Taking advantage of the fact that they had some free time while the fiber was drying, Bai Haitang and Lamei spent four taels of silver to add tiles to both houses and renovated the inside and outside of the house.
Bricks were added where bricks should be added, and tiles were added where tiles should be added. The fence in front of the door was also replaced with beautiful wooden posts, which actually looked a bit more petty bourgeois style.
At the same time, the furniture in the house has also been rebuilt. The wardrobe, bed, tables, chairs and benches are all made of brand-new wood and carefully carved by carvers.
Of course, the wardrobe in the wintersweet room is carved with lifelike wintersweet branches. At the same time, Haitang also asked the carpenter to make bedside tables and storage racks for easy storage of things.
Bai Haitang likes begonia flowers. The cabinet in his room is carved with trees of begonia flowers. This is also a house in Datong. He is an elegant man. Bai Haitang specially built a study room for him, with orchids and lotus flowers carved in it.
Literati all like this, right? Bai Haitang is looking forward to his surprise when he goes home early after the exam and sees this.
I also prepared a nursery for my baby daughter Tiantian. She is growing faster and faster, and a lot of building blocks, wooden horses, dolls, toys, etc. are carved according to Bai Haitang's wishes.
My sister-in-law Tian Niu likes the bright red and purple peonies, which are beautiful and fragrant. My mother-in-law likes hibiscus flowers. My brother-in-law likes bamboo.
According to everyone's own preferences, after seven or eight days of busy work, it is finally over.
The whole atmosphere at home changed immediately.
Everyone was happy to buy it for four taels of silver, and the mother-in-law kept saying that she really used her money wisely.
Bai Haitang and Wintersweet looked at each other and smiled.
Seeing the happiness of my family, no matter how much I sweat and suffer, it seems worth it and I am gratified.
This is also the first time Bai Haitang truly feels that it feels good to have money, it feels good to be able to make a lot of money, and money is so important.
The house of the two families has become the most conspicuous in the whole village. At first glance, it seems that it belongs to a wealthy family. Although there are no carved beams or painted buildings, the small bridge and flowing water have a unique style.
A few days after the house was tidied up, a matchmaker came to see me.
But the smart mother-in-law declined, knowing that Bai Haitang couldn't do just that. The girl in the village, the mother-in-law, no longer looked down upon her, so she wanted to find a girl from the city for her son.
Tian Niu is not in a hurry to choose a husband. The matchmaker introduced them to people who are farming in the village and outside the village. She wants to find someone with technical content.
If Sister Haitang were a man, I would rather be a baby for him.
The same is true for Lamei's family. Once they have money, they are not so anxious. Even though the matchmaker has to cross the threshold.
The fibers were almost finished being extracted and dried. She was an amateur at weaving Begonia. She only knew that there were horizontal ones and vertical ones. As for how many and how to cross them, she had no idea.
My sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, my wintersweet mother and all the neighbors have already started weaving.
Chirping after chirping, the loom made a faint sound of wood hitting each other, which was clear and sweet, with a simple rhythm.
The women were chatting and laughing in the sun. Bai Haitang was sitting at the door basking in the sun. She felt happy just looking at them.
Originally, Bai Haitang was worried that the cloth woven by her neighbors would not be enough. But when the whole village heard that weavers could earn copper coins, and they could borrow plows to plow the fields during farming, all the women in the village rushed to Haitang's house.
They rushed to say that they also knew how to weave, for fear that the quota would be full.