Chapter 86: Green Bricks and Green Tiles
In the new courtyard of Cui'er's house, the bricklayer led everyone to dig the foundation in full swing, and in less than two days, the foundations of the three main houses and three upside-down seats were almost dug up.
"Sister-in-law, are you going to change three main rooms at this time?" Seeing that the foundation was so big, Dong's heart began to make a small calculation, "Three main houses, how many adobes do you have to make, I think the eldest brother and they don't have enough manpower, why don't I let my brothers come to help for two days?" β
Cui'er raised her eyes and looked at Dong's, in the expression on Dong's thin face, the desire to follow her brother and sister-in-law was so obvious that Cui'er couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Dong's little daughter-in-law is not very old, but her face is not thin.
"Your mother's brother will help, that's fine, but we don't build an adobe house, we don't need so many people, if your mother's brother can build a wall or build a pigsty with stones, let them come." Cui'er thought about it for a while, and decided to sell it to the Dong family, just twenty yuan a day, even five people, ten days is only one or two silver, and her own work can be done faster.
"Not an adobe house?" When Dong Shi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Cui'er with burning eyes, as if he was looking at a large pile of gold ingots, "Sister-in-law, you are going to build a brick house!" β
"Yes, it's a brick house." Cui'er nodded and said, "I've been married to Qingshan for some days, and this thatched house at the head of the family is really scary." Your eldest brother is fine when he is at home, in case he has something to do when he goes out, I am afraid that if a wolf or a dog or something comes, it is better to scare the child, if it is worth biting. β
"Tut-tut...... Then you can be willing to pay for building a brick house? Dong pursed his lips and looked Cui'er up and down, "Sister-in-law, do you have a lot of dowry?" Or is there any way to make money? If there is any good way, don't forget our family Qinghe, as the saying goes. Fight the tiger brothers! β
"Huh?" It's okay not to say this colloquialism, as soon as she said this colloquialism, the fire in Cui'er's heart burned all of a sudden, and her eyes suddenly became fierce. Swept on Dong's face, like a small knife.
Fighting Tiger Brothers? As the saying goes, but at the beginning, it was the two brothers Lian Qingshan and Lian Qinghe who fought tigers together, and Lian Qingshan fought for his younger brother's life, and Lian Qinghe and his wife were so good that they almost starved Lian Qingshan to death on the kang.
"Sister-in-law...... Sister-in-law...... Don't look at me like that......" Dong was frightened by Cui'er's eyes, Cui'er had a strong mouth, Dong knew it in his heart, but Dong always thought that Cui'er was a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, after all, he was so kind to his eldest brother at the beginning. is also very unkind to her, different people have contacts and contacts, and they have nothing to say about Da Mao and Ermao.
"There are some things I don't say, don't let me know it, you know in your heart whether what you did was right or wrong. If there is anything, I will say this once, and you should weigh it in your own heart. If you let me bring it up again, don't blame me for not giving you face and making your face ugly. Cui'er took a deep breath, looked at the girl and Da Mao who were playing with Yinhuan in the yard, and then looked at Xiaohu and Ermao who were lying on the kang with their eyes open, and the anger in her heart calmed down slightly.
"You and I both know what your eldest brother looked like when he was paralyzed on the kang before. If it is according to my original intention, it will be light to let Qinghe take you home, for the sake of Da Mao Ermao's face, I will spare you once. But you have to know in your heart that this is sparing you, not because you haven't done anything before. Remember this time, and if there is a next time, don't blame me for not treating you as a relative. Cui'er's voice was low, and her tone was slow, and there was not much sternness in her voice. But it made Dong shiver after hearing it.
"Sister-in-law, I just want my mother's brother to help......" Dong said tremblingly, tears quickly accumulating in his eyes.
"Do you want my brother to help, or do you want to touch my bottom and see how much silver I have in my pocket, and if I can get you some?" As soon as Cui'er said this, Dong's face turned white all of a sudden.
"Big ...... Sister-in-law ......, "How do you know what I want to do?" Dong was quite shrewd and didn't ask directly, but her expression was so surprised, completely as if she had been exposed.
"Well, you want to ask me why I know what you want to do? Everything is written on your face. Cui'er sighed and said, "You lend me your wedding clothes to marry, I miss you well." Qinghe is Qingshan's younger brother, no matter when, Qingshan will not forget him, as long as you live a good life with Qinghe, it is not a glory and wealth, but the life of worry-free food and clothing can still be lived, you can think about it yourself. β
Cui'er sighed, wanting Dong to think about it alone, so she reached out and hugged Xiaohu out of the door, leaving Dong alone in the house, standing stunned.
Cui'er went out with Xiaohu in her arms, and saw an ox cart on the mountainside, and an old man in his fifties was sitting on the ox cart, who was the person who went to the brick kiln to buy bricks.
"Qingshan, the green bricks are here!" Cui'er looked at the ox cart loaded with most of the green bricks, estimated that it was 1,800 yuan, and frowned slightly, there are obviously a lot of places on the cart, why did you load such a little green bricks?
