Early the next morning, Qian Yongqiang and Li Qiming woke up to the knock on the door of Qian Yongqiang's father. Li Qiming rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "I slept so well tonight!" ”

Qian Yongqiang dragged his tired body and barely got up.

"Master, you feel so tired. Why, didn't you sleep at night? ”

"What can I do without sleeping?" Qian Yongqiang said, "I slept when I slept on, but I didn't sleep well, and I always had nightmares all night!" ”

"Think about it during the day, dream about it at night!" Li Qiming said, "As long as you don't think blindly during the day, you will sleep soundly at night." Look at me, I slept until dawn all night, and now I'm full of energy! ”

"Yes," Qian Yongqiang smiled, "It seems that I have to study more like you!" ”

"Master learning from apprentices, this is really rare!" Li Qiming said with a smile.

"It's normal." Qian Yongqiang said, "In historical records, there are many apprentices and masters! ”

"What are you guys talking about?" Qian Yongqiang's father knocked on the door for the second time, "The food is going to be cold, don't come out quickly!" There's still important things to do later. Grinding, all day long! ”

After breakfast, Qian Yongqiang's father said, "Let's do it now, pack up all the things in this hall and move them to the West House." When I finished moving, I dismantled it! ”

"In such a hurry?" Qian Yongqiang asked, "Isn't it necessary to buy materials first to build a house?" It's okay to wait for the materials to be bought and then dismantled. If it is demolished now, where will you stay at night? ”

"After the demolition, we can make room for stacking materials." Qian Yongqiang's father said, "You don't have to worry about where you live. Build a shed in the yard and sleep. ”

Qian Yongqiang's mother said: "Your father demolished the house first, because he was afraid that something would happen to the building of the house." As soon as the hall is demolished, the house will be built first! ”

"Dad, you're still playing with your family." Qian Yongqiang said dissatisfiedly, "I promised you to build a house, it will definitely be built, you don't have to do this!" ”

"I don't have to?" Qian Yongqiang's father said loudly, "Last time, I boasted about Haikou in front of the whole village, saying that our family was going to build a new house this time, a brick-to-top big tile house. But then there was no movement, and I couldn't even lift my head in front of the villagers, and I lost my old face! ”

"That's because you think too much about yourself," Qian Yongqiang said, "who will laugh at you from the villagers?" ”

"Hmph, the more folks in the countryside will laugh at you!" Qian Yongqiang's father said, "There are dozens of families in a village, and their ancestors have lived together for generations. For those people who had a good life, everyone hated in their hearts; For those who live a shabby life, they look down on them in their hearts. When you are unlucky, don't look at them to comfort you, in fact, you are very happy in your heart! ”

"There are people who hate, but there are no people who laugh." Qian Yongqiang said, "There are such people everywhere, but most of the villagers are still very simple!" ”

"You're talking about the Qian Gouzi family?" Qian Yongqiang's father sneered.

"Dad, how did you learn to lift the bar?" Qian Yongqiang said dissatisfiedly, "This family is a wonderful, one-in-a-million family!" ”

"Child, you studied outside since you were a child, and later went to the big city to do business, you didn't live in the countryside for long, and you don't know anything about the people in the countryside." Qian Yongqiang's mother said, "Rural people are not as simple as you think, but they are not so terrible, and there are very few people like the dog's family!" ”

"Don't talk about the useless ones!" Qian Yongqiang's father said, "This time I must build a new house for them to see!" Let some people die in the heart! Ha ha! ”

"Daddy, aren't all the families fighting with you dead, stupid? Who else are you fighting against? Qian Yongqiang's mother asked.

"Although their family no longer exists, some wilted people are still waiting to see my jokes!" Qian Yongqiang's father sneered and said, "They are short of appetizers, waiting to drink with my jokes!" ”

"Your dad likes to think too badly of people!" Qian Yongqiang's mother looked at her son and shook her head and walked away.

"Dad, have you hired someone to build a house?" Qian Yongqiang asked.

"It's never too late to wait for the cover," Qian Yongqiang's father said, "We'll do this chores in advance!" ”

"Why, Dad?" Qian Yongqiang said dissatisfiedly, "How much time does it take for us to move and dismantle it by ourselves?" ”

"Invite people to work, and you can't provide food and drink for others?" Qian Yongqiang's father taught his son a lesson, "Although you have made a few bucks, you can't be too floating, and you still have to be careful in your life!" ”

Qian Yongqiang pursed his lips and said to Li Qiming, "Think Huang Youcai, right?" ”

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Laugh, laugh fart." Qian Yongqiang's father knew that the two of them were laughing at him, so he said unhappily, "Hurry up and eat, and do it when you're done!" ”

After moving the things in the hall, Qian Yongqiang's father began to prepare tools for demolishing the house.

"Dad, are you really going to demolish the house with us?" Qian Yongqiang looked at the solid old house and was a little difficult.

