When he got home, Zhang had already made dinner. A plate of pork, a dish of greens, a plate of pickles. The apricot fairy set up the dishes and chopsticks, filled the rice, and the whole family went to the table to eat the rice together. Consume food. The apricot fairy also washed and slept. A night without dreams.
When she got up early the next morning, the apricot fairy began to tinker with her bitter pearl fruit.
The sun-dried bitter pearl fruit is shelled in a stone mill, and then the shell and impurities are sorted out. The pulp was soaked for a day and a night, and then ground into a pulp with stone grinding, and then the water was changed after precipitation, and then water was added to filter the precipitation. Repeat it for a few days, thoroughly rinse off the bitter taste, it is bitter bead beans, rotten.
Apricot fairy fried a bitter bead tofu fried green pepper, spicy and refreshing, delicious and chewy. The family loves to eat. Zhang Sent a large bowl of bitter bead tofu fried green peppers, and a large pot of bitter bead tofu, which was given to the Li chang family. That Zheng Liang's family only ate once and loved it. I never imagined that the bitter bitter pearl fruit would be so delicious. Zheng Liang told his wife to pick up some and come back to eat. Where his wife would make it, she came to ask Zhang how to make it so delicious. Zhang Shi didn't hide either, and told her with a smile. Liu Shi heard that these foods were all figured out by xingxian xian, and he couldn't help but like this diligent and simple little sister-in-law more, and his eyes were more satisfied.
Liu then talked to Zhang about her maternal nephew. Now that she was learning to read and write in the academy, her brother planned to find him a small errand in the future, and then slowly become a treasurer. He also praised her nephew for his grandeur and talent. I actually wanted to give the apricot fairy a medium. Zhang Shi said, "Sister Xing is still young, she is only fourteen years old, and I want to stay for two more years." Liu Shi said, "Not small, I will be fifteen years old at the end of the year." Besides, it wasn't for her to marry right away. Settle down first. Zhang Shi smiled and said, "My sister Xingxing has a big idea." My father and I agreed that I couldn't, and she would have to take a fancy to her. We also don't want to wronged the girl and respect her choice. Liu Shi said, "Oh yo, from ancient times to the present, marriage is the order of parents, the words of the matchmaker." When it comes to making your own decisions. Zhang Shi said, "That being said, this is the happiness of her life." Naturally she herself is willing to have the best of both worlds. I received my sister-in-law's kindness. I'll talk about it in two years. Liu Shi Bento when she did not want to. It's not easy to say it again. But I don't know, Zhang Shi is telling the truth.
It turned out that he had earned money since he was fighting. Xingxian urged his parents to go to the county town to buy a house. It was only said that it was the grandmother's entrustment. Zheng Qian has no dependence. The family looked at several, and after more than a month, there was finally a house that the family was very satisfied with. It was just that the original Lord was not here, so it was delayed for many days.
On this day, news came from the county town. Saying that the old man had returned, he asked the Xingxian family to go and get money to pay the house. The apricot fairy told her parents. Zheng Qian carefully observed his daughter these days, and felt that her daughter acted steadily, her brain was full of life, and she was much stronger than her husband and wife. So he instructed his daughter to act on her own. What to do and what to buy, look at it for yourself and make up your mind. The county town is far away, and you don't have to pass by yourself in advance, so as not to delay. He also told his daughter to be careful in all things.
The next day, Xingxian rented an ox cart and rushed to the county seat. I met the tooth man and the old man who sold the house. You said that it was a coincidence that this old man was the same old man who broke up her grandmother's marriage. The apricot fairy knew him. The old man was shocked to see the woman's face. She asked where the Xingxian family was, and asked who the woman was. The apricot fairy said truthfully. After he listened, his heart was turning over the river and the sea, and he could not calm down for a long time.
Since the death of his only son, he has been disheartened and very negative. In the old age of the two concubines, although they were well clothed and fed, they had no children and no daughters in the end, and they were desolate under their knees. Living in the county seat, I also feel bored. Simply move back to the ancestral home and send love between the mountains and rivers. Days are not going to be difficult. Several houses in his county town or rented, at the right price also sold.
