Chapter 100: Landlord, when are you going to take a second wife?

Seeing Lu Yuan not ask, Pang Kaige felt stifled for a moment.

If I were to say it myself, it would lose its flavor.

Pang Kaige stood nearby, mumbling as he washed his face and brushed his teeth, just waiting for Lu Yuan to ask.

After Lu Yuan lowered his head and finished washing his face, he started brushing his teeth; after finishing, he took a mouthful of water from the cup and held it in his mouth, then tilted his head back.

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle ￥%……#……￥."

"Pah, I'm heading back."

Lu Yuan finished rinsing, spat out the water, grabbed the towel hanging from his neck, wiped his mouth, and turned back directly.

Pang Kaige: "……"

Damn!

Upon returning home, he already smelled the fragrance of the fried dough his wife made.

After breakfast, Lu Yuan rode his horse, taking his wife to work.

Originally he also planned to go to the East City Gate to find Liu Shoucai, on the way.

Upon arriving at the East City Gate, Liu Shoucai and his party were indeed there.

After holding Su Liyan and dismounting, she obediently walked toward the Bing Jia Chang on her own.

Speaking of which, the distance from home to the Bing Jia Chang is still quite far.

Walking from the siheyuan to the Bing Jia Chang would take at least forty-plus minutes.

Of course, this distance is quite normal for people of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But Lu Yuan still felt it was a bit too far.

His wife has to get up an hour earlier every day to work.

In the morning, being able to linger even a minute feels wonderful; lying in bed is so enjoyable.

Although, if Lu Yuan could later make a bicycle, his wife could get to work much faster.

However, thinking about wind and rain, plus winter snow, the roads could be slippery.

Riding a bicycle also doesn't feel that great.

It would be nice if his wife's workplace were a bit closer.

Speaking of which...

The two newly built threshing machine factories of the Forging Bureau are very close to Huangcheng.

Yesterday, when Lu Yuan returned from Qiu Qiu Village, he saw that the two sites had already begun posting notices, various building materials had been transported there and piled up at the roadside.

Lu Yuan pondered, if not, should he transfer his wife to the threshing machine factory?

In that case, a twenty-minute walk would suffice.

Moreover, most of the walking route is within Huangcheng; just go out the East City Gate, cross a bridge, and you reach the threshing machine factory.

Hmm...

Lu Yuan decided to do that.

After today buying the building materials from his father-in-law's home, Lu Yuan will go find Director Xu to talk.

These two factories will be built quickly.

After all, these are factories of the Forging Bureau, which belongs to the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Works always goes all out in constructing its subordinate factories.

Moreover, the factory is actually nothing much—just a few workshops; once the workshops are ready and the equipment moved in, it's done.

Things like office buildings and cafeterias can be taken care of later.

However, if he transfers his wife to the threshing machine factory, he'd also need to bring Liu Jie along.

Safety.

While Lu Yuan was gazing at his wife's back, thinking, Liu Shoucai also saw Lu Yuan and immediately greeted him happily.

"Master Dong, why have you come today?"

Lu Yuan turned his head to look at Liu Shoucai, then smiled and said:

"Are you busy today?"

Liu Shoucai spread his hands, giving a wry smile and said:

"You can see, there's no work lately; we plan to head back in a few days, and come again after the new year."

Lu Yuan nodded, then looked at Liu Shoucai and smiled:

"Today, come with me to the city for a stroll; I'll treat you to a big bowl of meat noodles at noon?"

Liu Shoucai's eyes lit up, then he repeatedly nodded and smiled:

"Sure, Master Dong!"

Immediately, Lu Yuan led the horse and brought Liu Shoucai toward the city.

Upon seeing the view, Lu Yuan looked at Liu Shoucai and smiled:

"After the new year, I want to build a house, preparing to find you; when the time comes, could you help organize things?"

Liu Shoucai was momentarily stunned.

This...

This is a big job!!

Building a house would keep us busy for two months!!

Every day during those two months there will be work!!

Every day we'll earn money!!

No more worrying like at the East City Gate, where there's work one day and none the next.

Moreover, after the two months of building the house, it will be just about spring, time to tend to our own fields.

This is good!!

It doesn't delay anything at all!

Immediately, the excited Liu Shoucai looked at Lu Yuan and nodded repeatedly, saying:

"I'll definitely make good arrangements for you; if the technique is not up to par, I absolutely won't let him come!!"

This Liu Shoucai is somewhat trustworthy, so Lu Yuan didn't hesitate, and then took out yesterday's design drawing from his pocket and said:

"I'm planning to build something like this, with the courtyard and house paved in white marble; help me see how much material is needed."

Even after the house is built, we won't be short on marble money; otherwise, using blue stone bricks would feel low-class.

After quickly taking it, he began to calculate.

Lu Yuan found a teahouse, ordered a pot of tea, to refresh his mind.

He also ordered a bowl of wonton soup for Liu Shoucai.

I guess Liu Shoucai didn't eat anything this morning.

Liu Shoucai is indeed a man of action; looking at this bowl of steaming hot wonton with scallions and shrimp skin, he swallowed twice, then forcibly held back from eating.

Instead, he first helped Lu Yuan calculate the materials.

Soon, Liu Shoucai figured it out, not only calculating how much material Lu Yuan needed, but also estimating the cost for him.

According to Lu Yuan's solid material usage, and for such a large brick house, marble still needs to be laid.

If buying materials from a state-owned store, at least 1,300 units of money are needed.

Liu Shoucai said it's an estimate; the exact amount is hard to say.

However, Lu Yuan had a clear idea; Liu Shoucai and his crew have long been doing this in Huangcheng, so they know the material costs inside out.

The price would only fluctuate slightly.

It would be roughly 1,300 units of money.

Not much different from what Lu Yuan thought.

After Liu Shoucai finished calculating the bill for Lu Yuan, he quickly picked up the bowl of wonton, first sipping the soup from the edge.

Then, he hastily shoved one into his mouth with chopsticks.

This one scalded Liu Shoucai; he opened his mouth wide, tilted his head back, and rolled the scalding chaos around with his tongue.

He hissed, exhaling hot air.

Eating wonton like this is exactly like the skit with Chen Pesi.

After finally swallowing one, Liu Shoucai hurriedly shoved another into his mouth.

Fortunately, there are no health experts here; otherwise, eating something slightly hot would be said to cause esophageal cancer, esophageal cancer, esophageal cancer.

"Oh... boss... hiss... hiss... you... you don't have... ah... scalded... you don't have a house...?"

Liu Shoucai, holding the bowl, ate while asking curiously:

Lu Yuan, sitting opposite Liu Shoucai, lit a cigarette and then said:

"I'm building it for my father-in-law's family; when I went back yesterday, the countryside was too cold."

Liu Shoucai was a bit dazed.

This...

Just because the countryside is cold, you want to build a house there??

How wealthy this boss is!!

This boss matches so much money……

After Liu Shoucai took a good look at Lu Yuan, he then took another sip of wonton soup and asked curiously:

"Boss, you probably just got married not long ago, right? The last time I went to your house, I still saw some wedding red flowers."

And the double happiness characters on the wall seem not to have been up for long either.

Lu Yuan nodded and said:

"Just got married about a month ago."

Liu Shoucai was a bit dazed; just married a month and already building such a nice house for the father-in-law??

Over a thousand……

This...

Liu Shoucai pondered, then suddenly looked curiously at Lu Yuan, blinked, and said mysteriously:

"Boss, when are you taking a second wife?"

"I have a daughter who just turned seventeen this year, and she's very lovely."

Lu Yuan: "?????"

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