Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 115

Chapter 115: Asking For Help (2)
Duan Yixin thought for a moment and answered, “I prefer a wooden house to a mud house because I can build it as big as I want.”

Listening to her answer, Chi Xinru was silent for a moment and said, “Now I want to know how big your wooden house is.”

“When everything is ready, I will invite you to live at my house for a few days.” Duan Yixin said with a smile.

The moment Chi Xinru heard this, her eyes lit up. She grinned and said, “All right! You can’t break your promise.”

Duan Yixin nodded, “Mhm. I won’t.”

Madam Chi looked at her daughter’s excited face and said, “All right. You two can talk about that later.”

Remembering that Duan Yixin came to look for her father, Chi Xinru smiled at her mother and shut up. Seeing that she finally stopped talking, Chi Junheng looked at Duan Yixin and asked, “When do you want to start the construction?”

Duan Yixin answered, “It would be great if they could start as soon as possible. I want to move into the new house before autumn.”

Chi Junheng nodded and calculated with his fingers. After a few seconds, he said, “There are two auspicious days in this month. The first is two days later, and the second is the twenty-fifth.”

Duan Yixin nodded and said, “Two days later is good.”

She paused for a second and asked, “Uncle Chi, what rituals do we need to do before we can start the construction?”

Chi Junheng thought for a while and replied, “There is no specific ritual to perform. You just need to invite the villagers to a meal and perform a simple ritual to ask for a blessing from Heaven.”

As soon as these words came out, Duan Yixin frowned slightly. Chi Junheng saw her expression and said, “If you don’t know how to arrange the banquet and the ritual, we can help you. Your aunt can help you prepare the banquet, and you can leave the ritual to me. All you need to do is make a guest list so we can estimate how much food you will need for the banquet.”

Hearing his words, Duan Yixin nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “Then I will trouble Uncle Chi and Aunt Wang with this matter.”

After saying that, Duan Yixin took out the money pouch from her sleeve pocket. She took out a string of copper coins and said, “I don’t know what to prepare for the ritual and banquet, so I can only trouble Uncle Chi and Aunt to buy the necessary things.”

Chi Junheng untied the string and took away one hundred copper coins. He returned the remaining nine hundred copper coins to Duan Yixin and said, “This is enough. You should save money for future use. Building a house costs a lot of money, so save as much as you can.”

Duan Yixin put the money back into her money pouch and said, “I understand. Thank you, Uncle Chi, for your reminder.”

After settling the matter, Chi Junheng turned to look at his son and said, “Dalang, go and continue your training.”

Chi Xiyou sighed after hearing this but still stood up and said, “Yes, Father.”

Then he looked at Duan Yixin and said, “Xin Xin, see you later.”

Duan Yixin nodded to him, “Mhm. See you later, Elder Brother Xiyou.”

After Chi Xiyou left, Chi Junheng said, “Xin Xin, you can discuss the banquet menu with your aunt and Ru’er. Uncle has to go to the village chief and the village elders to invite them to the ritual.”

“All right. Thank you, Uncle Chi.”

Before leaving, Chi Junheng looked at his wife and said, “Wife, I will be back before noon.”

Madam Chi smiled at her husband and said gently, “Be careful on the road.”

Chi Junheng wanted to rub his wife’s face but stopped in the middle because two pairs of eyes were staring at him. He coughed lightly and said with a serious face, “I’m leaving first.”

After he left, Chi Xinru rolled her eyes and said, “Father really has to exercise restraint in front of the younger generation.”

After hearing what her daughter said, Madam Chi blushed slightly and said, “All right, stop teasing your elders. Let’s discuss the banquet menu.”

She turned to look at Duan Yixin and asked, “Xin Xin, how many people do you want to invite to the banquet?”

Duan Yixin shook her head and said, “I’m not sure. I want to invite your family and Uncle Sun’s family. I think I also have to invite the village chief and the village elders. As for the other villagers, I don’t have a close relationship with them.”

After hearing what she said, Madam Chi thought for a while and said, “We can’t invite too few people to this banquet. How about we invite families who have a good relationship with your grandfather?”

Duan Yixin had no objection. She nodded and said, “I agree with Aunt’s suggestion, but I don’t know who they are.”

Remembering that Duan Yixin had no memories, Madam Chi patted the back of her hand gently and smiled, “Don’t worry. Leave this matter to me.”

Chi Xinru, who sat next to Duan Yixin, looked at her and asked, “How about the menu? Xin Xin, do you have any dish you can cook?”

Duan Yixin thought for a while and said, “I can prepare one or two dishes, but my cooking skills are average.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Chi smiled, “You don’t have to worry about this. Usually, the village women who have a good relationship with the person hosting the banquet will come to help. Because most of them want you to be their daughter-in-law or granddaughter-in-law, there will be many people coming to help you later.”

Hearing this, Duan Yixin didn’t know how to react. Chi Xinru saw her constipated expression and smiled, “Xin Xin, you should be happy since nobody bad-mouthing you behind your back. Tang Zizheng’s intestines must have turned green after breaking off the engagement.”