NOVEL NEXT 68: So Much Money!
After Gu Yu clearly expressed that he didn’t want Gu Mengyao to go up the mountain, regardless of how conflicted the Village Head felt along the way, the two quickly returned to the Gu family home.
When the Village Head saw the crowd squatting at the Gu family’s door, he was shocked.
Although he knew the Gu family was going to build a house, looking at this setup, how big of a house were they planning to build?
Then, when the Village Head noticed several women with iron woks among the crowd, he sighed inwardly, thinking how these three Gu children were truly able to spend money.
Although they had earned a lot of silver from selling the wild boar, it would eventually run out. Being so extravagant now, who knew what they would do in the future.
Besides, hadn’t Gu Yu said he wouldn’t let his little wife go hunting in the mountains anymore?
If so, they would have plenty of hardship to endure later.
The Village Head thought these things but revealed nothing on his face. After Gu Yu’s introduction, he exchanged a few words with the master craftsman before leading everyone toward the land Gu Yu had purchased.
It was only because Gu Yu’s current residence was far from the village that the Village Head leading so many people didn’t attract onlookers. Otherwise, they would surely have been surrounded by now.
Of course, this was also why Gu Yu wanted to build his new home at the foot of the mountain… After all, living in the village, he couldn’t stop others from gossiping. If village people came to bother him every day, Gu Yu would certainly be extremely depressed.
Under the Village Head’s guidance, Gu Yu and the master craftsman also checked the location of the boundary stones to avoid building beyond the limits.
“Village Head, you have many matters to attend to. Please go back first! I can handle the rest alone.”
“Goudan! Can you manage by yourself? Why don’t I stay here with you for a while!”
“It’s fine… Besides, there are no adults at home, so I have to get used to handling these things!”
After politely declining the Village Head’s goodwill, when the Village Head sighed and left after hearing Gu Yu’s words, Gu Yu felt relieved, thinking he had finally sent away the long-winded Village Head.
Although the Village Head had just wanted to help Gu Yu keep an eye on things, worried that he couldn’t manage the master craftsman and his group, Gu Yu didn’t want the Village Head interfering here.
Not to mention, Gu Yu had already noticed the disapproval in the Village Head’s eyes when he first saw the people the master craftsman had brought.
Especially when seeing those cooks, Gu Yu even felt the Village Head was about to say something, but unexpectedly… the Village Head was truly able to endure, not saying anything until he left.
When building houses in the village, people usually found a few wives who could cook quickly to help, and wouldn’t waste money hiring cooks.
But in the village people’s impression, the Gu family were poor little things who couldn’t eat or dress properly. Forget about helping—people would probably avoid them altogether.
Even though the Gu family had made money from selling the wild boar, the village women would definitely demand payment for their help.
In that case, Gu Yu might as well let the master craftsman arrange everything. Although it would be more expensive than asking people from the village, it was worth it for the peace of mind.
The reason Gu Yu wanted the Village Head to leave was also because the house issues he was about to discuss with the master craftsman would probably make the Village Head call him wasteful.
“Young brother, I’ve also looked at the land. How big of a house do you want to build?”
“As for the house, I told you before to handle it, and I won’t interfere. Just build two main rooms that people can live in, and the rest is up to you. As for the wall, build it at the edge of these two mu of land!”
“What! You want to enclose all two mu of land? That would require so much brick and stone! If it’s really not feasible, your family could use yellow mud bricks for the wall. It would save a lot of money.”
“No worries, I have plenty of money.”
“……”
When the master craftsman heard that he could still build the house as he saw fit, he didn’t have much reaction since he had already prepared for this. But when Gu Yu said he wanted to enclose all two mu of land with a wall, the master craftsman was shocked!
Although previously at the market, when Gu Yu directly handed over twenty taels of silver as a deposit, the master craftsman already had a face of disbelief.
He had even gone home and bitten the silver to check, finding it was all real.
But even though money seemed to flow so freely, just the lowest grade of bricks and stones for a wall enclosing two mu of land would cost more than a dozen taels of silver.
How could this rural child have so much money!!!