Chapter 151 Discussion
After the Mu brothers left, Song Yuntang looked at Xu Qingye who was still making lanterns. He followed his example and picked up the materials beside him and started making lanterns.
"It has to be tied like this here."
Just when she was in a panic, a big hand reached out, and with a few movements of the slender fingers, the bamboo sticks in Song Yuntang's hands that were about to fall apart were straightened and tied up.
Feeling the man approaching, Song Yuntang suddenly became a little nervous.
I raised my eyes slightly and happened to meet his deep eyes.
His eyes were calm and clear, as if he was just trying to help her, and no other emotions could be seen.
Song Yuntang suppressed the nervousness in his heart and looked down at the thing in his hand again.
After tying it up, Xu Qingye calmly sat back in his seat.
Looking at the finished rabbit frame, Song Yuntang curled the corners of his lips.
"It seems that I really don't have the talent to make this thing."
The man smiled lightly, his voice gentle.
"I'll do it. Be careful of the burrs on the bamboo that haven't been cleaned up, or you might scratch your hands."
Song Yuntang smiled and looked in his direction.
"Okay, I'll finish this one and then go work on my blueprint."
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The next day, after breakfast, Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye went upstairs to the farm with two large buckets and the pot of chives on the windowsill.
There are still five peppers left on the pepper tree, and she recently made some fertilizer with chicken manure, duck manure and wood ash for the two pots of vegetables. Under her careful care, some flowers have bloomed again. We have to wait until they bear fruit in the next few days before moving them, otherwise it would be a waste to have the flowers that have worked so hard to bloom shaken off on the road.
The two of them came all the way to the farm and first delivered the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and wooden barrels they bought along the way to the yard.
Fubao seemed to be in much better condition today than yesterday. He was squatting in the yard playing with a black longicorn that someone had caught for him.
The tentacles of the longhorn beetle were very long. Perhaps out of fear, he only dared to stretch out his hand and poke the tentacles of the longhorn beetle from time to time.
Seeing the tentacles dodge under his touch, he laughed happily.
The child's smile was so innocent that Song Yuntang heard it as soon as he approached the yard.
She raised the corners of her lips, "Fubao, what are you playing?"
Looking up at Song Yuntang who had just entered the yard, Fubao was delighted. He bravely pinched the two tentacles of the longicorn and lifted it up.
"Aunt, Uncle Jinsheng caught a longhorn beetle for me."
Turning to look at the bull's legs waving around, Fubao was almost scared to tears, but he was afraid of losing face in front of Song Yuntang, so he kept pouting his lips. Tears welled up in his eyes, but he never let them fall.
Xu Qingye stepped forward to rescue the longhorn beetle from his hands, put it back on the ground, and said in a gentle voice, "Longhorn beetles can even bite wood, and their bites can be very painful. Fubao should be careful when playing."
Fubao sniffed, "Has Uncle been bitten before?"
Xu Qingye smiled and touched his little head.
"Yes, uncle was bitten when he was a child, so he knows that it hurts when bitten by a longhorn beetle."
Fubao said, "Oh," and pouted, "Then I won't play anymore."
Song Yuntang put the things in the kitchen and looked into the house.
"Fubao, where is your mother?"
Fubao looked at her and said, "Mom went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables."
Just then, Song Jinsheng, who had rushed over from the wooden shed, also entered the yard.
"Tang'er."
Song Yuntang looked at him with a smile, "Second brother, I have bought the wine shop in town. I came here today mainly to discuss the renovation of the shop with you."
After hearing this, Song Jinsheng shouted towards the wooden shed, "Brother Mazi, Uncle Cheng, come here."
Seeing that Song Yuntang was busy with her own things, Xu Qingye put the leeks on the windowsill, picked off the yellow leaves around them, and poured water into the wooden box. His movements were neither hurried nor slow, and his deliberate appearance made Song Yuntang unable to help but secretly take a few glances at him.
When Song Jinsheng saw her expression, he couldn't help but smile.
"What are you looking at, sister?"
Song Yuntang was startled and quickly looked away, saying nonchalantly, "I didn't see anything, second brother, you're overthinking."
Song Jinsheng just smiled and said nothing.
Soon, Song Mazi and Song Cheng came into the courtyard.
After this period of internal and external treatments, Song Mazi's face spots have indeed shown signs of fading and are not as exaggerated as before.
"What's wrong?"
Song Jinsheng pulled the two of them to sit down at the table in the yard, "Let's put aside the things on hand for now. Tang'er bought a shop and wanted us to repair it. I thought you are good at this, so I called you to discuss it together."
Song Yuntang looked at the two of them, "Brother Mazi and Uncle Cheng, do you have any other plans for the next period of time? If it is inconvenient, I will not delay you. After all, repairing the shop may take ten days or half a month."
Song Cheng waved his hands quickly.
"Nothing else, just tell us if you need anything."
He was worrying about what to do after finishing things here. There were so many mouths to feed at home, and he was eager to work outside for a few more days before going home.
Song Yuntang looked at Song Mazi again, and seeing that he nodded, he took out the blueprint he had drawn last night.
"This tavern is a blue brick building. I asked the landlord yesterday and he said it was rebuilt about twelve years ago. The walls are still solid. I want to add another floor on top. Do you think it's feasible?"
Uncle Cheng used to be a bricklayer, so he said, "It should be no problem to add another floor to a twelve-year-old brick house, but we have to see it in detail. If it doesn't work, we can reinforce the wall before adding another floor."
As he spoke, he looked at Song Mazi beside him, "Mazi, what do you think?"
Song Mazi nodded, "Uncle Cheng is right. We have encountered this situation before. Blue bricks are much stronger than mud bricks. There should be no problem adding another layer."
Song Yuntang hummed and pointed to the corner of the drawing.
"Before the wine shop is renovated, I want to build a wooden shed like this at the door to sell sour plum soup. How long will it take?"
Song Mazi said, "This is easy. We will process the wood at the farm and bring it over directly. We can set it up in the afternoon."
After hearing this, Song Jinsheng stood up quickly and said, "Then I will go to the tea shed and tell Grandpa Sun to come to the farm before returning to help us transport the wood."
Seeing that he was about to run away after he finished speaking, Song Yuntang hurriedly shouted, "Second brother, wait a minute."
Song Jinsheng turned around and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
"I'll go to town with you." Song Yuntang stepped forward and said, "Don't bother Uncle Sun, let's go buy an ox cart ourselves, and it will be more convenient to transport mountain spring water, sour plum soup, shampoo and other things back and forth every day. We can also work in the fields during the busy farming season."
She had this idea a long time ago, but she had not used it very often before.
If I need to travel back and forth between the village and the town frequently in the future and have to transport two large buckets of ice water, I will really need a car.
After hearing this, Song Jinsheng looked at Song Cheng and Song Mazi in the yard and said, "Uncle Cheng, Brother Mazi, you guys go ahead and do your work. We will come and pull the wood later."
"Oh, okay."
After the two finished talking, they went out and headed towards the woodshed.
Song Jinsheng then looked at Song Yuntang, "Tang'er, you want to buy a shop and a bullock cart, do you have so much money? I heard that the shop at Yihe Academy is not cheap, and buying a wine shop must cost dozens of taels, right? Repairing the house will also be a big expense, not to mention buying a bullock cart is not cheap either, at least more than ten taels of silver."
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