Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 107 Axiu Returns Home
In a month or so, the new house has a general outline.

Li Xin gave a lot of advice when building the house.She has always wanted to build a country house like her ideal. Even if the current conditions cannot keep up, the rough outline can still be guaranteed.

After tearing down the original dilapidated house and rebuilding it, Li Xin became more confident.

At that time, there was no so-called real estate certificate, and the land allocated by Guan Wen was large enough to build a small country "villa".

It is still the general orientation of facing north and south, and the downhill road is to the west, and the water source and creek are very close.There is a bamboo forest in the east. It is winter now, and it looks a little bleak, but there are still greens, and the air is very fresh.

The road is opened in the west, and there is a large open space when you go up, and you can see the bottom from north to south.After that, I slowly cut down the sparsely distributed trees in front of me, and my field of vision was broadened.

According to Li Xin's idea, the main room was built in the middle, which is the largest room. Two rooms were built on the west side, one was used as the upper room, for the old man to live in, and the other room was for the couple; The firewood house was built, and another room was built as a spare.The kitchen is in the southwest corner, which is the nearest place after going up the slope, but according to Li Xin's words, the hut is separated by a little distance, and a canopy is built against a mountain wall, and the construction has not yet started.

There is a lot of open space in front, and Li Xin thinks that if he raises chickens in the future, he can build another chicken shed.

Of course, she didn't forget Erhei's kennel, so she built a slightly larger kennel next to her bedroom.

Judging by Erhei's growth, he might really be a big dog.

Li Xin also took Erhei to show Uncle Lu. Although Uncle Lu didn't know what breed the dog was, he also said that it should belong to the dog family.After Erhei grew teeth, he seldom got tired of what Li Xin wanted to eat. When he was hungry, he would go inside his body. When it came back, Li Xin would touch its stomach, and then he would know that Erhei was going to find food for himself. up.

Don't worry about its diet, Li Xin just provided it with a place to sleep.

But this Erhei seems to like Li Xin very much, and has always been tired of being by her side, but he completely ignores or is hostile to other people.Fortunately, it never hurt anyone.

After the general outline of the house is drawn out, it is necessary to consider the issues of water use and convenience.

Because it is on a small hillside, it is not easy to dig a well. The stream is a good source of water, but it is troublesome to fetch water every day.Li Xin thought about whether he could catch water from the top of the mountain.

There happened to be a cliff not far away, and the scattered ones formed a small-scale waterfall, which poured down directly.Li Xin asked Guan Wuguan to chop all the thick bamboos, split them in half, cut off the middle bamboo joints, and connected them one by one to form a bamboo bridge, carefully avoiding human activities. The place extends along the mountain wall to the waterfall, and then it is connected back, until it is connected to the large stone jar prepared in the kitchen.

The water is naturally endless.

It is a clean mountain spring again. Although some mud and leaves have accumulated all the way down from the top of the mountain, the water quality is absolutely not to be questioned.

There are basically no activities where the bamboo bridge is built, and there is no need to worry about anything else.What made Li Xin even more happy was that there were many rocks where the waterfall fell, forming a stream, which eventually converged in the stream under the hillside. If you were lucky, you might even meet fish.

Fish, the delicacy that Li Xin has dreamed of for a long time...

Xiaohan was still five or six days away from the day when the house was announced to be completed.It took nearly two months in total from laying the foundation of the house to finishing it.Looking at the brand new house in front of him, Li Xin felt that life had begun to become better.

According to the custom, whoever starts a new house and moves to a new house will treat guests to a meal.The Gu family who are helping workers is absolutely indispensable, and the He family who lent money to Guan Wen also has to hire, plus the neighbors, relatives and friends, roughly ten tables are enough.

Even at that time, when Li Xin and Guan Wen got married, they only set up four or five tables.

This money cannot be saved, Guan Wen felt that it was unreasonable not to invite someone to eat, but Li Xin was more concerned.

Taking advantage of the matter of treating him to a meal, to show his attitude in front of his fellow villagers, and to sit back and watch things that have nothing to do with Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng after the family separation, it would be best to put on a show so that they can't talk about it.

Li Xin's plan was to invite someone over for dinner, talk about the scene, and then promise to give Guan Ming some filial piety every year in front of everyone.

This kind of filial piety cannot be missed, after all, he is Guan Wen's father, whether it is one tael or five taels, it must be given out.Instead of waiting until Guan Ming came to ask for it, it would be better for her and Guan Wen to make a statement first. Others would only say that they are right, and they may not say that they are wrong.

