Chapter Title: Chapter 62 Ramming the Wall

Chapter 62: Breaking the Wall

Qiu Chen listened to these conversations and couldn't help laughing: "Sister-in-law, don't listen to my eldest brother, I don't make a quilt, I make a kang mattress!" You see, it'......."

As he spoke, Qiu Chen stretched out his hand and pulled it, the kang was covered with oilcloth, which was very slippery, and the mattress was pulled and pulled, just covering the entire kang surface!

Zhou's eyes widened in surprise, and even Yang Shuyong showed a strange expression, looking at the big mattress on the kang together.

After a while, Zhou said: "Begonia, why do you roll up the quilt when you make such a big mattress?" Also, it will be troublesome to disassemble and wash in the future! ”

Qiu Chen was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "Sister-in-law, I thought of rolling the quilt, the mattress is big, and it will be rolled up in one go, which saves a lot of trouble." I really didn't expect ......."

There are washing machines for modern laundry, as well as many washing shops, dry cleaners, as well as part-time workers and cleaners, but it is not good, and you can also throw it away and change it, Qiu Chen really did not consider the habit of disassembling and washing the bedding. Why don't you go buy some fabric and add a cover to the futon?

It seems that she is still too far from adapting and getting used to this shijie.

Hearing Qiu Chen say this, Zhou and Yang Shuyong glanced at each other and smiled kindly.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my sister's life will be better in the future, just hire two women to dismantle and wash it for you!" Zhou smiled and picked up the topic. Qiu Chen also took advantage of the situation to get out of trouble and took a sheet to spread on the mattress. Seeing Zhou's straight nod: "Well, after laying this cloth list, the mattress doesn't like to be dirty!" ”

After laughing and making the inner and outer beds, and the water on the stove was boiling, Zhou was worried about pulling his son and nephew to wash.

In the back room, only the brothers and sisters Afu Aman and Yang Shuyong and Qiu Chen were left.

Qiu Chen took off his clothes and stuffed the two children into the quilt, because the mattress was laid out, and the cover was also a quilt, and the two Xiaole were rolling in the quilt, giggling and laughing, Qiu Chen looked at them and couldn't fall off, while turning back to talk to Yang Shuyong.

"Big brother, after you go home, tell your father and mother well, I have a good life here, and now I have built the courtyard wall in the west wing, and in the autumn, I will also cover the main house and the east wing. Wait for next year, my big yard will be almost neatly arranged, and when the time comes, you and your second brother and sister-in-law will come again, and you won't have to squeeze on the kang as a family, and when the time comes, one room for a family will be enough......" Qiu Chen didn't know what to say, he only knew that he kept talking about his preliminary plans, and only hoped that his future plans and future plans could make his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law really put their minds at ease, stop worrying about her.

Yang Shuyong didn't speak, just listened silently, until Qiu Chen stopped himself, Yang Shuyong sighed silently, and said slowly: "Sister, my brother doesn't say anything else, seeing that you are doing well, my father and sister-in-law are happy for you...... But you also have time to think about yourself...... Alas, you're still young! ”

Yang Shuyong said half of what Qiu Chen also understood, nothing more than hoping that she could find another man and start a family, so that it seemed to be in line with people's traditional concept of complete happiness!

Qiu Chen has never been reluctant to find a man, but he has never had a sense of urgency. Find a man, not to buy a piece of meat on the street, to buy a piece of clothing, not to eat or to wear, the big deal is not to eat or wear and throw away...... Don't talk about it here, marriage needs to be cautious, even in modern times, flash marriages are all over the street society, Qiu Chen still can't accept casual marriage, which leads to her being nearly forty years old and still single.

Right now, she is almost blind to this shijie, and it is not realistic to talk to a man about marriage.

However, she knew very clearly that the eldest brother was able to say this because he really thought about her and really cared about her. It's completely different from those gossip, ridicule and sarcasm.

Grinning, Qiu Chen nodded and said, "Big brother, I remember what you said, and I will consider it if it is suitable." ”

When Yang Shuyong heard Qiu Chen say this, the embarrassed look on his face receded, revealing a relieved expression, and once again regained his happy expression, and took out a ten taels of silver ingots from his arms, as well as a pile of scattered silver taels, and probably one or two kinds of seeds.

He put the silver beside Qiu Chen and said, "Well, this is the leftover from pulling bricks, and I paid a total of thirteen taels of money to buy bricks and pay for the car." There are eleven taels and eight dollars left, and you have collected it! ”

Without waiting for Qiu Chen to speak, Yang Shuyong sat back and continued: "Sister, although you have a better life now, it is difficult to earn money, and some things should be saved. Save some more money in your hand, and you can take it out in case something happens......"

Yang Shuyong chattered, with persuasion, with advice, with a heart of care and love, Qiu Chen could not do anything else except be moved except to listen quietly and nod silently.

After a long time, Yang Shuyong stopped talking, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Hehe, I'm chattering, you are living a good life, my father and me, and your second brother are all relieved." Pay more attention to yourself, go in and out normally, and find a companion......"

said that he was relieved, but he still told him.

Qiu Chen nodded in response. Yang Shuyong got up and prepared to wash up and go back to the east chamber to rest.

Qiu Chen shouted to Yang Shuyong, picked up the ten taels of silver on the kang, and stuffed it into Yang Shuyong's hand: "Big brother, don't shirk." You see, I now have money in my hands, and I still open this fried medicine workshop, and I am constantly making progress. I can't go home to be filial to the second elder temporarily, you take this silver, buy some supplements for the second elder for me, and grab a few pills for our mother, you should be filial piety for me! "Filial piety for Begonia!

As soon as she said this, Yang Shuyong really had nothing to refuse, held the silver and was silent for a moment, and finally took the silver into his arms: "Sister, don't worry, your second brother and I don't have great skills, but we will be filial to our father and mother." Your sister-in-law and sister-in-law are also docile and polite, and will serve our father and mother. ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile and said, "Big brother, look at you, I still can't trust my brother and sister-in-law?" If you are not willing to serve me, then I will wait for the house to rise, and then I will take my father and mother to me to pay respect! ”

"Haha, okay, okay, I'm not going to say it. My sister is still as unpopular as before she went out! Yang Shuyong smiled good-naturedly, and happily surrendered in front of his sister.

