Ding Hua was about to boil water to make tea, but saw that Mei Zhijun had already taken out a hot water kettle from the stove room.

Ding Hua thanked him, and warmly invited Mei Zhijun and his family to sit and chat with them.

Mei Zhijun knew that they still had to clean up and dispose of things, so he immediately refused on the grounds that they still had to sell tofu.

Ding Hua carried the hot water back to the East House, and after a while, he walked out with ten yuan.

He came to send Mei Yali New Year's money, and after settling Ding Hua's wife, Ding Hua's daughter-in-law went to find ten yuan as soon as possible, and asked Ding Hua to give Mei Yali New Year's money.

She Yufen gave their children five yuan each, and Ding Hua's daughter-in-law made up for this courtesy exchange at once.

She Yufen smiled and thanked Ding Hua and her family for Mei Yali, and then brought a plate of melon seeds, a plate of peanuts, a plate of apples, and a plate of frozen pears to Ding Hua and their family.

Ding Hua thanked his daughter-in-law without saying anything.

They just came back, and there was nothing at home to entertain Ding Hua's cousin, and these things sent by She Yufen were timely rain for them.

It was almost noon, and Ding Hua's daughter-in-law was about to go to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables and come back to make lunch, when Mei Zhijun had already sent a bottle of liquor, two catties of pork belly, two catties of pork ribs, a chicken, a fish, ten eggs, a large piece of tofu and a basket of vegetables and vegetables.

Ding Hua's daughter-in-law rummaged through it and found that there were four potatoes, a Chinese cabbage, two round eggplants, two large peppers, and a cabbage in the basket.

She was not polite to Mei Zhijun, took the big basket with vegetables, and she smiled and invited Mei Zhijun and She Yufen to have lunch with them.

Mei Zhijun hurriedly waved his hand and refused, "Our family's meals have already been cooked, and besides, the two of us have to make tofu in the afternoon, and we are drunk and delay our work." ”

She Yufen was pouring rice out of the pot, and when she heard Mei Zhijun say this, she was busy nodding her head in agreement, "Yes, sister-in-law, your big family is enough for you to be busy, and we won't make trouble for you." ”

Ding Hua's daughter-in-law persuaded her for a while, and seeing that the two were really insisting, she had to give up the idea of inviting them to dinner together.

By the time Ding Hua came back from the power plant, Ding Hua's daughter-in-law had already prepared eight hot and fragrant dishes quickly.

Ding Hua also carried a bottle of wine in his hand, and when he saw that Mei Zhijun and She Yufen had already started working, he was obviously stunned for a moment, "Why did you two make tofu so early?" ”

Of course, Mei Zhijun would not say that they were staggering the Ding family's meal, so they ate an hour early.

He straightened up and smiled at Ding Hua, "Isn't it thinking that I can leave some time to pack up after finishing it earlier." ”

Ding Hua patted his thigh, "Hey, what are you in a hurry?" Even if you don't work here anymore, our relatives, can the sixth brother still be afraid that the two of you will stay for a few more days? ”

Mei Zhijun hurriedly waved his hand, "It's not that you're afraid that Sixth Brother will let us go, it's that we also have a lot of work to do at home." I'm not thinking about going back soon, so I can buy some seeds and fertilizer. ”

Ding Hua had already heard Cheng Yufeng talk about the Mei family's strange way of dividing the family, and when he heard this, he couldn't help patting Mei Zhijun's shoulder with a sympathetic face, "I have a cousin who runs a store in the city, and that's what he sells." I'll give Yufeng a call later, and ask him to take you around when he finds time. ”

Mei Zhijun was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Ding Hua.

Ding Hua dragged him into the house to eat together, Mei Zhijun refused to agree, the two tore it for a while, and Ding Hua entered the door of the main house by himself without regret.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Ding Hua's cousin drove away alone.

His face was a little red, apparently he had drunk some alcohol, but fortunately he didn't drink much, and he didn't hit anyone or anything while driving.

In this day and age, especially in a small and remote city like City D, drunk driving is rarely checked, so those who drive will occasionally drink with someone knowing they still have to drive.

After delivering tofu to the power plant, Mei Zhijun returned to Ding Hua's house to help She Yufen pack her things.

They don't have much to take with them.

Most of the hares and pheasants that they got in Taizi Village that they didn't have time to sell were given away by them, and the remaining two were also eaten by them for more than two months.

As for the five catties of pork belly, a jar of lard, and a bucket of sunflower oil that She Fengxia forced into them, they had already eaten the meat, and they had used up about one-third of the oil.

For the remaining two-thirds, Mei Zhijun and She Yufen have already discussed to give Ding Hua and his family - in the two months they have been working here, they have eaten half of the pickles and sauerkraut that Ding Hua's daughter-in-law pickled, and they don't leave anything to compensate, and they don't want to go.

There are also salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other condiments they bought themselves, and She Yufen has also put them all in place and is ready to give them to Ding Hua's daughter-in-law.

The next morning, at nine o'clock, Cheng Yufeng drove his agricultural tricycle to Ding Hua's house.

He came to pick up Mei Zhijun and She Yufen, but he also sent a carton of milk and a hundred eggs to the old lady of the Ding family.

These things were all prepared by She Fengxia, and she Fengxia has always been meticulous and thoughtful when dealing with relatives.

Ding Hua and his wife helped Mei Zhijun carry the big bags and small bags into the car, and then warmly invited them to come to his house again when they had time in the future.

Mei Zhijun invited them in turn, even though he didn't even have his own home yet.

A group of people chatted and laughed for a while, and then Cheng Yufeng drove his tricycle away from Ding Hua's house.

Ding Hua and his wife stood at the door and watched them leave, until they could no longer see the tricycle they were riding, and Ding Hua and Ding Hua's daughter-in-law returned to their yard together.

After seeing She Fengxia, Cheng Jike and others, Mei Zhijun and She Yufen were interrogated again about the questions that Cheng Yufeng had already asked.

She Yufen smiled, and shared her joy with She Fengxia and the others, "The money has earned a total of almost six hundred yuan, which should be enough for us to buy seeds and fertilizers." After the spring ploughing, Zhijun and I went out again to find some money to come back, so that we could build a small house to live in before the autumn harvest. ”

In their Taizi Village, the construction team is not required to build a house, and all the big workers (skilled workers) and small workers (pure laborers) involved in the construction of the house are all villagers from their own village or neighboring villages.

Nor will they ask the Lord's house for wages.

Everyone follows the most simple principle of mutual help.

Today, I will help your family build a house, and you will help my family build a house in the future, and the only thing the main family has to do is to take care of the helpers at noon and at night.

Therefore, the only way to spend money on the house builders is to buy glass, wood and tiles, and to invite the villagers to help.

As for other things, they can use local materials such as stones, straw, etc., and they can make their own adobe bricks.