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Chapter 90 New Zhuangzi

The following days will pass very quickly.

Jia Huan exercises with Jiao Da early in the morning every day. As the breathing method becomes more and more skilled, and the length and time of daily morning jogging becomes longer and longer, Jia Huan's body becomes healthier and stronger without realizing it.

Accompanied by his appetite, his appetite became more and more amazing. Aunt Zhao always scolded her every time she saw her...

The scene in the village has also changed greatly

Two months passed, before the first winter snow in Guanzhong came, all the farmers and craftsmen lived in the new house.

The new house is naturally not a two-story building designed by Jia Huan, but is still a bungalow.

However, unlike other bungalows in the village, the newly built bungalows in the Jiajia Village are not tiled roofs or thatched roofs, but flat roofs of objects called cement.

Today is the day of moving. Guo Sanzhuang, an old villager, took action with his son Guo Gouzi and his wife Guo Li, and finally moved the things in the old house before dark. The broken house is worth a fortune and nothing can be lost.

After the move was completed, the family of three stood together in the small courtyard built with fences, grinning three mouths, looking at the house that they lived in from then on.

Everything is good, everything is good, but the roof is a bit strange, it is a semi-arc flat roof...

This is not the end. I heard that the Third Master also sent someone to find something called asphalt from the Hu Shangshang of the Western Regions of the Xifang City of Shenjing. Although Hu Zi didn't have much in his hand, it was only enough to have the roof of the Third Master, but it didn't matter. The Hu Shang knew where there were a large number of them. The Third Master seemed to know that it was everywhere in a place called "Can ants". It would be transported in large quantities in the spring of the next year, and the price would not be expensive. As long as the quantity was large, it would be a carriage and horse transportation fee.

In the future, if you maintain the house in the future, you don’t have to change a batch of tiles every few years. Just burn asphalt and pour it onto the roof again.

The ground in the house is no longer the land in ordinary houses, but the plain ground paved with good cement.

It looks better than the blue brick floor in the village house before, and it is not dirty when walking barefoot before, it is cold...

There are also large windows, and the lighting is good. Even in winter and rainy days, the house will no longer be as dark as before.

The third master also said that when Aunt Bai burns out the transparent unsoaked glass, the room will be brighter!

Oh my God, glass, I heard that only the emperor and the emperor in the palace can use it now. It was not made by Daqin itself. It was transported back from the European and Pakistan mainland. It was very expensive...

Let’s look at the roads in the village today. Although they are winding paths like sheep intestines, they are much flatter than before, and they lead directly to the door of every household. The third master and Aunt Bai said that there is nothing in winter, but when it comes to spring and summer, the flowers planted on both sides of the road bloom, hey, it’s very beautiful!

However, the most popular thing among the merchants and craftsmen, especially the daughter-in-law and daughter of the merchant, was that the third master paid for the money and bought a batch of pig iron and asked the three blacksmiths in the craftsmen to make a batch of closed iron tanks. The water tank was painted with a layer of black asphalt, and then a water pipe was connected. When there was sun, it was sunny for the day and could take a comfortable hot bath at night.

Especially in the middle of winter, it’s so comfortable to take a hot bath!

In the past, it was good to have a bath once a month for the merchants. These are the ones who are poor and poor, but it’s okay if we don’t wash for the whole winter...

Everything else is good, and I am very satisfied. It's a pity to lean on the large area around Graystone Mountain.

I asked the grandsons to dig a big hole, but the third master had a way to lure a stream of live water from the Gazi River at the entrance of the village and forced the big hole into a big lake.

Third Master said that when the next year, everyone can plant lotus flowers and other things in the lake.

The farmers are not good at saying anything in the morning, but they all whisper in private. Planting flowers is useless. Then sprinkle the ducks and gooses in and wait to collect the eggs!

However, there are only more than 100 acres of land, but now half of it is lost in life, I don’t know what to do next year.

Thinking of this, Guo Sanzhuang wrinkled his dark forehead in sorrow, and several deep wrinkles appeared...

...

"Lao Wang, look, Li Wanji and his wife are amazing, they are so skillful, look, these patterns are carved so exquisitely."

The original owner's mansion had two large houses set up behind the house. As the back house, Aunt Zhao, Xiao Jixiang, Xiaoque, Bai He and the old mother who served them were all staying in the second and third rooms of the back house.

The original house became Jia Sanye’s study and living room.

Now, Master Jia San praised the beds, windows, tables, etc. when he saw the craftsmen carved by some beds, windows, tables, etc.

It’s not Jia Huan’s country bun, he has no knowledge. He really didn’t expect that these wives who were about to kneel down when they saw him wincing.

The table is the Eight Immortals table, and the chair is the Eight Immortals chair. The four sides and back of the table are carved with cloud patterns of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, which is very particular.

The bed is called the Babu Cloud Bed. There are various exquisite carvings and inlays on the surface of the bed, such as pictures of ladies and some water lotus flowers.

