The joy of the summer harvest makes people ignore the heat, and they work tirelessly in the fields, sweat dripping down their foreheads, and their sunburned cheeks cannot stop their enthusiasm for rice.

Meng Ran cooked lunch in the kitchen as hot as a steamer, made a pot of steamed buns, boiled a pot of mung bean water, mixed a large pot of sour and hot appetizing shredded potatoes, and boiled a potato stew with chicken.

This food is very good in the summer harvest, there are meat and vegetarian, as well as sugar water, to reduce the heat.

At noon, I finally saw the eldest daughter-in-law running back.

"How's the rice being cut? Is the progress still successful? ”

Liu's eldest daughter-in-law washed her face and said, "Mother, it will be almost the same if you cut it for two more days, it's just that the sun is baking!" ”

"There is no way, farmers can only farm, and if it doesn't rain this year, God has already given face."

"Alright, you've been working for most of the day, and you're definitely hungry, so bring the food over now."

Liu Laosan took his daughter-in-law to lie under the tree, and finally saw the old lady and sister-in-law coming over with food.

The two of them were already hungry.

"Don't do it, come over and rest, eat!" Meng Ran shouted at the figures in the ground.

The sun was going to blind her eyes, and the sun was strong.

Liu Laosan and his wife had already opened the food box basket, and the heavy aroma of meat wafted out, which aroused the cravings in people's stomachs more and more.

The rest of the people stopped procrastinating, took the kettle to wash their hands and came to eat, the steamed buns were sandwiched with appetizing shredded potatoes, plus a small piece of chicken, and they ate deliciously.

The others smelled the fragrance wafting from Lao Liu's house and took a bite of the dry and hard cake.

Two days passed quickly, and the grain had been recovered, and the next thing was to dry it thoroughly.

Meng Ran also breathed a sigh of relief, the power of cooking in the kitchen was handed over to several daughters-in-law, she had been cooking in the kitchen since the summer harvest, and she felt that the skin on her face was getting worse and worse.

It is worth mentioning that there are six chickens in the family, and there are twelve eggs every day, and she is willing to use eggs to make a mask on her face.

She can only do this quietly in her room, otherwise her son and daughter-in-law will think she is crazy.

Thirty percent of the income from the fields was paid to the government, and there was still a lot of grain left at home, and a dry meal was made with new grain, and the rice was fragrant.

After the summer harvest, there was finally a little free time.

Meng Ran directly convened a family meeting.

"The children will gradually grow up, and the few thatched houses at home are definitely not enough to live in, in addition, this house leaks rain on rainy days, and it is hot and humid in summer, so it is uncomfortable to live in, and I have saved some money a few days ago."

Speaking of this, Meng Ran paused.

And a large family has understood what the mother-in-law meant, there is only one room in each room, the husband and wife plus the child, it is very crowded, and it is very difficult to turn over, let alone have another baby.

Everyone was excited, and the eldest daughter-in-law wanted to have another baby the most, so she said directly: "Mother, are we going to build a house?" ”

Meng Ran nodded affirmatively, "You brothers are responsible for going to the chief to approve the land, divide the labor to find materials, and then ask some people to help build the house." ”

"Your daughters-in-law are responsible for the chores in the kitchen, helping to cook, and if you take care of the food, you can pay less, but you can't have less materials to build a house."

After speaking, Meng Ran went back to the house to count the money, and a dozen taels in the country house were enough to afford a house, after all, there were many materials available in the mountains.

Thinking of the ancient pension houses that I have seen, I will act when my heart moves, and I will draw the design of the house on a piece of window paper with a black charcoal in my hand, and a large family will have to build at least ten houses to live in.

The more people there are, the bigger the house, it's a big project, and it's a headache to think about.

The other side.

The four brothers were excited, but fortunately, the family would have to build a house sooner or later.

Their respective daughters-in-law are different, thinking that they can live separately from their children and have a house, it is better than squeezing, so they urged their respective fathers-in-law to start working and running for the house.

In this way, the formalities were quickly completed, and the land had been approved, quite a large piece, but on the outskirts of the village.

Meng Ran also specially told to have a big yard, as big as the land can be, and plant more things in the yard.

The old Liu family wants to get up the house, the movement is still quite big, originally everyone is a thatched house, several people live in one, I don't think there is anything, suddenly someone can live spacious, live in a good house.

For a while, people's psychology is unbalanced.

On the day the tiles were brought back, the villagers looked at the truckloads of tiles, and their jealousy reached its peak.

Liu Tiedan's family couldn't help but say with a sour mouth: "This Meng Pozi's family has made a fortune, they can afford to build a house, and they asked for such a big piece of land and bought so many tiles, how big is this house?" ”

Aunt Jiang bent her waist, her eyes were slinging, and she couldn't help but chatter: "People have four sons, and for the sake of future generations, they must not build a bigger house!" ”

This Aunt Jiang's words are really ironic.

A group of mothers-in-law couldn't help twitching the corners of their mouths, it is true that Mrs. Meng gave birth to four sons, but sons can't give birth to grandchildren, so one of Mrs. Meng's grandchildren is a grandson, and the others are girls.

Build a big house, and I don't know who will be cheaper in the future.

"Aunt Jiang, you guessed right, with a big house, isn't it good to continue to have a baby?" After speaking, Li Chuncai tried to blink.

Only when there is a room and a bed can it be good to have a baby, and it is not easy to give birth if the family is squeezed together.

The rest of the people couldn't help but nodded, "Chuncai, then Mrs. Meng can't say that she can start a house, but it's really for her grandson, so she gave up the coffin book and took it out to build a house!" ”

Everyone thought that Meng Pozi actually had to take out the coffin and use it to make a house, as if their hearts were much balanced.

Instantly raised their eyebrows, but they all held some silver coins in their hands, and they would never take them out, keeping the silver coins close to their bodies.

"You say, do you have this number in your hand?" Li Chuncai gestured with his hands, wanting to ask if there were ten taels.

The others hesitated, "Possibly!" Otherwise, how dare their family invite someone to go? ”

"One person can have three cents a day, which is not much, but it is okay to be able to pack a meal."

Li Chuncai couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Picture their family's meal?" If you are willing to eat and go to work, maybe it will be pickles. ”

There was a promise to go to the boss of Mrs. Meng's house to work, but he hesitated for a while, thinking that he would not let the head of the house go, and he would not have any money if he didn't go.

Maybe you will suffer again, that Meng Pozi is not a good match, and the daughter-in-law of the family will not suffer a loss.

For a while, everyone was unsure of their minds, and they planned to go home, and then they wanted to go to work, but they worked hard to get up the house, and they couldn't eat well, so it wasn't a big loss.

If Meng Ran was present, he would definitely be speechless when he heard these words.

I just want to say to them: it's really not necessary! A meal! It's just a house!