Chapter XXXII

After the ship arrived in Tongzhou, Shuyun did not immediately set off to return to Beijing, but rented a large warehouse, moved the things on the ship in, and hired someone to bring a letter to Chen Ce, asking him to pick him up.

Then Sook-yun began to take things out of the space. Part of Maifan stone, the batch of wood bought in Vietnam, glass from Europe, soap, perfume and other cosmetics, some clothing and leather goods, as well as piano and accordion.

Then there are all kinds of food, cheese, butter, olive oil, pickled cucumber, yellow mustard, foie gras, coffee beans, cocoa beans, wine, bird's nest, shark fin, abalone, caviar, all kinds of dried seafood, chili, pepper, spices, cumin and other spices. Homemade preserved fruits, jams, cider and sweets. It is during this season that several fresh southern fruits are produced. Lobster, crab and other seafood.

There are also New Zealand dairy cows, Japanese Kobe beef cattle, Boer goats and Nanjiang yellow sheep, Ankara sheep, livestock and poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese and African geese. A pair of ancient shepherds and German shepherds.

All kinds of saplings and seeds that have been cultivated in the purple soil in advance and are suitable for the climatic conditions of Beijing, including large cherry trees, Fuji apple trees, persimmon trees, peach trees, plum trees, Taibai apricot trees, several grape vines dominated by Kyoho and several kinds of pear trees such as Huagai pear, Nanguo pear, perfume pear, sharp pear, and pistachio tree.

There are also potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, onions, snow peas, tomatoes, asparagus, salad vegetables and other grain and vegetable seeds that were not available in the Qing Kingdom, as well as forage grass seeds in space.

The little donkey flame Shuyun is also ready to release it. In short, the space was emptied by Shuyun for more than half. Because there are too many things, the big warehouse that Shuyun rented can't fit in.

Chen Ce came quickly, and arrived on horseback the evening of the next day. When he arrived at the warehouse and found Shuyun, he was startled by the things in the warehouse, and asked Shuyun with wide eyes, "Why did you bring back so many things?" ”

Shuyun pretended to be depressed and replied, "Part of it was originally left in Macau, and my friend brought it from Europe after I left, and some of it was bought after I looked good along the way, but I didn't expect it to add up to so much, so I called my eldest brother to pick me up." ”

Chen Ce looked around the warehouse, frowned, and said, "Why are there still stones, cattle, sheep and poultry, and besides, what kind of cattle are those two, why do they look so strange." Also, is that a dog? Chen Ce pointed to Gu Mu, who looked as big as a little donkey, and said.

Shuyun immediately said excitedly, "Big brother, you don't know what to do, these are all good things, this stone is called Maifan Stone, through its purified water, people drink it is very good for the body, and it can also improve the soil." Those two kinds of cattle are also excellent breeds, what you said is strange to look like cows, specializing in milk, we do not have this breed in the Qing Dynasty, I spent a lot of money to hire someone to bring it back from Europe, and the other is beef cattle, from Dongying, the meat tastes good. And the rest of the poultry are also excellent breeds, and I used to ask someone to help collect them. The dog was called the Ancient Shepherd Dog, and he was very good at helping herd. If I hadn't been thinking about these things, why would I have to make this trip? ”

Chen Ce listened to Shuyun's words, raised his eyebrows, and looked noncommittal.

At this time, the little donkey salivated in flames, ran over, arched Shuyun like a puppy, and then turned around and glared at Chen Ce angrily. Expressed displeasure at the fact that the two men did not mention it.

Shuyun hurriedly touched the flame, and then said, "This is the flame, it's beautiful, it's smart, it's fast." ”

Then Shuyun didn't wait for Chen Ce to ask again, so she hurriedly said again, "Big brother, there are too many of these things, they are too conspicuous, they are transported during the day, it is not good for people to see, and it happens that it is getting late now, so hurry up and find someone to transport it back."

There are so many things that it can be a real hassle to transport. By the time Shuyun and the others returned to Zhuangzi, which was about to be built, it was already early the next morning.

On April 28, the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1677 AD), Shuyun returned to Zhuangzi in Xiaotangshan.

Now that the Zhuangzi has been basically completed, Chen Ce has arranged for the Zhuanghu, the children and Mr. Du to move in.

Spring ploughing is also under Chen Ce's arrangement, and it is about to end. Shuyun hurriedly asked people to vacate a piece of land, plant seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, tomatoes and other grains and vegetables brought back by Shuyun, and organized everyone to plant fruit trees and pastures on the mountain. Shuyun was afraid that the winter in Beijing would be too cold for pistachio trees, large cherry trees and white apricot trees to adapt, so she planted them near the hot springs. All the livestock were also put into the barn.

The farmers looked at the seeds they had never seen before, and also raised doubts, anyway, there was not much land to occupy, and Shuyun, a small landlord, insisted again and again. Everyone agreed.

Shuyun sent someone to report the safety to the Xu, Lu and Hu families, and sent the lobsters, crabs and other seafood and various fruits they brought back.

Then Shuyun found some carpenters and made all kinds of furniture from the fine wood she brought back. He also specially asked the carpenters to make sofas for himself and Chen Ce. There was no sponge, so Shuyun had people fill it with thick cotton. The surface is first wrapped in a layer of skin, and the skin is covered with a thickened coarse cloth. It's also very comfortable to sit on.

