Chapter 247: Moving into the New House

Chapter 247: Moving into the New House

After Yu Siyang got married, Yu Sanbao stopped letting him help out at the Yujia shop. Instead, he found Yu Siyang a job making bamboo crafts. Yu Siyang, with his pure heart and nimble hands, created bamboo items that were intricately crafted and vividly detailed. Although they sold well in the Yujia shop, they didn’t bring in much profit.

However, on one occasion, when Yu Sanbao took the bamboo crafts to the county town to sell, they sold even better than expected. From then on, whenever Yu Sanbao went to the county town for supplies, he would bring some of Yu Siyang’s bamboo crafts, which significantly increased their income.

As a result, Yu Sanbao decided to have Yu Siyang focus on making bamboo crafts at home.

He hired two shop assistants for the shop, which made things much easier.

This way, Yu Siyang could also spend more time with Ah Wu.

Ah Wu was very happy, especially living in this mountain wilderness, which was much more joyful than being in the inner quarters of a mansion.

Whenever Ah Wu took Yu Siyang back to the Liu family villa, she would often drive into the nearby mountains for outings.

Although Grandfather Liu would say that Ah Wu’s heart had gone wild, he was actually very pleased.

Seeing Ah Wu so happy, he felt at ease, even if he were to pass away at that moment.

With peace of mind, Grandfather Liu spent his days nurturing flowers and farming, reading with Yu Yongliu, and lived a very comfortable life. Additionally, he would occasionally go to the Yujia with Ah Wu and Yu Siyang to enjoy meals, and with his broad heart and comfortable body, this once lean man now looked somewhat like a wealthy elder.

Life in the Yujia became increasingly prosperous, and by late autumn, the beautiful large courtyard of the Yujia was completed. With white walls and blue tiles, and a door painted red, it looked magnificent.

The large courtyard of the Yujia consisted of four smaller courtyards surrounding the main courtyard. These smaller courtyards were quite spacious, enough for each branch of the family to marry off their children and continue their lineage.

Each small courtyard had a main room, two wing rooms, two reverse rooms, and two small rooms for storing miscellaneous items, totaling seven rooms, which corresponded to the numbers of yin and yang and the five elements.

The main courtyard, however, was significantly larger, providing ample space for Yu Laotou and Wei Pozi to grow vegetables, raise chickens, and cultivate flowers.

The Yujia family moved into their new home with great joy.

Ah Wu’s dowry, which had been stored in a rented house, now flowed into the new house.

Ah Wu was very generous. On the day they moved in, she opened her dowry and allowed First Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, and Third Sister-in-law to choose whatever they wanted.

Li Chunhua and the others were too embarrassed to take Ah Wu’s dowry.

So, Ah Wu went to each of her sister-in-law’s rooms, and after returning, she spent half a day carefully selecting items from her dowry, sending a stream of items to the three sister-in-laws via the maidservants.

There were bolts of cloth, ornaments, and porcelain, which instantly raised the standard of the entire new house significantly.

As for Wei Pozi, Ah Wu was especially generous, directly giving her a shelf filled with treasures. Ah Wu and her maids fully furnished Wei Pozi and Yu Laotou’s bed—yes, Ah Wu originally had more than just Moliu as her accompanying maid, but the Yujia was too small to need so many maids. Besides Moliu, the other two maids were temporarily staying at the Liu family villa. After moving into the new house, those two maids were able to join them.

As for the accompanying maidservants, initially, only two maidservants who helped with miscellaneous chores and cleaning came, but after moving into the new house, Xia Pozi, who was in charge of the backyard, also came over.

After discussing with Yu Laotou, Wei Pozi decided that since her daughter-in-law came from a wealthy family with many maids and servants, and the other three daughters-in-law had contributed to the family over the years by bearing children and managing household affairs, she would assign a maid to each household.

Ah Wu was naturally entitled to a share of the newly purchased maids, but since she already had many maids and servants in her courtyard, she declined.

The final arrangement was that the first household added a maid named Shuangyue, the second household added a maid named Shuangqing, and the third household added a maid named Shuanglian.

The original maids, Shuangyun and Shuang He, continued their roles. Shuang He remained in charge of taking care of the boys studying in the county shop, while Shuangyun was specifically responsible for taking care of Wei Pozi and Yu Laotou in the main courtyard.

Seeing this, Ah Wu decided to rename her two maids Shuangxiu and Shuangjia.

The main theme was the "Shuang-character generation" for double blessings.

As for Xingxing, she had previously lived with Yu Laotou and Wei Pozi, but now, after moving into the new house, she finally had her own room. Yu Laotou and Wei Pozi carefully decorated the room, and thanks to Ah Wu’s generous contributions, Xingxing immediately fell in love with her new room.

The room she lived in was right next to the main house of Wei Pozi and Yu Laotou, divided into an inner and outer room, separated by a screen.

The outer room had a long couch covered with soft brocade, a small round table where Xingxing usually ate and drank tea; next to the window, which had the best lighting, there was a desk for Xingxing, and behind it, a bookshelf with calligraphy and paintings.

It was extremely refined.

Yamei'er came to visit once and was so envious that she didn’t want to leave.

With the family growing larger, it was foreseeable that the household would continue to thrive. The large round dining table in the main house of the Yus, which used to be just one but now there are two.

During meals, the lively conversations and laughter in the small dining hall brought tears to Yu Laotou and Wei Pozi’s eyes.

Many villagers came to visit the new yard of the Yus, coming and going nonstop, all envious and jealous.

The unmarried young men of the Yu family, who were already quite desirable, had become even more so.

A woman who was close to Wei Pozi secretly whispered to her: “Do you remember Zhang Shi’s niece, Li Xuefeng? She was the one who was chasing after your Huai Ge'er to marry him. Later, she became determined and became a concubine of the younger brother-in-law of the county magistrate, saying she wanted to make your Huai Ge'er regret her wealthy life! ... I wonder how regretful she must be now!”

Wei Pozi wasn’t very interested in this.

She smiled and said, “Everyone has their own life, there’s nothing to compare.”

Though she said that, Zhang Shi, the aunt of Li Xuefeng, was clearly envious of the Yu family’s new yard. Although she didn’t dare to openly confront the Yus, she still had to make some snide remarks, saying things like how there were only a few maids for so many people in the family, while her niece had a whole yard to herself and three maids attending to her.

There was no need for Wei Pozi to step in; the other villagers teased her, “What’s the point of all that talk? If you can have a big yard and maids to serve you, then talk.”

Zhang Shi was somewhat irritated and embarrassed, and when she went to see her niece, Li Xuefeng, who had become a concubine in the county, she grumbled to her niece, “They’re so full of themselves... everyone’s sucking up to the Yus...’”

Ever since Li Xuefeng became a concubine of Meng Yunchang, the younger brother-in-law of the county magistrate, her beauty ensured she was the favorite concubine at the time.

Dressed in gold and silk, living in luxury, Li Xuefeng was full of pride. Upon hearing about the Yu family’s prosperity from Zhang Shi and recalling how coldly Yu Yonghuai had treated her before, she clenched her handkerchief, let out a cold laugh, and sneered, “I’ll show them what real wealth looks like!”