Farmer’s Stepmother’s Skillful Farming

Chapter 178 Brick Kiln

The brick kiln was opened by a man named Zhang Shuisheng from Zhangjiazhuang, and the people who worked in it were all people from the village. Zhangjiazhuang and Baijiacun were next to each other, and they had a lot of exchanges, and most of them knew each other.

Su Mulan used to have a bad reputation, but was very famous in Zhangjiazhuang. Now, she is also quite famous.

　　It’s just because of reforming one’s past.

Because of this, the people at the brick kiln were quite warm and polite when they saw Su Mulan. They only asked her what kind of bricks and tiles she wanted, and how much she wanted.

Su Mulan followed Bai Kangyuan's instructions and reported the amount to Zhang Shuisheng.

“This is not a big quantity, I can deliver it to you tomorrow afternoon.”

Zhang Shuisheng estimated the quantity and price, and finally quoted a price to Su Mulan, "They are all from the village, so I don't want much. There are only so many bricks and tiles, so just give me nine hundred and twenty yuan."

“These bricks are not expensive, but these tiles are not cheap, but you ask for a small amount, so I will give it to you based on the cost. Don’t mention this price when you go out, otherwise others will ask me for this price.”

Zhuisheng seemed to be a lively business person, and his words made Su Mulan feel very comfortable.

"Sure, I've written it down." Su Mulan asked, "How can I give you this money?"

"The rules of the brick kiln are to give half first, and then give the remaining half after it is delivered. Then we will count it. If there is anything broken on the road, just dig it out when the time comes." Zhang Shuisheng said.

"Okay." Su Mulan followed Zhang Shuisheng's instructions, paid the money, agreed on a time to deliver the bricks, and walked back.

Su Mulan even sighed as he carried the money bag that was half lighter.

 I estimate that half of the money I saved during this period will be spent on repairing the house this time, including bricks and lime.

This means that she would have to spend so much money just to repair a few tiles and raise the walls. If she were to build three large tile-roofed houses with a yard, bricks, tiles, and wood, what would she have at home? Furniture and other items may cost more than ten taels of silver.

For this ordinary farm family, apart from food and drink, it is considered good to save twenty taels of silver a year. This is assuming there are no accidents in the family. If there is an aunt in the family who is in poor health and needs medicine, , I couldn’t save any money that year.

 Based on the best case scenario, it will take several years to save money to build a new house, especially if there are many sons in the family.

It’s no wonder that in most families, even if their sons get married, they can’t live alone. In addition to the fact that there are too many families, others don’t dare to bully them. When they were serving as corvees, they only contributed money for one person, and more for the repairs of the house. Money matters.

Thinking of this, Su Mulan was a little glad that Baishitang was still profitable and had built the big tile house at home early. Otherwise, if she had to build a house when she got here, she would have to work hard for a long time. .

But speaking of this White Stone Hall...

Su Mulan suddenly recalled the memory of the original owner. When Bai Shitang went to work as an escort, he could get one or two or five taels of silver every month, which was eighteen taels a year. Bai Shitang was in the **** agency, and the **** agency was in charge of everything. Bai Shitang is also frugal and filial. He spends little money outside and doesn't go out to eat and drink with many people. It can be said that most of the money is kept for the family.

But the memory of the original owner is that after the original owner got married, Bai Shitang could not say that he had no money at all, but he could not even get out a tael of silver.

 (End of this chapter)