The black car stopped in front of an old house with white walls, more than two meters high, leaving mottled rainwater marks on the white wall, a wooden door with a lock on it, the lock surface had rust, and the New Year paintings on the door panel had long since faded and peeled.

Xia Zhihuai parked the car at the door, looked at the desolate old mansion, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart for a while.

However, after just over a year of not returning, the old mansion faded from memory at an incredible speed, revealing a dilapidated and desolate atmosphere everywhere.

He turned around and opened the back door, picking up Wanwan from the car as she was about to jump out of the car.

"Is this the old mansion?"

Wanwan looked up at the high wall, and could vaguely see the small wooden building inside the wall.

Xia Zhihuai put her on the ground and patted her head: "I'll open the door." ”

Turning over the key to the old mansion, Xia Zhihuai stepped on the moss-covered steps, pinched the rusty lock, and it took a few minutes to poke the lock open.

Xia Yingxiu hadn't been to the old mansion for a long time, and sighed softly: "Things are not people." ”

In the past, when Xia Zhihuai's grandparents were still there, the old house was always lively, no matter when they came back, the gate was always open, and before the car arrived at the door, you could see the old man carrying a small horse and sitting at the gate chatting with people.

In the end, people go to tea and cool.

The door was pushed open with a "squeak", and Xia Zhihuai swept the front with his hand, brushing away the dust that had fallen from the lintel in midair.

The courtyard is full of wild grass.

The road from the gate to the two-story building is paved with bluestone slabs, and between the cracks of the stone slabs are weeds that grow unscrupulously.

There are several persimmon trees planted on the inner wall near both sides of the gate, and the branches of the persimmon trees have pulled out batches of young leaves, but the date trees in the corners of the wall are still bare, and they look like they have died.

Several people walked into the old mansion one after another, looking left and right in surprise.

The wooden building of the old peach house does not look as dilapidated as expected.

Xia Zhihuai opened the doors and windows of the small wooden building to disperse the smell.

The old house has not been inhabited for a long time, and the house is still a little cool and damp, and the smell is slightly strong.

However, the wooden building is quite sturdy, and when his father was still there, the old house was generally renovated and rebuilt.

During the reconstruction, the wood was specially designed to prevent moisture and insects, so even if it has been several years, the small building looks a little dirty and old, and the others are quite good.

……

"It looks good, you can live in it after cleaning up."

Xia Zhihuai inspected the old mansion as a whole, patted the dust on his hands, and said with satisfaction.

Xia Yingxiu bowed: "Indeed, the money that your father and your uncle spent to renovate the old house was not in vain. ”

Xia Zhihuai: "Let's go to the hotel in the town tonight to stay for one night, and clean up the old house today and tomorrow." ”

Xia Yingxiu: "I'll go back tomorrow night, just to take advantage of the free time today and tomorrow to help you clean up together." ”

Wanwan leaned on Xia Zhihuai's calf and asked, "Are we going to clean?" ”

Xia Zhihuai: "Yes, you can also help." ”

Wanwan scratched her ears, hesitated for two seconds and said, "I can help draw cleaning charms, and you can clean it soon if you stick it in the house!" ”

"And this kind of rune paper?" Xia Zhihuai was shocked on the spot and said, "Then why don't you tell me every time I sweep the floor when I'm at home?" ”

Wanwan blinked: "I thought brother, you like to clean, every time you sweep the floor, you say that it is an exercise to lose weight, how can I stop you from exercising?" ”

And the house is not dirty, anyway, she doesn't feel anything dirty.

Xia Zhihuai stood in place and reflected for a few seconds, where did she give Wanwan the illusion that she felt that he was a promising young man who was diligent in exercising and loved cleaning?

The old house, which could have taken two days to be cleaned up and down, was completely cleaned up in just one hour under the cheating charm.

But they had to remove the weeds in the yard themselves.

So Xia Zhihuai and Xia Xiuying took tools to weed in the yard, and Wanwan and Huang Xikong together, after drawing the talisman up and down, they pasted it to the corner of the wall, and the house was completely new.

Huang Xikong followed behind Xiao Bu'er and sighed: "Your ability is really useful. ”

Wanwan was so tired from climbing the stairs that she put the last cleaning charm on the handrail of the stairs and sat down on the wooden staircase steps.

"After drawing so many cleaning talismans, my spiritual power is consumed very quickly, and I am too tired~"

Wanwan stuck out her tongue and rested her head against the railing, and the whole cub collapsed on the steps.

"Then you can rest, I'll go upstairs and have a look."

Huang Xikong floated up and down, waved his hand to open the wooden window on the second floor, leaned on the edge of the window and looked at Xia Zhihuai who was weeding downstairs: "The condition of your ancestral house is really good." ”

Xia Zhihuai threw aside the weeds in his hand and rolled his eyes: "Come down and weed, you really treat yourself as a guest." ”

Huang Xikong floated directly down from the second floor, spread his hands and looked at his five fingers.

"I've held a sword in both hands, a pen, and a notebook, but I've never weeded!"

Xia Zhihuai sneered: "Everything has a first time. ”

"What's more, the Jin Dynasty died early, and our family's weeding cause requires you to throw your head and spill your blood!"

Xia Zhihuai handed him the little hoe, raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "Come on, noble Lord Huang." ”

Huang Xikong stared at his small hoe and hesitated for two seconds: "I think I can struggle a little more." ”

Xia Zhihuai snorted coldly: "You are not as good as Wanwan, Wanwan is so young and responsible for the hygiene of the whole building, you don't do anything, are you embarrassed?" ”

Huang Xikong: "You seem to be more powerful than Wanwan." ”

Xia Zhihuai: "......"

One person and one ghost looked at each other.

After a while, Huang Xikong silently took the hoe.

Isn't it just a weed, he has even been the prime minister, can this little thing be difficult for him?

Impossible.

Huang Xikong floated a little farther away, squatted on the ground and began to weed.

It's a very simple job, but it's too monotonous and boring.

Except for a morning of grass, only half of the inner courtyard of the old house was cleaned.

Xia Yingxiu drove to the town to buy some vegetables and meat, and prepared to cook lunch at the old mansion at noon.

After she had cleaned up the building and rested enough, she pulled out a small maza from the house, sat on the steps of the doorway, and watched them weed.

Xia Zhihuai squatted for more than an hour, his back and legs were painful and numb, he put down the hoe and stood up and beat his back, sighing deeply.

Sure enough, self-reliance is not so easy.

Huang Xikong is in a state of soul body, which is completely unaffected by the confinement and influence of the body, so there is no backache and numbness in the legs and feet.

But he didn't want to do it either.

After putting down the hoe, he suddenly had an idea.

"I'll go out first."

Huang Xikong gathered the weeds at his feet into a pile and immediately floated out of the yard.

Xia Zhihuai stood in the courtyard: "Why are you going?" ”

Wanwan yawned: "Brother, when will you finish weeding, I'm hungry." ”

"Your aunt will be back in a while, if you are hungry, you can eat some snacks to cushion your stomach."

Wanwan stuffed her chubby hand into her pocket, slowly took out a milk stick, tore open the wrapping paper and held it in her mouth.