Li Zheng Keren persuaded his father and went to Qi Niang's mother's house that day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info In terms of seniority, Li Zheng is still the cousin of the Seventh Lady, so Ke Ren personally stepped out, and the parents of the Seventh Lady did not object. They proposed that as long as the in-laws of the seventh lady were willing to remarry their daughter, of course they were very willing.

Qi Niang herself was of course happier about this, and she also took the initiative to tell Li Zheng that as long as the Zhao family was willing to remarry, then she didn't want the ten acres of land she brought to the Zhao family for the dowry.

Qi Niang took a step back, the Zhao family is not unreasonable. The son died in battle, leaving Qi Niang to live with her two daughters, which was also difficult. Now that the daughter-in-law wants to remarry, there is no reason for them to stop her. The most important thing is that Qi Niang did not give birth to a son, and she couldn't pass on the heir to her son with two girls, and Qi Niang was willing to give up the marriage of ten acres of land, and the Zhao family was finally willing to release him after thinking about it.

However, Zhang Chao thinks that it is estimated that he also went to talk to Li Zheng personally about the media, and the reason why the news that his father has now been promoted to an officer has spread. If Qi Niang and the Ke family are willing, if the Zhao family stops it again, it will offend Li Zheng and Daddy Zhang, and the Zhao family is just a small common people, and they have to consider the consequences of refusal.

Li is out of the horse, a top two. He successfully persuaded the Ke and Zhao families to set a date for the marriage of Dad and Qi Niang. Dad and the Ke family agreed that when the new kiln hoop was ready, they would officially marry Qi Niang and enter the door. Qi Niang's two daughters also came with Qi Niang at that time, and the Zhao family was unwilling to stay with the two girls.

Zhang Chao's household registration was also quickly completed, and there was a file in the township, county, state and imperial court. From now on, Zhang Chao has officially become a villager in Zhangjiagou.

The top event of the Zhang family now is the hoop new cave.

In winter, it is a good time to make a hoop cave, everyone is free, and there is less rain in winter.

Dozens of households in Zhangjiagou basically live in caves, although it is not the northern Shaanxi Plateau, the loess layer of Bailuyuan is also very thick. In particular, the location of Zhangjiagou is on the edge of the ditch between the south and north plateaus. The ravine, known as the bathing ditch, is actually very wide and deep, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a valley.

From the top of the hill to the bottom of the ditch, there are at least several hundred meters. Therefore, the north of the ditch became a hillside. This kind of ditch slope terrain is very convenient for building a mountain cellar. Compared with pit cellars and independent hoop cellars, it saves worry and effort.

Repairing a cellar is a big deal, and for many villagers, it is undoubtedly the greatest pursuit of life to be able to build a new cellar in a lifetime, and then marry a wife and have children.

"Dad, I drew a picture, let's fix it like this."

For his future new home, Zhang Chao is very attentive. It took several days for Zhang Chao to draw a design plan for a new cellar. According to his plan, the new cellar did not plan to expand on the old cellar, but directly moved to a place dozens of steps away, where a new three-hole cellar was built.

The new cellar is the mountain cellar, which is conducive to the cliff potential of the ditch slope under the plateau, first cut the cliff face, and then dig the cellar.

Zhang Chao plans to build a three-hole cave.

In front of the cave, the soil was leveled into the air, and then a large courtyard was made, and the wall was repaired and a gate tower was built.

The three-hole cave is a door and three caves, each hole cave enters a main room, and there is a side room on both sides of the door, and the three rooms are built with doors and windows.

In this way, the three-hole cellar actually has nine rooms, which is equivalent to three suites.

He has already designed the size of each cave, one zhang high, one zhang wide, and three zhang deep. The middle main house on the front is slightly higher than the other rooms, and it is the housing of Daddy and Qi Niang.

The two suites on the left and right sides are the rooms of him and Lian Niang Lan Niang.

The remaining few rooms can also be used as kitchens, granaries, storage rooms, etc.

The main room of the three houses is repaired with a warm kang, although the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, but it is still very cold in winter here. The three main caves sit on the kang, which can naturally be more comfortable.

In Zhang Chao's design, the cave is the main cellar sitting in the east, and it can be called the East Zhen Mansion according to the gossip. The gate faces west, and the main kiln is in the east. The courtyard walls on the north and south sides will be built along the courtyard walls with livestock sheds, firewood houses, and thatched houses.

