Chapter 178: Buying a Yard
Liu Man'er really didn't know much about the etiquette of these Lao Shizi, and the most important thing was that she didn't plan to have a good relationship with those relatives in the family, so she didn't think of this.
In the countryside, relatives and friends should hang out with each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival and give gifts such as mooncakes. Last year, Liu Man'er was also busy working, the Fang family had already arranged these things, this year the Fang family was not in good health, and she had to arrange these things.
"Okay then, then let's go back, what kind of lanterns are these, we'll see it later." Liu Man'er followed Fang's and said, "Let's come back when the Lantern Festival comes, the lanterns at that time will be even better." ”
"Hmm." When Fang heard that Liu Man'er agreed to her going back, she also had a smile on her face, thinking about how the Mid-Autumn Festival should be celebrated, and she went out to buy flour and other things by herself.
She plans to go home early and make moon cakes by herself, and Liu Man'er will not stop her, she is happy.
However, before this, Liu Man'er found a broker and planned to buy a yard in this county, because now the house she lives in is rented, it has only been rented for three months, and it is about to expire.
Now that Liu Man'er has a foothold in this county, these brokers naturally know each other, and they have also heard of which brokers have a good reputation and are loyal.
It just so happened that Qiao Yuliang, a broker who had cooperated before, and his uncle Zhou Hong happened to be a broker in this county, so Liu Man'er entrusted him with the matter of buying a house.
Anyway, he is a fellow villager, he shouldn't pit her, and within a few days, he heard that there are three families in this county who want to sell their yards, so he specially came to take Liu Man'er to choose.
They are all courtyards of three entrances, one is in the west of the city, one is near the academy where Ye Feng is studying, and the other is near Liu Man'er's shop.
The courtyard in the west of the city is not considered for the time being, Liu Man'er doesn't know whether it should be near the academy or near the shop, both courtyards have been visited, Liu Man'er is still interested in the vicinity of the academy, mainly to facilitate Ye Feng's study.
As for the business, it is secondary, not to mention, the house in Liu Man'er's shop is only rented, and after three years, the previous shopkeeper is willing to rent it to himself.
Of course, you still have to see it, if the place is good, the family doesn't like the house, then it's not good. So I chose a suitable day, Liu Man'er took Fang's to see it, these two rooms are three entrances, there is no problem, they are all magnificent, there is a shadow wall in front of it, and there is an inverted seat room, which is very good.
Liu Man'er thought about it and chose the neighborhood of the academy, this is also a school district room, not only is Ye Feng's study close to home, but it is also convenient for Liu Fusheng to be admitted to the academy at that time.
What's more, there is a pear tree in the courtyard of this house near the academy, which is bearing fruit at the moment, and this pear tree is quite pleasing to Liu Man'er, and the master said that if Liu Man'er wants to buy his yard, he will not pick this pear, and give it to Liu Man'er.
Liu Man'er was very happy to hear it, but she didn't immediately say that she wanted to buy it, but said that she liked it very much, but she had to listen to her family to discuss it.
After returning home, Liu Man'er asked Fang's thoughts, and Fang's family also liked this courtyard very much. She asked the broker about the family's personality, why they wanted to sell the house, and so on, and the broker answered them one by one.
It turns out that this family is also a scholarly family, and the son works in the county town, and he is about to sell the house and go to the county town to change to a big yard.
Liu Man'er listened to what the broker said, discussed with the Fang family again, and finally bought the courtyard.
The owner of this courtyard bid one hundred and twenty taels, Liu Man'er knew that others were in a hurry, and asked the broker, this was indeed a real price, so he didn't bargain much, but let the master's family lose twelve taels, and bought it for one hundred and eight taels of silver.
After buying this courtyard, Liu Man'er was very happy, and the Fang family was also quite happy, so she was not in a hurry to leave, but asked Yun Niang to accompany her to the temple in the county town to ask the master to count a good day, and invited some friends such as Steward Wu to have dinner and get together, set off firecrackers, invited the God of Stove and the God of Wealth, and it was regarded as a housewarming.
