The Rebirth of a Farm Girl from a Military Family and a Cannon Fodder Princess

Chapter 29 Please

Ultimately, the wasteland was purchased for 1.4 taels of silver per mu, and the mountain ridge for 450 taels. Furthermore, both parties signed an agreement stipulating that Party A (whose name is Zisu, and both the mountain ridge and wasteland were purchased in Zisu's name) must not cut down any trees in the mountain ridge, except for dead trees and low shrubs and brambles. Any felling requiring special permission must be obtained from the clan chief and elders.

Zisu readily signed the agreement, feeling that such a request was absolutely necessary. She had seen the world a thousand years in the future in her dreams and knew that indiscriminate logging would have extremely serious consequences.

The next thing to do is to build the house.

Zisu said to the clan leader, "Sixth Grandfather, please help me find some people to build a house. I have already drawn up the sketches. I have discussed it with my mother. We want to build a courtyard house."

"A courtyard house?" the clan chief asked, puzzled.

Zisu handed over a blueprint: "This is it." She had seen a courtyard house in her dreams. The sketch showed a house with five main rooms and five rooms each in the east and west wing rooms. The east wing rooms were, in order, a storeroom, a dining room, a kitchen, a woodshed, and a bathhouse. The west wing rooms were where the servants lived.

The outhouse was located in the backyard, connected to it by a covered walkway about ten feet long. The outhouse itself was at the end of the walkway. The walkway also had a tiled roof, so there was no need to worry about getting wet in the rain.

After reviewing the blueprints, the clan chief exclaimed with delight, "Excellent! This kind of house structure is superb!" It's far superior to the houses in the village today. He suggested that the villagers build similar courtyard houses in the future.

The clan chief instructed his eldest son, Shangguan Qin, Xiaoshan's father: "Put aside what you're doing now and help Zisu arrange the repairs of the house. Find hardworking and honest people; don't hire anyone with bad character! There's only a month left until the autumn harvest, so find as many people as possible and try to get the house and yard repaired within a month! This matter is entrusted to you. If there's even the slightest mistake, you will be held responsible!"

Shangguan Qin nodded respectfully: "Your son understands. Your son will definitely take good care of it and do his best!"

Zisu handed over a bulging purse: "Uncle, here are one hundred taels of silver notes, all in five-tael and ten-tael notes. I'm entrusting the house construction to you, Uncle. Thank you!"

Shangguan Qin took the purse and took out most of the silver notes: "No need for so much, about twenty taels will be enough!"

Zisu: "Uncle, plant thorns around the perimeter of the wasteland, and it would be best to plant a circle of bamboo inside. Build the house in the very center of the wasteland, using blue bricks and tiles for both the house walls and the surrounding wall. One hundred taels of silver probably won't be enough, Uncle. Take these silver notes first. I'll leave fifty taels with Grandpa; if that's not enough, Uncle can ask Grandpa for more!"

As she spoke, she handed the clan chief a large coarse cloth pouch: "Grandpa, here is fifty taels of silver. Please keep it safe for me. My mother is unfamiliar with the city and I'm worried about her. I need to go back to see her every few days!"