Dad Ye picked up the cigarette gun at his hand and put it in his mouth and clicked it twice. Only then did he remember that the fire had already been put out. He glanced at Chen helplessly, but did not click it again.

He coughed slightly with self-deprecatingly and silently put down the smoke gun again. Then Dad Ye shook his head at Ye Damin: "Our house has not been well repaired since it was built. Every year, it is just a slim roof.

Since I decided to repair it, I would just do it.

In addition, I plan to build one more house on both sides of the main house, and only invite Qi Da, so Xie Er and a few will definitely not do it."

Chen frowned and looked at Dad Ye: "I heard it right. Did you just say you want to build two more houses?"

Dad Ye picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip. The bitter taste in his mouth made him frown, but the words he said were very firm: "You heard it right, build two more houses."

After a moment of pause, seeing that his wife and son were staring at him with bright eyes, he had to explain a few more words: "Since you want to send their brothers to study, you always have to give them the entire study room. In addition, aren't you always thinking about picking up the girl named Wanwan to your house? Just our family is like this. If that baby comes, where do you plan to let her live?"

Mr. Ye's words made Ye Damin's eyes burning. Mrs. Chen was so excited that he grabbed Mr. Ye's hand and asked anxiously: "Master promised Wanwan to come to our house?"

A slightly mysterious smile appeared on Dad Ye’s face, but not only did he not give a correct word, he shook his head, which made Chen very angry. He picked up the sole of the shoe on the small table and patted Dad Ye’s shoulder: “What’s wrong with you, old man? You always look like this, and you keep half of your words, which makes people scratch your heart and itchy!”

"I'm just an assumption, you have to think about it yourself." Dad Ye glanced at Chen and retorted: "Anyway, you have to build two more rooms this time no matter what. Don't you think about it. Brother Qing is now thirteen this year. When Damin looked at his wife, he was almost at this age."

As soon as Dad Ye said this, Chen stopped talking.

The Ye family was considered a wealthy family in Shu back then. Ye Damin not only looked handsome, but also a scholar. Someone came to visit her for a relative at the age of ten.

But at that time, Old Ye was determined to change the family through studying and studying for the imperial examination, so naturally he didn't want Ye Damin to make a marriage early.

It was not until Ye Damin thought that he was not the material for studying for the imperial examination that Ye Daming asked Chen to start looking at his wife for him.

Even so, Ye Damin was only fifteen years old when he got engaged to Wu.

Seeing that Chen stopped talking, Ye Damin glanced at Ye Damin and said, "There are still a lot of bamboo and rattan at home. You don't have to go into the mountain to cut bamboo and rattan tomorrow. Take advantage of the clear weather these days to cut some thatch first and prepare. When I finish the makeup box and book basket, I will just free up my hands to weave the roof of thatch. In addition, I should also make the adobe. It is better to dig the yellow mud on the back hillside, and the loess there are the most suitable."

After hearing this, Ye Damin nodded quickly, saying that cutting thatch and punching adobe would not hurt him. Although his family had fewer staff, his young sons could help him. As long as everyone was diligent, they could prepare materials for repairing houses in less than a few days.

After explaining to Ye Damin, Ye’s father looked at Chen: “First take five taels of silver to repair the house.”

Mr. Ye's words made Chen almost jump up, and he tightly protected his purse with one hand, looking at Mr. Ye in disbelief: "Are you going to build a golden house or a silver house? You just need to repair the house and build two more dirt houses. Where do you need five taels of silver?"

Dad Ye almost laughed at Chen and glared at Chen: "I want to build a golden house. Do you have that gold and silver house? There are only a few people in the family. Do you think you don't need help when you build a house? Could it be that you want to make someone to build a house and repair it for you on hungry days?"

"But build two dirt houses, and it's enough to get some of them up to two days. How many people are you planning to ask for help? It takes five taels of silver to make a good meal? Even if you use white rice, white flour, big fish and meat, you can't use two taels!"

Dad Ye became even more unhappy when he heard this, and glared at Chen again and said, "I'm here to help but don't want your wages. I have to let you eat well and finally have a drink at the small bar."

Although I knew that Mr. Ye was right, when Chen thought of taking out five taels of silver, he was reluctant to say: "We in the countryside don't need wages to ask for help, so I won't treat them badly. Do you think that two days of treating ten older men? I prepared one pound of mixed noodles for each person every day to make six steamed buns, and then half a pound of meat for each person... You said that in the end, you would ask someone to drink wine, it's done! Finally, we will prepare half a pound of wine for each person, plus the vegetables in the backyard vegetable fields, and two taels of silver are only a lot more than a lot!"

The best meat is only 25 cents per pound, and ten people are only 5 cents per pound per person, and ten pounds per day are only 250 cents.

A better mixed noodles cost only fifteen cents per pound, and twenty pounds of mixed noodles cost only three hundred cents per day.

As for wine, rural people only drink twenty cents per pound of wine during the Chinese New Year, and five cents per pound of wine for one hundred cents.

Of course, since someone is invited to build a house, you have to work hard for your family, so you can't lose your family's stomach. Of course, even if you add your family, one or two taels of silver should be enough.

Wuliang, this old man really dares to think about it!

She had less than eight taels of silver in her purse, so she took out five taels to build a house. How could she send two grandsons to school if the remaining less than three taels of silver?

Chen's careful calculation made Dad Ye feel a little embarrassed: "Why are you so stingy!"

However, he also knew in his heart that Chen was in charge of the family. He thought about it and softened his voice and told his plans: "I asked you to take five taels of silver, not to let you eat and drink.

Since the newly built house is for Qing Ge'er and the others to be used as a study room, there must be tables, chairs, and benches in the house.

The scholars’ study room is not as useful as we usually use. Just make a few pieces by yourself. They should ask Boss Chen to make a decent set of them. Do you think five taels of silver are more than enough?

OK OK, Brother Qing and his friends don’t pay for schooling, so I still collect the ten taels of silver brought back by my wife.”

Mr. Ye's words finally made Chen feel relieved, and he took out five taels of silver from his purse and put it aside.

Next, Mr. Ye listed several necessary expenses at home. Seeing that his wallet became more and more weak, Chen's face collapsed again and his mouth was tightly pursed into a line.

But when I looked at the silver and the pile of copper coins, I found that no expenditure could be reduced.

Seeing his parents worrying about this family, Ye Damin felt ashamed. After opening his mouth a few times, he only said one sentence: "Dad, mom, I will do more attentively in the future."
Chapter completed!