The leisurely life of Lin Yuxi

With the episode of Erwa and Ding Mao, the atmosphere in the private room became even better, and the meal didn't end until after nine o'clock.Several uncles and aunts invited the three Yuxi brothers to play at home before they left.The meaning of caring in the mouth is true.

Uncle Yang was the last one to leave. Before leaving, he didn't say anything, just patted Yuxi's head.He looked a little lonely.

It was a long time before I heard my uncle talk about the past. Both Zhao Guoqiang and Yang Fei were children of my uncle. When I was young, I often went to my grandfather's house to play, and I got acquainted with Yuxi's mother after going back and forth.Yuxi's mother is younger than them, everyone regards her as a younger sister, but the young Muai, Zhang Han is the most beautiful girl in their area, both of them have feelings for her, but Zhang Han is the sister of their good brother, they There was no confession, the two just competed in secret.

Later, both of them went to the countryside, and Zhang Han was a year later than them, which meant that the difference of this year prevented them from being together.Hearing the news of Zhang Han's disappearance, the two have been looking for it, but Yuxi's hometown is too remote, and Zhang Han never said where he came from.In the end it was fruitless.Zhao Guoqiang’s parents always hoped that their son would get married and have children. He insisted on it for several years, and finally obeyed his parents’ advice to marry a wife and have children. Now that his son is one year old, Yang Fei’s parents died early, and no one is in charge of the family. He has been single until now.It's a pity that his waiting was in vain, and what he got in the end was that Yi Ren married and gave birth to a child and died unexpectedly. This blow is really a bit big.

Yuxi can't participate in the affairs of his parents' generation, and life is not something he can understand. If his mother hadn't gone to the countryside, or if his mother hadn't lost the news, maybe everything would be different, but if there is no if, Yuxi doesn't want to say anything, based on his understanding of his mother , the mother has no affection for the two of them, otherwise the mother would not choose such a path.He has always believed that his parents love each other, and he and his two younger brothers are the witnesses of their parents' love.

A few days ago, Aunt Lin took her annual leave. In these few days, she took the three brothers with her almost every day, going out to play, buying shoes, clothes, socks and so on. Yuxi couldn't shirk her enthusiasm.Ding Mao and Erwa are children of the same age, and the two can play together, and the relationship will be very strong after a few days.After all, Sanwa is young and has no parents, and now she is even more attached to Aunt Lin and Auntie. Yuxi sometimes wonders whether to come to the city earlier, but this idea is only fleeting. After all, they are not irreplaceable parents.

"Uncle, how much will it cost to complete this?" On the 28th, Zhang Zhihui brought back the design drawings, and Yuxi liked it very much. The Chinese-style decoration is antique.There are two rooms in front, one bright and one dark, and the bright room is used as a storefront. Because they buy relatively simple things, they don’t need a lot of space. At the beginning, just like Yuxi said, they put the tables directly at the door for sale. The new thing is set up a counter on the west wall.The other room is partitioned by wood, which is a combination of a small living room and a bedroom. It will be separated by a screen at that time. The back yard is designed to look like a corridor. The middle part is made of a sun room with large pieces of glass. The location of the corridor is made on the west side. A semi-open kitchen, the east side is a closed bathroom and toilet.In this way, although the backyard looks open, it is actually closed, and the windows on the top can also be opened or closed according to the weather.

Yuxi likes this design very much, but here it almost pushes the house to a new level, and it also needs to fix the plumbing and toilet, heating problems.A big project.

"It costs [-] yuan to complete it." Zhang Zhihui was also a little worried, "Why don't I ask my friend to help design a simpler one." In fact, he also likes this decoration, but if it is all done well, he can get money Yes, I still need to save part of the money on hand to buy pickled duck eggs.

Yuxi looked at the blueprint again and again, "Uncle, how much will it cost if we just build water, heating, and bathroom?"

"It's already there, but it needs to be replaced, and the water pipes should be changed. It should be able to come down within 5000 yuan. The most expensive place is the corridor, the kitchen, and the skylight above it in the backyard. That has to be made of steel. You can’t use ordinary glass for the frame, and the wood is also expensive now. Look here is their decoration price list. I want one, and I can negotiate the price.”

Yuxi looked at the prices of the service items above, and did some mental calculations. If they are completely done, it will cost at least 12.It's almost like buying a house.After thinking about it, "Uncle, wait until the house is decorated like this. I'll think of a way." He had an idea in his mind.

