Chrysanthemum stood aside with a smile, watched Zhang Huai unload the car, led the cow aside, opened the car door to reveal the green bricks inside, glanced at her with a smile, and asked softly, "What are you doing at home today?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and said, "We went to Yuantang today to pick water chestnuts. Changxing and Sanshun sat on a big wooden barrel and went down to pick it, which was quite fun. I cooked the old water chestnut and I was ready to eat it in a while. ”

Zhang Huai picked up five stacks of green bricks and said with a smile: "It just so happens that I am hungry." As he spoke, he motioned for Chrysanthemum to step aside, "Pile up the bricks and tiles under the courtyard wall of your house, and save yourself from unloading them at my house, and then you will have to pick them up on the side of the mountain." ”

Yang rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to help, when Zhang Huai turned around and saw it, and hurriedly stopped her and said, "Auntie is still busy with her own business, look at the dirty hands." My father and mother are right behind, and they came to move bricks. ”

Chrysanthemum listened and looked up, and sure enough, Zhang Dazhuan and He came on the village road.

When the two arrived at the door, they said to Yang with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I borrowed your land to put bricks and tiles, and it won't take long to put it, and I will build a house in a few days." ”

Yang said with a smile on his face: "Look at what you said, you put things here to me, you are reassuring me, what are you saying those things for." If we move over early, we can still gossip together from time to time. ”

So, a few people moved the green bricks to the inside of the courtyard wall and stacked them, talking and laughing. Chrysanthemum went to the backyard to pick some vegetables and prepare them for dinner.

Seeing that Zhang Huai was sweating profusely, Yang asked with some distress: "How many more trips do you have to pull Ming'er?" It's time for your dad to help. Aoki definitely won't be able to spare his hands, and you won't be tired of moving these bricks alone. ”

Zhang Huai said with a smile: "Today, this green brick is loaded with the help of Aoki, and the people from their brick kiln also helped." ”

Zhang Dazhuan said with a smile: "I definitely want to go with me, I'm afraid that Ming'er won't be able to finish a day of miles." Now we want to build one more room – four in total, so we have to buy some more bricks! ”

Yang asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that you will build three, why do you build four more miles?" ”

She is also clear about the conditions of the Zhang family, she bought a few acres of land this year, and her hands are not so spacious, so she has to build three rooms. It's nothing, wait for the money in the future, and then build it. Maybe you don't need to cover miles, if Yang Zi takes the Xiucai exam, there will be no champions who will live in this township.

He said happily: "When the village chief heard that my family was going to build a house, he discussed with his father and said that he would buy my house to open a workshop, and the village would have to trouble building another house." His father agreed. No, I have more room at hand, so I want to build an extra room. ”

Zhang Dazhuan glanced at Huaizi, who was immersed in moving bricks, and said, "Huaizi should not have agreed, saying that the base of the house should be kept as an orchard." The village chief said that it is better to install an orchard in the middle of the village, and it is better to buy land on the side of the mountain and plant fruit trees, which is close to your new home and convenient to take care of. Isn't it possible that in the future, you will have to run to the village and live here to see the orchard? Huaizi and I thought about it too, so I agreed. ”

Yang nodded again and again: "In this way, it will be convenient for you." Wait until next year to buy a few acres of wasteland here and plant whatever you want, otherwise you will not be at ease if you leave a house base in the village. ”

Ho smiled and narrowed his eyes. It seems that the base of the house is sold like this, but in fact, the family has more money to turnover, and the house is built better, so that Huaizi will not look shabby in the future.

As for the land, when two pigs are killed this winter and sold as sausages, won't the silver be conjured up at the end of the year? Just like Yang said, when the time comes, buy a few acres of wasteland and plant whatever you want.

Zhang Dazhuan smiled: "Isn't it." The village chief said that if it weren't for the fact that there were many people living in the village and few people living on the side of the mountain, he would not have built the workshop in the village. However, he said that the sausage workshop still needs to be built here, and this thing was made by your family first, so of course it must be your family's main thing. ”

After a while, the green bricks were moved after a while, and Huaizi went to the well to fetch water to wash his hands, and asked Chrysanthemum with a smile: "Fry water chestnut vegetables at night?" ”

Chrysanthemum is putting the chopped water chestnut cabbage in the basket and kneading vigorously - this thing grows up in water, the stems and leaves are covered with scale, to be rubbed and cleaned repeatedly, and then poured into the oil pan to fry over high heat, add some crushed garlic, not only the taste is more fragrant, but also easy to sterilize and disinfect.

She listened to his words, didn't look up, nodded and said, "I've pinched a lot today." Do you want one

She just said it casually, but Zhang Huai said, "Okay." I want to eat it too. This stuff is very fragrant when mixed with rice, and if you add egg fried rice, it will be even more fragrant. ”

Chrysanthemum looked up at him amusedly, and saw that he was washing his hands and talking seriously, as if he smelled the aroma of egg fried rice.

After washing his hands, Zhang Huai squatted down beside her, looking at her with a smile, his narrow eyes shining with a soft light.

