Chapter 33 Moving
When he saw the wild dog carrying a coffin to get onto the car, Li Zhang, who could not bear it, finally broke out. Not only did he scold the wild dog, but he also commanded the beans to throw down the rags on the car, and only picked some useful things to bring with him, such as pots and pans, and as for the torn clothes, they threw all the smelly quilts out of the car. Although Li Er and Chou Niang were reluctant to leave, Li Zhang promised that there would be new clothes and quilts after the move, which made them reluctantly agree.
The ox cart walked slowly in front, Li'er and a few young children were sitting in the car singing, while Li Zhang and the others followed behind. When they encountered a bumpy place, they had to take care of the things in the car not falling. Lu Wu and the old man who drove the car were sitting at the front of the car, chatting without saying a word.
It was still the same road that I entered the city last time. The ox cart followed the Bian River to the front of Jiaomen, and then passed through the ox cart to Kaifeng City. There were many people and cars in the city, and the ox cart walked even slower. Finally, after walking through the city gate for more than half an hour, he arrived at the shop on Wuqi Street. Li Zhang took out the key around his neck and opened the shop door, and then everyone started to move the things on the car to the back yard.
Lu Wu went to check out the bill with the coachman, while Li Zhang took Douzi and the others to the second floor. This was the first time Douzi and the others came here, so they all seemed extremely curious. The second floor was complete with furniture and many clothes from the previous family were thrown on the ground, which made the ugly girl very happy. She took Li'er and a few girls to pick up the clothes and bedding on the ground, especially some women's clothes, which made them look happy and gestured on themselves. It seemed that no matter how poor it was, it would not erase the woman's love for beauty.
"Clean up the second floor, pick out the clothes and bedding, take what can be used to clean it in the yard, and throw away what can not be used. From now on, we will live here. Girls live in the inner room and boys live in the outer room!" Li Zhang said instructing that the second floor is divided into two rooms inside and outside. The inner room is originally a bedroom with two beds, but it is relatively small. The girls like Chou Niang and Li Er live in the inner room just in time. The outer room is a living room, and Li Zhang and the others can live in it even if they squeeze.
When they heard Li Zhang's order, Chou Niang and his group cheered. Although more than a dozen of them lived in two rooms, it was a formal room after all. It was much stronger than the shack they used to wear outside the charity house. And there were so many clothes, even if they were worn by others, they were better than their previous towed clothes. In fact, Li Zhang had thrown away all the torn clothes. Now, except for the newly made clothes they wore, there was no other clothes.
With the beautiful expectation of living in a new house, Chou Niang and the others also showed their greatest vitality. The girls packed their clothes and bedding, took them to the yard to fetch water to wash. There was a back door in the yard. When they opened the back door, there was an alley. There was a well in the alley, which was shared by all residents in the alley. Chou Niang and the others were weak, so the wild dogs were sent to help them carry water.
Li Zhang brought Douzi and the boys to sort out the furniture. The entire second floor was obviously turned over. Not only were the clothes and bedding thrown all over the floor, but the tables and cabinets were also moved. Li Zhang probably came in to find the property of this family after the death of this family. It might be a yamen runner or the landlord, shopkeeper Li. Anyway, the valuable things in the house were gone, such as the bronze mirror on the dressing table in the inner room, and the jewelry was gone, and it was obviously taken away by someone.
However, Li Zhang did not expect any unexpected gains, and these daily necessities were already very expensive to them. After restoring the furniture, they were all tired and sweating profusely. Then they cleaned up the sanitation. The entire second floor immediately became completely renewed and looked like a little home.
After cleaning up the second floor, Li Zhang and the others came to the first floor to clean up. Because the family-killing case had occurred on the first floor, many of the furniture on the first floor were stained with blood. Now the shopkeeper Li is piled in the yard. Li Zhang checked the furniture, and many of them were good wood, so they cleaned it together, and some blood stains that could not be washed away, so they simply bought paint and repainted it, and then moved it to the shop to put it in.
Of course, it is definitely not possible to just place some furniture, because Li Zhang and the others are going to do a braised meat business, so they must need some specific things, such as the most important thing is a large stove. This shop used to sell cloth, and although there is a kitchen behind it, it is only for household use, and it cannot meet the needs of braised meat at all, so a large stove must be built again.
The stove looks simple, but it actually requires certain technology. When Li Zhang and his friends do business, they build a simple stove at the wharf. Although it can be used, there are many problems, such as low efficiency, too fast firewood consumption, etc. Now they have officially opened their doors to do business, so Li Zhang specially asked Lu Wu to help him find a bricklayer, and it took him half a day to build a stove.
