The car sped all the way, and it took less than an hour to reach the county seat, and when it drove to the entrance of the armed forces, Zhou Xiaozheng asked his wife to sit in the car and wait, he got out of the car and went inside, found Zhao Dashan, and pulled him out, "Do you have time now?" Is there someone you are familiar with in this county who specializes in helping people clean up and clean up things? ”

Zhang Dashan dragged him and shouted loudly, "Xiao Liu, if you have something, remember to ask people to come early tomorrow to handle it, I'll go out to do errands." After speaking, without waiting for the other party to agree, he dragged him to the door.

"Brother Zheng, this is the car in the provincial capital, you have already gone to the provincial capital today? It just so happens that you have a car, follow me to see people, it's best to be strict, don't fly around. I remembered that Professor Liu's old couple was old before, and people often came to help wash clothes and quilt covers, and they said that they were cousins and nieces, and we went to find him ourselves. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng nodded, "It's really most convenient to go directly to Professor Liu, I just want to consult him about the fire wall, and I don't know if the fire wall will have an impact on the furniture?" ”

"Yo, my sister-in-law is still in the car. Last time, I didn't know that you were Brother Zheng's lover, so I took my family Hongli over to see you. It's common for your Jiaojiao to see it, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Zheng's daughter. It was really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple. This time, we can get together after tidying up the yard. After saying that, he sat directly in the back seat.

Lin Lishan said to him with a smile, "It's fate, we must get together, and I want to ask you to take care of these two children." Brother Dashan, how to get to Professor Liu's house? You give fingers. ”

"Don't you call Brother Dashan, didn't you see Brother Zheng leaning at me? Just shout the mountain. Brother Zheng drove in front of him, and when he reached the intersection, he turned right and went to his house, a big yard. ”

"Then I'll call you Lao Zhao. The old man should be at home, right? ”

Zhang Dashan nodded, "I will definitely be at home, I am seventy or eighty, and I am not happy to move." ”

The car stopped at the gate of a large courtyard, this is an old house, it should be an ancestral house, deviating from the county seat, next to the road from the county seat to the provincial capital, the courtyard environment is quiet, Zhang Dashan took Zhou Xiaozheng and his wife to knock on the iron ring at the gate, and shouted: "Is Old Man Liu at home?" ”

shouted three times in a row, and a middle-aged woman came out to open the door, and saw three people standing at the door, and two people wearing military uniforms, she immediately came to her senses and showed a surprised expression, "You bought a small yard yesterday?" The old man and the old lady are in the house with the children, come in. ”

After speaking, they entered the compound, the yard is still the same old man's demeanor, the corner is planted with fruit trees, and the flower beds are cut, and there is no landscape in the cold weather, and when the summer comes, you can see that there must be thousands of purples and thousands of reds, and the fruits are fruitful.

When I got to the second entrance, I saw that the old man was asking the little great-grandchildren to recite the three-character scripture, and the three children only glanced at the fruit on the case, and followed sentence by sentence, and the old lady looked at the grandchildren happily beside them.

Seeing that people had come in, the old man stopped and said to the children, "Go ahead, choose for yourself, each person can only choose one." Whoever will be the first to recite it can also take one. ”

After speaking, they stood up towards Zhou Xiaozheng, let them sit down in the living room, and said curiously: "Dashan and you are still old friends, is there anything in the courtyard that you don't understand, please say?" After speaking, he raised his hand to signal that Zhou Xiaozheng could bring it up.

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at the old man, smiled and said, "Old man, I really don't understand something to ask you." I think your main house has a fire wall, will it have an impact on the home if it is burned? In addition, are the main house fire kang and fire wall heated as a whole or separately? I hurriedly took a look in the morning, and I didn't look closely, so didn't I take the liberty of visiting? ”

Old Man Liu smiled at the old lady who came in and said, "How about it, I'll find someone who knows how to do it for you, don't grieve your heart, okay?" Don't look at the soldiers, but people have good eyesight, as soon as they enter the living room, the first thing they see is the broken table and broken stool, especially the small one, I saw him staring at the chair several times in the living room. ”

