Chapter 70: Barter
Lin Xiaowan's life was calm as usual.
Lin Zhen went up the mountain to cut a few bamboos, chopped them up and made a cage for the poultry his daughter bought, and set aside a place in the yard for them to do activities.
Lin Xiaowan has to take time to dig earthworms to feed these little things every day, she is really lacking in skills, and later saw a few children in the village digging and playing, so she discussed with them, they went to dig earthworms, and dug up something that could be exchanged with her.
She originally wanted to exchange candy with these children, but she was afraid that they would go home and talk nonsense, so she bought a pack of green beans from the supermarket and asked Liu for a handful of green beans wrapped in oiled paper.
It's an attractive deal, not to mention the fact that the green beans taste surprisingly good. In ancient times, there were not many children's snacks, most of them were sweets, and there were fried soybeans, salted peanuts, and salted green beans, but most people couldn't eat enough, let alone take things out to make snacks for children.
The spicy and spicy green beans quickly won the love of all the half-grown children. A group of people ran around digging earthworms every day, just to be able to change a handful of green beans in Lin Xiaowan's hands to satisfy their hunger.
Lin Xiaowan no longer had to dig earthworms by herself, but she told these children not to tell anyone about it, as long as a few of them.
Everyone is not stupid, this kind of good thing is more people who know about it, and there is one more person to compete with them, and they all agree very happily. When I went home, I didn't even say a word to my parents.
Now the ducks are still small, and when they are older, Lin Xiaowan doesn't need to catch earthworms to feed them, she only needs to take them to the river, and the ducks can forage for food on their own.
Lin Tang didn't know if he was dead or had other plans, he hadn't been here since that day, and he heard from the villagers that he had returned to the county two days ago.
Lin Xiaowan listened to it for a while, but did not take it to heart. No matter where her great uncle goes, as long as she doesn't come to provoke them again.
She could see that Lin Tang followed Lin Fu, and in the end, he was a figure with a face in the village, and he would not tear his face with them in person. She was more worried about Zhou.
After the separation, it has been half a month, but the Zhou family has not done anything, which is not like her style.
And her mother pulled out such a large sum of silver from Zhou's hand, for Zhou, who regards money as life, it is tantamount to cutting meat on her heart, can she give up?
Lin Xiaowan is not afraid of the Zhou family being a demon, she is afraid that she will not be a demon, and she will secretly hold back a big one. If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.
She thought about it and felt that the most likely thing for the Zhou family to do bad was the newly built house of their family.
When she came back in the evening, Lin Xiaowan discussed with Lin Zhen to borrow a dog from the dog in the village.
She didn't say that it was to prevent the Zhou family, but only that she heard that some thieves had recently come to the nearby village, and many of their materials were still in the unfinished yard, and it was safer to raise a dog.
Lin Zhen did not doubt him, and the next day he went to the village to borrow three big dogs.
There are two dogs raised by a family, one is called Da Hei and the other is called Ermao, and they are the most ferocious on weekdays. The two big dogs were majestic, both with pure black hair. The owner's family has a flock of sheep, and the two dogs are raised to prevent someone from stealing the sheep.
Because of the sheep raising, the family is quite wealthy, and even the two dogs are strong and powerful.
The other dog is a little skinny compared to them, it is a local dog raised by the helper's family, the coat color is uneven, and it looks a little bumpy, so it is called Wangcai.
Lin Xiaowan's favorite is this skinny dog.
The two big dogs ate well, their appetite was raised, and they loved to ignore her when they saw her. On the contrary, it was this skinny earth dog, every time Lin Xiaowan went over, she would wag her tail at her, remembering that she had fed her well.
And although Wangcai doesn't look as good-looking as Da Hei and Ermao, he is as fierce as them.
Lin Xiaowan likes to play with these dogs every day when she is fine, and after a long time, Da Hei and Ermao also gradually like this little master who teases them every day.
It is worth mentioning that Lin Zhen moved to the construction site. After Lin Xiaowan said that, Lin Zhen was not sure. Even though he borrowed three dogs to guard the door, he still felt relieved.
For so many years, the house is the biggest thing he has handled, and if something goes wrong, he is afraid that he will not be able to rest day and night.
