The Red Mansions

Chapter 31 The Big Change

Chapter 31 The Big Change

Spending money is like running water, earning money is like spinning silk.

As shops and houses were renovated one after another, in order to pay workers' wages and buy necessities such as furniture, wine jars, pots and pans, Jia Yun's savings were exhausted in a blink of an eye.

"Money is useless!" In the yard, under the newly built grape trellis, Jia Yun sighed secretly while holding the ledger.

Yesterday, Jia Yun's house was completely renovated.

As early as a few days ago, their family moved to Lao Geng's three rooms.

The three rooms are the main room. Jia Yun lives on the far right. The room is relatively large, separated by a screen in the middle. The inside is the bedroom and the outside is the study.

The room in the middle is the living room, and the room on the right is also separated by a screen. There is Bu Shi living in the inner room, and charming people in the outer room.

After the two rooms of their own house were renovated, the outer room was still used as the kitchen, and the inner room opened another door. The original door was sealed and became an independent bedroom, which was convenient for servants to live in in the future.

As for the two rooms in Jia Qin's house, they were also briefly renovated and used as guest rooms. After Xia Baichuan came, he would live here.

In addition, two side rooms were newly built next to the three main rooms, one was used as a storage room, and the other was used as a woodshed, and the little donkey was also locked in it.

As for the toilet, I don’t have one at home. If I want convenience, I can only go to the public toilet in the alley. It is inconvenient to travel at night, and there is a toilet at home, and each bedroom has one.

After the renovation, earth-shaking changes have taken place inside and outside the house.

The interior walls were painted white, the floor was paved with blue bricks, and the doors and windows were replaced with new ones. The windows were lattice windows with a layer of white rice paper sandwiched between them. The doors and windows were also painted with varnish and tung oil.

According to actual needs, each room is equipped with a complete set of furniture, all painted with varnish and original wood color.

For example, in Jia Yun's bedroom, there are solid wood furniture such as canopy beds, wardrobes, screens, bookshelves, desks, bookcases, round tables and stools, washstands, dressing tables, and lockers.

In the living room, there is a set of Eight Immortals table and a stool directly above, and two official hat chairs are placed on the left and right below, and a high stool is placed between the chairs.

In the yard, there are several large water tanks, which can be used not only for decoration, but also for fire protection.

In addition, some flowers, plants and trees were planted in the yard, and a group of solid wood grape trellises as tall as a person were newly built.

The grapes have been planted, and Jia Yun moved them out of the space. The main roots of the vines alone are as thick as an adult's arm.

The jagged canes, with teeth and claws, criss-crossed and entangled on the shelves, covering all the shelves.

Under the grape trellis, there is a set of round stone tables and benches, and there is also a set under the newly transplanted tree.

Under the eaves, there are three Happy Chairs, and each chair is equipped with a stool. In fact, six Happy Chairs have to be made, and the other three are placed in the utility room and have not been taken out.

In addition, the gate of the courtyard has also been remodeled. It is not always open like before, but a gate is added, and a podocarpus pine is planted on both sides of the gate.

After the decoration, the yard has been completely remodeled, with elegant layout and beautiful scenery, which makes people feel at ease.

"When the store opens tomorrow, the money will gradually increase again." Jia Yun closed the account book and thought to herself.

The shop has been renovated long ago, but it has not opened yet.

It's not that Jia Yun didn't want to start the business earlier, but he asked the Taoist priests and specially selected auspicious days, so he kept procrastinating.

This is not superstition. There are few people in business who don’t pay attention to this.

After regaining her senses, Jia Yun saw that Meiren was watering the flowers again. This was the third time she had watered the flowers today, and she hurriedly shouted: "Meiren, the flowers can be watered once in the morning and evening. If you water too much, they will die." of!"

The charming face was full of joy, and after hearing the shout, she turned around and replied: "Brother Yun, you don't understand this, I watered the copper money grass, and when the copper money grass grows, it needs to be watered frequently, otherwise the leaves It turns yellow easily."

"Really?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

Charming giggled, and said, "Yes, I kept a lot of flowers and plants when I was in Jia's mansion, so I can't make a mistake."

Jia Yun also knew half of it, so she just nodded and said: "Well, even if those flowers and plants die, it's not a big deal, but it saves time to take care of them."