The old lady brought the tea with a smile and put it on the coffee table, "Yes, you still have the same good eyesight as before." You drink tea, and the old man came back last night and said that you would definitely come to the door for consultation. There was something he didn't understand, and he was idle and bored. ”

Old Man Liu didn't refute, he saw his wife with a smile, and when she finished speaking, he asked Zhou Xiaozheng: "When will your little son-in-law come here to sit, you, I won't ask for it, and I don't think I have time." ”

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at Zhao Dashan and his wife, and said to him: "The old man loves him very much, and he must let him come to visit." It's his luck that you always have time to mention him more. Recently, my little girl is still in confinement, and the head of the family has built a yard, and she is busy, otherwise she will definitely go to you with us today. ”

"Your son-in-law is good, and his eyes are right. Come, let me tell you about the living room stove, which is my most proud work. You haven't started using it yet, have you? You must not have found out yet. I've changed the inside, and in addition to increasing the capacity, I've also set up gates in the ondol and the wall of fire leading to the east and west rooms. The chimney leading to the outside has also been trimmed, but I am afraid that sometimes I will accidentally poison by burning briquettes. If you usually use firewood, remember to push out the iron stove inside the stove. You can use the fire wall with confidence, it has just been renovated this year.

There is also a roof I deliberately raised high, and a layer of wood was added to it, just to prevent heavy snow from pressing the roof in winter, which can reduce gravity and insulate the cold, and can insulate the heat in summer. If the space is large and the height is high, there will be no sense of oppression. Summer is here, open the door to the bedroom, it will be windy and cool. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at him happily, this was all expected, and he also took precautions, "Old man, don't you say that I haven't noticed it, you have always prevented it in advance." ”

"Wait, I have something for you, I should have given it to you yesterday. I'm old and have a bad memory, I guess you will definitely come to me before you move in. Old Man Liu went into the back room and took out a yellowed piece of paper.

Old man Liu spread the paper on the coffee table, "Look at it, this is the layout map I drew before moving in." Everywhere and everything is marked. You see if there's anything else that's not clear. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng looked down, the drawings were very clear, after all these years, the paper was still intact except for yellowing, and even the passage of the toilet in the courtyard was dug out, and the distance was marked in detail.

Zhou Xiaozheng pointed to the toilet, "Old man, this is a direct access to the toilet." Will it freeze in the winter? Is there anything I need to pay attention to? ”

"It won't freeze, rinse directly after using water. At the beginning, the passage of the house was treated with materials and buried relatively deeply. Unless the passage is to be dug up for a large construction, the neighbor's house on the right will also open one later. It was covered with stone slabs, and later covered with earth. The bathroom in the room is a backup that I don't want to go out in the winter. The toilet is left by the gate early every morning, and there is a special person to collect it. At the beginning, because the materials were not enough, there was no pipe to lead to it. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng nodded, not asking what materials were used. He was skeptical about this, and the credibility of dripping water under the ice in the winter was really not high. He paused when he heard the old man mention the bathroom in the room, this old man shouldn't be confused, right?

"Old man, where is the bathroom in the room?"

Old Man Liu laughed and pointed at his wife, "Didn't you show them yesterday?" After speaking, he shook his head awkwardly when he saw his wife, and suddenly understood that his wife was really particular about her temperament.

"You may not have noticed that there are five main rooms in the courtyard, the east master bedroom is larger than the west room, and there is the east wing room at that end, and there is a possibility of an error in the line of sight. The large mirror on the wall of the master bedroom pushed to the right, and there was a dark room inside, which I changed to a bathroom. After speaking, Old Man Liu winked at Zhou Xiaozheng with a smile.

Zhou Xiaozheng couldn't cry or laugh, this old man really likes to toss. He noticed the big mirror, and he deliberately looked at it twice. Who would have thought that there would be this trick.

"The well in the courtyard, with this big stone slab next to it, is for laundry. There is also a sink on the side, and the outlet below is all flowing into the toilet. Don't pour water into the sink in the winter, it will freeze and plug it, and now I cover it with a wooden plank. Do you see what else is not clear? ”

"It's not clear, it's all marked. Thank you, old man, your yard has been carefully arranged everywhere. Zhou Xiaozheng really felt that this courtyard was given to him by the old man.