Exile Transformation [Farming]

The fifth day of October, the only good day of the month.

Many people surrounded the new house early in the morning, even though some of them were concerned about Mu Jing's reputation and were unwilling to join in the fun.But the children in the family don't have such scruples, even if they used to hide when they saw Mu Jing, they seem to have forgotten it at this moment.

The girder had long been hung with red cloth, and it was only a matter of time before the craftsmen could lift it up to the brick wall.

The offering table has been prepared. There are several trays on the table. One of the large trays contains a pig's head, a piece of meat and a pig's tail, and two smaller ones contain a whole chicken and a fish, as well as wedding cakes and peanuts. Candy and the like.

Butcher Hu came with a donkey cart, and there was still a whole hanging of firecrackers on it, which was placed at the door of the new house, and the firecrackers could be lit when the auspicious time came.

"The auspicious time has come, go to the beam."

With a loud shout and the sound of firecrackers, Mu Jing was pulled to the altar and began to worship. After kowtowing, the master craftsman began to throw the tied beams on the house. Skillfully caught it and settled it down.

"it is good."

Some people cheered, and began to spread blessing cakes, peanuts, and sugar cakes, and said auspicious words for blessings. For a while, the atmosphere became unprecedentedly lively.

Old man Shen stood in the crowd. Needless to say, he was also happy. Mu Jing built a house, got land, and planted lotus root, and benefited a lot throughout the year, so he didn't have to hunt for a living.

"Hey, second child! You have a good vision. You should be proud of it at this time. Don't forget to invite your brother for hot pot meals."

"His eighth uncle, no one can miss you without anyone! Come when the time comes."

"Come here."

Another person came over, "Second brother, don't forget me!"

"The woods, I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten, come here."

They are all brothers in the same line, and old man Shen agreed with a smile. There are a lot of people in their village, and it is difficult to handle big happy events, and it will hurt money if they do it.Later, there was a set of regulations, and brothers who had everything to do, such as Uncle Shen and Uncle Eight, who were in the same vein, added up to more than 20 families.

The old man Shen said he was happy here, and the sacrifices over there were almost done.

After this process, the villagers began to disperse, and there were villagers watching from the sidelines. This did not affect the work of the craftsmen at all. They did what they should do, and they did not feel uncomfortable because someone was watching.

After that, the nailing and tiling were done very quickly, and it took less than five days. On the afternoon of the fourth day, it was almost completed.

The master craftsman walked around the new house twice, and asked Mu Jing, "Does the master want to dig a well? We have a well-driller here, who can find water sources."

Mu Jing thought for a while, this place is quite far from the center of the village, so he should dig a well, so he asked him how to calculate, "One well is three taels of silver, two feet deep and four feet wide. If you want three feet, you need five taels." Five denarii."

Mu Jing said without hesitation, "The one who hit three feet."

"Okay, I'll make sure it won't take a few days." The old master is very happy. Although they pay high wages to build a house, they are far inferior to digging a well. Drilling a well as soon as a day, or half a month later, can be done. Earn a few taels of silver.

Immediately, he called his apprentice and son back to bring the work of digging the well, while he went to find the water source.

"You want to dig a well?" Shen old man asked, "How much is a well? Is it deep?"

"I hit three feet, five taels of silver."

The old man Shen's eyes widened, "So cheap? The last time I called, it was also three feet, and it cost me six taels."

"Father, you went to the county to hire that one, so no one can charge you for the carriage?"

Come to think of it, it really is.

"When do you plan to move, do you want to have hot pot meals?" old man Shen asked.

"Happy, the fourth uncle, the eighth uncle, and the others all gave gifts, so I can't help but express it!"

Old man Shen made a suggestion, "Xing Hot Pot Rice is just for fun. I calculated it. There are only twenty or thirty tables close to us here. We only have four meat and four vegetarian dishes plus a catty of wine. It's only three or four taels of silver, but I don't know how many relatives you have over there? Do you want to invite people over there?"

The old man Shen mentioned is the relatives of old man Mu's brother.

Mu Jing shook his head, "No need, when my father left, they removed us from the clan, we are not considered relatives."

"It's true, are you afraid that the people over there will come and cause trouble?" Old Man Shen said.

Mu Jing didn't take it seriously, "They don't have the guts."

Old man Shen didn't say anything anymore, since Mu Jing himself thought there was nothing wrong, could he insist that something was wrong?

"Then you set a date?"

"Dig the well and do it, and then wait for the house to breathe before moving in the next year."

"Let's do it like this. I'll hire you a cook when the time comes, just the youngest in our village. He's good at cooking. Every girl in the village gets married and a daughter-in-law is hired by him. What do you think?" Heartbroken, he worried about finding a partner for his son, worrying about his son-in-law going up to the mountains to hunt, worrying about repairing the house, and worrying about various problems after repairing, he still worried, old man Shen felt that he had lost five catties.

The master craftsman acted quickly, and found a suitable place to dig a well that day. It was only seven or eight meters away from the kitchen, which was convenient.

The work started to dig the well on the second day, and only two or three people were needed to dig the well, so Mu Jing began to discuss with them about building the yard.If you don't repair the courtyard of a newly built house, you can't give it to people. There are always people who are not happy to see others live well.

