The Three Spirit Stones

Cheng Yu returned to his yard, and Ah Cai was still asleep.

He walked out of the house and re-examined his yard. He had thought nothing of it before, but now he saw that it had many shortcomings.

For example, there is no heating in the bathroom, which would be very annoying to take a shower in winter. There is no complete restroom, which is what Acai complains about the most. The kitchen is too small and terrible. We only eat two meals here, breakfast and dinner, so we must have a better kitchen to cook at any time.

He went to the study, took out a pen and paper and drew a renovation plan. He asked Xia He to invite Cheng Sanbao over and asked him to hire a few bricklayers. He also took out a few gold bars and asked him to exchange them for some silver for the renovation of the yard.

The seeds I brought back also need to be put on the schedule.

I asked the gardener to empty more than twenty flower pots in the garden and fill them with soil. After the yard was tidied and the weather started to get warmer, I moved the pots over and sowed the seeds myself!

After sleeping until the afternoon, Ah Cai finally woke up.

After waking up, Dongmei helped her put on her clothes, but she refused to wear a bellyband and a tube top. Dongmei was a little dumbfounded and asked her how could she wear outer clothes without wearing underwear?

She took out her backpack and found a set of underwear to change into.

Dongmei had never seen this style of underwear before. It only covered the most private parts of the body. She felt curious and shy.

Ah Cai put on her underwear, a pair of trousers, a light yellow long gown, and a fur coat on the outside.

This felt much more comfortable than before, and she was glad she had brought back a few extra sets of underwear.

When Cheng Yu came in, Dongmei wanted to help the young lady comb her hair, but Acai said no, and combed her hair a few times, then rolled it up with an elastic band.

Dongmei was dumbfounded again. How come it seemed like she had never seen this young lady's things before?

That comb doesn't look like wood, jade or metal, the hair bun ring can be big or small, the underwear inside can fit tightly to the body when worn, and the bag has a button, which opens its big mouth when pulled, so you can take things out, and pull it again, the big mouth closes tightly again, and the things inside won't fall out!

She was filled with countless questions.

She was a first-class maid in the Earl's Mansion and had a lot of experience. She also knew a thing or two about the daily lives of some wealthy families. For example, the young lady was nothing like the noble ladies she usually saw.

She was very clean and had a very special scent on her body, not the faint vinegar smell or body odor that ordinary people have. Her hair was clean and tidy and also had a faint scent, without lice and no greasy hair.

You should know that this kind of cleanliness and fragrance cannot be achieved by using bath beans, soap, or petals in the bath.

Especially the issue of no lice. Generally speaking, at that time, whether it was common people or royal nobles, everyone had lice on their heads to some extent.

So, Dongmei thinks Acai is a mystery!

In ancient times when there were no fine chemical products, people had few products to choose from to cleanse their bodies, and the effects were not good. Taking a hot bath was a luxury for the ancients, so the imperial court had special days for rest. It was probably because the emperor was afraid of the smell of hot water that he set a day for his ministers to take a bath!

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Seeing her husband, Ah Cai turned her head and smiled.

Cheng Yu felt warm in his heart, hugged her from behind, kissed her cheek, and then told her that he was going to eat.

The two walked hand in hand to the side hall, where Sun Yuechan and Madam Cheng were already there. The table was filled with food, and a group of maids and servants were serving on both sides.

This was the first time Sun Yuechan saw Ah Cai. She saw Cheng Yu coming in with a girl of about fifteen or sixteen.

She was petite, not even as tall as Cheng Yu's shoulders. She was wearing a light yellow dress, with fair and delicate skin, a swan neck, a slightly round face but delicate and lovely features, and crystal clear and lively eyes. She was a beauty.

She is just too young. Standing next to Cheng Yu, she looks more like his sister than his wife.

Ah Cai also saw Yuechan. She was tall, with a curvy figure, an oval face, a healthy wheat-colored complexion, and beautiful and outstanding facial features.

Cheng Yu pulled Ah Cai over to meet Yue Chan.

Ah Cai bowed as he had taught her, but it was not done properly. Yuechan did not mind and returned the greeting according to etiquette. Then everyone sat down to eat.

It was the first time for the three of us to eat together at the same table. Everyone was a little reserved.

