Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 66
After seeing Aunt Tong away, the family members started to go about their business.Da Lang took Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to the town to buy some daily necessities. It happened that the Li family's carriage hadn't left yet, and the three children went to the town in the Li family's carriage.Erlang went to borrow the ox cart from the grandfather's house, and took his grandmother home to make arrangements.The rest Tong Yunsong led Xiaosan to the house at the south end of the village to clean up the house.Of course Yuxian is at home with her mother.

Yun Song and Xiao San walked to the gate of the house at the south end of the village, pushed open the gate, and there was a bluestone path inside, facing a screen wall.This is a house with three entrances. The first entrance should be the outer courtyard, the second entrance should be the inner courtyard, and the second entrance is like a lady's boudoir.There are cross yards on the east and west sides, as well as livestock pens, grain depots, warehouses, etc. There are about a hundred houses in total.There are no people around all the year round, no one to clean up, the grass in the yard is tall, Yun Song and Xiaosan both hold sickles in their hands, and cut down the grass in the yard first. "Little San, let's cut it briefly. When your eldest brother and the others come back, let's go first and have a look at the house." After cutting for a while, Tong Yunsong led Xiao San into the first house.The first house I entered had five main rooms plus two side rooms, five wing rooms in the east and west, and three rooms beside the gate.

Pushing open the door of the main room, the room is full of dust, and the shed is full of cobwebs. This is the hallway in the middle.The east room is a flower hall for entertaining guests. The tables and chairs inside are still there, and the wood looks very good. It seems that everyone in the village is afraid, and no one dares to come.Inside the east room is a place to rest. There is a small kang, and there is a small kang table on the kang. The room is also covered with a thick layer of dust.Looking at the Westinghouse again, the Westinghouse has opened up both rooms to form a large study room. There is also a small kang against the north wall, and there is a desk and a chair behind the desk on the west wall. There are many books on the bookshelf. It seems that the owner of the house was a book lover.

"Father, this house is so big, how can such a beautiful house be unoccupied?" Xiao San fell in love with this house immediately.

"Does Xiao San like it?" Yun Song asked with a smile.

"I like it, Dad, let's tidy up the house well, and we'll move here when Mother gets well."

"Okay, let's go and have a look at the back first." Saying that, Yun Song led Xiao San through the hallway and walked to the backyard.In the second courtyard, there are still five main rooms, two side rooms, and five side rooms on the east and west sides.The ground is also paved with stone slabs. Walk along the slate road to the door of the main house, push the door open, and there is a deep room inside.The room in the middle is divided into two parts, the front and the back, with the kitchen at the back and a small hall in the front, and a small door on the east and west sides leading to the kitchen at the back.There is a picture hanging on the wall. Below the picture is a table with a chair on each side of the table. It should be a simple place to receive guests.In the east room is a big kang, with a kang cabinet on the top of the kang, and a wooden couch next to the south window, with a small table on the wooden couch.Further inside is the suite, which also has a kang bed, a dressing table near the south window, and a few chairs.Going to look at the west room again, the layout of the west room is basically the same as that of the east room. Yun Song is very satisfied with the house, but he didn't expect that there is even furniture in it.It's just that I don't know what's going on inside these kangs. No one has lived in them for so many years, and I'm afraid the flue is blocked. "Little San, how about we cut some grass and light the fire?"

"Father, just now I saw that there seemed to be firewood in the courtyard on the east side, I'll go and get some, let's try to light each kang." Said and ran out to get firewood.

After a while, the firewood was brought, Yun Song took out the flint, first lit some hay, then slowly blown up the fire, and then put the firewood on.The stove pits in the east and west houses were on fire.After waiting for a while, there was no smoke in the house, so Xiao San ran out to look outside, "Father, there is smoke coming out of the chimney, it seems that the kang is fine and can still be used."

Yun Song also went out to have a look. Sure enough, the smoke was quite good. No one has lived in it for so many years. I didn't expect that the house was not damaged much, and even the kang was intact. This is a great deal, just clean it up. "Little San, let's burn all the kangs again and try." Yun Song was a little excited, it was like picking up a treasure.

"Okay." Xiao San listened to his father's words and set fire to the kangs in the east and west rooms.After a while, I found that the flue with only one kang might not work and had to be rebuilt. "Father, there is only one kang, so you can save yourself a lot of trouble. Tomorrow, you will fix the kang, and my brothers and I will clean up the house. Dad, let's go to the backyard again. Let's see."

Yun Song and Xiao San went to the last yard again, the basic layout was similar, except that there was a house behind the third yard, which seemed to be reserved for the servants at home, and there was a well in the back yard.Look at the east and west courtyards. In the east courtyard are firewood houses, grain depots, and warehouses. In the west courtyard are horse pens, pigpens, and toilets. Outside the west courtyard is a large vegetable garden, which can cover more than three acres and is surrounded by walls. .

