CH 74.5

Ever since he married his fulang and handed over the property, Zhang Fangyuan never touched their family’s savings box and piggy bank again, and this was the first time he saw Xu He took them out.

"To this day, we have saved five hundred taels of silver. If you want to build the house, I agree."

Zhang Fangyuan laughed, he glanced at the silver money and banknotes, and felt very at ease in his heart. The villagers knew that their family had earned some money in business, but they probably didn't expect that they were so rich.

"Now we can build a larger house. It's better to start the construction earlier. The cost of hiring labor is not high, but it’s not cost-effective to hire people when it’s time for the busy farming season. "Xu He took out one hundred and fifty taels to build the house, which was enough to build a house like the rich.

Although their family was still a small family now, but they couldn’t spend money indiscriminately for this reason. One of the reason was to have enough money on hand when the business grew bigger, and the other was to save money for the little things in his stomach.

In this way, even with the money in their hands they couldn’t be extravagant .

Both of them knew it.

Now that he had made up his mind, Zhang Fangyuan hurriedly stood up to take care this matter. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, although he didn't expect that the house would be finished before the Chinese New Year, but he hoped it could be finished before the child was born, so that the child could live in a big house as soon as he was born.

Zhang Fangyuan first invited a Fengshui master to draw the best location for Fengshui on his own land.

Then he asked someone to lay the foundation, but before he called for someone, the villagers who saw that he invited Fengshui master to look at his house asked him first.

The villagers were extremely sensitive to these matters. It was not easy to find a job during the winter slack season. Naturally, they were always paying attention to the this kind of news, for fear of missing the opportunity to help.

In fact, there were not many people needed. His fourth uncle was eager to come over to have fun. The two cousins ​​of the eldest uncle's family came back for the New Year. They looked for them and brought some things, they also said they wanted to help.

"How can I keep the eldest brother and the second brother busy? It's not easy for both of you to travel outside all year round. Just take a good rest when you come back for the Chinese New Year."

Zhang Fangyuan didn't want to invite the brothers from his own clan, it was troublesome. But his two cousins ​​didn't give up, they insisted that they didn't take care of the brothers and sisters in the clan when they were away these years.

Zhang Fangyuan thought about his eldest uncle's temperament of haggling over every ounce and refusing to suffer from disadvantages, how could he be willing.

[斤斤计较 jīn jīn jì jiào: to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs]

Although he was considered the most developed one in the clan now, and it was normal if the people in the clan wanted to curry favor, he still felt unreliable.

The two cousins ​​saw that he was stubborn and refused to agree, moreover after starting the business, he was not as reckless as before. He was fast-paced and talked smoothly. The two were not rivals, so they had no choice but to confess their real purpose.

"A Yuan is doing a big business now, your second brother and I are still running outside. We think that if we can get some good goods from you next year, we can also have a little hope in life. "

Zhang Fangyuan's brows twitched, they could say it earlier. It might be impossible for the merchants to earn money from toothbrush in Siyang, but they could still earn money in other places.

Since they relied on their hands and feet for food, his two cousins ​​couldn’t offend him much, so Zhang Fangyuan still agreed. After all, they were relatives of his own family, and everything must be done, and those who could help other one or two still had to help.

"However, the price of the goods is high. Although I can sell the goods at a reasonable price for the eldest brother and second brother, and you can still make some money, but if you want more goods, you have to prepare money in advance, so I can rush to prepare the goods. Now I want to build my house, and I already spent the money on my hand, there is no extra money to pay for the goods.”

The two understood what he meant. They were worried about the situation where they just took the goods and didn’t give the money, or wait until the goods were sold before giving money, etc. : “Well, we will go back and prepare the money."

Zhang Fangyuan nodded, but when he remembered his eldest uncle's temper, he had to guard against him: "The eldest brother and second brother, if you are ready, come and pick up the goods."

"Allright."

In this way, there were three strong people to build the house, and there was no need to invite too many people.

Zhang Fangyuan could only help occasionally. He had to look at the shop in the city, and he had to go to the kiln to choose bricks and tiles.

Although it costed a little more money, you could have a free hand to do other things.