Dressed as a blacksmith

On an auspicious day, with the sound of gongs and drums, Zhang Wensheng reluctantly married Qiao Yingying.

When Yu Dameng and Qiao Yuan returned home from work, the ox cart bumped into their wedding procession.

Qiao Yuan felt unlucky and urged Yu Dameng to leave quickly.

Zhang Wensheng, who was sitting on a tall horse, looked at Qiao Yuan who was acting coquettishly with Yu Dameng and secretly made up his mind that he must regret it in every possible way.

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Spring is getting warmer, and everything can start working.

Seeing that Qiao Yuan's family was buying bricks and wood by the truckload, the villagers guessed that they were going to build a house, so they discussed privately, and each family contributed a strong labor force to help Qiao Yuan's family.

"The Yu family donated money to our village to build a school and also dug a well. Their family built a house, and we should all contribute."

"That's it."

Except for a very few people who had a feud with the Yu family, almost no one objected.

However, Qiao Yuan didn't need their help, he hired a special construction team in the city.The leader's surname is Liang, and his name is Liang Shang. He leads a group of people who specialize in building houses for people, and they have a good reputation in the city.

At first, Qiao Yuan wanted to build a small two-story building, but then he gave up considering that he could see the neighbor's yard from the upstairs, which offended other people's privacy.Later, he wanted to build a small courtyard for the second entrance, but he also thought that if he lived in the backyard, he would not be able to hear people shouting at the gate, so it was not suitable for living in the village.

So, in the end, five brick houses were chosen, and the drawings were drawn by Qiao Yuan himself.After entering the gate, there is a spacious yard facing the living room of the main room. There is a bedroom with a bathroom on each side of the main room. The door is opened to the yard alone, and the bedroom can no longer be seen from the main room.

There are four houses on the east side, three of which are wing rooms, and one is a toilet with a bathroom.The three rooms on the west side are kitchen room, granary and utility room.A cowshed is built on the left side of the main entrance, and the shed on the right side is reserved for spare use.

There are corridors from the main room to both sides, so it is convenient to go out of the house on rainy days without worrying about getting wet.There is a door on both sides of the corridor in the main room, and the east side leads to the small courtyard where Qiao Yuan lives now.

The west side leads to the shed that was built for making briquettes, and there is a big open space here.Qiao Yuan planned to surround them all, and only sit in a row of houses facing north and south, which not only store honeycomb coal, but also serve as a granary, and then split a room for Yu Dameng to use as a tool room.In the empty part of the yard, the ones against the wall are used for vegetable plots and chicken sheds, and the ones in the middle are reserved for drying crops in the future.

The drawing on the beam was silent, what a big house this is!

Can the landlord have the money to buy a house in the county?

But if you look closely, if this house is built, it must be very spacious and transparent, and it is much more comfortable and open-minded than those low houses in the county town.

Moreover, the interior design of each house is also well-designed. For example, in the kitchen room, there are operation tables built on both sides of the wall, and polished marble should be paved on the top; in the bathroom, there are specially designed drainage outlets; Floor tiles, etc.

His house needs some work, and the labor cost of building the house only needs 20 taels.

Qiao Yuan had inquired about the price in advance, and knowing that he wasn't going to lie, he paid a deposit in advance.

On an auspicious day, Yu Dameng planned to set off the hanging whip before the construction started.The sound of firecrackers fell, everyone yelled, and the building of the house began in full swing.

When the village head saw it, he quickly arranged to build a school in the village.

He doesn't need to worry about this, the villagers are very tight on their own, wishing to build it immediately, and the dolls will go in to study immediately.

Therefore, Qiao Yuan has just started to build the wall on this side, and the beam on the school side has already been erected.The house was built according to Qiao Yuan's suggestion, with a total of four rooms.

In the north is the largest, most spacious and bright room for teaching, next to a smaller "library" for students to study in private.

