binnovel Chapter 152: Bandit Uncle
Chapter 152: Bandit Uncle
There is also the thatched house, which is the cheapest and most helpless choice compared to the other two.
Thatched houses are basically made of wood, bamboo, straw, mud, etc. They are cold in winter and hot in summer. When encountering strong winds and heavy rains, they will leak and collapse.
An Yue thought about the silver money that she had previously placed in her grandmother's hands. At the moment, she had to first buy the wasteland and hills, and then build a house. If the entire courtyard was built with blue bricks, there would probably be very little silver left.
So, An Yue thought of building the main house in the north and the two western wing rooms on the west side with blue bricks and tiles.
The row of kitchens, bathhouses, poultry pens and other facilities on the east side are still built with adobe houses.
We are now living in the village chief's house. Although people don't say anything, it is somewhat inconvenient with so many people crowded together.
An Yue thought that they should start construction as soon as possible, and she had to go to the town to inquire carefully about buying blue bricks.
But the row of kitchens, toilets, bathhouses, etc. on the east side can be built first. After the kitchens and toilets are built, they can move out of the village chief's house.
After moving here, we will slowly build the main house and the west wing.
But before building the house, you have to dig a larger septic tank first.
Septic tanks are essential for raising poultry in the future, and digging septic tanks will definitely dig out a lot of soil, which can be made into mud bricks, so it can kill two birds with one stone.
After everything was planned, An Yue took the sketch and prepared to go to the back mountain to see how they were measuring.
I kept walking along the place they had measured, and not far away I saw a group of them.
With the help of the village chief and my grandfather, the progress was naturally much faster. By now, more than half of the barren mountain had been measured.
"Sister..." An Nian saw An Yue walking towards them from afar. He waved and shouted at An Yue with a smile.
After approaching, An Yue smiled and said to everyone, "Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen."
The bailiffs all looked up and nodded and smiled at An Yue in response.
The yamen runners had clear division of labor. Some were responsible for recording data, while others were responsible for actually operating the measuring tools. They measured along the rugged foot of the mountain.
An Yue looked at the yamen runners, all sweating profusely, and An Yue also ran around busying around.
Occasionally a breeze blows through the mountains, and the fragrance of ferns mixed with soil drifts in the wind.
Before I knew it, it was almost the evening hour.
The spring sun at this time is like a shy little girl, whose rosy face is gradually hidden in the western hills, trying to hide.
The entire barren mountain was finally measured, and the yamen runners all looked exhausted.
The leading yamen runner said to An Yue, "Miss, the barren hills and wastelands have been measured. Tomorrow you can go to the county yamen and pay the money, and you can get the land deed."
An Yuetian smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you for your hard work today! It's getting late, so I won't invite you to have tea."
As she spoke, An Yue took out thirty coins from her bosom and handed them to their leader: "This is a little gift from Yue Yue, please accept it, gentlemen."
Their leader pretended to be modest and said: "This is what we should do, girl, this... this is not good, right?"
An Yue stuffed the money into his hand and said with a smile, "Sir, please don't be polite! It's getting late now. After you return to the city, why don't you all have a drink to relieve your fatigue!"
The leading yamen runner didn't bother to be polite anymore. He put away the money and said with an embarrassed smile, "That's fine! We won't be polite to you, young lady! If you need us in the future, just let us know."
The village chief and my grandfather nodded to each other in understanding. The village chief said, "Then we will personally send the officials to the mule cart."
After saying that, several yamen runners took measuring tools and walked towards the main road in a group.
The two drivers looked at them coming and quickly stood up and led the mules, which were still eating tender grass, to pull the carts.
An older driver said with a smile as he pulled the mule cart: "The officials are finally done with their work. We are sitting here, watching the sun set, feeling a little anxious!"
An Yue smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry, I've kept you two waiting for so long."
After they got on the mule cart, they waved to An Yue and the others and headed straight towards the county town.
The village chief and grandfather walked to the west of the village with kettles, while the siblings went to the vegetable fields.
The brother and sister walked one after the other. An Nian walked in front and said, "Niannian guessed that grandma and uncle might have gone back."
"Yeah, that's what Niannian said." An Yue responded.
When they arrived at the vegetable field, they did not see the mother and son, so the brother and sister had no choice but to walk along the path towards the west of the village.
After walking a few steps, I passed by the An family's old house and happened to see my uncle and aunt in the yard of the old house. At this time, the fire in the old house had been extinguished.
Suddenly, Aunt Zhang rushed out of the yard like a mad dog, ran to the siblings, grabbed An Yue's wrist, and asked ferociously: "Did you two little bastards secretly take it from me?!"
An Yue shook her hand away and snorted, "Aunt, please stop lying! Do you have evidence to prove that Yue Yue took it?"
Zhang was so angry that her lips turned purple. She pointed at An Yue and shouted, "I want evidence..."
The uncle ran up from behind Zhang, hugged her waist and said, "Wife, calm down..."
Zhang struggled to break free and yelled, "I'm calm? How do you want me to be calm?! We don't have any money to build a house, how do you want me to be calm?"
Zhang slapped her uncle An Tiancai in the face with her backhand. The sound was crisp. She turned around and cursed, "Why did I marry you, a useless loser? You have been taking the exam for many years, but you failed every year. All the money in the family has been spent on your way to take the exam. You loser! You have ruined the family completely. Are you satisfied now?"
An Yue held An Nian's hand and prepared to walk towards the west of the village.
Aunt Zhang rushed forward and grabbed An Yue, acting as if to say, "If you don't give me the money today, you won't be able to leave."
At this time, my uncle Jiang Chenghai was walking towards this side from the path west of the village.
Seeing that Zhang was going crazy, he quickly ran towards the siblings, rolled up his sleeves and asked loudly, "Niannian, Yueyue, are you okay?"
An Yue turned around and saw that it was her uncle. She quickly replied, "Uncle, we are fine."
The eldest uncle, An Tiancai, stood behind Zhang and warned, "Let her go! The bandit is coming."
Zhang looked at Jiang Chenghai running towards her angrily, and she nervously let go of An Yue's hands.
At this moment, although Zhang was going crazy, she was not really crazy.
Judging from the expression on her face, she was afraid of Jiang Chenghai from the bottom of her heart.
After all, the Jiang family had brought their clansmen to the An family to fight for the family property. She had secretly seen Jiang Chenghai get angry through the crack of the door of the west room.