His house in this place is in a very good location. Close to shops and wet market. And it is the junction of rich and poor, and the security is also excellent.
The apricot fairy took a look at this courtyard at a glance. The house is a quadrangle and the layout is also very good. Sit north facing south. There are three inverted rooms on each side of the courtyard door. Bypass wall shadows. It is a two-storey five-room green brick house. There are three compartments in the east and west. There is also a well more than ten meters deep. In the backyard is a sneak of seven or eight small miscellaneous rooms.
What moved Xingxian the most was that there were two connected underground warehouses under the first floor. There is another cellar dug behind the kitchen.
The house is old though. Well maintained. Doors and windows are all good. The room has tables, chairs, benches, beds and wardrobes, and all the furniture is complete. Although it is not made of mahogany, it is also decades old wood, with simple and elegant shapes and exquisite carving.
For he was going to sell it with all his furniture. The price is a bit on the high side. Many who hear the price are discouraged. The reason is that there is no him, and the rich think that it is small, and there are no gardens and pavilions. If you look at it, you can't afford it.
This old man, after seeing the apricot fairy, secretly dripped a few drops of cloudy tears, and took the initiative to reduce the price by fifty taels. The apricot fairy rejoiced. I also guessed that this old man and her grandmother probably had some relationship. But I don't know how much this old man is ashamed of what happened to her grandmother. If you are soft-hearted, you will ask for less money.
After everything was agreed, the three of them went to the yamen together. Give the old man three hundred and two silver tickets. Another toothman commission was paid. The official government changed the deed of the house and stamped the official seal. After all the formalities were completed, the three of them left the gate at the same time.
The apricot fairy hired people to repair the roof, clean the house and ask the mason to rebuild the bathroom.
The next day, the Tooth Man did bring a bunch of people with him. The apricot fairy personally watched them change the rafters and replace several damaged floor tiles. He also drew a floor plan of the bathroom and stove for the masters to follow and personally supervise the renovation of their partition walls. The apricot fairy painted a common style in later generations. Washroom wet and dry separation. The stoves are also made of green bricks. One big one in one small one with three stove eyes. Iron urns are embedded on both sides of the stove. As long as the fire is cooked, the water of the urn will heat up. The family has water to wash their faces, feet, and dishes every day. Save time and firewood.
The most firewood-saving is another iron stove customized by Apricot Fairy. It's made entirely of tin. Around the stove is a large water tank made of tin. The stove surface is rounded. The inner circle is also tin. There is a pipe next to it that extends out of the wall. Outside, there is a detachable wooden countertop. This stove is multi-purpose. Both can be used to cook boiling water. You can also make a tabletop, sit around the side of the fire to warm up, while eating and drinking tea. If it is cold, put a pot in the middle to brush the hot pot to eat, it is even more beautiful.
After two days of completion, the apricot fairy went to the flower garden first. In his previous life, the apricot fairy loved to plant some flowers and plants. Such a beautiful house, how can there be no flowers? Those elegant, expensive varieties were naturally out of her mind. The apricot fairy is a layman and only likes the vulgar. The bigger the flowers, the more she likes them. Moreover, the price is cheap, and it is simple and effortless to manage. She picked a common name she liked. Negotiate the price. The florist carried the flowers and trees she had picked up one by one onto the ox cart. The apricot fairy returned to her new home with the ox cart. The apricot fairy is also not afraid of dirty, very easy-going. Fiddling with the florists in the front yard and backyard, humbly asking for advice. The florist saw that the apricot fairy had a lot of experience in planting, and knew that she was a flower lover. So I taught a little more carefully. After the gardener left, the apricot fairy personally watered. Then, start slowly admiring your masterpiece. The apricot fairy picks the moon season where the flowers are surprisingly large and bright red, and climbs the vines and roses. The floral fragrance of Milan, the floral fragrance of Kurika, gardenia flowers and pink red white camellias and other colors. The floral fragrance is dazzling. The apricot fairy stopped and walked, in a very good mood, and Heng suffered this rare peace.
