August 15th passed, the inn was completed, and the days seemed to go by much faster.
Song Qiu waited for Liu Caigui for several days, and on August 20th, he finally received the tables, benches, several canopy beds, simple large beds and wooden barrels that he and his sons worked hard to make.
So, it took another day to decorate the inn with my family.
When you come down the official road, you will see two rows of thatched sheds on the left side, which are specially used to house carriages and horses.
Then, under the covered plaque hung with red silk, you enter through a two-open door. The inn lobby with the carved roof in the middle is the most time-consuming and energy-consuming part. In addition to the counter, there are eight tables and chairs and it is very spacious.
There are four doors in the lobby. The front door is the main door. You can enter the inn through this. There is also a door on both sides, which leads to the wing rooms on the left and right of the lobby.
The wing rooms are divided into two rows, with a corridor in the middle. The wing rooms are lined up one after another and are distributed in an orderly manner. There are five rooms in each row, and the total number of left and right wing rooms is twenty.
Song Qiu only arranged ten rooms in total because Liu Caigui was still rushing to make the beds in the back.
Five of them have large beds, and a large bed can sleep six people. In this way, five rooms can accommodate thirty people, and the beddings made of ordinary coarse cloth are used in them.
There are also five separate rooms. The layout is not exquisite and luxurious, but it is neat and tidy. There is a canopy bed, a wooden round table with four wooden stools, a basin stand, a wooden screen, and a large bathtub.
The room is small, has few things, and is all in wood color, making it look very different.
In addition, Song Qiu also placed homemade small potted plants on the windowsill. They were all unique plants and flowers collected from the mountains, which looked like a beautiful scenery.
She took Lihua and Aling to the mountains for two days to get this back.
And the bed quilt cover and pillow set are all in the same color, which is also a feature.
Either cyan or pink, all made of fine fine cotton.
The back door leads to the kitchen, which is not small at the back. There are two side rooms on both sides of the door, one for Du Chuanfu and Yang Dalian, one for the Wang family, and the two rooms here are for Lao Yuan.
Shi, lived with her and Aling Lihua.
If they meet someone to stay, they will stay here, which is very convenient. If there is no one, it will be the same if they go back home.
Therefore, it is right to set aside a place to live.
Further inside, there is a kitchen that is spacious enough to move around.
A built farm stove has two large pots side by side and a small stove at the back.
Next to the stove is a large cabinet with washed dishes and such.
There is a long table in the middle, which is used to place ingredients and a cutting board for cutting vegetables.
The kitchen has a window, and you can see the Songshan River outside from where you are cooking.
There is also a small door behind the kitchen, which leads to the Songshan River. It is not too convenient to fetch water.
There is a spacious river bank at the back, and there are several places to dry things on the racks. The quilt covers that have been removed and washed from the guest rooms where the guests will stay will be put here to dry.
Song Qiu walked back and forth twice and felt very satisfied no matter how he looked at it.
Everything is ready and waiting for the opening.
The village chief grandpa gave her a good day, August 22nd.
Right now it's a matter of the eldest son.
Song Qiu didn't stop, he went through everything in his mind, and took Du Chuanfu and his two brothers to the town to buy enough rice, flour, grains, oils and seasonings. When they came back, he introduced shopkeeper Wu to Du Chuanfu. If he wanted to buy more in the future, he asked him to
Du Chuanfu is here.
Shopkeeper Wu knew that Song Qiu was going to open an inn. If he had known that this little girl was different and had great fortune, he was happy to keep the business for such a long time. He directly gave Song Qiu a lower price, so he would buy less in the future.
It was so grand that Song Qiu was happy to keep buying from him.
After leaving the town, we went to Qili Village.
Everyone knows that there are only a few large fish ponds in Qili Village in Panshi Town, which provide daily supply to the town's wealthy families and restaurants, as well as takeaways.
You have to buy it anyway, and it’s closer to buying here than going to town.
Qichun Lake still remembered her. When he heard that she wanted to buy fish every day, he patted his chest and said, "Okay, I will leave the fish at home for you every morning. Just come and get it."
He also delivered fish to his door, but Song Qiu thought that only a few fish would be needed every day, and it would be troublesome to run to Songshan Village every day.
If there are many drop-off places along the way, it's not that bad.
After deciding on the fish, we went to the Ping'an Market to show Du Chuanfu the way and let him know where to buy what he wanted to buy every day.
There is a store in Ping'an Daji that specializes in selling chickens and ducks. The chickens and ducks are not raised at home for a long time. They are different species. Generally, they can be out of the cage after one or two months. They are cheaper than those raised at home for a long time.
This is what later generations would call feed for chickens and ducks, raised in large quantities and sold for sales.
The meat is tender and easy to cook, but it is not as fragrant as domestic chicken.
Cooking native chicken takes time. If you are a restaurant owner, unless your signature is native chicken and the customers are willing to wait, then this kind of chicken is the best choice.
Returning to the village, I made a special trip to Wang Orion's house and asked him to bring some of the game he had caught, such as pheasants, hares, etc. to her, and she would take it as well.
Orion Wang naturally agreed.
The Yuan family knew when the inn opened, and Yuan Cheng and Yuan Daping sent a lot of things from home, including baskets of taro, half a basket of sweet potatoes and a few large winter melons.
At this time of year, the newly sown vegetable seeds have just sprouted, and there are not many abundant vegetables coming out, so these are the only ones that can be harvested.
Song and Qiu were not worried about vegetables either. They kept waiting until the autumn and winter vegetables started to come out one after another. There were plenty of vegetables.
She was going to open a restaurant this year, so she specially bought a lot of rapeseeds that had not been grown in previous years and spread them there. She also talked to Grandma Deng and asked them to plant more rapeseeds so that she could buy them later.
But I also want to thank the Yuan family.
Thinking about what her grandma told her after having a drink with her aunt last time, looking at Yuan Daping now, she actually felt a little embarrassed.
Yuan Cheng also waited for a few days but didn't see any response from his aunt, so he sent something to his door today just in time to hear about it.
Old Yuan looked at her nephew and understood in her heart that when her granddaughter heard that she wanted to marry Daping, she immediately shook her head and refused, saying that close relatives could not get married within three generations, and the baby would be deformed.
She didn't quite understand what the deformity looked like, but she knew that her granddaughter didn't like Daping in her heart and only regarded him as a cousin.
Naturally, this cannot be forced.
He politely declined the matter to Yuan Cheng. Yuan Cheng listened with some regret.
But I soon felt relieved. Even though my aunt didn't want Daping as her grandson-in-law, my grandnephew was still my grandnephew.
The two families would not be separated like this.
On the way home, she looked at her son and said, "You heard it too. I didn't get along with Aqiu, so let's drop this matter. When I get back, I'll ask your mother to propose marriage to you. I can't let it go this time. You won't be able to do it until the end of the year."
He’s only seventeen, there’s no time to delay.”
If the son hadn't begged and said he wanted to woo Aqiu, this matter wouldn't have happened.
This is all fate and cannot be forced.
Yuan Daping felt lonely when he thought that his cousin Aqiu didn't like him.
If you can't woo Cousin Aqiu, then it's the same with anyone. People have to get married.
He is the eldest son and cannot make his parents sad.