Gao Jingfei's house is different from the newly built houses of most villagers. It is an old house with a history of more than fifty years. In terms of the age of the materials of the house, it is even older.
When Gao Wenbin settled here, he was assigned this house. In fact, the village gave Gao Wenbin the homestead of an extinct family. However, the original owner of this house put a lot of effort into asking someone to pick the best materials from the ruins of the old village in the mountains.
built.
Not only is the main body of the house made of polished bluestone, but the other bricks and tiles are also made of good materials.
The stones produced in Yangshan were used to build the houses for the officials who were in charge of the craftsmen's households in the early years. They were all made of the best materials. Such materials are not easy to come by in the mountains, and the craftsmen have to work hard to dig and polish them before they can be produced.
The original owner of this household also took advantage of arriving early, grabbed the last batch of good materials, and was willing to spend money to hire help, so he got these bluestone bricks back.
As for the main body and exterior walls of the house on the bluestone foundation, they are also made of high-quality blue bricks pulled from the mountains.
These green bricks are not the low-quality green bricks produced by small brick factories, but are carefully made and fired by ancient craftsmen, with special materials added. They are almost used to build city walls. The earliest ones can be traced back to the previous dynasty.
, it has not been weathered for more than a hundred years, and it also came from the former sites of several former official houses in Jianghuying.
If this house had not been dilapidated before Gao Wenbin took over, and the death of a family was taboo among the villagers, even children were not allowed to play there, it would not have been assigned to Gao Wenbin, an outsider.
Of course, this also had a lot to do with the fact that the village director at that time had some friendship with Gao Jingfei's grandfather, and he invited the village director to have a nice drink.
If Gao Wenbin were left to handle this matter by himself, it would be difficult to achieve a good result.
When Gao Wenbin was renovating his house, in order to keep it consistent with the original house, he specially invited several strong laborers from the village to take him with him to bring back some bricks and tiles of the same material from the mountains for repair.
So even though Gao Jingfei’s house hasn’t been repaired in eight or nine years, and even the walls inside are a little loose, the main structure of the house is still as solid as ever, and this old-fashioned bluestone and blue brick house is warm in winter and cool in summer, making it easy to live in.
It is very comfortable, because Gao Wenbin is from the north and is used to sleeping on the fire bed. When repairing the stove at home, he even built a fire bed. In winter, he will not feel the magical attack brought by the Jiangnan weather. It is often not even November yet, and Gao Wenbin will sleep on the bed.
Burning the kang early is just a matter of getting a few more bundles of firewood and buying a few more lumps of coal. You can't let your wife and children suffer the cold.
Therefore, the Gao family's house is always warm in winter. At least Gao Jingfei has not suffered much cold since he was a child.
The only drawback is that summer is relatively humid and there are more mosquitoes.
However, this has also changed since Gao Jingfei returned home this time.
When Gao Wenbin came back, he saw a piece of land surrounded by green bricks in the yard. He couldn't help being surprised and pulled his son over and asked:
"What's going on here?"
Gao Jingfei took out the stone lotus seeds and explained it to his father again.
Hearing that the pond was dug to grow elixirs, Gao Wenbin calmed down. If Gao Jingfei had dared to act like this in the past, he would have whipped the boy's ass. At worst, he would have bought an extra Septwolf. It was cheap anyway.
From the vendors selling belts, pants and socks at the market, you can buy two or even three pairs for fifty yuan.
Gao Jingfei still didn't know that he had escaped, so he changed the topic and asked:
"By the way, Dad, have you found the decorator?"
Gao Wenbin pointed to his magic car and said:
"I have brought all the cement materials back. I have found an old mason from the town and will come to my house tomorrow to measure."
Gao Jingfei happily went to help unload the goods, but Gao Wenbin reached out to stop his son.
"Let's put it in the car first. Let's leave the mess in the house. We can move it after the master comes over tomorrow and measures the house."
