The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man - Chapter 708 - Chapter 708: 708 Looking at Feng Shui

Chapter 708: 708 Looking at Feng Shui

Su Qingyue actually nodded slightly, “That’s fine.”

While Xiao Yuchuan was weaving the basket, he said, “There are no good Feng Shui Masters in our village, but in the neighboring Wang Family Village, Old Master Wang Xiangtai has been observing Feng Shui all his life. Many people from all around like to ask him for Feng Shui advice. It’s just that his price is high, at five hundred cents, while others only need four hundred and fifty cents.”

“Building a house is not easy for us, so let’s find him if we can afford it,” said Su Qingyue. The ancients believed in superstitions, so having a good Feng Shui Master review the land might also save them from future complaints about the Feng Shui of the house.

“Second brother’s leg injury has mostly healed, but it’s still better to take some more rest,” said Xiao Yuchuan. “I will go find Master Wang early tomorrow morning.”

…

The next morning, Master Wang came with Chuan, who had gone to invite him.

He was a man in his sixties, with gray hair and a beard mixed with white. He had a serious expression and wore a simple, clean gray robe.

On the open space of the Xiao Family’s new house, Wang Xiangtai walked around with a compass in his hand.

Su Qingyue, Xiao Yishan, and Xiao Yuchuan waited on the side.

Wang Xiangtai looked at a position in the middle of the empty land where the soil had been moved away and asked, “What happened here?”

Xiao Yishan replied, “There used to be a small earth slope there, but it has been leveled.”

Wang Xiangtai nodded, “Constructing a house on a slope is not suitable for a dwelling, as it may cause the family fortune to disperse and the family members to be separated.”

When he said this, Xiao Yuchuan and Xiao Yishan both changed their expressions.

He continued, “You have done well to level the slope. Now the land is flat, and the east side is higher than the west. Comparing the north and the south, the north side is higher. As long as the house is built facing south with the back to the north, there will be a mountain for support, sufficient sunlight, and a widely progressing fortune.”

Wang Xiangtai also explained some taboos for building houses and arranging household objects, such as the locations where the thatched house and the kitchen should be built…

It took half a day to finish the Feng Shui inspection.

Su Qingyue didn’t think that the Feng Shui Master was particularly skillful, but he did understand Feng Shui quite well. She couldn’t say that he was just getting by on his knowledge.

After giving five hundred cents to Wang Xiangtai, they invited him to have dinner at their home.

The next day, the Xiao Family hired an additional ten workers and officially began to dig the foundation and build the house.

Building a house required purchasing many handmade clay bricks, which were entrusted to the second brother and third brother. They asked Zhang Youlai to introduce several brick sellers, and chose one place to place an order.

Another day passed, and Su Qingyue took the village’s cow’s car to the town.

Since the family’s flatbed cart was being used to transport bricks at the new foundation, she took a cow’s car instead to save effort.

Although there were shrews and scoundrels in the village, most villagers were good. Regarding the injustice that Su Qingyue was romantically involved with Li Gui, many villagers still spoke to her, telling her not to mind it and that they had also been influenced by Wang Qigu and Xiao Ailiu’s instigation.

She didn’t take it to heart.

After paying three cents for the cow’s car fare, Su Qingyue walked along the bustling streets of the town.

Today was market day in town, so there were more people than usual.

Although there were only four people eating at home in the morning and evening, the number of people eating lunch had increased to seventeen due to the workers. The previously bought pork, chickens, and ducks had all been eaten.

They had already made arrangements for the vegetables with the villagers, but there was still a lack of meat dishes.

At home, they still had several tens of jin of dried fish. Originally, they planned to sell it for money, but now it could be eaten occasionally during the construction period.

It was also quite troublesome to come to the town.