Chapter 32: Start Building the House
Thinking that there were still many things to be busy tomorrow, Li Miaomiao lay down in bed early to rest, and was about to fall asleep when she was awakened by a knock on the door.
Cautiously came to the courtyard gate, heard the uncle's voice, and opened the door.
"Uncle is so late, why did you come over?"
"I'm going back to the town tomorrow to work, and this house won't help you, so I'll come and see," he said, taking out a cloth bag from his bosom and opening it layer by layer, it turned out to be dozens of copper coins.
"Uncle doesn't have any skills, don't dislike this little money."
Li Miaomiao hurriedly returned it, "Uncle, I don't want it, you can use it for yourself......"
Before Li Miaomiao finished speaking, Li Dazhuang was gone.
Taking things back to the house, looking at these copper coins with very clean surfaces under the oil lamp, Li Miaomiao's eyes were wet, these should have been saved for a long time, in the memory of the original body, when he was in the old mansion before, the uncle often saved his rations for them to eat, and every time he was found by the Wang family, he had to be scolded.
Speaking of which, the uncle really loves them, but he can't be the master, and these favors can only be quietly repaid in the future, and she doesn't want to have anything to do with the Wang family.
The next day, without waiting for Li Miaomiao to look for it, Aunt Zhang came to the door by herself. Seeing Aunt Zhang's smug face, completely devoid of her previous bitter appearance, Li Miaomiao was really happy for her.
"I heard that your house will start to be built tomorrow," Aunt Zhang asked with a smile.
"Yes, construction will start tomorrow and find a good zodiac auspicious day," Li Miaomiao replied.
"Auntie can't help the others, so let's help you make lunch, otherwise the lunch of the dozen or so people can be busy alone?"
Seeing that she had no worries, Li Miaomiao knew that this was done, "Originally, I was going to ask my aunt for help, but my aunt opened her mouth, and I won't have to look for it again."
Aunt Zhang was even happier when she heard this, "I wanted to ask for a long time, but I was afraid that the widow's life would be bad and she would rush to pick a good day for you." ”
I didn't expect the two of them to worry about Hao contacting, but they were all for each other's sake. Li Miaomiao grabbed Aunt Zhang's hand affectionately and said, "How can I dislike my aunt, I was afraid of delaying Sister Xiaofang's family affairs, so I endured it and didn't go to you."
Hearing her daughter's family affairs, Aunt Zhang smiled even more, "Don't delay, things are almost the same anyway, just wait for a better day when the matchmaker comes to hire it." Your little sister Fang is embroidering a dowry at home, so I can't help you. ”
"That's good, when my sister's family affairs are completely settled, I will go to my aunt's house to ask for candy." The two chatted about Li Xiaofang's family affairs.
Early the next morning, Li Dahai came with more than a dozen people, Li Miaomiao saw that they were all honest men, some of them were familiar, but they had never interacted much.
After saying hello one by one, we got to work. Aunt Zhang also came over early to help cook mung bean soup to cool off the heat.
Although the house is built next to her own house, there is still the former courtyard wall, and Aunt Zhang doesn't have to worry too much. After the mung bean tea cooled down, Li Miaomiao sent it to the people who worked, and everyone was happy, working in other places, and they didn't even care about saliva, let alone mung bean soup.
At noon, the two of them baked a pot full of coarse flour cakes, on the dish, Li Miaomiao was not stingy, cut a few catties of fat, she herself refused fat, but who told the countryside to only love fat.
A fried meat with beans, a fatty potato slices, a cold cucumber, needless to say, the taste is naturally sufficient, the amount is very sufficient, plus the mung bean soup to cool off the heat, everyone who eats is satisfied, and jokes that in the future, just take care of the rice, and the salary is not enough.
Li Miaomiao was very happy to see that everyone was working harder in the afternoon.
It is a good thing that the workers eat happily and work harder, but Li Miaomiao is worried, and she has to think of something delicious every morning when she comes together.
For four or five days in a row, every day with a different lunch, Li Miaomiao felt that she was going to run out of what she had learned all her life. The main reason is that there are too few materials that can be made in the village, because in the summer, things can't be stored for a long time, and there are not many things to buy, so she doesn't want to go to the town.
Recently, the weather was good, there was no rain, and everyone worked very hard, so it only took ten days for the house to be beamed.
