Aunt Cao came back to her senses, stretched out her hand and patted her daughter-in-law, who was a little uneasy, and comforted, "Don't worry, my mother knows it." You just have to take care of the baby and give your mother another big grandson. ”

Du Juan blushed and said shyly, "Mother, I want to give birth to a daughter as powerful as Sister Rong." ”

Aunt Cao was stunned, and then smiled at the end, "Cheng, the grandchildren are fine." I used to envy your uncle's family, but now it seems that our family has also been wiped out. ”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed the use of the silver as they spoke, and finally agreed to wait until autumn to build a new yard.

Not mentioning how Aunt Cao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law planned to build a house in the autumn, it was only said that Dong Rong had been busy since the day she returned to Cao's house. She had planned to keep the hut on the top of the hill and expand it into two courtyards. Yu Guisheng couldn't afford such a big project alone, so after reporting to the owner, he went to invite his master, two senior brothers, and three or four masons to come and help. These masters are well-known in the villages around Qingxian County, and they are also kind and easy-going, and after walking around the top of the mountain, several people discussed for a long time to build a hut and build a complete brick structure courtyard.

Dong Rong thought about it, but she didn't object. Although the scenery of the hut and the sea of flowers is more elegant, the family life is naturally more comfortable. The hut is good to live in the summer, and it is really laborious to heat in the winter, compared to the brick house, which is indeed warm in winter and cool in summer. So, she took out the drawings and asked several masters to work together, and finally decided on the pattern, and then chose a nearby zodiac auspicious day to tear down the hut and start the big construction.

This winter, the four hundred homeless people have hot meals to eat every day, hot kang to sleep, and money to earn, but in the past two months, the body has grown a lot fatter, and the eyebrows and eyes have gone to the sad color, and occasionally they gather in one place in their leisure time to talk about how they will return to their hometowns, and they are full of hope for the future days.

It is said that raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while. Hearing that the main family was going to build a yard, everyone stopped the straw weaving work in their hands, and spontaneously rushed to the broken yard to wait for Steward Zhang to distribute the work.

Steward Zhang was not polite, and the men all went to the orchard to obey Yu Guisheng's instructions, or carried stones and bricks up the mountain, or helped with rough work such as planing wood. Needless to say, the women were in charge of the three meals a day plus washing, and as for the elderly and children, they were either doing the small work they could on the construction site or fetching firewood and water, in short, everyone was busy.

Dong Rong is not a mean person, seeing that everyone is doing heavy work, and he is tired like a mud monkey every day, so he led people to open the cellar in the back mountain, and most of the bud noodles and fine noodles and japonica rice that had been saved before were shipped out, and he even bought a pig in the village to kill it.

The daily breakfast is japonica rice porridge with bud cakes and pickles, and at noon and evening it is a steamed bun with two noodles and a large pot of stew, which is unlimited to eat. If it rains, the men will have a bowl of bud wine to cool off at night.

The homeless people ate all of a sudden, and they worked harder. If any of them occasionally wanted to be lazy, the old men and women with wooden sticks would come up to them and scold and spit. If a person can't do anything, he can't have a conscience! Not to mention that the main family saved everyone's lives, even if you want to eat this food, you should sweat the last drop and fight the last bit of strength.

Dong Rong changed into half-worn coarse cloth clothes, and went to the construction site twice a day with Silly Zhu, occasionally listening to a few masters talk about the progress, or turning a corner to go to the fruit forest to see Zhao Qingshan taking care of the fruit trees with the handymen, and finally went down the mountain to the grass shed next to Yu's house to ask how the food was.

The three houses of the Yu family, now the east house lives in a family of three, and the west house is occupied by several masters, and the two hatched chicks of the Yu family are filled with two large wicker baskets, which are placed in the corner of the house, just waiting for the new chicken house to be built and the chickens will be moved in.