On the east side is a room specially reserved for teaching teachers to take a nap, and the other is a kitchen room specially prepared for teachers to heat meals and students to drink hot water.As for the hut, it smells bad when the weather is hot. It was built a little distance from here, and it also serves as a public toilet for the villagers.

In addition, there is a large open space on the left and right sides of the school, which is convenient for future expansion.

On the day the school was completed, the village head bought a pig out of his own pocket to make pig dishes for the school's house warming, and every household also brought their own things to the school.

Qiao Yuan was also invited by the village head to speak a few words, "The original intention of my donating money to build a school is to accumulate merits for my parents who died young, and hope that they will be safe and smooth in the next life."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Cuifen, Aunt Wu and other women couldn't help crying, sighing secretly that this child was not easy.

Qiao Yuan said again: "But I also sincerely hope that our Xianhe Village will be good. Most of our generation is like this, dealing with crops all their lives. But children are different. There are infinite possibilities in the future. They can know a few more words There are always many ways out. If it is far away, I will not give examples of those who have to take the imperial examination like my elder brother. To be more practical, let’s take the elder brother Gensheng from the village chief’s family and Uncle Jiang from our neighbor Grandma Jiang’s family. It is because of literacy and ability to settle accounts that I found a good job in the county."

After hearing this, the villagers immediately started discussing, "That's the reason, all the running boys in the city must be able to settle accounts!"

"The hawkers who set up stalls and sell things will also be counted!"

Qiao Yuan waved his hand, signaling to be quiet, and then said: "The teaching content of our elementary school is mainly literacy and arithmetic. Shuxiu only needs [-] Wen a year, and if the grades are among the best, the Shuxiu can be exempted to get rewards. So I Encourage the children in the village, no matter they are little brothers or girls, to come and read the elementary school, learn more words, and understand some principles."

The private elementary schools in the county generally have more than 30 essays a year, and they even give gifts to the teachers during the holidays.Today, the school in the village only costs [-] Wen, and it is still close to home. More than [-] children signed up that day.

Brother Liu was very happy to learn that he would be able to go to school to study in a few days, and finally he didn't have to envy his brothers who went out early and went back to school every day.

There was so much commotion in Xianhe Village that people from several nearby villages got the letter and came to inquire whether the school would accept their children.The village head discussed with several clan elders, and finally decided to charge it, but the repair fee for the outer village needs two hundred cash a year.

Even two hundred Wen is much cheaper than in the county town. People from other villages have no objections, and send their children here if they can.

This has improved the status of Xianhe Village in the surrounding villages. When the villagers go out to do something, if they say that they are from Xianhe Village, others will treat him a lot more politely, and they may even grab peanuts and melon seeds and stuff them in their pockets. .For a moment, everyone admired Qiao Yuan and the Yu family.

A total of 65 children have been admitted to the school this time.On the first day of school, the children sat in the school to study, and the parents sat outside the yard to look in but did not dare to make a sound.Some sentimental parents shed tears when they heard the sound of their children reading aloud.

Lin Cuifen is also unavoidable, restless all day long.

Qiao Yuan came back in the afternoon and listened to Meng Qiu's talk, and he couldn't help laughing: "I remember, the day those two brothers who were good at writing and good at martial arts went to the martial arts school, the joy on their mother's faces almost beat the gongs and drums to send them off."

Meng Qiu found it funny when he thought about it, and then gently touched his protruding belly, his face was full of happiness.

At night, Qiao Yuan was still perfecting the interior decoration drawings of the new house.Such as the new bed, large cabinets, tables and chairs, Qiao Yuan had already told the size and reservation at the carpentry store before Shiqian, and now he is just checking up some small details.

Yu Dameng added some charcoal to the stove, cleaned his hands, walked over and hugged Qiao Yuan from behind, and discussed with him, "Recently, the orders in the shop are almost packed, so I won't go to the shop tomorrow, and hire some people in the village." People opened up those acres of wasteland."

