Wu was eating melon seeds at the door, and when he saw Qi Ning coming back, he trotted over and asked, "What are you doing with that Xu Xiucai?" ”

"I still want to thank my aunt, they sold me their house, and I just went to the yamen to pass the deed."

"Huh? You bought both the shop and the yard? ”

"Yes, I've emptied all my family resources, and if I need anything to move in a few days, my aunt will make me cheaper."

"Of course, but that house is not cheap, you can buy it as a little girl."

"Hehe, so I have emptied all my family resources, and my aunt will take more care of me in the future." After speaking, ignoring the question mark on Wu's face, he went back to work.

Early in the morning of the day after tomorrow, Qi Ning opened the street door and saw two carriages parked at the door of Xu's house, the carriage in front of it had a shed, presumably it was a seated person, and the carriage in the back was full of boxes and cages. Xu Xiucai was standing by the door, reluctantly looking at this home that was about to be his own, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Miss Qi is here." Xu Xiucai heard the footsteps and turned around and arched his hand at Qi Ning.

"Xu Gongzi is so early. Do you want to go to the capital today? ”

"yes, that's all taken care of, let's go." Xu Xiucai said and handed over a string of old-fashioned brass keys: "Girl, this place will be yours in the future." There are also some inconvenient ones to take away and left them for the girl, goodbye. After Xu Xiu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Qi Ning to say a few polite words, turned around and got into the car and left.

Qi Ning looked at the carriage that was gurgling away, and returned to the shop with mixed feelings to start the day's work. She was laboriously dismantling the pig's head meat into the wooden plate, and Aunt Wu walked over excitedly and asked, "Is the handover ready?" Why don't you hurry in and check it out? ”

"Aunt Wu is early. I'm too busy to spare my hands, so I'll go back in the afternoon. ”

"You girl is a solid eye, and you're not afraid of people taking away more." Aunt Wu looked like I was good for you, and asked eagerly.

"He can take those bulky pieces of furniture with him, and he can pull a few pieces away, not to mention that I think Xu Xiucai has a first-class character, although he is not familiar with general affairs, but he will never do anything to backtrack."

"It's better to see and rest assured, you're just too easy to talk." Aunt Wu was talking and heard her man shouting, so she hurriedly left: "Come, come, you can't find anything if you leave my wife early in the morning." ”

Life, it's really a hard scripture to read.

After noon, Qi Ning closed the door panel, came out of the courtyard door and hurried to his new home, looking at the three spacious shops, and felt that his heart was immediately settled. The original counters, shelves, tables and chairs are all placed in the original position, and they are wiped clean. There are a few cotton cloths and a bunch of cloth and other miscellaneous items neatly placed on the counter, a square table, two chairs, and everything else is counters and shelves, Qi Ning couldn't help but be happy, it seems that this Xu Xiucai gave Qi Ning some unsold things for nothing. There are three major rooms in the north and south, and there is no attic, so it seems to be a little empty now, and when everything is sorted out, you can buy a few tables so that customers can eat in the store.

The other rooms are also very clean, the main room is three, the middle one is used as a living room, the tables and chairs inside are neatly placed in place, the east room is a bedroom, a carved step bed, a dresser, a stool, a hanger, and a pot of orchids are placed on a table under the window. In the west room, there are two empty bookshelves, a desk, and two chairs for eight immortals.

In the east wing, there is a round table in the middle, and there are carved wooden beds in the north and south rooms, and there are all kinds of tables, chairs and benches. The empty shelves in the inverted seat room were originally used to stack goods.

There are only two simple wooden beds in the north room of the backyard, a set of old tables and chairs, which are the original guys' residence. The two courtyards behind this only need to be simply cleaned up, and now that it is hot, there is no need to hang a tent on the bed, just buy a ready-made mosquito net. But the shop needs to be cleaned up.

Qi Ning, who picked up a big bargain, locked the door and came to the carpenter's shop where he originally bought wooden plates: "Is Uncle Lu here?" A square-faced man came in from the backyard and said, "Miss Qi is here, sit down." Is it something to do? ”

"That's the case, I want to decorate the shop, I don't know if you can do this work?"

"Of course I can do it, thank you Miss Qi for having a job to think about the small shop."

