Looking at Lu Zheng'an, who was still gentle and considerate even when he was drunk, Song Huaishu's heart softened and he couldn't help but raise his hand to touch Lu Zheng'an's cheek. After feeling the temperature of his palm, the other party slowly closed his eyes and rubbed his cheek against his palm full of affection.

The scent of honey locust emanating from Song Huaishu's body made Lu Zhengan intoxicated. Uncontrollably encircled Song Huaishu's waist with both hands, and feeling that the other party's body instantly stiffened, Lu Zhengan closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid of me, I'll just hug it, just hug it." ”

Lu Zheng'an's appearance of being cautious and soothing him made Song Huaishu feel guilty and distressed. Choked in response, he continued to press on his temples, trying to ease his drunken pain.

I don't know how long it took, but Song Huaishu saw that Lu Zheng'an's eyes were closed and his breathing was gradually becoming steady, so he wanted to take his hand away from his waist. Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand touched Lu Zhengan's arm, the other party suddenly tightened his arm and pulled him directly onto the bed. Then, like a baby, I wrapped him in my arms.

"Why haven't you fallen asleep?" Song Huaishu was taken aback, but he still forced himself to resist the urge to run away, and adjusted his posture cautiously, for fear of crushing Lu Zhengan.

Lu Zheng'an closed his eyes and rubbed on the top of Song Huaishu's soft hair, "I still have a little headache, you can lie down with me for a while." ”

Hearing that Lu Zhengan was still a little uncomfortable, Song Huaishu couldn't bear to leave him to lie down alone. Pillowed on Lu Zheng'an's arm, Song Huaishu looked sideways at Lu Zheng'an's side face like a knife, and his stiff body slowly relaxed.

The sound of Lu Zheng'an's breathing was steady in his ears, and Song Huaishu lay in Lu Zheng'an's arms like this for a while, only to feel that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep......

CHAPTER XLII

The next day, when Lu Zhengan woke up, he saw Song Huaishu grabbing his clothes with both hands like a kitten, curled up in his arms and sleeping quietly.

Lu Zhengan looked at Song Huaishu who was motionless in his arms, and was surprised and surprised in his heart, how he abducted Song Huaishu to bed, and whether he did anything wrong to him.

However, Lu Zhengan thought for a while and dispelled this suspicion. If he really did something to Song Huaishu, with the other party's character, I am afraid that he would have left a long time ago.

In addition, the clothes on the two of them were intact on their bodies, although he was unconscious, but he would not make any bad moves.

Seeing that Song Huaishu was sleeping soundly in his arms, Lu Zhengan didn't want to wake him up for a while. Slowly adjusting to a more comfortable position, looking at the beams above my head, slowly remembering what happened last night.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Zhengan only heard a whisper in his ears, and then Song Huaishu in his arms turned over. The moment he opened his eyes and saw Lu Zhengan, Song Huaishu seemed to think that he was still dreaming.

It wasn't until he blinked his eyes and reached out to touch Lu Zheng'an's warm cheek, and found that it was warm to the touch, that he remembered what happened last night.

Immediately, Song Huaishu turned over and sat up from the bed, and quickly pulled his shoes out of bed, a white red one almost dripping blood.

"You were drunk last night, you have to pull me and not let me go. I, I accidentally fell asleep. ”

Seeing Song Huaishu's embarrassed expression, Lu Zhengan sat up and tilted his head to look at Song Huaishu, and couldn't help laughing.

"Are you like that? Those who don't know think I'm some kind of flood beast. You say, are I honest when I fall asleep? Didn't treat you unruly, did you? ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Zheng'an, who was sitting on the bed, and paused for a moment as if he was reminiscing, and then shook his head honestly with his little head down.

Seeing that Song Huaishu's face was about to burn, Lu Zhengan stopped teasing him. got out of bed and put on his shoes and came to Song Huaishu and rubbed the top of his hair.

"Okay, I'm not going to tease you. It doesn't seem to be early, let's quickly pack up and get some breakfast, so as not to wait for Master Cao to come over and we haven't cleaned up yet. ”

Hearing Lu Zhengan say this, Song Huaishu quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After Lu Zhengan walked past him, Song Huaishu followed him out.

