"I think about building a house, it's what I want to do the most." Du Mei looked at her mother and sisters, the corners of her mouth raised, her eyebrows curled.

"What?" All four were shocked by Du Mei's words.

"Sister, do you really want to build a house?" Du Ying's eyes widened and she asked uncertainly.

"Do you still want to live in this cramped and dilapidated house?" Du Mei asked rhetorically as she looked around at the four walls of the room, which had been blackened by time.

"It's good to build a house, but it's not about raising ducks and selling food, there's too much to do." Xu frowned.

"Mother, I'm going to do it, I'll ask Uncle Jiasuo for help as a carpenter, what about the bricklayer, there is a bricklayer in our village, and then I'll go to Chenqian Village on the other side of the river to ask for one." There is no work in the fields now, and Brother Shu can also come to help me, if Uncle Zhong is free, it will be even better. Du Mei snapped his fingers and said what he had been thinking about for a long time.

"But where are we going to build the house?" Du Ying suddenly remembered this important matter.

"At present, this house is connected to the east, so naturally it cannot be demolished, and it can be converted into a utility room in the future. I estimate that if we tear down the utility room and the duck shed, we can build about five large rooms, and we will rebuild the kitchen and a row of lower rooms in the courtyard, and then the courtyard will probably not be as spacious as it is now, and we will have to make the courtyard wall higher. Du Mei is at home these days, always staring at the courtyard and pondering, these ideas are all seared in her heart.

"The duck shed is gone, where will the ducks be locked up in the future?" Du Ying questioned.

"It's a real problem, you can put it on the river beach in the summer, you have to keep it at home in the winter, and if you build five big houses, there really won't be a place for a duck shed in this courtyard." Du Mei twisted his eyebrows.

"If only the homestead outside was ours." Du Guiyang pointed to the outside of the courtyard.

To the west of Du Mei's house, there is a ruined and dilapidated homestead, which is the ancestral home of the old man's family. At that time, the old man's grandfather only had one acre of thin land, two low houses, and his parents died early, seeing that he was almost thirty years old, he did not marry a daughter-in-law.

One year there was a famine in the south, and there was a woman in rags who asked for food to go to the old man's grandfather's door, and the whole family was hungry at that time, and the old man's grandfather was kind-hearted and gave her a bowl of bean dregs rice. The woman ate and didn't leave, and became the old man's grandmother.

It is said that fools have foolish blessings, and it is also suitable for the old man and grandpa to transfer, the old man's grandmother's house was originally made of tofu, and this year's New Year, the old man's grandmother saved a sum of money just by grinding tofu for others.

In the spring, the old man and grandmother wanted to open a tofu factory, the original two low houses in the family were not enough, the patriarch at that time was Du Huaibing's father, he was a benevolent person, so they were allowed to build a shed to grind tofu in the east of the village.

Both of them can endure hardships, and in the first year, they ate and lived in the shed. The next year, the shed was demolished, five large houses were built, and then children were added. In this way, they gradually came to the old mansion.

The old man and grandfather only had a child with the old man's father, and when the old man grew up to be in his twenties, the old man's grandfather and grandmother passed away one after another, and the old man took over the tofu workshop, he worked day by day, and had no time to take care of it, and the old house was decaying day by day.

When the old man gave birth to the old man, it snowed heavily for three days and three nights, and the decaying old house was finally crushed by the snow. And on this day, the old man's house also collapsed, and his father stepped on the white snow to sell tofu, mistaking the frozen river as a road, and even people with tofu fell into the ice hole.

The old man was widowed at a young age, relying on the money saved by her in-laws and husbands.

finally pulled the old man up, and the old man took the tofu recipe left by his father and resumed the tofu business. Because the old house and the old man's father did not have it on the same day, the old man did not go back to the old house to take a look until he died.

Spring turns to autumn, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and somehow two locust trees grow in the old man's old house, and the yellow mud rammed earth wall is crawling with vines and wild roses.

Because the old house fell at the wrong time, two huge locust trees grew inexplicably, and no matter how hot it was in summer, it was gloomy and cold here. There are many taboos in the village, not only do they not let their children stay here more, but they also dare not pick up a leaf that falls from the tree. In this way, this old mansion has collapsed for many years, and it still remains as it is, and no one dares to invade it.

"Hugh is going to talk nonsense!" The frightened Xu hurriedly interrupted Du Gui's words.

"Mother, what Du Gui said is right." Du Mei said as he stroked his mother's arm.

"How unlucky that house is, the old man's family ......" Xu was silent, she was a little afraid.

"The house is for people to live in, and besides, the house hasn't been repaired for decades, so it can't be crushed by heavy snow." Du Mei didn't believe in ghosts and gods too much, so he said calmly.

"No matter how it collapses, this is someone's homestead after all, how can we forcibly occupy it." Xu has always been gentle, she frowned and asked.

"I'll talk to the old man tomorrow to see if he wants money or something else." Du Mei's fingers tapped on the table.

"Is that all you want to build a house?" Xu asked.

