All the money was emptied on the way to exile, and there was too much money to spend

Chapter 123 The New House is Built

Xia Chan sighed: "Fortunately, brother, you have a strong sense of crisis, otherwise I would have been defeated by the monkey."

Xia Chan, who always thought that there was nothing in the world that she could not solve except flying, suffered a real loss today.

At the same time, I also understood a truth.

Two fists are no match for four hands.

Especially in areas where others excel.

If the other party attacks you with a large number of people and in the field they are good at, even if you can escape unscathed, the people around you certainly cannot.

For this reason, Xia Chan figured out a truth.

For the safety of the family, they had to build a tall wall similar to a city wall outside the house with logs.

There is a three-meter gap between the four- or five-meter-high wall and the inner wall. Within this three-meter gap, floor tiles are laid and traps are set.

Outside the outer wall, a circle of thorns should also be planted along the bottom of the wall.

Make sure that neither wild beasts nor enemies can easily cross the thorns or climb over the wall.

Xia Chan told Xie Lin about her idea.

Xie Lin agreed.

"I have discussed this with my eldest and second brothers, and we have the same idea."

That is, home safety must be the top priority.

No matter which one of them, the elderly, wife, or children, is in danger, the pain caused is indescribable.

After they escaped death and narrowly escaped death, they became indifferent to everything else and the only thing they wanted to protect was their families.

Because I care, I think more.

Today, when Xia Chan took the children to the woods, brothers Xie Chang and Xie Yuan went to discuss with Xie Lin.

Xie Lin was just trying to find an opportunity to tell Xia Chan about it, but he didn't expect her to bring it up first.

Xie Lin held Xia Chan's hand and felt very happy.

He and his wife had the same idea and were in complete sync with each other. He was so happy.

"It's the cicadas. We want to finish building all the houses before the New Year, but it may be a bit too late."

The main body of the house and several major small courtyards can be built.

But the wooden wall outside may not be able to be built that fast.

After all, they still had a lot of wood to cut.

With so few people and more and more things to do, it is understandable that it will take longer and longer to complete the work.

Xia Chan said he could understand.

Since everyone agrees that we should add another wall and make it higher, let's start working on it together.

For the next two months, they really got up early and went to bed late, getting up earlier than chickens and sleeping later than dogs.

Working hard every day to build a house and a fence...

During this period, Xia Chan not only changed his mind to cook rich and delicious meals for them every day, but also took the sisters Xie Yunying and Xie Yunyao out of the mountain to the city outside.

Brought back a lot of blue bricks for the floor.

The reason why he brought it instead of buying it was because Xia Chan didn't spend a penny and directly robbed the brick factory owned by a corrupt official.

Not only did she bring back a space's worth of floor tiles, bricks, and tiles, she even took away the brick-making furnace.

Well, the conditions for making bricks in the canyon are not good enough. Even if there is a furnace, there is no clay to make bricks.

But who said that summer cicadas are used to make bricks?

She brought this stove back to use as an oven.

With this oversized oven, they can roast any game they hunt in it.

There is plenty of game and firewood in the mountains. When you have some free time, you can start preparing for the barbecue.

The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year.

In the canyon that was originally deserted with only trees and wild animals, between two mountains, at the pass of the plain and the primeval forest, stood a house consisting of four small courtyards surrounding a large courtyard.

Several small courtyards are connected to each other, but each is a small world in itself.

Outside them, there is a wall about three meters high, which encloses the yard as a whole.

Outside the wall, there were some very tall logs standing up, which was the wall outside them.

But the outer wall has not been completed yet.

Originally, the old lady said that Xia Chan should choose the main courtyard to live in. Xia Chan would definitely not agree.

She chose a small courtyard near the river. There was also a wall on this side with a small door hole through which one could reach the river.

Summer cicadas like to live here.

Of course, all the courtyards are the same, except that the main courtyard is a little more spacious and larger, the others are all the same size.

There are two main rooms, east and west wing rooms, and a small courtyard surrounded by them.

After exiting the main gate in front of the courtyard, you will come to the open space in the middle of the courtyard.

After walking a distance forward, you will find the main house of the compound, and on both sides are the wing rooms.

In addition to the old lady and Magu living in the compound, there are also two brothers, Xie Wenjun and Xie Wenhao.

The two brothers lived in the east and west wing rooms on both sides of the main courtyard, and did not live in the same courtyard with their parents.

This arrangement is also due to safety considerations.

After all, the old lady and Magu are both old, and with their two older grandsons, Xie Wenhao and Xie Wenjun, living nearby, the compound is not only lively, but also able to take care of the elderly.

The best of both worlds.

As for Mrs. Xie Su, she and her two daughters lived in the backyard on the left side of the main courtyard, closer to the cliff.

The small courtyard in front is where my eldest brother and sister-in-law live.

My second brother and his wife lived in the small courtyard in front of Xia Chan and his family.

The entire courtyard faces the reeds and the river in the distance.

The gate is not the one in the mountains, but the one that Xia Chan brought back when he went to the city last time.

Not only did she bring back the front door, she also brought back the doors to the other rooms.

If she didn't think the furniture factory was difficult to install, she would even bring that furniture factory back.

That’s right, even in ancient times, there were factories that specialized in making furniture.

The furniture factory that Xia Chan encountered last time happened to be an industry used by corrupt officials to make money, so she naturally took it without saying a word or asking any questions.

But then again, because she took it without asking, it really made Xie Lin and the others' work a lot easier.

If they had to build everything by hand, they probably wouldn't be able to move in today.

Early in the morning, after moving all the things from the cave, Xia Chan and the others began to prepare meals for the New Year.

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and it is also the first day they move into their new home, so they have to celebrate a little.

Xie Lin wants to go hunting.

Xia Chan was checking the heated kang. When she heard Xie Lin was going out, she also wanted to go.

"Cicada, it's snowing!"

The temperature in the mountains is very low and it has been snowing for several days.

When sleeping at night, Xia Chan wishes he could shrink into space.

The space is extremely comfortable. You can lie on a rocking chair and have no worries about food and drink. How comfortable is that?

But her idea ultimately failed to come true.

Because Xie Lin was looking at her eagerly, as if he would cry if she entered the space, Xia Chan couldn't bear to do it.

In the end, I could only endure it outside.

It’s not really called boiling.

Because their house not only has a kang, but also a fire wall.

It’s actually not cold in the house.

As soon as I left the room, the cold wind outside was blowing, which was a bit unbearable.

So every night before going to bed, Xie Lin would hold Xia Chan in his arms.

I didn't let go of her hand all night.

Now Xia Chan wants to go to the mountains. He wants to hunt and can't hold her. He doesn't want to let her suffer the cold.

"It's okay. I've never been to the mountains when it's snowing. I want to go out and take a look."