Chapter 207

At lunch, everyone praised the meal endlessly, one after another saying that Qiao Qiao's talent was much better than Great-Uncle Seven's, and that his first time cooking was far superior to his master's...

Great-Uncle Seven was originally listening with a smile, but the more he heard, the more he felt something was wrong, and finally, he pulled a long face—

"Stop praising, stop praising. If you keep praising him, he won't know where he's floating—is this a matter of his skill? Don't look at what level the baby bok choy you grow at home is; is it comparable to those bamboo leaves from before?"

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That is true.

Song Sancheng used a spoon to scoop a huge portion of the bok choy stewed with potatoes, poured it over his rice, and ate it in big mouthfuls. He couldn't have been happier!

"Our Tan Tan really has a knack for farming. Look at this bok choy flavor, how good it is!"

Then he directed Qiao Qiao: "Qiao Qiao, next time you make this dish, add a few more dried chilies. These chilies don't have much flavor!"

Where is it that the chilies have no flavor?

It's clearly that, set against the bok choy, the other side dishes seem to fall short.

Song Tan laughed: "Once the bok choy is pulled, we'll plant chilies. We'll keep a bit more for ourselves to eat later."

Song Sancheng isn't addicted to spicy food, but for this kind of stewed dish, it really needs a bit of spice to go with the rice.

After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Didn't you originally plan to keep planting baby bok choy? Why do you want to switch to chilies now?"

Song Tan's idea was also a spur-of-the-moment one.

"Baby bok choy grows fast, but we can't eat it at every meal. After this batch is done, we'll keep a little for ourselves and plant more chilies for the rest. While these vegetables aren't mature yet, let's hurry up and get the house built."

Now, the pressure was on Zhao Fangyuan.

The once dashing and spirited designer now seemed to have rounder cheeks. Under everyone's gaze, she silently shoveled another mouthful of rice, then sighed with lingering reluctance:

"The blueprints will be ready today."

These blueprints aren't just villa renderings; they also include elevation drawings, partial enlargements, and node diagrams, and even the power distribution and water supply routes must be included.

The specific data relies entirely on Zhao Fangyuan's professionalism and her communication with the construction team later on.

She silently swallowed the rice in her mouth and then asked humbly: "Do you need me to help supervise the construction?"

Song Tan smiled: "Do you want money?"

Zhao Fangyuan:...

This hateful farm owner, making money hand over fist, yet so stingy. Is it easy for her to just want a meal?

"No money, just provide the meals."

Zhao Fangyuan said stiffly.

Song Tan quickly added another helping of vegetables to her bowl: "Honey, you know! For the later interior design, why bother someone else?"

Zhao Fangyuan hummed and quickly surrendered: "Don't worry, it's all included."

A truly practical, beautiful, and comfortable rural villa is a challenge for her too!

But for now, Zhao Fangyuan suggested:

"When this place is torn down and rebuilt, where will you live?"

Song Youde had a plan for this: "Before building the house, I'll fix up that side room of mine, and everyone can stay there."

For a family of four like Song Tan's, plus the teacher Xin Jun, the pressure isn't too great for rural people; they mainly need a large courtyard.

As it happens, every household in the village has a large courtyard.

"Just hold on for a while, it'll be fine once the house is built."

Great-Uncle Seven calculated: "It's mid-April now. I hear you have a lot of plans for this house. Even if you hire a large construction team, it'll take two or three months, right?"

"It'll be July or August when you move in. Oh my, the weather will be scorching then!"

"That won't happen."

Zhao Fangyuan said seriously: "With enough manpower and enough machinery, the efficiency of building houses nowadays is very different from before. In one month, the foundation and the main frame can all be set up. The second month will be for filling in the details and doing the overall work. By early July at the latest, you can move in."

As she spoke, she stopped eating, went back to her room to take out her tablet, and showed it to Song Tan:

"Look, we've already discussed the previous layout and overall structure, so this overall construction shouldn't change. For the later furniture and accessories, I'll give you a few more drawings to choose from while the house is being built. If possible, the furniture can be ordered directly."

"By then, airing out the house and the furniture at the same time, plus we originally planned to use more environmentally friendly materials, moving in comfortably and healthily in early July is absolutely no problem."

Since they're building it anyway, Song Tan isn't one to fuss over ten days or half a month.

She thought for a moment: "Then please go to my grandparents' house and see how that side room should be renovated."

After all, it was originally just a yellow mud house. It's sturdy enough, but I'm afraid it might be a bit inconvenient to live in.

If it could be slightly renovated to make it convenient for them to live in temporarily, that would be even better.

"I understand." Zhao Fangyuan winked at her: "Bathroom and shower room, right?"

"I also understand." Song Tan sighed melancholically: "It'll cost a lot of money, right?"

Zhao Fangyuan nodded: "After all, if you're not in a hurry and want to build a villa slowly on your own, you can just hire any construction team and find the villagers for the rest."

Building a villa in half a year if fast, or a year if slow, is normal.

"But your family is so busy now, I think a construction team is indispensable; the villagers can at most help out."

Song Tan understood this too, and sighed melancholically: "Since that's the case, what are we waiting for? Let's sell the bok choy tomorrow."

Earn a wave of money first to book a construction team.

Harvest the bok choy and plant chilies, plant the chilies and prepare to build the house, and by the time the foundation and main structure of the house are done, the cucumbers should be on the market.

Following that are eggplants, tomatoes, cowpeas, rice...

Looking at the current growth of the rice, it can probably be harvested by the end of June. By then, we'll have to hurry to burn the straw, turn the fields, and then continue to replant the second season.

Watermelons will also be on the market in large quantities by then, followed by flat peaches, and then soybeans, corn, and chestnuts.

We can't forget the silver ear mushrooms and black wood ear mushrooms in the woods either.

With such a plan, time is tight.

But fortunately, none of these are tasks that require special technical skills. By then, just like in early spring, we'll spend money to hire the villagers to work.

It's a bit busy, but it won't be chaotic, and that's quite good.

Moreover, the produce matures in batches, which can just cover the entire period of building the house. With watermelons and flat peaches, it seems we don't have to worry about the final payment for the house construction.

Thinking of this, Song Tan suddenly felt at ease.

It's just a big villa, build it! We must build it well!

However, the online store really needs to be operated, otherwise, when things get busy later, Song Tan really can't guarantee that she can drive to sell vegetables every day.

And her few acres of vegetable fields are also awkward—if she looks for large clients for wholesale, the supply can't keep up.

If she sells them in small quantities herself, the timeline is dragged out, and going to the vegetable market wastes time, which is also quite troublesome.