Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Taoist priest and witch
After the two of them had discussed it, they went back to the old house for dinner that night and told everyone about it at the dinner table.
Originally, they had a simple idea: just tell friends and family when they would go out for dinner, and then order the ingredients a day in advance, and get everything done within a week.
It's best to choose a Saturday or Sunday so the children are at home.
When Huang Xiuhua heard them talking about this, she didn't even bother to eat. She immediately took out the calendar and flipped through it, but she couldn't find anything after flipping through it for a long time.
He also said that he would go find a Taoist priest and a fortune teller to calculate the date.
Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming were both confused when they heard this. They thought they could just pick a suitable day for a banquet on the calendar, so why did they need to find a Taoist priest or a fortune teller?
But Huang Xiuhua looked very familiar and insisted on going to look for him. She even insisted that the couple go with her and bring a piece of clothing that the four of them did not wear to show them.
Ning Shaoming felt it was troublesome, so he said tentatively: "No need to look for it, we are all looking forward to a good life..."
He just wants it to be quick, otherwise he would be anxious if there is no money in his account.
Huang Xiuhua said seriously, "No! If you don't believe it, you can go out and ask other families if they do the same thing if they run shops. Don't think this is feudal superstition. Your wife's uncle's family runs a clinic. He also asked someone to calculate the date before. You are young and ignorant, but if the elders in our family don't remind you and advise you, it will be our fault when others talk about it."
Ning Shaoming looked at his father and saw that Ning Da also nodded in agreement. He could only look at Zhao Ruyue helplessly and accept the arrangement.
"Then tell the Taoist priest and the witch to pick a date closer to us..."
Before he could finish his words, Huang Xiuhua interrupted him with a glare: "The dates are calculated, how can you ask for it to be like this? Whatever date is calculated by others, it will be like that!"
"If we calculate it to be next year, we still have to wait until next year to open the store?" Ning Shaoming complained, "This year our family will have to starve to death?"
Huang Xiuhua scolded, "You crow mouth, how could there not be a suitable day in the whole year? Stop talking, come with me tomorrow to find someone, I have already asked for you, the people who run shops with good business in town are looking for those two, you are not allowed to talk nonsense when you go, understand?"
She stared at Ning Shaoming intently until he repeatedly assured her that the Taoist priest and the fortune teller would not ask any questions after he went there and he would not say a word, and then she let him go.
Tomorrow is Monday. The two children are supposed to go to school, but I have to ask for leave for them and take them with me to calculate the date.
The next day, the whole family followed Huang Xiuhua and went to the fortune-teller's house first.
After Zhao Ruyue entered, she looked around and didn't feel that the fortune teller's house was any different from other homes except that they burned incense every day.
The fortune teller looks like an ordinary lady.
Huang Xiuhua handed their clothes to the witch and listened to her chattering for a long time, but it was difficult to understand what she said.
Then they gave them money and received four yellow talismans folded into triangles. They were asked to wear them every day for at least a month. After a month, they could burn them if they didn't want to wear them anymore.
After the witch performed the ritual, the four pieces of clothing were returned to them, allowing them to wear them at least once. They could continue to wear them if they wanted to, or dispose of them as they pleased if they didn't want to.
The issue of the opening date of the store was not mentioned at all. Ning Shaoming wanted to say something, but his mother glared at him several times, forcing him to swallow his words.
After leaving the fortune teller's house, he was scolded and his mother looked like she was about to tape his mouth shut.
On the way to Dao Gong's house, he was given many instructions and was not allowed to speak once he got there.
When they arrived at Daogong's house, they didn't use the clothes, but they started to count the days for them.
Finally, three suitable dates were calculated, one is February 28th in the lunar calendar, and the other is April 17th in the Gregorian calendar.
Generally speaking, we start talking about the days that are close to us.
So Ning Shaoming couldn't help but say, "This is the day." It happened to be Sunday.
After he finished the calculation and went out, he was scolded by his mother again, because she complained that he interrupted her too quickly and prevented her from listening more to Taoist priest's explanation of those good days.
"For the same price, others can listen to several days of lectures, but we can only listen to one. It's such a loss!"
Ning Shaoming didn't understand why she was so excited and concerned about this: "What's the point of listening to that? You can't be a Taoist priest."
Huang Xiuhua looked at him with a look of disappointment: "I will tell others about it when they ask me about it. Otherwise, how can I tell them how I chose the date?"
Ning Shaoming: "Oh, so it's so that you can chat with people when you get back."
He finally understood that calculating the date meant they were spending money to buy her a topic to gossip with others, and it had to be rich in content.
"..." Huang Xiuhua was choked by him, "Shut up, I can't make sense to you, I'm too lazy to talk to you!"
Ning Shaoming was scolded several times in one day, more times than he had received in the previous year.
But fortunately the date has been set.
April 17th is less than ten days away, and they can take advantage of this free time to tidy up the store and new home.