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows proudly, held down Yang Shuyong, and took out another burden. Untying the burden, Qiu Chen pulled the things inside, and said to Yang Shuyong: "Big brother, I should have made clothes for my father and mother and your second brother to wear, but I can't do it at this time, you and your sister-in-law will bring these pieces of fabric back, so that the sister-in-law and sister-in-law will suffer, and make summer clothes for my father and mother to wear!" ”

He also said, "These cyan horses are for our father and you and my second brother, Qiu Xiangxi is for our mother, and these two horses are for my two sisters-in-law." In these bags, I bought pills, big brother, you get closer, I will explain to you, on these paper bags, I have written clearly what diseases to treat, how much to eat at a time, how many times a day, and what to avoid eating. This is to treat wind and cold, this is to treat diarrhea, this is to treat cough, and this small jar is to treat burns and scalds, this is to treat waist and leg pain, father, you and your second brother, and two sisters-in-law, I'm afraid you can use this, I specially put two more bottles for you, when you use it, just pour a little palm rubbing the painful place. Rub it hard, knead the medicinal power, and it will be good to rub it hot! There are also these two pieces, which are the same as the one you use to wash your hands during the day, washing your hands and washing your face and washing your clothes are easy to use, don't be reluctant to use them, when you come again, I will bring you some more, and even wash your hair by then. ”

Yang Shuyong didn't make a sound, just listened silently, and tried hard to write down his sister's confession. These things are my sister's heart, he didn't refuse, and accepted them with peace of mind. It also reassures my sister.

Hou Qiu Chen was still a little worried, mainly those pills, don't eat it wrong, although they are not toxic, but it is also a big deal to delay the treatment. He also told Yang Shuyong that if he couldn't remember clearly, he would find a literate person to see and use it again, and don't cover it.

Yang Shuyong's expression was a little gloomy when he heard this, the Yang family learned to set up a chariot and serve horses since childhood, but they were unable to provide for the children to go to school and read. Father Yang and Brother Yang Shuyong both hope that the next generation can produce a scholar, and the names of several children are also asked to be given by Mr. Private School in the village...... It's a pity that their lives have been dull, and their food and clothing are not safe, but they can't afford to support their five brothers to study!

At this time, Qiu Chen had already finished explaining the things in the baggage, and said while holding the baggage: "Big brother, I still have a plan to talk to you." ”

Yang Shuyong collected his thoughts, nodded and responded: "Well, you say! ”

"Big brother, I'm not disgusted that our family is not good at driving cars, but I don't want you and my second brother to continue to work so hard, it's too offended to catch a car outside in the scorching heat and cold...... I thought, if Junwen and Junyan are happy with me here, I will find a way to teach them to read and write, and if they have the talent to read, I will send them to school. If you don't have the talent to read and learn to read and settle accounts, we can also rely on you to build a relationship with your second brother and open our own big car shop. Moreover, on my side, Lin Xu is afraid that he will have to go to study and take the exam in the future, and he will not be able to help me much with family affairs, so I also need someone to help me take care of it...... Hehe, I didn't plan it in detail, but it is necessary for children to be literate. ”

Listening to Qiu Chen speak slowly, Yang Shuyong's eyes became brighter and brighter. He always felt that he couldn't afford to pay for his children to read and take the exam, so he never thought that even if he could read and write, he would be able to have more ways to make a living! I heard that Qiu Chen was planning to open his own big car shop, and there was a big development on her side...... All made Yang Shuyong, who has always kept his duty, feel a little nervous because of strangeness and ignorance, and his heart is surging, as if he has returned to the age of seventeen or eighteen, and wants to rush desperately and fight!

When Qiu Chen's voice fell, Yang Shuyong shouted three good words in a loud voice: "Good!" Good! All right! ”

Why didn't he think of these things a long time ago, if he had thought about it earlier, he wouldn't have delayed so many years in vain, now that Xiuwen is sixteen years old, he will soon reach the age of marrying a wife and having children, and he doesn't know if he can start reading again...... Alas!

After the excitement, Yang Shuyong felt some deep remorse and self-blame.

At this moment, Zhou led the four and a half children into the house with a smile, stared at Yang Shuyong in surprise and said, "What's wrong with you, you were startled in the middle of the night, strange and scary!" ”

Qiu Chen glanced at Yang Shuyong, and before the matter was thought about, it was better not to tell the sisters-in-law and his father and mother to know.

Yang Shuyong also thought of this at the same time with Qiu Chen, exchanged a look, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, that is, our sister said that when the courtyard wall of the house here is built, I will take the two children back to Yang's shop for a few days to accompany our father and mother." ”

"Oh, that's a good dare. Our father and mother can remember you and the children every day, go back to live for a few days, let them see, and rest assured! Zhou didn't expect that her honest husband would also hide his own things, and he didn't doubt it at all, and he was also overflowing with joy, and praised him repeatedly.

Yang Shuyong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, said hello to Qiu Chen, and took the opportunity to take a break to wash and rest.

In this house, Junwen and Junshu slept on a makeshift bed in the outhouse. Junyan Junzhang and the two boys climbed onto the kang, and Ah Fu Aman was not asleep yet, and when he saw the two elder brothers, he naturally leaned over to play.

Qiu Chen said to Ah Fu: "Fu'er, can you tell the story that your mother told you to the two brothers?" ”

Being able to get the trust of his mother, Ah Fu's little face was bright and proud, nodded obediently, lay down in the bed, and began to tell the story. After Qiu Chen's deliberate exercise, Ah Fu is no longer stumbling in storytelling, not only fluent, but also emotional, eloquent, so that he has never seen this kind of storytelling style and is attracted.

Wait for Qiu Chen to go outside to wash up and come back to take a look, okay, even Junwen Junshu was attracted to the kang, the brothers were through their feet, and the two of them were wrapped in a quilt, all of them listened attentively to Ah Fu's story!

