Reborn Soul: Me and My Family

"Ouyang, you still have a few days to finish your work. Then we can go back together."

"I think it will take several days. When I came here, the team leader promised me that I could go back after I was done with the work. It's still early now. I want to go to the home of Carpenter Tian at the east end of the village and add some things to the house. The rest can be seen by themselves when they arrive. Do you want to come with me?"

"Then I will reluctantly accompany you," Gu Yueze joked.

"Then you can just rest at home! It's okay, you don't have to go. I was planning to go up the mountain right after leaving the carpenter's house to improve our food. Since you don't want to go, forget it!"

Gu Yueze was completely captured by just a few words. He came to Qingshan Brigade on vacation just to see if there was anything he could help with.

Since I came here, Ouyang has not given me a smile. I should blame myself! I shouldn't have revealed my thoughts too early. I should have slowly looked for opportunities before taking the initiative.

But it doesn't matter. When I win Qingqing's favor in the future, Ouyang will definitely love Qingqing for her sake. (Ouyang Bai: Old Gu, I just want to say, are you thinking too much?)

The Ouyang family has been very busy lately, or you could say that they are the only three of them who are busy. They are busy preparing and storing food every day. Ouyang Zhen and his wife have both taken several days off recently.

After the children were out of the house, Zhou Guilan locked the courtyard gate and the kitchen door. Then the couple went down to the cellar and began to prepare.

The entrance to the cellar to be dug this time is downwards, and the space below extends outwards, so that the two independent spaces will not affect each other. This cellar is also much deeper than the first one, and the digging speed is very fast, so even if the noise is loud, it cannot be heard outside.

The couple worked hard to dig during the day, and Ouyang Qing would come home from school and throw bags of soil into the space. After several days, the outline of a cellar appeared.

The finishing work used the cement dust left over from digging the cellar last time, which was stored in the space. Ouyang Zhen bought some steel structures from the factory. He first measured the dimensions and made the approximate dimensions required in the space before finally taking them out for assembly.

Ouyang Zhen was more experienced this time. Last time, he did not do a good job of moisture-proofing. During the rainy season, when the walls and the ground were severely humid, small water droplets would appear. This time, he found a way to buy a lot of plastic sheets.

Before laying cement mortar, the prepared double-layer plastic sheet was spread flat on the walls and the ground. Fortunately, the temperature in the second-floor cellar is lower than that in the first.

They also used the method of the first cellar to cover the tiles in the bathroom with solar tiles. Of course, this cellar also took the couple a lot of effort. They installed an outdoor power supply to connect the solar tiles, so that when there is no sunlight and the power is insufficient, it can also supply power directly from here.

When everything was ready, the storage rack was also set up in the space. Zhou Guilan felt that there was no need to put everything in so early when her daughter was at home.

Zhou Guilan first took out some vacuum-packed food, tore open the package and put it on the dining table. After the meal, it received unanimous praise from everyone. Qingshan Brigade was very lively today. Everyone had gone to work, and many people heard from their children playing at home that people had come to the village to dig a well.

This made the villagers working in the fields itchy, but they were reluctant to drop their work and go watch the fun. The five people who dug the well were brought back by the team leader.

Ouyang Bo and Gu Yueze were waiting in the small courtyard. After sending the person to the team leader, they went to the field. When they left, they told the two men to close the gate. The gate was tightly closed on the more than 2-meter-long wall, so to speak, except for hearing sounds, nothing could be seen from the outside.

While they were busy, someone knocked on the gate of the courtyard. Gu Yueze ran to open the door. It turned out that the big iron pot, kettle, big water tank, small water tank, earthenware soup pot made by the locals and a small coal stove that he had asked someone to buy when he came here were delivered. Along with them, there was also a large cart of coal briquettes. These were good things that could not be bought with money.

Fortunately, all the villagers have gone to work now, otherwise it would cause a sensation and be too conspicuous. Ouyang Bai asked people to put all the coal briquettes in the corner of the kitchen. He had planned to bring these things next time he came, but he didn't expect that Lao Gu had already got there before him.

I should wait until I return to the army to give him the money. There is no need to let an outsider spend money on things my sister needs. At most, I can give him more of the things sent by family in the future.

Poor Gu Yueze thought that since Ouyang didn't mention the money, the matter was over. Unexpectedly, not long after he returned to the army, he found the money and tickets left behind on the table in the dormitory, as well as a large bag of dried meat snacks as a thank-you fee.

It would take five grown men two days to dig this well, and they were all from other villages. Ouyang Bai discussed with Aunt Qiao that the rations would come from where he brought them, and asked her to help prepare two lunches, which he would go to get at the appointed time.

