At Will's home in Shangtaoyuan Village, Will happened to be home today, and he was practicing recognizing characters.
"Sister, where's brother-in-law? I haven't seen him since I got up." Will put down his quill; he hadn't seen his brother-in-law every time he came back.
"He's gone to dig up those tree roots again! Look, there are still several in the yard!" Will's sister said, holding her child, Will's little nephew, who was now over a year old and could already respond to Will's teasing.
"Sister, are we going to dig up the tree roots to burn? That's too much trouble. Let's go buy some firewood!" Will was unaware of some of the minor changes in the territory. But he knew that firewood now cost copper dragon coins.
"Will, this tree root isn't something we dug up to burn. We can make it into a stool and sell it to you for a day's wages."
Will's sister greatly envied others who had good husbands, especially Martha's husband, Eric. Martha was the envy of all the women in Peach Blossom Village.
Recently, Ellie's husband has gotten better, and Ellie has finally held her head high in front of her. Plus, she recently gave birth to a son, which makes things even more incredible. Anyone who dares to say her chickens aren't laying eggs will face her wrath.
Now her husband is just idle and doesn't work hard. Although digging up this tree stump can make a small profit, it's very hard work, not much better than mining. Besides, she dug up this tree stump with Old Ster next door, and he'll get half of what they sell.
Old Ster had no children, and it's unknown what the lord will do with his house after he dies. Everyone knows the lord no longer builds houses, and houses in Peach Blossom Village are very valuable now.
"Will, if Old St. is gone, do you know what the lord will do with his house?"
Will frequented the castle, so he knew some of the general situation.
"Sister, if Old Ster passes away like this, his house will most likely be divided among others." Because the lord said in a meeting that if there are sons and daughters, the house can be passed down indefinitely, but if there are no more people in the house, the house will be returned to the territory for redistribution.
"Will, if your sister, brother-in-law, and nephew all leave, will this house return to the estate and no longer belong to you?" Will's sister seemed to have thought of something terrible.
"Yes, sister, if that's the case, this house doesn't belong to me. The housekeeper has a record of it."
Ah! Will's sister was startled. Why didn't they let Will live alone when they were building the house before? Building a house like this now is really too difficult.
Will isn't married yet. If he does get married, will he live with them, or will he build a thatched hut?
"Will, how many copper dragon coins do you have a day? How many do you need?"
"Sister, I have 45 a day. If I eat in the territory, I need about 20 a day. Sometimes I need to buy paper, shoes, and other things, so I probably have about 30 a day on average. I can save 450 a month."
"Now a tree root stool costs fifty copper dragon coins. If you want to build a house like that, how many years would it take?"
"Haha, sister, it might take about seven or eight years to build." Will was probably being conservative; the price of those new materials hasn't been estimated yet, and they might be even more expensive by then.
"Will, how can you still laugh? What will you do when you get married? Which of the young girls in the village would want to live in a thatched hut with you?"
"Sister, I'll go to Chitie Village to look. The houses there aren't very nice, are they?"
"You…" Sister Will was furious. Most of the people from Red Iron Village came later, and she was somewhat unwilling.
Just as Will's sister was getting angry, a noise came from outside.
"Is Sister Will home?"