On the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall, the white oiled paper used to paste the window was spread, Liu held the paper roll, Lan Yi measured the size with a rope, and then sat on it with charcoal to mark it, and took scissors to cut the oiled paper to a suitable size according to the mark.

"The windows are bigger, and there is a lot of oiled paper." Liu Shi looked at the two windows on the left and right connected by the wooden door frame of the hall house, "Sister-in-law, the hall with windows is bright, but what can I do when it gets cold in winter?" ”

Lan Yi, who was dressed in a light green thick autumn shirt skirt, counted the cut oil paper, and was also a little worried, although the moisture-proof was good, but this was a new house after all, and it was hard to say how it would be in winter, "There is no other way, no matter how cold it is, it will cost more firewood to burn the kang, and the hall house will also light a charcoal brazier, it should be possible." ”

Liu Shifeng's eyes were raised and he shook his head, "Sister-in-law, the year you came back, Wen Yuan and I moved to a new house in the south courtyard to live, and the humidity was so high for three or nine days that I didn't want to go down to the kang during the day." Sister-in-law, you are more afraid of the cold than me, let's wait until the number of nine, if it is not successful, let Brother Tuesday spend money to buy charcoal from the city and come back, and burn a few more charcoal braziers. ”

"Well, let's talk about it later." Lan Yi responded, she was indeed afraid of the cold, but she didn't think that the big windows would definitely make her colder, the bigger the windows could let in more sunlight, thinking about sitting on the kang during the day in winter and basking in the warm sun, she felt comfortable.

The sun is a magical being. In summer, the sun shines directly, and there is not much sunlight that can directly reach the kang; Winter is different, the area of sunlight that comes in from the window is much larger, and where there is sunlight, there is warmth. In the past, Lan Yi loved it very much, sitting on the windowsill holding a book and drying it, very comfortable.

Cut the oiled paper. Lan Yi and Liu moved the Eight Immortals Table to the window, and moved a stable chair to put on the Eight Immortals Table, and Lan Yi stepped on it. Remove the old window paper from the window, soak the solidified paste on the lattice of the window lattice with a rag, then wipe it off little by little, re-apply the paste, and replace it with new window paper.

"Sister-in-law, wipe more, the post is strong. Isn't it an old saying? The big hole at the tip of the needle, the big wind, and the slightest crack is breathable. Liu, who was holding on to the stool, admonished.

Lan Yi nodded. I applied the paste finely, pasted the window paper, and carefully pressed it with my hands, "That's it!" ”

The new window paper has good light transmittance. Plus there is the sun again today. The interior of the house is extraordinarily bright. Liu Shi looked at the three children sleeping on the kang and whispered, "Some old houses are small, and when you sleep at night, you are afraid of getting into the wind, so you can directly block the wooden plank to sleep, and then remove it at dawn, so that it must be windproof and cold." ”

"No, that's too depressing." Lan Yi felt uncomfortable thinking about it, "It's better to put up the window paper and hang the curtains." ”

Liu chuckled. "Sister-in-law, it's really a good idea for you to hang curtains. But do you know what the people in the village say? They said that you have a lot of fabric in your dowry, and you hang it out to show off, so that your home is like a shop that sells fabrics. ”

Lan Yi was also happy, and shook her head with a smile, "The mouth grows on others, let them say it, I feel comfortable myself." ”

"Sister-in-law is right!" Liu Shi supported his cheek with one hand and looked at the curtains and window paper, "I asked Lin Yuan to bring some window paper back to change it, and the second girl twisted the window paper a few days ago." ”

In the village, whether the window paper is neat or dilapidated is also one of the signs of the family's good or bad life, but all the people who can get by, the window paper is broken to be replaced in time, and it is time to change the window paper in winter.

"Is the third brother coming back today?"

Liu nodded, "When I left, I said that I came back, and my sister-in-law had something to do with him?" ”

"Well, if the third brother comes back early, let him come over." Lan Yi thought about letting him tell Liang Jin that Xiaoqi was coming, but she wanted to rest for a few days before going back, "By the way, your mother and second brother are there, are you okay?" ”

Liu pursed his lips, "Well, I finally left without causing any trouble." ”

Lan Yi nodded, as for how Lin Yuan and the Liu family talked to them, she didn't want to ask more about these things. However, looking at Liu's mood at this time, it can only be regarded as a temporary solution.

"Sister-in-law, do you know, there is another reason why my mother and my second brother can leave so fast, and it is because of Widow Zheng." Liu lowered his voice mysteriously, "Widow Zheng hit a stone on the hillside and said cruel words, and my mother woke up twice from nightmares that night, saying that she was going to the temple to ask for a peace charm to ward off evil spirits." Sister-in-law, do you think it's really Widow Zheng who shocked the Dragon King? ”

Lan Yi naturally didn't believe it, and replied vaguely, "I don't know." ”

Liu then whispered, "Anyway, Widow Zheng's matter is really unsightly, and the people of the old Zheng family didn't dare to make trouble, so they only stayed overnight and pulled Widow Zheng out of the door in a car." However, I heard from Li's third daughter-in-law that when they left the village, they carried Widow Zheng to the mountains to dig a pit and buried her. ”

Lan Yi was stunned for a moment, and then relieved, "After all, she is married, and they can't bury her in the ancestral grave of the old Zheng family when they pull her back, and they can only bury her in Daqing Mountain." ”

"That's what I said, this person, when he is alive, everyone is not afraid, and it is taboo to become a ghost." There was a little fear in Liu's voice, "I didn't dare to ask them where they buried Widow Zheng, anyway, I didn't plan to go into the forest in the south of the village, so the third daughter-in-law Li was too bold to be frightened, sister-in-law, don't go, save yourself from encountering unclean things." ”

The Liu family and the Li family are neighbors, and Li's third daughter-in-law naturally has more dealings with her. Li's third daughter-in-law was bought from the mountains by Lao Li Tou for a few hundred dollars, she was bold, powerful, simple and capable, in order to treat her own man, she often went to Daqing Mountain to hunt and pick herbs with bows, arrows and axes on her back, and of course she was more courageous.

Lan Yi nodded in response, "Well, I went to that forest just because I had been there a lot before, so I was more familiar." What is the harvest in those fields in Zhoujia Village? ”

When Liu heard Lan Yi ask about this, he was immediately overjoyed, "Well, it's okay." Sister-in-law, I'm not afraid of your jokes, every time I go to Zhoujia Village to catch the market, I take a detour to the edge of the ten acres of land, looking at the boss, I feel down-to-earth. Lin Yuan also discussed with me that he wanted to wait for the end of the year to be divided, and then buy some land. Sister-in-law, otherwise let's buy it together, use the money we earn, buy a piece of the boss, just make a Zhuangzi, hire some customers to plant for us, hehe, let's go around when we have time. ”

Land is the property that can bring people a sense of security, and Lan Yi also has the idea of buying land, but she has not discussed it with Zhou Weiji, "Your idea is good, but I'm afraid that there are no such large pieces of good land to buy in these nearby villages." ”

Liu lowered his voice, "I heard Lin Yuan say that something happened to the old Cheng family in the county, and a few Zhuangzi in their hands are to be sold, but I don't know if we have enough money in our hands." (To be continued.) )