roccoschili Chapter 245 Settled in Baijia Village
Chapter 245 Settled in Baijia Village
Li patted the back of her granddaughter's hand and said, "Your grandfather and I don't plan to build a house that's too big. We just want to build one that's similar to our current house."
The implication is that Gu Wenxuan doesn't need to pay extra money.
Gu Wenxuan shook her head, "That won't do. If we are going to build one, let's build one that is spacious and grand, and can accommodate several generations of our family."
Thinking about it, this matter was not something she could explain in just a few words. The most important thing was that her grandfather and her second uncle and second aunt were not at home now. If she said it once, she might have to say it a second time later. Gu Wenxuan felt it was very troublesome just thinking about it.
She said to Li, Gu Yongming and Jia Guizhi, "When my grandfather comes back, I will find a time to discuss this matter with all of you. Anyway, I will pay for it, and we have to build a more spacious house."
Gu Yongming and others couldn't do anything to her. Since the only daughter in their family started learning skills from a master, she has become more and more capable and more and more powerful day by day. In the end, they would basically think that whatever she decided was very reasonable and would compromise naturally.
Gu Wenxuan only arranged for Gu Yonghe's family and the Lin family to stay temporarily in Baijia Village, but Bai Jingzhou went directly to Bai Lizheng and asked him to help register the construction engineer and his family.
The construction engineer's family were originally craftsmen, but he was old and his energy and physical strength were not as good as before. His son was not fully recovered yet, so there was no way he could take over his job.
After much thought, he finally decided not to do the previous job anymore.
He planned to settle down in Baijia Village, so that Bai Jingzhou would be more convenient to treat his son. Although his son was not fully recovered, his headache symptoms were greatly alleviated, and he no longer held his head and complained about the pain.
As for how I will support my family in the future, I will rely on building new houses or repairing houses for others.
He is a construction engineer, and even though he is a little old, the experience and skills he has mastered are enough for him to make a living by doing these small jobs around Liulin Town.
This old man was the one who built the shelter for them before. Although he had a hard life, he was a real capable person. He was willing to settle down in Baijia Village, so Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou could only welcome him with open arms.
In addition to them, Mu Jingzhi and his mother, who had to wait for Mu Hanzhi to pick them up, also temporarily lived in Baijia Village. Bai Jingzhou chose an empty house that Gu Wenxuan had bought before, one with a front and back yard that could accommodate the four of them, the master and the servants, to accommodate them.
The house was close to Gu Wenxuan's home, making it very convenient for Gu Wenxuan to protect them. The only downside was that the house was old, and there was a sense of desolation and dilapidation everywhere.
Especially since it is still winter, they don't even have the conditions to decorate the house in advance and make it look lively.
Mu Jingzhi and his mother were not picky about these things. To them, if they ignored the mottled marks left by wind and rain erosion on the wooden doors and windows of the house, this house was actually much more comfortable than the one they lived in in the shelter.
Apart from anything else, the fact that the house was tall and spacious enough and the yard had a proper wall were enough to make Mu Jingzhi and his mother happy.
They are used to living in large mansions, and they really feel insecure living in a small courtyard surrounded by a simple fence.
Since the Mu family was not picky, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou felt relieved.
After arranging these people who were close to them, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou began to visit their properties one by one.
They had to find people to help repair the damaged houses, shops, etc., and they also had to plan how to replace the lost belongings.
Of the farmers who returned to the manor, a very small number of them had their houses damaged to the point where they were completely uninhabitable. Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou directly let these people live in the large house attached to the manor, which originally belonged to the owner of the manor.
In the early spring of next year, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou will ask the construction master to help build houses for Gu Wenxuan's family, Bai Jingzhou's family, the farmers, and the survivors of the bandit camp.
In addition to resettling these people, Gu Wenxuan and his team also had to count and dispose of the supplies they had stockpiled.
The war ended faster than Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had expected. Only about one-third of the food and other supplies they had stored in advance had been consumed so far. The chaotic times had completely ended with the end of the war.
This was a good thing. While Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou were happy, they did not forget to find a place for those things.
After moving back to the renovated and cleaned village with the people of Baijia Village, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou each proposed to their elders, "We want to cook more sweet porridge for everyone on Laba Festival."
They told their elders that they had about two-thirds of the food they had stored left, and they did not intend to make money from this, so they planned to donate most of it to charity.
Not only in Baijia Village, but also in the town and the county, they all want to do good deeds.
The elders of both families were used to being poor, so they couldn't help but feel distressed when they first heard this, but they did not stop their children from doing this. Not only did they not stop them, but when Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan suggested that their younger brothers and sisters should be involved, they readily agreed.
However, Li and Ning Cuizhi both made a small request, "Instead of giving all of it to outsiders, why don't you keep some for your close relatives?"
Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou agreed without thinking, "Then I will send some polished rice and white flour home. You can send appropriate amounts to whoever you want to send it to."
Although both of them believe that "it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish", they are not so rigid as to not "give a man a fish" at all.
It is worth mentioning that when the villagers fled to Jiajia Village before, although they basically took food, clothing, etc. with them, they had no choice but to leave most of the firewood at home.
Baijia Village had been visited by refugees, and most of the things they left at home, including firewood, must be gone.
Bai Lizheng had no choice but to organize people to go into the mountains to chop firewood and stockpile enough firewood for everyone to survive until the beginning of next spring.
He immediately went to find Fang Youfu and his brothers. The old man was reluctant to use teenagers like Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou to do the work of chopping wood.
Bai Li was thinking that since most of the patrol members were capable adult men, he could just pick a few leaders and ask them to take the original patrol members into the mountains to chop firewood. Whoever chopped the firewood could take it home and could store or sell it as they pleased. Everyone should be willing to do so.
What he didn't expect was that the patrol team members, including the Fang brothers, had no objections, but Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had some small opinions about it.
The two said that it is okay to go into the mountains to chop firewood, but it is best not to focus on chopping down the same trees, and to be careful in selecting the trees.