For a newly renovated house, it is not enough to clean it only once. You need to clean it several times before the dust is cleaned thoroughly.
I'd better clean up the new house while opening the store so that I won't be too busy to deal with it later.
They can take advantage of the free time now and use the leftover materials from building and decorating the house to pave several criss-cross paths in the open space in the middle of the house, dividing the land into small pieces, which will also make it easier to walk in the future.
After dividing the land, plant the vegetables and flowers you want to grow while it is still spring.
Then cover the door and the area under the right wall where the tarpaulin is installed with cement to make it easier to clean later.
After doing all this, the remaining materials for building the house were almost used up, leaving only a few bricks and cement.
There are less than two days left until April 17th.
Ning Shaoming originally wanted to build a stove at the door with the remaining bricks and cement, but unfortunately it was not enough, so he had to give up.
Ning Shixia has been following them excitedly these days and has not even gone to school.
She only turned four in March of the lunar calendar this year, and is not yet old enough to go to school. There are no kindergartens locally, and children go to the preschool class at the age of five, the senior class at the age of six, and the first grade of elementary school at the age of seven.
Both of their children started school at an early age.
Her daughter is still young and doesn’t want to go to school, so Zhao Ruyue lets her do as she pleases and helps her ask for leave from school.
While his parents were shoveling and laying cement, Ning Shixia also helped with a small bucket and shovel.
They originally thought she would cause trouble, but they didn't expect her to act so seriously and in a proper manner.
When Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming were busy with other things, she would take a small stool and stand guard over the cement floor to drive away small animals that approached and prevent them from stepping on the cement floor that had not yet dried.
The cement floor at other people's doorsteps will inevitably have chicken, dog or cat paw prints, but their floor has none of those, only horizontal lines drawn there to prevent slipping.
When Ning Shixia saw that there were some materials left at home that his parents no longer needed, he said he wanted some.
Ning Shaoming thought that the child had been with them and working with them for so many days, so he was very familiar with these things.
She is quite strong and it is easy for her to lift one of these red bricks.
He probably wouldn't stuff cement or something like that into his mouth or eyes, so he nodded and said, "You can play with it. Just let me know if you need help."
Ning Shixia waved her hand proudly: "No, I can do it myself."
She seriously chose a place in the corner of the door that was not in the way of others and started mixing the cement.
Ning Shaoming watched for a while and confirmed that his daughter was fine. Then he said something to Zhao Ruyue who was growing vegetables in the yard and went out to find someone to order a sheep.
Today is April 15th, and there are too many things to order tomorrow, the 16th. He wants to order everything that can be ordered in advance today to avoid being too busy and hectic tomorrow.
When Ning Shaoming came back after ordering the sheep, he saw a square object built at the door.
It doesn't look big, only slightly higher than the knees of a sitting child, less than one meter long, and about as wide as his forearm. There is a small area where there are probably not enough bricks, so it was filled with cement and some small stones.
It looks like a fish pond, but it's too small and can only hold some small fish. It's nice for children to play with.
"I'm back!" Ning Shaoming walked into the house.
Seeing his daughter squatting on the ground helping Zhao Ruyue plant seeds, he smiled and asked, "Xiao Xia, is that a pond you made at the door? Do you want to raise fish at the door? If you want to raise fish, you can't just use bricks. You have to paste a layer of cement inside and outside so that water won't leak out."
He was already thinking about buying some cement to build the small pond for his daughter.
Ning Shixia looked up, then shook her head: "No, I can't tell you now. I have to wait for my brother to come back. I've already told him."
"Okay, then Dad won't ask anymore. I'll see what it is when you reveal it."
In the evening, Ning Shiqiu returned home from school. The two children went back to the old house to eat, and then one rode a bicycle and the other rode a skateboard to the new home.
Zhao Ruyue followed them and when she got there she saw the two of them squatting there, gesturing and whispering to the small pool that Ning Shixia had built in the corner today.
Zhao Ruyue didn't care what they were doing. She walked into the yard and watered the vegetables and flowers there.
Halfway through watering, I heard two children shouting, "Mom, we're going home."
Zhao Ruyue didn't even raise her head and responded, "Be careful on the road, don't walk in the middle."
When I heard them respond, "I got it," I continued watering the plants with peace of mind.
Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia took the measurements and ran to Grandpa: "Grandpa, can you help us make an iron net this big?"
In order to get grandpa to agree to help, the sweet-talking Ning Shixia made a promise right away: "When the iron net is ready, we'll make you something really, really delicious!"
"Okay, okay, our Xiao Xia is the best." Ning Da praised his granddaughter with a smile, then picked up the paper they gave him and took a look at the drawing and size on it.
It’s just a square net, and it’s very easy to make.
He didn't even ask the two children what they were going to do with it, but nodded and agreed: "Do you need it in a hurry? If not, I'll make it for you tomorrow. If you need it in a hurry, I can make it for you now."
"Don't worry, you can do it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Their stoves haven't dried yet, so even if they are finished they can't be used for the time being.
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