Wells should be drilled in the courtyard and jujube trees, pear trees, and walnut trees should be planted.

In order to make his father understand it, Zhang Chao also drew a design plan, which indicated the size numbers. There was even a finished rendering at the end.

Although it is drawn with charcoal, it is really vivid.

As soon as Dad saw the final renderings, he liked it.

"Ouch, it's really beautiful to really cultivate like this. There are three cellars and nine rooms, and there is such a large courtyard. This gatehouse is also beautiful and magnificent. There is also a well in the courtyard, which is also convenient for fetching water. ”

Daddy was a little reluctant to look away.

"It's just that it takes a lot of labor to build such a big yard."

Zhang Chao smiled.

"Dad, there is actually no material cost to repair the cave, it is all labor cost. I've asked Uncle Ke Shan about them these days, and I know that we all have a tradition of cultivating cellars here. A family repairs the cellar, the whole village helps, and the help repairs the cellar only needs to be managed, and no wages are required. In this way, we only need to pay for a few cellar craftsmen, and the rest will not cost money. ”

The villagers do not need money to help, which is also a manifestation of the ancients helping each other. After all, everyone generally has no money, and it costs most of their life savings to build a cave. On the other hand, the villagers have nothing else to do when they are not working, and they can help each other and earn two meals, which is also very satisfying.

"It's not good to let the villagers help in vain, we have to take care of three meals a day, and after the cave is repaired, we have to give some thanks."

Zhang Chao nodded, "This is no problem, I also agree." ”

It is unaffordable to pay wages, even if it is ten or twenty wen a day, but it will take several months to repair this yard, and if the labor is counted as money, it will be a large amount.

"What is this ondol?"

"It's for heating, you can light a fire below when it's cold, you can sit on it during the day, and you can sleep on it at night, it's warm."

"Isn't this the same as the stove? It's good, it's Fei Chai, right? ”

"Don't worry, this kang doesn't cost much firewood."

New cave, new kang, new stove and new yard, Dad looks at all this and likes it very much.

"Gotta calculate how many man-miles it takes."

"Don't worry, I've estimated everything, it won't cost much, and the family has enough. When the cave is repaired, Qi Niang also happens to enter the door, and she will be happy with such a spacious yard. ”

"Then fix it."

It is difficult for the people to repair the kiln, and it is easy to say that it is simple. The difficulty lies in the fact that you have to hire a cellar maker and a carpenter, which costs money. In addition, you have to ask the villagers to help with the work, although it doesn't cost money, but people always have to eat, not only have to eat, but also have to eat better, otherwise the villagers will say that you are too stingy.

In these days, grain is expensive, and meat is even more expensive.

Most people have no savings at home for a year, so they have to save for many years if they want to build a new cellar.

But like my father, who suddenly has a large amount of money and food in his hand, it is very easy to repair the cellar. There is money, there is food, there are villagers, and the rest is very simple, please craftsmen, invite villagers, buy materials and vegetables, and then start working.

The foundation doesn't cost money, but you just need to invite a feng shui master to come and see the good and bad, and then you can dig as big as you want, and you can circle as big as you want, and you can circle as big as you want, anyway, it doesn't occupy the field, it's all barren slopes and cliffs.

Although my father is an outsider, he is already popular in the village, and he often helps the widows and orphans. Besides, now he has just been promoted and has become the first official in the village, so my father came forward and told everyone that he wanted to repair the cellar, and immediately received a response from the whole village, saying that he would come to help.

Dad also generously said that everyone who came to help would include three meals and be full.

This condition made many villagers praise Daddy's generosity. Other people's helpers only provide two meals, but my father can provide three meals and can say that he is full, which is really amazing. In winter, being idle is also idle, and you can move your hands and feet with some effort, and you can earn three full meals, and you can save a lot of rations, of course, everyone is happy.

Dad also made a special statement that no matter men, women and children, as long as they are willing to come to help, they will take care of the food, and everyone is even happier now.

Even the next morning, people from several nearby villages came to help the workers when they said that they wanted to come to help, but my father naturally did not refuse, and they all nodded and agreed. This new yard is a bit big, it needs a lot of labor, and there are more people, so it can be repaired earlier.