Soon the buns were distributed, and everyone went home happily. Then came the soup. Gui Niang estimated that each family would get a few spoonfuls, and they were all served by spoonful. It didn't matter whether you took a big or small basin.

After the distribution, the family members sat down and started to eat. Everyone was tired after a whole morning and was very hungry.

People here habitually let men and male laborers eat first, and women eat last and eat the leftovers.

These are all old feudal ideas left over from the past. Xia Ran doesn't have such a concept. So, when the buns were just steamed, they tasted and ate every one of them.

The two child laborers had already eaten their fill, and they were the first to drink the soup as soon as it came out of the pot. During the last banquet, Gui Niang and Lao Er objected, saying that it was not proper to let the children sit at the table first.

They only stopped after Xia Ran gave them a socialist education. This time, they were already used to it, and they followed Xia Ran in everything without saying anything.

We are all human beings, so who doesn’t work hard? Men do work harder, but there are also many trivial things to do at home.

Who does all this work? Aren't they all women's jobs? Women are also human beings, so don't they have hard work?

The buns they make have thin skin and large fillings. When you bite into them, there is soup. They taste very good.

Unlike many buns made in the village, the skin is thick, and you can't feel the filling after three bites. If you don't know, you might think you are eating steamed buns.

After eating a few buns and drinking two bowls of soup, Lao Er took two buns in his hand and went out of the new gate to the next door. Xia Ran pretended not to see it.

As long as he doesn't open his mouth, let him eat on our side and give the food to the other side. After all, they are his biological parents.

By noon, the old entrance had been blocked with dirt and mud. This speed was good, more people meant faster work.

It is estimated that the main structure of the house will be up by tonight. The wall of my own house is now built high, like a castle, giving me a full sense of security.

Even if thieves come, they can't get into the inner courtyard. This time, I want to see how you, Yang Juan, can climb over the wall and scare people?

Everyone went back to have a meal, and without staying for long or resting, they quickly came back to continue working.

In the afternoon, everyone worked even harder. The host was very kind and open-minded, so they couldn't do anything wrong! Good and good are mutual.

As soon as the people outside started working, Xia Ran began to worry about what to eat at night? What kind of food should he cook for these people so that they would have enough energy and be full?

After much thought, I could only continue to make the big stew, stick a circle of pancakes on the edge of the pot, and cover the dish with a "quilt".

Continue kneading the dough, this time using cornmeal and white flour, a mixture of both. Let the dough rise. First go to the corner of the vegetable garden, pull up a few white radishes, shred them and rinse them with water.

I soaked some more vermicelli. The potato vermicelli I had originally had will be used up by Xia Ran. I must make more vermicelli this winter, especially wide vermicelli, which can be used to make spicy hot pot.

The original body planted a lot of potatoes this year, one and a half acres of land, and the yield this year is good, so it should be able to harvest a lot. Speaking of potatoes, she just remembered that she should weed the potato field and apply the last fertilizer.

Just thinking about it makes me feel dizzy. I cut a few more cabbages. The cabbages were dug up by Gui Niang from her family's field. The ones from Xia Ran's family were gone.

Of course, potatoes were involved, and I cut them into diamond-shaped slices and rinsed them. I also found the various dried vegetables that were strung together and dried in the sun, washed them twice, cut them into smaller pieces, and set them aside. Then I cut a bunch of other side dishes.

After finishing all the preparations, it was still early, so the few of them stopped, sat down to rest and watched others work.

After a whole morning of work, the broken glass on the inner courtyard wall had been fixed. They had already started work on the outer courtyard wall.

A few young men from the neighboring village came over with a cart full of glass bottles, piled high and neatly arranged.

Xia Ran was wondering if these guys had raided their village. He counted 227 bottles.

They also said that they had another cart and they would push it over later. Xia Ran agreed and paid 5 cents first, saying that if he paid more, he would get a refund and if he paid less, he would get more.

Not long after, another truck arrived, this one with 245 bottles. Xia Ran gave him another 5 cents and said he didn't need the change.

As a result, these guys said that they would send another 28 over after they were done to make up the number.

Oh, if I had known I could get so many glass bottles, I wouldn't have to break the 18 bottles at home. I could have built a small oven with them to bake some bread, steamed buns, etc. How great! I miscalculated.

These bottles arrived just in time. They were rinsed with water and broken into pieces, and could be hung on the wall immediately.

These young men really kept their word and brought some more bottles. Xia Ran gave them another twenty cents and then said, "That's enough. No need to give us any more." That was the end of the matter.

We had dinner late today, and everyone put in a final effort to build the main structure of the brick house.

The ground was also specially raised by more than a foot to prevent flooding when it rains. Now we just have to wait for two days until the auspicious time comes to put up the beams and build the roof.

The new doorhead was completely completed in the afternoon, the door was also removed and installed, and now it's just waiting to dry.

The door is made of bricks all the way to the top, which looks grand and pleasing to the eye. Finally, I don't have to go out to see those annoying things.

There is no need to worry about the other party hiding in the dark, secretly staring at my home. I am speechless just thinking about it. How disgusting and annoying! I don’t know what kind of hobby this is?

The outer courtyard wall was not deliberately built higher, as there were enough glass fragments. So the builders made it very solid, laying the fragments very densely to use them all up.

Now it is quite difficult for someone to climb the outer wall. There is no place to hold on, and the top of the wall is full of glass fragments. If you are not afraid of death, you can come and try it.

We don't need so many people tomorrow. Just come and help build a few stoves and two large countertops. Oh, and her new toilet, this is also very important.

And what a coincidence, the location of the new toilet that Uncle Qi pointed out was right near the third brother's house (the third brother's house was to the west of Xia Ran's house), in the northwest corner of the outer courtyard. This location was quite good!

Xia Ran specially found a carpenter and asked him to make two large, durable and non-deformable panels for her.

The roof of the shed was left as it was on the day when the beams were put up, and all was done in one go.

Xia Ran cooked the stew in her own pot in the evening, and made two full pots, so that everyone could eat as much as they wanted.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. There was meat and vegetables in the rice, and the combination of meat and vegetables was good. You could take as much staple food as you wanted and you were full. Is there any rice that is more delicious than this?

Soon the day of raising the beam arrived. Xia Ran prepared some grains, coins, and candies in advance, mixed them evenly, and gave them to the person in charge of spreading them.

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