Chrysanthemum thought he was waiting for him to deliver water chestnut vegetables, so she said to him, "Well, it's in the basket under the eaves." Go catch it yourself. It's better to wash it here by the way, and fry it when you bring it back, which will save your aunt another trouble. ”

Zhang Huai nodded after hearing this: "Hey! ”

Then, as soon as he jumped up, he smiled and went to the basket under the eaves of the porch to grab a large handful of pinched water chestnut vegetables, and came over and put it in the basin to wash. After washing it twice, the scale on the stalks was washed off, and it looked very refreshing, and then asked Chrysanthemum: "Do you still have to chop it and wash it again?" ”

Chrysanthemum saw that he was holding himself, his eyes were bright, and he looked like he was begging for advice, so he nodded and said, "You go to the kitchen and take out the larger cutting board, then take a kitchen knife and a small basket, chop this dish, and carefully rub and rinse it in the basket a few times." This thing is very dirty, and it has to be washed like this. ”

Huaizi nodded, went to the kitchen again to get something out, put the cutting board on the well, and cut the water chestnut vegetables himself.

Seeing that he was really clumsy, Chrysanthemum took the knife, finely chopped the water chestnut into cubes, put it in a basket, and asked him to fetch water to wash it, and he washed the red peppers and lentils himself.

Zhang Huai smiled and made these with Chrysanthemum, feeling very excited, and asked her some questions from time to time about how to fry this dish and how to match that dish. It's strange, he never asked his mother about this in the past

He didn't realize that it wasn't the food that attracted people, it was the people who attracted people!

Zhang Dazhuan was also going to come to the well to wash his hands, but he was pulled by He, she saw that the two children were at the well, so she didn't let the man go over to disturb, only talked to Yang, and helped her move corn.

Naturally, Yang also saw Huaizi and chrysanthemums chopping and washing vegetables, and while laughing, he was happy in his heart, and like He, he longed to see them live in harmony.

Huaizi rubbed the dish vigorously and asked Chrysanthemum, "Do you want to go to the market to see how the shop is covered?" Forget it, it's better not to go there, it's very messy. When it's covered, you'll see. ”

Chrysanthemum felt his warm breath up close, but she no longer blushed and heartbeat like before, she only had warmth and peace in her heart, and asked him with a smile: "How many shops have you built in total?" ”

Huaizi said: "I have built six small shops. There are still two large ones left—each shop will use two acres of land, and it will be two-in. There are three shops in the front, a small courtyard and four rooms in the back, and the kitchen, well, and latrine are all properly built, and there are two storerooms. The little shop is half the size. ”

In fact, these chrysanthemums are known, because this is exactly what she designed with Aoki. She didn't know what the layout of the general shop here was, but Aoki went to consult the shopkeeper Song, and then the two of them made deletions according to their own intentions before finalizing the draft.

Because I thought that the front of the shop might be rearranged after renting, so it was not carefully designed, and only made the back of the residence very appropriate, so that people felt at ease when they saw it, thinking that it must be comfortable to live here, and it was a ** for renting.

Chrysanthemum counted the days and asked, "Won't it take more than half a month to get it all done?" ”

Zhang Huai shook his head and said, "It won't take that long." If a house is being built here, the land will be prepared, the well will be dug and the foundation of the wall will be built, which is equivalent to starting construction at the same time. There are a lot more people, and we went to our village a few miles ago. Ming'er has a big mouth, and they are also going. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, I've been busy for more than a month, and I can take a breath if I finish early, otherwise I will have to cut the late rice, and besides, Zhang Huai's family has to build a house and can't help.

She picked up the washed dishes and got up to go to the kitchen to cook.

Zhang Huai also cleaned up, washed the cutting board and kitchen knife and sent it to the kitchen, and got a lot of boiled water chestnuts from Chrysanthemum.

Therefore, when he was holding the washed water chestnut vegetables and carrying a small basket of cooked water chestnuts - which was cooked water chestnut - and chewing in his mouth to beckon his father and mother to go home, He smiled and said: "You eat and take it like this, you are not polite at all, and you really don't think you are an outsider." This water chestnut chrysanthemum is pinched hard, you just wash it and take it home, it's too cheap. ”

Zhang Huai was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "Then mother, you have to be free, so you can pinch more chrysanthemums and send them." This stuff is delicious when pickled. ”

Yang laughed when he heard this, and said, "It's not a good thing, it's like taking a big advantage." ”

Zhang Huai was just about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Yang and said, "Auntie, what do you want to bring to Aoki?" If so, I'll take it now, and I'll rush over early tomorrow morning. ”

Before Yang could speak, Chrysanthemum came out of the kitchen and said to Zhang Huai: "I'll cook some dishes tomorrow morning, you can bring them over." ”

Huaizi hurriedly responded: "Then I'll come over tomorrow morning to get it." After speaking, he looked at Yang again to see what else she had to say.

Yang said: "I also want to send him some food, but I can't be idle." It's just right for you to bring some over tomorrow. The others are gone. ”

He hurriedly said: "Then you should do less tomorrow morning, and bring some to him first, otherwise it will be too hasty to get up early." Anyway, didn't Huai Ziming'er still have to send bricks and tiles back, you did a good job during the day and let him bring them over in the afternoon, and he didn't panic. ”

Yang smiled: "Hello! That's it. Ming'er killed a chicken and burned it and brought it over, you and Aoki have to make up for it, I'm tired there for so many days, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat well. The latter words were said to Zhang Huai.

Zhang Huai smiled embarrassedly, he wasn't too tired, but he was just taking care of it, and said that Aoki's grandmother also asked Laixi to bring food.

When the people of the Zhang family drove away, Zheng Changhe picked a large load of potatoes and came in, and when he saw the green bricks under the wall, he asked Yang: "Which one put this green brick here?" ”