Chapter 136: There is great strength in numbers

Last night, Zhou Shujie fell asleep smelling the smell of dirt from the newly built house, and woke up this morning with the smell of it.

To say that the smell is not particularly pungent, but it also does not smell good, and there is always a damp feeling in the nose.

Although it didn't taste good, she slept soundly last night.

After all, the day before, it was basically a night without much sleep.

During the day, it was a busy day of cooking.

Yesterday, when she was empty, she couldn't help but rub her waist.

Fortunately, the pillar didn't toss her last night, and the two of them slept next to each other like that.

Zhou Shujie felt that he had slept quite tired, his body was not so tired, and his waist was not sore.

If you want to say that you didn't sleep well last night, it may be the pillar, he is taller, and he cooled down next to the windowsill last night.

Zhou Shujie can stretch out his legs, but the pillar can't stretch out.

He slept with his legs curled up all night, sleeping unrealistically.

Zhou Shujie just got up to cook, and the pillar also got up.

One was busy in the house, and the other was tidying up in the yard.

The pillars brought the leftover shavings from the beams in the yard into the house for Zhou Shujie to cook.

I had breakfast early, and it was the same as yesterday.

Zhou Shujie took her mother-in-law and children to Aunt Guo's house in the east courtyard with cooking things.

The vegetables in Zhou Shujie's home have come down in the past few days.

Today, she picked two baskets of eggplants in the back garden and took them to Aunt Guo'er, so that she could cook for the helpers at noon.

Soon the helpers came.

Today, I want to go to the beam, and before I go to the beam, I have to put a whip first.

The upper beam also has a head, and it is not simply done by getting it up.

For example, this copper coin hangs on a beam. It was made up by Mrs. Ma, or Aunt Guo led Zhou Shujie there!

Mrs. Ma wore five copper coins with red rope and braided them into a plum blossom shape, with a long tassel underneath.

After Mrs. Ma finished compiling it, Zhou Shujie took it in her hand and looked at it for a long time, and thought it was very good-looking, if it wasn't for hanging on the beams of the house, she would want to hang it in the house as an ornament.

In addition to this, people who are closer to them will also send some flower cloth, red cloth or brightly colored sheets.

When you put it on the beam, you have to hang it on it to get a good luck.

It was half past eight o'clock when the beam was put on the beam, and before that time everyone was there.

Prepare everything, tie the beams with ropes, and wait there, and as soon as the time comes, the firecrackers will be lifted.

is still a pillar, holding Zhou Shujie's watch and pinching it a little.

As soon as I saw that it was half past eight, I lit the firecrackers first, and the crackling sound resounded outside the adults.

After setting off the firecrackers and smelling the smell of gunsmoke, the pillar shouted loudly: "Go to the beam!"

"Hah!" shouted a group of young and strong men, and under the command of the old man, they lifted the beams of the house.

If you want Zhou Shujie to say, this is the strength of many people.

The beams of the house were all trees larger than her thighs, and several of them were made together.

Just looking at it makes me feel very heavy, let alone carrying it to the room.

There are three beams in this house, one on each side of the mountain on both sides, and one in the middle.

The copper coins to be hung are hung on the beam in the middle, and the sheets and flower cloths given by relatives and friends are also hung on this beam.

When the breeze blows, it's pretty good-looking!

There was also a lively atmosphere outside the big guys, and after the beam, the people who watched the excitement dispersed.

Zhou Shujie and the others also took down the sheets and flower cloths on the beams.

The string of copper coins will always hang on it.

When the female generals were gone, everyone began to do their normal work.

There are those who make roofs, those who make two-story sheds, those who put mud on the walls inside and outside the house, and those who make pankang in the house.

Everyone worked together and did it very fast.

These tasks are done in the morning.

Even the "oil sheet" of the old house was stained this morning.

Only the "oil sheet" of the new house has not been glued.

The roof of the new house is a new mud surface today, and it hasn't dried yet.

It can't dry up and pour "stinky oil" on it, and it doesn't stick to it.

