After a long journey and two days and two nights of no rest, Anxi also felt a little tired. After letting go of his mind, he slept until the sun was rising.

When he woke up, he found that the sun had already risen very high, so he had internal energy, and it was warm in winter and cool in summer, and he didn't feel hot at all.

Open the door, the room is quiet, no one is there, it seems that everyone has gone to work.

Anxi took the toiletries and went to the kitchen to pour some water, but unexpectedly Liu Dahua was there.

"Sister-in-law, you didn't go to work." Anxi greeted.

"Hey, third brother, you're awake. How are you? Are you hungry? I'm making lunch, but I have to wait a while. I'll cook you a sweet water egg first."

Seeing Anxi, Liu Dahua smiled all over her face, her mouth reaching to the back of her head, completely different from the half-smile last night.

Anxi was taken aback for a moment, then he figured it out, it should be the 400 yuan pot.

Last night, Anxi returned the 400 yuan for building the house to Uncle An. Uncle An didn't intend to ask for it, but Anxi insisted on giving it to him.

"Uncle, if I don't have any money, or if I only have 400 yuan, then that's fine, but I'm not short of money after all, how can I live in the house you built with peace of mind, and let you still live in such a place. And , It’s useless for me to keep the money for the time being, so it’s better to use it to build a house, isn’t earning money just to spend it.”

"It's not easy for you to earn money. We are your elders. We should help you. Besides, your money will be useless in the future."

Uncle An felt that Anxi's words were stupid. He was indeed a child who had never experienced hardship, and he didn't know that a penny beat a hero.

How good it is to save money, it is also a guarantee in the future.

They have a big family, and boy Cheng's salary has increased in the past two years, so he can save money, isn't it better than Anxi alone?

"But I can earn money in the future, and I don't want to live my whole life on this little money. Uncle, listen to me, don't worry about widows but inequality. It doesn't make sense for a family of brothers. I have a new house to live in, but my eldest brother and second brother don't." , This is treating me as an outsider."

"We didn't treat you as an outsider..." Uncle An hurriedly explained, for fear that Anxi would be unhappy.

"Of course I know, but if uncle thinks so, it doesn't mean that everyone in the village thinks so." Anxi interrupted the uncle and continued to persuade him.

"Besides, I'm a newcomer to the village. I lived in the best house in the village when I arrived. Although everyone knows that it was specially built for me by my second cousin and uncle. I'm a screwdriver, my heart is sour. If I say something sour behind my back, I won't be able to gain a foothold in the village. If I can help my uncle build the house, they will definitely think that I am a grateful person, and even more so. It's easy to accept me. Uncle, you should build the house properly for me and let those people see that although I, An Shu, have no father or mother, I am also a capable person and cannot tolerate being bullied by others. "

As he talked, Anxi raised whether Uncle An could build a house to the level of whether he could gain a foothold in the village, and was stunned by what Uncle An said.

Anxi's eloquence was honed by practicing medicine day by day, so Uncle An is no match for him.

I think back then, Anxi spent so much time and effort in persuading people to treat the elderly, children and women in the family. From the difficult beginning to the later, it took a long time to practice.

In ancient times, the difficulty of treating diseases was not only reflected in the fact that medicines were expensive and doctors were scarce, but also that many people would rather procrastinate than treat them.For example, the elderly feel that medical treatment is a drag on their families. Even if it is free, the children need to put down their money-making work to take care of them, right?

Therefore, some elderly people would rather wait for death than take medicine.

And some places are even more ignorant, thinking that women and children in the family should not see outsiders.

If you feel the pulse of a woman, she will not be pure.

When the child meets outsiders, the seductress will know the existence of the child and will lure them away at any time.

And there are even some places that feel that illness is the punishment of the gods. If they are cured, they will betray the gods. After death, the gods they believe in will not want them and let them fall into the realm of animals.

Such things happen one after another, and there will be different reasons in every place, some because of beliefs, some because of concepts, and some just because of goodwill.

These people are stubborn, even Hua Manlou, who is full of affinity, sometimes has a hard time influencing them.

In order to persuade them, Anxi spent a lot of thought.For those who believe in it, tell them that their gods don’t want weak or sick people, but only those who have died of illness, because such people are blessed and favored by their gods.

For those who have their own traditional medical skills, Anxi tried to learn it, and then broke it from all aspects to let them understand that the witch doctors inherited by their clan not only need to be passed on, but also need to be improved in order to be worthy of their ancestors.

And those who are well-intentioned and don't want to drag their family members down, let them calculate how much value they can create when they get well.

In short, after exhausting all kinds of methods and wearing out his lips, Anxi was able to treat patients.

In a sense, this experience cured Anxi's vague social phobia.

Now he's just socially unsocial, not socially incapable.

