strictlysupreme Chapter 101: Choosing a Foundation
Chapter 101: Choosing a Foundation
Niu Zhanghe came with Niu Yuzhu.
"Uncle, Yuzhu, have you eaten? Why don't you eat something with us?" Wen Wuyan stood up and shouted to them outside the fence.
"No, no, the fire at home has been built. I was a little worried, so I came to take a look. You said you wanted to build a house, where would you choose?" Niu Zhanghe asked the couple as soon as he came into the yard.
Gu Qingqing only knew the approximate location, which was the open space behind the cabin. She had no idea where the specific frame was located.
It’s not so much that she doesn’t know, it’s that she doesn’t understand at all.
So she turned her gaze to Wen Wuyan.
"Yes, I took a rough look at the location. I originally wanted to buy some bricks and then ask my uncle to help me look at it." Wen Wuyan said as he led them out of the fence and walked towards the back.
Gu Qingqing told Dahua and Erhua to eat first, and she followed.
Then Wen Wuyan was seen demonstrating in detail in the open space behind the wooden house.
Niu Zhanghe took a shovel and started pounding and digging at the place where Wen Wuyan mentioned. "The soil is pretty solid, so we can build here. We'll level it out and make a frame over the next two days, and then tamp it down a bit. [1] From here to there, is it outside your land boundary?"
"It's still some distance away, we're almost there, almost reaching that wild tree." Wen Wuyan said, pointing to a small tree on the wasteland.
Niu Zhanghe nodded, "That's enough. Your land is good. Although it's a little far from the village, the surrounding area is vast. When it rains, the rainwater flows directly from the back of the hillside into the creek. You don't have to worry about the foundation of the house being washed away by rainwater and the house getting damp."
By the time they had finished looking around, the night sky had quietly appeared on the top of the mountain.
"Yes, we'll go tomorrow." Niu Zhanghe said and called Yuzhu to leave.
"Uncle, you and Yuzhu can eat something here. There is extra food in the pot." Wen Wuyan hurriedly reached out to pull Niu Zhanghe's arm.
Because of his lame leg, he didn't even touch the other person's sleeve.
"No, your aunt has already done it. If we don't go back, she will complain that Yuzhu is gone."
Niu Yuzhu also jumped to a place far away from Wen Wuyan, then waved at him from a distance, "Brother Wuyan, we're back."
After the two of them returned to the courtyard and sat down, Wen Wuyan said to Gu Qingqing, "Qingqing, Uncle Zhang He has been so concerned about us, we can't let him down. When we settle the wages in the future, can we give him a little more?"
"Of course you can. You figure it out. I won't interfere. Also, when you go to look at the bricks tomorrow, I'll give you some extra money. Remember to treat them to a good meal on the way. They won't go hungry after such a long journey. And you two, why aren't you eating?" Gu Qingqing asked while Dahua and Erhua had a full bowl of rice.
"Let's wait for mom and dad to eat together." Dahua said.
"Okay, eat it all, it will get cold soon."
As soon as Gu Qingqing sat down, Dahei lay down at her feet, raised his head and waited for her to feed him.
After waiting for them to finish eating, Gu Qingqing served some brown rice, mixed it with vegetable soup, and then fed it to the dog.
Gu Qingqing asked them to count the money in the bamboo basket at home. She took Dahei up the mountain to dig out the thirty-five taels of silver that had been buried a few days ago.
Dahua and Erhua were standing at the door, looking out. When they saw their mother coming back, they shouted excitedly, "Mom, mom, we have counted the money."
"Oh, how many are there?" Gu Qingqing didn't rush into the house. She brushed off the dust on her body by the light of the oil lamp in the house.
"There are one hundred and ninety-one coins." Dahua said happily.
"Oh. 191 cents." Gu Qingqing said, and started calculating in her mind.
The Shaobai is exactly five pounds, and you can earn 225 coins without tasting.
There is only a vague figure of how many copies of pig offal she sold, but she had 30 wen on her when she went to town, plus the 30 wen deposit for the two buckets yesterday, so the profit should be 191 minus 60 wen, and the actual profit was 131 wen.
Adding her expenses today minus the money for the barbecue, the amount she would spend on the pig offal would be the money she would spend.
First, I bought tofu which cost 35 wen.
Later, wontons cost 7 cents each, and two portions cost 14 cents.
I bought another cotton coat today, it was quite expensive at 290 Wen.
The coarse cotton cloth for making quilts was okay, and three quilts only cost 175 coins.
A total of 514 Wen was spent.
514文加131文总赚645文，减去烧白225文，今天买猪下水赚420文。
Gu Qingqing laughed out loud when she thought of this. The cost and income were simply too disproportionate.
Seeing Wen Wuyan coming out of the kitchen with a bucket of water in his hand, she couldn't suppress her excitement and immediately showed off to Wen Wuyan.
"Wen Wuyan, I just calculated that today we sold 420 coins for Shaobai alone. Isn't that amazing?" Gu Qingqing boasted proudly. If she hadn't expected the two Huas to be staring at her, she would have probably gone up and taken a bite of Wen Wuyan.
Wen Wuyan was also surprised when he heard this, "So much? We only spent a dozen coins to buy it."
"The water only cost me fifteen coins, and the spices cost more than two hundred coins, but they are enough for seven or eight uses, so the total cost is less than fifty coins. Minus the firewood and labor, I can earn about three hundred and fifty coins each time."
Gu Qingqing said happily, then she noticed the bucket in his hand, "What are you going to do?"
Wen Wuyan placed the bucket under the oil lamplight outside the door and said, "I've boiled some hot water. Please clean up and come and soak your feet."
"You really boiled water for me. I said that on purpose at that time." Gu Qingqing said a little embarrassedly, and handed the silver she took back to Wen Wuyan, "Here is thirty-five taels. You can decide how much to take with you tomorrow."
Wen Wuyan took it and said, "Soak in hot water, your feet will feel comfortable. Go get the basin and I'll give you a massage." Wen Wuyan even prepared a bench and didn't give her any chance to refute.
That night, Gu Qingqing had a very sweet sleep.
At dawn the next day, Gu Qingqing first boiled half a pot of water, scooped out some to give to Wen Wuyan later, and there was shredded pork, egg, cabbage leaf and dumpling soup in the pot, so she let Wen Wuyan eat it first.
Then I quickly made a few cabbage, tofu and meat pies.
"Qingqing, there's no need to prepare these. Go back to sleep. We're not going far away and we can find food along the way." Wen Wuyan said to the busy Gu Qingqing.
"If you can find it, you can find it. It's also a guarantee to carry these with you. You should eat yours quickly. I think everyone will be ready soon. It won't be too late for me to sleep later." Gu Qingqing said.
The eastern sky was no longer pitch black, and before anyone knew it, it was starting to turn pale.
Gu Qingqing did not see Wen Wuyan off, leaving him alone to carry the bamboo basket.
She went back to her room to take a nap.
[Hanghang: a tool for pounding the foundation, here it means to make the foundation solid.]