The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

As time passed, the banquet gradually dispersed, and as several important guests in the main hall left one after another, the housewarming banquet really came to an end.With the help of the three uncles of the Zhang family, Fu Linshu, with a big belly, took away the rest of the food to the villagers who were helping. Lou Chengyi led the three brothers Zhang Dazhu to return the borrowed tables, chairs and benches with a newly bought ox cart. Two brothers, Lou Hua and Zhang Heng, were dealing with the accounts of gift money, while Lou Ming led a few cousins ​​to do some small jobs that could be done in a hurry.

"Grandpa, why don't you drink tea?" Seeing that she didn't do it herself, Lou Yuzhu had no choice but to serve tea to the couple who were taking a nap in the main hall.

Mr. Zhang, who was slightly dipped in wine at noon, took it with a smile and took a sip while it was hot.A slight bitterness spreads in the mouth, and then a fresh fragrance spreads from the tip of the tongue to the limbs, which immediately refreshes the mind.

Xu Se also took a sip, then took another sip and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, drinking this kind of bitter tea with only tea leaves after a meal is very refreshing."

Lou Yuzhu sat next to her and said jokingly: "From now on, you can drink it frequently. Clear tea is bitter at the beginning, but the aftertaste is sweet and fragrant, which is not found in sweetened tea. Drinking it often can not only clear the liver, improve eyesight, detoxify and eliminate dryness. It can also prevent some minor diseases, which is better than deliberately taking some health-preserving medicines."

"Okay, listen to Brother Yu." Xu Se responded with a smile, and then blamed the old man Zhang and said: "Did the old man hear that? From now on, drink less horse urine and drink more green tea!"

Mr. Zhang was also shot while lying down, and looked helplessly at his wife: "Are you too lenient, old man? You even control me when I drink, really!"

Xu Se pushed back without hesitation: "What's the matter with me? If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't be bothered to abolish this god!"

"You should care about something else. Don't worry about drinking."

"Hey, this is a little horse urine to strengthen your courage, right? If you have the ability, let me not worry about it, if you have the ability, let me not worry about anything!"

The old couple were obviously arguing, but Lou Yuzhu still had a sense of indifference.After observing for a long time, he pouted silently, thinking that he should retreat.

First, I went to the side hall to see that the settlement of the gift money was almost done. I didn’t need any help. Then I went to the kitchen to see the three uncles who were very busy. I couldn’t intervene. I silently exited through the alley and wanted to remove the tables, chairs and benches. It was taken over by Zhang Dazhu, and he wanted to take a broom to clean the yard. Lou Ming has already led several cousins ​​to clean it for the second time.After turning around and finding that there was no one she could intervene, Lou Yuzhu had no choice but to go back to the main hall. Fortunately, the old couple stopped bickering.

"Grandpa," Lou Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief, leaned forward and asked with a smile, "Our house has been built, when does grandpa plan to start construction on his own house?"

The old man Zhang, who had already sobered up with a cup of tea, smiled and rolled his eyes: "If you plan to go back, you can look at the homestead." Zhang's house is an old house from a long time ago. I could only live there because I thought it would take several years to build a house, but I didn't want to rely on my grandson's blessing.Now that I have the money to build a house, I don’t even need to worry about spending it in the next few years!

"Grandpa plans to build around the original house, right? How many rooms do you plan to build? How do you build it?"

When it comes to building a house, Mr. Zhang really just has an idea, but he really doesn't think much about how to build it.Remembering that Lou Yuzhu had the right idea, I really wanted to ask his opinion. "Brother Yu thinks how to cover it?"

Lou Yuzhu smiled calmly: "If you want me to say that grandpa's house should be bigger and better." Seeing that Xu Se also came to listen, he broke it apart and said, "Grandpa thinks, how old are the cousins?" The difference is not too big, and I’m afraid it will only take a few years to get married. We’re already married, so we’ll need a new house for the married ones? If we rush to make preparations, it’s better to build it all at once, and the house should be well-maintained by then, a little Wouldn't it be easy to use it as a new house after arranging it?"

Hearing this, Xu Se smiled: "According to Brother Yu, our house can't be finished."

