The backyard has a layout of two small rooms and a large wing.
Xu Yinyin decided to take over this large wing for her own use. When she opened the window, she could see the wintersweet outside the yard, and there was a banana tree leaning against the back window. In spring and summer, when the rain hits the banana tree, it was quite unique.
of scenery.
The large wing room is divided into an outer room and an inner room. The outer room is for receiving guests and the inner room is for living.
The furniture inside is complete. There is an Arhat couch in the front of the outer room, four chairs and tables on both sides, and a round door with a swastika pattern on the left leads to the inner room.
Behind the round door is a small gauze cupboard. Facing the window, there is a soft mahogany couch with a moire pattern. There are banana trees outside the window. In summer, it is a good place to take a nap and enjoy the cool air.
In the inner room, there is a mahogany four-poster canopy bed carved with auspicious Ruyi patterns, with a lampshade at the head of the bed, a dressing table by the window, a screen at the end of the bed, and a large yellow rosewood bathtub behind the screen.
Further outside, there is an eight-treasure wardrobe.
In the middle of the inner room is a round stool with four round stools.
The furnishings of the house are chic, simple and refreshing, and it looks very good.
Xu Yinyin fetched water, and together with Zhang Xiulan who came from behind, they scrubbed all the furniture and cleaned the house and yard one by one.
On the way, Xu Yinyin went out with money in her pocket. Before noon, someone from the cloth shop came to deliver the goods.
She bought all the bedding and bed curtains ready-made, and the embroidery was exquisite, making them more beautiful and durable than those made by herself.
In her side room, the bedding is a lake-blue satin quilt, and the bedside hangs a tooth-white bed curtain embroidered with fruits and flowers.
The soft couch outside, as well as the Arhat couch and the high chair, are also covered with a layer of soft cushions.
The main room outside is the residence of Xu Chunshan and Zhang Xiulan. The main hall is also used for entertaining guests and talking. The inner room is used as a living room. It also has mahogany furniture and complete sets of furnishings.
For their bedding, Xu Yinyin bought a begonia red satin quilt embroidered with auspicious and wishful patterns, and the bed tent was embroidered with flower and bird patterns.
There is also a side room next to it, with a soft couch in it. If it is not needed, this room can also be used as a warehouse to store some things.
As for Xu Dajun, he lives in the east wing. Xu Yinyin bought him a bed tent with embroidered landscapes and a lake-blue satin quilt.
The wing room next to it serves as his study room, which is equipped with soft couches for writing desks, a Babaoge bookshelf, and two sets of tables and chairs for entertaining guests.
Xu Yinyin, who was supposed to arrange the interior, also made some arrangements for him. All small study items such as pen holders, inkstones, pen holders, pen washers, paperweights, etc. were purchased.
The beddings that should be placed in the west wing room and the guest room in the outer courtyard have also been placed by Xu Yinyin. When the time comes, the rest of the Xu family will have a place to sleep.
There is also a kitchen with a complete set of pots, pots, bowls and chopsticks.
After some arrangements, the mother and daughter, as well as Mrs. Xu who came over in the afternoon, worked together all day and spent a lot of money.
The money is the income from the hot pot ingredients. Xu Chunshan keeps it all with Xu Yinyin, so it is convenient for her to access it.
The hot pot ingredients cost fifty cents a piece. Since the hot pot restaurant opened, the average daily amount has reached two hundred yuan. After excluding the cost, the amount of money in her hands now is almost seventy or eighty taels.
I could have earned more, but it was mainly to exchange for bean paste and dried chili peppers, which are the main raw materials for hot pot ingredients and account for a large proportion. I exchanged a lot of money, and the amount of money I spent was variable. Sometimes, just for an exchange opportunity, I would earn more.
It costs a few taels and a dozen taels of silver.
For example, once I spent money to buy a little donkey.
For another example, I spent more than ten taels of silver to buy a pot of flowers.
So, it took a lot of effort to make this hot pot ingredient.
When peppers are planted next year, the cost will be reduced.
The house is now well-organized and can be moved in at any time. According to Old Man Xu's wishes, moving to a new house depends on an auspicious day.
This is the first person in the Xu family who has bought a house in Fucheng for so many generations. They have to celebrate it and hope to have a prosperous start and more people from the Xu family in the future.
Buy a house or property in the city.
So old man Xu went out to find a horoscope gentleman on the street to see the good day nearby, which was the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
After looking at the date, we specially invited relatives from the Fang family, as well as the Zhou family and the Zhang family. On that day, they would all come to the new house to cook the bottom of the pot, making it very lively.
There are still two days left and we are not busy.
The most important thing is to see Xu Erlang first.
Early in the morning, Xu Erlang, who was wearing new clothes, was looked at by the Xu family. Old man Xu also asked Xu Yinyin to help him dress up well, wash his face with soap, and apply balm.
Her hair is combed meticulously and she is energetic.
I just had a simple bowl of white porridge for breakfast. I didn’t eat any cakes or pancakes to avoid a strong taste.
As the elder, Mrs. Xu took Xu Erlang there. In addition to Xu Yinyin, there was also Zhang Xiulan.
I asked Xu Yinyin to go because if they got to know each other well later, they would definitely give the two children a chance to talk. It would be awkward to be alone, so I asked Xu Yinyin, the younger sister, to go with her. She has a name and a purpose. It's just right for everyone to see each other.
, most people do this.
And Zhang Xiulan was added temporarily.
This happened because of the Du family that Zhang Xiulan had recently become friends with.
Mrs. Du was also the cousin of the girl from the Luo family. The Luo family knew that she was familiar with Zhang Xiulan, but they were also afraid that the family that had divorced them would find out that their daughter was seeing each other, and would cause trouble.
So looking at each other today, it's very obscure.
Zhang Xiulan and Du Shi are the inadvertent bridges in the middle.
It was still quite far from Yangliu Lane to Puning Temple in the south of the city. It would take more than half an hour to walk, so Xu Chunlin drove them there.
The incense in Puning Temple is very prosperous, and people in the city generally fall in love with burning incense and worshiping Buddha here.
There were often people selling stalls outside the temple. As time went by, a lively market gradually formed.
Today is the fifteenth day again, and many people come to offer incense and worship Buddha.
There were so many people that it was difficult for carriages and horses to pass. Still outside the market, Mrs. Xu and others got off the carriage and asked Xu Chunlin to find a place to park and wait. They walked through the market and went to the temple.
There are dozens of stone steps from the market below to the gate of the temple. There are many people going to the temple at this time. It feels like there are people up and down the stone steps, and it is difficult to tell who belongs to whom at a glance.
Zhang Xiulan and Xu Yinyin helped Mrs. Xu climb the stone steps, while Xu Erlang followed behind with a basket.
"Sister Xiulan!"
Suddenly, Zhang Xiulan heard someone shouting, so she stopped and looked back.
Du, who was carrying a basket, was just down the few stone steps. When she saw Zhang Xiulan turning around, she was busy pulling her companions up over those in front, "Oh, I looked up, and when I saw your back, I thought you looked familiar. I never thought,
It’s really you! Sister Xiulan, are you coming to offer incense today?”
"Yes, yes, I heard that this is the incense spirit of Puning Temple. No, today I am accompanying my mother-in-law and my daughter! Sister Du, are you coming to offer incense too?"
Zhang Xiulan said, looking curiously at the woman and girl who followed Du, "Sister Du, why didn't you bring your daughter with you? Are these two your neighbors?"