Chapter 20 Building Houses
At noon, Chen Jianghe returned home, and he had already contacted the merchant who sold bricks, tiles, beams, purlins, and timber, and also found the craftsman who built the house. The craftsmen were not outsiders, most of them were his military households and a few masons in the army.
Chen Jianghe scoffed at Chen Yue's trainer Ding Junzi's approach, but he didn't say much. It's up to him how the stinky boy likes to toss, as long as the three families train the martial arts they teach well.
In the afternoon, all kinds of building materials were sent one after another, and the builders also arrived, and began to remove the courtyard wall and lay the foundation. Chen Yue put away the drawings he had drawn, and also brought three family members to help.
Looking at Chen Yue who ran before and after, the military households were happy to Chen Jianghe River.
"Brother Chen is really happy, his son is well, he has built a new house, and he sees that the Chen family is prosperous again." The little flag officer Zhou Wen smiled at the Chenjiang River.
"Hahaha......" Chen Jianghe laughed, "It's a real joy that my son is getting better, as for building a new house, I am ashamed of my ancestors when I think about it." ”
"Isn't it good to build a new house? How can you be ashamed of your ancestors! The little flag officer Zheng Ming asked puzzled.
"In order to build a new house, I sold all the ancestral treasures," Chen Jianghe said ashamedly, "I feel sorry for my ancestors when I think about it, but I can't sell it, Ah Yue is so big, he always has to start a family, how can I use my salary to build a house for him and marry a daughter-in-law." ”
Chen Yue, who was busy on the side, couldn't help but secretly give his father a thumbs up, and these words cleverly rounded up the fact that the Chen family suddenly became rich, and no one would doubt it in the future.
Sure enough, after listening to Chen Jianghe's words, all the military households relieved the doubts in their hearts. Zongqi, who has always eaten the last meal but not the next meal, suddenly wants to build a house, and there are a few more family members in the family, which makes many people puzzled, and they subconsciously want to inquire what is going on. The Chen family was very rich a few years ago, and Chen Jianghe's father was still a guerrilla general in Beijing. No one thinks there is anything doubtful about Chen Jianghe's explanation.
"Ah Yue is so handsome, are you still worried about marrying? Why don't you think about my girl? Xiao Yugang, the little flag officer, looked at the handsome Chen Yue, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
"Save it, just that ugly girl in your family, her thighs are thicker than Ah Yue's waist!" Zhou Wen teased narrowly.
"What's wrong with being fat, she is strong and can give birth, and no man can compare to her when she works!" Hearing Zhou Wen making fun of his daughter, Xiao Yugang was suddenly unhappy.
"Save it, Brother Chen has already made plans." The neighbor of the Chen family is also a military household under Chen Jianghe, Du Yuan couldn't help but say.
"Ah, Ah Yue is married? Who is it? Xiao Yugang asked in surprise.
"You don't know yet, Xiu'er, it's the daughter of Aunt Zhang, who sells steamed buns." Du Yuan gossiped.
Chen Yue felt that his eyes were dark, and he couldn't help but look at Du Yuan angrily, who is not good at arranging it, he has to arrange Zhang Xiuer and himself together, don't you know that he and Zhang Xiuer don't agree?
"Don't talk nonsense," Chen Jianghe stopped Du Yuan with a smile, "I didn't make up my mind, I didn't change the eight characters, I didn't have anything." Although it is a denial, anyone can see that Chen Jianghe is full of joy about this matter.
"Ha, when Brother Chen marries Aunt Zhang, Ah Yue marries Zhang Xiu'er, isn't this a real double happiness!" Zhou Wen shouted, and all the military households burst into laughter.
In one afternoon, the original courtyard wall was removed and the foundation was laid again. At dusk, the crowd stopped and began to eat. Chen Yue took a few people to buy the rice, a large basket of roasted golden cooking cakes, the dishes were boiled fennel beans and pickled cabbage Gada, and the soup was Wu Wan'er's rice porridge.
They are all poor military households, and everyone is not picky eaters, each with a few flatbreads in their hands, and they are snoring when they pick up a bowl to drink.
More than 30 men worked together, and the house was built very quickly, and it took only eight days to build three rooms on one side with a total of six wings. It is a good blue brick, and the wall is very fast, but it takes some time to go to the roof, because it is necessary to put the girder up, and then nail purlins on the beams, and nails rafters on the purlins, and then nail wooden planks on the rafters. It's all delicate carpentry. Fortunately, the Chen family is not very demanding, and there is no need to carve railings and draw columns.
After the wooden roof is made, it is time to lay the tiles, cover the planks with thatched mud, and then cover the red tiles on the mud, and when the mud is dry, the tiles and the mud and the planks underneath will become a solid one.
On the last day, after laying the last tile, Chen Yue took three family members and set off a large plate of firecrackers, causing the children in the alley to run and cheer, and the pedestrians on the street to stop.
Today, Aunt Zhang closed early and brought her daughter Zhang Xiuer to help, because after the house was built, the craftsmen had to have a good meal, and they couldn't make do as before. Aunt Zhang took her daughter to help Chen Jianghe cook for the craftsmen.
Seeing the arrival of Aunt Zhang's mother and daughter, the military households who helped burst into laughter, the laughing Aunt Zhang's face turned crimson, and the laughing Zhang Xiu'er looked angry.
Wu Wan'er looked at Zhang Xiu'er with interest, could it be that this beautiful girl is her future mother?
Zhang Xiuer was very embarrassed, she didn't want everyone to always connect herself with Chen Yue. Which one is going to marry him, if people want to marry, they have to marry a well-mannered scholar, just like Lu Xiucai.
Aunt Zhang and Zhang Xiu'er's mother and daughter cooked very quickly, and the large plate of dishes was quickly fried and sent outside by three young family members. In the courtyard, there were four large square tables borrowed from neighbors, and the military craftsmen sat around and began to feast. White and tender tofu, long bean sprouts, pork stewed vermicelli, stewed local chicken, snow-white steamed buns are enough, and the military households who live a tight life can only eat such good things during the New Year.
Wu Wan'er stood beside Zhang Xiu'er and started to fight, constantly asking for cooking skills, while Zhang Xiu'er was good at mentoring, and the two girls quickly became hot. For Wu Wan'er, who is more beautiful than herself, Zhang Xiu'er didn't feel jealous, because she didn't plan to be with Chen Yue at all, and she didn't think that Wu Wan'er was a threat to her, on the contrary, Wu Wan'er's appearance made her breathe a sigh of relief, because Wu Wan'er herself just had an excuse to refuse her mother to let her be with Chen Yue.
thought that Zhang Xiu'er would be her future mother, Wu Wan'er flattered her carelessly, and a few words of praise without a trace made Zhang Xiu'er smile, and immediately introduced Wu Wan'er as a confidant, when she heard Wu Wan'er's miserable life experience, Zhang Xiu'er shed a handful of sad tears for it.
Looking at the two hot girls, Aunt Zhang sighed lightly.