Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "In this case, let Mrs. Li take charge of this matter. If we need to come forward and say anything, it will be done! After all, General Xiao entrusted Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li is the man's side—"

Lian Fangzhou understood what she meant, nodded frankly, and smiled: "Okay! Then I'll be the master. I have to show you everything before I decide it!"

Talking and laughing: "Bi Tao and I are as close as sisters, how can they not be counted as the man's side, listening to this is not wrong!"

All three of them laughed.

I found a middleman, and the house was quickly optimistic.

Lian Fangzhou picked three places, and ordered the man to take Mrs. Zhang and Bi Tao to see them together with Steward Qian. Finally, he decided to enter the same place in Huaihua Hu with two small courtyards on the left and right, and one and one. A house with more than acres of small garden.

There are five main rooms with two entrances, and the left and right sides are connected with a slightly lower ear room. There are east and west rooms on both sides, passing through the front yard and entering the vertical flower door. On both sides, there are hand-shou porches connected to the main room through the east and west wing rooms.The front yard has a main hall, a side hall, and an outer study room for guests. The inverted seat and back cover are also complete.

The kitchen is set in the Chuhuamen, and the seat is left for the small servants in the outer courtyard and the male servants on the sweeping house. The maids live in the back cover. In the small cross courtyard next to them, one or two families can be placed.

The horse shed and sundries warehouse are arranged in another small cross courtyard.A place was cut out in the garden for Xiao Mu to practice martial arts.

This courtyard looked not small, but not too big. The couple and eight or nine servants happened to be full.

The house is made of blue bricks, the beams and columns are good, and the foundation is very strong after people have seen it. The gutters and ditch to dredge the rain are also designed reasonably, but all the doors and windows have to be replaced, and the roof tiles are also You have to pick them up all once.

The floor tiles in the yard are also loose, and the roots of the walls are either moss or vines and weeds.

In the garden, apart from weeds such as dog's tail grass, there are some morning glory that involves vines, and occasionally a few wild trees with a thickness of one or two meters thick grow randomly.

In the northeast corner, a cluster of pink roses bloomed in full bloom, beautiful and beautiful, in this desolate and ruined mess, it showed a bit of loneliness and loneliness.

Rao is such a house, and it costs 133,000 taels of silver to buy it.

The trade-offs were repeated, but Bi Tao thought it was too expensive, so Madam Zhang decided this place.

The house is done, and the next step is to repair it, such as the warehouse and stables, which have to be demolished and rebuilt.

Fortunately, the manpower is sufficient, and the money steward is familiar with it again, and he has been very skilled in the arrangement. After half a month, it has changed greatly!

This item cost another six thousand silver.

After that, Lian Fangzhou talked to Xiao Mu and Bi Tao separately.

This big layout is done, how to arrange the details, such as what flowers and trees are planted in the garden, how to distribute the layout, whether to build a pavilion, whether to store a pond, what color patterns are needed for the curtain tents of the houses, and the number of tables and chairs. They have to figure out what style and material the case screen style frame needs, how to decorate the study, how to decorate the bedroom, etc., after all, they will live in the future.No matter how well others do, it may not be what they want.

Xiao Mu still said: "Bi Tao is satisfied!"

Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "Yes! I have asked you before. If you are not satisfied, you can change it yourself. Don't blame me! Then I will tell Bitao! You have more than thirty thousand taels of silver left. , I’ll hand it all over. If it’s not enough, should I help you pad it first, or do you pick a few things and sell them to me?"

Xiao Mu couldn't help being happy!Talking to someone like my sister-in-law is easy and clean, and it's not at all procrastinating.

He smiled and said, "Please ask my sister-in-law to help me pad it! Then I need to pay back my sister-in-law before selling those things!"

Lian Fangzhou nodded with a smile.

He said again: "You should also start preparing for the bride price. If you need our help, just say it. The things are bought back and there is no place to put them. It's okay to put them in our house first! I asked the money steward to clean up a room and come out."

Xiao Mu smiled and thanked again.

Bi Tao and Madam Zhang heard what Lian Fangzhou said reasonable, and of course the place they lived was better arranged by themselves, so they responded with a smile.

Even Fangzhou didn't intervene in this matter anymore, only to ask her if there was anything to help.

After all, the Zhang family also has a housekeeper, a maid in charge, and a lot of servants. Mrs. Zhang doesn't understand anything, so where can she intervene?

For Lian Fangzhou, it's a big deal.

When buying furniture, Bitao habitually wanted to hear Lian Fangzhou's opinions and wanted to ask her.

Fortunately, I was finally not confused, and finally thought of the mother next to me!

If you cross the mother to ask the previous master, the mother doesn't know how sad it is!

The layout of the small garden in the backyard is stacked, and Bi Tao and Mrs. Zhang do not understand, and Master Zhang is a rough person, let alone.

The mother and daughter went to Li Mansion on purpose.

Lian Fangzhou discussed with them and left for lunch at the house. In the afternoon, he asked someone to invite an experienced craftsman to consult with the craftsman one by one. After making some adjustments, he almost settled.

Mrs. Zhang and Bi Tao saw that the craftsman looked quite honest, and they were eloquent. They simply decided on the spot and let him be responsible for the matter.

Later, after the small garden was repaired, Lian Fangzhou went to see it once. The rockery in the area was located in the middle of two-thirds of the whole garden, and the whole garden was roughly divided into two halves, half covered and half exposed.

The foot of the rockery is densely planted to welcome the spring, and the soft strips of paper traverse the arc and hang down to the ground. There are three kinds of red, white and yellow climbing roses, creepers, etc. to climb the rockery.On the side are two crape myrtle trees.

It can be seen that with the thought, the rose blooms early in the spring, the rose can bloom from April to the end of June, the rose declines, and the crape myrtle blooms, and it is not lonely for most of the year.

Looking over the rockery, you can see the corner of the eaves pavilion, and there is a generous and simple square pavilion connected to the rockery. It is surrounded by a chiseled pond. There are water lilies planted in the pond and koi carp.

In front of the square pavilion is a rectangular flat land paved with square blue bricks, and a blue stone road connects to other places.

Two sweet-scented osmanthus trees were planted on each side, and two or three clusters of peonies were next to the Fangting stairs.

Along the flower fence made by half-person tall Fusang, Qingshi Road leads to the front, along the way, there are some magnolias, pomegranates, roses, begonias, plum blossoms, etc., the density is right, just right.

To the south of the garden, there is a lawn with two acacia trees planted on it, and three or four peach, apricot and pear trees on the north. The place where Xiao Mu practices exercises is next to the door connecting the backyard with the garden, and the door is separated by green bamboo.

The layout of the entire garden is ingenious. Although it is not large, it is also winding and winding. It does not appear to be empty or crowded. Madam Zhang and Bi Tao are also very satisfied.

Xiao Mu ran to Li's mansion again, and Lian Fangzhou had to talk to him about the house and the betrothal. No one in the mansion knew about it, and no one did not envy Bi Tao.

Lian Fangzhou obviously felt that the little girls who were serving by his side had become more dedicated.