"Father, this vegetable garden is not small. We can grow a lot of vegetables, so we don't have to worry about eating vegetables. It's also close to the toilet and pigsty, so it's convenient to fertilize. It's really good." When Xiaosan saw the vegetable field, I am happy to say.

"Yeah, this house is really nice, but I don't know what happened, so people call it a haunted house. Xiaosan, let's go back first, it's almost noon, let's clean up the yard in the afternoon, starting tomorrow, I Let's re-install the bad kang, I don't think the backyard needs to be cleaned up for the time being, our Yuxian is still young, and it's not time for me to live in the yard." Yun Song said, and led Xiaosan home. .

When we got home, Da Lang had already bought things, Mrs. Wu also came back, and the meal was ready.Wu and Erlang brought [-] catties of corn, [-] catties of cabbage, [-] catties of potatoes, and a small pot of sauerkraut from home. chicken. "Mom, what are you doing? Why do you still get all these things?"

"What's the matter? You helped me to serve these vegetables. You don't have any vegetables in this branch. I won't bring you some. What are you going to do this winter? I think there are too few of these. It’s not enough, the big and small of your family are just when they can eat. I’ll bring some more when they’re done eating.” When we separated, we only talked about food, but didn’t talk about food.

"Then thank you mother, I really forgot about the food." Tong Yunsong saw some rice noodles and vegetables on the other side, "Mother, what's going on with these?"

"Oh, those were sent by your uncle, your second uncle, and a few boys who are nice to you in the village also sent things. I asked Yuxian to record them all, so that there will be any weddings and ceremonies in the future. , you have to remember to return the favor." Mrs. Wu began to get busy serving dishes into the house.

After the meal was set, Yun Song led the children to sit down and start eating.

"Yun Song, you went to see that house in the morning, how is it? Can people live in it?" Wu's most concerned thing is the house.

"Mom, we went to see the house. I guess it was built with good materials. It has been unoccupied for more than 20 years. The house is quite solid, and there is no part of it that is frozen or lost. Yes. The kangs are almost all good, so we found out that a kang needs to be rebuilt. Also, the furniture in the house is all there, and the wood is extremely valuable and strong, so we don’t have to go The furniture is being built. There are pigpens and other things in the house, and there is a large vegetable garden, which is as big as three acres, and it is enough to grow vegetables." Yun Song talked about the situation of the house very excitedly.

"Father, I am satisfied with your appearance. You are not worried about the haunted house this time?" Yu Xian teased her father.

"You little girl, you can play tricks, but to be honest, I really don't feel anything in that house, I'm just happy. In the afternoon, Dalang and you all come with me to clean up the house, and finish it quickly. We still have to collect some firewood, the house is huge, and there are earth dragons, so we have to burn a lot of fires in winter.” Yun Song has always been used to planning in advance to save time.

"Okay, Dad, we bought [-] catties of white flour and [-] catties of rice in the morning, and [-] catties of corn dregs, and [-] catties of cornmeal. They should last for a while. I think there are a few uncles and aunts who also gave them I brought some food and vegetables, and my grandmother brought a lot, so we don’t have to worry about food.” Dalang told his father about all the things he bought in the morning, “I also bought some oil today, and Some things for cooking cost about four taels of silver in total."

"Okay, I don't need to pay the bills there anymore. We are a family and we don't have to be so careful in our lives. Haven't you heard that you should be careful and careful? You can just live a careless life. Only the rich and wealthy landlords will do it carefully." Yuxian finished eating at the end Take a bite of rice, pat your stomach and say.

"Hahaha, what Yuxian said is good. Yes, our family is not that rich landlord. We don't need to be so meticulous in everything." Yun Song laughed when he heard his daughter's words, and the whole family laughed along with him. Fang couldn't help laughing too.

In the east room, Mr. Tong and Mrs. Qin have finished their meal and are sitting on the kang.Hearing Westinghouse's laughter, Mrs. Qin said, "Poor and happy, they don't even have a place to live. They are still laughing there. Let me see what they will do in a month's time. There will be no place to live, so don't stay here." , I must drive them all out."

"Old woman, you should accumulate some virtue. Although he is not our own, he treats us better than our own. Besides, you swallowed all his money, and he didn't ask for a penny, which is enough. I'm sorry big brother, after I die, how can I go to see big brother, see our father and mother?" Since the separation of the family yesterday, Mr. Tong has not been in good spirits, and he didn't sleep all night last night.

"Hmph, then he has to go to twenty acres of land, all of which are good farmland. Our family has a total of more than sixty acres of good land, so he has to go to so much at once." Qin still groaned angrily. .

"Those are his mother's dowry. If you don't give them to him, is it possible that you still want to occupy them?" Mr. Tong couldn't get used to what the old woman said.

"Don't blame your parents for leaving those things to the eldest daughter-in-law and giving the key to Shixin. Your parents have disliked me since I entered the door, and they didn't forget to kill me even after they died. Me." Qin complained.

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