Work on the new house was proceeding in an orderly fashion, and the rabbit hutches and sheep pen that Lin Yuan had designed on the blueprints were all completed. All that was left to build was the pigpen outside the house.
Every time Pork Rong came to deliver pork, he would ask Lin Yuan when she could bring those two piglets over; they had been eating and drinking well these days, growing exceptionally robust.
Lin Yuan certainly hadn't forgotten those plump, chubby little piglets. As the construction of the new house was nearly finished, she had people build the pigpen for her. Pigs like to root around, and there were plenty of red bricks left over from building the house, so the affluent Lin Yuan even had the pigpen built with red bricks, which made many people in the village green with envy.
Especially the folks at the old Lin family estate—Lady Ma spent all day hiding at home, taking care of Lin Yongle, with no time left to go out and chat with the village women.