I am also afraid that it will return to the tide after being stained, and when the wind blows in spring and autumn, the "oil sheet paper" will be lifted.

The oil sheet paper stained on the old house is not just stained and left there, but also has to be nailed in the corners.

Today, at noon, we also served a lunch meal as usual.

It's still a steamed bun with two noodles.

Today the dish was changed to eggplant stew.

When the villagers were full, they all went home, and some of the rest of their families cleaned up their things in the yard.

Throw what should be thrown, and leave what should be skimmed.

When they were all finished, there were still some bricks left, and some sand that had been reconciled.

Uncle Zhou and Guo Shuman took a look at the courtyard, which was in the most spacious place in the west. With these leftovers.

A chicken rack was built for their house.

In Zhou Shujie's eyes, this chicken rack is very exquisite.

Underneath is a small house-like chicken coop, with a floor above.

Make a grid by grid, and then put hay in it, which is where the chickens lay their eggs.

She felt that their chickens lived better than her, not to mention that it was still a two-story building!

The courtyard has been cleaned up, and Zhou Shujie's grandfather is also here.

He was accompanied by their big yellow dog.

The old man walked behind his back in front, and the big yellow dog shook his head and followed behind.

The old man entered the courtyard and looked around the newly built house twice.

Zhou Shujie smiled and came to his grandfather. Ask grandpa. "Grandpa, you see something. ”

The old man glanced back at her. Said with a smile. "I think it's very good, it looks neater than the earthen house, and there are fewer bricks on this side." Your uncle's house was built early. Or, isn't it also covered like this, you see how good it looks. ”

Hearing the old man say this, Uncle Zhou, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but pull his mouth. The heart said: "You look good, it's not just good, it's also good." To build such a house, the niece's family spent more than a thousand yuan. If you want the four rooms of your own house, you can't have two thousand. I don't have the financial resources for the time being. ”

The old man looked at the courtyard and the house a few times, and then led his yellow dog away with his hands behind his back.

He went to his old fellows, who did not welcome him, and when he said anything, they all pouted.

But Old Man Zhou, if there is anything good, he will be happy to go to them to show off.

This is also a fun for him now!

As soon as Zhou Shujie heard her grandfather say that this house was good, she almost didn't say that she wanted to take the money to build one for her grandfather.

Fortunately, she couldn't help but say that she was not short of the money, but if the money to build the house was really hers, it would really be a slap in the face to her uncle.

Now this rural area can pay attention to the saying of "raising children and preventing old age".

Even if Zhou Shujie wants to be good to the old man, he can only buy her more food and drink.

She can't even give her grandfather too much money, and she has to give too much to be known by others.

said, "Her uncle doesn't support her grandfather, Zhou Shujie takes money to raise her." If she says this, it won't sound good, and her second brother and daughter-in-law may not be able to marry.

Therefore, Zhou Shujie is careful about her grandfather's filial piety.

Let grandpa get it is a benefit, and you can't let the villagers gossip.

looked at the old man, Le Zi'er, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Zhou Shujie thought about buying some meat one day and taking it to his uncle's house.

It's good to make dumplings with stewed meat stuffing for the old man to eat.

The yard was also cleaned up, Uncle Zhou led Brother Zhou, and Brother Tuesday also went back.

Uncle Guo and the others also went home, and they all said that when the mud on the roof of the new house dried, they would come to help lay the linoleum paper.

The mud is not dry, at least for two or three days.

Fortunately, when covering the house, I asked Mrs. Ma to calculate it.

It's going to be a bad thing on a rainy day!

The sun is setting!

Sprinkle the earth with golden light.

It makes people feel warm but not dazzling.

Zhou Shujie's house, which is clear, looks particularly good in the stone courtyard wall.

People passing by the gate of her house couldn't help but look twice.

I think such a house is beautiful.

This kind of aesthetic has also shed a mark in the eyes of the villagers.

Since then, there have been new houses in the village that are very green and stone-walled.

Zhou Shujie and her family can be regarded as leading the trend of the village.