"Let's just let it go." Zhang Zhihui wondered if he was going to find a way to get some more money.The old man's paintings can't be sold anymore, and there are only a few left that he still wants to make as family heirlooms.

Yuxi smiled suddenly, "Don't worry about this, uncle. In fact, I thought it would be so expensive to build a house, so I might as well do it myself."

"do it yourself?"

"Yes, the house in our hometown is only a few thousand yuan from the materials used to the completion of the construction. The built house is also very good. And I think this courtyard house is not much different from the house built in our hometown. I have also seen a lot of our ancient buildings today, and it is not a big problem to build them."

"Then what do you want to do?" Zhang Zhihui asked.

"I want to measure the size first. I will make the doors and windows first when I go home. The wood is expensive here, and there is plenty of it in our house. When the land is planted at home, I will bring a few people over. I even clean up the house and pickle the salted duck eggs. Where we can’t pretend well, Uncle, you can find someone else. It would be even better if your friend can come over and help us as a staff.”

Zhang Zhihui did the same after thinking about it, and smiled after thinking about it, "It's not a big problem, my friend is a designer himself, and he is doing research on ancient architecture now, so he can definitely help."

"Then it's settled. I'll come back when the land is planted at home, but where can we buy the big pot for uncle's pickled salted duck eggs? I want to get a thicker ceramic pot. If it's too expensive, I can use clay." Cylinder. How can this be cheaper?" The thicker it is, the easier it is to engrave the formation.

"How big do you want it?"

Yuxi gestured, "Such a big one can pickle almost a thousand salted duck eggs." One thousand is easier to count.

"Then book it in Jingdezhen, it will be cheaper if you order a hundred directly."

Zhang Zhihui wrote this matter down in a small notebook, and he had to find someone to help with this matter. He really didn't know the price in Jingdezhen, and if the price was acceptable, he would still use ceramics.Better get a sign on it.

After discussing with his uncle, Yuxi went to the newly bought house in the afternoon, measured the specific data of the house, took this back to the carpenter in the village, and estimated the materials first, he thought that all the wood would be obtained from his old home , I want to see who has saved wood. If it doesn’t work, the trees planted by my grandfather have become useful, which can also be used.Thinking of planting trees in Yuxi, one thing comes to mind. He is not going to build a house in the west yard of their house. Some trees can be planted inside the fence. It seems that there are some walnut catalpas planted behind the second uncle’s house. Hey, go back and let Er Pang Brother helped dig a few saplings.

The New Year in Beijing is very lively and full of flavor. This year it is very lively because the three Yuxi brothers joined the Zhang family. In the early morning of 31, Yuxi and Sister Yunduo started posting couplets. The third child was bouncing around the house for a while to see her aunt making food, and for a while to see her brother posting couplets. She was so happy that she didn't know what to do.

"Yuxi - Clouds -"

"Yun Duo, see what your dad is calling from downstairs?" The eldest aunt took a shovel and looked outside, but saw nothing.

Yuxi ran downstairs in a few steps, "Hey, why did uncle buy such a big pot of kumquats? It's so beautiful." There was a big pot of kumquats on the tricycle, and the golden yellow densely packed small kumquats looked very festive.

"Hey, how about it? This is the product that the store arrived in the morning. I fell in love with it immediately. Later, several people discussed with me about buying it." Zhang Zhihui said proudly while paying the tricycle driver.

"Dad, what are these?" Yun Duo took out a big bag from the car.

"Isn't it that firecrackers are not allowed this year? I bought a few fake ones and hung them up at home. It looked festive. I also bought some snacks to eat at the Spring Festival Gala at night."

"My mother bought them all."

"Ah, bought it? I'm not afraid that we have a lot of family members, so we can eat it anyway. Hey, Yuxi, it's too heavy for me to lift it with you."

"You don't need uncle, I can do it by myself." Yuxi said while hugging her and walked upstairs.

"You really have a lot of energy, boy. This pot of kumquats is fine. I will raise them first and put them in the store when the store opens."

"Orange branch, orange branch—poof—" Sanwa choked while eating and talking again.

"Talking while eating, you're choking." Yuxi put the kumquat on the ground, while Erwa reached out and grabbed a piece of meat from Sanwa's mouth, while patting him on the back.There's nothing wrong with the little guy, it'll be fine in one go.

"Hey - eat oranges." Typical scars heal and forget the pain.

"Come to the second baby and the third baby to try the meat skewers fried by my aunt." The aunt came out of the kitchen with a small plate, and the source was here.