Thinking of Ding Xingwang of the Zhang family, Lou Yuzhu also pursed her lips with joy: "Even if it is not built at one time, grandpa should prepare the homestead first and make a plan, so as to avoid inconvenience when building other houses."

Mr. Zhang thought about it and nodded: "This is quite possible."

"We will calculate how many rooms we need according to our needs. It's not too long, let's say five years." Lou Yuzhu broke up her fingers: "It is certain that the first cousin and the second cousin will get married within five years, not to mention the single room of the suite. The third cousin and the fourth cousin will go to Yishan Academy to study in the spring of tomorrow. After three years, they will take the exam for a scholar. By then, they will not be able to share a room with other brothers, right? The family you choose for marriage is definitely not bad, and you can live in a single room. I’m afraid that if you feel wronged, you want a suite? And grandpa and grandma, you two are old, can you build a new house without your old share? And brother Ling, he is your only grandson, Do you have to be biased? In this way, you will have to build nine rooms, and adding a kitchen will make you ten houses." Lou Yuzhu pursed her lips and smiled: "We have built ten rooms, so we might as well build three more rooms for the three of you. My uncle lives, but my son can't live in a new house, but I still live in an old house, right?"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhang joked, "Shouldn't Brother Yu say that the reconstruction was simply postponed in the next sentence?"

"It would be great if grandpa could think this way." According to him, the rebuilding should indeed be postponed, anyway, the few dozen taels of silver are not bad.

Xu Se laughed, took Lou Yuzhu's hand and patted her with a smile: "You can't settle accounts like this, otherwise, even if you have a wealth of ten thousand, you will lose it all."

"Then how many rooms should be built according to the intention of grandpa and grandma?"

The two elders looked at each other, and Mr. Zhang said, "I will build seven rooms first."

seven?According to him, it has shrunk by half!

Seeing that Lou Yuzhu disagreed, Mr. Zhang explained: "The suites of your third cousin and fourth cousin can be built, but they don't need it now, do they? Why don't you let your cousins ​​live first? It can be used by people, and it is not crowded for the brothers. The other three rooms will be built for us, one for brother Ling, and the other for your second uncle. The vacated house will be changed to a kitchen, and the other vacated room will be used. When I see if I can get through, I will live with your third uncle's family, and your third uncle is pregnant, and it will be convenient for you to confine yourself to confinement."

Lou Yuzhu was dumbfounded, convinced by Mr. Zhang's wisdom in living his life carefully and carefully. "I admit that grandpa's calculation is reasonable, but it's a money-saving calculation. Grandpa, don't forget that we don't need this little money now." All the calculations were done together, and Lou Yuzhu knew Zhang's money like the back of his hand, not to mention, But the approximate figures are all clear, and there are 300 taels in miscellaneous calculations! "The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, so there's no reason to be partial. Besides, grandpa, don't forget, this business can continue to be done this year and next year!"

Mr. Zhang was taken aback. He seemed to subconsciously think that such a business could only be done for one year.

"If you earn money, you spend it. If you don't spend it there, you can't use it to make money. Instead, you are worried about safety. Why don't you use it to improve the lives of your family?" He said with a smile: Grandpa wants to buy fields, but I am really surprised that grandpa has not been in a hurry to buy too many fields in the past few years. If you have ten acres, you can make more money while the red shrimp business can make money. By then, you won’t be able to make so much money. It’s not too late to buy more fields. After all, even if you buy more fields now, the three uncles don’t have time to wait for them, do they?”

Seeing that Mr. Zhang began to reconsider, Lou Yuzhu smiled and stopped persuading him.If you persuade them again, you will be suspected of interfering too much. Why don't you let them think for themselves.

Not long after the venue was cleared, the Zhang family and his party were ready to go back.Knowing that she couldn't keep it, Lou Yuzhu had to take a step back and let Lou Chengyi call the only ox cart in the village to hurry to the town and call for two more ox carts. After paying the fare and adding some uneaten meat, the Zhang family and his party leave.

After the Zhang family left, the house became quiet.Thinking of sleeping in a new house, a new bed and a new quilt tonight, Lou Ming scratched his head happily, and the exhaustion from a busy day was instantly swept away!

