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Chapter 164: My parents invite you to the old house

Chapter 164: Dad and Mom Invite You to the Old House

Thick black clouds floated in the sky, mixed with the sound of thunder, and gusts of wind blew up, blowing up many lighter things.

The sky was gloomy as if a big black pot was covering it, and the room was dark. Shen Zian closed the doors and windows, lit the oil lamp, and the family sat on the kang, listening to the strong wind outside.

Yueyue curled up in Su Zhi's arms, her big eyes wide open, looking out the window. Although she couldn't see anything, she still looked. There was no expression of fear on her face, only curiosity.

Shen Zian sat next to Su Zhi, Xing'er sat next to Su Zhi, and Xiaori sat next to Shen Zian.

White Wolf and Big Black were lying on the blanket on the ground, while Little Black jumped onto the kang and moved to the side of the kang table, staring at the oil lamp on it. Little White also jumped onto the kang and walked to Little Ri's side, squatting there. A little man and a little wolf, one sitting upright and the other squatting upright, it was interesting to watch.

There was a strong wind outside, but it could not affect the warmth inside the house.

Su Zhi asked a few people to look at the drawing she had just finished, and she held a brush upside down and pointed at it, talking as she pointed.

"Zi'an, our garden is too big. We bought it in a hurry last year and only built this house. Now there are still dozens of acres of land. It's not good to leave it empty. We agreed to start designing the garden in the spring. Now you can see if my arrangement is good."

"I've looked at the land we bought and I think it can be used as farmland. It's just this piece, about ten acres, and there's less grass here."

"The rest of the land is just low-lying land, bamboo forests, rocks, and weeds. If you want to turn it into good farmland, you might as well buy some more land. I'm thinking of planting flowers and plants in these places and turning them into gardens."

Su Zhi said as she used the pen to mark the area. Of course, she had already drawn it all, so now that she said it, it was easy to understand.

"We can build houses in these places. I have some recipes in my hand, so we can open a workshop. We can hire people to work here."

Su Zhi circled out a piece of vacant land. She actually had a few recipes in her hand. In this era, there were many things that she thought were very useful but had not yet appeared. Those things were not as easy to learn as hair flowers. As long as she mastered the recipe, it could become a tool to make money forever. She naturally had to produce in large quantities, so a workshop was essential. This was also the reason why she wanted to buy such a large piece of land at that time.

Shen Zian nodded and said, "Then we should not be too stingy and build a wall around this place. The part we live in is the inner garden. The outside is the outer garden. However, this workshop in the outer garden must also be fenced off to prevent people from coming in and out at will. You can open a door here. It would be great if we can use something to block this door so that people coming in from the main gate cannot see this door."

Su Zhi looked at Shen Zian and thought that her husband was really thoughtful. If he was not born in such a country, but in a better family, he would be a great talent. But now he is also very remarkable. I believe that with her by his side, her husband will become more and more remarkable.

"My husband, what you said makes sense. I'm thinking of either planting a row of green pines and cypresses here to form a wall, or building a rockery, or both."

Shen Zian said, "Let's use them all. Then we can plant more flowers and plants. Don't you like flowers and plants?"

Su Zhi nodded, thinking that she liked flowers and plants, and she had the spiritual spring in her hand, so she was not afraid of not being able to keep those flowers and plants alive. When the time came, she would turn this place from a wasteland into a paradise, and even the most ordinary wild flowers and weeds would be allowed to bloom in all their glory. Anyway, this place belonged to her now, and there was a holy beast in her home. If the flowers and plants here grew more luxuriantly, people could only say that the feng shui had improved, and then others would be even more afraid to take advantage of them.

Yueyue said, "Mom, I want to plant peonies. I want them to be as beautiful as the peonies in this painting."

Su Zhi saw Yueyue pointing at the painting on the wall and said with a smile, "Okay, we will plant peonies. Not only peonies, but also many other flowers. Mother will dig a pond in the garden, fill it with water, and plant many lotus flowers. In summer, we can enjoy the flowers, and in autumn, we can pick lotus buds and lotus roots. There are also small fish in the water. Mother will let Yueyue take a boat, and we can touch the small fish with just a stretch of our hands. Are you happy?"

"Happy! Mom, I want to touch the little fish."

Yueyue was attracted by the scene Su Zhi described and clapped her hands happily.

Xiaori and Xing'er's eyes sparkled as they listened. Even though they were like little adults, they were only four or five years old and they enjoyed these fun things.

