After a long journey, just at the foot of the city gate, the men who came to serve the conscription were arranged to build shacks on the same day, so that after the work, there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain. The officials who came to supervise provided wooden boards, nails, and thick linoleum cloth, and bought thatch from the villagers of several surrounding villages, tied them into bundles, and spread them on the linoleum cloth.

Where they lived, everyone didn't dare to be sloppy, worked together, built in two hours, inside was a huge shop, eight people in a room, from left to right, lined up in turn, spread the futon by themselves, and sorted out the luggage.

Before it got dark, Mo Xiaohe went to the shack to take a look, and heard the officials say that this time not only to strengthen the city wall, but also to increase the height, without a few months of work, it can't be finished.

There are still three months to go before the New Year, is it possible, do you want to spend it here this year? If this is the case, Mo Xiaohe pondered, he couldn't live in an inn, he had to have a place to stay, but the nearest village really didn't have an independent yard.

The villagers have empty houses at home, but they can borrow them and give some money, but people also need to use the stove room for cooking, she wants to make soup and water, nourish Gu Zheng, big fish and meat, and be seen by others, it is inevitable to gossip, which also adds embarrassment.

"Husband, then I'll listen to the village chief, find someone to build a house, and buy that yard by the way."

Mo Xiaohe calculated an account, to build a house by himself, it is better to buy the foundation with some silver, otherwise he will work hard to build a house, and he will leave after a few months to make wedding dresses for others. The house is kept, it is an industry anyway, and sooner or later there will be a place that can be used.

"Lady, there are a lot of people here, it's better to ......"

Gu Zheng looked at the surrounding environment, his heart was half cold, he thought that it would be better to send his own lady to the Li family, or go to Mo Daya's companion, anyway, Li Er is not here, the old goddess can't afford to make waves by herself, it is better than suffering here with him.

I thought it would be good for her to come along, and I could take care of him after work, but now it seems that it is taken for granted, this posture must be to get up early and be greedy.

"I'm not going back, I'm out, and I gave the address to Uncle Zhang, who said she would come to see us in a few days."

Mo Xiaohe shook her head stubbornly when she saw that her husband was going to change her mind, she didn't leave, her husband used to take care of her, and then there were two more old people in the family, cooking and laundry, and rarely used her to stretch out her hand, so I finally had the opportunity to do something for him.

Shaking Gu Zheng's arm, Mo Xiaohe began to be coquettish, Gu Zheng softened his facial contours from his solemn complexion to the end, his deep eyes flashed with helplessness, and he had no resistance, so he could only raise his hands and surrender.

The husband and wife didn't say a few words together, Gu Zheng was called to the front and listened to the specific work assigned by the officials, while Mo Xiaohe returned to the village chief's house to discuss the purchase of land and the construction of a house.

It was already dark, and there were only a few stars in the sky, because there were many outsiders in the village, which made the small village that had always been quiet a little noisy, and every house lit oil lamps, and some people sat in the courtyard and talked.

The men in the family serve as conscripts, and there are dozens of family members who come to take care of them, but there are no in previous years, but this time it is a little different, everyone is equal, and there are also foreign masters who have not suffered hardships.

"Little lady, that house is already deserted, you can buy it."

The village chief blinked his mouse eyes, glowing, and his mustache was curled, in his eyes, Mo Xiaohe was a fat sheep to be slaughtered, and he was a bastard if he didn't make money, and he could pit a little bit, thanks to a little action in the court, so many people came into the village, and his grocery store business would be much better in the future.

The village chief has two sons, the younger son is lazy to eat, but the daughter-in-law is shrewd, so she went out early and opened a grocery store at the entrance of the village.

Mo Xiaohe came on a small day, bought a packet of brown sugar, and found that it was more expensive than the town, she began to think that this grocery store was a bully, because she was an outsider, so she spent a high price, but looking at the people in the village, it turned out to be the same.

As long as the villagers are not in a hurry, unless they ask the village chief for fear of being put in small shoes, they will definitely not buy anything at the grocery store.

"Village chief, the Ming people don't say secret words, what requirements do you have to make."

Mo Xiaohe felt the village chief's calculations, and had her own small abacus in her heart, she was not short of money, but she didn't want to be taken advantage of by irrelevant people.