At this time, the ugly mom and the others washed their clothes, and the bedding was dry for the afternoon, and it smelled dry. Li Zhang and Douzi personally went to the vegetable market. It was very close, next to Wu Qi Temple at the end of the street. When they came back, they bought a lot of vegetables. Then Li Zhang was going to cook a few good dishes in person, and everyone celebrated them. Unfortunately, Lu Wu had something to go to the yamen and couldn't celebrate with them.
However, just as Li Zhang and his friends were washing vegetables, they suddenly heard a "giggle" laughter from above their heads. When they looked up, they found that there was a little girl riding on the wall, with two pigtails on her head, looking at them with interest.
"Are you new neighbors?" The little girl saw that she was discovered, and asked Li Zhang and the others curiously. The girl looked about the same size as Li Er, with a round little face, and she looked extremely cute.
"Yes, do you live next door?" Li'er rarely saw a girl of the same age. She asked curiously. The girls of the Ugly Girl and the others were older than hers. They usually looked like sisters rather than playmates when they got along.
"Well, my family lives next to you, but how dare you live in this yard? This is a haunted house. My parents usually don't let me pass your door." The little girl on the wall asked Li'er with her head tilted.
"Is it really haunted?" Before Li'er could answer, Huozi next to him asked with a big change in his face. This kid is most afraid of ghosts. He heard that a ghost might be so scared that he couldn't sleep all night.
"There are no ghosts? It's just that people have died in the house. People outside have spread rumors." Li Zhang smiled, and then he raised his head to the little girl and said, "Our two families will be neighbors in the future. You can come to us often to play with you in the future. This is my sister Li'er!"
Li Zhang also wanted Li'er to have multiple playmates, so he pointed at Li'er and introduced it. The little girl also smiled sweetly when she heard Li'er's name, but then she said to Li Zhang: "I'm not lying. Your house is really haunted. A few nights ago, I heard something ringing in the yard, which scared me so much that I didn't dare to sleep."
As soon as the little girl said, Kuozi's face turned pale, but Li Zhang said indifferently: "Maybe there are rats in the house, and even if there are ghosts, ghosts are afraid of people. I have lived in the charity village for so many years before, but I have never seen anything."
Li Zhang's words finally made Huozi feel relieved, and then Li Zhang looked up at the little girl above and said, "We are going to cook, do you want to come down and eat with us?"
"No, the soup cakes made by my father are the best on the street. My father will ask me to have a meal later!" The little girl on the wall spoke again. When she talked about her father's soup cakes, her little face was full of pride.
Seeing the little girl refuse to come down, Li Zhang smiled and said nothing. Instead, Li'er came to the wall curiously and started chatting with the other party. From the other party's words, he learned that the little girl's name was Cai Niang, the only daughter of the couple in the soup cake shop next door, one year younger than Li'er. She heard something in the yard here, so she climbed up to the wall to peek.
Li Zhang ignored the relationship between the two little girls. He took the washed vegetables to the kitchen and started cooking. Today he cut a few kilograms of good meat and fried four meats, four vegetables and eight dishes. Each dish was very large, and there was also a big pot of porridge and two baskets of pancakes. In addition to the big eater of wild dogs, the beans and the other half-best guys were also very good at eating, so it was also a problem for Li Zhang to eat at home.
"It smells so good, what dish do you cook?" Just as Li Zhang finished cooking, he heard Cai Niang shouting on the wall. When Li Zhang poked his head out of the window, he found that the girl was riding on the wall, sniffing the fragrance coming out of the kitchen. She looked like a puppy looking for milk.
"My elder brother's dishes are also delicious, especially the braised pork in our house. As long as we have eaten it, they all say it's good!" Li'er proudly boasted to Cai Niang on the wall. The child's competitive spirit was strong. Cai Niang praised her soup cakes just now, and Li'er also wanted to praise her.
The meal was ready, and Li Zhang walked out and was about to call Li'er and the others for dinner. By the way, he wanted to invite Cai'er to come and have a meal together. After all, the girl's saliva was almost flowing out, but before he could speak, he heard someone next door calling Cai'er to have dinner. It was probably her parents. So the little girl waved goodbye to Li'er, and then went down the tree by the wall.
After a lively supper, it was getting dark. Chou Niang and Douzi couldn't wait to go to the second floor to sleep. Because there was not enough beds, Li Zhang and the others just made a floor shop outside, but it didn't matter. It was all wooden buildings, and there was no difference between wooden floors and bed boards. But Huozi was still a little worried about being haunted, but after one night, nothing happened.
Chapter completed!