Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Although they have a house, Hu Yingzi has no plans to move in for the time being. The food at Xu Huizhen's house is so good. Her brother-in-law is the canteen director and often brings back delicious food. In addition, her brother-in-law is a good cook, so she can benefit from it. At the same time, she can also learn cooking skills from him.

Xu Huizhen needed their help to look after the house, so after Pian Ye vacated the house, it could only be used as a warehouse to temporarily store some things.

On this day, the two families took Li'er and Kunkun to visit the newly bought house.

Xu Huizhen stroked the furniture left by Pian'erye. There was a square table, two armchairs, and four armchairs in the main room. The square table looked like it was made of solid wood, with an elegant color and clear and beautiful texture. It should be made of good wood, probably left by ancestors. The four armchairs were also made of ordinary wood, probably newly made, and had no collection value.

There is a large wardrobe in the bedroom, with fine workmanship and intricate carvings. It is also an old item, and it looks a bit like the collection of Mr. Chen that Xu Huizhen saw in the video of later generations. Regardless of the quality of the wood, just based on the workmanship, it will be worth a lot in the future.

Xu Huizhen also found an altar in the pile of miscellaneous items in the wing room. Although it was covered with dust, there was a fragrance in the air.

Xu Huizhen asked He Yuzhu and Xu Jianshe to move it out. She wiped it clean with a rag, and the original reddish-brown color was revealed. The texture was like tiger skin. Xu Huizhen concluded that it should be huanghuali.

I guess now that feudalism is being eradicated, offerings are no longer allowed, so the altar has been abandoned in the corner.

The other furniture is made of ordinary wood and has little collection value.

Xu Huizhen said, "You must keep this altar, the large wardrobe in the bedroom, the square table in the main room, and the two armchairs. They are all made of fine wood and will be worth a lot in the future."

He Yuzhu believed his wife's words without a doubt. He had long discovered that his wife was unusual. The two of them lived together day and night. Even if Xu Huizhen tried to hide it, it would eventually show up.

For example, there are some words from later times that are said inadvertently, and Xu Huizhen's predictions about the future are always so accurate. Her shrewdness and sophistication are not something a young woman of this age can possess.

He Yuzhu could dream about the future, maybe his wife would have some adventures, she didn't want to tell, He Yuzhu just pretended not to know. Anyway, his wife gave birth to a son for him and lived with him wholeheartedly. The relationship between the two was also very harmonious, and he would not be calculated by Qin Huairu for his whole life like in his dream, so he was content with such a life.

He supports his wife in everything. Xu Huizhen and Cai Quanwu often engage in some reselling. Some of the grains are brought back by Xu Jianshe, and some of the grains are said to be brought from the northeast by Xu Huizhen's brother. He believes it. Because he knows that his wife does all these things to make money and to make life better for the family.

Hu Yingzi nodded: "I'll listen to Sister Huizhen. Look at this yard, it's so spacious. Spring is coming soon. I'll let Jianshe and I clean it up and plant some vegetables. We won't have to buy vegetables anymore."

In fact, vegetables in this era are all green vegetables, without any fertilizers or pesticides, and the price is very cheap. Growing them yourself will not save much money. But Xu Huizhen did not discourage her enthusiasm.

Hard work and thrift are traditional virtues of the Chinese people. Coming to the new environment, the two children were also curious and ran around in the yard like two happy little birds.

KunKun ran and shouted: "Sister, come and catch me, you can't catch up with me."

Lier rolled his eyes and said, "Hmph, you silly guy!", which made everyone want to laugh.

In the original plot, Xu Huizhen also bought their family's furniture. Pian'erye's wife said at the time: "Those broken furniture are not worth much." It can be seen that she is not an expert.

There is a saying that goes, "Wealth does not last for more than three generations." Pian'erye's ancestors must have been very glorious. It is said that his maternal grandfather was a prince in the Qing Dynasty. However, the passage of time, the change of dynasties, and the tide of history have changed the fate of many people. By Pian'erye's generation, the ancestral property could not be preserved.

Pian'erye's wife was just an ordinary housewife. She didn't know the true value of the valuable furniture passed down from her ancestors. The rosewood altar was treated as useless junk and thrown away in the utility room.

A few years later, the value of these old furniture skyrocketed, and they must have regretted it. However, Pian'erye did not come to collect the account, and he bought an official hat chair from another place, transported it thousands of miles back to the capital, and sold it to Xu Huizhen, but not to Chen Xueru. It can be seen that Pian'erye is a man of rules.

This is the temperament of the old Beijing people: reasonable, respectable, and ambitious.

Everyone worked together to clean up. He Yuzhu discovered that this house also had a cellar. Most of the big houses in the capital had cellars, which were used to store cabbages in winter and to store things that could be hidden from people's eyes.

The exit was in the southeast corner of the yard. After opening it, I saw that the room was empty.

The cellar was very large, about 40 square meters, and the floor and walls were paved with bluestone slabs, which were strong and moisture-proof. It was so practical that Hu Yingzi grinned happily and said, "This house is worth buying! I have to thank Brother Cai for giving me such a big discount."

Hu Yingzi called Cai Quanwu "brother-in-law" because Xu Jianmei was Xu Jianshe's cousin. He Yuzhu called Cai Quanwu "uncle". The seniority in their family was a bit confusing, so they called each other by their own name.

After settling the house issue, Xu Huizhen focused her main energy on hand-crocheting.

After the Spring Festival, the director of the handicraft factory came to her and said that the straw handicrafts were on the right track and the sales situation was very good. The Foreign Trade Bureau had tasted the sweetness and attached great importance to the handicraft factory, encouraging them to continue to develop new products.

The implicit and implicit meaning of his words was to urge Xu Huizhen to work faster. Xu Huizhen was still the deputy factory director, receiving a salary from the factory, but she did not receive any reward without any contribution.

So, he asked He Yuzhu to make three pairs of crochet hooks at the steel mill, from large to small, of different sizes. He bought wool of different colors and began to teach Han Qingqiu and Hu Yingzi how to crochet. He started by teaching them the basic needlework, such as long needles and short needles, and practicing the basic skills first.

She designed the samples herself. In her previous life, Xu Huizhen lived alone and had nothing to do. In order to pass the time, she practiced crocheting skills to perfection, doing it quickly and well.

It is true that having many skills is always a blessing. I didn't expect that this skill would come in handy after traveling here.

In one day, she crocheted three samples. One was a bouquet of sunflowers of different sizes and shapes, forming a bouquet of flowers. The second was a small apple, a red apple with green leaves. The third was a small frog, with a white belly and a green back, which was very lifelike.

Han Qingqiu saw Xu Huizhen's work and praised in surprise: "Huizhen, how did you develop such a brain? It's so beautiful."

Yingzi nodded frantically, "Yes, sister, you shouldn't have resigned from the position of factory director. No one is as capable as you."