strictlysupreme Chapter 108: Shopping with the Baby
Chapter 108: Shopping with the Baby
As Jiang Qingyan spoke, he had already opened the first scroll, on which he saw a very beautiful and finely constructed house outlined with pen and ink.
Part of the house walls adopted a three-tiered structure, which was somewhat similar to the Hui style she had seen before, but not exactly the same.
However, after taking a closer look, Gu Qingqing was not very satisfied. Firstly, the design occupied a small area and was a two-story building. The patio appeared narrow and deep, and did not stand out from the courtyard.
"I want to see another scroll." Gu Qingqing said, as she gently rolled up the scroll in her hand and placed it on the desk.
"Of course." Almost at the same time when Gu Qingqing rolled up the scroll, he had already opened another scroll.
Gu Qingqing's attention was instantly attracted.
This is a standard three-in-one courtyard house.
Single storey, with a large courtyard.
It faces south and has a street gate, a back house, a screen wall, and east and west wing rooms. It is connected to the main house by a winding corridor, forming an inner courtyard in the middle.
Behind the main house is the back room.
According to the drawings, a cross courtyard was built on the west side of the third courtyard. There is also a main house in the cross courtyard, but it is slightly smaller than the main courtyard overall.
What’s unique is that the front side of the entire courtyard has been made into a garden.
Without even having to think about it, she felt that this set was very suitable for her home.
Moreover, this house is slightly different from the houses in the village. The architectural features of the houses in the village also follow the courtyard structure, but they are not done to perfection.
It may be because the courtyard is large and the house is small.
The main house in the village is more prominent, while the east and west wing rooms are generally built with blue bricks as the base and adobe bricks on top.
It may also be a financial issue. There are almost no houses in the village with more than two courtyards. The courtyard is right after the gate, and the main structure is simple.
But this house is a bit big, so she needs to go back and discuss it with Wen Wuyan.
But she couldn't hide the love in her eyes. She pointed at the suit she liked and asked, "I think this is the one that Boss Jiang recommended to me. It's really suitable."
Jiang Qingyan nodded.
"I just don't know how Boss Jiang will sell these blueprints?" Gu Qingqing asked.
Jiang Qingyan smiled, "If it were someone else who I didn't like, I would have to ask for dozens of taels of silver. As for you, we have a good relationship, so I won't ask for much. Just one tael of silver will be enough."
Gu Qingqing first heard him say several dozen taels, and then when she heard the word "destined", she saw him raise a finger. Just when she thought he wanted ten taels, he said it was one tael.
Gu Qingqing was still very surprised by this. Wasn’t this too cheap?
Jiang Qingyan naturally saw the surprise in her eyes, smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, it is difficult for villagers to build such a house, firstly because of the financial resources, and secondly because of the lack of connections and methods. There are many such buildings in the town, but the owners generally don't take out the blueprints of their own houses."
Gu Qingqing thought about it and it made sense. The dental office had recommended a similar house in town to her before, but this one had a courtyard.
"Boss Jiang, I like this very much, but it's not easy for me as a woman to make the decision. Can I take it back and discuss it with my family?" Gu Qingqing said, pointing at the scroll.
Then she thought of the ancient people's love for writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, and she said as if guaranteeing, "Don't worry, Boss Jiang, I will take good care of the scroll and will not damage it or make it dirty."
"Naturally."
Gu Qingqing was delighted, and then asked, "Do I need to leave a deposit with you?"
"No need."
Gu Qingqing didn't hesitate to take the wages that belonged to Wen Wuyan, and then took a blank book and said goodbye.
As a result, when I went out, I heard Erhua, who was sitting under the eaves, say, "Brother An, this candied haws is not as delicious as the one my mother made."
"Aunt, can you make candied haws?" Shen Chenan turned his back to the bookstore door and looked at Erhua.
Erhua took a bite of the hawthorn and nodded, "I can make it. I made it for my sister and me a few days ago. It was delicious and had no seeds."
Erhua said this and lowered her head to spit out a hawthorn seed in her mouth onto the ground.
"Ah, then I also want to eat the candied haws made by Auntie."
"Okay... Mom, you're done with your work!" Erhua was about to say something to Shen Chenan, when she looked up and saw Gu Qingqing coming out of the store, she immediately stood up and walked towards Gu Qingqing.
He even showed off the candied haws in his hand, "Mom, you should have one too."
Erhua said this while holding up the candied haws for Gu Qingqing to eat.
"No, Erhua, eat it. Mom won't eat it. Who bought it for you?"
"Brother An asked Uncle Wu to buy it for him." Erhua refused and stood on tiptoe, insisting that Gu Qingqing eat one.
Gu Qingqing didn't mind that she bit off a small piece of the hawthorn. She grabbed Erhua's hand holding the bamboo stick and used her mouth to put the candied haws into her mouth.
Seeing this, Shen Chenan hurried over and held up the candied haws to Gu Qingqing's face, "Aunt, there's mine too. I'll treat you to some too!"
Gu Qingqing used the tip of her tongue to push the candied haws in her mouth to her cheek. She looked at the candied haws that Shen Chenan handed over to her. This time she did not bite it. Instead, she just pinched one with her hand, pulled it out, and put it back in her mouth.
"Well, Xie Xie Chen An, very nice." Gu Qingqing said incoherently with her cheeks puffed out.
Gu Qingqing didn't rush to the west of the town to buy water. Instead, she took the two children to play on the street for a while and bought a wooden sword for Shen Chenan and a wooden puppy that Erhua liked.
Since Erhua has one, Dahua must have one too. Gu Qingqing chose a wooden carved rabbit for Dahua, which is chubby and cute.
Gu Qingqing saw someone selling fried fruits on the street, so she bought two as well. One was wrapped, and she poured some out of the other for the two children to eat.
Near noon, Shen Chenan held a wooden sword under his arm, a bamboo dragonfly in his left hand, and two oil-paper bags in his right hand. He looked at Wu Yi reluctantly, "Uncle Wu, are we going back?"
Wu Yi followed the young master all the way today, and of course he saw how happy the young master was, but after looking at the sky he just said "hmm".
Gu Qingqing also noticed the little guy's reluctance and said, "Go back with Uncle Wu. When you are free, let Uncle Wu bring you to my house to play, okay?"
"Then will my aunt make candied haws for me when I go there?" He wanted to eat the candied haws made by his aunt, but his aunt just said that there were no hawthorns at home.
Gu Qingqing didn't dare to agree rashly. She made two strings of candied haws from the hawthorns that Gu Zhuangzhuang sent her last time, and then sliced all the remaining haws and dried them.
At this moment, under Shen Chenan's expectant gaze, Gu Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "Even if there is no candied haws, there will be something else, okay?"
"Okay." Shen Chenan smiled.
Gu Qingqing handed Shen Chenan to Wu Yi, and said to him a little embarrassedly, "Thank you for helping me pull the cart today."
"No, no, no, it's nothing. It's not as important as the young master's happiness!" Wu Yi felt a little embarrassed by Gu Qingqing's politeness.
After Shen Chenan rode a long way away on his horse, Gu Qingqing hurriedly asked Erhua to get on the cart, and she pulled the cart quickly towards the meat stall in the west of the town.