The happy little days of the Ye family

Fang Lin had built a house in the Tang family before, and he also knew the Ye family and his son. He knew that Mr. Ye was more diligent and frugal.

The Ye family wanted to build two houses at the same time, which was a big deal. Fang Lin was afraid of scaring away Mr. Ye, so he decided to lower the price slightly.

"Mr. Ye, you want to build two houses at the same time. I will give you a discount. Each house will be 2 taels cheaper."

"The style you just picked can be used to build a house for 68 taels."

"If the house at the back were replaced by the one I selected, it would cost 76 taels."

Mr. Ye felt that Fang Lin was dishonest because the house the Tang family built the year before last only cost 65 taels.

Their house only has a shop in front and a pavilion in front of the Tang family's house. Why is it so much more expensive?

Father Ye was also shocked, "The house you chose is similar to the house of the Tang family. Why is our house so much more expensive?"

There are stone pavements and eaves corridors, but there are more shops and a pavilion in front, so there is no need for 11 taels.

Besides, there are not as many rooms in the house as the Tang family.

Fang Lin quickly explained: "The food harvest was not good when the Tang family built their house. Materials and labor were relatively cheap at that time."

"The past two years have been good. Not only have materials become more expensive, but labor has also increased a lot, and the cost has increased a lot."

"Besides, the Tang family built a house in the village, and the materials used are mainly affordable, and the materials used are not expensive."

"Your house is intended to be rented to scholars. The materials used should be better, and the pavilion will cost several taels of silver."

Fang Lin saw the father and son looking pained, and continued:

"This money includes materials and labor for building a house. Once you pay this money, you don't have to worry about anything. You can just wait for the house to be inspected."

Father Ye and Mr. Ye whispered for a long time, and finally chose the house 76 liang behind.

After Ye's father haggled for a quarter of an hour, he finally settled on 75 taels of silver for a house, and a total of 150 taels for the two houses.

However, Fang Lin had to dig a cellar for each of the two houses, and help dig two more wells.

The house originally had a well, and two more wells were dug, one of which was dug in the front yard of another house.

There is also a well dug behind the two shops for convenient water supply.

"Master Fang, when are you free to start building a house?" Mr. Ye wanted to build the house as soon as possible.

Fang Lin was in a very good mood after taking over two houses from the Ye family. They could make a lot of money here.

"Not many people are building houses during this period. I only have one house on hand that is already being stilted. I can start building your house in seven or eight days."

Mr. Ye asked again: "I wonder how long it will take to build these two houses?"

Fang Lin thought about it in his mind, and then said: "I have a lot of manpower. I can build two houses at the same time. It will be completed in about a month and a half."

The main reason is that the workers are all in the town, which saves the round trip and makes the construction faster.

Mr. Ye thought there was nothing wrong with it, so he took out 10 silver ingots, each containing ten taels of silver, totaling 100 taels.

Mr. Ye gave Fang Lin 100 taels with a look of pain on his face, and he would give the remaining 50 taels after the house was inspected.

The construction of the house will not start until seven or eight days, but Fang Lin needs to prepare various materials such as bricks, tiles and wood in advance in the past few days.

Father Ye no longer goes to the dock to set up a stall these days, and follows Fang Lin to order various materials every day.

With Ye's father following him, Fang Lin didn't dare to order materials for the Ye family. What he got were the best bricks and tiles, and the timber beams were also the best.

There are two old beams in the old house. The wood is very good and has not decayed at all after so many years.

Moreover, there are lifelike carvings on it, which Mr. Ye particularly likes.

Mr. Ye plans to put these two beams in two shops to make beams, which is both stylish and economical.

Fang Lin checked the two beams and found that they were indeed good wood, and there were no traces of wood decay.

Fang Lin repainted the beams with two layers of clear oil, and then used them on the two shops.

Mr. Ye was in a hurry to open a shop. The first shop to start was the front shop. Two teams of workers built two shops at the same time.

The workers were all skilled and the shop was built very quickly. It only took 12 days to complete the shop and the well.

The layout and size of the two shops are the same. The front is a large shop of 40 square meters. The shop is square and has good lighting.

The first shop is used to open a grocery store, and the second shop is used to open a braised butcher shop.

In the innermost part of the shop, there is a small house for resting. The house is not big, about 15 square meters.

This small house can be used to rest or live in.

However, the small house of the braised pork shop has been turned into a kitchen, where you can braised pork and cook.

There is a small door next to the small house, which when opened leads to the well between the two shops.

There is an underground ditch dug next to the well, where the pots and pans used for selling braised pork can be washed, and the sewage can flow away along the underground ditch.

After the shop was built, Father Ye brought his whole family and Uncle Tang over to see the shop.

Uncle Tang came here to measure the dimensions. Father Ye asked Uncle Tang to make doors and windows for the two shops, as well as the furniture inside the shops.

"Both these two shops are quite spacious and have good lighting." Mr. Ye was very satisfied with these two shops.

Ye Qingqing likes the small house at the back. If he is tired, he can rest in it. If the weather is bad, he can spend the night there.

After seeing the small house, the group went through the small door to see the well.

Mrs. Ye brought up half a bucket of water. It was a sweet water well, and it would not be a problem to use it for braised pork and cooking.

Mother Ye smiled and said: "The well is well made, it is separated from the house behind, and it does not affect the water supply of the two shops."

Father Ye pointed to the culvert on the side and said, "The culvert has been dug here. You can usually clean things here."

You can go directly to the second shop from the well.

Ye Mu usually likes to cook. When she came to the second shop, the first thing she saw was the small kitchen of the Braised Pork Shop.

There are three stoves in the kitchen, but it's a bit crowded and you can't turn around when there are more people.

"This small kitchen is a bit small, but although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs." Overall, Ye Mu was quite satisfied.

Ye Donglin knew that the first shop was to open a grocery store for him. The smile on his face was very bright, and he pulled the Ye Xilin brothers around the shop several times.

Then he pulled Uncle Tang and said, "Here, here, and here, we must make a row of wide shelves."

"In addition, a table should be placed at the door to serve as a cash counter."

The two houses of the Ye family are big projects, and Uncle Tang is beaming with joy.

"Okay, these are simple carpentry tasks. I can help you finish the shelves in ten or eight days."

Then Uncle Tang was dragged by Father Ye to the braised pork shop next door.

"Uncle Tang, I'm going to open a braised pork shop here. You can help me set up a few tables and a few sets of benches."

"A table should be placed at the door as a counter for collecting money, and a chopping board should be placed next to the counter for cutting braised meat."

Uncle Tang took a small book and wrote down everything the Ye family wanted to do.

Ye Mu felt that the kitchen was too small and it would be best to make a small shelf to put things on, so she took Uncle Tang to the kitchen to measure the dimensions.

Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing looked at the Ye family's shop and regretted that they had just bought two ready-made houses for convenience.

For the same amount of money, if you directly buy the land and build a house, the shop and house can be built better.