Chapter 176 Different Courtyards
Shen Xia looked at his money box and found that the five thousand taels given by Ji Yuanan had not moved in the space.
Gu Ziyan gave me one thousand taels before.
Tianxinzhai's income for the past three months was 1,800 taels. It was 500 taels per month in the first two months, and the amount increased to 800 taels last month. The eldest brother gave himself 200 taels, and the fourth brother gave 120 taels.
The total amount was more than 3,100 taels, and I gave 1,000 taels to my uncle to repair the house.
The expenses for the past two months, including the things I bought myself, are almost three hundred taels.
The broken jade, the silver hairpins and the cloth accounted for the bulk of the purchase.
The rest doesn't cost much.
Today, I collected over 300 taels of silkworm cocoons.
There are still more than 1,400 taels in this box.
This house must cost several hundred taels.
I'll give you another thousand taels later.
The work here is almost finished and the wages need to be paid.
Buy the materials there first.
The factory building next door is under construction.
The land over there is very wide.
It is better to build a silk quilt processing room first, divide it into several large rooms, and keep the other open spaces for future use.
I also have to ask my uncle to design a guard post at the door.
You can't just let anyone in there.
Build a room for collecting silk cocoons on the other side.
We will collect them all there from now on.
The main courtyard is where people live.
From now on, I will let my servants make the malt sugar.
in the afternoon.
Shen Xia went to the backyard to watch everyone working.
Looking at the courtyard that has been completed, it still has a sense of age because the bricks at this time are gray.
The only thing missing from the house was the furniture, and except for the carpenter, everyone else was working on the yard repairs.
The yard of my brothers on the left and the yard of my mother and myself on the right form an arc surrounding the middle.
It is equivalent to having a large atrium.
It’s nice to see my work almost finished.
I just walked to the next door by myself.
Behind.
I didn't notice it before because it was far away.
This is a closer look.
Aren’t all the courtyards behind this one the same?
Why is this one so much bigger?
Who changed this?
Just when Shen Xia was confused.
Song Ming came over and asked: "Xia Xia, what are you looking at?"
Xia Xia turned around and looked at Song Ming's sweaty face: "Second brother, why are you sweating so much?"
After saying that, Shen Xia took out her handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat off Song Ming's face.
As soon as I finished wiping, I heard Song Jin's voice: "Xia Xia, there is sweat on my face too."
Shen Xia turned around and looked at Song Jin's smirk.
I thought, this has been used before, can I give it to you?
Third brother, when did you become so ungentlemanly?
"Don't you have a handkerchief with you?" Shen Xia then remembered that her third brother also usually carried a handkerchief with him.
"There's your scent on me, don't you think so, second brother?" He raised his eyebrows and glanced at his second brother.
The second brother blushed and nodded: "Yes, Xia Xia's handkerchief smells good."
Shen Xia looked at his second brother's ears, which were quickly turning red: "Second brother, don't listen to third brother's nonsense."
Song Ming said seriously: "No, I'm telling the truth."
Look how honest people have been led astray.
Hey--
Back to the topic: "Whose building is this? How come I remember that all the ones I designed are the same!"
Song Jin said: "It's yours!"
"Mine?" Shen Xia was confused.
"Yes! It was the fourth brother who modified it. He said that the place you would live in would be too small and not big enough, so he expanded it." Song Jin explained.
Shen Xia: “Hehe——” He pulled the corner of his mouth.
I have to thank him for preparing for a rainy day.
With such good calculations, it would be a shame if he didn't become a military advisor.
At this time, Song Yun in the academy suddenly sneezed several times in succession.
Han Yi, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Song Yun, you have a beautiful woman talking about you!"
Song Yun sniffed lightly, then rolled his eyes at Han Yi who was teasing him and said, "Stop talking nonsense, I just caught a cold." After that, he sneezed again.
Han Yi was a little worried when he saw Song Yun sneezing so hard, but he couldn't help but joked: "Oh, seeing you like this, someone must be thinking about you! Maybe it's some pretty girl!"
Song Yun heard this, but still pretended to be calm and said, "The teacher is here."
A slight blush appeared on her face, and Shen Xia's figure unconsciously came to her mind. Is her injury completely healed?
It's fine at home.
It’s torture to think that I won’t be able to go back until the end of the month, but for the sake of the future, this torture is worth it.
In my previous life, I became a powerful official before I was forty. In this life, with these memories, I will definitely be able to do it earlier.
This way she wouldn't have to suffer that humiliation again.
Han Yi suddenly became nervous, looking around, muttering to himself: "Has the Master come? Where is he? Why can't I see him?"
Seeing this, Qiu Ziyang on the side couldn't help laughing and pointed at Han Yi and said, "Haha, you are so naive that you were fooled by Song Yun."
After Han Yi reacted, he scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Song Yun, you actually still know how to lie. Tell me! Is there really someone there? You even used the tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west." As he said this, he pretended to be angry.
Song Yun glanced at him and stopped talking.
Because the Master really came.
Han Yi was the person I met in the restaurant some time ago, and the other person was Qiu Ziyang.
These two people had a very good relationship with Song Yun in their previous lives, so the three of them are very close now.
After hearing Song Jin say it was his, Shen Xia went in to take a look.
The first and second floors are all around, and there are two platforms on the second floor.
The original design platform only had one.
Now they are much bigger.
In fact, the original rooms were two downstairs and a study, and two upstairs.
There are four bedrooms and a study downstairs, and four upstairs, so many.
I really have to thank Song Yun, he is really good at calculating.
Truthfully said to him, "Listen to me, thank you."
But after watching it, I was generally satisfied, so I didn't bother with him.
But I hope that not everyone in this yard will come to crowd into my space!
Shen Xia still prefers that everyone live in their own yard.
I'm afraid we'll have to wait and see what happens next.
After reading it, Shen Xia went to find his third uncle.
He told him his plans and gave him the one thousand taels in his hand.
The uncle looked at the one thousand taels in his hand and asked: "Why are you giving so much this time?"
Shen Xia smiled and said, "I'm too lazy to give you a little at a time. Uncle, just make your own arrangements! Next time, I'll give you the money after the factory is repaired. When the time comes, please tell me how much it is and I'll make up for it."
The uncle smiled and said, "Yes, it's okay. Xiao Xia really trusts the uncle!"
Shen Xia smiled and said, "You are Third Grandma's biological brother, we are all family, why don't you believe it! Before, the family didn't have that much money, so we could only give a little first. Now that we have some, of course we have to give more, so that Uncle can make arrangements!"
"Don't worry, Xiaoxia, your uncle will make sure everything is arranged for you."
After the two of them finished talking, Shen Xia finally remembered.
"Uncle, everyone has handed in their silk cocoons today, why didn't Wu Fan from your village come?" Shen Xia asked.