Chapter 169: Soft-heartedness is a disease
Qianhuan continued to complain, "When I fell into the water and my life was hanging by a thread, did Mrs. Liang ever feel sorry for me? She was reluctant to take out even three taels of silver to save my life. Now Wenzhi is only about to have one hand cut off, but they are heartbroken and come to your house crying and asking you for money. Is it true that if anything happens to the Liang family in the future, the old couple will come to your house to cry and play the victim, and you will not feel sorry for them? If that's the case, then what was the point of our two families breaking off the relationship in the first place?"
Qianhuan was really angry and also disappointed with Liang Laoer.
She finally severed the relationship and was able to never have any contact with them again, but who knew that she had such an incompetent father and had to be led by the nose by them.
"Qianhuan, even if we are no longer related, they still gave birth to me. I can't just watch them die without helping them. We can't be so cruel."
"Okay, you can't do it. You are a good son, and I am cruel. Okay. From now on, I will buy all the food and drinks at home for you, but from now on, I will not give you a penny. Anyway, even if I give you money, it will all be given to those ungrateful wolves."
"Well, the money was earned by you with great effort. I have no objection to how you want to arrange it." Liang Laoer said as if he had done something wrong.
Qianhuan immediately said aggrievedly, "You also know that I worked hard to earn that money? Why didn't you think about your daughter's hard work when you gave it to them?"
She has money now, but was it easy for her to earn this little money?
Every night she would sneak to Xunfang Pavilion to dance like a thief, and would not come back to sleep until midnight. The next day she had to get up early to go to Mr. Fan's house to learn riding and archery from her senior brother. She never had a good night's sleep during those days.
The Castanopsis tofu was also picked up by her and Liu from the mountain with great effort. Peeling the shell, grinding the pulp, and boiling it, which one of them didn't require much effort?
Did his father think that her money was blown by the wind? Even if her money was blown by the wind, she didn't want to give it to that family.
If cousin Wen Yong was in trouble, she might help him if appropriate, but she really didn't want to help anyone else.
She is just like that. If someone is 30% nice to me, I will be 70% sincere to him in return. If the other person is definitely not a good person, then she will not be a good person either.
"Qianhuan, consider that money as a loan from Dad. My legs have fully recovered now, and the house and workshop have been built. I don't have to stay home every day to supervise the work. I will go hunting in the mountains tomorrow, and I will return it to you after I sell the prey and collect the money."
Qianhuan was almost amused by Liang Laoer's anger. Was she distressed about the thirty taels of silver? She was distressed that her father was always foolishly kidnapped by their morality and made to pay continuously.
"Dad, if you don't understand what I mean, then just pretend I didn't say anything. If you like them to use your family relationship to kidnap you and keep giving, then go ahead and give, but I, your daughter, don't like it. You don't need to go into the mountains to hunt. I don't need you to pay back the thirty taels of silver. I won't let you and mother go short of food, clothing, and shelter in the future. I just ask you to stop meddling in their affairs and live your life peacefully."
After Qianhuan finished speaking, she ignored Liang Laoer and Liu. She went to the newly built courtyard angrily to check it out.
The construction of their house has been completed. Liu and Liang Laoer are waiting for their daughter to come back so that they can move into the new house. Qianhuan ran over to take a look and was very satisfied with the completed house.
She designed the house and workshop herself, and many details are very convenient.
The yard covers an area of two acres. The houses and workshops are all in the yard. The yard is surrounded by high walls on all sides. Qianhuan also asked the tile workers to put a lot of sharp tiles on the walls to prevent theft. In this way, if someone wants to climb over the wall, they will be stabbed by the sharp tiles and bleed.
She also renovated her own toilet because she really didn't want to squat in a big vat. The risk factor was too high and she would fall into the vat if she was not careful.
She asked the bricklayer to build a bigger toilet, put a large vat inside to hold water, and use a gourd ladle to scoop water, and dig a super deep and big pit behind the toilet, which is commonly known as a manure pit in modern times.
As for the squat toilet, she asked her father to make the trough slanted. After using the toilet, she would use a gourd ladle to scoop up some water, and the filth would be flushed down the slope into the cesspool. This design was much more convenient and hygienic than the original large pit latrine.