"Are you free now? Can you come with me and let me tell you more about it? ”

"Pillar, look at the shop, I'll go out." Carpenter Lu shouted to the back, and saw a man in his twenties standing in the courtyard with a planer in his hand and answered, "Got it." ”

Qi Ning led Carpenter Lu back to the shop and explained in detail: "You make a wooden board for me under this door in the north, about three and a half feet high to make a wooden window, the lattice on the window must be made strong and fine, the window is open inside, it is best to fold it in two, so that it is convenient for me to see the things I put outside, make me a two-foot-wide pallet under the window, the counter is placed next to the pallet, until it reaches the east wall, leave a three-foot-wide exit, and then make me five tables and thirty stools, It turns out that these tables, chairs and counter shelves are all painted in a uniform color for me, just lighter. The remaining two doors, the middle one is made into a wooden door, the same as the window, one door is four, and the two doors are hinged in the middle, and they are made to be folded, so that they can be locked from the inside. The door on the south side is also made of windows on the upper and lower wooden walls, the middle of the back wall is all beaten, the two walls on the south side are changed into windows, and the back door facing the courtyard on the counter is changed into two. ”

Carpenter Lu listened and took a ruler and measured them one by one.

"And the walls of this house, can you help me find a mason to paint them with lime a few times?" There is also a shed at the root of the south wall of the backyard, and there are five large stoves and two small stoves against the wall in the shed. ”

"Just paint these walls, build a few stoves, you don't have to look for a mason, let my third brother give you a day to finish it, he is a famous mason in the city. As for the guys, there are doors and windows that take fifteen or sixteen days to be done. ”

"Then Uncle Lu, you can tell me a price."

"It's not easy for you to be a girl, we are all neighbors on the same street, every time I go to buy your lo-mei, you give a lot for nothing, rest assured that I won't want more money from you, and when it's done, it's all counted."

Qi Ning looked at the loyal Carpenter Lu and asked tightly: "Then it's decided, I'll give you a key, trouble Uncle Lu to do it tightly, and ask Uncle Lu to make me a plaque, the name is also Qi Family Lo Mei, help me hang it together." ”

"Okay, you go get busy. Rest assured that I will satisfy you when the time comes. ”

Qi Ning handed over the key and went home to continue her hard work of washing her large intestine once a day. I haven't seen Wang Zhutou for several days, and I heard Aunt Wu say that he went to the countryside with a few servants on business, and I don't know when I will come back. I paid half a year's house money, but it took less than two months, and if I surrendered the rent, I don't know if I could give some money back. Forget it, just retreat, and don't dare to offend others if you don't retreat, let alone break the contract yourself.

Half a month later, in the afternoon, Carpenter Lu's son came to call Qi Ning to take a look. After turning back and forth, the walls were painted very evenly with white ash, and although the tables, chairs and benches were made of ordinary wood, they were all painted with jujube paint. The shed is very spacious, with five large stoves and two small stoves lined up against the south wall. Qi Ning nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you for your hard work, the work is very meticulous, Uncle Lu, calculate how much it is." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard, if there is an inappropriate place, just mention it, and the girl who changes sooner or later is satisfied."

"It's already very good, and if you have work in the future, you will have to bother your uncle."

"It's good that the girl is satisfied, because the south wall of the backyard has a shed, so my third brother has built half of the wall of the latrine for you, so that it won't be tasteful."

"Thanks to Uncle Lu and Third Uncle Lu. I couldn't have imagined such thoughtfulness for a while. ”

"In this way, I will be given a total of thirty-five taels of materials for carpentry work, and a total of fifteen taels for these tasks of brushing walls and stoves. My brother went to work, and I took it for him. ”

"Uncle, wait a minute." Qi Ning said and went back to the attic to take the five ten taels of silver ingots that he had exchanged from the money village a few days ago, wrapped them in cloth and handed them to Carpenter Lu: "Uncle, click on it, this is five taels of silver ingots, you go back and divide them." ”

Carpenter Lu and the two hurriedly took the money, handed over the key and left.

Qi Ning went back to make the meat dishes that needed to be sold tomorrow, and when the pot was boiling, he turned the heat to low, and took advantage of the fact that it was still early to pour his few belongings into his new home. I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of large and small pots, and came back and pressed them.

Everything was put together, it was already dark, and Qi Ning ate a few bites of the leftover piece of braised pork at noon with the flatbread given by Aunt Wu. It can be regarded as the completion of the offering to the Five Organs Temple.

At night, I slept in this new home for the first time, although it felt a little strange, but more excited, I finally had a home that really belonged to me, and I slept very well this night.

At dawn, Qi Ning woke up with the grunt of wheels, and as usual, he stretched out for a long time before getting up.

In the following morning, Qi Ning told the patrons while selling goods that he would move to the opposite side from tomorrow, and hoped that everyone would continue to take care of him. The old customers who came all nodded again and again to congratulate Qi Ning on moving to a new house.