Chapter 82.2

Translated by Aviana

Yang Tiezhu ceremoniously entered the residence along with all the things. Yang-shi and her family split among two groups and helped the two brothers.

No sooner than the gate was opened, the bustling crowd also followed after them, with the greater part of the crowd entering Yang Teizhu’s residence. In Luoxia village, it was customary for the new house owners to invite their neighbors, thus the villagers weren’t courteous either.

Upon entering, a well-built house, which didn’t lose to the Village Chief’s courtyard, greeted their sight. In the entirety of Luoxia village, the Village Chief’s residence could be said to be the best, thus they unconsciously set it as a benchmark for comparison. Only a few of the villagers were educated, thus apart from exclaiming ‘good’ they couldn’t think of anything apt to describe the residence. Perhaps in terms of modern world language, descriptions like ‘stylish’, ‘classy’, and the like might pop up.

The front yard encompassed a huge area, while the floor was tiled with bluestone slabs. Not to mention the yard, the Luoxia villagers usually even refrained from tiling the interior of their houses with bluestone slabs. Only those who could afford big roof-tiled houses would be willing to tile their houses with a few bluestone slabs, enhancing the appearance by a notch.

Thus, the first sight of the yard upon entering the residence dumbfounded them.

Not to mention, the three-bay roof-tiled house and the kitchen, the store room, and the animal shed on the right side were all built with grey-colored bricks. When they entered the main house, its interiors, and decor yet again overwhelmed them. The floor was also tiled with bluestone slabs. Nevertheless, these tiles seemed to be more polished than the ones in the yard as they were much whiter than the latter.

The central wall (minimalistic Taishi wall), numerous elegant chairs (round chairs with floral patterns), and the table…The layout and decor of the house resembled an official’s residence….

The villagers smacked their lips as they took in the various decorations across the house. They reckoned they wouldn’t be able to sleep that night.

“Tiezhu, your house looks quite grand…”

“How much did it cost you…”

“Yang Lao’er , you’ve made quite a bit of fortune…”

“It doesn’t pale in comparison with the Village Chief’s house, ah…” Deep in their hearts all of them held great respect for the village chief. Thus even though it was better than their village chief’s house, they didn’t spell it out.

Everyone was discussing spiritedly as they enthusiastically bombarded Yang Tiezhu with a slew of questions.

Faced with an onslaught of inquisitive inquiries at once, Yang Tiezhu evaded them perfectunarily with a gentle smile. But of course, he nonetheless divulged the expenses albeit vaguely, shrugging that it didn’t cost much.

As for how much is not much? Apologies, he was caught by another enthusiastic villager before he could answer that. Why was the house built in this manner specifically? It was just a random house plan. As for how a random house plan turned out to be this good, apologies he was pulled over by yet another equally enthusiastic villager…

Soon the surroundings were teeming with excitement and noise, making it slightly chaotic.

Following a casual tour of the house, the villagers assumed Yang Tiezhu’s house was just this bay house at the front, as this was the general layout of all the houses in the village. Not to mention, Yang Tiezhu and his wife too didn’t plan to show the rooms at the rear, thus they certainly won’t lead them there.

After greeting and conversing with the villagers for about half a day, Yang Tiezhu sent them off after promising that he would invite them again for a banquet once he had cleaned up all the mess inside the house.

Subsequently, the still enthusiastic villagers rushed to Yang Tiegen’s courtyard next door.

Yang Tiegen’s new courtyard was also beautifully built. In the center was a three-bay main house. To the left was a two-bay room while the right housed a kitchen and a store room. Enclosed by the mud courtyard walls, the yard was wide and spacious. The villagers congratulated and praised Yang Tiegen, as they admired the two brothers’ ability to be able to build a big roof-tiled courtyard for themselves.

After taking a stroll around the villagers, they left after exchanging pleasantries.

Though the two courtyards were well-built, with the village chief’s residence as a standard precedent, everyone merely sighed in exclamation but didn’t have any unwanted thoughts. At most, they were overwhelmed by the novel and innovative interior design and the high courtyard wall.

In twos and threes, the villagers walked out of the courtyard as they spiritedly gossiped about it.

A few remarked Yang Tiezhu was truly capable. Not only was his arm crippled, but also had to separate from his family. Nonetheless, in this brief span of time, he built a house for himself.

While few others commented that Yang jia’s old man picked a sesame seed while he discarded a watermelon. He had always looked down upon these two brothers Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen. Even when they were separating, he made quite harsh and demanding terms and conditions. But now, the two brothers have built a courtyard for themselves that was even better than Yang jia’s! The turn of events was truly tantamount to a tight slap on their faces…

On the way back to their houses, everyone fervently chatted as if it was their family who had built the houses. Gradually the matters pertaining to Yang jia’s separation were also pulled out, as the villagers passionately discussed it…

Only a few villagers were clear about the ins and outs of this matter. While the others only heard the rumors here and there and didn’t know much about it. As soon as the one who was well-informed of this matter spoke of this matter, the inquisitive ones began listening seriously, Subsequently, when they listened to the end, the crowd couldn’t help but explode. Yang jia was really too dishonest….

In a short span, Yang jia’s reputation fell to the bottom.

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