Hearing the footsteps, Zhou turned his head in confusion, blinked his eyes, and then smiled and whispered: "I've been here for a few days and I don't know, Fu Boy's little mouth is really neat, this nonsense is really weird and good!" ”

The old people in the village also tell stories, and the subject matter of the story is mostly a variety of grotesque gods and ghost stories, this kind of story, which is said to be fictional, not true, that is, commonly known as nonsense, so it is also called 'pulling nonsense'. Don't look at the difference between this word and another word 'nonsense', the meaning before and after is completely different, 'pulling nonsense' has no praise or disparagement, and 'picking up nonsense' is lying, which has an obvious derogatory color.

Qiu Chen smiled, didn't speak, kicked his feet and put his shoes on the kang. The noisy soft mattress under him, although the quilt on his body was still old, also made Qiu Chen feel comfortable and almost sighed. After closing his eyes and being silent for a moment, Qiu Chen opened his eyes again and looked back to see that his sister-in-law had fallen asleep after a hard day's work beside him. On the other side, a few boys who tell stories and listen to stories, you also put your arms around my feet, and I kicked your legs and fell asleep together.

The slight surge and nostalgia in her heart suddenly calmed down and turned into a faint smile.

If you want to send Junwen and Junshu back to the temporary bed, I'm afraid it's impossible, Ah Fu and Ah Man are small, but they are easy to move. So, Qiu Chen slowly moved out of the quilt again, put on his shoes again, lightly carried Afu Aman to the temporary bunk quilt, and covered the quilt for Junwen and a few boys, and then returned to the temporary bed in the outhouse, pulled the quilt in, hugged the two sleeping children, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep with the smell of firewood and grass and fireworks in the stove pit.

Maybe she didn't even realize that she was now sleeping with her two children in her arms, and she was already able to sleep comfortably, and she always touched the two children around her for the first time at night and covered them with quilts......

It takes time to remember one thing, and it takes time to forget one thing, in fact, many people don't know that forgetting often takes less time than memorizing!

The next day, at the end of the day, the sky was still almost indigo, and the eastern sky was slightly revealing a hint of fish belly white. The early spring morning was cold, Qiu Chen got up, couldn't help but shrink a little, quickly rubbed his hands, and moved vigorously twice before he got a little better.

In the yard, Yang Shuyong and Lin Xu had already gotten up, Yang Shuyong was setting up a car in the yard, and Lin Xu was helping to deliver things.

Qiu Chen said hello, hurriedly washed up and entered the house, beat seven or eight eggs in a row, put in the green onion salt, ordered oil in the hot pot, and baked more than ten scallion oil egg cakes. I took another bowl of oil and squeaked it, made a pimple soup, and served it in the yard together.

At this moment, Zhou's family, Junwen, and Junshu also got up, and Qiu Chen said with a smile: "Why are you two brothers getting up so early, you are reluctant to let your father and mother go?" ”

Junwen Junshu opened his eyes in the morning and found that he was asleep on the kang, squeezing his aunt and two children to the bunk, he couldn't help but be a little ashamed, and was thinking about how to daoqian, hearing that his aunt was so funny, the embarrassment in his heart couldn't help but relax, and he touched his head and laughed.

Qiu Chen beckoned Zhou and Yang Shuyong to eat, and walked into the house by himself, bringing out the burden and a big basket.

The burden has already been explained to Yang Shuyong, put it directly in the car, and then walked to Zhou's side with a basket, sat next to her, and let Zhou eat, she confessed the same.

Nothing else, I heard that Begonia's mother was suffering from coughing and asthma, so Qiu Chen went to Huichun Hall to buy a small jar of honey. At this time, the honey is wild honey, and the effect is much better than modern farmed honey. There was also a small piece of Poria cocos left at the beginning, Qiu Chen also asked Zhou to bring it back, and used a spoonful of Poria powder and a spoonful of honey every day to steam it and eat it. It is to nourish the lungs and nourish the mind, and it has a good nourishing effect on the elderly with cough and asthma.

Needless to say, a jar of wine is for Begonia's father and two brothers. Other ingredients such as meat, chicken, etc., don't need Qiu Chen's explanation, and they will be loaded into the car together.

When he was done, he returned to the house, took out the mattress and quilt that Zhou had used when he came, and spread it on the car. Then, she went to the pot and took out a small clay pot with a wide mouth, in which she fried the meat slices last night, a few steamed buns, more than a dozen boiled eggs and two slices of pickles, and a small jar with boiling water and a wooden stopper......

After putting this large pile of bottles and cans into a basket, stuffing wheat in the gap to fix and keep warm, and beckoning Junwen Junshu to move it to the car and put it away, Qiu Chen exhaled a long breath. At this time, she misses the time when she despised mineral water and convenience food!

Zhou and Yang Shuyong finished eating, and they packed up a little and prepared to leave.

Looking at a large basket of food and drink, Yang Shuyong felt heartwarming and funny: "Sister, it's just a day's work, how can you prepare so much food and drink, it's enough to get a jug and take a few dry food!" ”

Zhou glanced at him and said with a smile: "My sister wants to be thoughtful and considerate, but you don't care about it and complain." I should leave you alone! ”

Qiu Chen and Junwen Junshu both laughed. After all, Lin Xu is one step away, and it is not easy to laugh with him, but he can also see a smile shining in his eyes.

Lan Ying also brought a basket over at this time, she brought a little food for her mother's family, two pairs of shoes for her father and mother, and two bags of snacks for the family. Qiu Chen doesn't seem to have many sincere things, but he is really intimate, especially the two pairs of shoes, the shoe pattern is fine and the needlework is fine, and Qiu Chen blushes when he sees it.

Sending Yang Shuyong and his wife out of the house, he watched the carriage go around the corner of the third grandmother's house in the distance, and disappear into the slightly tender green trees. Turning around, I saw that the eastern sky had revealed a bright white, the sky had changed from indigo to transparent royal blue, the weather was fine, like a pure lake in the sky, there was almost no trace of clouds, and it made people feel relaxed and happy.

Saying goodbye to Lan Ying, Qiu Chen beckoned Lin Xu and Junwen Junshu to turn back, Lin Xu went to take Rouge to walk the horse, Junwen Junshu followed his father to serve the horses, and when he saw that Rouge was naturally rare, he followed with a smile. When he learned from Yang Shuyong that his horse was a famous 'rouge snow', Lin Xu was overjoyed, so he simply called it the name 'rouge'.

