Wei Lan folded the padded jacket and placed it next to Gu Chao's bedside pillow.

When she put it down, she patted her hand lightly on it, feeling that she had completed a big thing, and at the same time, she was looking forward to the joy of Gu Chao when she found out.

In the past two days, Ji Huaiyuan's grandfather and grandson have both settled at the captain's house, and the big canteen where the brigade originally said that they could live after a rest is actually much worse than what they see on the surface.

The beams of the house were broken, most of the roof collapsed, the courtyard wall collapsed, and the wooden doors and windows were gnawed by rats because no one had visited them for a long time.

It was not a project that could be repaired in a day or two, but because of the urgency of time, the sturdy men in the brigade were all called over.

There are those who sit on the roof with their legs crossed and "ding" and beat, and there are those who use hammers to knock on the dilapidated courtyard walls to clean the foundation and prepare for the re-beating of the courtyard walls later.

Gu Chao gasped for breath in his mouth, and he was only wearing linen pants and a white vest.

When it was freezing like this, the breath he spit out turned into a white mist, but the beads of sweat on his body slid down the exposed arms.

Gu Chao wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and saw that the dirt in the open space in the courtyard was almost piled up, so he put down the flat basket on his shoulder.

Gu Chao picked up the hoe on the side and dug out a hole in the middle of the land that looked like a crater.

Ji Fengyao, who was standing next to the water tank, saw this, scooped a scoop of water from the gourd in his hand and walked over, "Do you want to pour it on it?" ”

"No, you don't." Gu Chao glanced at Ji Fengyao, and saw that although his body was thin and small, he looked very graceful, and probably guessed that he was the grandson of Ji Technician as those little daughters-in-law in the brigade said.

With just one glance, Gu Chao withdrew his gaze, and after digging the hole, Gu Chao turned around and went to the side of the big guillotine and began to cut the straw stalk.

This piece was originally a large canteen of the brigade, and the courtyard wall was only waist-high back then, but now most of it has collapsed, and a small part of the adobe bricks have also cracked, and they have been pushed down just now.

It was renovated into a house to be inhabited, and the courtyard wall needed to be rebuilt.

The adobe bricks of the wall need to be mixed with mud and straw poles seven to three, add water and break the billet again, and wait for the shade to dry before use.

Ji Fengyao put the gourd scoop back into the water tank, and ran to Gu Chao's side to touch the big guillotine, "I'll help you!" ”

Gu Chao's hand was fast, and a finger poked Ji Fengyao's shoulder, and the little boy suddenly took a few steps back.

Gu Chao warned: "You are not needed here, go and play." ”

Ji Fengyao frowned slightly, and stood next to him silently for a long time.

Seeing that the other party didn't care about himself, Ji Fengyao took another step forward, "This place will be my home from now on." ”

"So?" Gu Chao glanced at him obliquely, his arm holding the handle of the knife raised and pressed down, and the muscles of his shoulders pulled up a graceful arc with his movements.

Ji Fengyao let out a breath from his nose dissatisfied, puffed out his cheeks and said viciously: "In the future, this is my home, I want to help clean up my home, what's wrong!" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that." Gu Chao said lightly.

Immediately, his chin was raised, and his eyes fell on a clearing next to the mound, "Go and sweep it clean, and I'll break the billet there in a while." ”

Ji Fengyao was originally dissatisfied with Gu Chao's cold reaction, but now when he heard that he could help, he immediately smiled, and turned his head to look for a broom.

In the past few years in the northwest, Ji Fengyao was really scared, and he longed for stability more than anyone else.

Now that he has finally arrived in a place where the people around him are very kind to them, Ji Fengyao can't wait to have a home.

Even if there is only him and his grandfather left in this family.

(End of chapter)