Shuyun also asked the craftsmen to replace the pasted window paper in the courtyard where she, Chen Ce and the children lived and studied, and replaced them with the white glass plates they brought back. There is still the rest, and Shuyun asked people to install some of the houses of the Zhuang and the subordinates. Looking at the room that immediately became unusually bright, everyone was amazed. Even Chen Ce kept admiring, "I didn't expect those Yangyi to have such good things." ”

The children, in particular, huddled around the window, kept looking out with their eyes wide and curious. Shuyun took the opportunity to tell them, "This thing is called glass, it is produced in the far west, it is very fragile, these are very rare, it was brought back from thousands of miles away by myself, you must cherish them, you must be careful when playing, don't break it." ”

The overall layout of Zhuangzi is like this, there is a pond covering an area of four acres in the middle, and the bank is made of stones to form a dike, and Shuyun is afraid that the children will accidentally fall, so she hurriedly called the craftsmen who are doing the finishing work, and asked them to make some beautiful wooden railings, and every other section will be vacated, and the big cherry trees brought back by Shuyun will be planted. Wooden benches and light and beautiful garbage cans of various shapes are also placed along the banks of the creek and pond.

A shallow stream runs through the middle of the Zhuangzi and connects to the pond, and there is a small and beautiful white wooden bridge on the stream, and the big cherry trees are planted on both sides of the river.

At the foot of the hill, on the left side of the pond are a few scattered houses and a large playground with some fitness equipment made by Shuyun according to the modern style. The house was used as a classroom and dormitory. The piano brought back by Shuyun was also placed in one of the large rooms as a music classroom for the children in the future. Shuyun also plans to plant a lawn on the playground in the future, which will be used as a school for children.

At the foot of the middle hill was a row of livestock sheds, and part of the mountain land above the shed had been planted with grass seeds, and Shuyun was going to divide this place as Zhuangzi's pasture.

At the bottom of the pond are the communal dining hall and bathhouse, as well as houses for the people. Further down is a row of two separate courtyards, and a total of three rows and six courtyards are houses for the villagers.

Shuyun also had a separate well drilled for each yard. Throw some of the maifan stones you brought back into it, and do the same for ponds, streams, and hot springs.

There are only two separate courtyard houses on the right, which are the courtyards of Chen Ce and Shuyun.

The houses on Shuyun Zhuangzi are all made of green bricks and stone, with many modern elements, such as earth dragons that can play the same role as geothermal heat, marble bathrooms, and so on. The floors of all the rooms are also covered with polished and smooth stone slabs with anti-slip treatment. The rooms are also equipped with ondols. The walls are also insulated. Then there is the toilet, which Shuyun built in the style of the outdoor public toilet in the 80s of the previous life. The manure pit below is connected to the manure pit of the livestock shed. And he sprinkled a large amount of white ash all around.

Two large cellars were also dug on the Zhuangzi, and stone slabs were also laid inside.

A more special thing is Shuyun and Chen Ce's courtyard, where the floor is inlaid on the basis of the stone slabs and painted on it. The house has a separate bathroom and toilet. Shuyun asked people to deal with the extremely thick dragon bamboo in the space, which is a kind of bamboo native to the remote areas of Lincang and Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, which is extremely thick and long, and is very suitable for making water cylinder grooves. Brush several layers of paint on the outside, and then wrap it with copper skin to strengthen waterproofing and anti-corrosion. As a sewer pipe, Shuyun and Chen Ce used the flushing toilet, and the effect was not bad. He also used this kind of pipe to connect to the hot springs on the mountain, whether it was his own house and Chen Ce's house, or the public bath, they were all connected. The two yards also have cobblestone paths, lawns in the open space, flowers to be planted and grape trellises to be built.

Shuyun also has a separate kitchen than Chen Ce, and there is an old-fashioned European oven in the kitchen. A separate room was also set aside to serve as Shuyun's laboratory.

Shuyun also asked someone to build two wooden houses next to the hot springs on the mountain as a place for herself and Chen Ce to rest. And those two hot springs have to be rebuilt. In addition to the Maifan stone, Shuyun took some pebbles from the hot spring in the space and spread them inside.

The current Zhuangzi not only looks neat and clean, but also has a scenery of birds singing and flowers, small bridges and flowing water. It's just that Chen Ce always complains that the cost is too much.

Shuyun explained that he said, "This is a place where we want to live for the rest of our lives, and it is our future home, of course, we must build it well, as long as the ability allows, it doesn't cost much." In the future, the eldest brother will marry a daughter-in-law, but he can't be wronged, and the future sister-in-law is not. ”

Shuyun's words made Chen Ce blush, and he found an excuse to run away in a hurry.

By the time Shuyun was free, it was already mid-May, and Dongxue had also brought her fat son twice, and she was full of praise for Shuyun's Zhuangzi, envious, and shouted that this Zhuangzi was not his own. After knocking off a large amount of perfume, soap, and cosmetics from Shuyun, I felt a little balanced. and Sister-in-law Osmanthus also came to see it once. Now Shuyun is also going to visit the elderly of several families. I also asked Mr. Xu to give Zhuangzi a name and invite them to come to Zhuangzi to have a look.

When Shuyun told Old Man Xu that he wanted to ask him to choose a name, the old man was very happy and readily agreed. It's just that you have to take it after reading Zhuangzi.

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