Qiu Chen looked at the energetic backs of the three and a half children, shook his head with a smile, and entered the house to start preparing breakfast for the family.

In the temporary shop, I didn't feel that Yang Shuyong and his wife were sending off just now, but I felt that it was very troublesome at this time. Besides, cooking smoke ash and oil and gas will also stain the quilt, so he simply wrapped the quilt and carried the two sleeping little piglets into the house on the kang, so much moved, the two little piglets were not woken up, Ah Fu called his mother in a low voice, and found a comfortable position on the kang head in a blink of an eye, and then sank into a deep sleep, which made Qiu Chen almost laugh.

After dealing with the temporary shop, Qiu Chen put oil residue and shrimp skin in the pot to boil rice porridge, and heated steamed buns on top. I turned around and cut my own pickled cabbage and shredded cabbage, put in a little vinegar and a few drops of sesame oil, and the simple breakfast was ready.

After entering the house and calling the four little pigs, Junyan Junzhang got up in a daze and got dressed himself.

Junyan asked Yang Shuyong and Zhou, and when he learned that his father and mother had returned home in his sleep, the little guy's face was a little dark, and he lowered his eyes and stopped making a sound.

Qiu Chen smiled and touched Junyan's little brain, "Your father will be back in a few days." ”

"Really?" Jun Yan's eyes immediately lit up, and when he was affirmed by Qiu Chen, he immediately rejoiced.

Qiu Chen immediately assigned tasks to a few little guys: "I'll be busy when the helpers come later, and the Su Su family will be taken care of by a few of you." ”

Last night, a few little guys had already made a detailed understanding of the Lin family, and as soon as they heard Qiu Chen say this, even Junzhang and Afu Aman came over, and several pairs of eyes stared at Qiu Chen brightly.

Junzhang shouted: "Auntie, what about rouge? Leave it to me, I follow my father to serve the horses, and even my grandfather praises me! ”

Thinking about being taken out of the rouge by Lin Xu and the three of them, Qiu Chen smiled and said: "If you want to serve rouge, you are still like a pig, you are still sleepy, your eldest brother and second brother went to walk the horse early in the morning!" ”

When a few little guys heard this, they were all a little stupid, Qiu Chen patted a few people's brains, drove them to wash, and said with a smile: "Take care of Su Su's family first, if you take care of it, let your eldest brother and second brother hand over the rouge to you to serve!" ”

This immediately drew a burst of cheers, and the little ones ran out to wash their hands and faces.

Guan Qiu Chen was in a hurry, but before she could eat, Manchu's father and helpers came over one after another. But the harvest was not seen, and Man Hoard also heard the movement of the harvester last night, and he wanted to go to the harvester house to see it at this time. Before he could go, the eldest son of the harvester called Gou Yu ran over, saying that his father had gone up the mountain and was no longer coming to work.

Man Hoard knew that the harvest was faceless again, although it was a pity to delay such an opportunity to make money for the harvest, but there was nothing he could do. The daughter-in-law is like that, a man doesn't even have the face to come to the door!

Qiu Chen didn't notice that there was no one missing, and greeted Lin Xu together, let everyone in, and brought hot water to make tea. The people stopped them, saying that they had just eaten their morning meal and were not thirsty. Without delay, they took their tools and began to work.

The foundation was dug yesterday, and this morning the foundation will be dug and the foundation will be solid. In this era, there was no ramming machine, and it was all carried by manpower to carry a ramming stone.

As a rammed stone, in fact, the villagers use a stone stone or a stone to roll the ground, stand up, four arms thick poles, tie up horizontally and vertically with a rope, and clamp the upper end with two sticks. A rammer is formed with a rammer. Then the four corners pull out a hemp rope, and four people pull a hemp rope respectively, and jointly lift the rammed stone into the air, and then let the rammed stone fall freely, ramming the soil in the foundation firmly.

Because the rammed stone is heavy, and it is four people working together, therefore, the balance of force has become the top priority, in case anyone who uses liliang too big or too small, it may make the rammed stone thrown up deviate from the direction, which is very likely to cause serious consequences of injury. It is also easy for the person who lifts the rammer to be injured by the reaction force, and the sprained waist and leg are also very serious, and he may even lose the ability to work for the rest of his life.

At this time, the importance of the old style is fully reflected. Because of the large project of the Lin family, Manchu's father searched the whole village and found three rammed stones, Manchu's father arranged for people with similar physical strength to be grouped, and then told them again, only then took a few steps back and began to shout the tamping trumpet.

I saw the usual simple and honest old man, and suddenly he was full of energy several times at this time, his waist pole was straight, and he raised it with one hand, and those who lifted the rammer brushed and pulled the rope to the waist, and then, Manchu Dad sang the trumpet without hurrying: "Everyone lift up......"

Just this sentence, erupted from the chest, and the sound was like a bell, filling people's ears, and also breaking the solemnity of the entire scene before.

The sound of the word "yah" did not fall, and the rammers responded in unison: "The little girl is long and handsome......" At the same time, they exerted their strength together, and the heavy rammed stone was thrown into the air, and with a bang, it smashed the soft foundation hard, and the foundation was rammed solidly.

At this moment, the helping women also rushed over, and as soon as the horn shouted, those little daughters-in-law and big girls couldn't help but blush a little, and their eyes were shining as they looked at the men who were full of liliang and majestic, occasionally whispering a few words to their companions, and then pursed their lips and smiled secretly. The older women are more open, and at the same time, they make no secret of their laughter when they comment, and occasionally burst out with a hearty daxiao sound.

"Built a house, ......"

"Little girl is handsome and ......"

"Build a house and marry a daughter-in-law......"

"Daughter-in-law, Junwa......"

"Marry a daughter-in-law and give birth to a baby......"

The trumpets were loud and leisurely, resounding over the Lin family, and there were no certain rules for shouting trumpets, all of them were shouting trumpets and catching words. There are quite some primitive and simple little feelings, but they are never obscene, the tone is not beautiful, and the voice is only loud, but people are full of energy and joy!

