Chapter 243: Temporary Residence
When Xiao Ju Niang and Liu Yuan went to tidy up the kitchen and prepared to boil the bath water, Xiao Ju looked at the four rooms and found that there were two adjacent rooms with pits, and two were not. The room had been cleaned and the tattered furniture had been moved to the yard and piled up. As for the hall, there was only one fire pit left, and it was cleared everywhere.
Xiao Ju thought about it, spread a thick layer of wheat straw on the two pits in the room, and then spread cotton mats on the wheat straw, and put the covered cotton bedding. The temperature in October does not need to burn the pit for the time being. Then Xiaoju moved out the rough and practical wardrobes made by Liu Zhu when he lived in the back mountains of Chenjia Village and put them in the room. At the same time, the broken windows of the room were repaired, and the curtains were hung, so that two comfortable and warm bedrooms appeared.
Xiao Ju's eyes were not affected by the black color during the day, and when Xiao Ju Niang let Zhuang Zhuang, Xiaosheng, and Liu Yuan go to take a bath, she quickly cleaned up the weeds in the small yard in front of the house, and chopped all the tattered furniture into firewood and piled it up in a corner of the courtyard. As for the collapsed courtyard walls, the broken courtyard gates, and the roofs of the kitchens and miscellaneous houses, they had to be repaired after dawn.
Xiao Ju stood in the courtyard and looked at the renovated thatched house, as well as the clean and tidy courtyard and the two jujube trees planted in the yard with only branches, and felt that this winter should not be too sad.
"Xiaoju, come and wash your hair and take a shower, clean up and sleep! I've been tired of you for so long! Xiao Ju Niang stuck her head out of the door of the hall and shouted at Xiao Ju, who was standing in the courtyard in a daze.
"How many of them have washed the men?" Xiao Ju shook her senses and asked as she entered the hall.
"It's all washed! It's just the two of us! Xiao Juniang replied with a smile in her tone. With this nest. She feels that life has begun to have hope again, as long as a pair of children are by her side, no matter how difficult the days are, she can get through them. At this time, her mood was happy and relaxed.
As soon as Xiao Ju entered the hall, she saw Xiao Sheng, Zhuang Zhuang and Liu Yuan sitting neatly dressed on the big fire pit in the hall. Although my hair was washed, it was obviously long because it had not been repaired for a long time, and it looked neither mentally nor comfortable.
"Mother, you go wash first! I'll help them cut their hair! Xiao Ju said as she entered the bedroom, and soon she came out of the bedroom, holding a very sharp pair of scissors in her hand.
Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Sheng saw Xiao Ju's eyes. He obediently climbed down from the fire pit. followed Xiao Ju to the courtyard, Xiao Ju neatly cut the messy hair of the two little children, which could be tied into pigtails, until only the roots of the hair were attached to the scalp, and then let them into the house.
Soon. Liu Yuan also came out obediently. I've been with Xiaoju's family for so long. He actually has a lot of doubts in his heart, but he is also a smart person and knows his incomprehension. It should be a secret belonging to Xiaoju's family, since no one treats him as an outsider, he naturally pretends not to see those abnormalities, and at the same time secretly swears in his heart that he will not reveal half of what he doubts to others. What's more, following Xiaoju's family is really his luck.
Xiao Ju didn't know what Liu Yuan was thinking, she knew that during this period of time, she had taken out food from the small space, and she definitely couldn't make Liu Yuan think about it, but she also had no choice, in surviving and for the sake of future safety, she didn't use her ability to solve the current survival difficulties, she chose to let five people survive, and at the same time, she also bet that Liu Yuan was not the kind of ungrateful person.
Judging from Liu Yuan's current thoughts, Xiaoju won the bet. But at this time, Xiao Ju just concentrated on helping Liu Yuan, who was squatting in front of her, to cut the long hair flat. nǎ want to get a lot of thoughts in Liu Yuan's heart?
After helping Liu Yuan cut his hair, Xiaoju went to the kitchen to take care of personal hygiene. And Xiao Ju Niang arranged for Liu Yuan to sleep in one room with Xiao Sheng, while the three of them were still nested in one room. Xiaosheng originally had to sleep with Zhuang Zhuang alive or dead, but was told by Liu Yuan, "You don't listen to Aunt Liu's arrangement, and when your sister Xiaoju comes out and sees it, I don't like you anymore, what should I do if I see you?" ”
The lethality of this sentence is really not small, Xiao Sheng immediately obediently asked Liu Yuan to take the little hand, climb down the fire pit in the hall, and enter the room arranged by Xiao Ju Niang to sleep for him.
When Xiao Ju came out comfortably, the whole grass house fell into a silence, Xiao Ju's heart turned sour, it seemed that everyone was tired during this time, not only physically tired, but also mentally not relaxed, because of the fear of being caught, has been tight. At this time, this foothold made everyone loosen up, not to mention that there was a warm and comfortable pit, so they naturally fell asleep quickly.
