the others coming back, why don't I drag them and ask them.
Jiang Zhiyue told her about hiring people to build a house.
Old Mrs. Jiang was a little worried about money. How much would it cost to build a house at twenty cents a day for one person?
Jiang Yuqing also came over and said, "Zhiyue, we can't build this house by ourselves. We have a large family, so it won't take long for us to build it."
Jiang Yulai sent Xiao Wang to the house and said casually after coming out: "Your second uncle is right, just build a house. Our family can do it ourselves, there is no need to find anyone else."
"Let's build my uncle's house together first, and then we can build ours together."
"We built our old house ourselves. It didn't take much trouble."
Everyone agreed with the two brothers' proposal.
Jiang Zhiyue saw that what they said was true, but she did not directly agree to it.
Since she bought two more houses, the house must be quite big.
There seemed to be a lot of people in their house, but most of them were old people, women and children, and there were only a few who could really contribute.
If you wait until they build a house, you won't even know how long it will be before you can live in it.
She said: "The New Year's Eve will be over in less than two months. Our own construction speed is too slow and we may not be able to catch up."
When Jiang Zhiyue said this, everyone hesitated again.
Because the village chief said when he left that this family would come back to live for a period of time during the Chinese New Year, so they definitely could not continue to rent a house.
Mr. Jiang didn't speak for a long time, and finally made a decision: "Zhiyue is right. In the first year of our arrival here, the house will be the first root we put down. We can't live without a house during the New Year."
"Zhiyue bought two more pieces of vacant land next to that house. Together they are much larger than our previous house. We will discuss how to build this house later and then get ready."
Now that the matter was decided, they no longer struggled with it.
There are only six houses here, and just now everyone let Jiang Yulai and Xiao Wang live in the smallest one.
Everyone still has to squeeze in to fit in the remaining five houses.
After a busy day and no meal, Mrs. Zhang and the others hurried into the kitchen to cook.
The rest of the people gathered around Jiang Zhiyue to discuss building a house.
Jiang Zhiyue took out a drawing of a new house. She had started preparing it a few days ago, and it just came in handy now.
Mr. Jiang and Jiang Yuqing all gathered around to watch.
Jiang Yuqing looked at the drawings and asked in surprise: "Girl Yue, did you draw the drawings of this house?"
Jiang Zhiyue nodded and replied, "Well, I drew it while I was resting on the road these two days. Is there any problem?"
Jiang Yuqing scratched his head and laughed twice: "No problem, I just think your painting is quite novel. What did you use to paint it?"
Jiang Zhiyue was stunned for a moment when she was asked, and suddenly remembered that people here still used brushes to draw, and this drawing of hers was drawn casually with bamboo charcoal.
"It was painted with the wood and bamboo charcoal we burned on the road."
Jiang Yuchao took the drawing in his hand and said with some appreciation: "The drawing is good. Looking at it this way, it is more three-dimensional than the drawing with a brush."
Jiang Zhiyue smiled modestly. She could say that she used bamboo charcoal because she was not used to using brushes for painting!
She changed the subject and said, "Then let's take a look at this drawing to see if there is anything that needs to be changed."
Everyone gathered together to discuss for a long time, and finally decided on the rough outline of the house, planning to start building it after buying the bricks and tiles.
There are only four of them in the Wang family, and they don't need much room at the moment. After a brief discussion, they decided on the room type.
Then you need to go to the town to buy bricks and tiles.
Jiang Zhiyue discovered that the farmers here used the worst materials to build their houses: mud and straw.
The slightly better ones use wood, and the other ones are blue bricks and terracotta tiles.
They can go up the mountain to find some wood, but they have to buy bricks and tiles.
You also need to go to the town to buy materials for glutinous rice mortar and rammed earth.