Qiao Yuan took back the original owner's parents' [-] mu of high-quality land from Qiao Guangzhi, but it was not enough, so he bought another [-] mu of wasteland a few days ago, but this land still needs to be well-maintained to grow crops.

Qiao Yuan's back was pressed against Yu Dameng's strong chest, and he couldn't help feeling sweet in his heart.He put down his pen, turned around and kissed Yu Dameng, with a smile in his eyes, "Recently, Yuqiao has a lot of notes, and there are several big orders for Huamo, you should pay more attention at home."

"En." Yu Dameng rubbed his hands on Qiao Yuan's waist, feeling a little distracted in his heart.

The same is true for Qiao Yuan. The two looked at each other and quickly rolled together.

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The result of being too vigorous at night was that Qiao Yuan's waist was so sore the next day. He couldn't help rubbing it a few times in the shop, which caused Ming Chen to ask curiously, "Boss, is your waist uncomfortable?"

Ming Xu and Zheng Xinke in the shop both went through personnel affairs, Qiao Yuan blushed, afraid that they would find out, and hurriedly chattered nonsense: "Isn't the family building a house recently, I moved a few bricks yesterday, and I worked hard." It's too big."

Mingchen was shocked, the boss has made so much money, do they still need to move bricks by themselves?

Tomorrow is the wedding banquet for the son of Yuanwai Qian, a wealthy businessman in Yunshui County. They placed an order at the shop after the old lady's birthday banquet in the Lu Mansion last year.Qiao Yuan's custom-made plan for them is that the flower buns on each table are different, and there are also pomegranates, ingots, lucky bags, etc. for rewards with the wedding team.

Now, both Mingchen Mingxu and Zheng Xin are able to act alone.When encountering such a large order again, Qiao Yuan has much less to worry about, and he doesn't have to stay in the shop at night.

At that time, Yu Dameng came to pick Qiao Yuan home.

When Qiao Yuan saw him, his eyes were full of smiles, "Didn't I tell you that it's fine for me and Dad to go back together, why did you come to pick me up?"

Because Yu Shanwen and Yu Shanwu went to school in the county town, Father Yu bought a bullock cart after the year for the convenience of pick-up and drop-off, so he would not go back with Qiao Yuan and the others on weekdays.

Yu Dameng approached Qiao Yuan, grinning wider and wider.He looked around, scratched his head, and leaned into Qiao Yuan's ear with a little embarrassment, and said, "I miss you."

Therefore, before it was time to return to the village at Liyou time on weekdays, he drove to pick up the little husband and went home.

Qiao Yuan cleared his throat arrogantly, then flung himself into Yu Dameng's arms proudly, bent his eyes and said, "I knew you couldn't do without me!"

Fu Lang was always so bold and bold when expressing his love, Yu Dameng only felt his throat tighten and his heart was filled to the brim.

The two were tender for a moment, Qiao Yuan explained the precautions for tomorrow morning and returned to the village with Yu Dameng.

On the way back to the village, Yu Dameng told Qiao Yuan in detail about today's land reclamation, "I hired ten people in the village, and one person was responsible for reclaiming two acres."

This is what Qiao Yuan told him in advance, calculating the money by the mu, it is inevitable that some people will be lazy and play tricks.

It worked so well that one family asked him if they could do it with the family.Yu Dameng agreed, and the other households followed suit, and the reclamation progress was not a little bit fast.

"The land is too poor. You have to plow it back and forth several times to make it deeper. You need a lot of fertilizer. Before I went to pick you up, I made an agreement with some dung farmers in the city. I will send it to the field the day after tomorrow. At that time, mother will arrange to hire someone to help."

Qiao Yuan nodded, and leaned on Yu Dameng's back coquettishly, "My waist is sore today."

Yu Dameng paused his hand holding the whip, and then said with red ears, "I'll press it for you when you go back."

Qiao Yuan jumped for joy, rubbing his head against Yu Dameng's back.