Lin Sanshui laughed, "No rush. Although that land was sold to us, the crops haven’t been harvested yet. When we bought it, we agreed to let them harvest this season’s crops before we start working the land. Let me first go find your uncles. As for the work on the hillside, as long as someone is there to oversee things, we’re fine. I still need them to come help me with the mud bricks."
"Mud bricks?" Gu Nian was surprised.
Even though the old house they lived in was made of mud bricks, they were a bit well-off now. Why would they build a house with mud bricks?
Lin Sanshui, however, laughed, "Yep, mud brick houses with blue tile roofs are quite common in our village."
"Don’t!" Gu Nian tugged at Lin Sanshui as he was about to leave, "Dad, let’s not use mud bricks. Let’s build it with blue bricks, just like Young Master Nan’s house, with big blue-tiled roofs and a courtyard paved with blue stone slabs. How bright and airy it would be! Big Brother is about to get married soon. If we build such a house, won’t all the good girls flock to us?"
"You ambitious little girl, if we build a house like that, half of those 100 taels of silver will be gone."
Gu Nian nearly thought that 100 taels of silver wouldn’t be enough; luckily, it was only reduced by half!
What’s the point of considering further?
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Having lived in modern, fully renovated villas, Gu Nian couldn’t bring herself to appreciate even the blue-brick big-tile houses, let alone mud houses.
"Dad, let’s build the blue-brick big-tile house. I want to live..." Gu Nian clung to Lin Shanshui’s arm, using her charm technique. Eventually, Lin Sanshui almost couldn’t resist and said, "It’s no use telling me that. Your mom hasn’t yet come around about the land purchase, so I don’t dare offend her with the house-building plans."
Gu Nian knew that despite Lin Sanshui often claiming he doesn’t dare offend his wife, he really is the decision-maker in the house!
Nevertheless, he always chose to give Mrs. Jiang respect, which is why she lived so happily.
Gu Nian winked and nudged him, "Then go and sweet-talk your wife, get her to agree!"
Truthfully, Mrs. Jiang, who was inside listening to the father-daughter conversation, couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
That unrestrained laughter caught Lin Sanshui off guard, embarrassed, he regained his composure, "Go play by yourself, little troublemaker, so many tasks to tackle!"
As for himself, of course, he sent the kids out and stayed home to charm his wife.
Gu Nian didn’t know where to go by herself, so she thought of the sheep she bought and went to Lin Shui’s place.
Lin Jing’er was feeding the sheep and asked when she saw Gu Nian, "Niannian, are you here to get some sheep milk?"
Gu Nian nodded, "Yeah, I originally just wanted to come by and look around, but since you mentioned it, I thought I’d take some sheep milk home."
When Gu Nian bought the two sheep, she had planned to sell milk tea.
But later she realized that selling in town wouldn’t be feasible with just two female sheep, so she temporarily gave up on the idea.
For now, she needs to focus on developing her farm first, and let the rest come gradually.
"Let me get you a basin later." Seeing that Gu Nian came without any containers, Lin Jing’er suggested.
"Thanks in advance, Jing’er," Gu Nian replied.