"By the way, I also found a door and window maker to order some plastic steel windows and screen doors. After two months, there will be more mosquitoes. Your mother is not used to smelling mosquito repellent. So while we are repairing the house this time, we might as well buy them all together.
complete!"
Gao Jingfei couldn't help but applaud his father's enlightenment.
When he mentioned mosquitoes, he remembered the purpose of going home this time. He thought that there were still things he had not given to his parents, so he hurriedly went back to the room to get some bamboo incense tubes.
He called his parents into the hall and handed them the genuine exorcism incense in the incense tube.
"What's this?"
Dong Aiwan asked curiously.
Of course she knew the incense stick. In the past, this thing was used by literati and wealthy ladies to carry incense with them. As Jinling was the ancient capital of six dynasties and a place where people gathered together, these things were naturally passed down.
However, she could not recognize the fragrance inside that was as thick as her little finger. She brought it to her nose and smelled it. A spicy and slightly spicy smell suddenly penetrated her nasal cavity, making her sneeze twice.
"What does this smell like? It's so strange..."
Gao Jingfei opened an incense tube and took out the exorcism incense inside and explained:
"Mom, don't underestimate this thing. This is called exorcism incense. It is a real immortal prop to ward off evil spirits. It can ward off evil spirits and exorcise evil spirits. As long as it is lit, most evil spirits, monsters and ghosts will retreat for ten miles from the smoke.
"
At this time, the two couples and Gao Jingfei also heard a rustling sound coming from the house.
"what happened?"
Gao Wenbin looked for the source of the sound in surprise.
I saw many bugs suddenly jumping out from the corners and roofs, etc., including spiders and ants, etc., all mixed together, and ran outside the house like crazy.
This made Gao Wenbin exclaim:
"Not good! Is there going to be an earthquake?"
Gao Jingfei understood the problem and immediately comforted his parents and said:
"It's okay, Dad, this may be the effect of my exorcism incense. This thing can not only ward off evil spirits, but also has a great effect on snakes, insects, rats, and ants. It doesn't need to be lit. It is just left at home. I guess this year
Throughout the summer and into autumn, my mother no longer has to worry about mosquitoes!"
It turned out that although the exorcism incense in Gao Jingfei's hand had not been lit yet and was just opened for display, just by smelling the natural aroma, many snakes, insects, rats and ants ran out of the cracks in the walls of the Gao family's house.
Escape from this house as if you were fleeing.
This scene made Gao Jingfei more confident about his future life. With items produced by the All-Heaven Altar, are he still afraid that his future life will be uneasy?
And in addition to those magic weapons, equipment and medicines, even if you draw something that does not have extraordinary attributes, it may not be without other uses.
Dong Aiwan was even more delighted when she saw this. She praised her son fiercely, then pushed the incense stick back and said:
"This thing is so useful, Xiao Fei, you'd better keep it for yourself. After all, you have to go on a mission with Xiao Kun, so it's safer to have this thing."
Gao Jingfei felt warm in his heart at his mother's concern, and then took out a few small incense tubes from his bag and said:
"Mom, don't worry. I still have a lot of spare ones here. Just keep these exorcism incense sticks. You can always carry them with you for self-defense. Even poisonous snakes won't dare to approach with this. The rest
You can hide it at home for later use.”
At that time, Gao Jingfei folded a stick of exorcism incense into three pieces and put them into small incense tubes respectively. This made it easier to carry and at the same time tripled the number of exorcism incense sticks that only had twelve sticks.
In addition to four for my parents, three for my uncle's family, and two for the Guo brothers, I used half of them in the misty world of Bishuitan, and I still have more than twenty left.
Seeing that her son really had a spare supply of exorcism incense, Dong Aiwan carefully took the fairy treasure of exorcism incense into her room, leaving only one incense tube for her husband to carry with him.
Dong Aiwan, who has lived at the foot of the mountain since childhood, knows the value of this kind of exorcism incense. Even if it has no exorcism effect, taking one into the mountain can drive away snakes and insects. This is a life-saving treasure.