"We won't build this house, but what's so hard about demolishing it? Remove the grass from the house and use a pickaxe to cut off the walls. Besides, it's not the three of us who work, so don't you have your mother to help us? ”

"Li Qiming, if you come back with me this time, let my father catch a strong man!" Qian Yongqiang joked with Li Qiming, "I think you dare to come with me next time?" ”

"It's okay, Master, we have the strength!" Li Qiming said with a smile.

"Tsk," Qian Yongqiang's father said, "you see how sensible this child is!" ”

The two of them climbed up the ladder to the roof together, pulling hard at the thatch of the roof. For a while, weeds flew around the house, and smoke and dust filled the sky. It took a lot of effort to tear the grass off the four rooms. The last one was all grizzled and dirty, like a mud monkey.

Li Qiming grabbed the last handful of grass and said with a smile: "Master, this grass has been around for many years, maybe it's all antiques!" ”

"Yes," Qian Yongqiang's father replied, "this grass at the bottom is at least a hundred years old. These four houses were built by my grandfather, who was working in a big city at that time, and then somehow he went home and built this house, and then he never went back to the big city, so he worked as a farmer at home. ”

"My grandparents are tired of staying in the city and want to go back to the countryside." Qian Yongqiang said.

Qian Yongqiang's father said with regret, "If my grandfather had taken root in the big city, I would be from the city now!" ”

"Uncle, what did your grandfather do in the big city?" Li Qiming asked.

"I heard that he worked as a runner in a pawnshop." Qian Yongqiang's father replied.

"No wonder," Li Qiming looked at Qian Yongqiang and said, "Master, there is a reason why your mind is so good!" ”

"What's the reason?"

"Heredity," Li Qiming said, "Your ancestors were in business, and if your business is doing so well, you must have inherited your ancestor's talent for business!" ”

"It's not the boss who runs the hall." Qian Yongqiang said, "Strictly speaking, my ancestors can't be regarded as businessmen!" ”

"In terms of business, the person who runs the hall is not necessarily worse than the boss, and many times the boss has to rely on the boss!"

"Dad, my grandfather worked in a pawnshop, didn't he leave anything valuable for his juniors?"

"I haven't heard of it," Qian Yongqiang's father sighed, "If grandpa can leave something good, our family can't be poor for so many generations!" ”

Looking at the roof, all that was left was beams and a few supporting logs. Qian Yongqiang's father said: "Let's take a break, and we will work together to push these logs down." ”

"These pieces of wood are some years old." Li Qiming said, "Looking at the smooth and shiny oil, it should be worth some money!" ”

"If you want to talk about the years, it must be more than a hundred years." Qian Yongqiang's father looked at the wood carefully, sighed and said, "It's worthless, it's all ordinary locust wood, so you can only split it and burn it!" ”

"Won't it?" Qian Yongqiang asked, "Can ordinary locust wood be immortal for a hundred years?" ”

"Don't show off your knowledge and say something foreign that the common people can't understand." Qian Yongqiang's father scoffed and asked with a sneer, "What does immortality mean?" ”

"Uncle, what Master means is that there is no rot." Li Qiming replied.

"It's not rotten because of the special treatment in the early stage, and the reason why the tung oil was smeared on it later."

"I know that tung oil is moisture-proof and insect-proof, how to deal with it in the early stage, so that such ordinary wood can not rot after such a long time?" Qian Yongqiang stared at the wood for a long time, and was very impressed by the wisdom of his predecessors.

"I heard that it is fresh wood that has been felled, so I first soak it in muddy water for a few years, then put it in the shade to dry, and finally apply tung oil a few times."

"The ancestor really put a lot of effort into building this house!" Qian Yongqiang said.

"Yes, or our family will not be bad if they have lived for hundreds of years for several generations?"

"It's a pity that this house has been demolished!" Qian Yongqiang said, "The house built again is not as good as it." How nice this house is, not to mention sturdy, adobe wall thatched house, warm in winter and cool in summer! ”

"No matter how good it is, it's useless, it's outdated! Now it's all big tiled houses. Qian Yongqiang's father said, "It's all rested, let's get ready to work." ”

The grandfather stood at both ends of the house, Qian Yongqiang himself stood at one end, and Li Qiming and Qian Yongqiang's father stood at one end. The three of them worked together to push the wood off the roof.

When the last log was pushed, because it was a beam, it was the thickest and heaviest piece on the house, and it took a lot of effort for the three of them to push it down.

Who knew that as soon as this thick piece of wood hit the ground, it snapped into two with a "click".

"Isn't this a pit man," Qian Yongqiang's father said with palpitations, "Fortunately, the house was demolished today, if it is not demolished, I don't know if the house will fall down one day and be crushed to death!" ”

"How is that possible?" Qian Yongqiang said, "Even if this beam is broken, there are other wood to support it, and the house will not fall!" ”

"The thickest one is broken, how many years can the others last?" Qian Yongqiang's father said, "Fortunately, I built a new house, so I escaped, God really has eyes!" ”

"Master, look, there seems to be something there." When the beam was just pushed down, a cloud of dust was raised, and when the dust cleared, Li Qiming found that there was a black thing on the ground.