Zhenhua's grandparents have passed away, and his mother's maiden family has two uncles, the eldest and second uncles.

My uncle is older than my mother, and he is in his early fifties this year. The second uncle is younger than his mother, and he is only forty years old this year.

Because the second aunt is a foreign daughter-in-law, she is more picky, and she is not familiar with the world, so every year for the New Year, Zhenhua eats at the uncle's house.

Uncle also knew that Zhenhua and Chunlan would come today, so he prepared lunch early. It just so happened that there were other guests in the uncle's house, and a large table was full.

After lunch, Zhenhua also had no intention of lingering, and took his sister home under the pretext that there was something at home.

The eldest sister Zhenxia and brother-in-law Chen Daogang were still at home, and they were naturally happy when they saw Zhenhua and Chunlan coming back.

In the afternoon of the same day, the brother-in-law Chen Daogang went home, and the eldest sister stayed at her parents' house with her two children.

added three people, and the dinner on the second day of junior high school was even more lively than the dinner of Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve.

The eldest sister, like her mother, is the first thing she cares about is Zhenhua's marriage, a little tailor, three sentences without leaving Zhang Kexiang, and complaining that her parents acted too late, and the relationship between Zhenhua and Zhang Kexiang was not settled at the end of the year.

The eldest daughter's words touched the sore spot in Cuihong's heart, and she couldn't help glaring at her husband and said, "Isn't it all your father's home?" He always said that people were fragrant and flashy, and he was always reluctant, and he kept procrastinating, and he dragged on this year!"

Zhao Chenghai lowered his head and drank, but he didn't hear it.

Zhenxia looked at her father and asked, "Dad, is that so?"

Zhao Chenghai raised his eyes: "The girl who opened a shop on the street, anyway, I feel ...... Not as down-to-earth as the countrymen. ”

Zhenxia shook her head and complained: "Dad, you are an old vision, I also plan to let Chunlan learn a tailor in the future, according to what you said, Chunlan will learn tailoring in the future, and it will be flashy?"

Chunlan also hugged Zhang Kexiang and said: "I think Zhang Kexiang is very good, she holds hands when she talks to my mother, she is so affectionate, she is polite to me, and she talks to me." ”

Zhenhua said: "Anyway, in my father's eyes, people like Aunt Qi Lei are the most down-to-earth and not flashy. When you're hungry, you know how to eat, when it's raining, you know how to collect clothes, and you don't know anything else, she will do whatever Uncle Qi Lei tells her to do......"

Zhao Chenghai smiled and glared, "Fart, did Lao Tzu say so?"

Aunt Qi Lei is a half-fool, with an IQ of only seven or eight percent of ordinary people, and she can work, but she needs someone to command.

For example, when cutting rice, Second Uncle Qi Lei said to her, you will go home after you finish cutting this field. She can resolutely carry out the order, never go home until the cut, even if it rains heavily and hails, she can stick to her post.

The family is like fighting the landlord, and they join forces to criticize Zhao Chenghai as a family member.

Zhao Chenghai was furious, and he smiled and diverted the topic, saying:

"The old master came in the afternoon, and said that the ground could not be moved in a month and a half. The big house started, and the day was on the sixteenth day of the first month. However, the kitchen in the back can be started. I plan to start in the fourth year of junior high school, and let Daogang come to help, and try to build up the kitchen in the back of the house before the construction of the big house starts. ”

Cui Hong still didn't let go of her husband and asked, "When are you going to talk to Momiji about Zhenhua and Kexiang?"

Zhao Chenghai frowned: "I have to talk about it after a month and a half, right? Now that every family is celebrating the New Year, who has time to make red leaves for your family? Even if you find red leaves, at this time, the little tailor's parents are not happy." People are still celebrating the New Year, and you are thinking about other people's girls!"

Cui Hong glared: "What's wrong with the New Year? There are really no red leaves coming to the door, and her parents' faces are not good-looking!"

Zhenxia and her mother are on the same front, and they also echoed and said:

"yes, Daddy, this really can't be delayed any longer. During the Chinese New Year, young people are at home, which is also the peak of blind dates. If you don't come to the door, there will be other doors, the relationship between Zhenhua and the little tailor has not yet been decided, in case other young men and Kexiang's object match, you will regret it!"

When Cui Hong heard her eldest daughter's words, she was even more nervous, and said: "I don't care, tomorrow is the third day of the new year, I must find the red leaves, early in the morning of the fourth day of the new year, the red leaves will go to Zhangguigang to propose marriage, and settle this matter!"

Zhao Chenghai blinked his eyes, looked at his son, and said:

"Zhenhua, you haven't talked to the little tailor yet, have you? Lao Tzu meant, you tell the little tailor first, if she is willing to marry into our poor family, I will find Hongye to propose marriage. If she doesn't want to, we'll pull it in, so why bother to find Momiji? Momiji came to the door, but was rejected by others, and if you don't say anything about it, it's not good for your reputation. ”

Zhenhua really thought that his father was thinking about himself, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, when Zhang Kexiang's tailor shop opens, I'll ask her what she means." ”

Zhao Chenghai seized the opportunity with lightning and waved his hand: "Okay, it's decided!"