"Here we go!" Lian Qingshan trotted over from the side when he heard this, Lian Qingshan, who was wearing a small coat, his arms and chest were slightly blackened by the sun, and the sweat on his skin made his body shine in the sun, and Cui'er's face turned red all of a sudden.
"You go and see if the green bricks ordered by our family are here." Cui'er took two steps forward, handed the handkerchief in her sleeve to Lian Qingshan, asked him to wipe his sweat, and then gestured to the direction of the old man's oxcart and said.
"Hey, I'll take a look!" Lian Qingshan smiled and wiped the sweat on his forehead with Cui'er's handkerchief, and then turned around and walked outside. Cui'er looked at Lian Qingshan's sturdy figure in the yard, looked up at the spicy sun in the sky, and decided to boil some mung bean soup for everyone to drink, in case of heat stroke, it would not be good.
Cui'er put Xiaohu on the ground, let him go to play with the big girl, went into the kitchen by herself, scooped a bowl of mung beans, soaked them in water after washing, and prepared to boil them into mung bean soup for everyone to drink later.
"Cui'er, it's a green brick, the uncle said. We want a lot of green bricks, he pulls a few more trips, pulls a trip to settle the money. Lian Qingshan went around the outside and went to the new courtyard with the ox cart that sent the green bricks. Let Yang bricklayer check the quality of the green bricks, so that everyone can unload the bricks with their hands and feet, and he went back to the old yard to find Cui'er and settle the money for the uncle who sent the green bricks.
"Pull a trip to settle the money?" Cui'er couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, "When did these bricks and tiles become so valuable?" Afraid that we won't be able to lie to him? β
"Xu is a person who likes to think blindly when he is old, pull a knot and make a money, although it is a little troublesome, he is not afraid of anything." Even Qingshan felt that the old man's behavior was very strange, but he still persuaded Cui'er.
"Well, it doesn't take much effort. How many bricks he pulled, I went into the house to get the money. β
"The whole 1,000 yuan that the uncle said, he was afraid that the road would be broken, so he took 50 yuan for spare." Even Qingshan was a little speechless for the old man who sold bricks, but he felt that it was no big deal. That's it, and that's it.
"Okay, I got it!" Cui'er entered the room as she spoke, and looked at the Dong family sitting on the edge of the kang in a daze, looking a little dazed, and her heart softened, this Dong family is less than twenty, if it is in modern times. It's still a kid.
Cui'er sighed, and asked the Dong family to help her boil a pot of mung bean soup under the pretext of letting her out, everyone knows that the Dong family loves money, since this is the case, she still put away the money, don't find it awkward by yourself.
Cui'er took out a few small strings of money from the money box. For convenience, the money in these small strings is counted in a string of one hundred big coins.
After Cui'er took the money, she hid the money box well, and then sorted out her clothes and went out of the house, and saw Dong leaning against the door to enjoy the coolness. Seeing that she didn't mean to snoop, I was a little relieved and smiled gently at her.
"Sister-in-law, go get busy, I'm busy here." Dong's eyes were still a little red, and his face was a little stiff, but his attitude was much more sincere than before.
"Okay." Cui'er nodded, walked outside the courtyard, and saw the fifty-year-old brick delivery uncle coming over.
"Uncle, send more bricks after you go back, our family wants 20,000 bricks, if you only send 1,000 at a time, I'm afraid it's too late." Cui'er handed the money in her hand to Lian Qingshan, and Lian Qingshan handed the money to the brick seller.
"Hey, okay!" The uncle saw that Lian's family paid so happily, and he was afraid that they would take the bricks and not pay for them, so he was much less worried, "The old man will pull it again later, and put it on more, you can rest assured!" The brick seller spoke, carrying the big money into his arms, and the folds on his face were piled up with a smile.
After sending off the uncle who sold bricks, Cui'er returned to the kitchen to see how Dong's mung bean soup was doing.
Summer was already hot, and although the inside of the adobe house was cooler than the outside, it was also very stuffy, and there was a fire to burn, and a lot of sweat broke out on Dong's forehead.
Cui'er saw that the mung beans that had boiled the flowers were tumbling in the pot, exuding bursts of fragrance, and she had a little more good impression of Dong in her heart.
"Brother and sister, you go outside to blow the wind and rest for a while, I'll just watch the fire here for a while." Cui'er pushed Dong to the door and let her blow the wind, but she watched the fire for a while, and saw that the mung bean soup was almost boiled, so she put out the fire, washed a stack of bowls, and sent the mung bean soup to the new yard for the people to drink.
An hour or two later, the old man who drove the ox cart came again, this time his ox cart was full of bricks and tiles, Cui'er stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at it, the cyan bricks and tiles reflected slightly in the sun, revealing a simple beauty, so that Cui'er couldn't help but fantasize about the house built in this brick and tile.
That's his and Lian Qingshan's home!
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