Dong Rong likes fluffy chicks very much, as long as she sees them, she will catch them and tease them a few times, which makes Chu Silian always feel distressed, "Boss, the little chick is going to be strangled to death by you, let it live." ”

Dong Rong was not annoyed, and responded with a smile, "Got it, Captain Chicken." Let your children build a chicken house quickly, and then hatch a hundred chicks a month and raise them in batches, when you are bored of watching. ”

Chu Silian sprinkled a handful of millet, and the chickens ran over to fight for food, she hesitated and asked, "The owner wants to raise so many chickens, who are you going to sell them to?" ”

didn't wait for Dong Rong to answer, but Mrs. Yu smiled and taught her daughter-in-law, "You stupid girl, the owner naturally has the owner's considerations." You just have to take care of it, and you can't keep it left. ”

"Okay, I'll go into the village to find eggs, and in a few days I'll hatch another nest." Chu Silian responded crisply and walked away with the basket.

Dong Rong talked with Mrs. Yu for a while and went back to Cao's house, so busy, the residual snow quickly melted clean, and there was a faint green in the mountains and forests, and some anxious old farmers had to walk around the fields twice with their hands behind their backs all day long, looking at the growth of winter wheat, hoping that God would be gracious, and this year would be smooth.

The Cao family's warm house banquet started on a sunny day, the Cao family's ruyi door was wide open to welcome relatives and friends, six large round tables were placed in the courtyard, Liu's sister-in-law took the little daughters-in-law to help busy in the stove, and the running water generally brought out a large pot of stew, whether it was potatoes and cabbage, or vermicelli sauerkraut, there were large pieces of meat and even big bones in the pot, plus two noodles of steamed buns, and the neighbors who came to congratulate each of them were bulging with their mouths, where was there time to speak.

Mrs. Cao was originally dressed very festively, just waiting for everyone to flatter, and when she saw this, she regretted making the wine and food so rich. On the contrary, the old man Cao sat with the old brothers, drinking bud grain wine in a small sip, and listening to everyone enviously talk about when his family would be able to build such a yard, and his heart blossomed.

Dong Rong was busy for a day, and before she could take a good rest, someone from Huaishu Village reported that the cuckoo had given birth to a big fat girl. Needless to say, she and the pillar must go to watch the ceremony on the day of the washing on behalf of the Cao family.

On that day, Dong Rong and Silly Zhu put on their best clothes under the nagging of Mrs. Cao, and then set off in the car with a basket of red-skinned eggs and half a string of copper coins. I don't know what the Wang family means, the baptism ceremony is more lively than the grandson of other families, and many relatives and friends were invited to watch the ceremony, and the main house was crowded with people, even dozens of people stood in the courtyard.

Dong Rong grew up in Huaishu Village since she was a child, and naturally she knows many people, so she called her aunt all the way down, and finally squeezed into the house. Aunt Cao hugged her little granddaughter and smiled so much that her eyes narrowed, and when she saw Dong Rong coming in, she hurriedly called her to come to her, and whispered, "Sister Rong, you quickly stick to Niuniu's brain, so that she can also touch your blessings." ”

There is such a custom around Qingxian County, if the child can get close to the nobles after three days of washing, he can get some blessings and have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime. Dong Rong heard Aunt Cao's words and wanted to refuse, after all, she was just a peasant daughter-in-law, not a prince's edict. But Aunt Cao didn't allow her to hesitate, and picked up the child high and put it on her face. Dong Rong couldn't, and rubbed her side face against the child's head.

The child was a little hungry, opened her eyes slightly, her eyes were very black, and Dong Rong couldn't help but kiss her a few more times. Aunt Cao was overjoyed, laughed and shouted, "It's done, our Niuniu has borrowed blessings, and we will definitely live a long life in the future, and we will have no worries about food and clothing." ”

At this time, the midwife's grandmother had already prepared a copper basin and other things, and took the child with a smile, and everyone gathered around to make a scene, and then threw a copper coin or a few copper coins into the basin. Dong Rong took out the half-hanging copper coin prepared by Mrs. Cao and hung it on the side of the basin, so happy that she almost missed and pressed the child into the water with her head.

Aunt Cao was a little distressed and wanted to get the copper money back, but she couldn't wipe her face and gave it to her mother-in-law. Dong Rong looked funny, reached out and took out a carved hollow jade pendant from her arms and hung it around the child's neck. Although Aunt Cao didn't know the goods, she also knew that her nephew and daughter-in-law were generous, and she must be a good object, so she hurriedly smiled and asked Dong Rong to take the child back to the house, and by the way, she also met the cuckoo.