Before dawn the next day, Xiaoju got up, mainly considering that the roofs of the kitchen and miscellaneous houses had not been repaired, and she wanted to quietly resurface the roofs of the kitchen and miscellaneous houses while the sky was not bright and no villagers paid attention. And Xiao Ju Niang, Zhuang Zhuang, Xiao Sheng and Liu Yuan got up after Xiao Ju resurfaced the roof of the kitchen and miscellaneous house.
Liu Yuan looked at Xiaoju, who was covered with wheat grass clippings because of the roof, and looked ashamed! In front of Xiao Ju, he felt that he was so useless. In the past, compared to people his age in the army, he had always thought that he was a top-notch person in all aspects, but now he realized how little and ridiculous what he knew compared to Xiao Ju in front of him.
"Liu Yuan, are you up? You can move the chopped furniture from the yard to the kitchen, so that my mother can use it when she makes breakfast!" After breakfast, accompany me to dig some slime to mend the courtyard wall! Xiao Ju raised her eyes and looked at the young man who was standing aside and looking at her in a daze.
"Good!" The first time Liu Yuan Xiaoju gave such a pleasant order, his mood soared, and he ran towards the courtyard without hesitation.
Xiao Ju was shaken by the sudden smile on Liu Yuan's face, and felt a little strange in her heart, for so long, this young man has been silent and worried, could it be that because he has a stable place, the helplessness and confusion in his heart suddenly disappeared?
Xiao Ju, who didn't figure it out, didn't think much about it, when she was tidying up the small courtyard last night, she found that there was a well on the right side of the courtyard about one hundred and fifty meters away from the courtyard gate, because it was too late yesterday, so she didn't care about it. Now you have to take a good look, if it is a good well, then the daily water problem is solved. Otherwise, you have to pick it every day, it's troublesome and conspicuous.
As Xiao Ju hoped, the well was a good well, and the water was so clear that you could see the bottom of the well, but the well water was almost up to the wellhead. Xiao Ju fetched a bucket of water with a bucket hanging on the derrick and took a sip, the water was cool and sweet. I knew that I didn't need to get water from the well in the small space last night, which saved Liu Yuan's doubts even more.
At this time, Xiao Ju Niang also got up, when she came out of the hall and came to the front yard, she happened to see Xiao Ju trying to drink well water, and couldn't help but walk over with a look of surprise, "Xiao Ju, I didn't expect there to be a well in the yard!" That's great! Now you don't even have to worry about the water problem! ”
"Well, I didn't expect our luck to be really good! In just one day, all the problems were solved! Xiao Ju also replied with a super smile.
"I'll pick up some water to the kitchen, and when I was carrying firewood in just now, I looked at the water tank and found that there wasn't much water in the tank!" At this time, Liu Yuan carried two buckets and came to the well with a sunny smile.
"It's good! Mother, if you have anything, ask Liu Yuan to help! I'm going to clean myself up first, and then I'm going to wake up Zhuang Zhuang and Xiaosheng! Xiao Ju glanced at Liu Yuan, who suddenly became diligent, although she didn't know why the other party suddenly changed, but this change was something she was happy to see. Any predicament can only be faced positively in order to have hope to get rid of it one day.
After Xiao Ju woke up Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Sheng, and after they all washed and cleaned up, Xiao Ju Niang and Liu Yuan also made breakfast. The five of them happily sat around the dining table that Xiao Ju had already set out in the hall, and started the happiest meal in this time.
Until the afternoon, the village elder took a few villagers to Xiaoju and their place, he came to inform Xiaoju of them, after the discussion of several elders in the village, it was unanimously agreed that several of them can settle in the village, but they must abide by the village rules, and the second is to bring people over to see if there is anything to help, after all, this house has not been inhabited for a long time, and the people in the village know how broken.
But the village elder and the villagers came to this small courtyard of Hao Shi's house to see that there was still the slightest dilapidated appearance in the nǎ, the original dilapidated roof had long been covered tightly by thick wheat straw, and the collapsed mud wall of the small courtyard had also been rebuilt, and the original courtyard gate was only half left, and the missing half of the door was also filled at this time.
The village chief and a few villagers who came with him, looking at this renovated courtyard, were all surprised, you know, even a few of them came to get it, and they couldn't get it in a few days, but the family was small, there was only one adult, and it was still a woman. It's not that they look down on women, but that only men can do this kind of work of laying out the roof and building the courtyard wall. But the qiē in front of them overturned the cognition in their hearts at once.
At this time, the five of Xiaoju were a little tired because they had been busy for almost a day, and they were all sitting crookedly on the fire pit in the hall, resting while talking and laughing. However, Xiao Ju's divine sense has been paying attention to the inside and outside of the small courtyard, and the arrival of the village chief and several villagers and the surprise on their faces are unbelievable, and they have long been seen clearly by Xiao Ju.
"We're in for a guest! Sit down, I'll go and welcome people in, remember, laugh more and talk less! Xiao Ju came down from the fire pit, and deliberately stopped his eyes on Liu Yuan as he spoke, Liu Yuan also felt Xiao Ju's special attention, and said with the same expression on his face, "Got it!" Soon, Xiao Ju Niang also got up with Xiao Ju and walked towards the outside of the hall together.