Jin Niang didn't have any impression of this fourth sibling, and she didn't care, but she was still a little unhappy, "You are polite." But she didn't come here, and no one pointed at her, but she sent a maid here, and the eldest wife was second. The wife's, obviously she is not like an ordinary person, this maid looked friendly, but she didn't put them in her eyes at all, looking at it was disgusting.
chūn liked to put down a gift box in his hand, "This is a little thought from our wife."
"Bah—what." The second child watched Chun Xi leave and spat, "Hmph, what are you pretending to be, isn't her family a down-and-out scholar, what's so amazing."
Jin Niang smiled, "Look at me, I'm not angry yet, but you got angry first. She's already weak and can't help much. Besides, since the fourth child is not at home now, it's right for her not to come out." But now it's early summer, heat stroke, how weak this body is.
"Hmph, she is weak, did you see how happy this chūn was just now? She was taken over by the fourth child." The second child whispered to Jin Niang's ear.
Jin Niang was stunned for a moment, "Is there such a thing?"
"Hey-looking at her dressing up like a girl, she was taken over by the fourth child."
"Then why are you still dressed like this?"
"Who knows?" The second child pouted, and she really didn't look down on the fourth family. Taking a concubine and marrying a child is not a custom in their village. Unless there are no children in the family, who will Do.
Jin Niang shook her head, forget it, it has nothing to do with her.
When I opened the gift box at night, I was delighted. It turned out to be a dozen or so eggs, which meant it was smooth. Packaging is pretty good. Even if this basket of vegetables is not necessarily as expensive as this one, but I have a different opinion.
Yang Zhenhai also saw it, laughed and said nothing.
The next day, the family woke up before dawn. Father Chen brought his two sons here early. Father Chen also brought a basket of eggs. The top red-skinned egg.
"Your mother doesn't worry about your two sisters-in-law, so she won't come. Your sister said to come and help, and it is estimated that she will arrive in a while." Father Chen told Jin Niang.
"Well, there are enough people here, but I can't let my mother come here." Both of her sisters-in-law are pregnant, even if it's been three months, but if something happens, the family has to stay.
Their house is big and the construction period is long. Yang Zhenhai pays to hire the people who come here to live. Originally, Father Chen and the others didn't want money. What kind of wages do they want for their daughter and son-in-law? I only agreed, mainly because the house has to be built for a period of time, so I can't make my brother embarrassed. Of course, Father Chen won't let him get started, he just needs to help and watch.
The people who live in gān have hired more than 20 artisans and more than 30 artisans. These people live in temporary shacks on the mountain at night. They have to manage three meals a day. Help, Jin Niang and the others make a lot of meals every day. Thanks to many people helping.
Manniang brought Yaozu to her mother-in-law, and lived directly at Jin's family, helping Zhang Luo, the eldest uncle, the third aunt, the second daughter-in-law, the second uncle's second sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law, the sixth uncle's younger brother and sister, and the younger one. sister. Come here to help, this manpower is enough. The third family never showed up. I heard from the second family that the third child was here to help, and she took the child back to her parents' house. That person was always very dull and didn't communicate much with the people in the village, so no one really knew whether he came back or not.
It's a little inappropriate to cook with many people. Jin Niang thought that these people are quite edible, and she thought of it before. She asked someone to make a large steamer out of bamboo, one by one, and put water in a large pot under it. Can steam a lot.
Thinking of the kind of fast food in the previous life, I made a few more dishes in wooden barrels or wooden tubs, and each person had a big bowl, and they could eat whatever they wanted to eat. Even stir-fry dishes will put ròu slices, and occasionally buy some jī duck to make a meal.
These gān live, they will be treated like this on weekdays, but they look forward to three meals in the morning, noon and evening, that is, eat porridge and steamed buns in the morning, and mix vegetables with various pickles made by Jinniang, which is very fragrant. . If you eat well, you will naturally be full of energy every day. Very hard.
