Su Bai's eyes were full of smiles as she listened. "You little girl, lately your mouth has been sweeter and sweeter than ever. I'm almost halfway to the grave, if I don't get old, wouldn't I be a monster?"
"I'm not very capable and can't help you much with your business outside. I can only lend a hand with these small things."
“Mother, that’s not quite right. You’re only thirty-seven this year, the prime of your life. In some places, women in their thirties are just starting out in their careers and love lives, far from being considered ‘old.’” Su Hua shook her head and chuckled.
"Moreover, Mother has made great contributions to the mala tang business. Without you holding the fort in the rear, where would these mala tang skewers come from? Besides, you handled the land, craftsmen, and bricks and tiles all perfectly when it came to building the house. The house project is more than half done."
That's absolutely true.
With Su Baishi involved, all that's left for her to do is to prepare some design drawings.
After all, the rest of the house was tolerable, but the outhouse was something she really couldn't stand any longer. She had to mentally prepare herself before going to the outhouse every time.
This time, it must be changed in the new house.
However, there is no running water here, nor are there any materials to make squat toilets or flush toilets. Even today, in the Qin family's house, because the servants clean it all the time, the toilet area is much cleaner than in the countryside, but it is still not satisfactory compared to the modern toilets in China.
She needs to take some time to think about what can be used as alternative materials.
This material not only needs to be sturdy, but also needs to be waterproof and weatherproof over the years. If it can be found, not only can the outhouse be completely transformed, but the bathroom can also be renovated.
Su Bai was stunned. Although Hua'er's words were a bit difficult to understand, she could roughly guess what was going on. She couldn't help but wonder, "How can a woman in her thirties only start doing serious work?"
When a daughter reaches the age of fourteen and is of marriageable age, her family will begin to think about finding her a husband.
By the time you're thirty, you should already have several children; otherwise, you'll be like an old clam carrying a pearl.
In this surrounding area, only the butcher's daughter was an exception. She was almost thirty and still doing honest work, and not only that, she was also trying to get ahead.
Su Hua's brow twitched slightly as she listened. The topic had somehow swung back to that guy.
She could never match her mother's divergent thinking.
She turned her face away uncomfortably and said softly, "Back in the dilapidated temple, didn't Meng Po touch my forehead once? Then I had a lot of fragments from other places in my mind. The world I saw in those fragments was completely different from ours. I felt that the world was so different, like heaven and earth. We people are like flowers. Different flowers have different blooming seasons. As long as you are happy, that's good."
Upon hearing this, Madam Su thought about it quietly for a while and also felt that it made some sense.
They even talked about this topic for quite a while.
I finally succumbed to sleepiness and drifted off to bed when the moon was high in the sky.
Su Hua heard Su Bai's breathing gradually become longer and he started to snore softly. Then she took out the dark wooden box from her sleeve and played with it for a while in the moonlight before closing her eyes and preparing to sleep.
Almost the instant I closed my eyes, I heard a ripping sound.
It sounded like claws scratching wood.
The sizzling sound wasn't actually that noticeable, but now that most of the Su family members were asleep, even the west room where Su Erhu and his wife lived had long since fallen silent, the entire courtyard was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Su Hua was wondering if it was because Da Bai couldn't sleep in his nest and was making noise by fidgeting.
But after the first sizzle, there were several more faint sizzling sounds, seemingly accompanied by the sound of something hitting the ground.
She couldn't stay lying down any longer, so she gently sat up and looked out the window at the coffin.
Upon closer inspection...
But he was so shocked that he almost couldn't catch his breath.
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