The meat and vegetables were pheasants and wild rabbits that the two of them had caught in the mountains yesterday. Although the well-digging incident had caused a sensation in the village, Ouyang Bai kept the gate of the courtyard tightly closed when entering and leaving, so no one except Aunt Qiao's family knew the specific situation in the courtyard.

A well was dug quickly. The edge of the well was built with stones. Ouyang Bai went to Carpenter Tian again and asked him to help make a windlass specifically for drawing water from the well (which could be used to draw water by force). It would be much easier to draw water by hand-cranking the windlass.

The three pot lids, two large and one small, can be covered when no water is needed. Carpenter Tian had already prepared the things that were ordered two days ago. Carpenter Tian didn't expect that he would have another job to do just after finishing the work at hand.

Ouyang Bai was very happy to help deliver the finished things to the courtyard. He took the initiative to unload the things in the yard, and put them into each room himself after everyone left.

Last night he was thinking about whether there was anything left out in the yard that needed to be dealt with before returning to the army. Then he thought of the cellar. Almost every household in the village here has a cellar, which is used to store potatoes, sweet potatoes, vegetables, pickles, etc. for the winter.

After discussing with Gu Yueze, the two borrowed shovels from the team through the team leader early in the morning and started working. At noon, they called someone to send some cement. It took them several days to finally make the cellar smooth.

The children brought all the dry firewood needed for the winter yesterday when the villagers went to work. When Aunt Tian came yesterday, she said that the firewood room they had prepared could not hold all the dry firewood needed for the winter. The two of them found a way to build another row of firewood behind the house, and finally they managed to put all the dry firewood away.

According to the children's request, Ouyang Bo paid them the money on the spot. It was obvious that the clothes they were wearing were much smaller.

After thinking about it, he decided to give all the pieces of cloth he had on him to the older child. The clothes he was wearing now were all sent by his family. His mother also said that the family was not short of money, so he didn't need to send any more money back and could just buy whatever he wanted.

Carpenter Tian brought over the finished windlass and installed it, along with a bucket of water. Carpenter Tian said the bucket was a gift for Ouyang Bai to thank him for taking care of his business. Ouyang Bai even tried to draw a bucket of water himself, which was indeed much easier than pulling it by hand.

Now all the necessary things were prepared. When the two returned to the army, Ouyang Bai gave Aunt Tian a key to the gate and asked her to help check more often when she was free.

"Abai, don't worry! I will definitely take good care of you. Please also tell my old son to take good care of himself outside and come back to visit more often when he is free."

Gu Yueze was really afraid that Aunt Qiao would cry when she talked about Fan Lao San, so he hurriedly said, "Aunt, don't worry, I will definitely tell you. I will bring Lao San back for you next time I come. We will leave first. We are sorry to bother you and uncle during this period. We will come to nag you next time. Please don't think we are annoying."

Qiao Hongmei was immediately amused. "I would love for you to come every day if you have time. Okay, then be careful on the road. Auntie will be waiting for you at home. Remember to bring my old son back."

It was still early when the two returned to the army. When Ouyang Bai had just joined the army, he happened to meet a comrade who came to deliver a package. The young soldier who was registering the packages was worried about how to put so many packages! Everyone in the military region knew that Captain Ouyang was on vacation, but they didn't expect to see Ouyang Bai passing by when they looked up.

He hurried out, "Captain Ouyang... Captain Ouyang, please stay, your package has arrived." The two looked at each other. Is it such a coincidence? I just came back.

The young soldier plucked up the courage to say, "Why don't you take some of them back first? Your packages are so big and there are so many of them that they are blocking the door. It's hard to walk in the house now."

Ouyang Bai and the other man followed the little soldier in and took a look. "Are you sure these are all mine? No way!"

"It's yours. Take a look at the list. All that was delivered today is for you alone."

Gu Yueze also had a guess in his mind. These should be the things of Ouyang's two younger sisters. "Ouyang~Wait here for a while. I'll call a few people to help."

While Gu Yueze went to call for help, Ouyang Bai first opened a package with his name on it, then opened the top layer, revealing a letter from Zhou Ma.

The letter told him who the packages belonged to and that his family would call him when Qingqing got on the train, asking him to deliver the packages as soon as he answered the call.

The people Gu Yueze found took a lot of effort to deliver the package to Ouyang Bo's dormitory. On the way, he also explained the origin of the package to the brothers who helped.

Ouyang took a leave recently, and everyone knew that Ouyang’s two sisters were going to the countryside soon, so it was understandable that they sent things in advance.