Chapter 400 Blue Bricks and Blue Tiles
Listening to Mrs. Song's teasing, Bai Yunxi pointed to the chair opposite and poured her a glass of water.
"I can't help it. Now this shack can survive one winter, but I can't guarantee that it can survive the second. If it collapses, there will be a nest of old, weak, women and children in the house. If anything happens, I will be speechless. Go see the child’s father.”
"Now, while there is still peace, hurry up and build the house. No matter what happens in the war, I will feel safe in my heart."
Speaking of this, Bai Yunxi approached Song Wang and spoke in a low voice,
"Rumors about the war are not good for the people, but I benefited from it and the food was sold at a high price."
Baiyunxi said, sighing quietly,
"Although this thing sounds unreasonable, for us common people, isn't it just the harvest of this three-thirds of an acre of land all year round? When the country is at war, that is what the royal government should worry about. We ordinary people can only let it go. , can’t control anything at all?”
“So, I took advantage of the high food prices and sold them directly, just enough to renovate a house.
Listening to Bai Yunxi's tone, Mrs. Song nodded in agreement.
"Don't talk about you, my family's food was all sold yesterday and replaced with coarse grains. We can't control this war. Who knows how long they will use up their energy? We still have to plan for ourselves."
"Besides, how can we control the rise in food prices? Even if the war affects us, those officials will not be able to take care of us ordinary people at the bottom.
Song Wang said, looked up and around, and spoke in a low voice.
"I think it's very right that you chose this period to build a house. I don't know if the war in the northwest will last until the Year of the Monkey. If anything happens, we can live our lives behind closed doors and feel at ease."
Listening to Song Wang's tone, Bai Yunxi nodded.
"You're right, that's what I meant too."
After all, if there was a fight, let alone a courtyard, or a city, it would still be impossible to defend it, but she couldn't tell the Song Wang family this.
Since the start of construction, Baiyunxi's family has all entered a busy period.
Urging the family to do things was smooth and reliable. Under the leadership of the ink master, all the workers were able to get it right in one step. Except for the fact that the wood was not delivered, bricks and tiles were transported to the village non-stop every day, so there was no problem with the supply.
Seeing the carts of green bricks and tiles entering the village one after another and stacking them in the open space next to them, the people in the village were very excited.
Most of the houses built by country people are thatched houses, which are of better quality than shacks.
Houses with slightly better conditions only use tiles around the roof ridge, and the rest is still covered with thatch. As long as they are diligent and change the grass regularly every year, there will be no leakage.
In addition to thatched houses, which are the walls of every household, most of the walls in the countryside are made of mud walls, which are soil mixed with crushed thatch, which is strong and sturdy.
But now, looking at the situation of Baiyunxi's family, with the green bricks and blue tiles being delivered one after another, it is probably that they don't want to use any mud.
Thinking about their former yard and looking at it now, many people can't help but feel sore in their teeth.
"After all, it's better to raise people's families. It's just different from us ordinary people. If you don't build a house, it's just a house. Once you build a house, it's just blue bricks and blue tiles. It makes people look envious to death."
"It's not that good. We still see people living in shacks every day and laugh at them from heaven to hell. In just a short time, they have turned around. If we look at us again, we can't compare."