Liu Xin didn't expect that building a house would cost so much money. He still has 25,000 yuan in hand, which is far from enough.

Carpenter Sun saw Liu Xin's look and knew that he was worried about money: "If you want to build such a big wall, I suggest you find a few long-term workers.

Nowadays, disaster victims are everywhere in the south of the city. It doesn’t cost much to find a few long-term workers to register in the city. When the time comes, hire a mason to be a master and you can build the wall yourself. You can also buy the adobe bricks for building houses early.

Do it!" Carpenter Sun suggested to Liu Xin.

"Then how long will it take to build this house? If I want to find permanent workers, I have to build a few more rooms..." Liu Xin began to think about the next question.

"If we start construction now, I can make the furniture, doors and windows early, and the house can be built in three months at most. As for the walls, it depends on how many workers work!" Carpenter Sun said.

Liu Xin gave Carpenter Sun a deposit of 3,000 yuan and asked him to do the carpentry work first. If it didn't work, he would have no choice but to not build the earthen wall first, and then build the house slowly.

However, Liu Xin understood that the Yellow Turban Uprising would begin in February next year. Historically, Zhuoxian County was not conquered in the end, but he did not say whether the Yellow Turban Army would come to Zhangjiazhuang. When the time came, there would be no wall to resist at home, so Liu Xin would have to lead

He took his mother and sister to the city to escape, but he wanted to live in the city and also buy a house. Now he just needed a way to get the money.

Coming out of Carpenter Sun's house, Liu Xin lowered his head and kept thinking about things. Liu Wanliu saw that his brother was unhappy and thought he was worried about building a house, so he followed Liu Xin cautiously.

Liu Xin didn't think of a way to make money. There weren't many opportunities for the poor in this world. Exposing too many things might bring danger to himself. Even with a brain like Zhang Fei, he didn't dare to reveal too much to him.

"There is a dried fruit seller there. I didn't see it just now. Let's go and ask!" Liu Xin saw a woman carrying a cloth bag selling dried fruits. These wild fruits are collected and dried by people outside the city in autumn. They are considered fruits at this time.

Before it starts, there will be more people buying in the city.

"How do you sell these dried fruits?" Liu Xin asked, looking at the woman. She was wearing a coarse cloth patched all over. At first glance, she was a poor tenant like him. However, as soon as he put on his new fine cloth, the other party saw that he had a trace of

fear.

"Two big coins, two big bucks for a bowl!" the woman replied hurriedly when she saw the business coming.

Liu Xin saw that the dried fruits included hawthorn, dried wild apricots, and some dried fruits that he couldn't name. Two dollars a bowl was indeed very cheap.

They bought a bowl but they didn't have a bag, so Liu Xin and her sister put it in their pockets and ate it as they walked. However, the food was not filling enough, and they got stomach acid after eating too much.

When passing by Zhang's butcher shop, the business of the butcher shop was pretty good today. Zheng Lai had finished selling a fan of pork and was hoisting a new fan of pork from the well next to the butcher shop. The fan of pork weighed about 200 kilograms.

(Xiao Jin), but it seemed extremely easy in his hands. Zheng Lai obviously also had martial arts skills.

The Zhangjia Butcher Shop usually cannot sell out one pig in half a month. In this era, there was no cold storage, so the pigs could only be hung in the cellar. Generally, there would be no problem in keeping them for a month.

"Liu Xin, did you come to the city to buy things again today?" Zheng Lai saw Liu Xin and said with a smile.

"Brother Zheng, business looks good today!" Liu Xin replied with a smile.

"That's right. The mule and horse market is about to open. In recent days, more and more businessmen have come from the south. By the way, there are some pigs here. If you want, take them back and eat them!" Zheng Lai pointed to the ground and looked.

The very dirty pig intestines and some pig livers next to it said to Liu Xin.

During this period, few people ate animal offal. Most of the time, the offal was thrown away directly. Everyone thought that animal offal was dirty and it was unlucky to eat it. Only the poor who could not see the oil and water would eat it sometimes!