Of course, if she and Guan Wen were poor in the future, Guan Ming would probably not be willing to ask for less.But if they are rich, don't even think about getting much sweetness from her.

Drawing a line is better than anything else.

Guan Wen had no objection, so he listened to his daughter-in-law in everything. After discussing who to invite, he drew up a list and talked about it from family to family.

The materials for building the house, the wages of the helpers, and the daily food and other expenses totaled more than 11 taels, and Li Xin still had more than three taels in his hand.

It is enough to hold a banquet of ten tables in three or two, and it is enough to do it at three hundred yuan per table.

At this time, Axiu also came back.

Seeing Axiu who was clean but had lost a lot of weight, Li Xin was stunned for a long time before muttering: "Is...Axiu?"

"Sister-in-law." Axiu smiled lightly, and came over to hold her hand with her bundle in her hand: "Why, you don't welcome me?"

"Five sisters!"

A-Mei heard a voice in front of her, she came out of the room, and she couldn't help being happy when she saw A-Xiu: "Fifth Sister, you're back!"

"Well, sister-in-law's house is ready, can I not come back and have a look?"

Axiu touched Amei's head and saw that Amei's little face was rounder than when she left. Knowing that she was doing well and her mood was even better, she glanced at the room and praised sincerely: "Sister-in-law, this room Well built."

Li Xin pulled her over and looked at her carefully, and then he felt relieved and said, "It's hard work in the clinic, right? You've lost a lot of weight."

"It's a bit tiring, but it's quite fulfilling. I'm busy every day."

Axiu is in Anhe Tang, where she lives and eats, and has a monthly income of [-] yuan.She is studious and diligent, Dr. Wen is more willing to cultivate her, and has taken her several times to see patients in the big family.

Seeing Axiu's ability, Li Xin was very happy, "The house is finished, I tidied it up yesterday, and moved all the things here. How long can you stay this time? We will hold a banquet in the future. If If you don’t rush, stay at home for a few more days and have a good meal, since you haven’t tasted my cooking for a long time, right?”

A-Xiu nodded, and A-Mei held one of her arms, and A-Mei's little head was stuck on it.Axiu pushed her head amusedly, touched from the bag, and took out a piece of silver: "Sister-in-law, you take this money."

Li Xin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "You earn it yourself, keep it for yourself. Girls don't have any money around, and they don't have any snacks if they are hungry. Keep it for yourself, sister-in-law has it here."

"I keep the salary myself." Axiu smiled, and pushed it to Li Xin, "This is when Master Wen went to the Shen residence to see a doctor for Mrs. Shen. With light hands and feet, I rubbed her acupoints, and she rewarded me with two taels of silver."

Li Xin opened her mouth slightly, and Axiu smiled again: "Madam Shen has sharp eyes, and she recognized me at a glance. It is really the lady who sold her knot when we went to catch up that day. She also asked Sister-in-law, you came and said that she wanted your knot."

A-mei hurriedly said to the side: "Do you want to buy knots? My sister-in-law has taught me several methods during this time, and I have made two there too! If Mrs. Shen buys it, it happens to be in stock!"

Axiu smiled softly, "Sister, don't worry, when I go back, give me the knot, and I'll bring it to Mrs. Shen."

"Why is Mrs. Shen treating you so well..." Li Xin frowned slightly, "I have never been able to figure it out. It is said that Master Shen and Mrs. Shen have a deep relationship. Master Shen has no aunt, but last time you said, The Gu family Haitang said what happened to the aunts..."

"Sister-in-law misunderstood." Axiu explained: "Although the Shen residence says that Master Shen and Mrs. Shen are in charge, both Master Shen and the old lady are still there, and there is no separation. It's just that the old man and the old lady don't come out very often. Walking around, the affairs of the mansion are decided by Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen. The aunts that Sister Haitang mentioned are the brothers of Mr. Shen and the aunts of his nephews. Mrs. Shen's sons are like Mr. Shen, they do not take concubines of."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but push the money into Li Xin's arms, blinking and said: "Sister-in-law, hurry up and put it away, it's hard to take it back after I've given it away."

Li Xin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, as if he had told someone like this in his impression.

Li Xin could only accept Axiu's heart, "Then I'll take it as your celebration of your eldest brother and sister-in-law's housewarming."

Axiu laughed and asked about tomorrow's arrangement.

Li Xin said: "It is estimated that there will be ten tables. Tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans can be borrowed from other houses. The stove alone is not enough for cooking. There are several simple stoves built on the side of the yard. Tomorrow your second brother and fourth brother will borrow things. , I have agreed with Sister Xing'er and Sister Yinhuan to buy ingredients. I have to get up early in the morning the day after tomorrow and start working."

