Chapter 133 Moving to a new home
They will move to a new house tomorrow, and Chen and Ma Xi took Xiaodouzi to clean the new house in advance.
That night, everyone went back to the Liu family's old house to live together.
When moving to a new home in Liujia Village, there is a custom that after midnight, the whole family will set off from the old home and head to the new home in the dark.
As soon as midnight passed, Mrs. Chen woke up Ajiao and Xiaodouzi.
Ajiao, the youngest, walked at the front of the team, holding a red oil lamp.
The others followed behind, and Lou Lan'er also moved with them.
Mrs. Chen is carrying two buckets, one bucket contains water, and a few copper coins are thrown into the water, which means that the future life will be prosperous and rich.
Put some rice in another bucket, and ten new sets of bowls and chopsticks.
Everyone went out from the old house in the dark. Mao Xi comforted her sister Ajiao and told her not to laugh loudly.
After closing the door and leaving the village, everyone got on the donkey cart and headed to Lihua Town.
The guard at the city gate saw that there were still people entering the city late at night, so he stopped the donkey cart to check.
He saw Ma Xi, who often went out of the city to buy goods, and asked, "Miss Ah Ma, are you going to the ghost market late at night to do business?"
As usual, Mao Xi first showed her customs clearance talisman to the soldiers, and said, "I am moving into a new home with my whole family today. The eldest brother of the officers and soldiers. As is the custom in my hometown, I have to go out late at night."
The soldier carefully inspected the contents of the donkey cart and the two buckets, and said, "Miss Ah Shu, congratulations! You have moved into a new home today!"
"Thank you, officer and soldier!" The family passed smoothly.
"It's really fast to go to the city for inspection today. Last time I came back late at night, they questioned me for a long time." Lou Lan'er complained.
Mao Xi said with a smile: "I told the officers and soldiers in advance during the day yesterday, and I even gave them some fruit cakes."
Ajiao kept yawning on the donkey cart.
When they arrived at the new house, the furniture and quilts were all prepared in advance. When the family arrived at the new house, they went into their respective rooms to sleep.
In the early morning, Mao Xi set off firecrackers in each corner of his new home and asked Xiaodouzi to set them off.
The sound of firecrackers brings money.
Mr. Chen was cooking in the kitchen, and the whole family, together with Lou Laner, had a simple meal in their new home and then went to work in the food shop.
The two shops closed early today. Shui Xi invited the clerks from the two shops to her home for dinner. She set two tables.
At the same time, Mu Zhiyuan and his neighbors Su Xueshi, Mi Yuan and Zhe Mei were also invited.
The new residence is in Laoshu Lane, Beixunmen, between Songjian Academy and Sizhu Hall.
Scholar Su was still satisfied with his meal. After the meal, he invited Shu Xi and his family to his Songjian Academy for dinner, preparing to show Shu Xi two new dishes he had recently studied.
After seeing off the guests, Mu Zhiyuan took Mao Xi to the Cross Street Stage to watch a play.
The two of them passed by the snack shop they rented on Cross Street. Mu Zhiyuan sighed: "Ah Shu, do you still remember the first shop you opened?"
Mao Xi looked at the original shop, which had now become an ironware shop.
The shadow puppet show "Mulan" was performed on the stage today, and there was a large audience.
Halfway through the performance, there was a sudden explosion in a corner of the stage and a fire broke out. A Kongming lantern floated up with a tiger head painted on it. Halfway through the float, the whole lantern started burning.
"Someone set a fire on purpose!" Mu Zhiyuan saw a dark figure flying to the roof beside the stage. He climbed onto the roof and chased him all the way.
"The tiger demon is coming, the tiger demon is coming!" Someone among the people shouted. Everyone was so frightened that they dispersed and ran back home.
"What a tiger monster! Isn't it just a Kongming Lantern!" Shui Xi saw that Mu Zhiyuan ran to chase the murderer. There was no one on the cross street, so she returned to her new home.
When Lou Lan'er saw that Ma Xi had come back early in the morning, she inquired and exclaimed: "There is also a tiger monster here? I was picking peach blossoms in Kaitang County that day, and I also encountered it. Xiaohong said that if there is a tiger monster, he will meet a villain. It’s unlucky, something big is going to happen recently.”
Mao Xi never believed in the theory of strange power and chaos: "I think it was just a lantern that caught fire. Someone deliberately set off the Kongming Lantern. Brother Mu chased after him to investigate."
Mao Xi didn't want the people of Lihua Town to believe that there was a tiger monster. She also expected everyone to go out at night and go to her shop for supper.
Before Mu Zhiyuan came back, Mao Xi felt uneasy and fell asleep late at night.
The next day, she specially passed by the stage on Cross Street. The place where the explosion occurred was completely dark. There were no theater troupes or acrobatic troupes performing here today.
She stepped forward to examine it carefully and smelled the wall. It smelled of gunpowder.
If you want to use the explosion to spread rumors, you will usually leave some symbols or writings on the wall, but there is nothing here. The tiger-headed sky lantern from last night has long been burned out.
"This shows that the murderer may explode and set off lanterns again to intimidate the people." Zhang's voice came from behind. He was ordered to come here to investigate the explosion on the stage last night.
Zhang Captou asked Shu Xi about the situation last night and reminded Shu Xi not to go to crowded places at night recently, especially the East Stage in Kaitang County.
Back at Liuxiang Snacks, she asked Lu Da to go to Mu Zhiyuan's house and ask Butler Wang if Mu Zhiyuan had returned home.
"Brother Mu went after the thief in black last night, but there is no news yet."
When Luda came back, he brought back the news that the prince had not returned home all night.
"Ah Shu, don't worry. Maybe Brother Mu has found a clue and followed the clue to investigate." Lu Da comforted.
Mao Xi remembered the Black Orchid Society who had sent people to assassinate Mu Zhiyuan, and asked Luda: "Brother Luda, is it possible that it is the Black Orchid Society again? Every time you arrive in Beidu, your clues are cut off!"
Lu Da frowned and felt that what Ma Xi said was reasonable: "We will wait another half day. If there is no news tomorrow, I will go to Beidu to find Brother Mu."
"Brother Lu Da, do you have to be so exaggerated? Maybe Brother Mu just went to look for clues!" Lou Laner turned to comfort Shui Xi and said, "Didn't Scholar Su make an appointment to have dinner at his academy tonight? Brother Mu will definitely be able to come back in time. of."
After hearing what Lou Lan'er said, Shui Xi felt more relieved.
In the evening, when we arrived at Songjian Academy, Master Su cooked several of his signature dishes, including stuffed tofu, braised pork, braised fish, yam soup, and two new dishes he made.
"Sheep scorpions and thousand-layer cake, come and try some!" Xuexian Shi greeted.