RPAGF Chapter 221: Moving to a New Home 1
Chapter 221: Moving to a New Home 1
For the next half month, both Cheng Yue's family and the villagers in the entire village were busy.
Needless to say, the villagers were busy collecting medicinal herbs.
Cheng Yue and her colleagues were mainly busy with the new house. The progress on this side was fast. After the beam-raising ceremony, the roof was immediately completed. The next step was decoration.
In fact, at that time, there was no much decoration in the houses in the village. Most people could move in with just two pieces of furniture. The poor could even just sleep on a wooden board.
Of course, the rich are another matter.
Fortunately, Cheng Yue didn't have any special requirements for decoration. The main reason was that there were too few choices at this time. It could be said that there was no choice. After all, she couldn't afford the ones she liked.
The family discussed and decided that they could ignore everything else but the floor must be paved.
They don't want to have to walk on muddy ground after moving to a new home, especially when it rains and the yard is full of yellow mud and water. The house will also be dirty, which gives them a headache just thinking about it.
However, they didn't know much about the materials for paving the floor, so they had to ask Master Ji.
Master Ji mentioned several methods, and in short, each has its pros and cons.
Finally, they decided to use bluestone slabs, which looked elegant and clean, and most importantly, were not that expensive and were within their affordability.
On the same day, when Master Ji returned to the county town, he went to the brick kiln to say hello, and the next day, all the bluestone slabs were delivered.
The bluestone slabs can be laid flatly, which is not as troublesome as laying modern floor tiles. It only took two days to lay all the pieces.
A few days later, Carpenter Hu and his team delivered the doors, windows and furniture, and the house was completely completed.
Chen An has been working hard for some time, and the furniture for the new house has been completed one by one.
In the evening, Cheng Yue discussed the housewarming party with Chen An.
"We have to find someone to pick a date, and we won't look for anyone else but that master."
As soon as Cheng Yue said that, Chen An knew who it was and immediately agreed: "Okay!"
To be honest, they still didn't know the master's name, especially him, who had received guidance from the master, so he clearly had to ask.
"It's time to harvest the herbs. Let's harvest them tomorrow and go early the day after tomorrow. When the day is right, we can stop by the dock and ask my brother and sister-in-law to tell my parents that they have to come to the housewarming party!"
As for my second uncle, third uncle and uncle, once my parents knew about it, they would know about it too.
Chen An nodded and agreed, "Okay, it's just right for Dad and Mom to stay here for two days."
Cheng Yue smiled and said, "I'm afraid we can't do that now. They won't want to waste even a day collecting herbs. Let's wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Chinese New Year, and we can spend it together."
She knew best what kind of people Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Wu were. When it came to making money, they wanted to throw themselves into it and would not listen to anyone.
She even suspected that Chen Tong and Chen Ning, the two money-loving people, inherited this from their previous generations.
Chen An thought about it and said, "Okay!"
It’s okay if you don’t live here for the time being. The house is here and there are many rooms. You can live here whenever you want.
In short, it’s not like before, when you have nowhere to stay when you come.
Then Cheng Yue asked again: "By the way, what are the dishes for the housewarming party?"
She had participated in modern housewarming ceremonies, but those were certainly not comparable to modern times.
Chen An said: "When moving to a new house, the purpose is to have a lively and festive occasion and to increase popularity. What to eat is secondary.
The main reason is that the villagers don’t care about this. Whenever someone moves into a new house, they always have a big stew.
After all, the villagers have no money, and the gift money is only one or two cents, and no one wants to lose money to hold a banquet. "
A big stew with both meat and vegetables is both easy and economical.
Cheng Yue also agreed. It was not that she didn’t care, it was mainly a matter of money.
However, "I'm getting tired of eating big stews while building a house. Why don't we make some stir-fried dishes? But don't decorate them too nicely, otherwise it will be a bit embarrassing when someone else celebrates a housewarming in the future."
Chen An nodded, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Well, it's just that everyone has made money this time, and they are very grateful to you, so I guess they won't give you a gift of one or two cents. We can't let everyone down on the food, so we still have to do a better job."
He said this based on his understanding of the villagers, not because he wanted to take advantage of them.
Everyone is very honest, especially those who made money with the help of Cheng Yue, they must want to give something back, and there is no better occasion than moving to a new house.
After all, the housewarming party has to be held, and the gift money has to be accepted at this time.
Chen An was thoughtful and Cheng Yue also thought that this was the case.
Finally, the two of them discussed and decided to serve three meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and a soup, which would be about six dishes, as long as the portions were a little larger.
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The next day, Cheng Yue began to collect medicinal herbs. The whole village cheered again, but the amount of herbs collected this time was obviously not as much as last time.
After all, there are so many people picking them, and medicinal herbs don’t grow in a day, so the amount picked each time is less.
But even so, everyone is very satisfied. Compared with the previous days, the difference between these days and the past is like heaven and earth.
The next day, Cheng Yue went to the county town with Chen An. This time, the village head refused to go with them, and other villagers also said there was no need to go.
Since no one wanted to go, Cheng Yue didn't force them. Everyone knew the price, so it didn't matter if they didn't go.
The two of them first delivered the goods to the shop, and then went straight to Wanhetang. After selling the medicinal materials, they went to find the master to choose a date.
The master was still in the original alley, still unkempt, still with his eyes squinted and resting.
Cheng Yue and Chen An looked at each other, they still looked familiar!
As the two approached, the master spoke first, "June 20th, an auspicious day for moving to a new house."
Cheng Yue was dumbfounded. It was that familiar smell again. Four words popped out of her mouth!
Chen An was puzzled, "Master, how do you know what we are asking? No, how do you know it's us?"
The master rolled his eyes slightly and said, "I'm not blind, I can see for myself. Last time we started construction, this time we moved to a new house, do I need to think about this?"
Cheng Yue covered her mouth and coughed lightly, "Thank you, Master. How do I take the money?"
Last time you said you paid and didn’t want it, you can’t refuse it this time, right? Master, you are not doing charity, are you?
The master then slowly opened one eye and said, "I don't want the money. I'll go eat. How about that?"
No money, just a meal, how could Cheng Yue not agree to this? Besides, this master seems to be capable, so it's a good idea to make friends with him, there's no harm in it anyway!
He said happily, "Of course! If you can come, we will be honored. Your presence will surely bring glory to our humble abode!"
The master's mouth twitched slightly, "..."
There's no need to flatter me like that. If I hadn't tasted the stewed food you made and saw your cooking skills, I wouldn't have gone...
Chen An bowed and said, "May I ask what your name is, Master?"
"Master Xuan Huai."
Cheng Yue thought, he was a Taoist priest, studying the end of the universe - metaphysics?
But she didn’t understand this metaphysical stuff. After all, her own time travel was quite mysterious…
Chen An bowed again and was about to tell the location when Taoist Xuan Huai raised his hand and said, "It's at the old house. I know it!"
This time Chen An had nothing to be puzzled about. After all, the master had known about this location before, and it was what he called a good Feng Shui location.
After leaving Taoist Xuan Huai, Cheng Yue and Chen An went to the braised food shop again. The date was set, and it was a good day off, so they went home together to celebrate the move and have some fun.
Afterwards, he went to the town dock to find Cheng Yang and Liu. When they heard that the house was completed, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. They promised to help early in the morning and closed the stall for a day!