Wang Yuan made a plan to renovate the house, and the first thing to do was to eradicate all the plants and vines that were entangled inside and outside the house, and cut down the branches of flowers and trees that grew irregularly.

This alone is a big project, not to mention the renovation of the courtyard wall, filling in the potholes, rebuilding the walls, replacing the beams and other major events. Wang Yuan wasn't even sure if he had the stamina to accomplish all this. But now that he has reached this step, he can only roll up his sleeves and work hard.

In the morning, Wang Yuan held the shovel and his bones were sore, and he couldn't help but be disappointed when he looked at the front yard that was being renovated at noon. I thought I had done a lot of work, but in fact, with the assistance of Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er, I only cleared out the ground around the pavilion in the courtyard more than a dozen steps square. Although this small area of vines, grass, dead branches and leaves after being cleared looked much more comfortable, Wang Yuan was disheartened in the face of the endless large barren land. If you find this speed, just cutting the grass and pruning the pruning is enough for a few people to do it for a few months.

While resting on the dough cake with clear water, Wang Yuan decided to find someone to help, otherwise this matter would be endless.

"Twelve Niang, after dinner, you can go back to Yong'an Fang for me."

Li Xin'er had a few grass clippings hanging on her forehead, and her face still had the flush on her face after doing physical work, and she tilted her head and asked, "What are you doing in Yong'an Fang?" ”

Wang Yuan reached out to brush the grass clippings off the tips of her hair for her, Li Xin'er was a little shy, and glanced at Gongsun Lan, who was eating quietly, Gongsun Lan's eyes looked away, and seemed to be blind.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to continue, and we have to have people to help in such a big place. I thought about it, and I wanted you to go to Yong'an Fang to convey my meaning to my good brother Huang San, so I said that we had bought a big house, and asked him to come here with his eldest sister and younger sister to help us. ”

Li Xin'er frowned and said, "But he has his own errands, I'm afraid it's reluctant to toss back and forth." ”

Wang Yuan looked around and said: "Such a big house, a few of us live in it is too deserted, since we will settle here in the future, there must always be someone to help take care of the yard and clean it up." Just tell him to quit his job and come to us to help. We will not treat him badly, and give him and his eldest sister and younger sister money every month. In this way, I have a helper to work, and my sister can cook and laundry very diligently, so we also need someone to help. ”

Li Xin'er smiled: "Do you want to be a master so soon?" I'm looking for a housekeeper. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said: "Don't say such things, I have known the three brothers and sisters of Huang since childhood, and they gave me a lot of care when I was most down, and we invited them to treat them as a family, and we must not look at them as servants." If there is a prosperous day in the future, they can buy some slaves or something, but Huang San and they are not here to be servants. I promised them that I would help them if I had the chance. ”

Li Xin'er nodded hurriedly and said, "The slave knows, it's just a joke." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "The prince gives me a reward of fifteen yuan every month, I am now a high-income person, and it is no problem to feed their family, in this way, Huang San will give three guan a month, and the eldest sister and younger sister will each have two guan, this is only seven guan a month, and I still have eight guan left, let's eat and drink enough." ”

Li Xin'er smiled: "Have you forgotten that I also have one?" Although less than you. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and said: "Oh, I forgot that you also have one, how many do you have?" ”

Li Xin'er said: "Nine runs." ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "It seems that the prince still knows each other and knows my importance, come on, so that our life will not be worried, so it is decided, you go and call them, but don't force it, pass on my words." When you come back, you also have to bring some bedding and utensils or something, and you have to buy some things every day in the future, we have a lot of things that we lack here, and the ants move to buy everything, and the money is in the box, and you will be able to control the use of it yourself. ”

Li Xin'er nodded vigorously, her heart was sweet, Wang Yuan's tone of talking to herself was already the tone of a husband talking to his wife, and when she thought that she would be the mistress of this house in the future, Li Xin'er's mood jumped, she was complaining constantly, but now she was full of energy.

