Chapter 354: Moving house!

Song Tan knew contemporary young people too well:

"They still have to drive from the city, and they can't leave too early with children."

Wu Lan:......

She was speechless.

Then she asked: "They won't arrive until seven or eight o'clock? What kind of rice harvesting experience is that? Yesterday when I said I was hiring people, they sent me a message at 5:00 in the morning saying they were going to the fields..."

It's hot in summer, so farmers go to the fields to work at five o'clock and come back around nine or ten. In the afternoon, they don't go to the fields until three or four o'clock.

By the hottest time of the summer vacation, they wish they could start at six o'clock!

So Wu Lan couldn't understand these people—just bringing children to harvest rice is already very irrational.

On the other hand, she complained: "If you had said there were more than 30 people earlier, why would we hire anyone?"

Song Tan also laughed: "Mom, what are you thinking? If these 30-plus people work for a whole morning, it would be amazing if they could harvest one fen of land—don't count on it."

"I invited them here purely to have them eat well, drink well, play well, and buy some things along the way."

Wu Lan:......

"Only you know how to do business—but don't be too stingy. Otherwise, what will your classmates say about you?"

"I know."

And just at this moment, Wu Lan also remembered one thing: "By the way, your eldest aunt called last night and said your cousin is coming over to help us harvest rice today—we can't count on his skills, so just consider it coming to be tempered."

Speaking of this, Wu Lan sighed a little: "Tan Tan, your aunt treated us well when you were young. At that time, Qiao Qiao was still small, and we didn't have an easy life. Your grandparents subsidized us privately, and she never said anything..."

Now many people are particular about how parents' money should be divided equally among children... but in the village, especially in Wu Lan's generation, they are particular about the fact that a married daughter is like spilled water.

Daughters don't share the family property, but they don't have to support the elderly either. Correspondingly, parents subsidizing privately damages the interests of the son and daughter-in-law.

Just because the eldest aunt not only took the initiative to subsidize at the beginning, but also often lent money for turnover, and even kept the family harmonious, Wu Lan was willing to let Brother Leilei come to the house, let alone work for a year, even if he did nothing.

"Just because of this, if Brother Leilei comes to work and doesn't do well, you should at least endure it for a year, just consider it tempering his temper."

Wu Lan said this to prepare Song Tan psychologically in advance.

However, Song Tan laughed: "Mom, what are you saying?"

"Cousin Wu Lei Ge Ge Lei coming to help me is exactly what I want. No matter what, he's a young man. Nowadays, it's not easy to hire a strong laborer for two or three thousand yuan."

Zhang Yanping, who was packing his charger and toiletries, was unhappy when he heard this:

"Why is his salary two or three thousand when he comes, and it took me so long to get you to pay me 2500?"

And it wasn't even there at the beginning. At first, this insane person only wanted to pay 1500!

Song Tan laughed: "Cousin Wu Lei Ge Ge Lei is coming to the fields to harvest rice, it's labor reform... are you going too?"

Zhang Yanping was instantly deflated—

Just for 500 yuan? I'm crazy.

So, early in the morning, Song Sancheng went up the mountain to ride the tricycle down. It didn't look like much, but in fact, he still ran three trips back and forth before moving things like cups, teapots, and water buckets over.

But everyone was relaxed, holding laptops and tablets, with various chargers in their hands, and they had successfully moved into their new home!

Because they were moving, breakfast was a bit sloppy. Everyone took their personal belongings and strolled towards the new house, blowing the morning breeze.

Walking onto the main road, turning into a side road, bypassing the bamboo forest... in front of them was a piece of open space paved neatly with cement.

The bottom was all construction waste, and nothing could be planted, so it was better to use it this way.

However, both sides were adjacent to hills, and trees, shrubs, and various small flowers were crowded together, not feeling empty at all. Instead, the leaves rustled, looking exceptionally lush.

Zhang Yanping was the first to be satisfied: "It's so convenient to park here!"

"Not just that!" Song Sancheng also laughed happily: "Look, there is a large pool and a faucet on the side. When it's washed clean, rice and dried vegetables can be dried here... how good! No need to squeeze into the courtyard."

Song Tan was also very satisfied—when the peaches are ripe, they can be sorted and packed in front of the door!

Everyone watched the new house being built with their own eyes, and at this moment everything looked good. Even this open space was stared at for a long time, and the wild flowers on both sides were studied, before looking at the low courtyard wall.

The courtyard wall is not high. The popular courtyard walls in the village are one or two meters high, but the courtyard wall of the new house in front of them is only a little over a meter high, plus a decorative door of the same height, which purely serves an aesthetic purpose.

Song Sancheng didn't agree with this at first.

He felt it was more reliable to build it higher and insert more glass shards and iron nails on top.

But Zhao Fangyuan had built many such villas and had different opinions, so he patiently persuaded:

"Uncle, let's just say, this courtyard wall prevents gentlemen but not villains. Even if you build it three meters high, if someone wants to come in, they can still carry a ladder over. On the contrary, if it's high, it affects the view in the courtyard and makes the whole space feel oppressive. It's better to build this low one."

It's mainly convenient to check the things drying outside.

"If you want protection, plant your Jin Yingzi in the ground; it's beautiful and has many thorns. You can also plant wolfberry, and you can plant thorn berries in the middle... it's beautiful, prickly, and edible, how good!"

"Besides, don't you have two side buildings on both sides of this house? What do you need such a high courtyard wall for?"

"There aren't many places with courtyard walls in total."

That's true.

Building a house in the village cannot be compared to a villa, especially Seventh Cousin's big kitchen. Cooking for twenty or thirty people in the main room?

Forget it, no range hood will work.

It must be in a separate place.

What's more, when hiring people to work, people come and go. Not to mention safety, there must be a spacious hall for eating, which happens to be connected to the kitchen.

On the other side, with more people, shouldn't there be two more toilets? There is a lot of storage in the village, so an extra room was opened to store things...

Calculated, there is really no place that needs a courtyard wall to protect it separately. Just those few meters in front of the door, it's better to open up the view.

Song Sancheng was persuaded at that time.

Everyone unscrewed the door lock and walked into the courtyard, only to see that the courtyard was also flat and neat, and the flower beds were empty. It was too hot in June and July, and nothing had been planted in time.

But the house was brand new.

White walls, dark gray roofs, and floor-to-ceiling windows that kept it transparent and bright without occupying the entire wall...

Zhang Yanping couldn't help but feel deep envy: "Such a house... tsk tsk tsk, how comfortable it must be to live in."

"Who says it isn't?"

The longing in Xin Jun's eyes was about to flow out—he decided that when he returned to his hometown, he would also save money to build such a house!

Only Qiao Qiao didn't think about anything, just happily rushed up the steps and pushed open the big door—

"Wow! The house is so big! So bright!" ===== CHAPTER 355 =====