"How much are these? I'll pay you!" Liu Xin said when he saw the pig intestines on the ground. This was his favorite thing to eat in his previous life!

"You can take whatever money you want! I'm still busy. If I don't have any work at home, I can help out at the butcher shop these days. Although the daily wages are not much, it's better than being idle!" Zheng Lai looked at Liu

Xin, he can say this because he sincerely regards Liu Xin as one of his own.

The poorer we are and the more troubled the times, the more important people attach importance to loyalty, because the social order is gradually unstable, and only those who have great righteousness can be recognized by the public. This is the nature of human development and the inheritance of civilization.

fundamental.

"Thank you, Brother Zheng! I'll go back and think about it. I'll take the pig's water!" Liu Xin said, picking up the pig intestines and liver, and left with her sister Liu Wanliu.

After leaving the city, Liu Wanliu looked at Liu Xin with a look of disgust on his face: "Brother, these pig internal organs are so smelly, what do we need them for?"

Liu Wanliu smelled the stench of pig intestines, frowned and said to Liu Xin.

"You didn't know this. This thing is much more delicious than fatty meat. I will cook it for you tonight!" Liu Xin said.

When the two returned home, their mother and little sister had already returned. When their mother saw that both of them were dressed in fine cloth and wearing brand-new cloth shoes, they both said that Liu Xin would not live well.

But Liu Xin also felt her mother's joy. No matter what, Liu Xin was willing to spend money for Liu Wanliu, which showed his attitude. In the future, Liu Xin would treat the three of them well.

After taking out the jujube cake, my mother and my little sister ate it very happily. Liu Xin and my eldest sister were not here at noon, so my mother made some food casually. Everyone ate some steamed buns, since we didn't go to the ground today anyway.

It was determined that their mother and two younger sisters would live with Liu Xin in the future, and Liu Ji and Hao Chunmei did not dare to wink at their mother, otherwise if word spread, it would mean that they had kicked the family out.

Liu Xin bought the leftover fat meat, millet, rice, and white flour at home. Now that the family is divided, Hao Chunmei wouldn't dare to do whatever he wanted without Liu Xin.

Seeing that his mother and younger sister were no longer hungry after eating jujube cakes, he and his elder sister were not very hungry either, so they decided to make some millet porridge tonight.

Liu Xin cleaned all the pig intestines and soaked them in water. Because he was reluctant to use flour and salt to clean the pig intestines, Liu Xin felt that soaking them overnight would make them cleaner!

At the dinner table in the evening, the family of eight was drinking millet porridge. Hao Chunmei seemed to have some regrets in her heart, saying that Mr. Huang Xiang was wrong. She said that she and Liu Ji did not want to separate the family, but only agreed to the separation after listening to Mr. Huang Xiang's preaching.

of.

Liu Xin and Liu Gu ignored Hao Chunmei's words. Liu Gu received ten acres of fertile land, half a yard, and twenty acres of rented land. Half of the entire family was in his hands, so he would not talk to his sister-in-law.

Liu Xin ignored her even more. Liu Guisheng lost his temper several times today, and Hao Chunmei didn't give her son a good look.

"Third brother, since you were not here this afternoon, my eldest brother and I looked at the food. We have 44 shi of grain and 5 shi of wheat. You will take care of your mother and two sisters from now on. I only need 7 shi of coarse grains. I will divide the food at home.

There will be a harvest in September." Liu Gu said to Liu Xin.

"You don't have to be like this. If I dare to take over my mother and two sisters, I must be sure of making a living. It's time for you to marry a wife. Save more money to marry a wife!" Liu Xin talked to Liu Gu, and his mother spoke to the two.

A younger sister occasionally intervened, and Liu Ji and Hao Chunmei suddenly became outsiders.

After the separation, Liu Xin, Liu Gu, mother, and two sisters were in a more relaxed mood than before. They were no longer afraid of their elder brother and sister-in-law. Everyone was full of longing for the future!

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