Liu didn't agree at first, feeling that it was not safe to sleep outside, but in the end, Li Datou from the same village said that he would accompany him, and Liu was relieved. Li Datou is one of the helpers who work on the construction site, but the other helpers have families and daughters-in-law, but he is in his twenties and is still a bachelor.
Li Datou's family was not bad in his early years, but since his wife fell ill five years ago, it can be said that his situation has deteriorated. Not to mention the money that was originally saved, there are still a lot of foreign debts.
Originally, there was a very good family affair, but later the girl's family wanted to quit after seeing the situation of their family.
Li Datou knew that his family was a burden, and he didn't want to harm other girls, so he agreed to quit his relatives despite the wishes of his wife, and he has been beating a bachelor until now.
He is willing to endure hardships, he is loyal, and he has been friends with Lin Zhen in the past, and the Liu family and his wife know that their family is not easy and secretly help.
Therefore, Lin Zhen said that he wanted to live in the new house, and Li Datou immediately said that he would accompany him.
The bed was found from Li Datou's house, and the two door panels were put together to sleep two people. The door panel is covered with straw, and one sheet per person is considered a cover. Fortunately, it is summer, and there is no need for too much bedding, otherwise Liu really can't find it. But this also reminded her that she must make two quilts after autumn.
The house was built quickly, and in a few days the walls were all built, and then the last process remained, which was to build the roof.
Lin Zhen was more excited than anyone else, and deliberately gave everyone a holiday, so that everyone could go back to rest early and prepare for tomorrow's final work.
Liu Shi also closed his mouth happily, and opened his mouth to prepare for tomorrow's breakfast. The cooks are still Aunt Wang and Zhang's last time.
Lin Xiaowan thinks this custom is quite interesting, celebrate once when the foundation is laid, celebrate again before building the roof, and celebrate again before moving in. The co-authoring money was spent on inviting people to dinner.
Liu also said that she knew something, this custom has been passed down for hundreds of years, and every family does it, and the picture is a festive and lively. There is a popularity and a human touch, and this family is prosperous.
Lin Xiaowan doesn't understand this, but it doesn't prevent her from following Lehe.
Liu asked her husband to move back in, and the roof of the house was completely completed. Lin Zhen didn't agree, he felt that it was not bad for so many days, and he was relieved to see the roof covered with his own eyes. Liu couldn't resist her husband, so she could only go with him. I complained to my daughter behind my back about this, saying that he just "deserved to suffer something".
However, on this very night, something unexpected happened.
Liu got up early the next morning, Lin Xiaowan served Hu spicy soup powder to Liu last night and put it in the stove room, and she wanted to sleep more in the morning.
I thought that I could sleep well without getting up early, so that someone could avoid Liu's wake-up cry, but he didn't avoid the sound of ping-pong in the yard.
Rubbing her eyebrows, Lin Xiaowan, who was woken up, had no choice but to turn over and get out of bed.
Guo Chengling had already woken up, and after the wound on his back healed, he didn't have to stay in bed every day. When she has nothing to do, she ponders animal chess by herself, Lin Xiaowan is bored and accompanies him for these two games, but Guo Chengling is really better than blue, she always loses more and wins less, and when she is angry, she is even more unwilling to accompany him. Guo Chengling can only play by himself, but it is quite fun.
Lin Xiaowan thought it was the movement of Liu's cooking, but when she went out of the house, she found that it was not.
The sound of ping-pong in the courtyard was that Father Lin was taking the dishes and chopsticks out of the basket with a gloomy face.
Seeing her come out, Lin Zhenzuo paused for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, he snorted his lips twice but didn't say anything, and lowered his head to continue his work.
Lin Xiaowan still wondered why he was still here at this time, shouldn't he greet everyone at the construction site?
As soon as he raised his eyes, Liu stood at the door of the stove room, his face was as gloomy as his husband, his lips were pursed, and he didn't say anything when he saw her.
Lin Xiaowan was even more strange, could it be that the two of them quarreled? Neither of them spoke, so she had to find out by herself.
"Mother, is the meal ready? What about Grandma Wang? ”
Liu glanced at his daughter fixedly, and said firmly: "I didn't do it, I didn't do it today, I asked Aunt Wang to go back." ”
"Why didn't you do it?"
Lin Xiaowan was stunned.
Liu sneered, dropped a sentence of "ask your father" and turned around and went back to the house.