Qin Yao stood on the street and silently observed the performance of her children. Seeing that they had adapted well, she felt relieved and started shopping for furniture.
She didn't like wandering around, and she had a clear goal and a basic idea of what she wanted to buy, so she picked the largest shop specializing in second-hand furniture in the grocery market and walked straight in.
Businessmen have sharp eyes. As soon as Qin Yao entered the store, the boss, who had just finished greeting an old customer, waved away the waiter and came up to her personally with a smile, introducing the new set of furniture in the store to her in a gentle tone.
Seeing Qin Yao's eyes fall on a pair of silver-red vase ornaments, he immediately asked the waiter to bring them closer for her to see more easily.
While introducing, "To be honest, madam, these items look like they are made of fine materials and are of high quality. Most of them were stolen from government confiscations. Although some people think these items are unlucky, I think it is worth it if I can allow customers to buy their favorite items with the least amount of money. What do you think?"
Qin Yao nodded, "I think so too. Then leave this pair of silver-red vases to me first. I will choose a few more and sister will give me a good price for them together. How about that?"
The boss immediately smiled and made a gesture of invitation, "Sister, feel free to look around first. Once you're done, I'll have my staff bring them over and put them together. The price and other things are negotiable. The main thing is that you have to be satisfied."
Qin Yao saw the woolen woven carpet hanging on the wall and asked, "Do you have a ruler to help me measure it?"
The boss immediately took out a ruler, measured the data and reported it to Qin Yao.
"Take this blanket too." It's just the right size to be placed in the living room at the entrance.
There were quite a few sets of reception tables and chairs in the room. Qin Feng's family only had one set, and there were not enough seats for more than two guests. Qin Yao simply took a ruler and asked for two sets of tables and chairs with the same color and style while measuring.
It’s said that big stores have a wide range of goods. They even sell lanterns. But they are not second-hand, all of them are new.
There were only two broken paper lanterns hanging on the gate of Qin Feng's house, and they were so drafty that the candles could not be lit.
Qin Yao made a disdainful sound and said to the boss sister, "Give me four pairs of long strings of red lanterns like this, and ten single small lanterns."
She wanted to light up the two courtyards!
Qin Yao then asked for eight flower pots, four large water tanks, four wooden barrels, a set of kitchen utensils, eight copper basins, four bathtubs, four beds, three dressing tables, and two sets of tableware, ensuring that there would be enough bowls and plates to entertain guests even if they came to the house.
Qin Yao made her selection very quickly, and in less than half an hour she had picked out everything in the store that met her needs.
The boss followed her and calculated with an abacus, and both sides stopped almost at the same time.
Qin Yao: "That's all I need."
The boss said, "The total is fifty-eight taels, six cents, and thirty-seven coins. I see that you are quite generous, so I will just give you fifty-eight taels and six cents."
Qin Yao nodded, paid the money readily, told the boss the address of Qin Feng's house, asked them to find someone to deliver it, and then went on to the next house.
Except for the main house in the second courtyard which had a decent set of bedding and bed curtains, the other rooms were bare and looked cold and dark, not sunny at all.
Home should be the most comfortable and relaxing place. Qin Yao likes her home to have some color, bright and warm.
There is a cloth shop here in the grocery market, and Qin Yao bought a bunch of ready-made bed curtains and quilts, as well as bedding such as padded backrests.
She even bought embroidered cloth for the stool. She didn't need it herself, but since Si Niang was a cute little girl, her room must be pink and pretty, even down to the legs of the table.
Qin Yao completely followed the idea of decorating a dollhouse and bought a bunch of brightly colored soft furnishings and ornaments for the girls' rooms at home.
After buying a lot of things, it was almost time to go to the end of the street to meet the children. Qin Yao was suddenly startled. She seemed to have forgotten to buy something for Liu Ji's room.
After thinking about it, I went back to the first store and found the owner’s sister and bought two large bookshelves, a set of octagonal tables, and a set of desks.
Now that you have bought everything, why not buy him two better quilts? The weather is getting colder and hotter, and a bad sleep will affect his brain.
If you don’t have a good brain and can’t concentrate on reading, that would be a problem.
Because of this delay, Qin Yao was the last one to gather at the end of the street. Yin Le and the children had already spent their budget and bought what they wanted.
Take what you can carry yourself. If it’s a large item that you can’t carry, ask the store to find someone to deliver it to Yongtong Lane.
Qin Yao asked: "Have you bought everything?"
The one big and four small ones nodded happily. The three men and four women even took off the masks on their heads and covered their faces to show off.
The two cute little faces were covered by ferocious animal masks. Qin Yao took a half step back. If he encountered this at night, his father would be scared to death, right?
After telling her not to wear masks at home at night, Qin Yao waved her hand and said, "Go home!"
The mother and son arrived home first, and the things they bought were delivered half an hour later. The mother and her friends rolled up their sleeves and worked hard to decorate the house, and the whole house was transformed.
As dusk falls, the lanterns in the front and back yards are all lit. Among the dim bungalows, the small courtyard with a two-story attic is like a lighthouse, striving to emit light and point the way home for those returning home at night.
The aroma of food wafted out from the yard. The kid next door sniffed it and exclaimed, "It's meat!"
Even in the capital, under the feet of the emperor, not many people can afford to eat meat. The aroma of meat in Yongtongfang wafted from the Qin Mansion's house and spread to the entire market, making countless children cry out of greed.
Sanlang sat on a small stool with his butt practically stuck next to the stove, under the pretext of helping to light the fire, but in fact he secretly stretched out his little hand, quickly touched, and a piece of freshly-baked stew went into his mouth.
After chewing for a while, she frowned, "Senior Sister Le, it's too salty."
Because the master and Awang were not at home and it was time for dinner, Yin Le, who was forced to cook, unceremoniously kicked the thief out of the kitchen!
Sanlang licked the corner of his mouth, thinking that he didn't mind it even if it was salty, but after taking one look at Senior Sister Le's cold face, he decided to run away.
I ran out of the kitchen and came to the front yard. Except for my father's room, lights were on in all the houses.
The eldest and second brothers were happily making the beds they had just bought, while the youngest sister was holding her precious piano, trying to find a place to put it.
A Niang sat calmly on the newly bought armchair in the main hall, the table beside her filled with various snacks. She put food into her mouth with one hand and drank water from the teacup with the other. Her eyes were dull and her mind was empty.
Sanlang walked around the newly bought large water tank in the yard and thought to himself: When can we have dinner?
"Mom, I'll go to the door to see if Dad and Uncle Awang are back." He said to the main hall, and got a slow "hmm" in response, then Sanlang ran to the door.
After running out for a while, he came back again and shouted excitedly to every room: "They are back, let's eat!"
He rushed into the kitchen happily and actively moved bowls and chopsticks.
Qin Yao and the others were brought back to their senses by his shout, and all of them put down what they were doing and came to the courtyard. (End of this chapter)
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