This time, the house was built very carefully. It took a month and a half to spend together. Jin Niang didn't go to see the house until the house was built. She was busy with cooking in normal daylight. These days have been a little longer and I have lost weight again. But the moment I saw the new home, my heart was very comfortable.
35. New house
During these days, Niang Jin has been busy cooking for the working people, and she has no chance to see it. Moreover, it is hot now, those men are always wearing sleeveless jackets, and women are not allowed to go, but despite the hot weather. So Jin Niang still has a rough picture in her heart.
This new house can be regarded as the joint design of Jinniang and Yang Zhenhai. When the two were researching, Jinniang put forward opinions and Yang Zhenhai solved it. Yang Zhenhai listened to Jinniang's opinions in this regard, so it was very troublesome to do in some places. , but it looks good now.
Jin Niang passed right in front of the house, because it is a semi-sloping land. In order to prevent soil erosion in the future and the leveling of the foundation, the soil under the slope was sent to the slope, chiseled, and then paved with slate to form an area. It is a very large courtyard dam. The drop of the dam on the dam is three meters, and the stone is wrapped, which is very strong. There is a stone step on the west side of the front. You can walk up from here on weekdays. If you go by car, you must take the east road, which is also very convenient. A semi-circular land is formed under the dam, and Jinniang has decided to plant some vines and two rows of shrubs here.
Going to the courtyard, in the east corner, there is a fenced flower bed, which is still empty now. Yang Zhenhai has already seen a golden osmanthus tree, saying that the shape of the tree is very beautiful. When it is golden, it has a good meaning. Just wait for it to be transplanted when the chūn opens next year. Before Yang Zhenhai transplanted a few trees from the mountain, they all survived, which made him full of confidence. Dad Yang said that this is a treasure land of feng shui. , but did not know that there is the role of the mother of water here.
The bluestone of the courtyard paving is very smooth, and there are not many fèng gaps at all, and such a large area is reserved for sun drying.
The house is composed of three roads in the east and west. The middle road is the main courtyard and the three-entry house. The format is similar to that of the houses in the capital today.
The foundation of the house is very deep, and the house is tall and tall. It is in the form of three squares and four ears. The main house is more than seven meters high and deep, and the side rooms on both sides are slightly shorter and five meters deep. The house looks very spacious. , The house is built to be spacious on the premise of not violating the system.
As soon as you enter the yard, you will sit upside down. The width of the yard is 4.5 meters. There is a flower bed next to the wall. The rest are paved with bluestone.
The whole yard is made of walnut wood, the kind of red grape-colored walnut wood that has been in mind for a long time. Jin Niang didn't know where Yang Zhenhai got so much walnut wood, but Jin Niang knew that Yang Zhenhai bought the wood at the beginning. At that time, I took a thousand taels of silver from her, and bought wood and furniture materials. It was also the most expensive place for this new house. You must know that other blue bricks, tiles, and stones, all add up to just over a hundred taels.
However, the money spent a lot, but the effect was very good. The whole house was not painted with colored paint or painted, only tung oil was painted on the outside of the wood to prevent moths, everything was kept in its original color, and various signs and patterns were carved on the eaves and windows. , The decoration is elegant and not abrupt, with blue bricks and black tiles, dark red doors and windows and corridors, forming a beautiful scenery.
The second entrance courtyard is a huge rectangular courtyard. The first entrance is to the right of the second door is a well, which is also covered with a wooden hexagonal pavilion. Because the well was dug deep in the middle of the mountain, it was dark and dark when looking down, but I don't know what it was. It's not that they are lucky, this is actually a sweet well, the water is clear, sweet, and extremely pure. The wellhead is built with bluestone. The bluestone is their special feature here. The stone pattern is beautiful, and it does not need any decoration at all.
