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I've got my bags packed and I'll be able to move into my new home early tomorrow morning.

However, my sister-in-law wants to persuade us to spend eight days, and then move on the sixteenth, that day is a good day on the yellow calendar, and people at this time have to pay attention to this when they go out, look at the yellow calendar, and judge the good and the bad. The sixteenth day on the yellow calendar is a good day, and it is advisable to make a bed and migrate. But I'm in a hurry to move out, and Wenxiu doesn't care about that. Just a Ping'er believes this, but her words are not accurate, she is not the one in charge, her function is at most a logistics minister. We moved the next day. The people of the Shen Mansion sent us, and one thing that surprised me was that the carriage we ordered before leaving Beijing was actually fished up from the river, and Sister-in-law Feng told me that we could use our own carriage to move, which surprised me. Although I don't plan to go out in the future, I really like this carriage, and it is convenient to be able to come back now and use it in the future. However, it is inconvenient for us to raise mules and horses that pull carts. Well, that's a bit more about later.

The weather has been fine for the past few days, everything was packed up and moved into the car, and we took the car. The car was cleaned up, and the tarpaulin around the car was replaced with a new one, and it was not at all obvious that it had sunk into the river and soaked in water.

Sister Qiao smiled when she saw the car, and she had been holding a small face: "Mother, isn't this our car?"

"yes. I touched her head: "Get in the car, don't keep a straight face, there's nothing to be afraid of moving to a new house." ”

"Can I raise chickens and ducklings to play with in my new home?"

I laughed: "Yes, you can raise as much as you want, there is a place in the backyard, come back and find someone to make you a big wooden cage, you can still raise rabbits." ”

The car walked on the streets of Jinling, the granite ground was very smooth, the axle must have been fully oiled, and it walked briskly and steadily, and the sound was very small. I looked out through the curtain of the car, and the trees outside were already green, and the people on the street were dressed differently than in the north. But where is the difference...... I can't talk about it. However, even the elderly woman with a small stall on the side of the road has good skin, in the end, the water in the south of the Yangtze River nourishes people, unlike the north, the woman's face is always blown by the wind, and it is more than five years older than the people of the same age here.

Coming out of the Shen Mansion, I looked back, but I couldn't see anything through the crack in the curtain.

I felt a little lost in my heart, but it felt very faint, like a swallow's wings skimming the water, passing by gently, and before the ripples could be circled, the swallow was gone.

The car stopped after walking for more than half an hour, Wen Xiu got off the horse and came over and said, "Sister, Ping'er, it's here, the car can't get in, just get down here." ”

Lifting the curtain, I looked at a very neat yard in front of me, high walls and deep doors, I knew at a glance that the money to buy a house is really worth the money, people who want to sell the house are in a hurry to wait for the money, otherwise such a good house to sell is really reluctant, how much money was spent to build is second, the main thing is that the house is really agreeable. The people of the Shen family followed us all the way, brought a stool, and Sister-in-law Feng took care of us and got out of the car, and walked two steps into the gate.

Entering the courtyard gate, bypassing the shadow wall, passing through the weeping flower gate, facing the three main rooms, the palace saw that this spacious courtyard is not only planted with two begonias under the steps of the main house, I don't know what kind of flowers in the flower bed have also sent a lot of green leaves, and the verdant green looks very gratifying. The paint on the verandah railings and columns is still new, and the terrazzo bricks are neat and smooth. Wenxiu pointed to the main room and said, "Let's go to the main room first, if there is anything missing, we can buy some and use it quickly." Sister Qiao looked at the big tank where goldfish were raised and couldn't walk. Because the weather was not too warm, the tank was still covered with a thatched lid. Ping'er pulled her to prevent her from going over to see, and I wondered, "How can I raise goldfish here?"

"I moved in when it was the coldest, and I moved out again when it was warmer. Sister-in-law Feng said: "There are also a lot of them in the pond in our house, all of which are famous, but it's a pity that Mrs. is raising them these days and has no time to enjoy them." ”

The door of the main room was open, and I saw a picture of a pine crane greeting birthday on the wall of the main hall, and there was a long case of beech wood circles carved plum blossoms below, and there was nothing on the table, and the original owner should have taken away the furnishings here. The armrest high-backed chair on the main seat is also made of beech wood, and on it rests a half-new and old chair with the word "Tuanfu", and the color is a somewhat dull turmeric. There are four pairs of chairs next to it, which should be guest seats.

"Sister, take a look at the back. ”

I nodded and walked in with her, the house here is really worth the money, my favorite is the beech lattice bed, it should be two meters long and wide...... It should also be more than 1.8 meters, a very spacious bed, as well as basin racks, hangers, and a row of four-door clad copper horn camphor wood wardrobes against the wall, all of which are unique to the south and exquisite.

"Look, are you still satisfied?"

I nodded, and Ping'er was full of praise, so I packed up with the newly bought girl and the two people I hired, and moved our luggage from the Shen family's car and carried it into the house. Our things, in the capital can be sold and replaced with silver, now these are just bags of clothes, small boxes containing some soft things, covers, makeup things, just put it in a place, Sister-in-law Feng came in and said that the house is good, clean, things are still complete, there is firewood and rice under the kitchen, I said: "I have to clean up slowly, there is nothing here, not even a cup of tea." ”

"You're welcome. ”

I nodded, Ping'er sealed the reward silver to the people in the Shen Mansion who sent us, Sister-in-law Feng shook her head, and I said, "Look, you have worked hard these days, and these little intentions are naturally not enough to thank you." If you don't accept it, it must be too little, right?"

"Depends on what you say. Sister-in-law Feng nodded and continued: "I will leave two people here, if there is any inconvenience for Madame, either send them to work, or send someone to us to say, what is lacking or what is missing, send it directly." ”

"Thank you for your trouble, but there is no need to keep anyone, and if there is any shortage, I will naturally send someone to you. ”

Wenxiu sent away the group of people from the Shen Mansion and closed the courtyard door. I looked around the courtyard, which was small but seemed very peaceful and quiet, and the anxiety that had been in my heart gradually calmed down, and the two women who had been hired to cook and clean stood there, looking like they were familiar with their work, and they looked very sophisticated and waiting for orders. The little girl we bought, the third girl, her name was changed to Ping'er, and now she is called Xiaolan. I don't have a problem with the name, but this little girl has no previous experience in working and ministering, so I have to teach her a lot of things slowly.

Ping'er first took some loose money to the two mothers-in-law, and instructed one to buy some vegetables and vegetables on the street not far from here to cook, and the other went to clean up the kitchen, boil water and scald all the dishes and chopsticks left by the original owner's house, the yard is very clean, and there is no need to clean it today. Then I asked the third girl to go with her to the east wing to clean up the house, I said that I could tidy up the main room, anyway, just put the clothes in the wardrobe separately, and put the small box containing some jewelry and a little more valuable first in the place behind the bed. The original owner should have put some of these things here as well. My mirror table is still the dowry of Sister Feng when she got married, carved with red sandalwood through lacquer, and there are only some uneye-catching flowers and hairpins in the three layers of small luodian drawers below. There were also some books in the luggage, and there was a small compartment behind the bedroom in this master room, with a desk and bookshelves, and the bookshelves were empty. I put those thin books on them, thinking that I should get more books to fill in in the future, and I would have nothing else to do to pass the time. Two beams of sunlight shone in through the lattice window above, and I raised my hand to see a light shining on the palm of my hand, and the darkness around me set off the whiteness of my palm, which seemed to hold a solid ball of light.

This body is still so young, but I'm still at a loss as to where to go in the rest of my life.