Shermulin divided the men into two groups, with the professional craftsmen building the new façade out of cement, brick and mortar, and the male servants of the household clearing all the silt and sand that had accumulated in the yard.

When the front half of the old house was flooded, the ground was full of mud, because the old house only left one room to watch the house, the old family was short of manpower, the back yard was not damaged to clean out, and then moved the furniture into the plum house and locked it, there was no longer spare energy to remove the mud accumulated in the house.

Later, the new house was built, and Xie Pu wrote again, and the remote control old family added servants, but most of the people's energy was spent on maintaining the new house, and not many people paid attention to the old house. At most, the people on the other side of the new house should come over every once in a while to make sure that the house has not collapsed and that no homeless people have trespassed.

Now that it has been eight years since the flood, it has taken a lot of effort for the Xie family to send people to thoroughly clean up the mud and remnants inside the house.

Fortunately, the weather has been sunny and dry during this time, and the silt has been dried in the sun, so it only takes a lot of effort and it is not difficult to remove. In less than two days, the ground inside and outside the old house was cleared, and the mud shoveled out was piled up by the river, and it returned to where it came from.

The walls were built quickly, and they were thicker and taller than the original walls. It was the first time that the craftsmen who built the wall used such a thing as cement, and if it weren't for the employer's request, the high wages paid, and the familiar old employer, the Xie family, as a guarantee, they would not have dared to agree. But as soon as they used cement, they soon realized the benefits of it. When they found that the cement dried quickly and worked well to build walls, and then found that the manservant of the Xie family was also using this thing to smooth the ground, fast and good, they had the heart to inquire what this thing was and how high the cost was.

The cement kiln in Houshan is not far away, and the burned cement powder will be sent over with a small cart every day, what can be the secret? Soon the craftsmen secretly ran to the mouth of the kiln to look. Although they knew the rules and didn't dare to easily ask what other people's recipes were, they could guess that the cost of cement was not high just by looking at some of the raw materials piled up on the ground near the kiln entrance.

One after another, some craftsmen went to look for Ma Lu Yao in private, saying that they wanted to buy cement. Even if this thing is still very new in Huyin, and no one knows about it, other employers may not be willing to let them use it to build walls for their own houses, but even if they use it for their own walls and floors, it is fine. They can probably guess what material this thing is made of, anyway, it's not something that doesn't know the roots, and they can be trusted!

Ma Luyao instructed them to find the brick kiln in the thirteenth room, and told them that this was a "plaster" recipe used by the locals when his master was working as an official outside, and he thought it was very useful, so he wrote it down. But this is someone else's thing, the Xie family is not easy to sell it, it is okay for the relatives and friends of the clan to use it, and the township party wants to make a move, and they can also transfer some cheaply, but they do not plan to publicize it, which will damage the reputation of their official eunuchs. Therefore, if the craftsmen want to buy cement, they just need to find thirteen houses to buy it, but they don't shout everywhere outside.

The craftsmen all said that they understood very much, and they went back to use cement to repair the house, and they were even more attentive. They took the opportunity to help the Xie family repair the old house, quickly learned the use of cement, and when they went back to find the thirteenth house to buy cement, they were persuaded by Xie Jinhua to sign a cooperation agreement, and since then they have been the cooperative craftsmen of the Xie family's cement workshop.

As for how they want to operate and operate, that is a matter of the thirteenth room, and the Wen family will also send someone to help. This has nothing to do with Shermulin. All she needed to know was that her family did get a share of the profits from the cement factory.

The walls of the old house were quickly repaired, the inner courtyard and the once potholed ground in the house were also paved, the sewers and drainage ditches were dredged and expanded, and the surface was smoothed with cement......

By the time it was mid-July, the old mansion had been renovated and looked like a good house with a sense of history, and even a small wharf made of bricks and cement had been added to the river not far from the old house.

Xie Mulin walked around the old mansion twice with satisfaction, picked out a few places that were not perfect, and then turned his head and instructed the Lu Yao family to sort out the two empty courtyards of Baiyuan and Zhuyuan as soon as possible, and prepare the brothers of the family to come over to live at any time.

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi always felt that they couldn't sit idly by and watch their sister take care of Mrs. Xie in the old mansion, but they didn't do anything. Therefore, during the rest of the academy, they can come over to ask Mrs. Xie for peace, and help take care of the patients by the way. Even if it wasn't a day off, they could come over to visit Mrs. Xie after school. Although there were not many empty rooms in the old mansion for them to live in because of their heavy schoolwork, they had to go back to Xie Jiajiao's house at night to prepare to continue school the next morning, but it was better to show up than not to perform at all.

Xie Mulin was actually not very happy to ask them to come to the old mansion, lest Old Lady Xie see that there was a junior who could handle it, and she would start to be a demon again. It was not easy for her to teach this old lady to be honest. But Xie Xian's filial piety, Xie Jinzhi is also kind, how can she say no? I had to pinch my nose and endure it.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xie saw her two grandsons, although she never complained much, but she didn't make any excessive moves, probably because she knew that the grandchildren would stay away after only staying for a while, and it was always Xie Yingzhen, a bold dead girl, who could stay with her...... Anyway, Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi have visited several times, and they have all spent it safely, and they all felt incredible when it went smoothly to the Wen family, and Xie Huizhi and Xie Hanzhi also had the idea of coming to ask for peace.

The children of the Xie family are actually very well educated, and there are no crooked characters - except for a certain third girl. Even if Mrs. Xie was so good before that the whole family was bored, as long as she stopped, everyone would still be willing to be filial to her.

Mrs. Xie was quite proud of this, and when she heard Xie Mulin say that several brothers were coming over tomorrow, she said proudly, "Have you seen it?" You girl doesn't respect me at all, and I don't like you. I have to be well-behaved and filial grandsons and granddaughters. When I'm cured, you'll get out of here and never appear in front of me again!" ”

Anyway, the old mansion has been repaired, and now there is nothing missing, and she is quite comfortable living here alone.

Xie Mulin rolled his eyes at her: "If your old man really says that, then I will really leave tomorrow?" Do you think I'd love to stay here and wait on the sick? Isn't it to be filial to you? Since you prefer my brothers, I will ask Ming'er which of them is willing to stay with you, and I am willing to exchange with him! After speaking, he called Cuijiao: "Pack your luggage for me, and we can go home tomorrow to live in a spacious and comfortable new house!" ”

Seeing that she seemed to want to play for real, Mrs. Xie was a little panicked: "You really want to leave, right?" I'm not cured yet! If you want to pretend to be filial to your granddaughter in front of outsiders, why do you have to finish this scene?! ”

Xie Mulin pursed his lips: "Didn't you want me to go?" Anyway, you're much better now, and you can walk around the yard a few times without help, so I don't have to stay. But I have something to say first, my brothers have their studies to take care of, and no matter who you want to keep behind, you can't delay him from going to school. ”

For some reason, Mrs. Xie suddenly felt bad and spat her: "Who wants to delay your brother's school?" I'm just saying, who's going to drive you away? It's clear that you want to be lazy! With that, he flicked his sleeves and went back to the house angrily.