Except for Cheng Yu occasionally picking up some food for this person and pouring some soup for that person, and Mrs. Cheng saying something to liven up the atmosphere, Yuechan and Ah Cai hardly spoke.

The two daughters-in-law were neither cold nor warm when they met for the first time. Mrs. Cheng thought, they are not familiar with each other now, but when they get familiar with each other in the future, she hopes they can live in peace and share the same husband!

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During this period, apart from worshipping his ancestors on the third day and occasionally receiving old friends, the most important thing for Cheng Yu was to renovate his yard.

First, separate the east wing in half with bricks, and connect the bedroom to the adjacent half.

Then break through the wall inside and install a sliding door. Behind the door are the bathroom and toilet. The ground inside needs to be lowered by five centimeters, and the toilet is next to the bathroom.

He used the other side of the east wing as a kitchen. In addition to the stove, there was also a floor heater. There was a passage connecting to the bathroom and bedroom. When the floor heater was turned on in winter, the heat would enter the bathroom and bedroom.

This kitchen is very different from the previous one. Although it also uses wood as fuel, the stove has three openings: one for cooking pots, one for boiling water, and another for keeping warm, which can also be used to steam vegetables.

The size of the stove mouth fits the pot perfectly, so there won't be too much smoke when the fire is lit. He also customized a batch of flat ceramic tiles to stick on it, which makes cleaning much easier.

In addition, a long table with a vegetable sink was built with bricks, and a sewer was dug on the ground. There was a hole in the vegetable sink, which was plugged with a cork when in use and pulled out when draining. There was a ceramic pipe connecting the hole in the sink and the sewer. This long table was also covered with ceramic tiles.

The only drawback is that there is no running water, so you need to put a water tank next to it to scoop out water.

As for the toilet, we need to dig a secondary septic tank. Fortunately, when I was working at the xx cemetery, someone in the nearby village built a house.

He went to see it at that time and roughly knew how to do it.

It is to use concrete to make two cubicles, make a connecting hole in the lower middle position, have a water outlet at the outermost upper position, and then cover it with a cement cover.

But there is no cement concrete here, so we have to use bluestone slabs instead.

There is also the toilet inside. The toilet bowl on it can be chiseled out and polished smooth by a stonemason. However, the elbow is a bit troublesome. It took a whole furnace to burn only two that could be used.

After a lot of effort, this most modern bathroom is finally completed!

Cheng Sanbao couldn't understand.

Human feces! Such a useful thing, it can be used to fertilize vegetables, and some people come here to collect it for money.

But the prince spent so much manpower and resources to bury it underground because the young lady disliked the feces because they were dirty and smelly.

Although after the toilet was finished, it was indeed clean enough for sleeping.

In addition, in addition to the toilet floor being covered with ceramic tiles, the kitchen also requires a special basin for washing vegetables, which is also covered with ceramic tiles, and the stove is also covered with ceramic tiles. Those ceramic tiles cost one or two taels of silver each!

Ouch!

These toilets and kitchens are filled with silver wherever you touch!

Sun Yuechan also came to see it. At that time, Cheng Yu was working on the septic tank with the craftsmen.

He was wearing a short shirt, his trouser legs rolled up, a pair of straw sandals, and a straw hat on his head. He didn't look like a prince at all, but more like a farmer.

She found that Cheng Yu was very strong. It took two or three people to move a bluestone slab, but he could do it alone.

And there is Acai, who usually doesn't talk much during meals, but now she is very active, chattering away, directing this and that. When Cheng Yu said that she was making things worse, she laughed without restraint, not at all bothered by the fact that there were men everywhere at the scene!

It took more than two months to complete the yard. Ah Cai said happily that she finally had a normal toilet.

Yuechan was very confused. The toilet was working normally before, so why couldn't it be used by her?

Only Madam Cheng knew clearly that they were descendants of immortals, and their food and clothing were many times more advanced than those here.

However, when she saw that her son had spent more than ten gold pieces just to build a toilet and a kitchen, she remembered Cuizhi's words at the time that this young lady was difficult to serve, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart!

It’s better to marry someone who is well-matched!

Not everyone can afford to marry a woman of such noble descent!