Now that we are busy harvesting the late rice, it is time to put the matter of building a house on the agenda. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, Zhao Qingshan carried more than a pound of pork belly that he had just bought from the town, plus a pastry, and went straight to the office at the end of the village. When it comes to building a house, you have to talk to the village. The most important thing is that I have to ask the village chief, Old Man Xu, to help recruit a few full-time laborers to help build a house.

"Yo, the Qingshan kid is capable. It's only been a year, and you've built a new house?" said Shen Lihe, who was in the office at the end of the village. Shen Lihe is the youngest son of Old Lady Shen's family and Shen Feng's youngest uncle.

"I don't have any money. Speaking of which, this money is still the money that my sister brought from home, plus everyone scraped together. ”

Because I didn't plan to build any brick houses, just the most ordinary adobe houses, with felt thatched roofs, it didn't cost much. At most, when you go back to Shangliang to feast on the villagers, you need to spend some money.

"Have you found the beam?" Old Man Xu, who was sitting in his seat and smoking a water bag cigarette, asked slowly after taking two puffs of cigarettes.

"I've found it. When I decided to build a house before, I took advantage of my free time to go up the back mountain with two field scholars to cut down a poplar tree, throw it in the backyard to dry, and prepare some adobe these days. ”

"Okay, Qingshan boy. Quietly, the materials and everything are almost ready. Shen Lihe patted Zhao Qingshan's shoulder with a smile, turned his head sideways and said, "Uncle, since the Qingshan kid is almost ready." Why don't you take advantage of the fact that there has been no snow in the past few days, find a few people to help get the house up first?"

"That's fine. Old man Shen knocked on the long cigarette stick in his hand and agreed.

The little adobe that Zhao Qingshan and Tian Xue had prepared in advance was definitely not enough. Fortunately, this thing is not difficult, and a man with great strength can make it better in a day. So on the one hand, a few strong laborers were found to be responsible for beating the adobe, and on the other hand, people were organized to stack the adobe. Within two or three days, the frame of the three rooms appeared.

Originally, there was a small courtyard behind the family temple, and there was a whole row of several side rooms for people to rest. It's a pity that it fell into disrepair and later collapsed. This time, three adobe houses were built on the foundation of the original wing houses. It is said that there are three rooms, but in fact, the area is not small, and there is a slight interval in the middle, which is two rooms.

In addition, taking advantage of this opportunity to build a house, not only did they build a fence, but also built a pigsty in the backyard, built a chicken shed, and built a thatched house with a bathroom. Zhao Qingru didn't know where to get some white tiles, and pasted them on the floor and walls of the thatched house, making the thatched house cleaner than the house she lived in. The villagers of Shenjiawa Village who came to help build the house were strange, and they came to visit the door every three or five times.

Of course, gossip is also indispensable. There is everything to say, and it is nothing more than a little sour word in summary. Even if it finally reached Zhao Qingru's ears, he didn't hear it.

In fact, even if there is no such thing as renovating the thatched house, the matter of building the house can attract a lot of discussion. At this time, the village helped each other build houses, and there was no salary, which was basically voluntary help. But you have to take care of the meal at noon. After Zhao Qingru discussed with Lu Yingchun and the three of them, she asked Aunt Lan to help take charge of the lunch.

Aunt Lan is naturally willing to contribute. Before, because she helped Zhao Qingru make four padded jackets for winter, Aunt Lan got four yuan, and Aunt Lan was so happy that she walked with the wind for several days. This money is considered extra income, and it stands to reason that there is no need to hand it over to her parents-in-law, even if Aunt Lan handed over half of the two yuan in the end, it also made Aunt Lan have a long face among the concubines. Of course, it also provoked some sour words from the concubine.

For two dollars in 76 years, you can still buy a lot of things. Not to mention the side, like meat, this is considered currency, no matter what pork belly, hoof meat, Datang Town sells hexagonal and eight cents a catty. It's just that most of the time, good meat is digested internally, and it is rare to have big fat meat on the market that can be boiled into lard. Even if you do, you have to queue up early.

This time, helping to cook lunch also allowed Aunt Lan's three children, especially the first two daughters, to take the opportunity to improve their food treatment. According to the food standard decades later, the Chinese food that Zhao Qingru asked Aunt Lan to prepare was really not very good, and it could even be said to be a little poor. But for the villagers of Shenjiawa Village, who can't eat meat a few times a year and don't have much oil and water in their stomachs at all, they simply don't know how to be in charge, and they are all losers.

"It's a real loser. It's a shame that it's not my, otherwise, I'd have slapped it. "The person who spoke still has something to do with Aunt Lan, it is the second uncle of Aunt Lan's three children. Xiaoshi's second uncle unceremoniously criticized Zhao Qingru for spending money and preparing such good dishes, and at the same time unceremoniously picked out the braised pork in the bowl one by one and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Okay, Leizi and his father, it's better for you to be polite. You're still eating meat from a loser. Sitting at the same table, the villagers from the same village who were eating together couldn't look at it. While speeding up the speed of picking vegetables, he retorted a few words.

"What's the matter, don't let people say it?" Lei Zi's father slapped the chopsticks on the table, very unwillingly, "That's it......"

"Since Brother Shen Shan thinks that my guy's food is too bad and not to your liking, then you can only wronged Brother Shen Shan to go home and eat yourself. Zhao Qingshan, who had been standing on the side for a long time, didn't want to interject, but when he heard that someone was doing this, eating his family's and scolding his family's, he suddenly felt very breathless, and the breath in his chest was really difficult to swallow for a while.

"The surname is Zhao, what do you mean?!" Shen Shan, who was just taking advantage of it, was actually quite satisfied with the food that Zhao Qingru asked his third brother and sister to prepare, and was a little flustered in his heart, but he didn't lose the battle. For the sake of his own face, Shen Shan had to bite the bullet and bluff.

"Actually, my brother didn't mean anything else. I just wanted to let everyone who came to help eat more comfortably at noon, but I didn't expect to be satisfied with Brother Shen Shan. Thinking about the meals cooked at home, it must be able to meet Brother Shen Shan's appetite. Only then did he suggest that Brother Shen Shan go back to his own house to eat. That's all. Zhao Qingru, who was helping in the kitchen, walked out of the kitchen and explained unhurriedly. And on his face, he always has a faint smile.

Zhao Qingru's words undoubtedly slapped Shen Shan, and the strength was not light. Don't forget, this time, Zhao Qingru invited Aunt Lan to help take charge of the lunch meal. Who is Aunt Lan? Shen Shan's third brother's wife, his younger brother and sister. Aunt Lan's mother-in-law's family is not separated, and Mrs. Shen and several daughters-in-law take turns to take care of three meals a day on weekdays. In other words, for at least two days a week, Shen Shan ate three meals a day that Aunt Lan was responsible for.

even said that he was not used to eating, this is not a slap in the face.

Most of the people present also knew what was going on in Shen Shan's family, so they looked at Shen Shan one by one with a little ridicule.