Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Li An would naturally be willing to teach Feng Ru: "Ru'er is smart and clever, so it won't be difficult to teach him. However, I often follow you, Master, so I'm afraid I can't teach him all the time."

"No problem, you can teach me when you have time. We still have Zhang Wu."

Li An smiled at Song Shi and said, "When it comes to skills, Miss Song is the best. Don't you plan to teach her yourself?"

"I have no experience in educating people, and I'm afraid I might teach them the wrong way."

"Miss, you are really modest. If you are willing to teach me, I believe Ruer will learn a lot. Even if you only reveal a little bit through your fingers, it will be enough for the girl to benefit." Seeing Song Shiwei holding up the teacup for the third time, Li An stood up and said, "The things have been delivered. I will not disturb you anymore."

"Walk slowly."

After Li An left, Song Shiwei put the remaining furs on the table into the space, then stood up and walked out the door.

Zhang Wu, who was teaching Feng Ru to read, heard the noise and poked his head out of the room: "Master, are you going out?"

Song Shiwei stood in front of the door with his hands behind his back, looking relaxed: "Just closing the door."

After saying that, the door closed.

For the next two months, the three of them stayed at home and did not go out. Zhang Wu had to teach Feng Ru, so his schedule was tighter than usual and he only went to the Huang family once every few days.

Song Shiwei also finished reading the miscellaneous notes he brought back from Zhou Huai.

Early that morning, Song Shiwei got up early, which was a rare occasion. He pushed the door open and looked up at the sky.

Zhang Wu came out of the kitchen holding a bowl. "Master, you are up. Ru'er made some vegetable porridge this morning and heated up some bacon. Would you like some?"

Song Shiwei nodded slightly, still looking at the snow falling all over the sky: "Zhang Wu, have you noticed that the snow seems to be lighter these past two days?"

"I also saw it this morning. It is much smaller than before. It has been extremely cold for several months. It should be about the right time."

The rainy season comes after the extreme cold. Song Shiwei thought for a moment and said, "The temperature is a little higher than before. Go to the village chief's house and ask if there are people willing to build a house. If there are, build the house as soon as possible. Money and food are not a problem. As for the location, you can choose one by yourself when the time comes."

When Zhang Wu suddenly heard that they were going to build a house, he was stunned and stood outside the kitchen with a bowl in his hand.

"Why, don't you want to?"

Zhang Wu came back to his senses instantly and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, I just felt it was too sudden. But it's still snowing now, so it should be difficult to find manpower. I don't know if there are bricks, tiles and wood for building a house in the city."

"If you don't know if there is one, then go and ask. Do you want me to worry about such trivial matters for you?" Song Shiwei passed by Zhang Wu and rolled his eyes at him: "It's not me who is getting married."

"Hehe, that's not what I meant. I'll go find the village chief right now."

After saying that, he didn't even eat breakfast, put down the bowl and was about to leave.

Song Shiwei rolled his eyes again and said, "Sit down and leave after dinner."

Zhang Wu smiled foolishly: "Oh."

Feng Ru covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

It was rare to see Zhang Wu being so silly, Song Shiwei looked at him as if he was looking at something strange.

As the saying goes, people feel refreshed during happy events.

Ever since Song Shiwei said he wanted to build a house, Zhang Wu felt relaxed all over and had a constant smile on his face. One could tell at a glance that he was in a very good mood.

After breakfast, Zhang Wu went out to Wei Cai's house and told him that they were short of manpower to build the house. He was not worried about manpower, because if he gave food instead of money, there would still be plenty of people willing to do the work.

Wei Cai’s worry was the same as Zhang Wu’s. He was afraid that in the current weather, bricks and wood would not be available in the city. This was the most important thing.

Zhang Wu selected a residential plot at Wei Cai's house in the morning, and went to the provincial capital with him in the afternoon. After giving some benefits, he quickly got the freshly issued residential plot papers. Then the two went to the brick and tile shop. Fortunately, they were lucky because the shop was still open and had stock.

Since Zhang Wu had bought the materials for building a house from the same shop before, he had no intention of changing shops this time. After knowing that there was enough stock, he directly ordered the required quantity for building the house. Later, he bought the wood under the personal guidance of the shopkeeper.

Wei Cai and Zhang Wu stood in the cold wind with relieved smiles on their faces.

"That's good now. We have everything. I'll go back and ask if anyone in the village is willing to build a house. There will be more people in Xiahuang Village, so I'll go ask them then."

Zhang Wu smiled and agreed: "Thank you for your help, village chief. I think I'd better let you worry about building a house. I know nothing about building a house. The village chief helped me worry about the house at home, and my master was very satisfied. I would like to hand it over to you this time as well. I hope the village chief will not mind the trouble."

It is certain that one can make profits from building a house, it is just a matter of how much. Not to mention getting benefits from Zhang Wu, even the brick and tile shop and the wood shop that one has just found will also receive benefits from them afterwards.

Although Wei Cai would not try to get the money on purpose, he could not help but feel that benefits were handed to him. Now that they were handed to him, he would naturally not push them away. As the village chief, he was counting on these benefits. Besides, these were just the tacit compensation for hard work, so he would not feel guilty if he took them.

Zhang Wu's words were nice. Nowadays, who doesn't like to hear nice words? Besides, he also contributed a lot when they built the house last time.

Therefore, Wei Cailian smiled brightly, patted Zhang Wu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "We are all from the same village. As the head of the village, I should come forward. Since you are willing to hand it over to me, it means you trust me as the village head. Don't worry, I guarantee that I will not delay your marriage."

Zhang Wu's face suddenly turned red.

Wei Cai burst out laughing when he saw this.

After returning to the village, Wei Cai immediately went to ask the villagers. Fortunately, the wind and snow were gradually subsiding, and it was not as cold as before, so there was still enough strength to build houses.

Many families did not have enough food, so when they heard that they could use food to pay their wages for building houses, they agreed on the spot.

There is not a large population in Damo Village, so the number of able-bodied laborers is naturally limited. Zhang Wu wanted to finish building the house this morning, so he did not have enough manpower. The next morning, Wei Cai went to Xiahuang Village to find Wei Xiong and told him about this. The two of them then asked around in Xiahuang Village, even asking the Huang family.

Everyone knew that Zhang Wu was in a hurry to build a house in order to get married. Whenever people from the two villages saw the Huang family and Zhang Wu, they couldn't help but make fun of them.

Huang Ping and Huang Hai had nothing to do at home, so they thought about going to help. They never thought about the wages. After all, they would be a family soon, so how could they ask for money for just putting in some labor?

On the third day, bricks, tiles and timber were transported to the village. On the morning of the fourth day, workers from the two villages arrived at Wei Cai's house.

Zhang Wuxuan’s location was also at the foot of the mountain, only ten meters away from Song Shiwei.

Early that morning, as soon as Zhang Wu opened the door, he welcomed Huang Changyuan and others, followed by Wei Cai and the people who came to work.

Luo Hongmei was holding a basket of vegetables and said with a smile on her face: "Look at you, you didn't even come to our house to tell us about such a big thing as building a house. If the village chief hadn't come to our house to ask, we wouldn't have known about it."