Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 64

Designs
Walking into the house, Sun Dagou smiled at Duan Yixin and said, “Please sit down, Xin Niang. I heard from my daughter-in-law that you brought the design drawings of the wooden house.”

“Yes.” Duan Yixin nodded and then took out the stack of paper from her sleeve.

After everyone sat down, Duan Yixin put the design drawings on the table and said, “Uncle Sun, these are the design drawings of the wooden house and wooden shed that I want.”

Sun Dagou took the design drawings and studied them carefully. A few minutes later, he put them down and said, “I never thought that a wooden house could be built like this. How did you come up with this design, Xin Niang?”

Duan Yixin smiled slightly and said, “I just think that I don’t want to go out to the bathroom in the middle of the night. This design is focused on convenience.”

Sun Chen glanced at the design drawing curiously and saw a two-story house with a detailed design drawing on the paper. The house is built higher than the ground, and there are stairs before the main door of the house.

There is even a balcony on the second floor and floor heating under the whole building. Each floor and part of the house has an individual design drawing. Just by looking at the design drawings, he could imagine the final result of the house.

If they could build the house following this design, then their reputation would spread, and more orders would come in for them to build wooden houses. Thinking of this, Sun Chen became very excited.

After looking at the house’s design drawing, he looked at the courtyard’s design and found that it looked like the courtyards of those wealthy families, with independent kitchens, firewood sheds, storage rooms, and even gardens and fish ponds. High walls surround all buildings and courtyards.

When Sun Chen saw the three-meter-high wall, his eyes widened in surprise.

‘Did she build the high wall to prevent thieves and the bandits? With how high this wall is, it will cost a lot of money to buy materials alone.’

After he looked at all the design drawings, Sun Chen looked at Duan Yixin and asked, “Xin Niang, what is the use of this building?”

Duan Yixin looked at the design drawing he pointed at and replied calmly, “That is a greenhouse. I need fifty of them for now.”

When she finished speaking, even Sun Dagou was surprised. He frowned and said, “Building fifty wooden sheds like this at the size you want would require a lot of space. I don’t think your current yard can accommodate them all.”

“Uncle Sun, don’t worry. Before coming here, I bought some land, which should be enough to accommodate fifty greenhouses.” Duan Yixin said calmly.

Hearing what she said, Xue Mei remembered the rumors she had just heard from the villagers.

She gently tugged at her husband’s sleeve and whispered, “Fu Jun, I heard a rumor that Xin Niang bought farmland today. This morning, those old women saw an official coming to our village to measure the land. It seems the rumor is true.”

Sun Chen was surprised when he heard his wife’s words. He didn’t expect that the poorest person in their village could buy land when they didn’t even have enough to eat.

While the couple was chatting secretly, Sun Dagou said, “All right. Since the wooden house and sheds use wood as the main material, we can cut trees from the mountains instead of buying them. However, the labor costs will be higher because it takes a lot of effort to cut down the trees and polish them before they can be used to build the house.”

Duan Yixin nodded and said, “Uncle Sun, you can make your own arrangements. You know better than me about building houses. But can you build the greenhouse first?”

Sun Dagou nodded and said, “It’s not a problem to build the wooden sheds first.”

Duan Yixin heard this and asked, “How long will it take you to complete them?”

Sun Dagou touched his chin, calculated for a while, and said, “Under normal circumstances, two workers can complete the construction of such a large wooden shed in two days. Since you are in urgent need, we can hire more workers to speed up the construction process.”

“Then we should hire more workers.” Duan Yixin said calmly.

Sun Dagou thought for a while and asked, “Do you provide a meal to the workers? Typically, they start work at six in the morning and finish at five in the evening, so the employer will provide a meal for the workers in the morning.”

Duan Yixin was alone and didn’t want to waste time cooking, so she said, “Unless I can hire someone to cook for the workers, I won’t provide them with meals.”

Hearing this, Xue Mei’s eyes lit up. She looked at her father-in-law and said, “Father, how about you let me do it? There is nothing to do in the village now, so I think many people will apply for this job.”

Having said this, Sun Dagou looked at Duan Yixin and asked, “Xin Niang, what do you think?”

Duan Yixin didn’t care who would do the job as long as she could exert maximum efficiency for the time and money. After thinking for a few seconds, she nodded and said, “If Sister-in-law is responsible for the meal, then I will be more at ease.”

After she finished speaking, Sun Dagou nodded, “How about the wage?”

Duan Yixin thought for a while and said, “I will leave some money at Sister-in-law to buy ingredients. As for the wage, we will give three copper coins every day to the cooks. Based on the number of workers, Uncle Sun and Sister-in-law can decide the amount of food and cooks needed.”

Listening to Duan Yixin’s arrangement, Sun Dagou couldn’t help but take a look at her. Judging by Duan Yixin’s calm face when she talks about money, Sun Dagou believes she has enough money to build these buildings and pay the wages.