Chapter 241 Moving into a New House
The offal from one sheep is not a small amount, but it is definitely not enough when you add the eighteen bricklayers working on it.
Fortunately, we bought not only sheep, rabbits, etc., but also wild boars.
Shen Qing doesn't like eating wild boar, as he always feels the meat is rough and smells strong, but for people who are used to doing physical work, it tastes delicious.
The river is burning in the middle of the river, and the river water is used to make spicy mutton offal and pheasant soup for the family;
Jiang Yu cut the wild boar meat into thin slices and stir-fried it, then added cabbage and stewed it in a large pot, and served it with brown rice. In the past, when there were fewer craftsmen and meat was not easy to store, the food was more abundant. Now there are many bricklayers and they cannot be too ostentatious, so the food is much worse.
However, this much worse meal was considered very good by the bricklayers!
Besides, how could the host eat the internal organs and offal and give them the meat?
But this family would rather eat mutton offal themselves and give the wild boar meat to them, and it is served with dry rice!
I was so grateful for the meal that I worked even harder the next day.
Dinner was cooked in the kitchen. After eating, the big kang was very warm. Jiang Xiangnan picked up Xiao Huahua like he was presenting a treasure.
The weather was already cold, and other places felt icy, but when Xiao Huahua touched the warm kang, she opened her dark eyes wide and let out a soft cry of surprise.
"Uncle San, it's hot, so warm!"
Jiang Xiangnan raised his chin proudly and boasted, "Is it comfortable? Huahua, do you want to be with Uncle San tonight?"
The kang is so big that even if the five brothers sleep there is still space left, let alone a little Huahua.
Huahua shook her head seriously: "No, Grandpa Guan has made many beds, including small beds for me and my sister;
Grandma made a new quilt for Huahua, and I want to sleep in my little bed with the quilt."
Jiang Xiangnan was stunned and asked blankly, "When did Uncle Guan make the bed?"
He didn't say they would send it over. Their new house was completed today. The main house has a ground floor but no kang, so he thought the people living in the main house would have to sleep on the floor tonight.
Huahua tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then said, "Daddy and Uncle have already gone to move the bed!"
Jiang Xiangnan realized that it must be Uncle Guan who did it secretly. He saw that their house was built and came under the cover of night to notify them to move in.
No wonder his elder brother and sister-in-law asked him to help look after Huahua. It turned out that they wanted to move the bed.
But his little niece is cute and adorable, and she always praises him and his new kang, so he feels pretty good about taking care of her.
After a while, there was a noise in the yard, and Jiang Xiangnan came out holding Huahua, and saw his eldest brother and sister-in-law, his second brother Guan Li, and Xiangbei carrying the bed board back.
Carpenter Guan came in last and began to assemble the bed boards and wooden boards.
The others continued to move the second batch.
After everything was moved in, Jiang Xiangdong, Jiang Xiangxi and others helped to assemble it.
More people means faster work, and after a stick of incense, even the small bed with flowers was ready.
Jiang Xiangdong and Jiang Xiangxi first carried his mother's bed in;
Jiang Yu and Huo Bing first cleaned the room thoroughly, then wiped off the dust from the new bed, and finally laid out new soft bedding.
Next is Jiang Yu's room, the eldest, the second, Jiang Shui...
There was a cabinet and two camphorwood boxes in Jiang Xiangxi's room, which were Guan Li's dowry.
In addition to a cabinet and two camphorwood boxes, Shen Qing's room also had a long table and an armchair.
There are actually more furniture in Guan Li’s new house than in Jiang Xiangxi’s!
She looked at the whole family, no, also the Guan family. Everyone in the two families looked as if it was natural. She asked uncertainly, "Isn't this bad?"
As a mother-in-law, how could she have more rooms and better rooms than the newlyweds!
Besides, there was no furniture in the room of the eldest brother Xiaoshui except a bed. Xiaoyu only had an old camphorwood box, and the third, fourth and sixth brothers only had a kang.
"What's wrong with that?" Jiang Xiangdong asked in confusion.
Carpenter Guan said embarrassedly, "It's mainly because I've been too busy with miscellaneous work recently and haven't had time to do it. I've only just managed to make these pieces of furniture. You guys wait a little longer, and they'll all be finished by winter!"
I used to think that since there was a kang, there was no need to make a bed, so I focused on making cabinets and boxes first. Later, I learned that the main house needed a bed, so I made a few beds in a hurry and had no time to make furniture, so there were a lot of things missing.
Shen Qing understood that everyone was doing this for her own good, wanting her to enjoy it first before giving it all to her!
She pointed to the distribution of furniture: “I have enough cabinets for clothes, two camphorwood boxes, a small water bottle for Ah Bing;
"Old Six, you can use the tables and chairs for studying and writing, so move them in and use them first."
The three people who were called out were all panicked.
Jiang Xiangzhong didn't expect that his mother would still remember him!
I remembered that he needed a table and chair to read and write, so I gave them to him.
He felt a warm current rushing up to his eyes, making them wet, and he quickly turned around to wipe them.
Huo Bing thought that as a daughter-in-law, she did not serve and respect her mother-in-law, but instead took her things away. This was unacceptable.
Jiang Shui thought that since she could remember, her mother had always taken care of her youngest brother, and then the other sons. After their lives got better, she and her brothers and sisters were treated the same in terms of food, clothing and other expenses, and there was no difference. Today, when the rooms were allocated, she was obviously treated better by her mother, and she was very happy.
I didn’t expect that she would have a share in the boxes!
But her third and fourth brothers had already made concessions on the house, so how could she ask for another box?
She said, "Mother, give the box to my third and fourth brothers. I don't have many clothes, so it will be the same if I put them in a pile on the side of the bed."
Jiang Xiangnan and Jiang Xiangbei quickly waved their hands, "No, no! We have even fewer clothes, and the kang is much bigger than the bed. It would be more convenient and easier to fold them on the other side and take them out than to put them in the camphorwood box!"
Shen Qing was concerned that Xiaoshui was a girl after all, and she needed a place to put her underwear, panties, and menstrual belts.
Not to mention Huo Bing, one box might not be enough for the couple and their two children.
She made the final decision, "No need to push it, it's settled. Your Uncle Guan is still working on it anyway, it's just a matter of using it sooner or later."
Carpenter Guan agreed with a smile.
The beds were moved in and the furniture was distributed. On the first night in the new house, everyone thought they would be too excited to sleep, but they fell asleep quickly while hugging the new bedding.
Early the next morning, Jiang Xiangdong, Jiang Xiangxi and others got up and first chose a suitable place in their yard to start digging a cellar.
Jiang Yu and Jiang Shui also got up and prepared breakfast.
Huo Bing quietly got up to feed the chickens, ducks and geese - several family members were in the yard, and if Xiaocao cried, she would hear it, and Huahua would also come out to call for help.
Now that we have houses and walls, we don’t have to worry about the older ones accidentally running away, nor do we have to worry about the younger ones crying without anyone noticing.
Jiang Xiangzhong went to cut grass to feed the livestock.
Cut more grass while there is still fresh grass, and store the leftovers. You will need more grass when you buy more sheep later.
When Shen Qing got up, he saw a bustling work scene and a steaming hot breakfast.
The brush workshop started construction today, and she wanted to go and check to see if there was anything missed.
There is still a lot of work waiting.
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