No wonder Xu's mother was so happy. After the new house was built, two rooms were reserved for her brother-in-law's family. Her sister-in-law said on the spot that she would buy all the curtains for the house.
There are about ten rooms upstairs and downstairs, and several of them are equipped with floor-to-ceiling sliding doors. The whole set costs a lot of money.
Xu's mother originally planned to install a few sleeping rooms first, and then install the other rooms slowly. She didn't expect such a huge expense, so her sister-in-law gave them away as she said.
So recently, whenever her brother-in-law's family comes over, she is willing to spend money to cut meat, buy fish, kill chickens, and buy fruits for Haohao that are not available at home but are grown in the village.
Give him a wooden peach and repay him with a Qiong Yao.
Jiang Yanqun also held the same mentality.
When her eldest brother and sister-in-law built a villa, they did not forget to leave a room for her family. They even left a long-term guest room for her parents and invited her parents to stay there when they were free. She is not a stingy person.
In addition to curtains, I also bought several sets of bedding in one go.
"This set of colors is the freshest and most beautiful, for you to use. This navy blue set is for the old man, and this plaid set is for your parents..."
As soon as Xu Yin arrived, Jiang Yanqun took out the four-piece bed set he bought last weekend from the trunk and showed it to her.
"Do you like it?"
Xu Yin nodded: "It just cost my aunt a lot of money."
"What's the point! You need to give gifts when you move into a new house, so I won't give you cash. I'll buy all the curtains, bedding, sofa towels, chair cushions, and pillows. Let's go! Put them in the new house!"
"Let's go! Let's go see the new house!"
Haohao is like a little motor that never gets tired, jumping up and down and leading the way.
Having been here several times, he was already familiar with this road.
Wang Cuihua happened to come down from her orchard, said hello to Jiang Yanqun, and stared at the big and small bags in her hand: "What good things did you buy?"
"It's not a good thing, it's just bedding. My eldest brother and his family must have moved to a new house a few years ago. When they saw an event in the mall, they bought a few more sets. When the weather was good, they washed and dried them, and they can use them when they move. Oh, don't you? Sister-in-law, you are talking about these bags, these are curtain accessories, I will install the curtains this afternoon."
Wang Cuihua: "..."
Why are there people rushing to send money to Xu Mingkang's family? Why couldn't I meet such a generous sister-in-law?
Father Xu has been decorating the backyard of his new house recently.
After the pigsty is covered, moisture is dissipating. Piggy will have to wait until next spring to ask a big pig farmer to buy two pigs.
On the contrary, we have raised a lot of chickens this year. We killed two on the day of the Liang Liang. Normally, we will kill one when guests come to the house. There are still five old hens that lay eggs, six chicks that hatched in early spring, and two that are kept. A big rooster used to worship ancestors during the Chinese New Year.
A dozen chickens were originally raised in the backyard, but now a pig pen and a vegetable patch have been built in the backyard. The chickens are blocked by the fence and pecking under the fruit trees in the side yard.
The original chicken coop was dirty, smelly, and did not match the new house, so Xu's father used the leftover bricks and wood from the house to build a new chicken coop to the west of the pig pen.
The chickens roam under the fruit trees during the day and sleep in the chicken coop at night.
In the open space on the other side of the chicken shed, Xu Yin plans to build a grape trellis and take out two old grapevines. After planting them, they will survive the winter. If they are well maintained, there will be grapes to eat next year.
The larger grape trellis can provide shade for the chickens in summer.
After hearing her plan, Xu's father went to Zhushan and cut down a few bamboo trees. He borrowed a saw from the carpenter in the village and has been sawing bamboo to build a grape trellis for the past few days.
After setting up the grape trellis, there was still a lot of bamboo left, so I split it into strips and built a fence between the chicken shed and the pig pen to prevent the chickens from running into the backyard to peck vegetables.
The newly opened vegetable patch is divided into two parts by a stone walkway leading directly to the backyard door.
Opposite the back door is the foot of the mountain. There is an orchard contracted by others on the mountain, but nothing is planted at the foot of the mountain. It looks bare, and when the wind blows, sand and rocks are easily blown away.
Xu Yin consulted the village chief and contracted the open space from the backyard to the foot of the mountain to plant watermelons and corn next spring.
There are also many things to grow in the newly opened vegetable plot in the backyard. The east side is for vegetables that need to be built on a shelf. In this season, there is no time to plant cucumbers and loofahs, so some tomatoes, peas, and cowpeas are planted. The west side is for leafy vegetables that do not need to be built on a shelf. In September, you can also plant some spinach, mustard greens, rapeseed and the like.
When he gets up every day and sees the new home that is changing day by day, Xu's father is very motivated to work.
"Oooh chicken!"
"Oooh chicken!"
As soon as Haohao stepped into the courtyard gate, he saw roosters and hens leisurely walking and pecking at the roosters under the fruit trees. He imitated the roosters' oohs and hens' clucks, and opened his little hands to chase them.
"Haohao, don't chase the chicken, be careful of the big rooster pecking your ass." Jiang Yanqun quickly stopped him.
Haohao immediately stopped the car and covered his butt with both hands: "No! You can't peck Haohao's butt! The big cock is so bad!"
"Is it bad or are you bad? If you don't chase them away, will they peck you?"
Haohao pouted and stepped back.
Xu Yin smiled and said nothing.
In fact, the fence that separates the side yard and the front yard is relatively high, and if Haohao can't get over it, the most he can do is scare the chickens through the fence.
"Your yard is big, you can raise more chickens." Jiang Yanqun looked around and said to Xu Yin, "You can't buy authentic farm-raised chickens on the market now. Some say they are free-range, but in fact they are just enclosed on a small hill. When engaging in breeding, you still feed feed, and the breeding density is also very high. As such, the price is still ridiculously expensive. My mother bought a two-year-old laying hen last week, which cost more than 300 yuan. It tastes far away. Not as fresh as yours."
Xu Yin nodded secretly, of course!
Her chickens eat grass seeds and bugs from the ground and trees. Worrying that they won't have enough to eat, they feed them whole grains as extra meals.
They were allowed to roam outdoors during the day, pacing back and forth, basking in the sun, and occasionally flying to fruit trees.
Although it is not like the bamboo forest chicken raised in a certain small world - it tastes so delicious that it makes people drop their tongues, but it definitely tastes much better than those farmed chickens sold in the market.
What's more, she also threw several clouds of spiritual mist in her yard. Although the purpose was to ensure that the transplanted fruit trees could survive healthily, the chickens that had been wandering under the fruit trees for a long time must also have benefited.
She also scattered some chicken grass seeds soaked in spiritual mist in the side yard. Now that the weather is still warm, the chicken grass grows quickly and will soon be green and colorful, giving the chickens a layer of autumn fat before winter. Eat it during the Chinese New Year and it will taste better than before.
"It's too late this year. I'll ask my mother to catch more chicks next spring. If you want to eat them then, just come to my house to catch them."
Jiang Yanqun laughed happily: "That's a good relationship! I'll buy the free-range chickens at the price outside. If there are more eggs, tell my sister-in-law to save some for me."
In the past, because her boss's life was not well-off, she was too embarrassed to talk to her elder brother and sister-in-law even though they raised chickens at home. What if you refuse to accept payment? Didn’t they lose money for nothing?
Things are different now. She can see that the eldest brother and sister-in-law should have some money, and their food consumption is much more relaxed than before. They refused to take her money, so she bought something else to repay the favor.
(End of chapter)