After eating the cake and resting for a while, Li Xin'er left alone to run errands, Gongsun Lan walked around aimlessly, Wang Yuan didn't want to waste time, and found a rusty firewood knife to continue working. Sweating like rain, he cut down a large number of branches, and used his brains to build a simple bed in the pavilion, so that he could live in peace for a while at night.

Gongsun Lan walked slowly, Wang Yuan pointed to the flat bed and showed off to her, "Look at my craftsmanship?" Later, I will use the cut straw to weave some straw curtains and hang them at the holes around the flower windows, and after Twelve Niang bought the bedding, we will build a fire here at night to ensure that we can sleep comfortably. ”

Gongsun Lan said lightly: "Very good, but I don't sleep here at night." ”

Wang Yuan was stunned, and suddenly remembered the rule that Gongsun Lan did not share the room with others, and she was still reluctant to talk to her apprentice Li Xin'er, let alone that she was still there at night, and she was confused, so she only built a bed.

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "You live here alone at night, I and Twelve Niang can be under the porch outside, spread a thick straw mat, and deal with it." Or I'll look back later to see if there's a room where people can live. ”

Gongsun Lan waved her hand and said, "You misunderstood, I mean I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep tonight." ”

Wang Yuan said: "What's wrong? ”

Gongsun Lan said: "I went around just now, and found new traces that I didn't find yesterday, and there is a big hole in the house in the back house, presumably after we came yesterday, those people came again last night, and they left this package in the corner." ”

Gongsun Lan raised her hand, and Wang Yuan realized that she was carrying a small cloth bag in her hand, bulging. Wang Yuan hurriedly took it and spread it out on the simple bed, and in the cloth bag was a stack of more than a dozen large cakes, and one of the cakes on it was bitten into a gap. The flatbread is absolutely fresh, and although it looks a little stiff overnight, it is golden on both sides and still has a fragrant aroma.

They wrapped the bread in a package and stuffed it in the crack of the wall, thinking that they were tired from working at night to replenish their strength. I reckon they might come tonight, otherwise why leave the bread here? If they come every few days, they can take the bread with them, or throw them away, and there is no need to wrap them tightly in the cracks of the walls. ”

Wang Yuan was shocked in his heart, and had to admit that Gongsun Lan's analysis was reasonable, could it be that these people would come again tonight, wouldn't they have to face them face to face. Yesterday, they may not have found any traces of their coming here with Gongsun Lan, but if they made such a fuss today, they would immediately know as soon as they came in the evening.

"What do you think we should do? Do you want to get out of here for a while? Wang Yuan asked.

Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "Leave?" Why leave? I'm waiting for them, this matter will be resolved sooner or later, do you want them to make trouble in the shadows? It's a good show tonight. ”

Wang Yuan nodded slightly and said: "That's right, I didn't expect to fight with this group of people who pretend to be ghosts so soon, I didn't say it, I always have to solve this matter, I knew it was so, I didn't let Twelve Niang call Huang San and them here." ”

Gongsun Lan said: "Come and send it away, only me and Xin'er are here tonight, you have no martial arts, and you can't stay, so as not to have an accident." ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm not leaving, I'm not afraid, I still want to see who these people are." ”

Gongsun Lan didn't say much, picked up the package and walked away, it seemed that she wanted to put the package back in its original place, but in fact, it didn't make much sense whether to put it back in its original place.

About an hour later, Li Xin'er walked from the deserted road in the south, followed by the figure of Huang San's dwarf dundun, Wang Yuan was sharpening a wooden stick, preparing for the night's events, when he heard the sound, he immediately came out and beckoned to Huang San from afar.

Huang San staggered over with a big package on his back, and when he saw Wang Yuan on his originally frowning face, he smiled, and said loudly: "Erlang?" But Jiro? ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Isn't it that I'm still who?" ””