Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Furniture Arrival

The fire bricks arrived, and after listening to her plan for building a stove that evening, Naoko asked, "Are we going to dig the tatami mats tomorrow?"

Gong Zhili shook his head: "The furniture I ordered will arrive tomorrow, so I'll arrange it first."

Glass: "Oh, so you have plans for furniture placement."

Gong Zhili: "You don't think we'll keep using suitcases as dining tables, do you?"

Glass: "I don't know much about your country style, maybe it's minimalism?"

Gong Zhili was speechless.

Nanako raised her hand: "What is minimalist style?"

Glass: "There's very little furniture in the house, very few daily necessities, and the house feels empty."

Mimiko: "Then our house is very minimalist."

Gong Zhili covered his face and said, "Tomorrow will definitely be a big change!"

She ordered a lot of furniture.

Early the next morning, Mr. Ito transported the furniture to the lakeside and stood there waiting expectantly. Mr. Kato, who was in charge of bamboo weaving orders, also followed him.

Glass had slept well the previous night and was standing by the lake, gazing at the beautiful scenery. She saw Mr. Ito waving at her from the other side and asked, "Does everyone in the village know about your ability?"

Gong Zhili raised her hand, and the furniture across from her seemed to be on a conveyor belt, floating across the river. She said, "They can only see the surface, perhaps thinking it's a miracle, or perhaps they just enjoy watching the excitement."

There was a lot of furniture, so she stuffed it into the porch first, and also put a lot of it on the balcony.

"Today we're mainly going to be arranging the furniture. Glass, please help me put the bench in the living room against the wall, leaving a space in the middle." She began to give instructions swiftly, picked up the cabinet and walked towards the bedroom.

The children were unable to help at this time, so they went out obediently to cut grass and gather reeds to dry in the sun.

Glass sat on the chair, felt it, and said, "Can a soft pillow be added to the chair in winter?" It's a bit cold.

Gong Zhili: "Sure, just go to the village and buy it." She remembered that there was a shop in the village that specialized in weaving, and wondered if they made chair covers and cushions like this, or she could place an order.

They spent a whole morning putting all the chairs, cabinets, wardrobes, bookshelves, storage cabinets, kitchen cabinets, shoe cabinets, bookcases, bedside tables, coffee tables, low tables, bamboo high legs, high desks... in the places she had expected, and then sorted out the items that had been stuffed in the suitcase. The whole house became tidy, and the sense of life and satisfaction increased dramatically.

Glass peeked out from the corridor: "Where should I put the empty suitcase?"

Gong Zhili: "Put it in the storage room."

Glass: "I heard that was the reception room."

Gong Zhili waved his hand calmly: "You can put a folding bed in it and use it as a guest bedroom in the future." There is more than enough space.

She finished decorating the first floor and placed a few bamboo scaffolds at the corner of the stairs and on the terrace. Glass ran out and followed her, asking, "What are you going to put here?"

Gong Zhili already had a plan in mind: "In the future, plant some large potted plants, place them outside in the sun and rain, and let them grow well on their own."

Glass: "I thought the flowers and plants around the house were beautiful."

Gong Zhili hummed, "Plants have two different flavors indoors and outdoors. Natural flowers have their own natural beauty. Flower arrangements, dried flowers, fresh flowers, small potted plants, and large potted plants all give people different feelings."

She walked around the empty terrace and said, "I'm going to put up a stand and some lounge chairs here so I can lie down and look at the stars at night."

Glass's eyes drifted to the room on the second floor, where there were cabinets, wardrobes, bedside tables, and coffee tables, but there was no bed.

Gong Zhili also saw it and scratched her face. "This bed... I originally wanted to make it myself, but now—do you prefer a bamboo bed or a wooden bed?"

Glass said cautiously: "A wooden one will do. It's better to be sturdy and big. If Gojo and the others come to live here in the future, this bed must be able to withstand King Kong gorilla making a fuss on it."

Gong Zhili: "For a building of that level, wood shouldn't be used. Steel and concrete should be used."

Anyway, continue to place orders for new beds, and ask the bosses in the village who sells folding beds.

We had a very sumptuous lunch at noon. Glass quite liked this kind of recipe which did not have a lot of meat but had many kinds of stir-fried vegetables.

After lunch, Gong Zhili sat in the living room and taught Gaozi how to weave a small backpack.

"Spellcasters learn things quickly, don't they?" Gong Zhili said. "Is this also your talent?"

Glass shrugged. "I don't know. Has anyone else learned knitting from you before?"

Gong Zhili: "Gojo, he said he learned it with the six eyes. The six eyes are really convenient."

Glass: "That's definitely cheating."

Glass sat aside and weaved her own small backpack. Miya Chiri stretched her muscles, found a plastic scraper from the kitchen, identified the tatami to be pried up, chose one of the corners, inserted the scraper into the gap, and moved slowly.

She pried up only a few centimeters at a time and then moved to the next place, until she pried out two large tatami mats and found that there was wooden floor underneath.

According to the house structure here, there will be a poured foundation under the wooden floor, and perhaps some insulation materials, anyway, it will not be in direct contact with the soil.

She took out a small electric saw - which was also rented temporarily, and cut open the wooden floor. She found that, as she had expected, there was a thick layer of thermal insulation material on the foundation.

They have a wide variety of building materials.

Holding a flashlight, Gong Zhili lay down beside the big hole in the middle of the living room and checked the condition of the house's foundation: probably a very good designer was hired when it was built, and the terrain was high, so there was no water accumulation inside, and there were no signs of termite erosion on the wooden base.

Glass squatted beside her with her knees hugged: "Do you really have to lie on the ground like this?" It looked very funny from the side.

Gong Zhili then stood up and clapped his hands in satisfaction: "We can now lay out plastic protective mats in the living room."

She's about to start a major transformation!

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A very short chapter