Originally, the Fang family was in a hurry to go home before, but when she came to the new house, she was satisfied everywhere, and planned to wait for Ye Feng and the others to go back together on vacation, and let Yun Niang come to this new house to cook, also to make this new house have more fireworks.
Rao is like this, she feels that the breath of this house has not yet become vivid, so she simply asked people to move things into this new house first, and make moon cakes, pot stickers, and pastries in this new house.
Yun Niang was also on the side to help her, and she kept doing it for several days, until the whole yard was filled with the aroma of this food, and she stopped.
If you are in the countryside and move to a new house, you have to send some cakes to people you know, but this is the county seat, and Fang and Yun Niang made several bamboo things, but they didn't know where to send them.
In the afternoon, she took Yun Niang and carried the basket to give it to the neighbors around with great interest, but she found that the neighbors in this area were all big houses, and the courtyard door was locked.
In the evening, Liu Man'er and a few girls came home to eat, but found that there was no fire at home, Fang just took out these cakes and said: "Man'er, my mother and Yun Niang have made a lot of cakes these days, so let's eat these cakes tonight, otherwise we won't be able to finish eating." ”
"It's okay, it's just that mother, didn't you say that you made these cakes to give to the neighbors?" Liu Man'er asked puzzled.
She likes to eat these crispy pumpkin balls, potato cakes, and fried meatballs, but she is not used to letting her eat them as cooking.
"This neighborhood is not very familiar with it, I think it's better to forget it, and when everyone is familiar with it, I'll send it." Fang Shi said that she was embarrassed to tell Liu Man'er that she was too embarrassed to knock on other people's doors with a basket.
The most important thing is that there is no shortage of her cakes, standing in front of the vermilion gate, Fang only felt a little timid.
"I see, then, you give them to me, and I will put them in that shop tomorrow, and give them this cake if I buy as much as I want, so that everyone will be touched by our joy when the time comes."
As soon as Liu Man'er said this, Fang's eyes lit up, and he said straightly: "Yes, Man'er, what you said is really right, this is the reason, then I'll go cook now, your shop business is so good, I'll make some more cakes." ”
Seeing Fang's appearance of getting up and leaving in a hurry, Liu Man'er smiled helplessly, and asked the maid to eat some cakes to cushion her stomach first, and then asked Piaohong and Feihua to send these cakes to Liu Yun to eat raw, and then they were entitled to eat.
Anyway, Liu Yunsheng has always been not disgusted with eating, with these cakes, and then tell him that Yun Niang made them, it is too late for him to be happy, so where will he dislike it.
And after Liu Man'er ate a piece of cake to cushion her belly, she was waiting for dinner, she was now a double body, so she wanted to eat something spicy, and it was not enough to eat cakes alone.
However, she is only more than three months pregnant, and her belly is not obvious, but Rao is like to touch her belly every day and feel the beating of life in her belly, although sometimes she doesn't feel any difference.
She transferred all her thoughts about Ye Yuan to the child in her belly.
The first two months have been very busy, Liu Man'er has no time to think nonsense, recently idle, Liu Man'er remembered that Ye Yuan hadn't written back for a long time, and she didn't know how he was outside, I heard that he was going to the border guard again, Liu Man'er was very worried.
Last year, she was able to visit him, but this year, she was pregnant with a child, and she definitely couldn't pass.
This year's New Year, it is destined not to be reunited, and it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, but unfortunately, they can only miss their relatives for the month.
But it's okay, as long as he's safe, she's not lonely anyway, and she has such children by her side.
Ye He and Cao'er, the two little girls, have grown a lot taller in the past two years, wearing plain and clean clothes, wearing double buns, white faces, big eyes, docile and well-behaved, very likable.
Ye Feng has grown a lot taller, and now he is close to her ears, the young man is not crowned yet, but he just uses a hairband to stand up half of his hair, wearing a long veil, his immature eyebrows and eyes are very light, and his eyes are like shining stars, he is really a young man.
Liu Fusheng has also grown a lot taller, but he has not yet faded away from the appearance of a child, his dark eyes are full of a little aura, and he is pleasing to look at.
