Chapter 161 Daily Life
Gu Yan was out for the whole afternoon, and when he came back, he had two land deeds in his hands.
"Wife, everything is done. The shop has been transferred to your name.
The yard has also been bought. It is on the street behind the inn. The yard is not big and has only one entrance.
Although it is not big, it has three main rooms, which is enough for living.
I gave the broker five hundred dollars and asked him to find someone to clean the house.
We'll stay at the inn for one night today, and then we can buy some things and move into our own house tomorrow." Gu Yan looked at Li Wanqing expectantly.
"Really? It was done so quickly? My husband is really amazing." Li Wanqing praised.
Gu Yan's chest straightened a little when he heard this: "Come on, wife, I'll take you to the restaurant to eat delicious food."
"Come on, let's have something delicious to celebrate. The roasted venison we had last time was delicious, so let's go have it again today.
I'd like to ask the shopkeeper if he wants some venison." Li Wanqing said.
"Okay, let's go eat roasted venison." Gu Yan agreed to Li Wanqing's request.
The couple had a delicious meal of roasted venison in the evening and sold all the deer in the space.
The next morning, Gu Yan checked out of the hotel and drove to their newly bought house in a carriage.
The house is indeed not far from the inn, just around the street.
“Although this isn’t a main street, it’s quite lively and convenient for getting around. It’s a quiet spot amidst the hustle and bustle.
And the most important thing is that this place is very close to our shop. It’s the third one down the alley.
The shop is now rented out to a cloth shop. I'll take you there when I have time." The transfer of ownership took place at the government office yesterday. I'll have to go and see the shop when I have time.
Apart from anything else, the tenants have to be informed that the owner of the shop has changed, right?
"We're here. This is the place." Gu Yan stopped the carriage in front of a house and helped Li Wanqing get out.
Li Wanqing got off the carriage holding the child, and Gu Yan took out the key and opened the door.
Li Wanqing walked in first. When she entered the door, she saw a big tree on the left side of the yard. The leaves had all fallen off, so it was impossible to tell what kind of tree it was.
Then there are three blue brick and tile houses, and a wing room on the right. The yard is not big, about thirty or forty square meters.
"Wife, come into the house first and take the things from you. I'll light the stove and then go to make the kang." Gu Yan said as he opened the door again.
The room had indeed been cleaned, and even new window paper had been replaced on the windows.
Gu Yan walked out of the back door and went to the backyard to bring in a bundle of firewood.
This house has the same layout as the ordinary modern northern houses that Li Wanqing had seen before.
The east and west rooms of the three rooms are bedrooms. Both rooms have large kangs, and the middle one is the main room.
A stove was built on one side, and the stove was connected to the kang, so that when cooking, the kang would also be heated.
I built a stove next to the big stove so that I wouldn’t get cold when I don’t cook in the winter.
Gu Yan lit the stove, and Li Wanqing carried the child into the house.
The room is empty except for the kang. It seems I have to buy two simple pieces of furniture tomorrow.
Li Wanqing temporarily put Xuanxuan on the big bed in the space, and then took out the bedding in the space.
The kang surface was cleaned very well. Li Wanqing first covered it with a layer of white rough-edged paper.
Then she laid the kang mat, which Li Wanqing had bought before for drying things.
I bought several of them at that time, and now there are two unused ones left in my space, so it’s a good time to take one out.
A mattress was placed on the kang mat, but the mattress was not wide enough and only covered half of the kang.
Actually, it would be best to make a kang quilt to cover it, but there is no other way now, so I can only make do with it for now.
After the mattress was laid out, Li Wanqing took Xuanxuan out of the space and let him play on the mattress by himself.
She went outside and took out the deer, which would be sent to the restaurant later.
It was agreed yesterday that the restaurant would take all the sika deer they had, not only the sika deer, but also ten bison and twenty wild sheep.
They are the largest restaurant in the city, they have their own ice cellar, and now it is almost winter, so they don’t have to worry about the prey going bad if they have more.
Gu Yan’s task today is to deliver these prey to the restaurant.
"Gu Yan, go deliver the prey first. After you finish delivering it in the morning, go to the furniture store and buy some furniture in the afternoon." Li Wanqing first took out thirteen sika deer.
They killed a total of fifteen sika deer and kept two for themselves.
"Okay, I'll go first. You keep an eye on the stove. When it's almost done, add two more pieces of firewood.
I'll come back later and buy some charcoal." Gu Yan came out and reminded him worriedly.
"I understand. Don't worry." Li Wanqing agreed and helped Gu Yan load the sika deer into the car.
Thirteen sika deer couldn’t pull it all together at once, so they had to deliver it in two batches.
Gu Yan ran back and forth without stopping for half a day, and finally delivered all the prey before lunch.
"Wife, this time the prey was sold for 863 taels of silver. I want 400 taels of silver notes, and the rest in cash.
I spent two taels of silver on the charcoal, and the rest is here, you can keep it." After returning from his last trip, Gu Yan handed the silver to Li Wanqing.
Li Wanqing didn't hesitate and put it away directly. All the silver and money in their family were kept in Li Wanqing's space.
Li Wanqing felt that it was not as safe as keeping it in the space. Gu Yan might have felt the same way. Every time he sold silver, he would ask Li Wanqing to put it away.
"Take this twenty taels and go look for some furniture in the afternoon. Although we don't live here permanently, we still need to prepare a cabinet, a dining table, benches, etc." Li Wanqing said.
"Okay, I'll go there this afternoon, and I'll also order the donkey meat hotpot we had last time. Let's buy more this time.
There are also tofu pudding and fried dough sticks. I always feel that the one we ate at last time is better than the one in our county town. Let's buy some to take back." Gu Yan took the silver and put it in his arms.
"Okay, then buy some more. Donkey meat hot bread is really delicious. Come to think of it, I really want to eat it." Thinking of taking a bite of the fragrant donkey meat hot bread, Li Wanqing also wanted to eat it.
Gu Yan saw that Li Wanqing also wanted to eat, so he thought that since his wife wanted to eat, he had to let her have it.
"Wife, wait for me, I'll go buy it now." Gu Yan said.
"Forget it, it's already noon, and the donkey meat and hot pot vendors should be closing up shop. It will be the same if we eat it tomorrow," said Li Wanqing.
"It's okay, I'll go take a look. I'll buy something else when the stall closes." Gu Yan said and walked out.
Seeing that Gu Yan was determined to go, Li Wanqing stopped trying to stop him.
Gu Yan arrived just in time, as the boss was about to close the stall. He also bought the last few donkey meat hot buns.
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