Cui Hong and her eldest daughter glanced at each other, each speechless.

The old landlord who had been fighting for a long time was thrown off by the old landlord with a golden cicada!

The third day of the Lunar New Year happens to be the beginning of spring, which represents the advent of spring on the solar terms.

The sons of Zhenhua's two uncles came to pay New Year's greetings to his aunt and uncle. Zhao Chenghai also prepared a table of dishes and warmly entertained them.

Qi Lei was idle and bored at home, and took the initiative to accompany the guests.

For three days, I mixed in eating, drinking, pushing cups and changing lamps.

As the old saying goes, after three days, the original is still restored.

On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Chenghai called his son Zhenhua up, cleaned up the backyard, and prepared to work.

Dongwan Village is very poor, but it is a little good, and the place is big.

Zhenhua's home is a four-room homestead, plus the front threshing floor and backyard, which is more than 1,000 square meters.

In addition to the existing four earthen wall tile houses in front, there are two small houses in the backyard of Zhenhua's house, one is a toilet and the other is a pigsty.

Zhao Chenghai's current plan is to build two small wings on the west side behind the main house, with a brick and tile structure, a span of one zhang and a cornice eight feet high, to be used as a kitchen and utility room.

For a long time, the kitchen of Zhenhua's house was placed in the front room, staggered between the bright room, facing the back door, and also against Zhenhua's door.

Having a separate room as a dedicated kitchen is the dream of Zhao Chenghai's family. With a dedicated kitchen, the front room will become clean and tidy, not only convenient for life, but also for grade and style.

Because this is family construction, which is related to the happiness of himself and the whole family in the future, Zhenhua has no complaints, and together with his father, he will devote himself to the fiery labor on the fourth day of the new year.

The father and son first tidied up the floor, and then carried the red bricks from the front of the house to the back of the house.

At breakfast time, Zhenhua's brother-in-law, Chen Daogang, came with a brick knife and two plaster buckets. He was a bricklayer, and he had good craft.

Qi Lei changed into a set of old clothes, pinned the brick knife to his waist, and hurried over slowly. Yesterday I said yes, build a house and ask him to help.

After breakfast, Zhao Zhenhua took his son-in-law and Qi Lei to put the lime line first, determine the foundation, and then excavate.

The foundation of a small house does not need to be very deep, and one foot five of the ground is enough.

Zhao Chenghai is a farmer, and his son-in-law is also very down-to-earth, so he is used to shovels and works very neatly.

Zhenhua and Qi Lei are worse.

Especially Qi Lei, if he can't work for half an hour, he has to sit down and rest, drink tea, smoke and go to the toilet, which is in line with an old saying in the countryside: lazy cows are on the field, and and urine are busy.

By lunchtime, the foundation had just been dug up.

Zhao Chenghai asked his son to accompany Qi Lei and his son-in-law to drink, but he didn't rest, he piled up the broken soil dug up, dug a pit in the middle, and poured water into it to make mud for building walls.

It costs money to use cement mortar, which is not within Zhao Chenghai's budget.

Making mud is hard work and requires you to step on it.

The water picked up from the ditch behind was still carrying ice ballast, and Zhao Chenghai was not afraid of the cold, rolled up his pants and walked barefoot, stepping on the mud.

The cold under his feet couldn't stop his enthusiasm for building a family. In the face of the great construction of the family, all difficulties are floating clouds.

Zhenhua ate and came to the backyard to see this scene, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Dad, don't you wear rubber shoes, isn't it cold?"

"What's cold? Yesterday was the beginning of spring, and the weather was already warm. You can't wear rubber shoes when stepping on mud, you have to be barefoot to get ready for it. Zhao Chenghai said with a smile.

Zhenhua frowned, and suddenly found that there seemed to be blood on the right foot that Dad had just lifted, and hurriedly shouted: "Dad, your foot is bleeding, stop it!"

Zhao Chenghai was stunned for a moment, lifted his right foot and looked at it, and sure enough, there was blood flowing out, and he couldn't help frowning: "I guess I stepped on the rubble, my foot was frozen and numb, and I don't know the ......pain."

Zhenhua hurriedly helped his father sit down and brought hot water to wash his feet.

The mud on his feet was washed clean, and the wound was clearly visible, about a centimeter long, and the blood was not stopping.

"It's okay, it's all small wounds, you go home and get the liquor." Zhao Chenghai said to his son.

Zhenhua went home and got the liquor and cleaned his father's wounds.

The liquor was poured into the wound, Zhao Chenghai grinned in pain, but said with a smile: "I ruined this good wine for the New Year, I am usually reluctant to drink it, but today I drank it for my feet." ”

Cui Hong took the erythromycin ointment that was spare at home, squeezed it on her husband's wound, wrapped it in strips of cloth, and asked, "Do you want to go to the medical room and show Zhou Guoming?"

"Look, I'm not that delicate. Zhao Chenghai shook his head indifferently, put down his trousers, put on his shoes and went home for dinner.