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When Liu Lin and the village chief finished their business and entertained the guests and came back, it was time for lunch.

Seeing the rows of dug foundations, thinking of the past few months of fleeing famine, thinking of all the hardships and dangers, the old village chief was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He was finally going to have his own home.

After lunch, holding their property deeds, many people looked at the old village chief with tears in their eyes due to excitement.

After a half-hour break at noon, everyone followed the master to start building the house. The more people there are, the faster the efficiency. With the participation of the men from Lijia Village, all the families worked together. It took only five days to complete the outline of the house, and the beams could be put up in one day at most.

With a dedicated master, Gulan's house is built the fastest. The beams were put up at the auspicious time chosen yesterday morning. At this moment, the preparations for the roof have been completed and only the tiles remain to be put on. Compared with most villagers who build their houses with a mixture of bricks and mud, her house built entirely of bricks and stones is naturally faster to build and does not require the preparation of mud. If it weren't for Gulan's many requirements, the outline of the house would have been almost completed in two days.

Normally brick houses have double bricks, but for greater safety, all walls are required to have three layers of bricks, which naturally takes more time. So when the tiles on Gulan's house were finished, the beams of other people's houses started to be put up. Most of the houses have tiled roofs, mainly because they don't have thatch. Even this one is bought from the builder. The advantage is that thatched roofs are indeed much cheaper, but the disadvantage is that they cannot last long. If there is strong wind or heavy rain, they will easily be blown away and leak, and they need to be renovated every year.

People who have money and a similar budget will grit their teeth and choose to use tiles for the roof, saving themselves the trouble year after year and solving the problem once and for all.

When the houses in the village began to be tiled, Gulan's stable and courtyard also began to be fenced off. A yard is a must. Not to mention her secrets, even if there were no secrets, no one likes to have their life exposed to the eyes of others, without enough privacy and sense of security. The courtyard wall is also made of bricks and stones, and is more than ten feet high. The top of the wall is filled with sharp stone corners, porcelain and other objects. Unfortunately, there is no glass here. It would be safer if there was something like this. It's not that Gulan don't trust the villagers, she just want to make herself feel at ease.

By the time the doors, windows, courtyards and other items were completed, ten days had passed. A huge courtyard stood at the end of Lijia Village. The speed was quite fast. It took another five days to complete the construction of all the houses in the village. However, most people did not have a large yard like Gulan. They thought that building a yard did not require much technical skills, so they could clean it up slowly by themselves in the future.In just half a month, this piece of wasteland has changed dramatically. Looking at the houses being built one after another, the village chief and all the people in the village are becoming more energetic day by day, and they are smiling more and more often.

While the house was being built, Li Shan and Li Mudie, who were good at carpentry, also got busy. Especially in the later stage of the house, there was no need for so many people, so Li Shan's son and Li Mu also had some free time to follow their fathers to cut wood and dry it on the nearby mountain.

Fortunately, the people who had eaten while fleeing the famine were reluctant to throw away the food. Otherwise, even if they had the skills, they would be powerless without the rice. Unless they were willing to buy a set of tools, but once the house was built, everything would be missing and money would be needed everywhere. It would not be easy to buy more.

After the wood had been dried for a few days, the two families started making handmade furniture. Not only did they need it, but other families in the village did as well. At the same time, they could earn a little money. In short, it was much cheaper than going to the city to buy furniture.

They were all used to living a hard life and were used to saving money, so naturally they would save as much as they could. Almost every family ordered furniture from Li Shan and Li Mu house.

After all, the house had just been built, so it was impossible to move in immediately. Even if we used fire to bake it every day, it would take several days before we could move in. So even if the two companies are slow, no one is too anxious.

The house was completed, and the next step was to pay for it. Each household calculated the money and paid for the labor and materials according to the size of the house they were building, and then happily saw the craftsmen off. Although it cost a lot of money and was more expensive than building a house in their hometown, this was Yunzhou City, which was nothing compared to the remote town in their hometown. The important thing is that it is much better than the house in their hometown. Not only is it made of bricks, but it also has a full tile roof and there is more space.

The most expensive one was the large courtyard of Gulan at the end of the village, which cost a total of one hundred taels. The money spent is a lot, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is several times that of other people's houses, but it is expensive and has its own benefits. Not only are the houses spacious and bright, but the floors of every room are paved with stone slabs. Even the walkways in all the yards are paved with stone slabs, as are the backyards. All the roads planned by Gulan are paved with stone slabs. Even in the row of stables behind the yard, Gulan still chose to use stone slabs for easier maintenance.

In addition, the remaining bricks and stones from building the house were also left behind. These things would not spoil and might be used someday. Gulan, who had a hoarding habit, was reluctant to let the masters take them away.

After seeing off the house builder, everyone still lived in tents. The biggest thing they did every day was to bake the house. Apart from that, they tried their best to make some simple living utensils.

In addition to baking houses, Gulan also goes to the wood workshop in the city to buy furniture. Her bed, her son's bed, Daya and Erya's beds, as well as all the furniture, supplies, kitchen utensils used in daily life, and bathing utensils used in the bathroom, in short, all of them had to be purchased.

There is also the issue of water use. Although it is cold now, the ground has not completely frozen, so digging a well should not be a problem. The well-drilling master was introduced by Gulan through the house-building master. Craftsmen like them have a wide circle and know many people, so Gulan did not bother Liu Lin.

The date has been set, it will be in the next two or three days, and the selected furniture will be delivered a few days later, mainly because Gulan wants the house to be aired for a few more days.

On this day, the well digger arrived. To be honest, if he hadn't been brought here by the house-building master, he would not have known where this suddenly built Lijia Village was. Looking at the almost identical half-brick houses, the well diggers were still surprised, thinking that the newly built village was in good condition. Most of the houses had tile roofs, which were better than most farmers' houses in Yunzhou City.

Even in the wealthy Yunzhou City, conditions are better within the city, where almost all houses are made of brick and tile. The conditions in the surrounding villages are still not good, and there are very few brick and tile houses. Take Chengliu Village, which is three miles away from Lijia Village. Most of the houses there are still adobe and thatched houses.

The sudden arrival of several strangers made everyone gather around curiously. After seeing the things in the carriage and their self-introductions, they realized that they came here to dig a well. They had actually forgotten about the well. The village chief held his forehead and then realized what was going on.

The main thing is that water is quite convenient these days. There is a river a few hundred meters away from here, he didn't even think about the well. So the village chief and a group of people including Wu Yaya followed the masters to Gulan's yard, thinking of taking a look at the situation first. If the price is within their affordable range, they would discuss with everyone to dig a well in the village together, which would be much more convenient than going to the river.