Under the influence of this trumpet, the women who came to help were also very quick with their hands and feet, and they did the work with their hands.

Smashing is a very physically demanding job, and it takes about half an hour to change people. At this time, the women have to do a good job of logistics, and generally people will prepare tea to quench the thirst of the laborers, Qiu Chen also deliberately fried the oil tea with meat oil, and replaced it with the young and strong, and sent a bowl of hot and fragrant oil tea to satisfy their thirst and replenish their physical strength.

The loud and melodious trumpet sounded for two days, until the next day it was dark, and everyone had tamped all the foundations, and then they stopped.

Everyone worked hard for two days, and in the dim light of the evening, they sat in the courtyard, holding a mellow wine bowl and eating fragrant stew, but their faces were full of joy.

After the ramming is completed, it marks the successful completion of the foundation work, and the stone wall can be built tomorrow. After all, it is not as good as building a wall, and watching the wall grow an inch by inch makes people feel a sense of achievement.

In the past two days, Lin Xu still went to the school, and a few little guys were arranged by Qiu Chen to take care of Susu's family and chickens, and Junwen Junshu was sent by Qiu Chen to a procurement job, and he went out one day a day. On the first day, I went to Qingshui Town to order the gate and the doors and windows of the West Wing, and by the way, I bought insufficient ingredients. The next day, I went to the Wangjia Temple not far away to buy lime.

Being able to drive the carriage out independently, the brothers were very happy. And after these two trips, which are not far away, the brothers really confirmed to Qiu Chen their excellent driving and work ability. Let Qiu Chen, who secretly observed his brother's character ability, be satisfied again.

As the eldest of this generation, Yang Junwen is honest and simple, calm and generous, quite his father, respects the old and loves the young, and is very like an eldest brother. Junshu is the second, although he is a few years younger, but his heart is more lively than Junwen, but there is also no lack of simplicity and kindness, according to Qiu Chen's observation, the brothers go out to do things, Junwen controls the overall situation, and Junshu is mostly Junshu's idea for small things. Junyan Junzhang is still young, seven or eight years old boys are really naughty, these two children are also not innocent and lively, but they know very well, there are not many children in the village have some problems, it can be seen that the Yang family has a good education for the children, several children regardless of age, know the good and bad, play and play, but know the severity of the good, do not cause trouble, this makes Qiu Chen very satisfied. If there are really two 'seven-year-old and eight-year-old dogs' children, she really can't take care of them.

Of course, in Qiu Chen's eyes, 'no disaster' is also different from ordinary people. Many peasant children, the girl began to dig vegetables and cut grass with baskets at the age of four or five, and the male child went to herd sheep and cattle and horses, and could not see the children playing at home. Qiu Chen doesn't need the children to work hard, and it is the nature of children to play, and the rules are not talking or laughing, so what's the point. She doesn't cause trouble means that the children won't drive away the creatures in the house, and they won't steal anything, that's fine.

That night, the second daughter-in-law, Hongmei, also sent the last two quilts. Qiu Chen settled the wages for a few days to Hongmei, but she did not calculate it according to 80 yuan a day, but calculated it according to the 50 yuan salary for the quilt without a bed, 100 yuan for a bed of two large mattresses, and 80 yuan for a quilt, a total of 480 yuan. Compared with the daily work, it is 160 more than that.

The second daughter-in-law refused to ask for anything, so Qiu Chen's face sank, and he stuffed the strings of money into Hongmei's hand and said: "Hongmei, I saw that you did the work neatly, and we also signed the contract, so I handed over the work to you." Originally, I wanted to hand over a few children's clothes to you, why am I embarrassed that you are like this? ”

The second daughter-in-law naturally knew that Qiu Chen was helping her family, so she was able to catch up with the work, and she refused to ask for more wages, and when she heard Qiu Chen say this, she was full of gratitude and accepted the money.

Qiu Chen took out two cyan triangular cloths from the box and handed them to Erkui's daughter-in-law: "This is for Junwen and each of them to make one." Let me tell you, this time I will still count the work according to the number of sets, 60 wen for each large set, and 40 wen for each small set. They all have clothes on them, so if you don't rush to get dressed, you don't have to rush. Don't forget, you're not alone now, take care of your body first, and then talk about doing work. ”

It turns out that Qiu Chen's work according to the piece has such a meaning.

The second daughter-in-law suddenly couldn't help but be grateful, agreed repeatedly, and said a few more words before returning home with two pieces of cloth.

At night, everyone slept on the quilt, and everyone couldn't hide their joy, a few children were rolling and playing on the kang happily, Qiu Chen also let them have fun for a while, and then stuffed them into the quilt one by one, and started the story meeting every night.

At night, Qiu Chen dreamed of taking a warm bathtub and taking a bath......

woke up suddenly, only to find that she was too crazy to play during the day, and the little girl Man'er slept heavily at night, so she flooded the Seventh Army!

Cry, she covered the first day of the futon!

After a lot of chaos, Qiu Chen recovered the old quilt, and the big mattress under him was also wet, but he couldn't remove it entirely, so he had to roll up a part of himself and relay an old mattress, so he pulled back the temporary storage of Ah Fu in the nest, hugged the little girl who was still sleeping sweetly, Qiu Chen smiled bitterly and pinched the face of the little thing, in exchange for a resistant mutter, and fell asleep with a wry smile.

The next day, Qiu Chen smiled bitterly and sent the bedding that he had just slept on for a day back to Erkui's family. In order to take care of Aman's little girl's self-esteem, she also deliberately avoided a few boys and acted like an underground worker.

After the completion of tamping, because there are many people and materials are prepared, the speed of building the wall will fly, which can be expressed in a thousand centimeters a day.

However, in six days, the courtyard wall has been built, but the west wing has not built a wall, but two carpenters first use standing wood to build columns. Qiu Chen looked very strange, and after asking his father, he learned that at this time, the house was built first and then the wall, and the wall was not load-bearing, even if the wall was tilted or even collapsed, the structure of the house was still stable and proper. This is also the origin of the saying that 'the wall does not collapse'.

