The mountains are full of sunshine, dazzling, and the heat makes the air ripple like water.

The cicadas also crowed loudly.

Cacophony.

A half-sized cat with a round head and a round head pushed half a brick forward with great difficulty—she pressed her two short front paws against the brick, walked on only her hind legs, and pushed forward with all her strength, before she could barely push the brick forward, plowing a trail in the thick layer of ash that had accumulated on the ground.

Push, push......

The traces of the bricks twisted and twisted, gradually drew a circle, and returned to the gate.

The little guy sensed that something was wrong, and looked up—

"Meow?"

It's crooked!

Danzi's expression is serious, how can this work!

So she went around to the other side of the brick and pushed the brick again to the place where she was leaving.

This time she learned her lesson, and after a short push, she let go of her hand, walked over to the brick and looked at it, and made sure she didn't push it before continuing.

Finally, the bricks reached Zhou Li's feet.

Tuanzi raised his head and looked at him, and his voice was clear and milky: "Zhou Li, Lord Tuanzi has sent you a stone!"

Huai Xu next to him glanced at it, grabbed in front of Zhou Li and said, "Isn't this a waste brick that just threw out......?"

Tuanzi ignored him, still staring at Zhou Li.

Seeing this, the corners of Huai Xu's mouth couldn't help twitching: "I'm pretending to be incomprehensible again!"

"Humph!"

Tuanzi glanced at Huaixu with slanted eyes, and quickly withdrew his gaze with just one glance, muttering to himself: "You're a nasty ghost!

"Cut!"

"Dango-sama has worked hard. ”

Zhou Li picked up the small half of the dumpling, put it aside casually, and said, "It's just such a big one." ”

The master worker not far away smiled: "The cats raised by Master Xiao Zhou are so spiritual!"

Zhou Li also smiled.

Brother Nan on the side was still busy with cement.

In the countryside, houses are generally built by themselves, but Zhou Li and others have not mastered this skill. The only one who has a little construction foundation is Brother Nan, who has only worked on the construction site, and knows more than Zhou Li and others, but he is far from repairing the house. So Zhou Li invited two construction masters from outside, two brothers, both surnamed Zou, who were also his former customers. They are more reliable than ordinary people, and if they accidentally see something beyond the scope of existing science, they are more likely to accept it.

The two masters can solve technical problems, Brother Nan can be their assistants, and Zhou Li and Huaixu are responsible for the coolies.

Zheng Zhilan is in charge of cooking.

By the way, there is also Dango-sama.

Dango-sama is also a coolie.

The weather was hot, several people were already soaked, even the dumplings were so hot that they were panting, and whenever she finished a meaningless task, she stuck out her tongue like a puppy.

Only the old youkai are still relaxed.

Not long after, Zheng Zhilan walked in from outside with a small backpack on her back, and she came to bring them water.

Everyone just stopped and rested.

I saw Zheng Zhilan put down her back in the corner and took out a thermos pot and a stack of small bowls from it. Just when Zhou Li was wondering why she still brought bowls when everyone brought cups, she took out an iron basin covered with a white cloth from her back basket, followed by hawthorn, raisins and other things in a porcelain cup, and a glass kettle, which seemed to be filled with brown sugar water.

Zhou Li blinked.

But Brother Nan saw it, she took off her gloves and threw them aside, and asked, "Did you make ice powder?"

"Hmm. ”

Zheng Zhilan nodded lightly and asked again, "Is there any dust?"

"It's gone. ”

"Oh. ”

So Zheng Zhilan uncovered the white cloth, and the basin contained a pot of red condensation-like objects, the color of which was like fine red jade.

Brother Nan was puzzled: "This is ice powder?"

Huai Xu also leaned over and sniffed: "This seems to be the ice powder from before." ”

"Yes. Zheng Zhilan said softly.

"Let the dango-sama also be healthy!" the dango tugged at the edge of the iron basin and straightened up to look inside.

"Why does this ice powder look like this?" Brother Nan lifted her up with the back of the ball by the neck, so that she could face the ice powder and see it clearly.

"Meow~~"

"It's made of mountain loquat. Zheng Zhilan had already picked up the bowl and started to make ice powder for everyone, although she couldn't see it, but her movements were familiar, "It's a traditional practice, rub the loquat in water, drain the residue, and put it in the refrigerator." It will naturally condense without adding anything, it is pure and natural, and it tastes great. ”

"Hmm! Sounds like a good thing!"