"The eldest sister is bright, since this is the case, I will tell the truth, the original owner of the house has no children and no daughters, is a desperate household, and later relied on the villagers to help with the funeral, this silver is also made up by every household, only to barely make up the coffin board, if the land can be sold, the silver is also divided into the villagers who contributed to the year......"

The village chief knew the reason, moved with affection, and told the villagers how righteous they were, the purpose was to let the land sell more silver, Mo Xiaohe nodded frequently, and took out fifteen copper plates from his purse.

"Big sister, what does this mean?"

The village chief looked at the copper plate, and converted it into pork in his heart, enough to buy a pound of pork belly, and made roast pork and wine, enough for him to eat, he touched his beard, and looked like he was not moved by money.

Just now I was still called a little lady, but now it has been changed to a big sister, Mo Xiaohe rubbed the corners of her forehead and shook her head, "Village chief, it stands to reason that I should give you more money, but the family is not rich, only a few taels of silver, and I don't know if it is enough to build a house." ”

"This money is for you, it can be regarded as borrowing money for one night, and I will go to the rest of the village tomorrow to see if there are any other yards."

After Mo Xiaohe finished speaking, he sighed twice, appropriately expressing his reluctance and helplessness in his pocket.

This village closest to the city gate is called Tianshui Village, and the surrounding villages are farther away, separated by half a mountain, standing in the courtyard of the village chief's house, you can overlook the village over there from a distance, but just rely on one leg, over the mountains and mountains, and walk for two hours at the earliest.

"Let's discuss this, let's discuss."

The village chief laughed embarrassedly twice, and before he could speak, he was interrupted by the eldest daughter-in-law who came in to bring water, "Dad, this girl is not easy, and the villagers are not people who see money." ”

Father-in-law is really, no one is a fool, the fat to the mouth, do you let it fly? My younger brother and sister also have a grocery store, so there is an income, she is still the eldest daughter-in-law, she can't get anything, and she has to serve the two old ones on weekdays.

The in-laws are partial to the younger son, why don't you go over with the younger son? She was not angry in her heart, seeing that Mo Xiaohe was leaving, of course she wanted to stop her, not to mention anything else, this one is generous, living at home, giving fifteen wen a day, how can it take ten days to build a house, it is one hundred and fifty wen, people are gone, and this income is gone.

The village chief was embarrassed, his face was not good-looking, and he couldn't get off the stage, he was silent for a moment, stretched out two fingers, two taels of silver, and couldn't be lower, that piece of land still has a backyard, can grow vegetables, can raise chickens.

"Thank you to the village chief for taking care of you."

The price is within expectations, Mo Xiaohe will accept it when he sees it, the village chief is greedy, and the work is quite neat, and it will be done on the second day, and he will find the remaining strong men in the village, just a family is ready to build a house, there are dried mud blanks, and they will be transferred to Mo Xiaohe at a low price, and the three mud houses and courtyard walls will be built in three days.

The bed was made by the carpenter in the village, there were no tricks, tables, chairs and benches, simple wardrobes, plus wages, a total of more than seven taels of silver, which was cheaper than the labor money of one or two pounds of mud by himself.

The house is relatively simple, the roof is made of thick linoleum cloth and thatch, Mo Xiaohe does not use tiles, the village is mixed, and the tiles are too conspicuous, she does not want to attract the attention of others, the house is simple, and it will be her own territory in the future.

After burning the charcoal basin for two days, the wall was completely dried, there was no moisture in the house, Mo Xiaohe rolled up the burden and lived in, she hugged a half-sized dog in the village, named Rhubarb, Rhubarb is very keen, there is a little wind and grass to call non-stop, a good helper to take care of the home.

There was a second-rate son in a village before, seeing that she was in good color, jumped into the yard in the middle of the night, wanted to steal incense and jade, and was chased by the fierce rhubarb and lost a shoe, and Mo Xiaohe carried a stick with iron nails on it, and beat people to a beating, and the stick was bloody, and the people in the village only heard screams again and again that night, and no one dared to open the door, maybe they heard something later, and no one dared to underestimate her, washing clothes by the river, and those women with broken mouths subconsciously stayed away from her. This is exactly the effect that Mo Xiaohe wants, anyway, she has nothing to say to the village women, just a few days after the house was built, a few aunts came to comment, empty-handed, and when she left, she also took the pepper and garlic she hung at the door of the stove.

