After Black Lotus became a reborn person, he went completely crazy

Chapter 71 The only brick house in the village

How do you feel that you have washed it clean? Xia Ran gave him a look that said, "You will slowly understand it yourself," and then went about his business.

Xia Ran peeled the corn husks directly. She was too lazy to cook at night, so she cooked some corn and potatoes. She also mixed two cold dishes and it was ready to eat.

Xia Ran's appetite is still very good now. She can eat anything without any special restrictions. She digests food very quickly and gets hungry easily. It's good. Being able to eat is a blessing, and she doesn't have to worry about gaining weight. It's perfect.

When it was almost evening, Shitou came over and said, "Sister-in-law, I heard that you beat up Li Dazui and her son Chen Guobing, is that right? People in the village are talking about it, saying that you are really good at kung fu. Sister-in-law, why don't you teach Jingwazi and me to practice kung fu as well."

"Who said I know Kung Fu? I just work a lot and have a lot of strength. How can I have Kung Fu?"

"Sister-in-law, you are so powerful. Why didn't you beat up Li Dazui when she said bad things about you? What a pity. I always thought you couldn't beat Li Dazui."

"Before, I thought it was unnecessary. Everyone knows what kind of person she is, and your brother Jianguo was there before. Now I am alone, and I have to stand up. Otherwise, other people in the village will follow suit and bully me. This is called "catch the leader first, and hit the leader first." After I deal with this one, the others will be obedient."

Shitou nodded and said, "I know this. After we deal with Li Dazui, we don't have to worry about the few long-mouthed women following him. They don't have the guts to cause trouble. They only dare to do bad things in secret and dare not come out in the open. Tell me, am I right?"

"Yes, that's what I mean."

The three of them first ate a few corn cobs each, and then ate a few boiled potatoes with some cold dishes.

New potatoes are sweet on the outside and bloom when boiled. They are crunchy inside and have a light sweet taste, which is very delicious.

These days, Gui Niang and her friends are busy weeding the fields. The fields need to be weeded regularly to be clean. If you leave them alone for a while, the weeds will grow taller than the crops.

I don't understand why. The grass is so tenacious, even though I have removed it once. If a few grass seeds fall into the ground, it won't take long for the grass to grow better than the grain.

Farmers are like this, they have no time to spare. They agreed to cooperate in selling cold noodles. But in the end, they each had a lot of work waiting for them at home, and they just couldn't spare the time.

Without them, no one would do the work, so we can only put it off until this busy period is over.

The convenience store was built, the ground was paved with red bricks, and the interior walls were smooth and flat.

After the second son helped to build it, he had the foresight to buy wires and lay the circuit in advance, just waiting for the power to be connected and used directly.

Electricity had been connected outside for a long time, but it had not yet reached his own village. Xia Ran guessed that there was no one above him, commonly known as "no one in the court."

If a big shot comes out, even for small problems like wiring, you don't need to apply for it. There are plenty of people who will do it for you in advance.

By the way, the house was painted white, and the house was very bright. The platform outside the door was made entirely of bricks and cement. The house was beautifully built, and after it was completed, it welcomed a large number of villagers to visit.

They all said to wait and see, and when they have saved enough money later, they will build a brick house for themselves.

There were no landlords in Chenjia Village, and a few small rich peasants were completely wiped out during the special period, and they did not have anything valuable to pass down.

Most of the people are poor peasants of eight generations. They have no foundation. So, up to now, all the houses in the village are built with mud blocks instead of bricks.

Brick and tile houses are too expensive and ordinary people simply cannot afford to build them. Therefore, the only brick and tile house in the village is particularly rare.

Everyone who knew about it came to visit and said that the house was well built, solid, bright and grand. There was also a small kang in the room, which was big enough for Xia Ran to sleep on.

When the house was first built, Xia Ran mentioned what the kang in Northeast China looked like. She said that a Northeastern sister she met in the county town told her that the kang in their hometown not only saved firewood but also kept warm, and was very useful.

The second brother thought about it and made a modified version of the Northeastern fire kang. He connected the stove and kang outside the house with a flue.

She decided that once this place was ready, she would live in this house in the winter, as it would be warm, save trouble and be convenient.

Xia Ran was willing to spend money on the shed next to it, and the materials used were solid. He used good rafters and purlins, and the tiles on the roof were also new tiles.

It was better than many other main houses, except that there were no exterior walls on two sides. Xia Ran also asked for the ground to be raised and then paved with a layer of bricks.

Seeing that there were still some bricks left, he asked the second son to help build an earthen kiln for baking bread and steamed buns.

Xia Ran measured the size of the house and found a carpenter in the village to make some custom shelves and containers.

The second son helped to make the doors and windows, and the windows were large glass windows. Once they were finished and the house was almost dry, we could directly purchase and sell them.

Everything was going according to plan. Xia Ran spent the next two days weeding in the potato field. The potatoes were still growing, and the weeds couldn't take away their nutrients.

After weeding, the next step is fertilizing. This requires taking a small shovel and feeding fertilizer to the roots of the potatoes one by one. However, Xia Ran couldn't stand it this time and didn't have the patience to do it.

I called my two sisters-in-law, who were good at work and quick with their hands, had enough labor at home, and had already finished their own work, to come and help.

They agreed to pay them, but the two said they didn't want any money. All they needed was a meal with meat and enough food, and they would be fine as long as they agreed to bring their own children to eat together.

I just found out that these kids went home and complained about the food at home every day after eating the meal cooked by Xia Ran during the last beam raising ceremony, saying that the food at home was not tasty and they were craving for meat every day.

The mothers were fed up with being nagged, and there was nothing they could do. Don't they know that meat is delicious? There is no meat at home. Even if you have great skills, it's useless if you don't have anything in your hands.

Xia Ran also wanted to help in the fields, but it turned out that they didn't need her at all. They said that it would only take an afternoon for the two of them to finish the work, so there was no need for anyone else to go.

Just let Xia Ran be responsible for cooking a good meal. Xia Ran agreed and cooked at home peacefully.

After asking their opinions, they wanted to eat the stew from the day of the Liang ceremony. Xia Ran ordered a pot according to the standard of last time.

At noon, I had some dough, so I put a circle of pancakes on the edge of the pot and covered it with a quilt. It was made of two-grain flour, which was just right for the moment.

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