The sisters didn't think about it so much, and when someone came, they always entertained happily. Whenever someone mentions Ran'er's future to find her in-laws, Ran'er smiles and is silent. But Qinglian always has to refute a few words.

"My sister won't get married, and besides, my sister is still young."

"How can there be a girl who doesn't marry?"

"If you say you don't marry, you don't marry."

Qinglian's mouth is very neat, everyone treats her as a child, and no one blames her.

Whenever someone left, Qinglian couldn't help but nag a few words.

"It's as if if you don't talk about getting married, you won't have anything else to say, it's annoying to death."

"This is also annoying, won't Lian'er be annoyed every day in the future? They are willing to say, listen to it, why care? ”

"Hmph, my sister is good-tempered."

Qinglian's body has developed rapidly in the past two years, only slightly shorter than Ran'er, and has surpassed Ran'er's ears. The body is also stronger than then, and now I help feed the pigs, chickens, and pigweed every day, and I don't necessarily do less. Especially when Qinglian does her work, she is rarely sharp. Doing the same thing with Ran'er is often faster than Ran'er.

There are many cloudy days in June. It's also a good time to be free. The sisters are used to reading and watching the rain in the grass pavilion. The fence walls are covered with carob seedlings, loofahs, and some wild morning glories. The green leaves that have been washed by the rain are particularly eye-catching. The water in the creek has also risen a lot because of the continuous rain, and you can see the slightly turbid soup flowing water in the grass pavilion.

Every year in mid to late June, it is the time for the little swallow to test fly. Two nests of small swallows, led by the big swallows, fly a little stiffly, and land on the fence wall from time to time to rest. Ran'er always sits quietly and reads books, and Qinglian is practicing calligraphy most of the time. Now the sisters have a lot of books on hand, some of which were sent by Chunshui, and some of which they bought with their own money. Although her mother said that she would not let Ran'er learn to compose poetry, Ran'er thought that it would be right not to write poetry. Therefore, there are also some poems and the like in Ran'er and Qinglian's books.

Occasionally, the sisters would go to their mother's grave to see if there was any damage caused by the rain. In the spring of the second year after her mother's death, the two small cypress trees planted by Ran'er have now grown taller and thicker. Once, Qinglian also brought some chicken manure and buried it next to the roots of the cypress tree. I didn't forget to say to my mother:

"Mother, the sun is poisonous in summer, and the two cypress trees have grown up, and they can shade the sun for their mother in summer."

Qinglian really regards Ran'er's mother as her own mother. In Qinglian's memory, her biological mother has no impression at all, but her brother's mother remembers a little. Since Ran'er has always treated Qinglian as her own sister, Qinglian subconsciously regarded Ran'er as her own mother. I have almost forgotten my true origins.

Ran'er rarely thinks about his origins. My mother was born here, and she grew up here, so she has no sense of intimacy with other places. I only have feelings for the fence courtyard, two acres of paddy fields, my mother's grave, the stream in front of the courtyard, and the bamboo forest behind the house. Sometimes, Ran'er also thinks in her heart that if she can live with her for the rest of her life, it will also be a good place to return, so that she can always be by her mother's side.

"Lian'er, you said that we won't go anywhere in the future, and it's okay to stay by my mother's side for the rest of our lives?"

"Of course, Lian'er thinks so too."

"It's just that our two houses are a little too small, and in a year or two, we can pick up another one."

"It's better to leave the old house untouched and build a few more rooms, that's what my mother left."

"Lian'er is right, we won't move the house built by my mother. Let's start a new house on the east side. ”

"Sister, how much does it cost to build a house?"

"My sister and Grandpa Li inquired, if you build three blue brick houses, it will cost about twenty taels of silver."

"Do we have enough money?"

"Counting the ten taels left by my mother, it's enough."

"Then wait for the autumn to sell the pigs, so that you don't need your mother's ten taels of silver?"

The two sisters summed it up, and when they sold the pigs on the August Festival, they built three new green brick houses. Because the two of them didn't understand anything, they took the time to go to Grandpa Li for consultation.

Hearing that the sisters wanted to build a new house, Grandpa Li was still very surprised, and couldn't help but look at Ran'er and asked:

"In a few years, you will get married, live in your mother-in-law's house, and what are you going to do with building a house? Besides, it costs twenty taels of silver to build three houses of blue bricks. ”

"Grandpa, Ran'er is only eleven years old, and Lian'er is just seven years old, so it's still early. As for the twenty taels of silver, when my mother left, I left some for Ran'er, and I didn't move, and I sold the pig in August, which was enough. ”

"Have you two thought it out?"

"I've figured it out."

Both sisters nodded and said.

"Well, if you want to start a house in August, you have to order bricks and tiles now, otherwise it will be too late to buy it then."

After speaking, he led the sisters to Li Shun's house, and Li Shun's new house was on the west side of Grandpa Li's yard. Grandpa Li told the sisters what they meant, and Li Shun and his wife were also a little surprised, but they didn't say anything.

"I took Ran'er to order bricks and tiles, and other timber and other materials must be prepared in advance. First of all, the carpenter was determined, and they were asked to sum up the number, and then they bought it. ”

Li Shun said to Grandpa Li.

The next day, Ran Er and Qinglian took the fixed money, found a brick kiln with Li Shun, booked the bricks and tiles needed for the next three houses, and told them to send them at any time, and they must all be delivered before the end of July.

Grandpa Li helped find carpenters, masons, etc., and asked carpenters to sell the wood from neighboring villages. Other limes, reeds, etc., were also bought back at Yangzhuang Market and prepared. Sand and the like, there are them in front of you, so you can take them whenever you need them.

Within a few days, the news that Ran'er and Qinglian were going to build a new house spread in Xia Village. There are different opinions about the two little girls building a new house, some in favor and some think it is unnecessary, and there are different opinions. But none of this has anything to do with the sisters. Since deciding to start a new house, the two have been excited. Qinglian came to her mother's grave more than once to report the progress of the matter, the bricks and tiles were set, the wood was bought, and the craftsmen were all found.

In the blink of an eye, in August, harvesting rice and planting wheat, after a busy day, Ran'er's family also started. It was Grandpa Li who helped Zhang Luo, and the Ran'er sisters only had to pay, and then cooked. The local custom, whether it is a craftsman who takes a salary or a helper, is to take care of a lunch at noon. Aunt Cheng and Aunt Wu leaned on Ran'er's house almost every day to help cook. Because Jiyao was still young, Aunt Shun wanted to take care of the child and did not intervene.

Because the money is in hand, the bricks and tiles and timber are prepared in advance, the people in the village have the thought that the sisters are lonely, life is not easy, and there are many people who come to help, so before the beginning of winter, three brand-new blue brick houses were built. Even a fence wall was built and connected to the original fence wall.