kingnovel Chapter 566
Chapter 566
The carpenter was puzzled. "What is a palm leaf? I am not well-informed, so I don't know. I do have felt, but it is also vulnerable to rain and sun, and won't last long."
Liu Er told him that it would probably take the young lady half a year to build this pavilion.
When winter comes, the double attack of rain and snow will be unbearable.
Song Guanzhou was at a loss for words about palm leaves. After a moment's contemplation, he suddenly realized, "A straw raincoat is made by weaving straw and rice into a large mat and placing it on top of the pavilion to provide shade and shelter from the rain."
"Not to mention that it's difficult to make such a big curtain, how can you use it if it rains a little harder?"
Song Guanzhou turned around and found Qin Qingdong refuting this idea behind him, "If you have this idea, why not move to Yanlai Hall? Ji Zhang rarely goes there now anyway, and I think it's spacious, which is worse than you struggling in this small courtyard."
"Yanlai Hall? It's a bit far from Shaohua Garden, and it's outside the second gate, so it's inconvenient for me to go there."
"What's the inconvenience? It's just a small place, and the mansion isn't that big." Qin Qingdong looked a little disgusted, and Song Guanzhou laughed dumbly, "Why do you want me to run between two places in the middle of the night? In the cold winter, I find it difficult to move a few steps."
"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Song Guanzhou pointed to the room full of account books and said, "Brother, I have so many things to do."
whispering sound!
Qin Qingdong was lazy and complained about Xiao Cang who was far away in Jiangzhou, "Xiao Wu is happy and free, leaving such a mess to you."
Song Guanzhou said calmly, "Forget it, Wu Lang gave me too much, I can't refuse it."
After saying that, he pulled over the palm-leaf fan and whispered a few words to Qin Qingdong.
Qin Qingdong raised his eyebrows, "Whatever."
For the sake of money—
Song Guanzhou laughed heartily and admitted that he had thought about looking for another place, but after thinking about it, he still felt that Shaohua Garden was the most suitable place. "I need a large place to comb my hair in front, as long as it can shelter me from the wind and rain. When winter comes, I will move it back to the study."
Qin Qingdong looked around and also had doubts, "I wonder if you two can move to another courtyard, this Shaohua Garden is too small."
Song Guanzhou couldn't bear to leave Rendong and the others to live with the servants in the mansion, so they all stayed in the courtyard.
But Shaohua Garden was already built exquisitely, and they were lucky that they didn't have children, otherwise they wouldn't be able to live there. Song Guanzhou waved his hand, "It's not a big deal, I'll ask a master to make something that can be moved and disassembled. When we're done using it, we'll clean it up and put it in the warehouse. We can use it again during normal festivals."
The carpenter thought for a moment and said, "If Madam is just using it this way, it is fine. I heard that the residents in Changzhou like to live in stilt houses. They use bamboo strips to weave the walls and straw mats to build the roofs. Why don't you ask my master for advice and report back tomorrow?"
"It's a stilt house. Wait a minute."
Song Guanzhou bent over his desk and drew with great concentration. After a while, a pavilion with a single-slope roof and stilts appeared on the paper. "It will be set up in the corner, along the wall. You will have to make a three-inch-high floor to prevent rain and moisture. This single-slope roof is easy to set up. If you put on a thatched roof, as long as it can't hold water, it won't breed insects or ants."
The carpenter took the drawing and looked at it carefully.
"Young Madam, please allow me to discuss this with my fellow apprentices and report back to you tomorrow, okay?"
Song Guanzhou naturally agreed, "I am just an outsider, so let's do everything based on your experience." In the past, when he occasionally took on real estate development work, he still had to work in the client's prefabricated house. Song Guanzhou didn't care much about the conditions.
Qin Qingdong shook his head as he watched, "Tomorrow it will be cold, and when the wind blows, how can you stand it?"
Song Guanzhou disagreed, "If we put up a few more charcoal stoves, and there are also detachable screens, wouldn't it be a simple house if we put them up?"
Qin Qingdong looked at the simple pavilion on the sketch. No! This is not a pavilion, it's a side building!
The children of rich families looked shabby no matter how they looked at them. Qin Qingdong shook his head repeatedly, "You are a young lady after all, so the pavilion you built should at least be presentable. Shaohua Garden has such a beautiful scenery, but you have ruined it. You can do whatever you want."
Song Guanzhou was not angry. He looked around and said, "It does ruin the scenery. Forget it, Master. Please make it more beautiful. At least it won't be so abrupt."
Qin Qingdong cried out, "I thought you had given up on this thing. It's like talking to a cow." He turned around and said to two girls in their twenties who were carrying backpacks, "This is your young lady. Look at this wild and unruly person. You should be more considerate of her in the future."
It was at this time that Song Guanzhou saw the two girls standing quietly not far away.
"Hey, Qin Er, why didn't you say so earlier?"
He was about to go forward, but then he remembered that there were carpenter Liu Er and others around him, so he turned back and told Liu Er and the carpenter, "Don't listen to Erlang. Since ancient times, beautiful scenery has its own appeal to the eyes. I also want to use this side building for my own use. You two just make the decision. The money you need will not come from the public purse. You can ask Jindong for the money."
Liu Er and the carpenter retreated immediately.
Song Guanzhou patted the mud on his hands. At this time, two maids came up to him, knelt down and greeted Song Guanzhou who was sitting on the chair.
"Your servants Dieyi and Diewu greet the young lady."
"That's a nice name. Just get up. No need to be polite." Song Guanzhou looked at the two smiling girls and immediately took a liking to them. Qin Qingdong sat opposite them, pointed at them with his fan, and said roughly, "This is the maid I found for you. Here is her indenture."
Two thin pieces of paper represent two living people.
Song Guanzhou felt confused after seeing it for the first time. She gestured to Rendong, who stepped forward and put it away. "Then thank you very much."
"Don't be polite to me. They have been practicing martial arts since they were young. They are Ji'an's junior sisters. If you don't like the name, just change it."
Song Guanzhou shook his head. "Die Yi Die Wu" sounds great, there's no need to change it."
Turning to look at the two maids standing like pine trees, she pointed at Rendong and said with a smile in her eyes, "There are not many rules in my courtyard. You can rely on Rendong to do everything. She is older than you, so you can just call her sister. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can talk to Rendong or your two sisters-in-law instead of me."
After that, he told Rendong to take the two of them to rest.
Turning his head, he held his forehead with his hand and said, "Qin Er, you are right. My place is indeed a little small now. Let me think about it. Is there any other courtyard where I can give up a few rooms so that the maids can live more comfortably."
Qin Qingdong snorted, "It's just that Ji Zhang agreed with you, the maids and wives have their own places to live, but you complained that the servants live in a bad place. I think you don't know the sufferings of the world. This mansion is much better than the outside world."
Song Guanzhou smiled awkwardly, "...just forgive me for my lack of vision."
As a young person in the world of proletarian dictatorship, she really doesn't know how to torture servants.