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n91 Settling the Carpentry Work

n“Hehe, young people have more ideas. You’re going to enjoy this.” Mrs. Sun said with a smile.

nThe two of them exchanged a few more words before Lin Xiaoyue came back with a big wooden bucket.

nInside, there was a pig’s offal, pig’s liver, and a cleaned pig’s head. Mrs. Sun praised Lin Xiaoyue for her diligence.

n“I was planning to visit tomorrow. I didn’t expect you to come today.” Lin Xiaoyue smiled.

nAfter entering the house, she placed the large wooden bucket on the stove and then walked to the table.

n“Hehe, I should come and take a look. Uncle Sun asked me to return the favor after you gave me such a big pheasant yesterday.”

n“You’re too polite,” Liu Shi quickly said. “You even brought 20 eggs.”

nLin Xiaoyue quickly thanked her.

nThen, she told Aunt Sun about her plans for the furniture.

n“I definitely need Uncle Sun’s help with the furniture. It’s just that the house hasn’t been built yet, so we haven’t decided on the exact furniture.”

n“That makes sense. We can talk about it after the house is built. However, your family also needs a lot of wood to build a house.”

n“It’s expensive and costly to buy in town. Daishi Village is in front of a big mountain. When the time comes, you should get a few people to go up the mountain to get some wood. Then, ask Uncle Sun to process them, and the wood will be usable!”

nAlthough selling furniture was profitable, there was not always business.

nIt was common for carpenters to work with the construction team. In the past, her husband had a lot of orders for furniture and he didn’t like to take on such work.

nBut this time, he didn’t have many orders recently, so he was motivated to do some extra work.

nLin Xiaoyue’s eyes lit up.

n“That’s great. I wonder how much it would cost?” In order to save money, she had asked Jiang Dahe to contract the work, not the materials.

nIn other words, Jiang Dahe would only help her build the house, and she would take care of all the materials herself.

n“It’s 260 wen a day,” Mrs. Sun said with a smile.

n“Dahe said that it would take at least 20 days to build the house. If the carpentry work is done in advance, it would finish around the same time. The total would be 5 to 6 taels of silver.”

n“Deal! Then I’ll go to your house and talk to Uncle Sun about it.” Lin Xiaoyue said happily.

n“Sure!” Mrs. Sun smiled.

nLin Xiaoyue ordered an ox-cart from Aunt Sun before sending her off.

nThen, Lin Xiaoyue began to pack up the pig’s head.

nShe was going to go to the herbal shop to get some marinade for making braised meat.

nIt was summer, and the pig’s head meat could not be stored for long, so she cut it all up.

nShe also braised it with some potatoes.

nThe remaining pig liver and blood could be used to make another pot of blood curd.

nThere was so much food that their family definitely couldn’t finish all of it. She had already planned to send some to the Wang family and the village chief’s house.

nIt just so happened that she was going to ask them for a favor.

nLiu Shi also stopped her embroidery work and helped Lin Xiaoyue light the fire for the stove.

nXiao Qing lay on the bed and smelled the fragrance coming from the stove. He looked at the stove from time to time.

nThen, he heard Lin Xiaoyue teaching Lin Xiaozhi addition and subtraction while she was cooking. He listened and could not help but repeat after her.

nFinally, after more than two hours, Lin Xiaoyue finished cooking all the dishes.

nShe had also mixed chili oil and some salad together.

n“I’ll leave the cooking to you, mom. I’ll send the food to Aunt Wang’s house first.” Lin Xiaoyue said.

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