Duran smiled lightly: "Thank you cousin for bothering, it's not difficult for me to take care of You'an and grandpa." ”

After hearing this, Gu Laifu turned his head and walked out, and quickly brought a pen and paper. After Gu Zhiping finished writing, he asked Old Man Gu and Gu Youan to look at each other, Gu Youan deliberately read every word in it, and signed it if there was nothing wrong, and several elders also signed their names.

After the separation, several elders left one after another, and Boss Du left the Gu family with the words "If you have anything to do in the future, just look for him", and also left the Gu family.

Duran, Gu You'an and Old Man Gu also returned to their own room.

Finally able to settle down, Duran couldn't help but feel a lot happier, she looked at Gu You'an, and asked, "After separating the family, should we find a mason next?" ”

Gu Youan nodded: "I have to find a mason, and my grandfather and I don't understand about building a house." ”

"Where can I find it?"

Gu You'an thought for a moment and said, "There used to be a mason in our village, but he doesn't seem to have stopped working over the years, and I don't know if I want to work for him." ”

Duran was full of confidence, "If money can make the devil grind, I don't believe in giving money and inviting people who can't move." ”

After the two discussed, they went to the east of the village to find the mason, and when they came to the door, Gu Youan shouted into the courtyard: "Uncle Xingsheng, are you at home?" ”

"Who?" A low female voice came, followed by a woman in her forties coming from the house.

Seeing that it was Gu Youan, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said, "Why are you here?" ”

"Auntie, I have something to do with Uncle Xingsheng, is he at home?" Gu Youan asked politely.

"Xingsheng, he went to the field, and he hasn't come back yet, so come in and tell me something." Xingsheng's daughter-in-law politely let him in, the village used to say that Gu Youan was an ominous person, but when he married his daughter-in-law, not only did the stupid daughter-in-law get better, but even the complexion that followed him was much better, so his ominous rumors have ended, and the people in the village no longer look at him with strange eyes.

Gu Youan and Du Lan followed Xingsheng's daughter-in-law into the hall, and Xingsheng's daughter-in-law poured two teacups of water and handed them over.

Gu Youan smiled and waved his hand: "Auntie, don't be busy, I came to Uncle Xingsheng to ask him to help renovate the house." ”

"Renovating the house? You have found the right person for this matter, although your uncle has not built a house in the past few years, he has not forgotten his craftsmanship, and I think that there is no house he built for ten miles and eight towns that does not praise his ingenuity. When the prosperous daughter-in-law mentioned this, her face became more proud.

Hearing this, Gu Youan hurriedly smiled and agreed: "That's nature, that's nature, that's nature, so we came to the door." ”

After a few polite words, Xingsheng knew that he had a stiff relationship with the Gu family and split up, but he didn't know the inside story, and now that she seized the opportunity, she couldn't help but be curious and asked: "You'an, you tell the truth to your aunt, is it that Xu Cui'e annoys you and deliberately brings them out?" ”

Gu Youan shook his head and said with an embarrassed face: "I took the initiative to bring it up, there are many people in the family, and it is inevitably a little inconvenient to live together." ”

"Oh." Xingsheng's daughter-in-law responded, with an expression that I understood, what does Xu Cui'e do to Gu You'an, a nephew, no one in the village doesn't know, just such an aunt who has a lot of things, it's strange if she doesn't make trouble every day when she lives together.

"And how are you going to rebuild the house?" Xingsheng's daughter-in-law asked this, which was equivalent to indirectly asking him how to divide the family.

Originally, he was looking for someone to work, so Gu Youan didn't plan to hide it, and the people in the village would have to know it sooner or later.

He smiled unnaturally, "We divided the courtyard into north and south, I occupy the south courtyard, and the house I live in will be renovated again, build a house, and repair the courtyard wall." ”

"Oh. It's better to be separated, I see that Duran is a capable master, and in the future, maybe you will live by yourself, and your life will be better than theirs. ”

Du Lan smiled modestly: "My aunt has lifted me up, I don't dare to say whether it is better than them, but I am more diligent, and it can always be better." ”

Gu Youan saw that Xingsheng's daughter-in-law asked carefully, and he was afraid of rumors, so he asked, "When will Uncle Xingsheng come back?" ”

"You have to wait in a hurry, I'll go to the field and call him." Xingsheng's daughter-in-law is just curious, not trying to get to the bottom of other people's private affairs. Sensing that Gu Youan was evasive, he proposed to call the man back.

Gu Youan hurriedly shook his head: "No hurry, no hurry." ”

"It's okay, our field is at the entrance of the village, you wait first." So saying, he went out to look for prosperity.

Duran looked at Gu Youan funny, feeling that Xingsheng's daughter-in-law was quite able to chat, and after a while, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard, and the next moment Xingsheng entered the house with his daughter-in-law.

Gu Youan stood up and greeted the man: "Uncle Xingsheng." ”

Duran also stood up politely.

"You'an is here, sit down and say." Xingsheng glanced at the two of them and made a gesture of invitation.

"Huh." Gu Youan nodded in response and sat back down, and Duran followed suit.

"I heard your aunt say that you want to set up a yard alone, which is good, and it saves three days of awkward trouble." Xingsheng looked at the injury on Gu Youan's head and said with relief.

"Uncle, you don't build a house now, I came to you, I was afraid of bothering you, so I discussed the salary with my wife, and I will give you two taels of silver, do you think it can be done?"