Lu Zhengan woke up a little late because he was drunk, and the cubs in the circle were already waiting at the door with their necks stretched. When he saw his master come out of the house, he immediately rattled and screamed.

The two washed up first, Song Huaishu went to the stove house to prepare breakfast, and Lu Zhengan went to send those little cubs away.

When Lu Zhengan mixed the food and was about to help those little things pour into their troughs, he suddenly saw that in the corner of the chicken coop, the old hen was squatting in the chicken coop motionless.

Lu Zhengan couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw that the little hen didn't come to eat. I clucked, saw the little hen's little head turn, and saw Lu Zhengan cooing twice.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan thought that there was something wrong with it, opened the fence door and walked in. Just as he reached the door of the hen's coop, he saw that the little hen that had been lying in the hen's coop suddenly stood up, with a slender neck and wings fluttering twice, and a round egg rolled from the hen's ass to the straw of the hen's coop.

Immediately, as if to invite merit, the little hen walked towards Lu Zheng'an with her neck held high, and walked towards Lu Zheng'an while crowing in all directions.

This is the first time Lu Zhengan has seen a hen lay eggs, and he didn't react for a while. It wasn't until the hen crowed a few times and ran to the trough that Lu Zhengan reached out to pick up the egg.

The egg that had just been laid was still a little warm, and Lu Zhengan couldn't help but feel a little dazed when he held the egg. The cubs, whom he had been carefully feeding for so long, began to lay eggs.

Immediately, Lu Zhengan stood up. Holding the egg, he walked out of the chicken pen, and took it to Song Huaishu, who was burning in front of the stove.

"Look, what is this?"

Song Huaishu turned his head to look at Lu Zhengan, who was smiling, and looked at the egg in his hand, not quite understanding what he meant. "Isn't it just an egg, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Song Huaishu hadn't reacted yet, Lu Zhengan smiled and said, "Our little hen is under it!" It's just down, and it's still hot! You touch. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan stuffed the egg that was still warm into Song Huaishu's hand. After the egg was put in the palm of Lu Zheng'an's hand, Song Huaishu also reacted.

"Isn't it a chick that I bought after the beginning of spring? Laying eggs so soon? ”

"Well, I eat wheat bran three times a day, can I not grow fast?" With that, Lu Zhengan stood up from in front of Song Huai's writing, scooped up a scoop of water, and washed the newly planted egg that had been in less than a quarter of an hour.

"I heard that the first stubble eggs are very nutritious, I'll put them in the pot and cook them, and you can burn them for a while."

Seeing this, Song Huaishu couldn't help but laugh. "You are so anxious that you can't let go all night. Watch out for the hen in the circle of hearts who gets angry and refuses to lay eggs anymore. ”

"That can't be, if it can think like that, wouldn't it be fine?"

The two of them talked and laughed and waited for about a quarter of an hour to see that the food in the pot was ready. Lu Zhengan asked Song Huaishu to clean up the table, and he served all the food in the pot one by one.

When the two of them sat down at the table, Song Huaishu didn't find the egg in the basket, so he picked up his chopsticks and pulled it in his porridge bowl. Sure enough, the small, peeled egg was lying in his bowl......

Lu Zhengan took a pair of chopsticks and garlic eggplant, and when he saw Song Huaishu holding the chopsticks in a daze, he couldn't help urging: "What are you in a daze?" Hurry up and eat and clean up after eating. lest it be rude for Master Cao to come over and see that we are still eating. ”

Song Huaishu only felt as if someone had blocked a ball of cotton in his throat, and after hearing Lu Zhengan's words, he immediately came back to his senses. In response, he lowered his head and drank the millet porridge in his bowl.

……

After the two of them finished eating and cleaned up, they only heard Li Erwang's voice in the courtyard. Lu Zhengan took a look, and saw that Li Erwang was followed by Master Cao, and hurriedly wiped the water stains on his hands and greeted him.

"Master Cao is here, let's sit down and rest first." As he spoke, Lu Zhengan raised his voice and asked Song Huaishu in the room to help pour a glass of water out.

When Cao Debang entered the small courtyard of Lu Zheng'an's house, his eyes couldn't stop looking at the entire small courtyard. Seeing that the yard is clean and tidy, there is no need to do major repairs.