She also designed a wide wooden frame and a narrow wooden frame using wood nails, and the frames were nailed densely with wood to ensure that people would not step on empty space when stepping on them.
The wooden frame was placed on the manure pit and covered with straw, so there was no need to worry about people falling into the pit. When fertilizer was needed, the narrow wooden frame was opened and the manure could be scooped with a manure scoop to apply to the farmland.
After listening to her description, his father felt that a toilet built in this way was indeed cleaner and more convenient. He lamented that his daughter had a smart brain and asked the bricklayer to build the toilet according to what his daughter said.
Although this toilet is not as advanced as modern flush toilets, it is at least more hygienic and safer.
She also made a simple design for her own room.
Qianhuan's bedroom was built very large. Not only was there an ear room outside, but there were also two small compartments inside the bedroom. There was a curtain installed when entering the first small compartment from the bedroom, and a wooden door was installed between the two compartments for entry and exit.
She used the partition in the bedroom that was accessed through a curtain for taking a bath. She asked the bricklayer to leave a small hole in the corner to allow the bath water to flow out.
The shower cubicle was a small cubicle entered through a wooden door, and she planned to put a toilet there for use at night.
She was a night owl in modern times. After coming here, her biological clock still hasn't adjusted because she often sneaks out to perform at night. She goes to bed late at night and always has to go to the bathroom several times before falling asleep.
In ancient times, pit latrines had a very strong smell and were a bit far from the bedroom. Although she improved the design of her own toilet and made it cleaner and more sanitary, it was still a bit far from the bedroom.
At night, I have to open the door to go to the toilet. There is no electricity here, so it is too troublesome to go to the toilet at night.
Qianhuan also built a dance practice room for herself. She could go to the dance practice room by opening a door in the bedroom. From now on, she can dance freely in the dance practice room.
The house being built now has two courtyards and a row of servants' rooms at the back, which is perfect for servants to live in.
Qianhuan went to take a look inside the workshop again. The greenhouse was built very large. There was a special room next to the greenhouse which was used to wash soybeans and cook them. Qianhuan also had someone dig an ancient well in the corner to make it convenient to wash the beans.
After Qianhuan looked at the house, she immediately asked Yinhua and Yinhe to help move things, and the whole family moved into the new home.
Lunch was also prepared by Manager Ji and Yin Hua with the help of Liu.
Originally, Qianhuan was not like the ancients, who had too much class consciousness, so when it was time to eat, Qianhuan directly asked the servants to eat at the same table with them.
When Manager Ji heard this, she immediately shook her head and advised, "Miss, you have opened a teahouse now, and your family has a workshop. In the future, there will be more and more servants. You should set rules for the servants from now on. If you break the rules now, it will be difficult to discipline them in the future. Servants should eat in the servants' room, not at the same table with their masters."
Qianhuan thought that Manager Ji was indeed from a wealthy family, and the way he spoke and acted was different.
She nodded in agreement. "Okay, Manager Ji, thanks for reminding me. I'll do as you say. My family are all farmers, and we don't really understand these rules. From now on, I'll leave the rules to you."
"Don't worry, young lady. I will take good care of them for you."
Ji Fengniang was actually very glad that she and her son followed a master like Qianhuan. Although she had only been there for a short time, she could tell that this girl in front of her would definitely be something extraordinary in the future. She believed that sooner or later Qianhuan would become a wealthy family.
While eating, Liang Lao Er picked up a piece of fish and handed it over, saying flatteringly, "Qianhua, this is the fish you usually like to eat. Daddy picked up a big piece specially for you."
"No need, I can do it myself." Qianhuan refused with a dark face. She felt that Liang Laoer's soft-heartedness was a disease and he needed to be treated. She didn't want to pay any attention to this father at all.
Liang Laoer was suddenly embarrassed. He knew in his heart that his family had severed ties with the people in the old house and he should not interfere in their affairs anymore. But seeing Old Man and Old Lady Liang kneeling in front of him and complaining with tears and snot, he really couldn't bear it. He didn't expect his daughter to be so angry this time.