Chapter 166: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 166: Trouble Knocks on the Door (9)
Mo Yan remembered that in her past life, after a house was renovated, it usually needed to be left vacant for about six months before people could move in. If their house had to wait for half a year as well, wouldn't they have to wait until next year to live in it?
Thinking that her daughter was eager to move into the new house, Mo Qingze smiled and said, "If you're in a hurry, once the house is decorated and the walls are dry, we can add some furniture and move in. Then, we can pick a good day to warm the house and invite friends and family to celebrate. If you're not in a hurry, we can move in on the day of warming the house."
So soon? Mo Yan was taken aback for a moment, then realized that this wasn't the modern era with chemicals and various additives everywhere. The paint and lime powder in this era were naturally processed and didn't contain harmful substances like formaldehyde. They could move in whenever they wanted.
"How long will the decoration take? Let's just decide on the day for warming the house while we're at it," she said, eager to move in.
Mo Qingze thought for a moment and replied, "Our house is quite large, so the decoration will take about half a month, and another half a month for the walls to dry. Plus, the house needs to be thoroughly cleaned, so altogether it will take more than a month. None of these days are quite suitable."
It was already May 20th. The farthest of these good days was June 28th, which wouldn't leave enough time for warming the house. There were no good days in July either. It would have to be in August at least.
Mo Yan also thought of this. August it is then. They had already waited for more than half a year, so she didn't mind waiting for these three more months. But since the house was already built, it was time to invite the carpenters from the city to measure the house and make furniture.
The father and daughter discussed some details and then went about their own business.
Mo Yan went to inspect each room in the house and found that the structure was exactly as she had envisioned it. Some details were even more perfect under Master Lu's careful craftsmanship.
She walked around in the courtyard, observing the progress of the workers, and made some suggestions to Master Lu about certain areas.
After careful consideration, Master Lu felt that these small suggestions would make the layout of the courtyard more harmonious with the house, and he would improve it according to Mo Yan's suggestions.
Mo Yan admired Master Lu's character. Although he was highly skilled in construction and was already a master in his field, he was not stubborn. When faced with the opinions of others, if they were good, he would gladly accept them and sincerely thank the person. If he felt that they were not suitable, he would patiently explain why they wouldn't work, always managing to convince others with his sincerity.
It was no wonder that within a few short years, Master Lu's construction team had become famous throughout the capital city. Even though he was just a humble bricklayer, people didn't look down on him because of his identity. Besides having real skills, there must have been some personal charm!
With nothing else to do, Mo Yan sat in the grass shed, bored, and looked at the account book her father had organized. When she saw the total cost of building the house on the last page, she couldn't help but be amazed.
Although she knew that building a house would cost a lot of money, she didn't expect that just building a bare house would cost nearly six hundred taels. The biggest expenditure was the purchase of bricks, stones, wood, and tiles, totaling four hundred taels. The remaining hundred or so taels were the wages paid to the villagers.
As for the wages of Master Lu and his team, they would be calculated separately after the house was completed. Based on their skills, they would need at least three hundred taels.
Mo Yan secretly calculated the cost of decoration and the subsequent custom-made furniture, which would probably require another six hundred taels of silver, nearly half more than her initial budget of eight hundred taels. No wonder she often saw her father sighing over the account book. It turned out that they had spent too much money.
Fortunately, they still had some savings at home. Otherwise, as soon as the house was built, they would immediately go from being landlords to poor farmers. The disparity was simply too great!
Although the money spent was quite a lot, Mo Yan felt that it was worth it to live in a spacious and comfortable house in the future.
Isn't the lifelong effort of a person all about having enough to eat, wear, live, and travel? If you have the ability to enjoy a high-quality life, why should you compromise and settle for less?
In Mo Yan's view, as long as what you earn is with your own hands, there's nothing wrong with eating well, living well, and dressing well, as long as you don't squander and waste recklessly.
"Don't stop me, today I must seek justice! The Mo family has made a fortune and built a nice house, but they want to harm their fellow villagers. I want to see if their hearts are black!"
As Mo Yan continued to flip through the account book, she heard the noisy voices outside, faintly hearing the loudest voice mentioning the Mo family. She quickly stood up and walked out...
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