After Lu Zheng'an entered the hall, Cao Debang found that the Lu family had several bookshelves placed against the east gable. The shelves were full of books, but I didn't expect that a young man who looked rough yesterday would still be a reader......

Thinking of this, Cao Debang glanced back at Lu Zheng'an, and then moved his gaze to Song Huaishu, who was slender beside him.

Lu Zheng'an beckoned Master Cao to sit down, and when he saw that Li Erwang was still standing at the door, he looked at Master Cao curiously, and hurriedly walked a few steps to Li Erwang's side, and said to him: "Erwang, I bother you to go to Uncle Changgen's house for a run, and I said that Master Cao is here, and I invite him to come over and talk." ”

Li Erwang heard Lu Zhengan say this, nodded without the slightest hesitation and ran down the mountain.

After Li Erwang left, Cao Debang looked around the environment in the house again and said: "The main body of your house, the roof ridge is in good condition, and there seems to be nothing to repair." Do you want to tear it down and rebuild it? ”

"That's not it, I just want to ask Master Cao to help paint the house." After that, Lu Zhengan took out the sketch of Song Huai's calligraphy and painting from the bookshelf next to him and handed it to Cao Debang. "Master Cao, take a look, can you change it to this style?"

Cao Debang took the drawings and looked at them carefully, and after thinking for a long time, he put the drawings on the table, looked up and said to Lu Zhengan: "It's not that this kind of thing can't be done, even the appearance of your house has to change with it." The most suitable is the white wall and gray tile, similar to the style of the Jiangnan side. ”

Hearing Cao Debang say this, Lu Zhengan couldn't help frowning. "According to you, it's going to be rebuilt?"

"You don't need to, just put a little effort into the eaves and ridges, and just change the tiles. In addition, the walls are also repainted, and if you accept this, it will be completed in about half a month. ”

After hearing what Cao Debang had said, Lu Zhengan turned his head to look at Song Huaishu on the side. "How? Do you think Master Cao is right? ”

Song Huaishu didn't expect Cao Debang to change like this, and immediately nodded when he heard Lu Zhengan's words.

"Nature is possible." After speaking, Song Huaishu raised his eyes and looked at Cao Debang opposite, and asked, "I don't know how much silver will it cost to change like this?" If possible, please ask Master Cao to help us estimate it, and we can be mentally prepared. ”

Cao Debang's eyes kept staring at the sketch on the table, and when he heard Song Huaishu's words, he immediately replied: "You can buy the materials and labor yourself, and the manual cost on my side is about one tael of silver." If you agree, I'll take over the job, and if you don't agree, it doesn't matter, you can find someone else. ”

As the words fell, Lu Changgen took Li Erwang and walked into the courtyard quickly. After Lu Zhengan heard the footsteps, he saw that it was Lu Changgen coming, and hurriedly stood up from the chair.

"Uncle Changgen, you're here."

Lu Changgen nodded to Lu Zheng'an, and then turned his gaze to Cao Debang on the other side. Looking at the old comrades-in-arms who I hadn't seen for a few years, he described them as withered, and his body was like an old man. Thinking that Cao Debang was two years younger than him, Lu Changgen only felt that his eyes were hot.

"Xiao Cao, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Cao Debang looked at Lu Changgen, whose eyes were slightly red, sighed silently in his heart and slowly stood up. "Brother Lu, don't come unharmed."

Lu Changgen stepped forward and patted Cao Debang on the shoulder, and then introduced Cao Debang with a smile: "Zheng'an, my nephew." After a while, the contract will be closed, and I want to rebuild the house. I heard from you earlier that you had formed a team to build a house, so I asked him to invite you. ”

After that, Lu Changgen pressed Cao Debang's shoulder and asked him to sit down again, and then continued: "My eldest nephew is the only one in the family, and I don't have to worry about finding others, so I can only ask you to help." ”

Cao Debang hadn't had such contact with people for a long time, and he was a little uncomfortable with Lu Changgen's closeness. After moving his shoulders uncomfortably, he bowed his head and said, "Before you came, I had already agreed with your nephew, and if he could accept it, we would be able to start construction tomorrow." ”

Hearing this, Lu Changgen turned his head to look at Lu Zheng'an, with a request in his eyes.