Everyone was sharp-eyed, secretly guessing how much the jade pendant was worth silver, and at the end, someone who was good friends with the Wang family laughed in a low voice about how the Niu family cut off their own money, and the good girl was forced by her to dare not go back to her parents' house, but it was cheap, and the Wang family enjoyed many blessings.

Du Juan gave birth to a girl as she wished, and at this time she was half leaning on the bed to drink porridge, and when she saw Dong Rong coming in, she was so happy that she pulled her and didn't let go, saying that the child would be sent to her after the age of three to raise, not only to learn to read and write with her, but also to learn to settle accounts and be a housekeeper. Dong Rong couldn't cry or laugh when she heard it, so she had no choice but to say that she would see how the child would discuss it when the time came.

The cuckoo breastfed the child and said a few words before her eyelids fought, Dong Rong helped her lie down, and covered the quilt for their mother and daughter and went out.

The Wang family still had to hold five or six tables, and Dong Rong didn't like everyone to treat her as a monkey, so she found an excuse to say goodbye to Aunt Cao and go home. On the way, Silly Zhu grabbed her in his arms, touched her stomach with one hand but did not speak. Dong Rong blushed when she guessed his thoughts, and she couldn't help muttering in her heart.

Their young couple has not been "exercising" these days, and it stands to reason that there should be good news, but her stomach has never moved, is it because fate has not yet arrived? Wait a few more months, if you really can't do it, go to Dr. Feng to check the pulse.

Thinking like this, the young couple went back to Cao's house. When Mrs. Cao heard that the Wang family was lively, she also frowned at Dong Rong's stomach. Dong Rong was afraid that she would say something embarrassing, so she quickly pretended to have a headache and went back to the room.

Two days later, Steward Zhang invited Dong Rong to go to the broken yard to report the account, and the two of them were a little anxious when they talked about the solar terms. Seeing that in less than two months, the fields should be harvested and planted with wheat buds, and the spring ploughing in the four southern states is earlier than here, and the displaced people have to travel thousands of miles to return to their hometowns, even if they take a carriage for at least half a month. In this way, for a month at most, no matter how well the orchard is built, the displaced people will be sent away.

Dong Rong wanted to draft a weaving business, so she asked, "How much does straw weaving save now, and how much money has the family advanced?" ”

Steward Zhang quickly picked up an account book and said, "There are not many cabinets of all kinds, only about thirty sets, and the rest of the small items are stored in one room." The family knew a total of two hundred and thirty-eight taels of silver, and the master with good craftsmanship had saved a few taels more, and even the women and children had a few hundred taels in their hands, as long as they did not spend it indiscriminately, it was enough for them to return to their hometown and live for another two or three months. ”

Dong Rong nodded, "That's good, after sending everyone back to their hometown in another month, our orchard should also start welcoming guests." I remember that the advanced city is looking for some people to scatter the news, and it is better to say it vaguely, which will lead to speculation and heated discussions. ”

Steward Zhang originally had such thoughts, but when he heard this, he responded with a smile, and reminded at the end, "The owner, is there also a second young master in the academy to invite Mr. or classmates to come to the orchard to sit..."

"This is natural, I'll talk to Brother Ping when he comes back this time."

The master and servant discussed the plan and dispersed, and the homeless people were also anxious to return to their hometowns for spring ploughing, and they couldn't help but look to the south when they rested, but their work was not perfunctory.

Fortunately, the courtyard designed by Dong Rong is not big, just a two-entry courtyard, everyone worked together, and saw several houses rising from the ground, erecting beams and tiles, almost one day at a time, and soon only some trivial small tasks remained.

(This chapter has 3,500 words, that's enough words.) The following is a new book by a friend of mine, a friend who is in a book shortage went to see actinium.

Introduction to "Never Be the Queen": On the wedding night, the emperor was poisoned and died, and Queen Nalan Yanran became the one who took the blame, and the whole family was beheaded.

On the way out, she happened to meet him and went around and returned to the palace.

Once again, she swore not to be a fish on a knife, but to wash all enemies in blood. )