The fragrance of medicine is alluring, the farm elder sister is cool and cool

Not long after Wen Liang left, he heard from his cousin Wen Zhuo that things had changed in the county government. The county magistrate was reported to have accepted bribes, and some evidence of his crimes over the years was uncovered. He had been dismissed and exiled, and his legal advisors were also dismissed and brought to justice. There was a major reshuffle in the county government.

Wen Qingcheng and Ye Xiuying both guessed that it must have been Wen Liang who did it. They didn't expect him to act so quickly. According to the time, he should have just arrived in Kyoto by now, but the trial had already been completed and the county magistrate had been exiled with conclusive evidence.

When Chuyi heard the news, a barely perceptible smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After Wen Liang returned to Beijing, the villagers knew that he had left and they all said that he had abandoned Ye Xiuying and married someone else in another place. Some condemned Wen Liang for abandoning his wife, and some said that Ye Xiuying was unlucky.

The people at the Wen family's old house knew that there was no profit to be gained, so they kept silent when they saw Ye Xiuying, and they have been living in peace recently.

Ye Xiuying ignored these rumors. Apart from sending Zicheng to school every day, she also went to the new house every day to check the progress of the construction.

The winter solstice has arrived, and the main part of the house has been completed. The remaining parts are decoration and exterior painting. The bathroom and toilet have also been built. The kitchen has also been built, and the stove is currently being built.

Wen Qingcheng watched the two-story building she designed being built so quickly, and couldn't help but sigh that it was great to have money. Wen Liang left 500 taels of silver before he left. With the money, he hired a lot of helpers, and the project was built quickly.

Today is the day when the new house is delivered. Master Guo took Wen Qingcheng and Ye Xiuying to check it one by one. After checking that there were no quality problems, they began to settle the project payment.

She never delayed the workers' wages. She took out a thick stack of banknotes from her pocket, handed it to Master Guo with a smile, and said, "Master Guo, this is your wages, please count it."

Master Guo took the banknote with great joy, his face filled with happiness, and counted the banknotes in his hand carefully.

Master Guo raised his head and said to Wen Qingcheng sincerely, "Madam Wen, if you need any work in the future, just come to me. I, Old Guo, will definitely do my best to help you!"

Wen Qingcheng smiled and nodded, "Then I'll trouble you, Master Guo." After that, she turned around and looked at the completed house, and then said, "Master Guo, do you know anyone who can do house decoration?"

"Yes, if you trust me, I will introduce one of my guys. He has been doing renovations for many years. He has done renovations on houses, inns, and mansions. He is also from our town, and his subordinates are very efficient."

Ye Xiuying was overjoyed, "Great, then we don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Okay, I'll help you make the contact. You can meet up first. When you're done decorating, don't forget to tell me and I'll give you a warm place to stay."

"Hahaha, of course." Wen Qingcheng said with a hearty smile.

After seeing off Master Guo, Wen Qingcheng, Ye Xiuying and Chuyi discussed the decoration style. Ye Xiuying walked into the first floor and looked up.

"Build a suspended ceiling. Your father left us so much money that we have enough budget. We can make it look better. Paint the walls white all around so that the house will be bright even on cloudy days."

Ye Xiuying added, "You two can decorate the bedroom on the second floor in whatever style you like. I have no objection."

The family went up the wooden stairs to the second floor, where there were two bedrooms, a study, a living room, and a huge window. A large platform was built in the front, which would be covered with cushions and a small table to make a place for playing chess or writing.

"I want to lay wooden floors on the second floor and paint the walls white. I won't have a complicated ceiling, otherwise it will feel very depressing on the second floor." Wen Qingcheng looked around, "I want to install double curtains on the windows, one layer of white gauze curtains with poems written on them with a brush, which can be closed during the day to block the sun. I also want to install a thicker cloth curtain so that even if there is an oil lamp inside at night, people outside cannot see it."

"Okay, okay, you really know how to enjoy life. Just thinking about it will make you realize that it is warm and clean." Ye Xiuying said with a smile.

There is a small secret door on the second floor, and you can go out from the secret door. There is also an open terrace outside the second floor. There is a wooden staircase from the first floor to the roof. Wen Qingcheng plans to transport soil to the roof to plant flowers and vegetables, build a thatched shed, and raise a few cages of birds.

After walking around, the family walked down the wooden stairs outside the wall.

"Mom, let's also pave the first floor. You can use marble, which is more durable. We can plant a rose outside the wall and let it climb up the wall. In the spring, the wall full of flowers will be beautiful."

Ye Xiuying listened to Wen Qingcheng's plan, and the scene of the decoration kept appearing in her mind. This was too comfortable. After the new house was built, she could stay at home for a month without going out. It was good to have money. When Wen Liang wanted to leave her 500 taels, she was still awkward and refused to take it. Now thinking about it, I really don't know what I was being so proud of at that time! Fortunately, Qingcheng quickly accepted it.

The family entered the bathroom again, which now had no door and was surrounded by brick walls.

"The bathroom needs to be paved with non-slip floor tiles, so the walls can't be painted, they need to be tiled. Mom, look here, I even asked Master Guo to leave a leak and a drain."

Wen Qingcheng talked about her design with great enthusiasm, "Put a screen in the middle to separate the wet and dry areas. This side will be used for our daily washing. Hang a large bronze mirror on the wall."

Chuyi looked at Wen Qingcheng with great interest. Sometimes he would marvel at her talent. She was just a sixteen-year-old girl, but she had so many clever ideas in her mind.

"Oh, my dear daughter, where do you get so many ideas?" Ye Xiuying was surprised that her daughter had so many ideas about architecture and decoration. Unlike her, she would not enjoy herself even if she had money.

Wen Qingcheng had investigated the location of the toilet. She asked Master Guo to reserve a drainage channel in advance, and also connected a sewage pipe underneath, buried underground, leading directly to a manure pool outside the yard.

Ye Xiuying was a little confused when she saw the small hole. She thought her daughter only considered the appearance and not the practicality. "Qingcheng, I think it won't work. We need to ask Master Guo to come. The hole is too small. It's easy for urine to leak out."

Wen Qingcheng chuckled and said, "This is not for direct use. I have another design."

Wen Qingcheng had already drawn the design of the simple toilet in her previous life a month ago, and asked a craftsman to change the model more than a dozen times before it was made. After filling the water tank with water and pressing the switch, it can be flushed smoothly. Now it has been painted, and it needs to be left to dry for a while before it is finished.

The yard was already leveled, and Wen Qingcheng planned to lay floor tiles in the yard. Master Guo also used some of the remaining wood to make a swing for Wen Qingcheng, and all that was left was to tie the rope.

Ye Xiuying came to the kitchen, which was the place she was most concerned about. "Our homestead is good in every way, except that the well is in the backyard, which is too far from the kitchen, and it's hard to fetch water."

Wen Qingcheng had already thought about this, "We are not far from the river. Chuyi and I will get some bamboo and find professional craftsmen to open up the bridge. We can then bring water in from the river and use a few large vats to collect the water."