When Lei Lei was resting, he went home and saw the big house next door, he was shocked, and he was even happier when he heard that it was his own home, and asked if it was true after a while.
After finding someone to pick the auspicious day of the zodiac, Li Miaomiao began to prepare for the banquet, and everyone in the village had to set up a banquet, and Li Miaomiao had no choice but to follow the customs of the villagers no matter how reluctant she was.
When she went to the old mansion to invite someone, she was sneered at, and Li Miaomiao didn't take it to heart.
Linjia Village is not small, there are hundreds of good people, if you set up a banquet, you have to set up more than ten tables, just borrowing tables, chairs and dishes It took a day, these don't need her to come forward, Uncle Dahai and Brother Changlin can do it.
Then I bought vegetables and meat, and I was busy and finally arrived on the day. Li Miaomiao was generous, and prepared four meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes, and two soups, which were not bad in the banquet held in the village.
When it was time for the banquet, the talents of the old mansion slowly arrived, and the family was neat and tidy.
What she didn't expect, Aunt Xie and her family also came, and even the shopkeeper Gu who was full of buildings didn't arrive, but gave gifts.
"My aunt and uncle are also here, come in", Li Miaomiao hurriedly took the seat to greet them. The upper seat was actually occupied by the people of the old house, and he really regarded himself as a guest, and the other aunts and aunts in the village who came to the banquet knew to go to the kitchen to help, but they waited for someone to serve like an uncle.
Li Miaomiao suppressed the anger in her heart and set up another table, but fortunately, she was afraid that the table would not be enough, so she borrowed more.
arranged Aunt Xie and her family, and invited Li Zheng, her father, to sit with some old people in the village, and the banquet officially began.
"Miao Miao, I'll see if there's anything to help", Aunt Xie asked as she watched Li Miaomiao's busy turnaround.
"My aunt is a guest, how can I let you do it?"
"Anyway, I'm not comfortable sitting there as a woman, so I might as well be a good man."
Li Miaomiao secretly blamed herself for not thinking about it, and hurriedly invited people to her bedroom, "That aunt is resting here, I'll let Yanyan accompany you, and I'll make food for my aunt when I'm done."
Li Miaomiao brought Yanyan over and got busy again. Yanyan is well-behaved and cute, Aunt Xie likes it, looking at the small room, there is almost no furniture, and then thinking about the family members she saw today, Aunt Xie feels that it is really not easy.
can live such a difficult life like this, Miao Miao is really a powerful girl. Why didn't she know this girl earlier, what she didn't know was that it wasn't her who she knew earlier, and she wouldn't like it according to her original nature.
In addition to the people of the old mansion who are in the posture of the host, the guests and hosts enjoy a meal.
Li Miaomiao made two bowls of shredded chicken noodles and sent them into the house, and then cleaned up the mess. Some people in the village saw that she was so generous and decent today, and their views on her changed a lot, and they took the initiative to stay and help, as for the people in the old mansion, they naturally patted their butts and left, Li Miaomiao only felt out of sight and out of mind, as for other people, those who have eyes can see the inappropriateness of the group of people in the old mansion today.
There is a lot of strength in numbers, and it didn't take long to clean up. After sending a few helpers back, Li Miaomiao entered the house tiredly, and Yanyan and Lei Lei were talking with Aunt Xie and his wife.
"I neglected my uncle and aunt today, and when I move later, I'll invite you to dinner."
"What are you polite to us, we're in trouble," Aunt Xie said.
After talking again, Li Miaomiao sent the two away, because Lei Lei came back from leave, so he went back to the town together.
Before getting into the car, Aunt Xie suddenly grabbed Li Miaomiao's hand and said, "If there is anything in the future, just come to find your aunt."
It seems that Aunt Xie said this when she saw her own situation, Li Miaomiao replied with a smile, "Yes, I'm afraid that my aunt will annoy me by then."
When I returned home, I began to sort out the gifts brought by everyone, and most of the people in the village were eggs, vegetables, rice and noodles, and there were a lot of piles.
Aunt Xie brought some cloth and pastries, all of which were bright materials, which were just right for him and Yanyan to make clothes.
Shopkeeper Gu brought some rice, flour, grain and oil, pots and bowls and other things that could be used after moving, and Li Miaomiao was grateful for his carefulness.
After putting everything together, Li Miaomiao felt that the strength of her whole body was about to be drained, so she hurriedly ate something, and then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.