After the little cannon fodder was reborn, he chose the villain childhood sweetheart

Jiang Wan thought about the days she had spent at Xie's house.

She doesn't have to do heavy work like fetching water and chopping firewood at home every day. Xie Lan will occasionally do the laundry and cooking.

Her main job was to sweep the floor, and when she had nothing to do, she would feed the chickens and ducks with Xie Xueling.

It is not her turn to do the rest of the housework.

If this is a hard life, then what kind of life did the original owner live in the Jiang family before?

Days that are even more miserable than the hard times.

The original owner was born with delicate skin and a pair of white and soft hands. If she washed clothes or chopped wood with force, red marks would be left, and even bleeding would occur.

Jiang Weiran couldn't bear to see his daughter suffer, so he took on most of the heavy work, which strained his already weak body.

The original owner no longer needed to do the work, but her food, clothing and shelter lagged behind her two cousins.

When Jiang Lian'er and Jiang Yan'er had nothing to do, they asked her to go out to run errands or pass messages, or help mend clothes and handkerchiefs.

The original owner was clumsy and suffered a lot of ridicule for it.

Comparing the original owner's days in the Jiang family with his current days in the Xie family, the two are worlds apart.

Jiang Yaner actually said that Jiang Wan would have a hard life in the Xie family.

I really don't know where she got the confidence to say this.

"If you like Zhang Xiucai, that gigolo, take him. Don't compare me with him anymore."

Jiang Wan didn't want to bother with Jiang Yan'er anymore, she had other things to do.

"As for how I live, I won't bother you to worry about it. You should worry more about your marriage."

Jiang Yan'er is sixteen years old this year, and it's time for her to talk about marriage.

Liu introduced two marriage proposals to her, but she rejected both and declared that she wanted to marry a scholar.

The Jiang family also produced a scholar, and that person was Jiang Laowu.

But Jiang Laowu was nearly thirty years old when he barely passed the examination for a student, and had no hope of a future official career. Most importantly, he married into another family, so future glory had little to do with the Jiang family.

Jiang Yan'er is ambitious and wants to marry a scholar, but the scholar has to like her.

Jiang Yan'er is not as pretty as Jiang Lian'er and Jiang Wan, and she can't even read.

Which scholar would not give priority to Jiang Lian'er and Jiang Wan and choose her?

Jiang Wan said this and walked forward without looking back.

Jiang Yaner angrily shouted at her back: "Jiang Wan, just wait, I will definitely marry someone better than you!"

Jiang Wan walked all the way to Wang Lizheng's house.

Wang Lizheng and his family were chatting in the house. When they saw Jiang Wan coming, they thought she came to borrow the ox cart again.

The village head's wife stood up and greeted her happily, "Jiang Sanya, no, I should call you Xie Lan's wife now. Xie Lan's wife, are you here to borrow the ox cart?"

Jiang Wan got goosebumps all over her body.

Xie Lan’s wife?

She really can't stand hearing this name!

"Auntie Li, you should just call me Jiang San Ya."

"Okay, okay, Jiang Sanya, what are you doing here today?"

Aunt Li covered her mouth and laughed.

"I want to build a yard, and I want the village head to help me find a few people to work on it, and try to finish it within half a month. I wonder if the village head can help me with this?"

Aunt Li was stunned and pulled Jiang Wan to the front.

"Old man, Jiang Sanya wants to build a house."

The headman was lying on the bed smoking a pipe. He sat up straight after hearing this.

"Jiang Sanya, didn't you get a house when you split from the Jiang family before? And you married into Xie Lan's family. Why do you want to build a house now?"

Jiang Wan found a bench and sat down, saying, "Lizhang, I don't plan to live in the Jiang family's house, and I don't want to go back there. It's true that I married into the Xie family, but the Xie family's house is old. When it gets cold, it's either snowing or leaking. Xie Lan and I are discussing building a new yard next to it."

"Besides, my father and I both live in Xie's house, and there aren't enough rooms there. He also has a brother and sister-in-law who are growing up, so they should each have their own room."

The head of the village nodded repeatedly. "Your idea is good, but building a house also has its own rules. How many rooms do you plan to build? How big is the yard? Do you want to use adobe or thatch? These all require careful consideration."

Jiang Wan asked: "Are there any brick houses?"

The head of the village and Aunt Li both opened their eyes wide. Aunt Li said, "Jiang Sanya, brick and tile houses are very expensive! A tile costs two cents!"

The village head also said: "Yes, there is, but it will be more expensive. Do you want the roof to be all tiles and the walls to be all blue bricks?"

Seeing their attitudes, Jiang Wan decided to hide his wealth. As the saying goes, wealth should not be shown off.

She'd better keep a low profile.

"The walls should still be made of adobe, but the roof should be made of tiles. It would be best if there was a blue brick road in the yard connecting the rooms, so that when it rains, your feet won't get covered in mud."

Jiang Wan chose his words carefully.

The Xie family now lives in an adobe house with a thatched roof.

She felt that adobe houses were better at retaining heat, soundproofing and sturdiness than thatched houses.

Although blue brick walls are better, it would be quite expensive to use blue brick walls in all the rooms.

The house of the richest headman in Lushui Village only has a tiled roof and adobe walls. There is no reason for her to live better than the headman.

"As long as the roof is tiled, the price is not too high. Look, our house is like that."

The village head's surprise dissipated a little. He thought that Jiang Wan had become rich after the division of the family property and wanted to build a house that was more magnificent than his.

"Just build a house like the one the head of the village has, with five rooms, two windows in front and back of each room, a bigger yard, and a thatched house at the back..."

Jiang Wan told the head of the village all her thoughts, and the head of the village called his third son who was literate to write down everything she said.

Then the head of the village took the recorded paper and looked at it, frowning and said, "Jiang Sanya, the house you built is not small. It needs a tile roof and blue bricks to pave the road. I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money."

"How much does the village head estimate it will cost?"

The village head hesitated for a moment and said, "The cost of materials and labor for one room is about five taels of silver. Five rooms will cost twenty-five taels. Add in the yard expansion, floor tiles, gate and toilet, and it will cost about thirty taels. Do you have that much money?"

Thirty taels is not a lot, Jiang Wan's budget is forty-five taels.

Jiang Wan suddenly remembered something and said, "Li Zheng, I also want to lay cheaper blue bricks on the floor of each room and change the wooden beds into kangs. I wonder how much it will cost?"

"kang?"

The head of the village and Aunt Li looked at each other, neither of them had heard of this word.

"Jiang Sanya, what does kang mean?"

The two looked at her with great curiosity.

Jiang Wan realized belatedly that the Fengyuan in the book was a fictional dynasty, and Lushui Village was located in the south, so there was no concept of kang.

She patiently explained to the village head and the other man that the kang was a magical device for keeping warm in winter.

The village head was greatly shocked, then he said excitedly: "Jiang Sanya, where did you know about this kang?! If it is really as magical and practical as you said, then we don't have to burn charcoal and suffer from the cold in winter!"