The next day, several of the hired mother-in-law squatters also arrived. The apricot fairy watched them carry out all the furniture to wash and wash, watched them scrub the doors and windows, wash the floor tiles and yard. Corners and corners fall, nothing is missing. So after another day of exposure, after the furniture was dry. Only then did he watch as the crowd was carried back into the rooms and arranged.
On this day, the apricot fairy got up early in the morning and went to the shop to shop. Walking on the street, I remembered that two months ago, I was also in this bustling street like a beggar, almost sick and died. I can't help but feel related. Xingxian is an extremely insecure person, so she does everything in detail and plans herself. Picked up in several large cloths for half a day. The last newly opened large cloth soo attracted the attention of the apricot fairy. The color of this cloth is correct, and the pattern is also colorful. Unlike in this era, the quilt is separated from the quilt surface, and it must be sewn when covering, and it is extremely inconvenient to remove and wash. Instead, as in later generations, it was made into a quilt cover, and two straps were sewn at the four corners. The sleeve is open inside. A small ring belt was also nailed to each of the four corners of the tire. The little guys are very hard to recommend. There were two more squatters on the spot to demonstrate how to set and how to disassemble. Because it is a new product on the market, the store is big sales, not only a big price reduction but also buy two get one free. That is, buy two thick futons and send a four-piece set of the same system for one bed. Very good value. Attracted a lot of people flowing. The apricot fairy can't help but be angry, which is probably the masterpiece of which crosses the peer. The apricot fairy picked ten thick futons to cover in winter. I also picked six thin futons for spring and autumn covers. Four of the beds are lotus-leaf lace with colorful floral patterns. Four-bed gray brown and other dark colors suitable for the elderly cover. The others are light in color, ambiguous in various colors. The store sent eight sets of four-piece sets according to the system. Xingxian bought two hundred catties of cotton wool, dozens of cotton cloths of various colors, dozens of gray linen horses, ten beds of rice dumplings, ten beds of reed mats, and ten roofs of tattooed tents. After the joy of the treasurer was blinded, the discount was wiped out, a total of seventy-two.
Xingxian bought several new pots, kitchen knives, scissors, spatulas, sickles, colanders and other iron products at the iron shop. I also bought eight tables of dishes, dishes, spoons, etc. at the grocery store. Only the rice bowl bought two more tables. There are countless chopsticks.
Xingxian watched the squatters move things into their new homes, carefully checked clearly, and settled the final payment. Personally locked the bedding and cloth into the upstairs cabinet.
Xingxian went to the vicinity of the vegetable market and contacted several selling chai langs. Tell them to send firewood. They are worried that firewood is in their hands and cannot be sold. Hear that there is no joy in it. So the crowds came together and carried hundreds of cartons. According to the market price, the apricot immortals gave money according to the market price, how much good firewood, how much secondary firewood, and so on. The apricot fairy said in advance that it should be sent to the home and laid out in a row. These firewood sellers sold a lot of firewood for more effort, which was unwilling. They spent all day fighting with firewood, building piles of firewood in a more orderly manner, and pushing the firewood of equal length in a row and a row, pushing them neatly and neatly, almost the same height as the house. Fill the seven miscellaneous rooms in the backyard. A row of tall firewood walls was pushed on the steps.
Two hundred wooden hangers and a wheelchair, as well as a special wooden bed, were sent to the apricot fairy a few days ago. Xingxian checked it several times and tried it himself. Very satisfied. The balance was settled.
Of course, these nights, the apricot fairy is not idle. Boiled nearly a few hundred pieces of soap. One hundred pieces of orange flower soap, one hundred pieces of osmanthus soap. The soap was wrapped in oil paper and waxed, and the newly beaten wooden box was packed according to the category. The courtyard door was re-locked. Only then did he hire an ox cart and rush to the stone village.