Lou Yuzhu looked at it and smiled secretly, and said, "Let's go, let's go and see where we sleep tonight."

The rooms of the three brothers are lined up in a row. Lou Yuzhu came to the middle room and looked at Lou Hua and Lou Ming, and then opened the door. He has prepared the furniture, but the cleaning and detail utensils are Xu Se He led three uncles to prepare, and even Fu Linshu didn't let him intervene.

With a sense of novelty, Lou Yuzhu stepped into the small hall.I saw exquisite flower racks, the entire bookshelf on the side wall, and a desk with a length of two meters, including the big bed in the bedroom separated by carved moon shadows next to the small hall, high cabinets, low cabinets, and the dressing table under the window. The first-class wood is used. Although it is not as good as Huanghuali Jinshen, the texture and color are still pleasing to the eye.Entering the inner room, a new quilt and new pillows have been laid on the big bed against the wall opposite, and the clothes for this season have been prepared in the double wardrobe. Turn around and look at the dressing under the glazed window The table and drawers have been wiped clean, and a few simple hand ointments and balms have been prepared. Open a box and smell it.

"Brother Yu?"

Lou Hua's voice came from the door, Lou Yuzhu put down the balsamic probe in her hand, Lou Hua and Lou Ming who rushed into the door smiled: "Brother and second brother finished watching?"

Lou Ming smirked and said, "I'm done watching, I want to ask if you want to go to the study after reading it?"

"Just finished watching, let's go to the study."

The study room is diagonally opposite the corner, and there are bookshelves on all sides of the entrance, and three paintings of the Four Treasures of the Study have been prepared on the Ruoda desk in the middle.Lou Hua and Lou Ming fell in love with it at first glance, and immediately sat up and tried the pen with his head up and chest out.This trial didn't stop, until Fu Linshu came to knock on the door with a big belly, and the three brothers woke up.

"I knew all of you were here." Fu Linshu stepped in holding the door.

Lou Yuzhu hurriedly stepped forward to help. "Why did Daddy come here? Anyway, let Daddy yell in the yard, why should he make a trip?"

"It's okay, it's good to move around more. How about practicing calligraphy? Let me see." Lou Ming was the closest, and hurriedly typed his offering.Fu Linshu looked at it and nodded: "Erlang's writing is much better than before,"

Lou Ming almost couldn't find Bei after a word of praise, Lou Hua reached out and sent his own: "Father, look at mine."

Fu Linshu took it and looked at it, nodded: "Well, Dalang's has grown a lot. What about Brother Yu's?" Then he put down the one that wanted to see Lou Yuzhu.

It was too late for Lou Yuzhu to hide it, so she had to watch Fu Linshu pick up her own card, and then anxiously waited to be scolded.It's not that he doesn't care, it's because he's used to writing with a hard brush, and suddenly it's a bit pointless to change it to the soft tip of a brush.

"...Brother Yu is also making some progress, but I just need to work harder." Fu Linshu put down the paper and beckoned Lou Yuzhu to come over: "Come on, Brother Yu sit down and write a piece for me to read."

"...Don't you need it? I'll just practice more later." Is it okay to ask for forgiveness?

"I see that your handwriting is a little limp, and I'm afraid that the posture may be wrong. Sit down and write, and I will correct it when I see what is wrong."

Lou Yuzhu shyly walked over and sat down, and was corrected from the head to the legs, and then from the legs to the fingertips holding the pen.

"Brother Yu is holding his hand, and he can't lean on the table. If his wrist is weak, he will have to tie an iron ball."

The lasagna collapsed in his heart, but he still raised his hand as he said.He just leaned against the desk weakly without writing a word.

Fu Linshu slapped his hand: "You can't lean on the table, lift it up!" Seeing that Lou Yuzhu raised her hand obediently, she nodded and said, "From now on, brother Yu will practice three hundred characters every day. You have to raise your hand and can't lean on the table, Dalang You keep an eye on it. If Brother Yu relies on it, he will be punished for writing a hundred extra characters!"

The categorical Fu Linshu showed his ghostly side, and the abusive landlord Zhu just wanted to shout: You are cruel, ruthless, and unreasonable, does your husband know?