Chapter 137 Moving Before the Lunar New Year

In the night wind, Zhuifeng and Wangcai were still quite excited, howling and running in front of the carriage, while the two parrots had fallen asleep in the straw basket carried by Dabao.

The carriage rocked and rocked, and in a moment, the Yang family brothers and sisters fell asleep. Usually at home, they would have fallen asleep long ago. Chen Afu and Huang Mama each held one, and wrapped them in a small quilt.

Although Dabao was a little sleepy, he did not let his mother hold him, and he would take care of the sleeping parrots and cover them with a cloth.

Children from poor families have to take charge of the family early. Chen Afu looked at Yang Chao in his arms, and then at Dabao, and felt a little sour in his heart. He said softly with apology, "Brother Chao is a guest."

Dabao rubbed his head against Chen Afu's arm and said, "Well, my son knows that he will not be jealous of Brother Chao."

Mother Huang whispered, "Dabao is really a good kid."

As soon as they entered the house, A Lu came out to greet them.

Chen Afu was embarrassed. Today was one of the most important days in Alu's life, but he didn't share his joy at the first time.

Alu wanted to talk to his sister, but when he saw Yang Chao sleeping in her arms, he stopped talking.

After Chen Afu settled the two children, he took Dabao, who had woken up again, to the east bedroom of the old courtyard, where Chen Ming, Wang and Alu were waiting.

The family squeezed on the warm kang and listened to Alu's detailed account of what happened in school today. Chen Ming and Wang listened several times, but they still couldn't listen enough with a smile.

Several people encouraged him a few words, and Chen Afu even put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Sister is waiting for your brother to succeed and support the family."

After nearly half an hour, they went to rest.

The next day, Chen Afu got up early again and made two pots of golden silk cake, one of which was to be taken back to the Yang family.

After breakfast, Yang Mingyuan rushed to Chen's house. Yang Chao and Yang Qian cried and made a fuss, but they were still carried to the carriage.

The carriage had gone a distance, and the little brother and sister still stuck their heads out of the window and cried, "Auntie Chen, next time we come to your house, we will stay longer."

Chen Afu smiled and nodded, and Dabao said in a hoarse voice, "Okay, we'll wait."

Later, Chen Afu learned that in order to raise funds, Yang Mingyuan actually bought out all the restaurants in the county town and took all his property to start a business in Beijing. What an adventurer!

In a flash, it was winter. There is strength in numbers. The shrub forest had been cleared a few days ago, and the house had begun to be built.

Two courtyards were built at the same time. Chen Ming wanted to move in before the New Year.

There were not enough people in the village, so they hired a team of tile workers who specialized in repairing houses in the county town. In this way, they had to provide meals, and they also paid for the people from the third grandfather's family to help cook and deliver them at noon. The third grandfather had many children and grandchildren, and they looked for work everywhere during the slack season. Not only did the two grandsons help build the house, but the women also helped cook, earning several wages at once.

Chen Ming's yard was slightly smaller, with only three acres of land. He used the half acre of land as a "separation zone" between the two yards. Chen Afu's yard was slightly larger because it also served as a kindergarten. It was not only three and a half acres, but also the extra three acres of land, totaling three acres and eight points.

Both families had curved two-entry houses, with wells in the main house, east wing, west wing, back house, and back wing.

Chen Ming's family was similar to most small landlords in the countryside. There were some flowers, trees, and stone tables and benches in the front yard, and the back yard was planned as a cowshed, pigpen, chicken coop, and vegetable planting.

But Chen Afu's family was different from them. Not only did they plant flowers, trees, and pigsties like the rich families, but they also had carved railings and painted columns, large lattice windows, and the four rooms in the west wing had to be paved with wooden boards. What was even more different was that they would build a children's playground.

Originally, Chen Afu asked Chen Ming to do better, at least to have carved railings and painted pillars. But Chen Ming didn't want to do it. He defined himself as a small landlord, so he strictly decorated his home according to this standard. He said that this was practical, and there was no need for rural families to have those flower racks.

Every day when he went to work in Tangyuan, Dabao would take Chen Afu to see his new house and have fun for a long time. Almost every day he would ask the same question, "Mom, when will the new house be built, and when can we move in?"

Chen Afu would answer with a smile, "Our house is more complicated, and we have to wait until after the New Year. Grandpa's house will be repaired first, and we will move in before the New Year. We will live in grandpa's house first."

Grandpa's house is also a large tiled house in the new courtyard, and Dabao's eyebrows are curved with joy.

The furniture of their two families was contracted to Wu Carpenter's family. Chen Afu drew some drawings and asked Wu Carpenter's family and the iron shop in the town to help make some strange things.

When she went to find Wu the Carpenter, Wu Changsheng looked at her with great resentment and kept trying to get close to her, but was scolded by Wu the Carpenter and ran away.

Wu Changsheng had already been engaged to her cousin and would get married the following year.

Chen Afu had left the Wu family, but Wu Changsheng ran out and said to her, "Sister Afu, from now on, I will treat you as my own sister. If you need my help, I will help you as before."

Chen Afu was moved when she saw his injured eyes and smiled, "Thank you, Second Brother Wu, I also wish you a happy life."

During these days, Abbot Liaochen came to Tangyuan to stay for two days, and Chen Afu only rested at home during these two days, and the rest of his rest time was dedicated to the little girl. However, Manager Luo gave her a monthly salary of five taels of silver at the end of last month, which was much more than the two taels of silver he had originally said.

On the afternoon of the fifth day of the winter month, Chen Afu was playing with the children in the living room when he saw Luo Yuan wandering at the door. He had just returned from the day before yesterday when he went to the city to do some work and helped take the two sets of clothes, the lucky cat doll, the bag, the cotton nightgown and the cotton slippers to the Nishang Embroidery Workshop.

Chen Afu clapped his hands and said, "Okay, get out of class is over."

Chen Afu walked out the door and heard Luo Yuan say that Shopkeeper Luo liked those things very much.

Because of those buttons, the Nishang Embroidery Workshop not only has a good business, but also has a better reputation. Many young ladies from wealthy families only use buttons made by the Nishang Embroidery Workshop, and using buttons to decorate clothes has become a fashion. At the same time, the fabrics of the embroidery workshop are selling better than before.

In fact, many wealthy families now have needlework rooms, and they don't necessarily buy ready-made clothes from embroidery workshops. But if there is a set of beautiful and unique ready-made clothes hanging in the embroidery workshop, or beautiful accessories, the women will buy the fabrics from the embroidery workshop and make them according to that style. If the ready-made clothes of an embroidery workshop are unique and beautiful, the women will often patronize that embroidery workshop. Some buy ready-made clothes, and some buy fabrics.

Therefore, beautiful ready-made clothes and accessories are not only for selling, but also for attracting customers for the fabrics of the embroidery workshop.

Luo Yuan also said that Luo asked Chen Afu to lead people to make more auspicious cat dolls and bags and send them to the embroidery workshop regularly. This job was asked by Chen Afu for Wang and Gao.

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