Brother Nan stared at the movements of Zheng Zhilan's hands, and there was a fresh fruity fragrance lingering on the tip of his nose, only to feel that Zheng Zhilan was playing so slowly, this action that should have seemed leisurely only made her itch here.

The first bowl was beaten.

Brother Nan took it from Zheng Zhilan's hand and handed it to one of the masters: "Master Zou, try it." ”

Tuanzi turned his head to look at Zhou Li.

Zhou Li gently stroked her head and said, "The two of them are Master Zou and I am Master Zhou, they are different, you know?"

The dumplings were a little dazed.

In the second bowl, Brother Nan also handed it to another Master Zou.

She didn't keep the third bowl for herself, but handed it to Huaixu, and then Zhou Li, even the dumplings got a bowl, and she kept the last bowl for herself - this made Zhou Li a little surprised, if she had usually kept the first one for herself.

"It's delicious!" Brother Nan commented.

"Hmm. ”

Zhou Li seconded the proposal, the taste of this ice powder is a little more glutinous than ordinary transparent ice powder, and it is a little thicker, a little less refreshing, but it has a faint fruity aroma, and because it has just been taken out of the refrigerator, it is cold and cold, which is very refreshing.

Brother Nan finished eating and played a second bowl.

Until they ate cleanly, Zheng Zhilan left the thermos pot for herbal tea, and left with a small back, leaving them a sentence before leaving: "You can start the meal in about half an hour." ”

Brother Nan nodded and said to Zhou Li with a smile: "Our family used to work like this, someone was working, someone was responsible for cooking at home, I don't know why, maybe I was tired and panicked, and every time I went back, I felt that the meal was particularly delicious." ”

Zhou Li snorted.

Brother Nan shrugged his shoulders and continued to work.

Because cement burns her skin, she is wearing long pants and long sleeves, white gloves and a mask today, wrapping her body tightly, but her tall figure is still eye-catching. is such a girl, but she does the most tiring work, not only has no complaints, but even very energetic.

For a moment, Zhou Li even had the illusion that 'she likes to do this kind of hard work'.

But no matter what, a girl like Brother Nan is really rare and weird.

......

As Brother Nan said, the lunch at noon was particularly delicious.

Zhou Li ate a bowl of rice more than usual, and the afternoon nap after eating was also extraordinarily sweet.

When he woke up, Huai Xu was no longer in the house, and he looked at the time-

Slept.

Hurriedly got up and put on his shoes, went downstairs and went out, he could already hear the sound of Brother Nan, Huaixu and the two masters talking next door.

Zhou Li walked over and saw that they had already started work, and even the dumplings continued to push up the broken bricks.

"Why don't you call me?"

"Brother Nan said to let you sleep more. Huai Xu said.

"Yes......"

Brother Nan chatted with Master Zou for a few more words, then turned his head to look at Zhou Li, and grinned: "Let you dream for a while, maybe you have a dream of a big girl, it's too cruel to wake you up like this, this kind of thing Brother Nan can't do." ”

She was so messy, for some reason, a little embarrassment in Zhou Xuan immediately disappeared.

He picked at the back of his head and stepped forward.

Xinghui and Ji Bai do not have high requirements for the house, and they do not need to build a small rural villa, on the contrary, they prefer a little simpler, or even only one floor, so the project is very simple. Coupled with their high efficiency, a few young people seem to have endless strength and energy, and it won't take long to build a rough house. As for the future work, Xinghui and Ji Bai hope to do it themselves.

Zhou Li could understand their thoughts.

The old monster who has lived for thousands of years, even if he enters his old age, has at least one or two hundred years to live, and there is a lot of boring time to pass the time.

Perhaps it would be very pleasant for them to be able to slowly turn their home into what they wanted, whether it was cutting trees or carving stones by themselves, and not only would they not find it troublesome, but they would also enjoy it.

Sometimes Zhou Li really envied their mentality.

Maybe he can also change the angle, then the hard work of the day has become an experience that has never been experienced before, which is not only a kind of enrichment of life, but also a foreshadowing of the comfort of the evening cool, and also makes the dream sweeter.