Chapter 267 Villa 268, Interception

Wang Zhong was sitting at the door of a tea shop diagonally across from the government office, leaning on a bamboo chair with a tea bowl in his hand. When he saw Li Yu driving out of the government office alone, he felt secretly happy and felt that he was so lucky. He met his target when he came back. Go out alone.

He hurriedly paid for the tea, went to the stable in the backyard of the tea shop, led the horse out, and chased Li Yu quickly in the direction he was walking.

Fortunately, there were many people on the street, and Li Yu couldn't drive the cart very fast. Wang Zhong caught up with the mule cart not long after Wang Zhong left.

Seeing Li Yu driving towards the west city gate, I thought that Li Yu should also go to the wasteland at the foot of the mountain.

Wang Zhong thought of an abandoned house on the way to the foot of the mountain, with no homes in front or behind, and thought to himself: It would be an excellent location to attack a woman there. After Wang Zhong thought about it, he slowly followed him out of the city.

Li Yu drove the cart out of the city. Not far away, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. He didn't pay attention. He drove the big green mule cart and moved it closer to the roadside to avoid the horses. Wang Zhong He rode his horse over Li Yu's mule cart and ran towards the abandoned house.

Wang Zhong rode his horse to the abandoned house, got off his horse, led the horse into the collapsed house, found a place to tie the horse, and came out to hide in the waist-deep grass behind the wall.

After less than half an hour, he saw Li Yu's mule cart approaching slowly. Just as he was about to take action, he found someone riding a horse running over from the foot of the mountain. Wang Zhong hid behind the wall and took a closer look, and saw that it was exactly where he was going. The man who hired people to clear the wasteland quickly retracted his head behind the wall.

"Xu" Ruyi saw Li Yu holding the horse and shouted loudly: "Madam, I'm going to the city to buy some cows and a plowshare and a rake."

Li Yu responded loudly: "Go! I'll go over and take a look first."

Ruyi waited for Li Yu to pass by, then rode his horse and ran towards the city.

The sound of horse hooves went away, and Wang Zhongcai came out of the abandoned house and saw Li Yu driving the mule cart away.

Wang Zhong turned around and led the horse out of the abandoned house. He mounted the horse and ran towards the foot of the mountain. When he saw that Li Yu's mule cart had indeed gone to the wasteland at the foot of the mountain, he thought: It's not too late to wait until she comes back to take action.

Li Yu was driving the cart and saw farmers at the foot of the mountain. They were busy waving their hoes up and down in the mountains. When the mule cart arrived at the wasteland, he saw Ma Qiang, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Yun and a day laborer, carrying goods from the mountain. The cut wood and two day laborers were carrying the yellow mud and stones dug from the foot of the mountain to prepare the earth stove. The hired workers in the wasteland in front were busy cutting down small shrubs in the wasteland.

Seeing Li Yu driving the mule cart, Mrs. Xu and others hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Li Yu waved to them and said, "You are busy with your business, don't worry about me. I'll look around." After hearing this, several people bowed their knees and bowed and retreated. Went back.

Ma Qiang stepped forward and took the reins. Li Yu got off the car and walked along a path next to the wasteland. He saw that the wasteland was at the foot of the mountain. The terrain was fairly flat. There was a five-six-foot-wide, crystal clear lake on the wasteland. Standing on the edge of the mountain stream, I saw the stream winding down from the mountain. The peach trees were planted on the hills above. The two hills stretched upward like a covenant, and further up were the green mountains. .

Li Yu looked around and planned to build two villages, one for his own use, and several greenhouses for growing vegetables in winter.

One is built at the foot of a hill, and is built as a leisure villa. A stream is led into the villa, a lotus pond is dug, and it provides fishing, chess, tea, and catering. Then, steps are built according to the hill terrain, and some flower seeds are sown along the road. , plant grapes, kiwis and other climbing fruit trees, as well as camellias and other flowering trees, and then build all the houses in the village with fire walls. It will be warm in winter and cool in summer, which will definitely attract a group of people to come for consumption and play.

Li Yu sat on a big rock and wrote down everything he could think of. At this time, Jixiang and Ruyi led several craftsmen to the foot of the mountain and found Li Yu who was writing and painting.

"The common people pay homage to Madam." Several craftsmen knelt down and kowtowed when they saw Li Yu, "No need to be formal." Li Yu asked Ruyi and Jixiang to stop them.

Ruyi pointed to a dozen large oxen and a bunch of things and said to Li Yu: "Madam, I bought ten oxen, some farm tools and bedding. It's cold at night, so I have to build the wooden shed first."

Li Yu saw that the two carriages were fully loaded, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, you can make arrangements as you see fit."

Ruyi was busy, and Jixiang pointed to a tall, thin man in his thirties or forties with dark-red skin, and a man of similar age with a round face, a little fat, and the same dark-red skin, and said: "Madam, these two are introduced by shopkeeper Chu. Among the craftsmen who built the house, the tall and thin one was Craftsman Zou, and the fat one was Craftsman Liu, his wife’s brother.”

The two of them bowed and said, "The common people pay their respects to Madam."

Li Yu looked at the two men and nodded, then looked at the other two men who were about the same age. Jixiang smiled and said: "These two are master carpenters, one is carpenter Qian and the other is carpenter Su. Shopkeeper Chu said that their work It’s doing pretty well.”

The two people quickly bowed and saluted. Li Yu looked at the awkward four people and said to them with a smile: "You don't have to worry. As long as you do what you should do, I won't embarrass you."

Several people responded in unison: "Madam, don't worry, we will definitely do a good job."

Li Yu smiled and said to several people: "I plan to build two villages, an ordinary farm with three entrances. It needs a drying yard, a cellar, and a warehouse. A wooden building will be built above the warehouse to facilitate drying when it rains. There will also be a Changgong Gate. The accommodation room must have a heated bed, a separate bathroom, toilet, and several short rooms with large heated beds. I will give you a rough drawing of how to build it, and you will have to do the rest by yourself. to be perfect."

When several people saw that Li Yu was gentle and polite, unlike other housekeepers and wives who looked down on them arrogantly, the fear in their hearts gradually disappeared, but they felt a sense of respect in their hearts.

After listening to this, Craftsman Zou and the others bowed and said, "Yes, madam, we will discuss it together and give you a new pattern."

"Okay, you guys should take a look at this for reference." Li Yu handed the drawn drawings to Craftsman Zou, then picked up two other drawings that recorded his thoughts and some simple patterns and said to a few people: "This is my idea for another villa. I plan to build it into a mountain villa for people to relax, eat, and stay. Here are some of my ideas and some simple drawings. After the drawings are completed, I will be satisfied with them. Then you can make a budget."

Craftsman Zou took the drawings, looked at them for a while, and asked a few things he didn't understand. After Li Yu explained them one by one, they followed Li Yu to the place where Zhuangzi was to be built with the drawings in hand.

After a few people looked around, they said to Li Yu: "Madam, the construction of the farm is simple. The leisure villa you mentioned is a little more troublesome. We have to wait until we have measured it before we can give you the drawings. We can't start construction until you are satisfied."