Otherworldly Days

Chapter 235 Hurrying to build it

At the end of September, the house to the east of the academy was completed.

The academy faces east, facing the rising sun at dawn.The building on the east side is one of the main structures of the academy. It is in the shape of a Chinese character. The building here is used as a classroom for reading and lectures.

The courtyard in the south is a dormitory built for the students who come to the academy to give lectures. Most of the houses inside adopt the structure of two bedrooms and one living room or one bedroom and one living room, with separate toilets, which can be used as independent dormitories.

Now the construction of the entire academy is less than a quarter complete. The houses on the east side have been built, and they can be arranged for the lonely old people in the village, and some people whose houses cannot live in them to live in this winter first. After the winter is over, These people will move out in February and March next year, just as the academy will start school in March next year, and this place can be used as a classroom for children to enter school.

From the end of spring to the beginning of summer, the whole summer has passed, and autumn is about to end, and winter is coming.Feng Guang brought this group of men gathered from all directions to work in Caojia Village. He didn't expect that this would last for a year, and they might work in Caojia Village in the next three to five years.

Fortunately, before the arrival of winter, the house on the east side of the academy has been built in a hurry.

"Everyone has worked hard." Cao Xiangnan followed Master Feng through these houses, and all the floor tiles were laid.

These houses were all built in a short period of time by manpower and animal power. He knew that Master Feng and these men who worked hard had worked hard. His words came from the bottom of his heart, and he really knew that everyone had worked hard.

Because considering that the houses here will also be used for classroom lectures and people may be arranged to live in winter, they also spent some thought on heating when building these houses.

At the beginning, Cao Xiangnan and Master Feng discussed this issue for a long time before deciding that the structure of this house should be in the shape of a Chinese character back. The houses on all sides can be heated by earth dragons.

Feng Guang had built a house for half his life, and it was the first time to build a house like this. These novel ideas were used in the house, but it was much more convenient.

"We should have worked hard. Fortunately, we lived up to the entrustment of our little boss and hurriedly built all these houses." Being able to rush to build all these houses also lived up to the entrustment of our boss, Feng Guang looked happy lol.

Everyone's hard work is hard work, but hard work is also worthwhile.

At this time in previous years, Feng Guang had already brought his subordinates home to prepare for Maodong. This year, he has been busy so far, and the middle boss has also returned them home twice.Working from morning to night every day, it is rare to hear anyone complaining about being tired and tired. It is not good for the current employer. Not to mention that they can eat three meals a day, and the wages are not calculated every month, and they are never in arrears.

On this day when they finished work and went home for vacation, in addition to receiving this month's wages, the little boss also gave each of them a New Year's gift, two catties of meat and a small jar of wine. After receiving the New Year's gift, everyone smiled. of.

There are not many things, but for everyone, this is given by the boss, and it is all the wishes of the boss, and they all keep it in their hearts.They are lucky to have met such a good owner, and they gave them meat and wine to take home. Last time they brought mooncakes home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone at home liked them. The meat and wine were not bad. , I think everyone at home will like it.

"This wine is really fragrant." There is no man who does not love such a sip, and when the seal of the wine jar is lifted, the fragrance emerges. Smelling the smell, several people are intoxicated.The family lives in the same village, and we made an appointment to go back and have a drink together when the time comes.

"When we go back, we brothers will have a good drink."

"Okay, okay, I'll cook some good dishes for you, let's have a good taste of this wine."

This is a small jar for each of them, and it looks like there is a catty or two of wine, which is a lot of wine for a few people.Don't be greedy, just take a few sips, but it is enough for them to drink for a long time.

After packing up a few pieces of clothing, putting the package on the back, and hiding the wages for the work in the inner pocket, each of them carried the meat and wine brought back by the boss, a group of men left Caojia Village. I hurried home.

"When the snow melts early next year, we will come over."

"it is good."

"Brothers, see you next year."

"See you next year."

Just about to go to the town, their carriage took Master Feng back to the town by the way.

The houses on the side of the academy have been built, the houses inside have been cleaned, and the simple wooden beds have been brought in. These wooden beds can be assembled directly when they are used. It is very convenient to carry, and they can be dismantled and stacked when not in use stand up.As for the dormitory arranged for the lecturer to live in, the bed cabinets and tables inside are all matched, and people can live in it directly with the package.

The carriage went to the town to pick up Zheng Shubo's family of three, and took them directly to the dormitory here in the academy.Considering Zheng Shubo's family of three, Cao Xiangnan gave Zheng Shubo's family a two-bedroom, one-living room, just for their family of three to live in.

They moved all the things from the car into the house, and the inside has been cleaned. The house is covered with bed cabinets and furniture, and the bed can be laid on and people can sleep directly.There are tables, chairs and tea tables in the hall, and you can drink tea here.

All the windows of the house here are in accordance with the standard of his previous building. The windows are relatively large and have good light transmission. In summer, the windows are opened to make the house bright and airy. As for winter, the wooden boards supporting the windows are taken down to block the outside. cold wind.There is a fireplace on the wall of the house, and the house can be heated by burning the fireplace in winter.

"How about it, okay?" Cao Xiangnan led Zheng Shubo's family in, told them all the things in this room, and he told them how to use them one by one.

The bathroom is divided into two parts, one half is the toilet, and the other half is the bathroom for bathing.The fireplace in the living room can be opened to burn a fire inside, and once the fire is lit, the room can be warmed up.The well in the yard has also been dug, and it is convenient to live here, just go directly to fetch water.