There is a circle of corridors in the yard, which are connected to the main room. There is another circle of water leaks between the corridor and the yard. The whole yard has such a drainage device. There are fèng gaps on the bluestone slabs for water leakage. The rainwater flows out quickly, and the kitchen water and domestic water can also flow out from here. The outlet is in the east below the courtyard dam, and the water flow can be directly discharged into the Moon Lake. When she was preparing, Jin Niang also thought about flowing into the Moon Lake. It's not bad, but after thinking about it, the water is not polluted at all, and there are no chemicals at all. Even when washing clothes, the rough wood ash or saponin used are all natural, and there is no problem of pollution at all, and the following Moon Lake is living water, and its own evolutionary ability is quite powerful. This is already the best solution in poor conditions.
The main house is the residence of Yang Zhenhai and Jinniang. It is still empty inside, and the wooden partitions are all done. In this era, glutinous rice or large rice and lime are used to build houses. The effect of the mixture is equivalent to that of modern No. 10 cement. This thing will not rot for thousands of years. It is also painted with a layer of lime in the house, and the color is bright white.
On the east side, there is a shelf with cracked ice on the wall, with an oval-shaped space in the middle. Yang Zhenhai saw that the double-sided screen made by Jinniang was very beautiful, so she asked her to embroider a larger one, and put it on the wall, which is generous and beautiful. , Now that the shelf is set, just wait for her to embroider and press it.
At the bottom of the south window is a sitting kang, and the kang cover is also fixed, and nothing is left empty. The Westinghouse is going to be the living room, and there are two penthouses on the west side, with a large kang as the winter bedroom. An ear room on the east side is used for bathing and toileting.
The east wing is used as the dining room at home to receive guests, and the south wing and the two east rooms are used as kitchens. In the future, it is indispensable to have relatives to visit people. Just like Yingzi always does a show with Jin Niang, she can entertain her here.
In the east wing, there is a place that Jin Niang proposed to build, which is a large fireplace by the east wall. It is built with bluestone on the inside and decorated with wood on the outside. It is 80 cm high and is separated by a copper shelf. On the west side of the outside, there is a copper basket specially designed for holding wooden blocks with a pattern of tangled branches. , looks chic and functional. It's cold in winter here, sleeping on the kang is not cold, but the house is a little cold during the day, and I always want to stay on the kang all the time, so Jin Niang thinks of the fireplace. Roast sweet potatoes in the fireplace, that must be gorgeous. On the west side is a large kang, which is used to work in winter or to temporarily live with relatives to entertain guests.
The west wing is reserved for future children and is not planned now.
The east courtyard is a courtyard with two entrances, the front is larger, and the building is inverted U-shaped. The three fronts and four ears are connected with the wing rooms on both sides. There are five wing rooms on each side. The east courtyard is not open, the other three rooms are reserved for future use, the front and rear of the main room are open, but the back yard can be accessed. For the time being, I have not decided what to do. Yang Zhenhai decided to keep it for her son. It's still early to be together.
From the east side of the upside-down house, there are cattle and horse sheds, sheep pens, duck houses, feed houses, empty houses, and firewood houses. In the empty room, Niang Jin thought that she might raise rabbits in the future. Several rooms are quite large, enough for use. The corner door was opened on the east side. In order to get in and out of the carriage, the ducks had to be let out every day. However, with the granary here, Yang Zhenhai made the door very strong, with several locks. It is not as convenient to enter from here as to climb the wall. There is a large grinding wheel on the edge of the granary. Jin Niang couldn't move the big stone roller at all. Yang Zhenhai prepared the house and went to buy livestock. He wanted to buy a cow and a donkey. After a few days, the food would come down and he would use it.
Another special place in the East Courtyard is the cellar, where people store winter grains by digging cellars for storage, but the scale is not large, and Jin Niang can't say anything. When watching historical dramas in ancient costumes, there is always the kind of severe drought and floods, and I have a sense of crisis in my heart, and I always want to save more food, especially last winter, she experienced several kinds of food that have no dishes and are monotonous every day. In life, food, clothing, and shelter are very important, and food is even more important, so don't be sloppy.