They are all very beautiful.

However, Jia Huan's endless praise made Wang Gui and even Li Wanji laugh and cry.

Li Wanji coughed and said respectfully: "San Master, we are relying on this to make a living. Is it worthy of being the Third Master so praised?"

Wang Gui didn't agree with it, "Yes, Master San, don't these things be found in the family of wealthy families?"

Jia Huan glared at the two of them and said, "What do you know? Are these good things? Are they exquisite or not? Good things should be praised, and you must not ignore them. Just like Wang Gui, you are a farmer, and everyone farms, why can other farms produce rich products and what you plant just right for life?"

Wang Gui's tears were almost falling when he heard this, and his face couldn't hold back, especially his competitor Li Wanji was still bent his waist to the ground, complaining: "Third Master, I'm not a little old man, I'm incompetent, it's really..."

Jia Huan waved his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, that's the same kind of car wheel words. I don't mean to criticize you, I just want to tell you, regardless of whether this is done by a woman or not, but as long as you do it well, you must respect the fruits of other people's labor. Lao Li, go back and thank them on my behalf, they are intent."

Now Li Wanji couldn't stand anymore and bowed and said, "San Master, how can I tell you about this? It's their blessing to do something for the Third Master..."

Jia Huan scratched his head and looked at the uneasy Li Wanji, then looked at Wang Gui with a bitter face, and said angrily: "I'm really... OK, then I won't praise you verbally. Please make some money from Wang Gui, send someone to buy some floral cloths, and ask them to make new clothes for themselves and the children. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it can be regarded as your farewell to the old and welcome the new, and say goodbye to the past. This is the first New Year you have come to the village to celebrate. It is a trivial gift I, as the owner of the village, gave you."

Li Wanji bowed his waist and didn't lift it up for a long time...

Jia Huan saw it and did not persuade him to calm himself down. Jia Huan looked at Wang Gui and said, "How are your five families learning craftsmanship from newcomers?"

When Wang Gui heard this, his face felt bitter again, and he shook his head and said, "Third Master, we have been farmers for life..."

"What nonsense? Is your father farming? Is your brother farming?"

Jia Huan interrupted without hesitation.

When Wang Gui heard this, his old eyes suddenly dimmed.

His father and brother are all heroes, but unfortunately...

"Okay, okay, you have to go on. It's useless to think too much. It's been more than two months since you've been working on it, so can't you get started?"

Jia Huan frowned.

Wang Gui withdrew his sad face and said with a wry smile: "It's okay for us man to talk about it. You can't do the fine work by stirring the sand and cement. But some girls can't do the fine work. They really can't do the fine work. Carving flowers and carving people or something."

Jia Huan smacked his lips and said, "Then there is no way. They can still grow a land in summer. What do they do in winter? Just take care of the soles of their shoes in idleness?"

Wang Gui looked at Li Wanji, who had just straightened his waist and had red eyes, and said, "Third Master, we also want them to have a job to subsidize some household expenses. Because they are clumsy, they are not dealt with by the men at home. But they can't learn it even if they beat them up, and it's useless."

Jia Huan glared at Wang Gui with a funny look and said, "Only the most unreliable men will attack women... In this way, since they can't do the fine work, they can only do rough work. The big animals in the farm are specially fed by men, but chickens, ducks, geese, etc., are left to your wife to do. In addition, it is snowing, and the new farmers may have to be busy every day in the future and have no time to sweep the snow. The women of your old farmers are responsible for the sanitation and cleaning of the entire village, and each person has a monthly fee of 500 yuan per month."

When Wang Gui heard this, he immediately grinned at the ear, and his chest slapped, and promised: "San Master, look at it, old man, I promise that the road in the village must be smooth. This is not the broken road in the past, it is bumpy, and the road is easy to clean now!"

Li Wanji listened quietly on the side and suddenly said, "Third Master, the house and road in the village have been paved, what else do we have to do?"

Jia Huan was happy when he heard this, and did not directly answer Li Wanji's question, but smiled at Wang Gui beside him and said, "Old Wang, there are many people who have invited you to dinner recently?"

Wang Gui smiled into an old chrysanthemum and said loudly: "Isn't it? The head of the surrounding village and the manager are in decline, and there are also several merchants who want to ask how the cement on our village is made and how it is paved. Third Master, I have lived in the village for decades and have never been so glorious..."

Li Wanji's expression changed when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "Have you told the cement prescription?"

Wang Gui glared unhappily and said, "Old man, am I such an unreliable person? Can you tell outsiders such a secret? Besides, even if I want to say it, I can't tell you a name. I don't know how to burn it. I really don't know, I just farm..."

Having said that, a cunning smile flashed in the old man's eyes.

Jia Huan said: "Old Wang, go and tell the person who invited you before, and said that I ate your mat last time and exchanged courtesy. Now you want to return the mat, the location is in our village. Let them go into our village to have a good look, and I will pay for the banquet."

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