"No problem, boss, leave it to us! Guaranteed to make it right."

Compared with building a house, repairing the fence does not need to be so particular. Mu Jing is very satisfied with the yard of the Shen family, so he decided to do the same. When the time comes, he doesn't have to go to the village to dry the rice, he can directly dry it at home.

So, I asked the apprentice of the old craftsman to open the stone slabs for a few days, and paved a stone yard. The gap between the stone slabs was also pasted with glutinous rice lime slurry like building a house, so there is no need to worry about rainwater. go in.

It is estimated that the location of the well is so good, the water came out on the fourth day, and the further down, the more water came out. On the ninth day, the old craftsman quit, and the water came out faster I have caught up with the speed of lifting water, so I can only drill a few inches a day, and in the end I simply charge less money and run away.

Mu Jing can only agree, otherwise can he press this old craftsman and continue beating them?

He measured the depth of the well, and it was more than two zhang, but Mu Jing gave all the money, and didn't say less.

Mu Jing counted the money on his body, and there was only less than 15 taels left. It can be said that he spent almost all the money he earned from hunting in the army in the past two months.Once the hot pot meal is over, you still have to pay four or five taels, which is not enough money for the contract next year.

Mu Jing secretly made up his mind, it seems that before the weather has completely cooled down, he should find a time to go into the mountain again.

The hot pot dinner was very lively. There were more than ten cousins ​​of the old man Shen, and some of them separated into more than 30 households. There were nearly 200 people, old and young, and there were almost 25 tables.

Old man Shen was also afraid of getting out of the skylight, so he reserved 28 tables, and he would rather pay more than less for this kind of thing.

Two days in advance, old man Shen and Mu Jing began to discuss what to buy, "Fish is a must, and it doesn't need to be too big. It's enough for a catty, and there is one roasted fish for each table; one chicken is divided into three tables. Pick up the mushrooms, and a large pot of stew is enough; the meat also needs to be bought, and it costs more than a catty for a table, fry one, and then roast the meat with dried bamboo shoots. In summer, the two girls dried a lot of dried bamboo shoots For vegetarian dishes, I just buy tofu. The tofu seller in Niannian, behind the village, comes with two plates, make a tofu meatball, and then a deep-fried tofu. We have other vegetarian dishes in our vegetable garden. Even if you buy wine, one catty per table, you don’t need the good ones, just the ones that cost more than 20 liters.”

"Father, I won't buy any wine, and mother brewed a few dozen catties, which is enough for the New Year. For vegetarian dishes, let my sister-in-law send out some bean sprouts and make a cold salad with three shreds." Shen Yu suggested.

Fourth Shen left, and Mrs. Shen kept nagging, and finally started brewing wine. Not only did she run out of sorghum rice at home, but she also went to the old uncle's house to buy another [-] catties, and directly finished buying their sorghum.

When old man Shen heard that the wine at home was going to be used for entertaining guests, he couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken, "Such a good wine, the [-]-cent wine in the restaurant is not as good as this."

"Father, if you think about it this way, my uncle won't be able to drink much of the strong wine in our family, so it's more economical."

Old man Shen thought about the reason for this, and it seemed that it was true.

"That's it."

After discussing the business, old man Shen rubbed his hands and left, leaving the land to the two young men.Shen Yu thought, if Old Man Shen had a pipe and pot, he must be shaking his head and sighing that the world is not ancient with the pipe and pot on his back.

"It's over, you can pay attention for a while." Shen Yu looked at Mu Jing, he had lost a lot of weight, his skin was already a little dark, but now it's three degrees darker.

"Well, for the hot pot meal the day after tomorrow, I'll be free when I'm done. I'll take you around by then. Is it too busy?"

Shen Yu nodded, "I'm a little free, and I can't run around. I don't think I'll be able to go out normally before the Chinese New Year. Suddenly, I feel like I'm at a loss!"

Mu Jing looked at him, "What?"

"Those three bastards smashed my cattle, and I had to raise them for two or three months. I only received 15 taels of silver from them. No matter how you look at it, it was a loss."

Mu Jing looked at Shen Yu who seemed to be coquettish and complaining, a little funny, "You just want to ask for more, but they can't give you any money."

"Yes!" Shen Yu nodded, "You beat that Luo?"

Mu Jing wasn't embarrassed at all, "Three ribs will teach you a lesson, he'd better stop making any crooked ideas."

Shen Yu didn't care, "There's no way to fight, my uncle's family took mushrooms from my house and planted them back. He will know soon, but he didn't know that he lost so much for nothing. Yinzi, will you vomit blood?"

"When did it happen?"

Knowing that he was talking about growing mushrooms, Shen Yu explained, "It was agreed last month, but I was still worried about what to do if there were too many mushrooms? As a result, my uncles and uncles also asked for twenty or thirty mushrooms. I ordered [-] of the vegetables, so don’t worry about it at all. When the fourth child comes back, you will know whether the mushrooms are good or not.”

Mu Jing felt that Brother Yu was still a little worried, so he said comfortingly, "It's not bad, I believe Fourth Brother, he can speak well, so he must sell well."