"Okay, it's already very good." Zheng Shubo looked at this small room with everything in it. Some things here are very strange to him, simple, but he likes it very much.

Liang Yan was holding the child in her arms, and the child was screaming, with joy and excitement on his little face, presumably he liked it here.He also likes this room very much. There are two rooms here, and this one can be used by the children in the future.

When the children grow up, they will be able to study in this academy. But he heard that children from four to seven years old don't need Shu Xiu, and even from seven to ten years old, they only need half of Shu Xiu.It's just that if they wait for Fulang to take part in the imperial examination in the future and win the Juren to become an official, they will probably leave here.

Cao Xiangnan also told them that if his husband taught in this academy for a lifetime, and when his husband could no longer teach in the future, the academy would also take care of them for the elderly.Liang Yan suddenly had a thought in her heart, it would be good for them to stay here for the rest of their lives.

"This is a small kitchen, where you can cook. Someone will bring you rice grains every month. As for meat and vegetables, I will arrange the meat and vegetables for you this winter. In the future, you have to prepare them yourself in advance. Prepare." So here is the monthly supply of rice, not including the daily meat and vegetables, because this year's situation is special, Cao Xiangnan will arrange it for them.

"Okay, it's troublesome. Shubo doesn't know what to say about this. You have considered us so meticulously." If he hadn't met Cao Xiangnan, Zheng Shubo would not know where to go with his wife and children. The arrangement here It was already very good for him, everything was arranged for them.

Before he came, Cao Xiangnan had already explained to him that he was here. As long as he became a teacher here, the academy would arrange a place for him to live, and there would be a monthly supply of rice and wages.

"This is what I should do. I invited you from thousands of miles away, so I will make arrangements for you. If you have any needs, please ask. I didn't open the academy, but I can say something. That's it."

"When the school starts in the future, there will be a special cafeteria in the academy, responsible for the meals of students and gentlemen. If you don't want to cook, you can go to the cafeteria to eat." Cao Xiangnan said, "But if you don't go there, every meal here There will also be rice grains distributed to you every month, and you can come back here and cook it yourself."

According to a person like him who has eaten in the cafeteria for more than ten years, although the food in the cafeteria is not very good, it is cheap and can fill his stomach. He himself is a person who deeply likes the cafeteria.

"Hehe, okay." Zheng Shubo just smiled.

"There are still a few houses here. At that time, the village will arrange some people to live here, and they will leave after this winter. When I invite a gentleman next year, the gentleman who came to teach at the academy will live here. This year's situation is quite special. One point." Outside the door, Cao Xiangnan pointed to the houses that had been built next door and said.

So even if they live here this winter, it's not just their family of three, other people will come, but they will leave after the winter, so there is no such thing as some people living here will be too noisy.

If a year later, the dilapidated and uninhabitable houses in the village are still living in dilapidated houses when others start to build green brick and large tile houses, that is their own problem.In addition to being obliged to take care of some lonely old people in the village, Cao Xiangnan doesn't think that he should also help those lazy and unproductive families every year.

Cao Xiangnan took Zheng Shubo's family to the dormitory, arranged for them to live, and told them about the situation in the academy.

He only cares about bringing people over and making arrangements, but he doesn't take care of their daily food, clothing, housing and transportation. The rest of the day is still up to them. What he can provide them is a job, and the corresponding treatment.

After they lived here for a period of time, Cao Xiangnan thought that it shouldn't be a problem for Zheng Shubo's family to live here.

From the academy, the town is neither far nor near. Now that the road has been repaired, it must be much better than before.In the village, meat and vegetables are sold every day, but after the cold winter, no one will sell things. The same is true in the town, and there will be few people selling meat and vegetables.

People here will prepare all the food before the winter, and those who have vegetables and meat are better people. Some people only have one pot of porridge and water, and each family member can only drink one bowl.For the people here, there is nothing to eat when they are not working, and the memories left by the original body, in the house, Mao Dong would go to bed hungry, and that was not a good feeling.

The question is, where can you sleep when you are hungry?Lying in bed cold and hungry.But for people in this era, winter is a hard time.

This year is a new beginning for the people of Caojia Village, which is different from previous winters.

He brought Zheng Shubo's family of three here, thinking about the first day they moved here, Cao Xiangnan invited them to his house for dinner.After dinner, send their family of three back to the dormitory of the academy.

Instructing them to close the gate of the yard and fasten the door of the house at night, Cao Xiangnan didn't stay here either, and went back home.

"I will, don't worry." Watching Da Da's carriage leave, Zheng Shubo looked at the people who left, closed the door of the yard, and let go of the latch inside. There are only three of them living here tonight .

The sun in the west was slowly setting, and the water was boiled in the pot in the small kitchen. Liang Yan took a bath for the child and put the child on the bed.The quilts on the bed were brought by them from the town, Cao Xiangnan prepared these things for them after they came here, even the clothes were prepared for them.

Before the child could walk, he could already sit and crawl. It was the time when he was active, and no one saw that he would easily fall off the bed. Liang Yan was worried that the child would stay on the bed alone, and said, "Fulang, you Look at the child."

"Okay." Zheng Shubo sat on the edge of the bed and teased the child, trying to make the child stand up and walk.

Seeing the appearance of father and son, Liang Yan smiled and turned to get busy.

It was getting dark outside, and the oil lamp in the house was blown out. He and Fu Lang lay on the bed, hugging the child from left to right, who was sleeping soundly.The wind was blowing through the windows, but their house was warm and quiet.

The sound of talking in the room gradually stopped, and the people inside also fell asleep.