bayedsolid Chapter 447 Building a House
Chapter 447 Building a House
On the second day, the Bai family got up while it was still dark. They walked around the yard with lanterns and found brooms and other things. Some of them stayed behind to clean the yard, while the others ran to the kitchen to get out the remaining ingredients from yesterday and started to make breakfast.
Baiji also returned to his room, took out some medicinal herbs that were very good for maintaining the body, and stewed a pot of health-preserving soup.
Lin Xi slept very well last night. As soon as the sky turned a little pale, she opened her eyes and climbed out of bed, looking refreshed.
"Master, you are awake. I have brought some hot water. Please wash up!"
Hearing the noise in Lin Xi's room, Bai Zhi's wife, who was waiting outside her door, raised her hand, knocked gently on the door, and shouted into the room.
"Thank you for your hard work. I can do it myself. You don't have to do these servant tasks in the future!"
Hearing the voice of Bai Zhi's wife, Lin Xi opened the door and saw her standing at the door with a basin of water and a towel. He hurriedly took the basin from her hand and said with a smile.
"You are our master, and these are what we should do. You will get used to it after a while. We are all very happy to be able to do something for the master!"
Bai Zhi's wife knew that Lin Xi was not used to being served, so she squatted down and bowed to her, speaking sincerely.
"Okay, then it's up to you guys, but remember not to work too hard. Rest when you need to. You don't need to get up so early in the future!"
Lin Xi personally helped up Bai Zhi's squatting wife and said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you for your consideration, Master. Master, please wash up first. I will go and invite Mr. Fan, the master, the lady, and several young masters to have breakfast. After you wash up, just go directly to the kitchen. Breakfast is ready!"
Bai Zhi's wife handed the towel in her hand to Lin Xi, said something to her, and then walked towards the room of Lin Dayong and others. She had deliberately taken note of the room where her masters stayed last night.
Quarter of an hour later, Fan Xing, Lin Dayong and his family were invited to have breakfast at the round table outside the kitchen.
"Uncle Bai, when did you get up? You actually prepared such a sumptuous breakfast!"
Cao looked at the table full of dishes and asked Bai Ji.
"We haven't been up for long, and there are so many people, so we can cook faster. Madam, please sit down and eat!"
Bai Ji respectfully invited Lin Dayong's family and Fan Xing to sit down, and introduced the food to them with a smile.
"Wow! Uncle Bai, this health-preserving soup is so delicious! You are so amazing!"
Lin An took a sip of the health-preserving soup that Baiji specially made for them, smacking his lips and exclaiming.
I didn’t expect that soup with medicinal herbs could be so delicious!
"Uncle Bai, please sit down and eat. You don't have to serve us. We don't care about these things!"
After Cao sat down, she spoke to the Bai family with a kind face.
"That's right, Uncle Bai, we are actually a little uncomfortable with you guys like this, please sit down and eat, thank you for your hard work!"
Lin Dayong also quickly told them to sit down and eat.
Seeing that they were still standing there, Lin Kang, Lin Ping and Lin An stood up and smiled as they pushed them down to their seats.
"Master, Madam, and all the young masters, I heard from the master that we will go to the capital after the New Year. When we meet with the dignitaries in the capital, we still have to show the proper pomp and ceremony!"
Bai Ji stood up again and bowed respectfully to Lin Dayong and others.
"Well, just do as Uncle Bai said. Just don't work too hard. Just look good on the surface!"
After thinking for a while, Cao exchanged glances with Lin Dayong, then looked at Bai Ji and smiled.
After saying that, he sat down again and began to eat breakfast quietly.
The Bai family served respectfully on the side. What surprised Cao was that their various etiquette and rules were no worse than those of the old servants of the powerful families in the capital.
She didn't know that the Bai family's rules were passed down from generation to generation, and everyone had to learn these rules well.
After breakfast, Lin Dayong and his family took the Bai family to the open space next to them to measure the size of the land. Lin Xi asked Xiaobai and others to use their spiritual power to clean up the open space overgrown with weeds, and then took out paper and pen to draw a blueprint of the house for them.
"Husband, go find the villagers and see if anyone is free to help build the house in the next two days."
Cao brushed off the dust on her body and spoke softly to Lin Dayong.
After that, he said to Lin Kang, "Kang'er, go to Goudan's house and ask your aunt to ask if there are any blue bricks left in her hometown. If there are, order according to this quantity. The sooner the better!"
As Cao spoke, she handed Lin Kang a piece of paper with the number of blue bricks needed written on it.
Lin Dayong and Lin Kang agreed and walked quickly towards the village.
"Xiao Que, thank you for your hard work in chopping down some wood and drying it!"
Lin Xi smiled and gave instructions to Xiaoque and the other three.
"Okay, Master, we'll be there right away!"
As soon as Xiao Que finished speaking, he disappeared and flew towards the mountain.
"Master, what can we do?"
Seeing that everyone was busy, Bai Ji walked up to Lin Xi and asked.
"If we can get the bricks here this morning, we can build the house this afternoon. The villagers will surely come to help. You will be responsible for preparing meals for them!"
Lin Xi thought for a moment, then explained.
After saying this, a thought flashed through his mind, and he took out a number of ingredients from the boundary bead and placed them in front of the kitchen in the yard.
"Yes, Master!"
Bai Ji bowed respectfully to Lin Xi, then took his clansmen back to the yard to prepare the ingredients.
"Old man, are you here to watch people build houses, or are you going to take a walk in the mountains, or go to Jiezhu?"
After everyone left to do their work, Lin Xi saw Fan Xing sitting under a big tree. She walked up to him and asked with a smile.
"I'll go to the mountain to have a look by myself. Girl, just do your thing and don't worry about me!"
After Fan Xing finished speaking, he stood up, shook off the dust on his body with his spiritual power, and walked leisurely towards the mountain.
"Mom, I'm going to the county town to buy all the things I need!"
Lin Xi looked at Fan Xing's figure and smiled, then found Cao and told her that she was going to the county town.