"That's just right, I can help you when I come back." Axiu smiled and said, "By the way, sister-in-law, who are you inviting?"

"Invite everyone who should be invited, anyway, it's the first big event in the family." He said with a sigh: "Actually, the most important thing to do is your fourth brother's marriage, and yours..."

"Don't talk about me, I'm not in a hurry." Axiu stopped Li Xin and said, "I'm just waiting to eat something made by my sister-in-law, but I'm so hungry."

Li Xin smiled helplessly, and happened to have rough buckwheat flour in the house, so she went to make buckwheat pancakes for her.

Guan Wen was also very happy to learn that Axiu was back, and drank a little wine that night.

Axiu asked him how the injury was doing, Guan Wen said: "Very good, there is nothing wrong with it. Doctor Wen's medical skills are really good!"

Axiu was happy, "Master Wen said that brother, you are in good health. If it were someone else, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it."

Seeing Guan Wen raised his eyebrows, Li Xin patted him and said, "Don't be so happy that you can't find Bei." Then he pondered for a while: "Speaking of which, it can be said that Doctor Wen picked up your life. The shopkeeper at Hetang was afraid that we had no money and refused to sell ginseng, so it was Dr. Wen who came forward to agree. Later, thanks to Dr. Wen’s care, Axiu has a promising future... Now that we have a new house, do you want to invite Wen as well? Would it be better for the doctor to come and have fun?"

Guan Wen looked at Axiu: "Axiu, what do you think?"

"Sister-in-law is also right." Axiu scratched her head, "But Master Wen approved my return this time, and I don't know if he is free."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Ah Wen, how about this, tomorrow I will ask Brother Yue to pull the ox cart to go to the town to pick up my aunt's family, and then I will ask if Doctor Wen is free and whether he will come to eat at home." Don, if Dr. Wen is able to walk away, we will pick him up early in the morning."

After all, it is a benefactor, and Axiu will have to rely on him to take care of her in Anhetang. Doctor Wen will only be happy if these etiquettes are fulfilled.

Guan Wen nodded in agreement.

There was a strong atmosphere in the new house, Axiu and sisters gathered together to talk, and asked Li Xin what to do from time to time.At the old moment, he sat on a rocking chair specially made for him and watched cheerfully. Guan Wen was still doing carpentry—the main room was too spacious, and his wife said to make a sofa and tea table for it.Although he didn't know what a sofa and coffee table was, he saw his wife drawing it and thought it was a good thing, so he started to make it after thinking about it for a long time.

It can be regarded as having its own division.

However, at the Guan family's old house, Guan Ming did not go smoothly.

"It's okay to start a new house, ah, now we have to hold ten tables of banquets? Ten tables!" Guan Ming was patting the tables again: "Moving a house and spending money to buy banquets, his brother has become a Confucian scholar and is gone. He said he was going to hold a banquet! Which one is more important!"

Guan Quan secretly picked out his ear, but before he could pull out his little finger from the ear hole, Guan Ming scolded him again: "It's fine if you don't pay attention to Xiao Liu, Ah Quan, your elder brother doesn't even care about you." Put it in your eyes! Seeing that you are going to get married, isn’t it enough to save the money for your wedding? But he has a house to hold a banquet, but you pay it back, and you come to help every day. Now he is proud You didn't get well, are you happy?"

As if he was not going well, he said "pooh" again, "Show off! What the hell!"

Guan Wu felt uncomfortable, frowned and said, "Father, why do you speak so harshly? Eldest brother has separated, of course he needs to build a new house, and it's a rule to invite people to dinner in a new house."

"Fuck the rules! Is it a rule for the eldest son to go off alone? What an unfilial son!"

Guan Zhicheng was also annoyed on the side, and even teased Li Xin, yin and yang said: "Sister-in-law is very proud this time, his younger brother was recommended as a Confucian scholar without taking the exam, and he even said that being a scholar is a sure thing. , can she show off..."

Guan Wu was displeased and said, "What does this have to do with sister-in-law and brother-in-law?"

Guan Zhicheng snorted, "She was showing me that, laughing at me."

God knows Li Xin really didn't mean that.But in the eyes of others, the meaning here is bigger.

But no matter what Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng said, they all went out to work alone, and they made up their own minds about what to do.

Who told you to agree to the separation, and when you wanted to make things difficult, they resolved it one by one?

It's a turn of events after one thing after another.

(End of this chapter)