Chapter 52: Building a House

Lu Jinzhi came back for lunch, and saw that Tong Yan was in a good state of mind, and his heart settled down a little.

In the afternoon, Jiang Han sent someone over and brought Tong Yan a bag of milk powder, a can of malt milk essence and fruits. Lu Jinzhi took apart the milk powder and made a cup for Tong Yan. Tong Yan's space also has a little milk, not much. The wholesale market has three convenience stores with milk. Before, Tong Yan drank for a while, so there was not much stock.

Seeing that Tong Yan was willing to drink, Lu Jinzhi was a little annoyed, why didn't he think of preparing a little for Tong Yan before. He didn't like to drink milk, he felt that there was a milky smell, but he didn't expect Tong Yan to like to drink it, so he should have prepared a little.

Tong Yan looked at his annoyed look, and explained him on the side: "I'm not hungry for this, you soaked it, I just drank it, and I still have a little bit in my space, I've been busy lately, so I didn't think about it at all." Besides, after two days off, I'm actually pretty much better. ”

Lu Jinzhi walked over and hugged Tong Yan gently: "I'm sorry, I knew that I wouldn't let you come with me." Tong Yan kissed him on the face: "Lu Jinzhi, you have done a good job, don't take everything on yourself." Besides, if I don't come with you, what if I am abducted and run away?" "You dare!" Lu Jinzhi didn't like to hear this the most, and bit Tong Yan's earlobe hard, Tong Yan felt that his ear hurt, and he hit him twice in anger. The two had a quarrel, and Lu Jinzhi was in a better mood.

Tong Yan was sick, and there were many people in the village gossiping, what kind of girl from the city was delicate, and what little illness would go to the hospital, such gossip Tong Yan turned a deaf ear, and now she is recuperating with peace of mind, just to escape the summer harvest.

Lu Jinzhi didn't have such good luck, he was busy in the field for more than ten days, and he was tanned. When he came back from work at night, Lu Jinzhi was scrubbing his body in the house, Tong Yan saw the strong muscles in his back, and couldn't help but admire: "Lu Jinzhi, you have been doing farm work for a few days, and it is still good, and the muscles have been trained." ”

The movements in Lu Jinzhi's hand stopped, quickly wiped his body, splashed the water out, turned around and went back to the house, and completed all the movements, but only a few seconds. Before Tong Yan could react, she had been pressed on the kang, Lu Jinzhi didn't allow her to speak, bowed her head and kissed her, under Lu Jinzhi's skillful movements, Tong Yan was already completely confused. After a storm, when Tong Yan recovered again, Lu Jinzhi had already eaten a full meal. Tong Yan slapped him twice in annoyance, and Lu Jinzhi went to cook with a smile.

After the summer harvest, there are still two major events in the village. The first thing is to put the grain into storage, Tong Yan's excellent computing skills come in handy, and she is responsible for counting the quantity and completing the storage work together with the village accountant. The second thing is that Shiwan Village is going to usher in new educated youth. Last time, the educated youth were arranged, and Shiwan Village did not have a turn. This time, there are more people, so Shiwan Village cannot escape the task of accepting educated youth.

Zhou Yonghai's head is big. Where do you want those people to live? There is only one room in the temporary settlement, and the house is not very strong, it has been converted from the old house. The biggest problem is that the village is not rich in the first place, and someone needs to come to share the food with everyone, so how to do the ideological work of the villagers?

Zhou Yonghai couldn't think of a way, so he turned his head around in a circle at home. Aunt Fang looked at him like that and gave him an idea: "You can't think of a way by yourself, ask the others, isn't that new Lu Jinzhi quite capable?" ”

After dinner, Zhou Yonghai came to Lu Jinzhi and talked about this troublesome matter with Lu Jinzhi's thoughts, Lu Jinzhi's eyes rolled, and he had an idea. As soon as he told Zhou Yonghai what he thought, Zhou Yonghai thought about it and patted his thigh: "Yes, that's it." ”

After the summer harvest, the farm work was not so busy, and there was news in the village: Lu Jinzhi was going to build a house in the village, and he needed to find someone to work, and he would take care of two meals a day.

Lu Jinzhi is very dissatisfied with the current housing, not to mention the roof leakage, the smell of the pigsty is heavy in summer, and they have been breathing a strange smell for the past few days, which is barely bearable. The most unbearable thing is that when summer comes, all kinds of insects come out, and they will appear in the house from time to time. Tong Yan is particularly unacceptable to insects, and every time before going to bed, she has to carefully sweep the kang boy, and several times she is scared and secretly sheds tears. Lu Jinzhi saw it in his eyes and hurt in his heart, so he was bent on changing places to live.

Lu Jinzhi found a place in the village, not far from his current temporary residence, where a house had been abandoned, and Lu Jinzhi felt that it could be demolished and rebuilt. After inquiring, this place was originally the ancestral house of Aunt Zhou's family, and later Aunt Zhou rebuilt the house, and the ancestral house was no longer inhabited.

Tong Yan and Aunt Zhou talked about it, and Aunt Zhou happily agreed, and was eager to help. Under the organization of Captain Zhou, ten strong laborers came, including Captain Zhou's son and Zhou's aunt's son. With the help of Jiang Han, Lu Jinzhi got a little red brick, but the amount was not large, only enough to build a room.