Shen Zian listened to his wife talking about what their home would look like in the future, looked at her smiling face and the smiling faces of his three children, and thought to himself that this was his home, his wife and children, and it would be great if it could always be like this. He would protect this home and take care of them.

"Mom, look, it's light outside!"

Xing'er was the first to notice that it was bright outside the window paper.

Yueyue jumped out of Su Zhi's arms, ran to the edge of the kang, bent down clumsily, sat on the footstool, put on her little shoes, and ran outside, with Xiaohei following behind.

Su Zhi blew out the oil lamp and felt that the room was really bright. It seemed that the weather outside had cleared up. She also wanted to go outside to take a look, so she put away her pens, ink and drawings. Shen Zian opened the kang cabinet and put the things in, and moved the kang table to the side. The couple got off the kang together, and Xiaori and Xing'er followed them.

"Mother, mother, it's not windy outside anymore, and it's not raining anymore."

Yueyue was shouting outside, Su Zhi and Shen Zian also walked out, and saw Yueyue and Xiaohei running around in the yard. They saw that the bluestone floor seemed to be spotless.

I thought it would rain heavily, but it turned out to be a case of loud thunder with little rain. In less than an hour, the wind stopped, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and the sun came out in the west. When I looked at the ground, it was dry after being blown by the wind.

Shen Zian said: "This first rain of spring is not very smooth."

Su Zhi said, "It's not even Qingming yet. People say it rains a lot during Qingming. Why are you in such a hurry? I think this is a message from God. It will definitely rain heavily next time."

In the eyes of farmers, the first rain of spring is very precious. It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil. When it rains in spring, the land becomes moist and it is easier to grow crops. Naturally, they hope that the rain will come as early as possible. However, such an incident of thunder without rain obviously disappointed those who hoped for rain.

Shen Zian also nodded, and the two did not continue talking about this topic.

Su Zhi went to cook dinner, and Shen Zian helped by her side, telling the three children to play in the yard and not run around. They would eat when the meal was ready.

Although it is spring, the weather is still cold and warm. Because of the strong wind, it seems to be colder. Su Zhi made meat cakes and added chopped green onions to make them more fragrant. The white flour with corn flour is used, which is softer and more delicious than pure white flour. The outside is shiny and baked until crispy yellow. Some places on it are darker in color, which makes people hungry. Each one is as big as a child's palm. Such meat cakes are loved by the whole family.

In addition to meat pie, we also made pickled mustard tuber and mutton soup.

The Holy Beast family naturally ate the same food, and now even White Wolf liked to eat the same food as them, even vegetarian food. Shen Zian was a little surprised when he saw it for the first time, but he thought that if dogs could eat vegetarian food, wolves could also eat vegetarian food, and his wife's cooking was really delicious, so White Wolf probably preferred to eat vegetarian food instead of raw meat.

When the aroma of food floated over the yard, Xiao Hei had already run into the kitchen and started circling around Su Zhi with a greedy look on his face. Su Zhi could only give him a meat pie, and asked Shen Zian to tear it open for him to let out the heat so as not to burn his little tongue.

Yueyue and the others also ran in and watched, but Su Zhi didn't give them any, because she was going to eat right away. She didn't want them to develop the habit of eating before the table was set. Su Zhi instinctively felt that these three children might have been from wealthy families, at least Xiaori's family was in good condition. Although she loved them and raised them as her own children, hoping that they would always be by her side, she also thought that if their relatives came one day, she would return a smart and polite child to their family, not an impolite child.

"Xiao Ri, Xing'er, Yueyue, let Daddy get you some water to wash your hands. Go sit down at the table. We are ready to eat."

Su Zhi told the three little kids that she loved them but would not spoil them.

Shen Zian got some water for the three kids, asked them to wash their hands, then held them and sat them down at the table. Because the weather was not too cold now, the family ate in the kitchen, which had a table and five chairs, which was very convenient.

The family finished their meal. It was still early. Su Zhi was thinking whether to take the children out to digest the food when she heard Shen Zigui's voice outside. They hurried out and saw that only Shen Zigui came.

"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, come with me to the old house. Parents want to see you."

Su Zhi was thinking what was going on. She had an instinctive aversion to the old house actively looking for them. While she was thinking, Shen Zian had already asked Shen Zigui.

Shen Zigui said: "I'm not sure, but it seems to be related to the Rain Worship Festival. It seems that my younger sister wants to choose the Rain Goddess."