Qiu Chen suddenly realized, it turned out that there was already a relatively solid frame structure in this era! It is estimated that the modern construction of bungalows has become a direct wall, which should be inseparable from the invention and application of cement!

It took another day to build brick brims and wall hats. The courtyard wall is a brick wide, about 30 centimeters, and the brick eaves are one ding and one horizontal, about 55 centimeters, so that a small eaves appear on the top of the courtyard wall. Then cover it with green tiles, it becomes a wall cap, which not only has a decorative effect, but also can protect the wall.

The wooden frame of the west wing has also been erected, and after waiting for the beams, the walls will be built, tiles will be hung, and doors and windows will be installed...... When these tasks are completed, the West Wing will be officially completed.

Qiu Chen listened to the arrangement of the project, and secretly stumped in his heart, looking at only three west wings, the project was much more time-consuming and troublesome than the old elder's high courtyard wall!

Gray-blue stone foundation, blue brick wall, green tile roof, long and tall courtyard wall, not only solid and safe, but also a simple atmosphere of beauty, Qiu Chen will always be busy this day and squint his eyes to look at the courtyard wall, the corners of his eyes and mouth are faintly satisfied and happy.

"Begonia, look at the courtyard wall again? Hehe, such a neat and solid blue brick courtyard wall is really good, and I feel at ease when I look at it! Lan Ying walked out of front of the stove with a pot of vegetables, and when she saw Qiu Chen standing in the courtyard looking at the courtyard wall, she couldn't help but sigh.

A few days ago, it was the news of Lin Sheng's death at the border again, and Haitang was seriously ill...... At that time, the Lin family was so sad and miserable, and it was difficult to live, but since the illness was cured, Begonia was like a different person all of a sudden, put aside the sadness and crying, the personality was refreshing, and he also learned to collect medicine and medicine, but after two months of hard work, watching the Lin family buy food and clothes, Lin Xu went to school, and now he is building a house on the wall, and he is still a green brick to the top...... Not to mention that no one could have imagined it before, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, no one would have believed it!

It is said that no one knows more about the Lin family than her, but Lan Ying was stunned and felt that it was like a dream!

"Mother, Ah Fu is gone, the third brother and the fourth brother have searched all over the house and outside the house, but they haven't found it!" Ah Fu ran over for help with his little short legs, his face was anxious, and his voice was panicked and crying.

Qiu Chen bent down to wipe the fine sweat on Ah Fu's forehead, and comforted: "Fu'er is not afraid, my sister is fine, my mother will go to find my sister, Fu'er go back to the house!" ”

After speaking, seeing Fu'er nodded, Qiu Chen straightened up and hurriedly walked to the backyard.

In the courtyard these days, more than 40 young people and more than a dozen daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law are helping, and there are many people, there are stones, bricks and tiles, as well as wood, mud and lime, which can be described as dangerous. Qiu Chen detained a few children to read and write on the kang in the roof every day, and let Junyan Junzhang take care of him. I didn't expect the naughty plug, Shanzi wrote very hard, didn't worry about people, but this little girl was a headache, showing great enthusiasm for carpentry tools and all kinds of wood, and ran to the backyard to see other carpenters doing work without paying attention, or to pick up those wooden blocks and strips, and took the chisel for a comparison. Those planers, saws, and chisels are all very sharp, and if you are not careful, you will not be able to get hurt.

At this time, a circle of courtyard walls is basically up, and a few masters at the gate are erecting a frame for the doorposts and door frames, and the little girl should not be able to pass, then, compared to the bright front yard, Man'er may go to the backyard.

There are master carpenters doing their work, axes, chisels, saws, planers...... There are a lot of large and small wooden blocks, wooden strips, and planks that fall down from all kinds of work...... In addition, there are purlins and girders that are ready to be erected tomorrow, which are also stacked together, and there is a gap in them...... There are also piles of green tiles and leftover bricks...... The gaps between these things are enough for the little girl to hide.

Bypassing the corner of the house, I saw two carpentry masters with apprentices taking some wooden blocks to make upper beams with pickpockets, as well as rafters under the eaves and other wooden parts for building the house, and behind them there was a slip of purlins and timber on the house hill. Then there are some remaining green bricks, green tiles, stones, and some bricks left over from the wall, piled up a few piles, and a rectangular pit next to it is to be poured with lime, which should be used to paint the wall after the house rises.

Sweeping his gaze, although the backyard is large, there is really no shadow of a little girl as far as the eye can see...... However, a carpenter master in his fifties had a smile on the corner of his mouth, which attracted Qiu Chen's attention.

She didn't say anything, just walked over slowly, and said with a smile: "Several masters have been busy for a day, and seeing that the sky is dark, let's rest, wash up, and it's time for dinner." ”

She said this with a smile on her face, but her eyes did not let go of the change in the expressions of several people. Sure enough, the young apprentice still couldn't hold back, and seemed to be digging a piece of wood very seriously, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at the old carpenter!

Qiu Chen's brows jumped slightly, and then he noticed the long and wide canvas apron around the carpenter's waist, and he immediately understood.

When the carpenters worked, in order to prevent their clothes from being worn and soiled, they always used to wear a wide and long canvas apron that reached the top of the feet, and when they sat down to work, the apron fell down to cover the chest, abdomen, legs, and stools under the buttocks. With the space under this apron, coupled with intentional covering, a little girl who is more than a year old hides in, but there is nowhere to find it!

Towards evening, a few people were already hungry after an afternoon of work, and then remembered the delicious food of the Lin family, as well as the fragrance of meat and coriander that kept wafting from the front yard, and a few elementary school apprentices hated to leave their work. But at this moment, none of them moved, but their subordinates moved slowly, and their eyes couldn't help but look at the old master.

The old master was also quite calm, and said with a smile: "Thank you for greeting the lady of the main family, we will go after we finish our work!" ”

At this time, Qiu Chen basically dared to be sure, but he was not in a hurry, but said with a smile: "Cheng, then I won't disturb a few masters to work...... then he turned around and left, but when he turned around, he said with a smile: "I still make dim sum meatballs and dim sum for a few children, and I won't come over to invite you after a while!" ”

The old master nodded, and Qiu Chen turned around and left without hesitation.