Therefore, Anxi persuaded Uncle An to accept his money with little effort and build a new house immediately after the autumn harvest.

Liu Dahua obviously knew about this, and his attitude towards Anxi took a 180-degree turn. Even the eggs, which are usually very precious, were boiled as soon as they were said to be boiled, and they were still boiled eggs in sugar water.

These days, sugar is a precious thing, and people in the countryside are reluctant to buy it. Even if they buy it, they will keep it as a gift, and they won't tear it apart at all.

However, Anxi didn't stop him. The so-called Sheng Mi's kindness and Mi's hatred, he gave out so much money out of good intentions, but it shouldn't make people think that he is easy to bully and wants to take advantage of him.

In fact, Anxi doesn't care about a little money, but he can't develop their bad habits, otherwise it will not help An's family, but harm them.

Therefore, Anxi enjoyed the sugar water eggs made by Liu Dahua with peace of mind, even though he couldn't stand the sweet taste, he swallowed it without changing his face.

After eating the eggs, Anxi said hello and planned to go out to have a look. He came back too late last night, and he hadn't seen the village yet.

And he also wanted to see how his house was built, and see if it needed to be remodeled according to his own habits.

Other Anxi can bear it, but the rural toilets are really unbearable for him. If it is the same as the uncle's house now, then let's renovate it before living in it.

Seeing that he was about to go out, Liu Dahua hurried out of the kitchen, "Third Brother, wait."

After finishing speaking, she hurried back to the room and took out two big red and moist oranges, "Here, third brother, these are sent by my natal family. This year's fruit is very good and very sweet. Third brother, try it." .”

Anxi raised her eyebrows. I didn't see this orange last night, but I ate it when I gave it. "Okay, thank you sister-in-law."

Not to mention, it is really sweet and full of water, much better than the previous sugar water eggs.

"No, no, if the third brother likes it, I still have it there." Liu Dahua smiled, and then pointed out, "The third brother's house is at the end of the village, not far from our house, but there are few people living in that area, and there is only one newly built house. The Educated Youth Court is clean, and scholars like the third brother will definitely like it, so the third brother can go and have a look."

"Okay, sister-in-law, I'll go and have a look first."

Anxi walked towards the end of the village along the road pointed out by Liu Dahua. Along the way, except for the children playing, he basically didn't see any adults, and they should all be at work.

Anxi put some candy in his pocket, and gave out one or two when he saw a child. Don't look at many, and along the way, half a catty was gone.

These children are also smart. When they saw Anxi handing out candy, they took it by themselves, and ran home decisively to call all their brothers and sisters.

Anxi was not annoyed either, seeing that they liked it, she was thinking of buying more when the banquet was held. Children of this age are bitter, and there is nothing sweet all year round.

The children took Anxi's candy and saw him smiling and friendly, so they followed him curiously to see what he wanted to do.

Knowing that he wanted to go to the newly built brick and tile house in the village, a seven or eight-year-old child came out first and led Anxi there.

The farther you go to the end of the village, the fewer houses there are. Unlike before, there is a large piece of flat land here.

But the area of ​​each block is not small. The land is hard and full of gravel, which cannot be used as farmland, but it is very good to build a house after repairing it.

Anxi's house is located on such a piece of land. The front and back areas are large. There is no wall at present, and there is only a single house standing in the middle of the flat land.

This is also the norm in the countryside. No yards will be built, but the front and back will be left flat. The front can be used to dry rice and clothes, while the back will build a pig pen, chicken pen or toilet according to demand.

Pushing open the half-covered door, there was nothing inside, but there were four or five rooms, as well as additional storage rooms, kitchens and toilets, which were considered excellent in this era.

After looking around, Anxi was very satisfied with this place. It was originally a single household, and the nearest one was the Educated Youth Court, and those educated youths were more talkative, which was very beneficial to Anxi who had many secrets.

However, some places still need to be changed, such as building a wall to enclose the yard.Renovate the toilet again, there is no flush toilet, at least if it is a squatting pit, the urinal needs to be dug bigger and deeper, and it will extend directly out.

In this way, there will be no peculiar smell in the toilet, and it is enough to clean it once a year.

In the end, Anxi planned to dig a well. The nearest well was five or six minutes away. It was not tiring, but extremely inconvenient.

Anxi needs to take a bath every day, so it is really troublesome to carry water over and over again.

The last thing is to find a way to get some cement and put a layer on the walls. The bricks now are not the same as the so-called industrial style of later generations. Not to mention rough, they are not beautiful. The key is that they are all a layer of dust when touched.

Anxi didn't want to live in a dusty place, so he planned to put a layer of cement on it, and then put a layer of newspaper on it, which would be used as wallpaper.

Thinking about this, it was noon before Anxi heard the village horn sounding, which should be the bell for getting off work.

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