The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 47 Building a House

Lin Yan has been selling dried fruit for two months, but it's already the end of June, so it's not reasonable to pick apricots now.

As the idea of ​​making rocking chairs spread, Mr. Lin's furniture orders indeed decreased significantly. However, Mr. Lin felt that he only knew how to do carpentry, so he still insisted on continuing to make them.

The money I earned from selling furniture and dried fruit over the past two months totaled one hundred taels of silver. Adding the twenty taels I had left over from selling Ganoderma lucidum, it was almost enough to start my business.

That evening, Lin Yan organized a family meeting to discuss building a house.

Lin Yu raised both hands in agreement. "Great! Can I have a room?"

“No problem. I’ll give you a private room with a study!” Lin Yan said readily.

"Wow! Long live the sister!"

Seeing that both children really wanted to build a new house, Lin's mother had no objections and just smiled gently at the two siblings.

Looking at his children, whose smiles were becoming more frequent, and his wife, whose health was improving, Lin's father was once again convinced of his decision to separate from the family.

"But what kind of building should we build?"

“We made forty-seven taels of silver selling dried fruit in the past two months. I kept five taels for Xiaocao as payment for her help with the work.”

“I’ve roughly calculated the furniture order, and it’s forty-eight taels. This ninety taels, plus the twenty taels left over from selling the Ganoderma lucidum, makes a total of one hundred and ten taels of silver.”

"One hundred and ten taels!!! Do we have that much money now?" Lin Yu exclaimed in surprise. He thought about how his family was struggling financially just two months ago, and now he could go to school. It was truly surreal.

"I've inquired; this amount of money is enough to build a brick house!"

Upon hearing this, the other three widened their eyes.

"Do you want to build a brick and tile house? It seems that only the village head and Ge Liu's family have brick and tile houses in the village," Lin Yu recalled.

“If we buy bricks to build a house, we won’t have much money left. We can’t continue selling dried fruit anymore, and fewer people will come to buy furniture. If we use them all, we won’t have any money left to get by in an emergency.” Mr. Lin was still worried and felt that buying bricks was not worthwhile.

"Dad, don't worry about that. We have other businesses to do next." Lin Yan felt that brick houses were better. After all, this was at the foot of the mountain, and Rong'an County had a lot of rain and cold, damp winters. Brick houses were better.

"What other businesses do you have?" Lin's father asked curiously.

"It's the one you drink every day!"

"You mean plum wine?" Lin's father suddenly realized.

Lin's mother: "Selling wine?"

Lin Yan nodded: "Yes, we should soak the green plums in wine while they are in season, and sell them in batches. The longer they are stored, the more expensive they will be."

"Excellent. Excellent, this wine is truly delicious, unlike any other on the market." This Mr. Lin was quite qualified to speak on the matter.

"But brewing wine requires a brewing license!"

Lin Yan: "…………"

"Huh? Is...is that so?" Lin Yan blinked, a little embarrassed. "Hahahaha, um, I really didn't expect that..."

Lin Yan thought to herself: 'So food business licenses existed in ancient times too...'

Lin's father looked at his daughter speechlessly and explained, "All the breweries in Daliang need a brewing license."

"Is Hefeng Restaurant also one?"

"They just distribute the wine; the wine is sourced from other wineries, and they don't brew it themselves. Selling it is permissible."

“Then we’re not really brewing wine, we’re just selling it. They can’t be sure how this plum wine is made!” Lin Yu said, shaking his head.

“Indeed, we buy wine from elsewhere and then process it to soak green plums. It’s not like we’re brewing it from scratch. If it’s just a processed product, then there’s no need for proof.” Mr. Lin also thought this made sense.

"Then I'll look into it again later." Lin Yan thought it best to be careful so as not to give anyone a reason to find fault.

However, if I can actually get a brewing license, it would be nice to try brewing my own wine, saving me the trouble of purifying it myself.

"Mmm, mmm. House! House!" Lin Yu saw that the two had talked enough and brought the topic back.

"Since you have other ideas, Yan'er, let's build a brick house as you said! If it weren't for your idea, we wouldn't have earned so much money!" Lin's father said with satisfaction.

“Okay, but how big should it be? One room for my parents, one for me, one for A-Yu, and one guest room, that’s four rooms.” Lin Yan thought, then took out paper and pen and started drawing.

"Four bedrooms, a kitchen, a shower room, a toilet, and the yard needs to be fenced off too. A workroom for Father Lin, and a study for A-Yu..." Lin Yan muttered as she sketched on a piece of paper.

A moment later, Lin Yan showed the three of them the drawing. The drawing was simple and clear, depicting a two-courtyard house with outbuildings on both sides.

"So many rooms, how big will this building be?" Lin Yu's eyes widened when he saw Lin Yan's blueprints.

"Yan'er, you want to build such a big brick house? This..." Lin's mother was also worried, and hesitated to speak.

Lin's father was racking his brain trying to figure out how many bricks he would need, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out how much it would cost!

The brick houses built by peasant families usually consist of three or four main rooms. Who would build a house like Lin Yan's, with two courtyards and annexes? This must be the kind of house built by an official. Lin's father's mind was a jumble of thoughts, but he couldn't figure anything out.

"How many bricks will this require?" Lin Yu asked directly.

"Hmm? I don't know, let's ask. The brick seller should know." Lin Yan didn't know anything about building houses either. She just came up with a concept and didn't realize that she might be going over budget.

"Mmm, where is my room?" Lin Yu didn't think anything was wrong and nodded excitedly.

"This is it. There's also a study next to it. We can open the window to the north, and it will be a great view of the trees. It'll be a feast for the eyes." Lin Yan happily made the arrangements.

"Alright, I'll go to the brick factory and ask tomorrow!" Lin's father glanced at Lin Yu, who was looking expectantly, and Lin Yan, who was still finalizing the house layout, but didn't say anything discouraging. He just wanted to ask first.

"Brother Hai, such a big house, a hundred taels of silver definitely won't be enough, right?" Lin's mother discussed with Lin's father that evening. She had been listening to the two children excitedly discussing how to decorate the house and hadn't had the heart to ask.

"I don't think it will be enough. Yan'er is drawing a two-courtyard house, and we need to buy wall bricks, tiles, and floor tiles. The Ge family spent more than forty taels of silver to build those five brick houses. We should have enough money to build a one-courtyard house."

Lin's father didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He thought that at most, they could build one house first and continue building later after making money.

"That's true." Lin's mother nodded, snuggling up to Lin's father. She smiled gently, "Looking back now, those days seem like a dream, as if we've always been this happy."

Lin's father's eyes welled up with tears, a mixture of relief and heartache. He hugged Lin's mother and patted her reassuringly, saying, "We will continue to be like this, getting better and better."

"Mmm." Lin's mother nodded, closed her eyes, and leaned against Lin's father in quiet response.

As for the siblings on the other side, they were still discussing how to decorate the room.