One step, two steps, three steps...... Qiu Chen counted secretly, and sure enough, before she could take ten steps, a soft call sounded from behind her, and then, with a sound of footsteps, a small fleshy body caught up from behind and hugged Qiu Chen's legs.

"Mother, eat man'er, yuanzi!" The little girl was a little anxious, holding Qiu Chen's legs a little flatteringly, looking at Qiu Chen with big eyes on her bulging little face.

Qiu Chen looked at Man'er's red face, his black eyes blinked, and his little soft body hugged his legs with complete trust...... Such a soft and cute little look, she couldn't be cute, the faint anger in her heart was like popping a balloon, and she was deflated all of a sudden, and she couldn't get angry at all.

"Huh, Man'er? Where are you from? Why didn't my mother see you just now? Qiu Chen pretended to be surprised and squatted down, stretched out his hand to take the little girl into his arms, and gently patted the little girl with sawdust on her body, while asking, but his eyes were aimed at the embarrassed old master over there.

Man'er saw her mother at this time, and she had long forgotten that she had just cooperated, put one hand around Qiu Chen's neck, and the other little hand pointed at the fifty-year-old carpenter: "Just now that grandfather said that he and Man'er were confused, so that the brothers couldn't find Man'er!" ”

The old carpenter couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, he got up with an embarrassed smile, bowed to Qiu Chen with a fist and said, "Don't blame the lady of the main family, the little old man and the children are joking, just kidding!" ”

This old carpenter has good skills and good temper, but sometimes some old children have a temper, like children, but also like to tease children to do pranks, as today, but he is not bad. Where can Qiu Chen really blame others, he smiled and waved his hand: "Uncle, don't be like this, I can't stand it." You like children I can only happily, where to talk about blame go up. I'm just afraid that the children will come, and I won't have to delay your efforts to take care of them! ”

"Hey, no delay, no delay. The children are obedient and well-behaved...... Especially this little girl, with a clever mouth and many eyes, is very rare. The old carpenter smiled and chattered, and looked at Man'er, his eyes full of kindness and affection, and there was no pretense.

Qiu Chen has been here for less than two months, and the little girl has been different from the first time she saw her thin and weak, her little face has become fat, and she has become round and pink, plus her already beautiful facial features, especially a pair of big black eyes, it is really cute, and it is not uncommon to see her.

is also because the nutrition can keep up, the little girl is also special, her speech is becoming more and more neat, and her hands and feet are getting more and more. Moreover, it makes Qiu Chen cry and laugh, a pair of children are like a child, Ah Fu is a kid, but Wen Jing is very well-behaved and obedient, there is no need for Qiu Chen to worry about it, the four-year-old child knows how to take care of his sister very well and is considerate of his mother; Aman is a girl, but she is naughty, lively and naughty, which makes people have a headache, and if you can't see it for a while, you don't know what kind of mess you will poke.

Hearing what the master said, Qiu Chen didn't want to say anything anymore, only smiled and greeted them a few words, let them rest and go to the front to eat, and then went back to the front yard with Man'er.

It's just, while walking, pondering, how to educate and educate the little girl who is holding her in her arms, this doesn't recognize life, and anyone who is close can have a temperament, at best it is lively and cute, close to people, but at worst, it is too easy to believe people. It's just at home, if you take it out like this, maybe you will be taken away by someone in a few words!

As the project continues to progress, tomorrow will finally be the day of the gatehouse. At this time, it has been 12 days since the start of work, and it is really similar to Yang Shuyong's estimate. A day ago, Qiu Chen asked Junwen to send a letter to the Yang family's shop when he went to the town to buy vegetables, thinking that tomorrow when the gatehouse was on the beam, the eldest brother Yang Shuyong and the second brother Yang Shumeng should come over early.

After finishing work that night, Manchu's father found Qiu Chen: "Shengzi daughter-in-law, tomorrow on the beam, tonight I have to invite the village Zhenghe village elder, otherwise, after that, if someone says that he does not respect the elderly, it will not sound good!" ”

Although Qiu Chen has not been here for a long time, he also understands some human contacts, what kind of engineering project completion ceremony in modern times, will he invite some leaders to come to the scene to tailor! Although time and space have changed, reason is figured out. Besides, since she wants to live in this village, she naturally has to deal with the relationship with the people in the village, and she originally wanted to invite the village elders to drink, and then ask for another time to show respect, Qiu Chen can understand and accept it.

So he smiled and said: "I'm young, I don't know much about this matter, you always worry a lot, what else should you do, you always tell me directly." ”

Qiu Chen gave a high hat to Manchu's father very appropriately, flattered the old man with a good heart, nodded and said: "It's a happy event for us to pull the courtyard wall, how to be thoughtful and thoughtful, we can't let the neighbors find faults." In this way, I will go to the village and the village old man to ask for a please, you let the bolt mother and them help to prepare a few more dishes tomorrow, prepare the table noodles, and don't need too much, eight dishes, four meat and four vegetables are enough. When the time comes, please Li Zheng and the patriarchs and elders to drink water and wine, and if there is anything in your village in the future, it will be easy to talk. ”

Qiu Chen was going to discuss the list of old people in the village with Manchu's father before, but he didn't expect that he didn't plan to let her invite him at all. Cooking a few tables of dishes was a good thing for Qiu Chen a long time ago, so naturally he had no objections, and agreed coolly: "You can do whatever you always say." ”

After pondering for a while, Qiu Chen said again: "Uncle, why don't you let the second brother accompany you for a long time?" You can also take him with you, so that he can learn a little more. ”

"Okay, just ask Xuzi to follow and recognize people!" Manchu's father nodded with satisfaction, and secretly praised Lin Sheng's daughter-in-law for thinking thoughtfully for her brother-in-law. With a satisfied face, he took Lin Xu and went to the village to invite people from house to house.

Qiu Chen turned around, found his daughter-in-law washing the dishes and chopsticks Lan Ying in the group, gave her a look, asked her to take care of it, and went out himself, running to the third grandmother's house in front of him.

