Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Huai Ru, I finally see you."

When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu in an awkward situation, she quickly pulled Qin Huairu into the house to ease the awkwardness, as she had said she would not come back.

"This is the house that Dongxu's father and I built together!"

After Jia Zhang entered the house, she looked around. This house was occupied by Jia Jiye not long after it was built. She never expected that there would be a day when she would get it back.

"Mom, it will be demolished in a few days. They are building a new house on the new foundation on the hill behind. I have seen it, and it is several times bigger than this foundation. We can build a big yard, level the ground inside, lay the stones, and make a large piece of land."

Qin Huairu spoke excitedly that she had no feelings for the house and just treated it as a place to live.

"Uh-huh."

Jia Zhang responded absentmindedly and came to an empty room inside.

"This room was intended for Dongxu to live in. At that time, we chose large windows. Our house has the largest windows in the whole village."

Then he pulled Qin Huairu aside.

"This is where we store our grain. We bought two mu of land, and we can grow a lot of grain. The first year we bought it, Dongxu's father was in the city, so I took Dongxu home to farm. Unfortunately, I took Dongxu to the city before the harvest, and that bastard Jia Jiye got the advantage."

"Mom, why don't we go see Dad?" Qin Huairu saw that Jia Zhang kept talking and wanted to pull her out.

"Okay, let's go and see Old Jia. I haven't seen Old Jia for a few years. I don't know if all the soil is gone." Jia Zhang wiped her tears and followed Qin Huairu out.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Jia Dongxu wanted to follow, but Qin Huairu stopped him, telling him to go and do his work and not to follow.

Jia Dongxu looked at Jia Daya and said, "Daya, you should go back first. It's getting late."

When we found Jia Zhenye, he was checking the condition of the land that had been plowed open after his house was demolished.

After yesterday and today, many things have made great progress. With the help of Yu Yan and his group, the land reclamation on the mountain is almost complete, and now they are building a greenhouse.

Digging canals and building houses have officially begun.

"Uncle, the rabbits caught in the village recently have been given to the farm people to eat. The vegetables grown in the vegetable fields must be supplied to the farm." Jia Dongxu thought for a while and said, "Take some time to deliver vegetables to the steel mill, and bring back the cornmeal that Zhang Weimin sent. Is the cornmeal that was brought back the day before yesterday almost finished?"

"No, they are almost finished. It's because the people on the farm brought the food here, otherwise we really can't feed them." Jia Zhenye said anxiously, "That's it. We just add some bread to their meal, and the flour is gone very quickly."

"It's all physical work. It won't take a few days. After they grow vegetables on the 10 mu of land they borrowed, there won't be so many people." Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "Why don't we ask Zhang Weimin to buy some cornmeal to continue supplying them? And then exchange it for money when they are almost done?"

"Sure. It won't take more than a few days. If we do this for a few days, the work will be much easier in the future. The less food we need as time goes by," Jia Zhenye said after thinking for a while.

"Uncle, how is the progress of building the house? Can it be completed by winter? How long will it take if we build the house according to the schedule?"

Jia Zhenye thought for a while and said, "Building a house is easy. We can demolish the old house and build a new one. But everyone will have to live in a greenhouse for a few days."

The weather is getting a bit cold at night now, and in order to prevent the grown vegetables from being frozen at night, glass has been installed.

Jia Zhenye and his family have already slept on the floor in the vegetable field. Not to mention, it is quite warm in the greenhouse at night.

"These people can move things, and they can work faster if they have someone who knows how to build walls. In our two villages, there are about 71 houses to be built, and I think it will take two months to complete them. There's also the autumn harvest in between."

"Dongxu, they have helped us so much, how can we repay them?" Jia Zhenye asked after thinking for a while.

"I'll go and ask them what they need to do. But we have to help keep an eye on the 10 acres of vegetable fields they borrowed to grow vegetables. They are going to supply vegetables to the leaders in the city." Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while.

"They need to keep it confidential. Let's see if they can allow us to go in and guide us in reclaiming wasteland, building greenhouses, and growing vegetables and crops." Jia Dongxu said after thinking about it.

After saying this, Jia Dongxu said, "Second uncle, my mother is back."

"Well, it's good that you're back." After hearing this, Jia Zhenye realized after a while that it was Jia Zhang who came back.

"Uh, who are they? I'll go see them?" Jia Zhenye said, remembering something.

"I came back to see that Huairu had taken me to see my father." Jia Dongxu said, "My mother came over and I had no place to sleep."

"Come on, call your mother and come to our place for dinner. You can sleep with us in the greenhouse at night." Jia Zhenye said as he and Jia Dongxu went to his house to wait.

"Uncle, are people in such a hurry to demolish the houses?" Jia Dongxu asked, looking at the land where the houses had been demolished.

"If we open it up earlier, we can plant some spinach and leeks, and sell them to Zhang Qian, the steel mill. Why not demolish it?" Jia Zhenye said confidently, "Look, these are all, and they will make a lot of money for every household!"

"After the planting is finished, I can plant some soybeans and sprout them, which can be sold to the steel mill. When planting soybeans, I can also interplant corn. There is no delay at all."

"Second uncle, you have figured out farming now." Jia Dongxu nodded after listening to this. These were second uncle's experiences, and he would write them down later.

Jia Dongxu thought about it and said, "Soybean stalks and corn stalks are good raw materials for silage, and can be used for raising cattle and pigs!"

In this way, the land does not seem to be much, with each family having about half an acre of land, but it can still produce a lot of things, especially soybeans. Growing bean sprouts and selling them to the factory is really good.

"Uncle, please tell me about your planting experience later. I will record it and publish it in the newspaper so that farmers all over the country can learn from you." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"Okay, sure." Jia Zhenye was also very happy that his experience could help other migrant workers.

"Dongxu, do you think you can find some other crops to plant here?" Jia Zhenye asked after thinking for a while.

"Okay, I'll look for it." Jia Dongxu said, "By the way, Uncle, after we move the village there, do you think we can connect these fields into one large piece and redistribute them to each household? This way we will have an extra piece of land, and then we can plant some crops like soybeans, peanuts, and rapeseed, and then we can press oil and sell it?"

"If all else fails, why don't we grow high-yield crops like potatoes and sell them as vegetables to the steel mills?"

"Well, this is a good idea. I will talk to Qin Dahe tomorrow. I prefer oil pressing. We are short of oil now!"