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

"Third girl!"

When the head of the village saw Jiang Wan, he treated her as if she were his own daughter and his attitude was extremely affectionate.

Jiang Wan nodded to him and said, "Li Zheng, I was just about to look for you."

"That's unfortunate! Come, let me introduce you to Master Wang, a famous bricklayer in our village. He is the one who comes to build stoves. I showed him the blueprint you drew, and he was very interested. He insisted on coming to you in person to ask about it!"

The village head pulled out a simple and honest man in his forties and introduced him.

Jiang Wan said, "Hello, Master Wang."

Master Wang was full of surprise. "Brother Wang, the blueprint of the kang you showed me was drawn by Jiang Sanya?"

"No!"

The head of the village nodded vigorously.

Master Wang sighed, "Jiang Sanya's reputation in the village was not very good before. She was not filial to her biological father and chased after that scholar Zhang. Now she has grown up and become sensible. She married a man and knows how to live a good life. She even has the brains to research such a wonderful thing as a kang!"

Jiang Wan: "..."

The village head coughed violently, "Well, Sanya, Master Wang is a straightforward person, so don't take his words to heart."

Jiang Wan smiled, "Don't worry, Li Zheng, I don't care."

Xie Lan listened from the side.

炕？

What it is?

Li was looking around the yard and asked in surprise: "Third girl, why did two houses in your yard collapse?"

"The thatched house was not strong. It collapsed after several days of rain."

When talking about the house, Jiang Wan happened to remember that she had to find the head of the village for serious business.

"Village head, I don't want those plots of land next to it, and I don't plan to build next to it. The thatched house in our yard just happened to collapse, so I plan to build a house in the yard. I don't need to build so many, four rooms will be enough."

Jiang Wan gestured at the yard a few times and added, "I want all four rooms to have tiled roofs, adobe walls, and blue bricks on the floor. You can also help me lay a row of blue bricks in the yard so that it's convenient for walking. Do you think it's okay?"

"Okay! You wanted to build five houses before, but now you only need to build four. The money from the missing house can be used to buy blue bricks. The overall estimated price is about the same as before, still around thirty taels, but..."

The village head hesitated for a moment, and Jiang Wan asked, "But what?"

"But if you want to build a kang in the room, it will probably cost more. I saw you said last time that the kang can be made of blue bricks or adobe, right?"

"Yes."

"Building a kang is a skill, especially since no one in our village has ever built one before. This time, Master Wang came here to give it a try. If he succeeds..."

The head of the village looked at Jiang Wan with a smile and said, "If you succeed, you will be the great benefactor of our village! With this kang, we won't have to suffer the cold in winter!"

Jiang Wan waved her hand and said, "You are too kind to me, head of the village. If you want to increase the cost, I still have some budget."

The head of the village was relieved and said, "In fact, the cost of blue bricks and adobe is not difficult to calculate. The most important thing is the labor. As I said just now, building a kang is a craft. Master Wang cannot do it alone. He brought two apprentices to build it together. It will be completed in less than five days, but he needs to pay some labor fee."

Jiang Wan nodded to show her understanding. How could she withhold wages when she asked people to work at home?

Master Wang shook his head and said firmly, "I came here to learn the craft from Jiang Sanya. Why do I need any labor fee? I don't want a penny! I will build a kang for Jiang Sanya for free!"

The head of the village stopped talking. The parties involved didn't care, so why should he bother to cause trouble?

Jiang Wan could see that Master Wang was a stubborn person, so she didn't argue with him about the wages. Instead, she said, "I have something to do tomorrow, so I can teach Master Wang how to build a kang today. Actually, I have never built one before. I only know some theoretical knowledge, but I have never put it into practice. I still need Master Wang's help."

Master Wang waved his hand and said, "It's not that difficult. Jiang Sanya, you just need to watch from the side. If I encounter something I don't understand, you can just give me some pointers."

So Jiang Wan built a kang in the main room.

First, there are only two rooms in the house now. Jiang Weiran’s room is small, and it is difficult to make room for many people living there.

Second, she was selfish and wanted to enjoy the kang first.

Jiang Wan, along with Master Wang and several others, began to busy themselves with making room, looking at blueprints, and finding materials. They talked from day till dusk before they finalized the complete steps for building the kang.

Master Wang left in a hurry with his two apprentices. Uncle Xie and Xie Lan had almost finished cleaning up the collapsed thatched house in the yard.

In the evening, Aunt Xie came over carrying two large baskets.

In the morning, Jiang Wan brought 30 kilograms of polished round-grained rice and 50 kilograms of corn to Aunt Xie, and asked Aunt Xie to watch over the preparations.

Fourth Aunt Xie was a smart person. She knew Jiang Wan didn't want to take advantage of her family, so she delivered food to her door. She was so moved that she chatted with him at home for the whole morning.

Aunt Xie was moved and the food at home improved.

In the evening, Aunt Xie specially went to buy two pounds of meat, made a dish of meat stewed with radish, and fried six eggs.

She gave most of the meat and eggs to Jiang Wan and the others, and only kept a little for herself to taste the meat.

In the evening, Uncle Xie and his two sons ate dry rice mixed with brown rice and corn, while Jiang Wan and his friends ate glutinous rice.

Fourth Aunt Xie specially cooked two pots of rice. She was afraid that Jiang Wan would suspect that she was hiding something, so she also brought the meals for Fourth Uncle Xie and the others.

Jiang Wan could see through Fourth Aunt Xie's little thoughts, and was touched by her simple and kind behavior.

Aunt Xie's family is not particularly wealthy, and if possible, she would like to help them.

Jiang Wan remembered the offal that the butcher gave her when she went to the butcher shop in town to buy meat.

Because there were too many things to do these days and it had been raining, all the pig offal and uneaten pork were stored in the cellar.

After the house was built, she taught the recipe of buying and selling pig offal to Aunt Xie and her family.

After dinner, Fourth Uncle Xie and his family went back home. Jiang Wan and Xie Lan also washed up and went to bed early as they had to go to Liu’s house in town the next day.

The next day.

It was a sunny day today. Jiang Wan got up early and went to town with Xie Lan.

I had promised Mr. Liu that I would go to the town to give him the medicine in three days, but things did not go as I wished.

It rained for four or five days in a row and the house collapsed. Jiang Wan couldn't go to town even if she wanted to. She hoped that Mr. Liu would not blame them.

Xie Lan didn't have to go to the town with them, but he remembered Mr. Liu's previous request and decided to go there in person to inform him.

The two of them arrived at Liu's mansion with ease.

This time, the servant at the door did not stop them. Instead, when he saw the two of them, he was shocked and hurriedly ran in to report.

Jiang Wan looked at the servant's panicked back and felt something was wrong.

Just as she was about to say something to Xie Lan, the door to Liu's residence opened and several burly men with ferocious looks rushed out.

Liu Qingrong pointed at Jiang Wan and Xie Lan with an angry look on his face and said, "Someone! Tie up these two charlatans!"