The happy little days of the Ye family

The days passed, and the rice turned from green to yellow in the blink of an eye.

After the autumn harvest, the Tang family's house building will be put on the agenda.

After the autumn harvest, Tangshan called Tang Xiaojing into the house, and the father and son began to take stock of the current Tang family's wealth.

Tangshan took out a small wooden box. When he opened it, it was filled with broken silver and copper plates.

Tangshan looked at his son, who was already as tall as him, "In the first half of the year, all the family's money was used to buy a house in the town. This money was saved by me in the next six months."

"The rent for the house in the county is eighty taels a year, and the second year's rent has been delivered before the summer harvest."

The house in Tangjia County is near the newly built academy, about 600 meters away from the academy, and it only takes half an hour to walk there.

The house is not big, it is a small one-bedroom house with 4 main rooms and 2 side rooms. It is currently rented to a family from out of town who comes to study in the academy.

The house was originally rented for 800 taels of silver a month, but the family signed a three-year long-term contract, and some paid it once a year, so the rent was reduced to 3 taels of silver a year.

Tangshan continued: "The other two houses in the town have a monthly rent of one tael of silver."

"I usually drive bullock carts to solicit customers in towns and counties, and I earn two to three taels of silver a month."

"There are a total of 23 taels, 540 Wen here, which I saved in the past six months."

"In addition, this year's autumn harvest was pretty good. A total of 50 kilograms of rice was harvested from the newly opened 5200 acres of paddy fields."

"We also harvested 2300 kilograms of corn on the slopes at the foot of Rabbit Mountain and Stone Mountain."

These are barren mountains and wastelands that were just opened up this year. Tangshan is very satisfied with this harvest.

Tang Xiaojing looked at Tangshan, "There are only two of us at home, including rhubarb and small huang. We can't finish all the food. Do we need to sell some?"

Tangshan nodded, "I plan to keep 2000 kilograms of rice and 1000 kilograms of corn. I plan to sell the rest of the grain to grain shops. I should be able to sell it for more than 20 taels."

Tang Shan stared at Tang Xiaojing, "How much money do you have now?"

Tang Xiaojing asked Tang Shan to wait for a while, then turned around and went back to his house, quickly bringing another cloth bag over.

Tang Xiaojing opened the bag, and it was filled with white money. It looked like there were dozens of taels.

"These are all the money saved after buying a house."

Tang Xiaojing poured out all the money in the bag, and then the father and son began to count.

There were actually 47 taels, which was twice as much as what Tangshan had saved.

Tang Shan patted Tang Xiaojing on the shoulder, feeling very proud, "I didn't expect that this kid like you could actually make money."

Tang Xiaojing also began to take stock of his income.

"Although there are no large prey or valuable herbs in Rabbit Mountain, there are many mushrooms and rabbits on the mountain."

"There are a lot of herbs on the stone mountain, and occasionally deer and wild boars can be caught in the traps."

"With the mushrooms on the mountain and the prey in the traps, I can earn a few taels of silver every month."

However, Tang Xiaojing added, "But this money is just enough for the five taels of silver a month that a long-term worker earns."

Originally, these long-term workers were invited to take care of the paddy fields and hills at home, but the yield of the newly opened paddy fields was low, and the summer harvest was not productive.

Therefore, all the wages of these long-term workers were paid by Tang Xiaojing.

"Furthermore, I collect and process herbs in the mountains, and I can earn about one tael of silver a month."

"In addition, there is money for making medicinal wine. I can make a batch of medicinal wine in two or three months, and I can charge four to five taels of silver at a time."

"But the majority are still rabbits from the breeding farm. Now the rabbits in the rabbit shed have signed an agreement with Liang Liangjia Restaurant. They have three live rabbits every day, and they will earn seven taels of silver in a month."

Tangshan calculated it and found that the two of them had enough money to build a house.

"I'll take 20 taels of silver here, and you can take 45 taels of silver. 65 taels is enough to build a big house."

Tang Xiaojing also wanted to build the house earlier, "Then I will go to the town with the money tomorrow and decide on the green, bricks and tiles to be used as well as the people to build the house. There will be more people to build the house by the end of the year. I’m afraid it’s hard to buy bricks and tiles.”

Tang Xiaojing looked tender, and Tang Shan was worried that his son had been deceived. "Tomorrow I will go to town with you to lay down the bricks and tiles. I also know the foreman who built the house."

Tangshan often solicits customers in the town and county, and knows many people. He happens to know a foreman who specializes in building houses for people.

That man has many connections. If you ask him to build a house, you can get any amount of bricks and tiles.

Tangshan had also seen the house built by that man in the town. It was really good and had a good reputation. Tangshan planned to ask him to help build the house.

It would be best if Tang Xiaojing saw someone he knew in Tangshan.

Tangshan added: "These 65 taels should only be enough to build the house. It will also cost a lot of money to buy furniture later. When I sell the grain here, the money can just be used to buy furniture."

Tang Xiaojing quickly shook his head and refused: "The herbs in the medicinal field on the mountain are almost ready and can be picked at the end of the year."

"In addition, you can also prune some of the dendrobium on Stone Mountain and sell it in the drug store. I have money, so I can pay for the things I buy later."

Tangshan saw that Tang Xiaojing was richer than him, so he didn't rush to pay. He kept the money and used it to marry his daughter-in-law in the future.

Tang Xiaojing thought of a question, "Dad, where will we live when the house is built?"

The father and son wanted to knock down the house and build a new one on the original homestead, but they would have no place to live.

Tangshan suggested: "I think the backyard is quite big. Why don't we build two small houses in the backyard before knocking down the house, and we, father and son, can live there first."

"After the house in the front is built, the two small houses in the back will serve as warehouses and firewood sheds."

"This is a good idea. We will build two houses for us to live in first. The backyard is quite big and we can live there without affecting the house in front."

Then Tang Xiaojing took out a sketch of the house from his pocket.

"This is the sketch of the house that Qingqing and I discussed. Dad, can you see if there is anything that needs to be modified?"

Tangshan took the drawing and took a look. The house was very similar to the current layout of the Ye family, but it was a little smaller than the Ye family.

There are six main rooms, except one which is a hall, and the other five are rooms where people can sleep.

There is also a kitchen and a small bathing room, and the hut is built in the corner of the backyard.

On the drawing, even the stone tables in the front and back yards were drawn.

Tang Xiaojing pointed to the eaves of the house and said: "There are wide eaves in front of all the houses. Even if it rains, you will not get wet when you go to each house."

Ye Qingqing thought of this eaves from the houses he saw in the town before.

In addition, a shed is built in the front yard for stacking firewood, and there is a large cowshed in the backyard to house the family's two cows.

There is already a well in the backyard, and we just need to add a sink and a washing station next to the well.

Tang Xiaojing wanted to use the pond to raise fish. Just like the Ye family, he raised several big fish. It was very convenient to eat and catch them.