HLnovel Chapter 535: Always Unexpected
Chapter 535: Always Unexpected
The next morning, Shen Zhiqiu took Dabao and others to work.
Shen Youyou practiced sword skills for the whole morning, washed up, and read a medical book for a while before Shen Luming and Shen Erya got up in a daze.
These two might have been too excited after watching the show yesterday and too excited lying in bed, so they fell asleep in the second half of the night because their bodies couldn't take it anymore.
Li Jingshu started working early in the morning. Fortunately, Dabao and others installed the plastic tap water system last night.
There was no need to carry the water up bucket by bucket. Otherwise, not to mention that she was a woman, how many buckets would she have to carry from the water tanks in several courtyards? The clanging noise alone would have woken up the two people who were still sleeping.
Shen Erya has always been very sensible and gets up very early every day at home. The main reason is that she slept too late last night.
In addition, Li Jingshu and Shen Youyou felt sorry for her and wanted her to sleep and wake up naturally, otherwise they would have to get up early to help clean the room.
Although there is running water, the house is empty and doesn't even have decent furniture. It is truly a purely purchased house.
Thanks to the large water tanks that were left for them, and the many pots and pans that were brought from home,
Shen Fugui bought a lot of things when he came last time, otherwise even the most basic eating and drinking would be a problem in this house.
Let me put it this way, there was no proper dining table at home. There was a broken table with only three legs, and a pile of large blue bricks underneath.
It has three complete legs, and one is movable, which is particularly unstable.
As you can imagine, when eating, you have to be careful at all times to avoid knocking the pot over on the table.
Also, in such a big house, the most desirable place to live is on the clothesline, with the clothes hanging to dry.
This can only be attributed to the fact that the hand-cranked washing machine made by Shen Youyou really reduced a lot of effort for these men, both big and small, and they washed clothes quite diligently.
Shen Fugui is not here. If he can still tell Li Jingshu:
"I was the one who pulled the clothesline. I was counting on them not to hang the clothes directly on the branches to dry."
Li Jingshu found a few wooden boards in the utility room at the back and planned to make a simple shelf by himself.
I have to put on airs. I brought this food with me, eggs and pickles from everyone, and meat from a big pig farmer.
There is also rice, flour and raw meat that I brought from my own home, but I don’t even have a place to put them. I’m afraid they will be harmed by the rats.
Then she started to clean the stove. She disliked the stove because it was too dirty. She didn't know how the people here cooked on a daily basis. The good blue brick surface was almost turning black.
"Who washed this pot? Oh, it seems that this stove is never cleaned."
"Look, this Old Shen is going backwards as he gets older!"
Li Jingshu kept muttering to himself as he cleaned up:
"I brought all kinds of seasonings from home, including salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorns, and star anise, and put them into plastic bottles.
Then advise,
They said that the seasoning jars we made at home are very convenient, and told you to remember to close the lid after use to prevent dust from getting in.
Hey! I promised it at the beginning, and once I said it, they kept promising: I will definitely do it.
But now it seems that is not the case at all!
She really just ignored what I said before and didn't take it to heart at all."
She could only replace the jars of seasonings that seemed usable.
If there are bugs in the jars, just throw them away, and take down the jars that originally contained the seasonings and clean them again.
After cleaning up the kitchen and putting away the things that needed to be distributed, she took the rag and prepared to clean the house.
But when she picked up a rag and smelled it, she almost fell over.
"Oh my god, it's been days since I washed it. Not only does it feel sticky, but it also smells really bad."
It was at this time that Shen Erya and Shen Luming woke up in a daze.
"Auntie, why don't you ask me to get up and help you clean up?"
"What do you want me to do? I finally got a few days of rest, so just take a nap. Take your brother to wash up first. After that, there's hot food in the stove for the two of you."
At this time, Shen Youyou also came out with a small notebook in her hand, and used charcoal to mark on it what she needed to buy before going out.
"Mom, there are so many eggs. Let's make some preserved eggs. I'll go out and buy some quicklime later. I just don't know where to buy wheat bran."
This is indeed a problem, but Li Jingshu thought about it and finally thought of a place:
"It should be available in places where eggs are sold. Eggs are usually protected from bumps and bumps, so aren't they usually padded with wheat bran?"
They chatted silently like this at home, and it was almost noon before they left the house.
At the same time, it was time for Shen Zhiqiu and the others to have lunch.
As soon as the sushi and rice balls were placed on the table, Lord Wei pushed the door open and came in.
"Hey! Is there another visitor to our house?"
"Yes, my wife and daughter are here. I did this with my daughter."
"Oh, you know what? You have quite a lot of tricks at home."
Therefore, Lord Wei had lunch with Shen Zhiqiu again.
In fact, Lord Wei was also embarrassed, but Shen Zhiqiu sincerely wanted to keep him here, and he didn't spend any money on the meal yesterday, and he was still relying on Lord Wei's kindness.
Lord Wei returned to his office, touched his bloated belly, and laughed twice.
There is a kind of person who always surprises people, because he knows exactly the prices of seaweed, shrimp, crab legs, and even crab roe.
It's not surprising that a noble family like the Wei family can afford these.
But look at Lord Shen, what does he wear on a daily basis? Apart from the official uniform issued by the court, he only wears those few sets of clothes.
There are also a few pieces made of the new fiber cloth that Lao Shen and his team have recently researched. Don’t underestimate the comfort of the cloth, it is cheap.
Unlike ordinary people, these people do not care about cheapness. The rarer and more expensive the clothes they wear, the better.
Everyone knows that Lord Shen came here to escape famine. It has only been a year since he came. When he came to the yamen, he usually drove an ox cart.
He did know that they had horses at home, and he had asked about that.
But Lord Shen said, "It's a long way to get from my family to the county town or the prefectural city, and he will be on duty for a much shorter time, so I won't compete with my family for the time."
Even for the office, he didn't buy anything, and the stove for boiling water was picked up from him.
It's not just Lord Shen. The boys he brought with him were also very simple in clothing, not much better than what his servants wore.
In fact, this is in line with their status as refugees who have just arrived, because even if you have the ability, it will take a certain amount of time to develop.
What's more, in the eyes of most people, his family has developed very quickly, from a refugee to an official in the imperial court.
Therefore, based on his optimistic attitude towards Shen Zhiqiu and his estimation of the attitude of Duke Fu's mansion, he wanted to ask Shen Zhiqiu if he had any difficulties after moving to the city.
For example, the housing problem.
After all, it is not easy to live in the capital, and the house I lived in the countryside before was not very good, plus I had just settled there not long ago.
It was to provide military supplies to the imperial court. The profits given by the imperial court were very low. How much money could be made when there was such a large group of people to support at home.
But people said, “There is a house!”