Yue Jiuyue thanked the closed gate and then walked towards the back of the village to find the house with the white sail.
Found it.
Both the house with the white sail and the house to the west had their doors tightly shut.
Yue Jiuyue went to the house on the west side and knocked on the door.
Who is it?
It was the voice of a young man.
There was a few clanging and banging sounds inside, and then the door creaked open.
"Who is it? What's up?"
The young man frowned and asked bluntly.
"I've come to see your carpentry work. If it's suitable, I'll have two large doors custom-made."
Yue Jiuyue thought the other party would ask a few more questions, but to her surprise, he simply stepped aside and pointed inside.
Yue Jiuyue nodded to him, said "Sorry to bother you," and went inside.
This area is close to the county town, and the houses are almost all brick and tile houses. In this carpenter's house, there are smooth stone slabs laid from the front door to the main room. At a glance, you can tell that this is a family that pays attention to detail. In the yard, there are wooden planks and semi-finished products, all of which are neatly arranged.
Under the eaves of the main room, an elderly man in his fifties was smoking a pipe and gazing at the sky at a 45-degree angle.
Yue Jiuyue thought the old man was expressing sadness, but then she heard him say:
"Sigh! It's still a sunny day!"
Oh, so the old man was checking the weather.
Indeed, there are no weather forecasts in this era, but many elderly people still predict the weather for a period of time by observing the sky. For example, there are sayings like "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, sailors' delight," "A halo around the sun at midnight means rain before dawn; a halo around the moon at noon means wind before dusk," and "If the leaves of the paulownia tree droop downwards, it will rain heavily within two or three days."
There are many such proverbs for predicting the weather, all of which were recorded by the ancient working people through careful observation.
In fact, many elderly people in their village know how to read the weather, but Yue Jiuyue lives far away and has never seen it before.
"Sir, this old lady wants to order two doors."
The young man only revealed Yue Jiuyue's purpose after the old man spoke.
Yue Jiuyue: (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)
Damn it, old lady! Destroy them all!
"How tall and wide? Are there any requirements?"
The old man continued smoking his pipe, showing no enthusiasm whatsoever for Yue Jiuyue, the "customer" who had come to his door on his own initiative.
"Sir, my walls are three meters high, and there's a three-meter gap left for the front door. The door frame hasn't been installed yet. What height and width do you think would be suitable for the door?"
Professional issues should be left to professionals to solve; she only needs to provide the funds.
"Yes, we need to leave space for the door frames on both sides, so the main door needs to be 2.8 meters wide and can be slightly higher than the wall, about 3.2 meters would be about right."
"Hey, there are two big doors over there, 3.2 meters high and 2.8 meters wide. Do you want them? If you do, just give me twenty taels of silver and you can take them!"
The old man took a moment to say a few words, then continued smoking his pipe and gazing at the sky at a 45-degree angle.
Yue Jiuyue's lips twitched a few times, finding it unbelievable.
Two large doors for twenty taels of silver? That's expensive!
She looked at the old man's grandson, who had opened the door for her, with a head full of questions.
"Come with me and take a look first."
After saying that, he turned and left, and Yue Jiuyue immediately followed.
In the west wing, Yue Jiuyue had just stood at the door when she looked up and saw two vermilion doors with a pair of bronze door knockers on them. The base of the door knockers was just an ordinary round shape, and there were no special carvings on the wooden doors, but Yue Jiuyue took a liking to them at first glance.
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