Tong Yan and Sister Liu are responsible for cooking for those people, and Tong Yan is not stingy. In addition to taking out the subsidized food issued to them at that time, plus Jiang Han's friendship sponsorship of some food, it is estimated that it is enough to eat. Vegetables and meat are taken from the space, ensuring a standard supply of three dishes and one soup per meal.

When Tong Yan told Sister Liu about the menu, Sister Liu was shocked. Stir-fried pork liver, pickled vegetables and minced meat, stir-fried vegetables and bone broth. Sister Liu persuaded Tong Yan that she didn't need such a good meal, it would be a good dish to dip some minced meat, and there would be a dish and a soup.

Tong Yan has her own considerations, although the days of coming to Shiwan Village are not short, but they have not really integrated into this village, just like the last time they were sick, they all relied on Jiang Han's help, but Jiang Han is far away after all, and he and Lu Jinzhi still need to stay here for a long time, only by having a good relationship with the people in the village and integrating into the village can they get the protection of the villagers.

Tong Yan insisted on supplying according to this standard, and Sister Liu couldn't say anything. When I was looking for someone to work, many people were reluctant to come, after all, it would affect their earnings, and when they saw the first day's food, those people regretted it. The people who come to work have a coke bloom, the steamed buns with two noodles are full, and those who have a good appetite eat three or four, plus real meat dishes, and the one who eats is comfortable. At first, everyone was embarrassed to eat, Tong Yan and Sister Liu persuaded one by one, everyone saw that Tong Yan was sincere, so they were not welcome, and finally even scraped the plate with steamed buns, and even wasted some oil.

The people in the village are also realistic, they eat well, and they work harder. In addition, it also left a good reputation for Tong Yan and Lu Jinzhi. After that, the two of them had something, and as soon as they shouted, someone came to help.

At this time, everyone on the construction site was in full swing, and Tong Yan also cooked mung bean soup during the gap between cooking to relieve everyone's heat. Aunt Zhou's son is called Zhou Tiezhu, he mixes well in the village, a group of people take him as the leader, his wife has a good relationship with Tong Yan, and he specially told him, he naturally wants to contribute. beckoned everyone to come and take a break, holding mung bean soup, praising Tong Yan for her good heart. Some of the others ate, and naturally said a few good words, Tong Yan talked and laughed with everyone for a while, and they were familiar with each other.

The next day, Tong Yan discovered something. At noon, those who came to work were not in a hurry to eat the steamed buns, and after a while, a few children came, and the men gave the steamed buns to the children, and they would also clip a chopstick meat dish into the children's mouths, and the children ate fragrantly, and the adults were happy to look at it. The children took out coarse grains such as tortillas and handed them to the adults, who ate their own dry food.

Sister Liu told Tong Yan that the steamed buns of Erhe noodles are only eaten during the New Year's holidays, and everyone is reluctant, so they take them back to the elderly and children at home to eat.

Those who were working also found that Tong Yan was looking at them, everyone was a little embarrassed, Tong Yan just smiled with everyone, turned around and went back to the house, took some sugar cubes out, and beckoned those children to come over, the children were a little shy and refused to come forward, Tong Yan showed them the candy in her hand, and those children immediately surrounded her. Tong Yan gave two pieces of candy to each of the children, and the little dolls were so happy that they couldn't see their eyebrows. After that, Tong Yan asked those who came to work to go home to eat after fetching food, so as to save the children a trip.

Tong Yan's actions made her reputation in the village better, and there were many fewer people behind her back who said that Tong Yan was squeamish, and they all praised her for being a real person.

In particular, the food standards for the next few days were not lowered, which made the people who worked very comfortable. Because in the past, when someone hired someone to work, the food on the first and last days was the best, and the middle days were discounted. Tong Yan naturally wouldn't do this, there wasn't much meat in the space, especially the animal offal. Tong Yan's recipe is based on these, stir-fry a kidney flower, slip a fat intestine, neither eye-catching, but also taste good.

What made Tong Yan happy was that after a few days of eating, when those people came to work, they brought Tong Yan some vegetables grown at home, and they didn't speak, and put them directly in the kitchen. Sister Liu explained to Tong Yan: Everyone feels very embarrassed, seeing that your family doesn't even have a vegetable garden, they will take some vegetables from the house and subsidize you a little.

After Lu Jinzhi found out, he thanked those people in a serious way, which made them blush.

The atmosphere is harmonious, the work is natural and fast, a group of children will come to help, the older children will pick up some water and send some firewood, and the younger children will wash the vegetables and serve a bowl, and after the busy work, everyone can mix a small snack. Tong Yan and the group of children were giggling and playing, but they didn't feel tired.

Sister Liu looked at all this, pondered for a while, and discussed one thing with Tong Yan when she finished work in the evening. There is a family in the village, the old and the young, life is particularly difficult, the old is not in good health, can only do some housework at home, the younger one has just turned ten years old, earns the child's centimeter, only half of the adult, relying on a little relief food in the village to live. That kid came to Sister Liu and wanted to say a favor, come over to do some chores, and just give a steamed bun.