"The kumquats are sold well this year. Last year your uncle bought a pot that was much smaller than this one."

"Brother, can these kumquats be eaten?" Erwa squatted next to the potted plant with a meat skewer in her hand, looking at the densely packed kumquats on it.

"Yes." Yuxi was not so sure.

"This is not edible, it's sour." Yun Duo said from experience. "But my mother can make salted kumquats and honey kumquats."

"If you want to eat, I'll go to the market tomorrow to see if there are any good kumquats." The aunt said after hearing the plate.

"This year, our family gathered together for the first time to celebrate the New Year together. Come, let's have a toast for the reunion." Zhang Zhihui said at the dinner table of the New Year's Eve, holding a wine glass.

"Cheers—" The little boy lifted his own juice up, and spoke with a babyish voice. He was so small that he wanted to sit by himself, and his aunt put several cushions under him, which were too soft and wobbly. She looks so serious and cute.

"Okay, cheers." Aunt smiled and clinked glasses with Sanwa.The little guy was so happy that he clinked glasses with other people.

"Hehe, our house is much more lively this year, and we will spend the New Year together in the future. How wonderful." The uncle said with a smile.

Yuxi looked at the two younger brothers on the left and the right, touched Erwa's head, and pinched the third baby's face. The third baby's illness was cured, and the second baby also went to school.Thinking of this, Yuxi smiled, with happiness on her face, picked up the cup and stood up, "I respect my uncle, aunt, and sister Yunduo for this cup, thank you for accepting the three of us and taking care of us as relatives. Let We feel the warmth of our loved ones."

"You child, we are your relatives." The eldest aunt smiled.

"Yes, we are relatives."

This New Year's Eve dinner is very meaningful to Yuxi and the Zhang family.

From the first day to the fifth day of the new year, Yuxi and her two younger brothers were not idle. They were taken home by several uncles and aunts. Every time they made a big table of delicious food, Yuxi and Erwa were a little anorexic. It probably took a while I don't want to eat fish anymore.On the contrary, Sanwa was like a fish in water, and she was full every day, and her face became round and round in a few days, at least five catties.

The second baby went to play with Ding Mao in the seventh day of the new year, and the third baby was brought back to Sister Yunduo's grandma's house by her aunt.It is rare for Yuxi to wander around alone.

With a bus map in his hand, Yuxi came to Panjiayuan by car. He had been wanting to buy some jade stones to make jade charms. He asked Sister Yunduo, but she didn't know too well, and only said that Panjiayuan sold these things.

I didn't know it was a flea market until I got to Yuxi, the place.Although it is not a place to sell jade, it is also interesting.

There are retail stores on both sides of the road. Yuxi didn't go in. It was interesting to visit the stalls in front of the door and see how other people buy things.For one thing, the boss wants thousands or hundreds, and the buyer can return half or more. This is all based on eyesight.

"How much is this boss?" Yuxi stopped at a small jade stall.

"Little brother, have a good eye. This is the finest Hetian jade. If you want to buy it, I will give you a real price of five hundred and you can take it."

Yuxi touched the jade with his hands, and shook his head when he heard the price, and put the jade down, he really took him for a fool, the quality of the jade was mediocre, he asked the price because the only jade in the stall was better.But definitely not worth the price.Get up and leave.He was young, and no one would take him seriously.

Stop and go, saw a lot of interesting things, and finally saw several used book sellers.

"How do you sell this book?" Yuxi stopped in front of an old man's stall.

"It costs three yuan here, and it costs five yuan here." The old man pointed his finger casually, his eyes squinting, and he didn't know if he saw it or not.

This is an ancient bookstall, but you can tell from a glance that they are all printed in modern times, maybe the old man collected scraps and collected them.

Yuxi squatted down and rolled over.

"Take it easy, don't spoil my book." The old man said without opening his eyes.

Huh - Yuxi flipped through a pile of books and saw a set of "Compendium of Materia Medica" after careful inspection, and it turned out to be complete, only the outer box was cracked.Some names cannot be seen on the cover, while others can see "Correction of Materia Medica Compendium".The books inside are still in good condition. The title of the book is "Zengguang Materia Medica Compendium", and there are 24 books in total.

Yuxi flipped through the book twice and packed it up, "How much is this together?"

The old man raised his head and looked at it, "120."

Yuxi took out one hundred and two and handed it to him, and carefully put the book into the military schoolbag she was carrying