As for Ye Tianchen, now it is her treasure, his eyes are like black gems, and his long eyelashes are like aquatic plants, especially when looking at you, you are like looking in the mirror in the lake, and the mirror is full of your shadows, and the pink face makes Liu Man'er want to stretch out his hand and pinch it twice from time to time.
Ye Tianchen now takes Shuai Shuai to play or study together every day, because he has grown up and is much more flexible, and after changing to such a big new house, he often makes trouble with Shuai Shuai, climbs trees, rolls, and has no clean place on his body all day.
Every night when Liu Man'er asked him to endorse the book, sometimes he couldn't recite it, Liu Man'er made a gesture to beat him, he didn't beg for mercy, he just looked at you with his eyes, and then his eyes just closed, and the big tears fell down abruptly, although Liu Man'er would stick to her heart every time, but the Fang family on the side would always come over to persuade her.
Today's Fang Ke's is his no-play token, but because of Fang's illness, in just a few months, despite the good recuperation, she still looks ten years old, she was just a woman who was not confused, but now she looks a little bit like an old man, and there are several more strands of white hair on her forehead, which makes Liu Man'er look quite distressed.
"It's time to eat, why are you in a daze?" While Liu Man'er was silently thinking about the changes in her family, Fang reminded her on the side.
Liu Man'er was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, glanced at the people seated, and then raised her chopsticks: "Come, eat." ”
After eating, Liu Man'er went to rest early today, it was rare that she didn't take a test on the homework of a few children, Ye Feng and Liu Fusheng have always been diligent children, but they didn't feel anything, but Ye Tianchen felt very unaccustomed.
At night, when he washed up and ran to bed to sleep, he took the initiative to stand by the bed and carry homework for Liu Man'er.
When Liu Man'er saw his action, she felt a little strange, so she opened her eyes and asked, "I didn't ask you about your homework this year, why did you take the initiative to endorse it?" ”
"It's all my fault, mother, are you angry? So leave me alone. Ye Tianchen rolled onto the bed.
"Nope." Liu Man'er shook her head, touched his little head, remembered what she said last night, and felt a little unbearable.
Ye Tianchen couldn't memorize his homework last night, and at night, Liu Man'er wanted to beat him, and he cried again to find the Fang family as a rescuer, so Liu Man'er said: "If you are still like this, I will not care about you." "I didn't expect him to really take it seriously.
"If you are obedient, your mother will not ignore you." Liu Man'er gently took the child into her arms and said, "Every day, my mother doesn't give you much homework, so I don't delay your play, but you forget it every time, isn't my mother angry." ”
"I'm sorry." Ye Tianchen confessed his mistake with Liu Man'er, and the soft and glutinous voice remembered in her ears: "Sometimes I see Shuai Shuai being naughty and want to chase it, but after chasing it for a day, I forget it." ”
"Then you mean it's all handsome, wrong?" Liu Man'er raised her eyebrows and looked at him, this kid, is he bullying Shuai Shuai and can't speak?
"No, it's my fault." Ye Tianchen knew that if he continued to make it up, he would inevitably be beaten, so he had to admit his mistakes.
"Then you said that you made a mistake, how should my mother punish you?" Liu Man'er said with a smile, but he was a little stunned in Ye Tianchen's eyes, and he couldn't help but stay away from Liu Man'er, he didn't want to be beaten.
"Is it okay if I memorize one more poem tomorrow?" Ye Tianchen raised his head and said timidly.
"What do you say?" Liu Man'er said suspiciously.
"Or I'll make amends?" Ye Tianchen, the child, was also aura, and said: "Otherwise, I would still go to sleep with my grandmother, she was tired from making cakes for a day today, so I went to press her." ”
Seeing that he really got up from the bed, Liu Man'er stretched out her legs and tripped him on the quilt, then patted him on the body, hugged him over, and said, "Forget it, I forgive you today." ”
Liu Man'er would not really be willing to beat him, not to mention, this child is still quite obedient, naughty, and there is nothing wrong with it, she does not erase the child's nature, but only guides him.