The owner of the house chosen by Song Bo is a wealthy businessman.
Because of their affluent family background, the house is located in a prime location. Although it is not very big, it is fully equipped with various items. It also has an exquisite back garden with pavilions, towers, bridges and flowing water.
But also because he is a wealthy businessman, in this era where everything needs to be "in line with status", he does not look that impressive.
This exactly meets the requirements of Su Qingluan and her group - a good location and a nice layout, but not too conspicuous from the outside.
During the time when Su Qingluan and Yaoguang were not home, Song Bo even put away some of the items that he thought were too delicate and placed them in boxes, so that from the surface, the whole room would be even less noticeable.
The wealthy businessman had no intention of selling his property, but because his elder died of illness, he, as a son, had to go home to observe mourning.
The "mourning" in those days was not like the later generations' where one just wore a black veil and plain clothes. One had to wear mourning clothes and observe mourning attire, and live next to the grave to guard the elders' graves.
Of course, not everyone needs to do this. Only direct descendants such as your sons and grandchildren need to do this.
Moreover, "filial piety" is also a very important indicator of a person's "high moral character", so people who can diligently observe filial piety for their elders, and even become emaciated for this, can often be promoted in officialdom.
Even if you are doing business, you will accumulate extraordinary popularity.
Because of this, although "observing mourning" is a tough job, many people have always done their best to carry it out, striving to make themselves more "haggard" and more "sad".
The time of mourning varies slightly from place to place according to customs, but this wealthy businessman needs to go back to mourn for three years, so the house will be vacant for at least three years. Song Bo happened to catch up and booked it, and paid the rent for these three years in advance in one go.
The manager across the street who collected the rent was naturally happy about this - this way he wouldn't have to run over to collect money every once in a while, which would save a lot of time.
Su Qingluan was also very satisfied. This way, for at least three years, Su Qingluan could do her own thing in peace. After all, Mu Xingzhi didn't know when the big thing would be completed, and she didn't know when the mission would be completed.
Moving is an energy-consuming task, whether in ancient times or modern times.
Fortunately, after Su Qingluan posted the notice, most people still took a wait-and-see attitude for a while, so there were not many people who came to ask for the money they paid for the "wooden sign" in the first two or three days. Su Qingluan's overall work was relatively easy. She simply locked the store in the afternoon when there were not many people around and helped to build the new home first.
Although there are only three people in the family so far, there are still many things that need to be purchased - such as various necessities, and kitchen utensils needed by Su Qingluan.
As for the various small items for daily life, you can only think about it slowly - after all, no one can buy all of these miscellaneous items at once.
This courtyard was a three-story house, and because it had a back garden, it looked quite spacious. What made Su Qingluan even more satisfied was that there was a separate well, so she didn't have to fetch water all day long - of course, the water fetching job was usually done by Song Bo or Yao Guang.
Although Su Qingluan is a chef and has a lot of strength in her hands, she has not fully grown up yet and her body is rather thin, so she can only do half of the work of carrying water.
Every profession has its own expertise. There are two people in her family whose fighting power is many times higher than hers, so it is better to leave the heavy physical work to professionals!
After buying things today, they have to be arranged in the corresponding places. Generally speaking, the furniture is delivered to the door by the seller. Su Qingluan and the others didn't do anything, but running around like this, especially under the scorching sun, is very tiring.
So even though she didn't do any heavy physical work, Su Qingluan felt like her whole body was falling apart and she quickly fell asleep.
Then the next day, she had a rare backache and could hardly get up.
In fact, it is no wonder. On the way from Huaxi Village to Jingzhou, Su Qingluan spent most of the time in the carriage. Even if she got off occasionally, it was just to relax and rest to prevent her legs from getting too sore and numb.
Muscle endurance is a very concrete example of the saying “use it or lose it”. After all, there is a precedent of requiring muscle rehabilitation after being bedridden for more than a week. This shows that muscle function will rapidly deteriorate if you do not exercise for a long time.
Although Su Qingluan walked a long way on her first day in the capital, Yan Min gave her a ride in a carriage. Later, when she went to the court to confront Manager Lu, she was given "family treatment" and could sit down and rest. So overall, she had many opportunities to relax her feet and did not over-exercise.
However, yesterday, in the morning, she went to "Su Ji" and because the counter was designed to be relatively high and she was the shopkeeper, she naturally could not sit at the counter all day without gaining a firm foothold and winning the favor of customers, waiting for customers to come before slowly standing up. Instead, she had to stand up with a particularly positive attitude to welcome customers - even if the other party came to ask for compensation.
After the shop closed, Su Qingluan ran back and forth with Song Bo and Yaoguang to take care of household chores. After a whole day, it would be a wonder if Su Qingluan was not tired.
Su Qingluan originally thought that if she went out the next day with her teeth bared like a sick cat, both the neighbors and the guests would look at her with a smart look, so she tried her best to hide the discomfort in her legs.
However, if you are not careful, it is easy to grin.
However, contrary to Su Qingluan's expectations, everyone seemed to think that there was nothing wrong with her limping appearance.
Su Qingluan hadn't realized why at first, until one of the customers who was pushing the beechwood sign saw Su Qingluan limping and teased, "Boss, your husband must have been very enthusiastic yesterday? Look how tired you are!"
Su Qingluan's feet gave way when the wheel of the car hit her face so unexpectedly, and she nearly twisted her ankle. Fortunately, she immediately held onto the counter next to her, and then she realized why everyone acted so "as if it were natural."
However, the more he explained, the more he was covering up, so Su Qingluan simply laughed it off.
Su Qingluan chatted and laughed with the customers, and soon made the unhappy customers who needed to return their cards smile and say they would come again next time, making the atmosphere seem harmonious.
But in a corner outside, a young girl was staring intently in the direction of Su Qingluan. Her face was pale and terrified, as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. "Su Daya...why, why did she come to the capital?"
The voice was full of disbelief.
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