Lu Zhengan was already very satisfied with Cao Debang's plan, but at this time, Lu Changgen looked at him like this, so Lu Zhengan did not hesitate to nod his head.

"Master Cao said it very well, and we naturally accepted it. However, I have to ask Master Cao to help calculate, how many people are invited and how many materials are appropriate. ”

"It's just a reconstruction, and you don't need too many helpers, just three or four. It doesn't matter if you buy more materials, you can return them if you don't use them up. And if it is changed as we just said, it would be better for your courtyard wall to be made the same. When the time comes, you will plant roses by the wall, and it will be very beautiful. ”

Lu Zhengan imagined the effect of what Cao Debang said, and felt that it should be okay, so he nodded. "Okay, then it's going to trouble Master Cao a lot."

Therefore, Lu Zhengan flipped through the yellow calendar, discussed with Song Huaishu, and set the day after tomorrow for the day after which the construction would begin.

Because Cao Debang came early, it was not yet time after a few people finished talking. Cao Debang wanted to go home, but Lu Changgen insisted on staying behind, and after saying hello to Lu Zhengan, he dragged Cao Debang down the mountain and went home.

After sending Lu Changgen and Cao Debang away, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu stood in the courtyard and began to calculate.

"I went back in the afternoon and asked my father which one was cheaper, and I went straight over and ordered them to deliver it. You can find the helpers from the village. ”

Lu Zhengan straightened Song Huaishu's hair that was blown by the mountain wind behind him, and said: "Don't worry about this, when I send you back in the afternoon, I will ask by the way." But you'll have to come early the morning and help me pack up. ”

Song Huaishu naturally couldn't be the shopkeeper, and after hearing Lu Zhengan's instructions, he immediately nodded. "I know that I will come early the next morning, and when the time comes, I will bring breakfast, so you don't have to show up."

The two of them were talking when they heard a sudden noise on the hillside overhead. The two of them subconsciously looked up at the hillside, and saw Li Erwang standing on it with a basket on his back.

Seeing the two of them looking at him at the same time, Li Erwang's expression was a little embarrassed, and after raising his hand to say hello to the two, he scratched the back of his head and said, "Brother Xiaoan, I just listened to it. Do you want to repair your house? ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan nodded. "Yes, the house is ready to be rebuilt."

Li Erwang heard Lu Zhengan say this, and jumped down the slope. "Then do you need someone to help you fix your house? Can I come? I can do anything. ”

Lu Zhengan was going to help with Lu Tieniu's brothers, but when he saw that Li Erwang actually recommended himself, he couldn't help but look at him more. "Building a house is a physical job, and you may not be able to do it."

Hearing the rejection in Lu Zhengan's words, Li Erwang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I don't hide it from Brother An, my eldest brother and sister-in-law have separated from us. Without two strong laborers in the family, life is much more difficult than before. My mother's health is not good, and the family can't rely on my father alone. So I thought if I could find some work to help my dad lighten his load. ”

Upon hearing that Li Dawang and his family had actually separated, Lu Zhengan could not help but be a little surprised. Looking at Li Erwang with a sincere face in front of him, Lu Zhengan hesitated for a moment and agreed.

"You know, I don't care about lunch at my place. The pay is not very high, so if you want to, you can try it for a day. If you can do it, you can stay, and if the master thinks you can't do it, then don't blame me. ”

Li Erwang didn't expect Lu Zhengan to really agree, and he was immediately overjoyed. "Thank you, Brother An, I will do a good job!"

Saying that, Li Erwang wanted to bow to Lu Zhengan to express his gratitude, but he forgot that he was still carrying a basket behind him.

The back basket as long as the base of his thighs contained most of the medicinal herbs in it, and Li Erwang immediately poured it out when he bowed, and the whole person was almost stumbled by the back basket.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Erwang. After he stabilized his figure, he hurriedly reached out and took off the basket on his back, and the medicinal herbs on the ground also helped to reload it.

Li Erwang didn't expect that he would make such a big joke, scratched the back of his head, blushing and feeling a little embarrassed.

"Alright, the sun is up, let's get home. We will start construction the day after tomorrow, if you want to come the day after tomorrow, just follow Brother Tie Niu and them. ”