Since he invited the village leaders and patriarchs, Qiu Chen naturally did not forget to keep close contacts with the Lin family on weekdays. The third grandmother helped her when she was sick, although it was just a bowl of custard and a few eggs, it was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, Qiu Chen has always been grateful to her heart. There is also the incident of Liu Sanhe, looking at the fact that the third grandmother is protecting Liu Sanhe on the surface, Qiu Chen understands that the third grandmother has to lose the round field that day, otherwise she will really not be able to clean up. In addition, the third grandmother also has some prestige in the village, Liu Jincai is still the shopkeeper of the restaurant in the town, and he is also a capable person, Qiu Chen has a treat, so naturally he can't pull her house.

When I went to the third grandmother's house and told Shangliang about the treat, the third grandmother immediately agreed with a smile: "The town is busy with restaurant work, and your brother Jin Cai may be able to come back tomorrow, but I will definitely go." ”

Qiu Chen asked the third grandmother to help him consider, in addition to the village leaders mentioned by Father Man, there is still a need to invite people, especially the respected grandmothers and aunts. asked again, she wanted to invite Mr. Lin Xu to come over for a glass of water and wine, but it was inconvenient.

The third grandmother smiled: "Mr. Xu is Lin Xu's mentor, there is a happy event at home, and inviting him to drink a glass of water and wine is the right thing to respect the teacher, why is it inconvenient." As for who else is in the village...... You should have invited the fifth grandfather in the west of the village, when you had a sudden illness, you still asked him to get in the car at night and rush to the town to get medicine. I ran for half the night, and I didn't ask for money, and I heard that I got a cold when I went back, and I lay down for two days. ”

This was the first time Qiu Chen had heard this be mentioned, and he was slightly surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, only said: "Oh, I'm afraid the second brother was also frightened and confused at that time, and he never mentioned it to me." Otherwise, I have been fine for many days, and I should have come to the door to thank the fifth grandfather, not only to make his old man suffer, but also to be tired. ”

When the third grandmother heard this, the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes deepened with a smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing, your fifth grandfather is generous, don't care about such a trivial matter." You don't have to make a special trip to visit him, your fifth grandfather loves candy, you go and invite him to the banquet, and bring him a bag by the way, and he will be happy. ”

"Hey, hey, with the third grandmother for your guidance, I'm not so nervous anymore. The first time I handled the errands, I was really afraid that because I didn't know how to lose my manners, if I made the elders angry, I would be guilty! Qiu Chen was not nervous, but he spoke very appropriately, which made the third grandmother listen very well.

After quitting the third grandmother's house, when I returned home, the daughters-in-law who helped had already left, and the rest of the food during the day was still folded together and shared with a bowl for each family. If you don't move the fresh vegetables, you can put them in a large urn in the yard, which can ensure that they will not deteriorate overnight. As for the fish and meat to be used for tomorrow's feast, I have to go to the town early the next morning to buy them.

Lan Ying waited for Qiu Chen to go home, then explained a few words and went back to her home.

Qiu Chen walked into the back room and saw that under an oil lamp, Lin Xu was still taking a few children to read and write, and the bean headlamp was glowing with a layer of pale yellow light, making the whole room very warm and quiet.

After a period of teaching, the children have also seen some results in their learning. Especially Ah Fu, who is very serious in learning, has been able to know more than 100 words, every word can be written, and the structure of the writing strokes has some appearance, the wind and bones are not enough, but they can already be called neat. Aman also has more than 20 literates, but because people's small hands are not flexible enough, her writing is poor, and she still has to work hard to achieve horizontal and vertical goals.

Of the four children of the Yang family, Yang Junwen is the eldest in learning, but he may be because he is older, and he has to go to the construction site to help greet him during the day, and he has to go out in a car, etc., so he has no time to study during the day and learns slowly. The second child, Yang Junshu and Junwen, have studied for about the same time, but they recognize a lot more words than Junwen, but according to Qiu Chen's observation, this is the smartest of the brothers. If you learn well, Yang Junzhang, this child has a smart brain, not to mention, he is also serious in learning, and he is very focused when he reads and writes, which is also the main reason for his good performance. Yang Junyan's performance is a little unsatisfactory, this kid is not stupid, he is playful, he can't sit still, although he reads and reads with Junzhang every day, he is much worse than Junzhang.

Seeing their mother come back, the two children came up with a smile, rubbed and hugged, Qiu Chen also kissed Ah Fu, and hugged Ah Man in his arms, sat around the kang table together, and also learned words for a while. sent Lin Xu to take Yang Junwen to sleep, Lin Xu was about to go out, Qiu Chen instructed again: "Second brother, remember to invite Mr. Xu again tomorrow and invite him to our house for dinner at noon." ”

Being able to remember his teacher when he was invited to the house also reflected the importance that his family valued him from another side, Lin Xu was naturally happy, agreed with a smile, and went back to the East Chambers with Yang Junwen.

Qiu Chen took five children, big and small, and went to sleep on the kang after washing. Naturally, I have to tell a story for a while before going to bed.

There are many children, and Qiu Chen has also changed her storytelling method, usually she tells it once first, and then picks a child who tells it well and repeats it again. Okay, add an egg to the next day's breakfast. This inconspicuous little reward makes the children scramble to ask for retelling every time, and because of this, the children are very serious when they listen to the story, but after a few days, even the three brothers of the Yang family can tell four or five small stories.

The children in the village are simple and honest, but they are also prone to twisting and sticking, and are called 'small family spirit' by many people. Qiu Chen deliberately asked the children to tell stories in front of their families, and compared who spoke fluently and who spoke with affection and attractiveness. After this period of time, Qiu Chen also plans to take the opportunity to let the children tell stories in front of many people, exercise them not to be nervous and unrestrained in the face of people, no matter who they face, they can express themselves generously, and completely throw away the habit of cowering and restraint.

Nothing was said all night.

Before dawn the next day, Qiu Chen got up early, and explained all the things at home to Lan Ying, who had rushed over early, and Lin Xu, who had asked for leave, so she jumped into Yang Junshu and set up the carriage, and went straight to Qingshui Town with a few children.

No, I can only add five thousand, and no more real code can be released......

Seeing Su Su so diligent, my relatives praise her!

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