Back then, Ji Ruili's man, that is, Ge Kailin's second grandfather, died on the battlefield, Ge Ding Chou was still young, in order to prevent the eldest and his family from bullying the orphans and widows of the second family, as a father-in-law and mother-in-law, they quickly cut through the mess and divided the family between the boss and the second child, and the two old men followed Ji Ruili.

When his father-in-law died first, Ge Zezhong was in a hurry to snatch the corpse home, thinking that according to custom, as long as he buried the old man and dropped the crockpot that burned paper money, he would be able to get the old man's family property before his death.

But his mother is still alive, and she will not agree to give the property to Ge Zezhong even if she dies, and the cadres of the village committee do not support Ge Zezhong.

As a result, Ge Zezhong actually sealed his father's coffin in two low houses that were originally used to raise cattle, saying that when his mother died, the two old men would be buried together.

Ge Zezhong did this, and a month after his father's death, his mother was also strewn to death.

After his mother's death, Ge Zezhong sealed his mother's body in the cowhouse and refused to mourn.

Ji Ruili would rather give all her property to Ge Zezhong, crying and begging for the funeral of her in-laws, and Ge Xinchou also cried and begged for her grandparents to be buried in the ground, but Ge Zezhong refused.

The house where Ge Xinchou and Hao Shenmei used to live was no bigger than the cowhouse, and Hao Shenmei's dowry furniture was crowded together before it could be put down, except for the small kang where the two lived in the house, there was no empty space, and people had to squeeze sideways when they entered and exited the house.

When Hao Shenmei was pregnant with her first child, Ge Xinchou discussed with Ge Zezhong to see if he could tear down the house he lived in and build a bigger house on the original site, or if he had a child, the house he lived in would not be able to be turned around at all.

"You have to toss whatever you want, you build the house yourself, and the family has no money to give you a loser." These were the words of Ge Zezhong at that time.

At that time, Hao Shenmei was young, and it was easy to blow up her hair when she encountered something, so she immediately made a fuss, and in two days, Ge Zezhong was disturbed by her, and finally compromised, and the two cow houses were also given to Ge Xinchou and Hao Shenmei.

But Ge Zezhong also has conditions, he doesn't care about the money and food it costs to build a house, and what the house is built is also a matter for the two of them.

Hao Shenmei asked Ge Zezhong: "Whose house is built is it?" ”

There is no separation, and all the property purchased by the children and grandchildren is counted as the family's.

"As long as you have the ability to build a house, the house is yours." This was also Ge Zezhong's original words at that time.

It is very clear in Ge Ze Center that the cowhouse is an all-adobe house, there is no foundation, and the wood used is only rough sticks, even if the cowhouse is demolished, there is nothing to use, and the small house where Ge Xinchou and his family live is not much better than the materials of the cowhouse.

But Hao Shenmei can't make any more trouble, the coffins of the two old men have been stopped in the cowshed for three years, this is Ge Xin's ugly pain, and now it is easy for Ge Zezhong to be relieved, she can't bear to refuse, and she can't refuse.

To demolish the cowhouse, it means that Ge Xinchou's grandparents must be buried first.

As the old saying goes, pregnant women and fetuses under the age of one must retreat a mile away when there is a white thing, otherwise, the pregnant woman will miscarry, and the fetus will be taken away from the soul, either become a fool, or simply not live long.

But Hao Shenmei had no choice but to do her best to manage the funeral, although Ji Ruili was responsible for it, Hao Shenmei still had a miscarriage due to fatigue, and she couldn't conceive for a long time after that.

She got married at the age of eighteen, and she was born at the age of twenty-nine.

Even the small house where the cowhouse and the original house lived were demolished, except for a few stones, bricks and tiles, there was basically nothing to use, and other materials for building the house were only bought with money, and my father did not give money, only borrowed.

The most economical way is to build an adobe house, because you don't have to buy adobe, you have to make it yourself.

The bricks and stones that were removed were not enough to even lay the foundation, and Ge Xinchou and Hao Shenmei didn't dare to ask someone to help dig the foundation pit.

At that time, Ge Dingchou was already married, and it was not suitable for the two of them to live back in the backyard, so they borrowed someone else's house to live.

Ge Xinchou has to go to work, and can only stay at home for one day a week, Hao Shenmei finishes the collective work during the day, and has to dig the foundation pit at night.

Digging the foundation pit, ramming, and lifting the foundation, this job is not something that the two of them can do by themselves, so they can only ask someone to help.

Ge Xinchou and Hao Shenmei are smiling at people during the day and frowning at night.

It's not that the two of them are stingy and don't want the people who work to eat, but the amount of cattle-like food, the two of them are really worried.

The foundation was raised, but the adobe for building the house had not yet been settled.

The thickness of the adobe is the same as that of ordinary bricks, rectangular, as big as four bricks in two rows, this job Hao Shenmei can't do, she is a woman in the end, she is not so strong, even if she can lift the stone hammer, she can't beat the adobe.

Ge Xinchou tried to beat the adobe every Sunday, and the weak and handsome young offspring was stunned to become a rough black man.

Hao Shenmei's brothers-in-law, Manwa, Ge Dingchou, and Ge Hechou will help out when they have time, and there are also many men in the team who have taken the time to help.

Ge Yiluan, who has not been in contact with his mother's family for many years, also asked his own man to lead his two sons to help, but the father and son only worked in the fields, did not enter the village, and did not talk to the villagers.

Even to build an adobe house, you must first build a brick wall more than one meter high, otherwise when it rains, the adobe will be soaked in water, and the house will not collapse, and the pillars supported by the four corners must also be brick pillars.

In order to buy bricks and wood, Hao Shenmei kept taking needlework, going to work in the field during the day, staying up late at night to work, Ge Xinchou's salary was also less, and she had to borrow money everywhere, because of this, Hao Shenmei quarreled with her in-laws.

When the materials are ready, the ground has frozen, and we have to wait until the spring of the second year to start construction.

Starting a house is a big project, Ge Xinchou and Hao Shenmei have been borrowing money and grain all winter to save money.

In the spring, we build houses, ask people to build walls, make doors and windows, erect beams, and slip tiles, although the people in the village do not need to give money to help, but they have to take care of food, cigarettes, and wine every day, and the savings of a winter are spent in a few days.

After nearly a year of torment, half of the black hair on both of them turned white.

Later, there was Ge Kailin, who was born a puppet, and after five years, her hair became gray now.

Now that he really wants to split up, Ge Zezhong proposed to let Ge Xinchou's family leave, the meaning is obvious, he wants to grab the house.

"Dad, why are you like this, when I built a house with Xin Chou, you said that as long as we can build it, the house will be ours, and now why doesn't talking count!" Hao Shenmei asked loudly.

Ge Zezhong snorted coldly: "Hmph, the name of my Ge Zezhong is written on the beams of the house." ”

According to the old local customs, on the day of building the beams of the house, the name of the owner of the house should be written on the beams of the house, as well as the year and date of the building.