Du Jinning and his entourage walked through the village and walked to the west of the village, Zhang Guangyi stopped: "You put your luggage at my house first, and stay at our house tonight." The house over there still needs to be cleaned up for a day or two before you can move in. ”

"This ......," Chen hesitated, "why is it so troublesome?" His eyes looked at Du Jinning.

Du Jinning pondered for a moment: "Okay, put the luggage first." ”

The group followed Zhang Guangyi into Zhang's house.

The Zhang family is also similar to the Du family, with a courtyard, a few tall main houses made of blue bricks, east and west wings on both sides, plus a house for livestock, a utility room and a stove room, but the area is larger than that of the Du family.

Zhang Guangyi opened a side room for them to put their luggage, and put the things brought by Du Yinsheng into it together, and went to the utility room to get some sickles and hoes, handed them to everyone one by one, and instructed his wife who heard the voice: "Cook more meals for seven or eight people at night, and the in-laws and Brother Ning will eat here." ”

"No need, Uncle Zhang, don't bother." Du Jinning didn't wait for Chen to speak, so he excused himself.

She held a sickle in her hand and said to Zhang Guangyi: "Can you go to Dalin Village and call a few strong men to come and help us clean up the house, as for the salary, you can help me." Make sure you can get it in order today. ”

Saying that, she blushed slightly: "I think you also know that I made some money selling books some time ago. It's just that during this time, I have to maintain the livelihood of my family, and I can't use this money to pay you back first, so I have to wait for a while. ”

"It's fine." Zhang Guangyi waved his hand, "Even if you return the money to me, I will put it in the money box, it is useless, you don't have to rush to pay it back." ”

There were a group of women and children in the small third room of the Du family, and it was inconvenient to live at home, so Zhang Guangyi did not insist on the original proposal. I invited someone, and I think I can clean up the Wang family's house today.

The group came out of Zhang's house, walked more than ten meters forward, crossed the bridge, and saw the Wang family's house.

"Let's, let's ......" Du Fanghui looked at the scene in front of her, swallowed her saliva, and muttered, "Just live here?" ”

In the courtyard of the Wang family in front of him, the grass is barren and the grass in the south is growing luxuriantly.

No wonder they were asked to live in Zhang's house just now.

After asking Mrs. Wang, Du Jinning also came to see the house, and went into the wild grass, ran to the house inside to take a look, and was the most calm at this time, and said: "I haven't lived there for two years, and the wild grass grows, so it's naturally such a scene." ”

The Chen family can leave the Du family, and it is completely separated, and they will no longer have to worry about their daughter being sold in the future, and they are very comfortable.

She said energetically: "Don't be afraid, if you can't live in people, you can tear down all the houses, and then we will build two thatched huts to live in." ”

Du Fangling also nodded vigorously: "Yes, I'm not afraid." After experiencing the turmoil of being sold, she will never complain about the hardships of life again.

Zhang Guangyi took out the key and wanted to open the lock on the courtyard door, but the lock had already rusted to death, so he had to take an iron hammer and knock it off a few times, knock the lock off, and then push open the courtyard door and enter.

"You do it first, I'll call someone."

Du Jinning looked at the courtyard wall: "Uncle Zhang, please call a few more people, and you have to cut some thorns and spread them on the courtyard wall in a while." ”

The walls of this courtyard are not high, and they have collapsed in some places. Several of them, women and children, live in such a place, and their safety is not guaranteed.

Although he has not heard of any public security problems since he beat Du Jinning, Du Jinning does not dare to take it lightly because of Du Yunnian, who is looking at Du Yunnian.

Zhang Guangyi glanced at the courtyard wall, and looked at Du Jinning's gaze with a little difference.

This child has a calm temperament and a careful mind. Zhang Hongwen, who is a few years older than him, is a child who has not grown up.

"Okay, I'll just call two people to cut the thorns, and then call four people to come and help you." Zhang Guangyi said and left.

Du Jinning saw that Du Yinsheng, Mengshi, and Du Yunchang also rolled up their sleeves to work, and hurriedly stopped them: "Someone will help in a while, this little grass will be pulled out at once, you can go back first." ”

Du Yinsheng insisted: "You don't have to worry, we will rest if we can't do it for a while." ”

Du Jinning had no choice but to give up.

The grass in the yard looks scary, but it's actually not difficult to deal with. It's winter, and the grass has already withered in the fall, and it hasn't rained for a month or two, so the grass can be uprooted with a light pull, and there is no need for a sickle or hoe.

Chen's and Du Fangfei's mother and daughter are all good at work, and they cleaned up a large area in a short time.

The person called by Zhang Guangyi also came, and after greeting him, he buried himself in work, but in an hour, the wild grass in the yard was cleaned up, revealing the Wang family's house.

This Wang family is naturally not a rich family, otherwise even if there is a little bit of property, no one will be willing to inherit and become the son or grandson of the old man.

There are only three exposed houses, and all of them are mud and straw houses. When the Wang family built this house, they also took a little effort, and when laying the foundation, they were all made of stone from the ground to one meter, which was quite strong.

The door of the house was locked, and it was rusty, so everyone drew a scoop according to the gourd, knocked it open with a hammer according to Zhang Guangyi's method, and pushed the door in.

There was no one living in it for two years, and there was a desolate scene outside, and everyone thought that this house must be very dilapidated, and they were all mentally prepared.

But I didn't expect it to be bright inside, the afterglow of the sunset shone in through a broken window, the tables, chairs and beds were still neat, but a thick layer of ash was spread on it, and there were a few big cobwebs on the corners of the house.

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's not bad, it can live in people." ”

Knocking on the other two rooms, it's the same situation, it's just a matter of how much furniture there is. There are few Wang families, the middle room is a hall house, the other two are bedrooms, the room that is a bedroom has a bed, and the hall house is a dilapidated table of eight immortals, four stools, and a few small stools.

Zhang Guangyi said with a smile: "When Old Man Wang died, I did the funeral. After I finished it, I sealed the house, thinking that if the Wang family wanted this house, or someone bought it, I would have an explanation. No one has been asking for two years, and the house has been preserved as it is. I also came to clean it once last year, but this year there were many things, so I didn't come back again, so it was a year of waste. ”

Wild grasses are tenacious, and it is normal for them to grow in the south in the most suitable place for them to grow in a year.

Everyone worked together to clean the house. At this time, the thorn cutter also came back, spread the thorns on the courtyard wall, and also placed some under the inner wall according to Du Jinning's request.

"Brother Ning, I didn't expect you to be so insidious." Zhang Hongwen smiled secretly in admiration.

People who want to climb the wall of the Du family's small three-room courtyard finally passed the level at the head of the wall, and they would never have thought that there was a pass waiting for them below.