C20 August Fifteenth

The roasted sweet potato was average in appearance, but it had a rich aroma. Song Duo didn't like it at first, but after Gu Caiwei forcefully stuffed it into his mouth, he felt that it wasn't bad and ate one.

After the two of them washed up, they both went to sleep.

The next day, Gu Caiwei, with money in her pocket, went to the right house. After listening to the reason for her visit, Li Zheng immediately agreed.

However, righteous women were not kind people. Not only did the house demand 15 taels of silver, the pile of trash in the room was even sold to her for 3 taels of silver. They were all broken cabinets and broken stools. To think that she could open her mouth this wide!

In order to maintain a good relationship with him, Gu Caiwei gave him eighteen taels of silver and asked the village's respected elders to bear witness. She then wrote the agreement.

Gu Caiwei felt her heart thumping as she walked home with the land deed. She finally had her own house. In the modern era, this was also a great accomplishment — everything was due to Master Soong's blessings.

After returning home, she found Song Duo a lot more pleasing to the eye. She told him about buying the house, and then politely brewed chrysanthemum tea for him. Only then did she hum a song as she opened the door with her room key and counted the junk she bought with three taels of silver.

"There's really nothing much we can do, so we can only chop firewood and start a fire." she said to herself gloomily.

"We'll get new ones later, no need to worry." It was unknown when Song Duo stood behind her. Perhaps he saw her face twitching in pain, so he comforted her.

"Right." Gu Caiwei clenched her fists. "If the old don't go, the new won't come. Encourage me to make more money!"

Song Duo sneered, "Selling medicine on you?"

Gu Caiwei was not convinced and said with a hint of lack of confidence, "I can even treat patients."

Song Duo looked down on her.

Eating people while their mouths were short. She had to shut her mouth and rely on the customers to renovate this crappy house.

In the afternoon, Gu Caiwei also did not go up the mountain to pick herbs. She happily took a few sticks from the stove to make charcoal and began to write and draw on the Xuan paper.

"You have to have a toilet, but unfortunately there's no toilet. Even so, it has to be slanted so that all the filth will leak out and be cleaned up regularly. There's also a bathroom next to it, where you can take a bath in the summer and not fill the room with water. I can grow vegetables in the backyard …"

Song Duo, upon hearing her words, did not immediately mock or oppose her.

After she finished speaking, she drew a pen and circled it twice on the square map she drew, "These two places each have a dog den. The dogs of Brother Shi next door are about to leave the puppies. Although the breed is average, it's still considered good among the local dogs. I asked for two from him. We can be considered as having a door to guard when we go back."

Gu Caiwei had also wanted to raise a dog before, but she couldn't afford it herself. Raising a dog was too extravagant. However, there was a house now. After Song Duo left, she, who was alone, felt safe and worried. Therefore, she gritted her teeth and nodded: "Ok."

The ancient renovations did not last as long as the modern era. With the help of Fourth Brother Li, eight or nine young and strong men were found in the village. It took them seven days to finish everything.

According to the previous agreement, everyone was required to take care of their lunch at 10 copper coins a day. Gu Caiwei could bear it, considering that the countryside people paid attention to reality and didn't go through the trouble of cooking. Every dish was full of steamed buns, a big bowl of pork stew, and a big bone soup.

However, the sad part was that after the first day of eating, the boys asked Fourth Brother Li in whispers if they could bring home the food for the elderly and children to eat.

Even Gu Caiwei heard Li Si'ge scolding them in a low voice.

The next day, Gu Caiwei began to say that she would take care of the food at noon and also take care of the food at night. Each of them had three steamed buns and a big bowl of vegetables for dinner.

Everyone was very grateful for her kindness and consideration. After much effort, they decided to go up the mountain early in the morning to break rocks. They also paved a bluestone path in the courtyard.

Not to mention Gu Caiwei, even Song Duo was slightly moved. For the first time, he was concerned about trivial matters. He wanted Gu Caiwei to pay him extra for two days.

"I know. Everyone will be given an extra twenty pieces of money. Fourth Brother Li, help Zhang Luo, lead the charge. I will also secretly supplement Spring Flower's sister-in-law with another fifty pieces of money …"

Naturally, everyone was overjoyed.

Fourth Brother Li also helped find a carpenter and bought a cabinet, dressing table, table, chair, and other furniture. Because of Gu Caiwei's insistence, they all used good wood and spent a total of eight taels of silver.

The day after the house was repaired, on the fifteenth of the eighth month, as Gu Caiwei watched the renovation of the house, she couldn't suppress her excitement. She cooked eight big dishes, made a mooncake, wrapped the dumplings, and took out her treasured cherry wine to set up a large table in the courtyard.

"Cousin, wait a moment, I'll see you later."

Song Duo stood in front of the inner door and watched as she took out a pot of paper money from the side room and put it on the ground to burn. She was mumbling something in a low voice that he could not make out. He could only faintly hear a few words being spoken.

"Master …" Good... Do Not Hear... "There's a house …"

After squatting and burning the paper, Gu Caiwei thought for a long time before kneeling down towards the moon. She respectfully kowtowed three times, poured a bowl of wine and sprinkled it on the ground.

Grandfather, A-Wei is very well, you must also be well in the sky. You used to like my own wine and cherry wine best, so when I first came here I brewed it.

When the memorial service was over, she stood up and patted the dirt off her knees. She turned around and smiled at Song Duo, but found that the latter had an expressionless face with eyes filled with displeasure.

Gu Caiwei thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Cousin, do you have relatives to offer sacrifices to?"

Could it be that he was angry because she didn't prepare a sacrifice for him? However, this place did not seem to have the habit of being a sacrificial offering on the fifteenth of the eighth month. She had always been used to it, always thinking of her relatives during festivals, which was why she thought of them at the last minute.

"Nope." Song Duo waved his sleeves and walked straight to the main seat to sit down.

It was really hard to wait on her. She was clearly watching her boil the jujube mud and make mooncakes in the afternoon. She was in quite a good mood, yet now she was sick again.

For the sake of the big house, forgive him.

Gu Caiwei poured wine for him and also for herself.

Song Duo was not in a good mood and did not like to talk. She could not stand the silence and pointed at the dishes she cooked, introducing them one by one and talking to herself. Song Duo didn't say anything when he drank the cherry wine last time. This time, he didn't seem to like it and didn't even move. Gu Caiwei drank bowl after bowl herself.

She was glad that she had a house, and no longer had to worry about wind or rain; but she was sad that she felt that she could go back to another time and place when she was wandering and completely separated from her previous life; but she could not deceive herself until she had settled down.

The cherry wine had a strong aftereffect, Gu Caiwei knew, but with Song Duo around, she wanted to get drunk without restraint; once he was gone, her chance of indulgence would be hard to come by.

Song Duo ate a few mouthfuls of food and then saw her get drunk on him.

Was he trying to pour wine for his grief and remembrance of his ex-husband?

Song Duo felt his heart stuffed with cotton wool, making him feel depressed and uncomfortable. However, he didn't know why he had such an emotion. After a moment of hesitation, his face turned even colder.