Courtyard House: Passing through the Silly Pillar, Activating the Blessed Cave Heaven

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He removed the original water jets and increased the slope of the toilet bowl.

What's most intriguing is the S-bend design at the drain, which prevents odors from backflowing and enhances the suction of the drainage.

"Master Lei, how many more days do you think it will take to finish repairing this house? Have you inspected the roof yet?"

"There weren't many changes."

If the weather is clear, the courtyard wall and gate can be completed in three days, and the interior decoration will take about seven days.

The roof is made of high-quality wood; only a few broken tiles need to be replaced, and this part of the work will be free of charge.

However, the old water pipes buried in the yard are all rusted. The water bureau said that replacing them with a new set would cost five silver dollars, which I have already paid for in advance.

"The water I used to mix the ash this morning was borrowed from my neighbor," Master Lei said, handing over a receipt from the water bureau.

After looking at the receipt, He Yuzhu took out five silver dollars and handed them to Master Lei.

"Thank you for your trouble. I'll take my leave now and won't keep you from your work any longer." With that, he turned and left the house.

He Yuzhu walked out of Qudeng Hutong and headed straight towards Shichahai.

When he arrived at Shichahai, he chose a cypress tree with very lush branches and climbed up. He found a cypress fruit that had already split open hanging on a branch. It looked ripe, so he picked a handful and put them in his pocket before climbing down the tree.

He placed the cypress fruits he had picked on the platform of the blessed land, waiting for the shells to burst open so he could plant the seeds inside on the northern hillside.

The next afternoon, He Yuzhu went to deliver the deposit for the water cart to carpenter Song, and also ordered a set of ramming molds for the walls, planning to build a few small houses in the cave in the future, so that he could save the trouble of preparing bricks.

During the house renovation, he also visited the vegetable market and Tongrentang several times.

He bought a box of bees from Uncle Huang at the vegetable market.

The reason I didn't keep bees before was because I was worried that there weren't enough flowers in the grotto-heaven-like place and the bees would starve to death.

Nowadays, more and more flowers are blooming in this blessed land. Keeping bees can help pollinate plants and harvest honey, which is a win-win situation.

At Tongrentang, he ordered 500 jin of rosewood seeds. The store did not have enough stock, so they gave him 20 jin first, and agreed to deliver the rest in ten days.

The transaction cost him fifty silver dollars, and because the quantity was relatively large, the shopkeeper agreed to deliver it to his door for free.

After receiving the seeds, He Yuzhu was extremely busy.

One pound of seeds contains about six or seven hundred seeds. At first, he did what he always did: poking holes in the ground with a stick, burying one soaked seed in each hole, and then tamping it down with his feet.

It took ten days to plant just these twenty pounds of seeds.

With the remaining 480 jin of seeds almost ready to arrive, he calculated that if they continued planting at this pace, it would take ten months to finish.

Having no other option, he had to try a different approach.

The night before it was supposed to rain in the blessed land, he would soak the seeds and then sow them on the barren mountain during his rest time the next afternoon.

Transplant the seeds after they germinate.

Ten days later, all the seeds were finally sown.

Because he was worried that the seeds would not have a high survival rate, he bought an extra 200 kilograms of seeds.

In the blink of an eye, the house renovation project was completed.

He Yuzhu accompanied Master Lei and Carpenter Song to inspect the house.