"Little lady, why did you marry a big guy?"

The eldest lady pulled Mo Xiaohe to talk about homely things, chattering about who in the village had a leg with whom, the village chief peeked at which woman took a bath, the woman showed her white belly, she said mysteriously, "We used to be Dayue here, and no one is rare and ugly, especially if there is a scar on the face, it is a sign of a wife!" ”

Mo Xiaohe was most annoyed by others and said that her husband, she was going to invite this lady out, but she didn't think about it, but the eldest lady was quite conscious, stood up, walked to the door, and asked mysteriously, "Tsk, little lady, I see that you are a real person." ”

The eldest lady continued to talk, "The current girls all like the smooth and slippery little white faces, which are useless, if you want to be happy in bed, you also need to find a strong man, you can spend the whole night at a time, the bad old man in my family, the young man will ...... for a while"

Before the eldest lady finished speaking, she was shut out of the iron door, her nose hit the door, she screamed in pain, and scolded, "What to pretend, I don't know how to play behind my back, if it weren't for that, who would want to find an ugly monster?" ”

Mo Xiaohe didn't care about her image at all, she was not easy to bully, and sarcastically said in the door, "You are a half-cut person who has been buried in the ground, why are you still so dissatisfied?" ”

The old lady stumbled and walked away, she just looked at the young lady who had just become married, and it seemed that she met a pungent and disregarded face, she couldn't get a little cheap. Since being harassed by several aunts, Mo Xiaohe has to close the courtyard door during the day, she has been here for half a month, living in a simple place, Gu Zheng's side, getting up early and greedy for darkness, and her work is heavy, and she can't come back every day.

Mo Xiaohe went to the city a few times, bought the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar used, she cooked, the demand for seasoning is particularly high, the people in the village only need to drop two drops of oil, put a little salt to fry a dish, she has to use green onions, ginger and garlic, stew meat to add star anise, but also use pepper, pepper to burst the pot, the fragrance of the fried out.

The men who served in the conscription ate steamed buns with thick noodles mixed with sweet potato noodles, and added bran skin to them, rough throats, and cabbage soup without a little oil and water at every turn, three meals a day, regularly and quantitatively, with Gu Zheng's appetite, he couldn't eat enough at all.

Mo Xiaohe began to make a pot of chicken stewed mushrooms, she waited for her husband in a leeward place where there was no one, and her uncle Li Dazhuang came with her, the two washed their hands, ate white flour steamed buns, and could only drink some chicken soup.

Time is limited, there is no time to eat chicken, because the chicken has bones on it, only half a month, the two of them suffered a big circle, she found that the cocoon on her uncle's hand was thickened, and the skin on his arm was scratched and tied with a circle of gauze.

Before leaving, Gu Zheng looked his wife up and down again, touched her head, and asked her not to work too hard, a few nights ago, he came back secretly, looked over the wall to see his wife, and then immediately had to rush back.

The clever rhubarb was surprised by this, smelled the smell, and then continued to sleep in the corner.

Time is a hard injury, at noon, excluding the meal time, there is less than half an hour left, Gu Zheng will occasionally squint for a while. In order to allow him to sleep for an extra quarter of an hour, Mo Xiaohe has been busy since the morning, and it takes time to stew mushrooms with chicken, so she didn't make it again, but made steamed buns or cakes.

The steamed buns are all made of fine white noodles, pumpkin and noodles are used to make pumpkin steamed buns, which have a sweet taste, and she left a few for Gu Zheng and her uncle to make them hungry and pad their stomachs at night.

There are eight people living in a shack, and the uncle and Gu Zheng have changed together, and the six people in the same shack have also borrowed the light to eat alone, and everyone is silent, helping Li Dazhuang share some of the work, and occasionally secretly picking up some firewood for Gu Zheng to take back.

Such benefits are obvious, Gu Zheng doesn't have to worry about running back in the middle of the night to see his wife being discovered, he can sleep at home with peace of mind, just rush back before dawn, and he is not afraid of being reported, a person in a shack received the benefits and helped him hide it.

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Happy New Year, book friends, 2017, dreams come true, better and better!

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