"Don't worry, I won't be raised to death!" Meiren smiled lightly, two small dimples appeared on her cheeks, which were extraordinarily sweet.

Leaving her alone, Jia Yun got up and put away the ledger, put it back in the bedroom, then turned and went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, on a large iron pot, there is a wooden steamer for brewing wine.

There is a sky pot and a wine receiving funnel on the retort barrel, and the wine receiving funnel is connected to the wine outlet. The distilled liquor flows out slowly from the wine outlet, with a pure fragrance, soft sweet and sour, harmonious flavors, and a sweet aftertaste.

For the ancient method of brewing, Jia Yun has a good attainment, and he brewed it himself a lot in his previous life.

The basic principles and processes of wine making mainly include: raw material fermentation, starch saccharification, koji making, raw material processing, distillation to extract wine, aging and aging, blending and seasoning, etc.

Compared with the wine brewed with modern equipment in the later generations, the wine brewed in the traditional Tianguo not only does not cause headaches after drinking, and has no evil smell, but also has a full, mellow, round mouth, and is clean, smooth and non-irritating when it falls. In the throat, after swallowing, it will return sweet and sweet, and the burp will be long.

During the brewing process, the wine vapor has been circulating in the closed wooden retort barrel. After the whole distillation process, it has been continuously subjected to the tempering of the fire below. Bad gas will be discharged along the wine outlet and evaporate naturally.

Seriously speaking, the wine brewed in front of me is actually just a fake.

During this period of time, although the store was not open, Jia Yun was not idle.

Today, there are nearly fifty cylinders of liquor stored in the space, as well as more than ten cylinders each of soy sauce, vinegar, and bean paste, which are enough for the store to use for a long time.

However, although these wines are all for show, they are no different from the wines in the space, so Jia Yun will not waste them, and all of them are packed in wine jars and stored in the cellar.

"The amount of wine at home is almost enough. I will go to the store later and put a few tanks there." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Because it will open tomorrow, Jia Yun told Jia and the others to have a good rest today. It happened that there was no one in the store, so it was convenient for him to operate.

After putting away all the brewing tools in the kitchen, Jia Yun was about to go out when he ran into Xiren head-on.

Seeing that the charming man had entered the house, Jia Yun walked up to Xi Ren with a smile, cupped her hands and said, "Miss Xi Ren didn't take good care of Second Master Bao, why did you come to me when you have time?"

Xiren bit his lip, his face was not good-looking, he gave him a look, and said: "Can you not be weird?"

"Okay, let's sit down here and talk!" Seeing that she was really going to get angry, Jia Yun smiled, led Xiren to the grape trellis with a gesture of her hand.

After sitting down, Xiren said, "I haven't seen you selling buns for a few days, I thought something happened to you... I was worried, so I always wanted to come here, but I didn't expect my worries to be in vain."

She was used to going to the street to buy buns every day, and she didn't see Jia Yun for a few days, so she felt empty, and finally couldn't help but want to come and have a look today.

"Didn't I tell you when I set up a stall last time? My shop is about to open, and I won't sell steamed stuffed buns in the future. I'm really sorry, I didn't tell you clearly." Jia Yun said to Xiren After drinking a cup of tea, I apologized.

Xiren took the teacup, took a sip, looked around, turned around and smiled and said, "As long as you're fine, I haven't been here for a few days. Unexpectedly, your house has changed a lot. I thought I went to the wrong place just now." Woolen cloth!"

Jia Yun pointed at the yard and said with a smile, "It only cost me 20 taels of silver for such a simple fix. If it's still the same as before, wouldn't I be wasting my money?"

"Hehe, I think you really spent a lot of money, 20 taels of silver can buy a lot of things!" Xiren said with a smile.

Jia Yun smiled and replied: "There is nothing to see in the yard, mainly because the furniture, floor, doors, windows and roof in the house are relatively expensive. Come on, I will take you in and have a look."

"No, what's the matter with me, a girl, and my family coming into the house with you?" Xiren shook his head.

Jia Yun didn't care about her, she got up and stepped forward, took her hand and walked into the house.

The attacker was startled, and struggled: "What are you doing? I won't go into the house with you!"

(End of this chapter)

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