Build a house
Chu Ying asked Uncle Qi to finish the wooden structure of the two rooms first, and the roof was still made of bamboo chips, and soil and straw were laid on top of it. I made an appointment with Grandpa Li to buy adobe bricks, this adobe brick is cheap, but the money is five, and the people in the village are ready to wait for the time to build a new house, the quality of this adobe brick is still leveraged, and it is stronger than the adobe brick that I pondered.
"Is the family going to build a house again? Is there a shortage of manpower? I'll help you when I'm done. "Chu Ying was stopped by Wang Qiyuan when she was passing by the field in an ox cart, and she hadn't seen her for a few days, but Brother Wang looked a lot more mature.
"No, let's see when the time comes, Uncle Qi has brought an apprentice here in the past few days, and he can be considered busy. It's been okay for the past few days, I don't even have time to meet the bride, and I wasn't at home the last time you came. ”
"If you don't get in the way, if you want to help, you say, I will come." Chu Ying saw that Wang Qiyuan had tanned a lot in the past few days, and she should have run to the ground or go to the city to work every day.
It took a day to buy all the adobe bricks needed, because the villagers live more scattered, and the adobe bricks are not a lot to do in their spare time, but they are finally together, and it only costs money and silver, because the house is at least 40 square meters this time, so more bricks are needed.
When Chu Ying and Ye Qiu moved all the adobe bricks, it was almost dark, and they gave Grandpa Li half a penny of silver and asked Grandpa Li to go back quickly, Uncle Qi didn't stay and went back after eating, Chu Ying and Ye Qiu were so tired that they didn't want to move.
"Let's go and ask the mason tomorrow, but if you can't get too busy, ask another person to help, everyone will be tired." Chu Ying lay motionless on the floor, and felt laborious to move her mouth a few times.
Ye Qiu got up and went to the kitchen to work, "I'm fine, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it." Anyway, there is still some money at home, so it is good to take it out and use it first. ”
"Who's to say it's not......"
"Didn't you say you would ask me for help if you had something? Do you still need to invite someone else? It's a tael of silver, I'll pay you back first, and I'll come to help tomorrow." Chu Ying looked at Wang Qiyuan's somewhat angry look, and didn't know how to respond for a while.
"Aren't you just married, how can Chu Ying be embarrassed to let you come, come in and sit down." Chu Ying saw that Ye Qiu beckoned Wang Qiyuan into the kitchen, and Chu Ying could only get up and move to the kitchen.
Before he could move two steps, he was picked up by Wang Jiyuan, "You are weak, don't you know yourself?" Don't you still want money when you're tired? Can't I help you when I become a parent? When did the neighborhoods become so divided? ”
"Actually, I'm too lazy to ask you to help." Wang Yuyuan gently put Chu Ying on the cushion, "Yes, I can't move because you're too lazy." Chu Ying stuck out her tongue and made a smile.
"Mom...... What are you doing? Chu Ying's calf was held down by Wang Qiyuan, and it was so sore that Chu Ying quickly withdrew her calf, but Wang Qiyuan hit it hard and was caught again. Ye Qiu thought that there were insects in the house, and when he turned around with a spoon, he saw that Chu Ying was grabbed by Wang Qiyuan like this.
"Press it for you, or you won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow." Ye Qiu put the spoon down and hurriedly ran to push Wang Yuyuan's hand away, "I'll come, I'll come, I'll press it when the time comes, I'll press it for the young lady to soak in water, you see if this man and woman are kissed." Wang Qiyuan's face turned red unconsciously when Ye Qiu said this.
"I'll help tomorrow, let's go first." Wang Yuyuan hurriedly went out and ran away all of a sudden before stopping, he didn't have any thoughts about Chu Ying, he just wanted to take care of her and protect her, but Chu Ying was growing up slowly, and she was also married and had a family, so there was still some distance between the two, or it would be bad for Chu Ying to fall into the tongue when the time came.
"Are girls' feet casually touchable? Miss, you are weak and have a lot of etiquette matters, the second lady has never taught you, don't let a man touch your body in the future, except for your husband, you know? Chu Ying felt funny when she looked at Ye Qiu's nervous appearance, but she still nodded very seriously, and she felt a lot more comfortable when she picked up the money in the sack.
"You don't have to press my feet, as long as I have copper plates all over me, I don't feel like my legs are sore." Ye Qiu looked at Chu Ying holding the sack and could only continue to cook in distress, the second lady had never worried about food or clothing before, she must have been used to living a hard life here to love silver money so much.
Sure enough, the thighs and calves were very sore the next day, but fortunately, the beloved silver money returned to his side, Chu Ying glanced at the full copper plate and cheered up to go to the mason, and when he went out, he saw Wang Jiyuan, who was beating wheat with a flail with his bare shoulders.
"Brother Wang, you came so early."
"It's not early, my rooster has crowed three times, Uncle Qi is already working, Ye Qiu has fed the chickens and rabbits, and only this little lazy pig is still asleep." Chu Ying looked at it and looked like that's the case.
"Ye Qiu, why didn't you call me earlier."
"Seeing that you slept so soundly, I was so tired yesterday that I let you sleep more, and there is nothing wrong today, plus Brother Wang came to help again, if you feel tired, you can sleep for a while." Chu Ying hadn't even slept on the first day of the Lunar New Year when she was a special soldier before, and when she arrived here, it was really worse than a day, and if she was known by the squad leader, it would be another ridicule and scolding.
Chu Ying went to the entrance of the village to find Grandpa Li, who was waiting for him, to find the mason in the village, fortunately, there were more masons, and he came back with Chu Ying in an ox cart without making an appointment, and they were all recommended by Grandpa Li, so they should know the roots.
"Uncle Xiang, you're here, I'll give you a hand today." Wang Qiyuan took down Uncle Xiang's tools and went to a spacious place to put things away.
"It's you kid, that's a lot easier, where can you do the work? Qi Ye, you are also here. Uncle Qi, who was on the roof, turned around and smiled at Uncle Xiang.
Chu Ying looked like they were all acquaintances, and she should be familiar with a lot of work, here Uncle Qi made an end to the roof, and over there Uncle Xiang cooperated with Wang Qiyuan to start mixing plaster, Chu Ying asked Ye Qiu to supply enough cold water, picked up the flail brought by Wang Qiyuan and threw it up according to his action just now.
However, the length of the flail is still relatively long, and Chu Ying still doesn't know how to use it, but she threw herself into the wheat pile and stained the ears of wheat.
"Haha...... You let it go, harvest the wheat first, and I'll wait to threak it." Chu Ying continued to practice, but she didn't believe that she couldn't move this thing, and after falling a few times, she was finally able to grasp the centrifugal force of the flail. Although I don't have much strength to fight, I can shake it off decently.
At noon, Ye Qiu made a large table of dishes, put the table under the shed, and spread a reed mat on the ground, which was quite cool these days, and he would not feel restrained if he ate a lot of people outside.
"You kid is small and ambitious, so small will make him flailed." Uncle Xiang touched Chu Ying's head.
"She can also drive an ox cart...... Wang Jiyuan also coaxed.
"This little doll is not small, I heard that he has killed pigs, where does my little doll dare to touch these, he avoided it when he saw the pig barking." Several people complimented themselves like this, and Chu Ying felt that her little face was strangely hot.
"There's no way around it, my parents aren't there, I can only rely on myself, fortunately, my brain is clever, I can use some brute force, and I thank God for giving me so many opportunities." Chu Ying poured some sake for a few people, and everyone talked and laughed, but they put the fatigue behind first.