"Two taels of silver?" Xingsheng was taken aback, and hurriedly shook his head: "You'an, this can't be helped, your yard is small, and you can't spend so much money." I want to collect this money from you, how should the people in the village scold me, didn't I take advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the well? ”

Xingsheng said, and his daughter-in-law nodded on the side.

"No, no, my yard is difficult to clean up, or demolish the old house, build a house, there is a lot of work, and I can't get over the little conscience I give. Besides, if I find someone from another village, I don't know if the work is good or not, and I will give a lot of money, so my uncle should not refuse. ”

"You little couple have just lived, and you don't have much savings in your hands, I want this, won't your life be difficult?"

Speaking of this, Gu Youan and Du Lan felt a touch of gratitude in their hearts, outsiders knew that they were thinking about the two of them, but Xu Cui'e's uncle and aunt were calculating everywhere, and they were more and more inferior to outsiders.

Gu Youan glanced at Du Lan, and when he saw her smiling calmly, he insisted on saying to Xingsheng: "If Uncle doesn't pay this money, I'll find someone else to do it." ”

"This kid, alas, okay, okay, uncle, I will give you a good cover."

Gu You'an knew in his heart that according to today's price, no one can spend two taels of silver to build a house, although his yard is small, it is more troublesome to tear down the old and build a new one, and people have long stopped doing this business, and it is already very good to agree to do it again.

After discussing the matter of building a house, a few people exchanged pleasantries for a while, it was already approaching evening, and when it was time for dinner, Xingsheng and his family insisted on leaving them for dinner, Gu Youan couldn't get rid of it, so he agreed.

After hearing this, Xingsheng's daughter-in-law hurriedly went to the room to have dinner, and Du Lan said to Gu Youan to go to the room to help, and then went out of the house.

After the meal, Gu Youan took out a tael of silver to Xingsheng, saying that he would give a deposit first.

Xingsheng saw this, and hurriedly waved his hand, "I haven't done any work, what to do in a hurry to give money, hurry up and take it back, your family wants to build a house, and there are many places to spend money next." ”

Xingsheng's daughter-in-law also shirked on the side, she really didn't expect Gu Youan and his family to do things so happily.

In the end, he couldn't get over, Gu Youan had no choice but to take back the money, and then left the Xingsheng family.

When she got home, Xu Cui'e was angry in the house, scolding and saying that Gu Zhiping was a loser, and she had paid for the yard. also said that Gu Youan grew up in her family, and in the end, she broke off the relationship with them, and she didn't get any benefits.

Gu Zhiping was even more angry, not to mention losing the yard, but also embarrassing in front of the village elders, and scolded Xu Cui'e even more fiercely.

And Wu Xiangqin's whispering sound came from Gu Laifu's house, and the two children were also frightened and crying helplessly.

For a while, the Gu family's chickens and dogs jumped, and Du Lan and Gu Youan went straight back to their houses as if they hadn't heard it.

After returning from the city, Duran roughly cleaned up the house, but the bed was still in a mess, and at night, Duran remade the bed, and the two went to sleep.

After breakfast the next day, Xingsheng and her daughter-in-law brought a cart of soil, and Gu Youan discussed with Xingsheng to build the courtyard wall first.

Therefore, Xingsheng thought about ramming the earth wall for his family first, in the end, it was an old craft, the two of them worked very neatly, and after a while, they unloaded a cart of soil into the yard, Duran and Gu Youan wanted to help, Xingsheng and the two laughed and said that they were making money, how could they let the master come over to help.

Gu Youan said with a smile, even if he helped, he would not give less money, and the two of them laughed after hearing this.

However, Xingsheng still didn't let Du Lan and Gu You'an interfere, because they were not good at mud matters, and they were busy working in vain if they didn't apply to the thinness of life.

He was right, but Du Lan and Gu Youan were still willing to help, so after Xingsheng mixed the water, the two of them took shovels and began to stir.

Xingsheng and his family pushed a cart to pull a cart of thatch, and then chopped it up with a shovel and mixed it into the mud.

Du Lan and Gu You'an were still stirring, and Xingsheng pulled another cart of soil, and at this time, the previous mud had been fully mixed with the thatch.

Xingsheng and his family began to build the wall with mud, while Duran and Gu Youan began to build mud with the second car.

The mud wall is rammed layer by layer, Xingsheng is skillful, his daughter-in-law pours mud up with a shovel, and Xingsheng uses a small shovel to quickly smooth it.

Several people were busy until it was close to noon, the hot sun was hot, Gu Youan beckoned Xingsheng and the two to stop and wait for the afternoon to be cooler before drying. But the two of them worked hard, and no one stopped.

Xingsheng turned his head to them and said, "While the sun is hot, the wall should be built early, dry early, and it will be solid when it is dry." ”

Duran Gu Youan had no choice but to run to his grandfather's house to get two hats and hand them to the two. By noon, the courtyard wall had been built half a man's height from east to west.

Duran had already cooked lunch, and when he beckoned them to eat together, the two of them said nothing and said nothing, so they just pulled the cart back.

Duran didn't insist anymore, thinking that the two of them must be tired, and they couldn't rest well here, and they were comfortable going back to their own home.

In the afternoon, when the heat passed, Xingsheng and his family rushed over and began to build half of the courtyard wall, and when they were building, Xu Cui'e and Gu Chunyan ran over to find trouble.

They stood on the other side of the wall, and Xu Cui'e angrily pointed at the Xingsheng couple who were working and shouted, "Who asked you to build the courtyard wall here?" Have you consulted with me? ”