"Mother, the sisters are all older, and Juniper will have a study in the future, and he can't still nest in this room. Aren't we raising ducks, selling food, and embroidering dolls all for a better life, we just have a little money in our hands now, and it's enough to build a house, so why don't we do it?

Besides, we may earn more money in the future, this low house in the courtyard is broken, where can we hide the money, can we still keep it with Ye Qing? "Du Mei has already planned this, and no one can persuade him.

"So, you're not going to Gangneung City?" The oil lamp burst into a spark, and it dimmed, and Xu's eyes were also dark.

"Well, I didn't go to Gangneung City. There were so many things to do to build a house, I had to talk to the old man first, and then I had to find a carpenter and bricklayer, and I had to buy lime wood first. Du Mei mentally prioritized things.

"Alright then, you'll be able to arrange things yourself. Tomorrow I'll write a list, and you can buy me some muslin. Xu knew in her heart that her daughter was very assertive, and once she decided on one thing, ten horses would not be able to pull it back. All she could do was be prepared.

Du Mei still went to sell food in the morning, the eldest girl's family only had one acre of thin fields, and the weeds were pulled out in half a day, so she naturally followed her to the town.

Mui Kee Eatery is still bustling, people are willing to stop for a bowl, stinky tofu is accepted by more people, who prefer Du Mei's unique dipping sauce and marinade, so there is an endless stream of diners.

The weather was hot, Du Mei stood by the oil pot and fried stinky tofu, and within half a day, he was already sweating on his back.

"Sister Meizi! It turns out that you are here, so I can find it. "The three sisters of Chunhua actually found the bazaar.

"Why are you here?" Du Mei wiped the beads of sweat with a cotton towel hanging around his neck.

"I haven't eaten your fennel beans for two days, and Chunya is clamoring to come to you, so we pounced in Dujiagou before we knew that you were here to sell food." Chunhua said helplessly.

"What do you want to eat? If you can't sit in the room, you can sit there. Du Meiyang pointed with his hand, it was the old man's stall.

The three sisters asked for Ruyi soup, and the old man was also enthusiastic and helped make room for them to sit on. He saw that Chunya was a little sluggish, so he took extra care of her and gave her a small chair to sit on.

After the spring flowers and autumn fruits were eaten, they all came to help Du Gui greet the guests, leaving only the spring buds on the old man's stall and asking him to take care of them.

"Yo, where is this girl who is like a flower?" The black dragon in the neighboring town took two of his men to look for Niu Er, but he didn't find the person he was looking for, but he saw Chunya sitting stupidly.

"This big brother, this is my fellow countryman." The old man grabbed the fingers stretched out by the black dragon and wanted to pinch Chunya's face.

"Who is your eldest brother and who is your eldest brother?" The attendant stepped forward and brutally knocked off the old man's hand.

"It's just a fellow countryman, and it's not your daughter-in-law, nervous fart!" The black dragon put its fingers together and patted the old man's face, crackling.

The old man didn't dare to fight back, as soon as he saw their posture, he knew that he was not a good stubble, he was just a small businessman who did his duty, and he didn't want to cause death.

The two attendants saw that the old man was cowardly, and they smiled wickedly and wanted to pull the spring buds, and they saw that although this girl was born as fresh as a lotus flower, she was a little stupid.

"Don't touch her!" The old man sells tofu in the town every day, and he knows more or less what happened to Chunya, and he can't bear to let this tragic girl suffer another accident.

"Yo he, I pretended to be a love guy just now, if this is your daughter-in-law, I won't touch it." The black dragon said with a mocking face. He thought to himself that no one would marry a fool as a wife.

The old man looked up at the other side for help, Du Mei was too busy to raise his head, obviously not noticing anything unusual here.

"Since it's not your wife, I'll take it away." The black dragon waved his hand, and two of his henchmen came up to grab someone.

"Dume! Plum! The old man shouted loudly and grabbed Chunya.

"you~!" One of the henchmen kicked the old man in the chest, knocking him to the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" Chunya asked.

She was still ignorant just now, and when she saw the old man being kicked down, she bit down on the hand of the henchman who grabbed her in a hurry. The attendant took care of the pain, let go of his hand, and Chunya pounced on the old man's side.

"It's okay, it's okay." The old man comforted her and hid her behind him. Chunya was frightened and hugged the old man's neck and buried her head behind him, not daring to look at the three fierce and vicious people.

"Unexpectedly, you tofu seller has grown a pair of hard bones!" The black dragon grabbed the tofu stall and wanted to push it to the smashing stall.

"Take your hands away!" When Du Mei heard the sound of the call, he was surprised by the situation on the other side, and he didn't have time to react, so he ran directly empty-handed.

"Where did the wild girl come from, dare to order Lao Tzu!" The black dragon squinted at the defenseless Du Mei.

"I'll tell you to take your hands off!" Du Mei said with a deep face.

"If I don't take it, what else can you do to me!" The black dragon said angrily.

"Okay, don't regret it!" Du Mei suddenly struck, lightning fast, grabbing his wrist with one hand and twisting his shoulder with the other.

"Ahh The black dragon's pig-like howl was shattering. frightened the hearts of the surrounding vegetable buyers. 2k reading web