Chen Ahfu was secretly delighted. The swallow manure was indeed a rare fertilizer and ripening agent. He would dilute it a little more next time so as not to arouse suspicion.
She happily cut a handful and fried the twice-cooked pork. It tasted so delicious that Dabao and Alu used their steamed buns to clean the bottom of the plate, and even Chen Afu wanted to fry another plate right away.
Chen Ming looked at the remaining half pot and said, "Give these to my mother and elder brother, so that they can have a taste of the freshness."
Chen Ahfu shook his head and said, "Dad, it's not that I can't bear to give it up. This thing is so fragrant that we don't even know why. If they enjoy it and come to us for more, what if the second and third batches aren't as fragrant? We should give them the second batch. If the flavor is still as strong, then the third batch will definitely be as fragrant. If the flavor is lighter, it won't be so outrageous."
She felt that if she didn't continue to pour swallow manure, the smell would definitely become weaker and weaker.
Chen Ming thought about it and agreed. Since summer began, there has been a faint fragrance in the house. The boiled water is sweeter and the cooked food is more fragrant. Now, even the garlic sprouts are growing faster than before and are more fragrant...
Suddenly, his face turned pale, and he regretted it so much that he said, "Afu, Dad thinks this yard is a blessed land, and we shouldn't move somewhere else..."
Then he expressed his doubts.
Chen Ahfu couldn't tell him that it was because of Yan Chenxiang. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad. Let's not sell these two courtyards for now. If you think this place is good in the future, we can move back. However, I think the strange things in our family now are not necessarily related to this courtyard, but to people. If people are blessed, even the heavens will protect them. Maybe when we move to the new home, we will bring this blessing to the new home."
Chen Ming nodded after hearing this. Or, if he was not comfortable living in the new courtyard, he would still be willing to come back here to help the Chen family keep this blessing.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the twelfth lunar month, and Chen Ming's new courtyard was almost completed. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, they held a ceremony to commemorate the occasion, and invited many people to the new courtyard for dinner.
To distinguish them, the new home of Chen Ming and his family was named Luyuan, while the new home of Chen Afu and his mother was named Fuyuan, which happened to be the names of the two siblings, auspicious and nice.
On the day of raising the beam, Chen Afu was still at work. He just led a few children to look towards Lu Garden from the gate of Tang Garden. After hearing the firecrackers in Lu Garden, he returned to the yard.
In Lu Garden, Wang was busy with Gao and the two granddaughters-in-law of the third grandfather, Wu and Sun. On this day, most of the families in Xiangluo Village sent representatives to the event, and all the prominent people in the neighborhood were invited, including the Luo Guanshi and his son.
The dishes on the banquet were extremely rich, and the villagers talked about it for a long time. They couldn't help but sigh that the second branch of the Chen family had become rich with a daughter! It seemed that if a daughter was raised well, she would be more useful than a son.
The 16th day of the twelfth lunar month was an auspicious day, and the second branch of the Chen family officially moved in. Not only did Chen Ming's family of three move to Luyuan, but Chen Afu and his mother also moved in. They would wait until next spring, when Fuyuan was completed and renovated, before moving in.
In order to meet deadlines, the family moved in a hurry. The furniture was brought here by Wu the carpenter and his sons two days ago on a bullock cart. The family only bought some pots, pans, and other daily necessities, and some other things would be added later.
Early in the morning, Chen Ye's donkey cart and Tangyuan's horse carriage arrived. Chen Ming's old furniture would not be moved over, and there were not many valuables. The most were cloth, a few sacks of food, dozens of chickens, two larks, and the orchid in the space. It was a good opportunity to take the orchid out of the space and give it to Abbot Chen another day.
Dabao was puzzled when he saw the orchid that suddenly appeared. Chen Afu lied to him and said that the flower had been kept in the chicken coop on the right side of the backyard. His family had two chicken pens in total, but because they had few chickens, they only used one.
Chen Ahfu was afraid that the orchid would get cold, so he put it in the carriage, and took it directly to the west wing after arriving at Lu Garden. He also warned Qiqi and Huihui that if they dared to treat the flower as a vegetable, he would punish them without mercy.
The two cars made two trips and finished the job.
Chen Ming and his family walked out of the house carrying their last few valuables. Chen Ming turned around and locked the fence door, then stared at the dilapidated yard for a long time.
Sixteen years ago, he was carried here by Chen Ye, and he thought he was waiting to die. But God had mercy on him and let him marry Wang, who not only earned money to treat his illness, but also gave him a pair of children.
Now that his daughter has become successful, she has built a big tiled house for him to live in. Moreover, when he left the yard today, he stood up and brought his wife, children, and grandchildren with him, a family of three generations.
Chen Ming stood there for a long time. With the support of Wang and Chen Afu, he turned around and left, wiping his tears.
Walking to the entrance of the village, I looked at the two large courtyards from afar. Both had blue brick walls as high as a person. The Fuyuan in the east was still under construction, while the Luyuan in the west had blue walls and black tiles, and flying eaves and corners, which was very impressive. In the countryside, only landlords could live in such a nice and large courtyard.
To liven up the atmosphere, Chen Ahfu joked, "If you live in Luyuan, your father will be the landlord Chen, and your mother will be the landlord's wife."
Ah Lu continued, "Eldest sister is the daughter of a landlord, I am the young master of a landlord, and Dabao is the young brother of a landlord."
Everyone laughed and hurriedly quickened their pace to head towards Lu Garden. Dabao, Zhuifeng and Wangcai ran in the front, with two parrots circling above their heads, chirping.
In the courtyard of Luyuan, there is a cross-shaped bluestone road. Four plots of land are reserved for transplanting trees when the frost breaks in the next year. There are three upper rooms and two side rooms, three rooms in the east and west wing rooms, five rooms in the back house, and a row of back rooms. Due to the small number of people and things, the back rooms are almost empty.
Although both are two-courtyard houses, the layouts of houses in the countryside and those in the city are different. In the city, the first courtyard is the outer courtyard, and the second courtyard is the inner courtyard. In the countryside, for convenience, the first courtyard is mostly the main courtyard, and the second courtyard is the place to raise livestock, toilets, or vegetable fields.
Seeing the repaired cowshed and pigsty, although empty, A Lu and Da Bao were also very excited. Since the beginning of winter, villagers have been slaughtering pigs for the New Year, but they have never raised pigs and have never experienced the excitement and joy of slaughtering pigs at home. That special day is as exciting to them as the Chinese New Year. In the future, they will be able to raise pigs at home, and perhaps even add an ox cart in the near future.
Chen Ming and his wife lived in the west room of the upper house, which had a kang. However, Chen Alu lived in the east wing and Chen Afu lived in the west wing, which did not have a kang. They learned from the rich people in the city and put a carved canopy bed in their bedroom. The bed had to be padded with a thick cotton pad, and there had to be a hot water bottle and a charcoal basin to keep it warm. Rural families were generally not so extravagant.
The back room is the kitchen and warehouse.
There were many people living in the house, so Chen Ming wanted to bring his old lady to live with him. He secretly asked the old lady, but she didn't agree. She was used to living with her eldest son, and she was also afraid that he would be sad.
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