[Waiting for the end of the world] Dongli chrysanthemum

At home, Ding Aili began to inquire about the prices of bricks, stones, sand, cement, and lime. She dragged Tao Yuanhang to work as a coolie to clean up the ruins. I can't do too much heavy work. I am mainly responsible for cooking and doing some errands every day.

A few days later, Tao Deming also came back. He quit his job in the factory and officially retired. The boss was generous and gave him an extra month's salary when he quit.As soon as Tao Deming came back, he concentrated on building the house. He still thought about laying the foundation and laying the walls by himself as he did when he was young, and that his relatives could also help out in their free time. He had no idea of ​​hiring a construction team at all.

Eleven went to the county alone, found a construction company, and brought them back. Tao Deming was not happy to hear the price they said. He wanted to let them go, but Ding Aili took him away. Eleven took Tao Yuanhang to talk to them. , and finally finalized the contract with one of them.

Tao Xiulei asked someone to design the house design and sent it back by car. It is a very modern design, not the backward and old-fashioned style in the countryside.The newly built two-and-a-half-story small building is located on the original homestead. The first and second floors are nearly 160 square meters, with four bedrooms, three living rooms and one bathroom. Cement was poured, and a sun protection layer was built, and cement was also poured on the sun protection layer. If the land is still cultivated, it can be used to dry grain.The kitchen is built separately, next to the southeast wall of the small building.

The weather is beautiful. Since Tao Deming came back, it has cleared up the day after he came back. The autumn has always been crisp and clear. People in the nearby area like to use green bricks to build houses. The thickness of the walls is usually as wide as a brick. Tao Deming has a son to support him. Half thick, the foundation and the first floor are about half a meter high. They are built with strips of stone developed in the quarry, and the steel bars are more than 20. The foundation is two meters deep, and then the ground is 40 cm. Cement, and white tiles were pasted on the first floor. I don’t want to provoke too much discussion. The walls and ceilings in the house have been roughly decorated like ordinary people in the village. From the start of construction to the completion of the decoration, it took only more than two months, and it was placed for a month. Then you can check in.

The wide yard was poured with cement. Because it is a rural area, the soles of the shoes are always covered with mud, so there is no floor tiles. The courtyard wall is also high, nearly three meters, with broken glass and barbed wire inserted on the top of the wall. There are too many thieves in the area of ​​my hometown. , You have to be careful, this kind of courtyard wall can be seen everywhere.

No matter where it is, building a house in the countryside is a big event. Every day, idlers come to watch and discuss, and some people start to propose marriage to them on Eleventh. The main target is Tao Yuanhang. Tao Yuanhang is fine, so he watched a few and came back. They all shook their heads, and he didn't pay attention to any of them.

There are also old peers who came to see Eleven and talked about their childhood. Most of the peers are married, and those who don’t go out to work at home basically have children. Ding Aili prepared a lot of melon seeds and candies, and gave them to children.There are also children from various relatives, which is overwhelming. I basically don’t know each other on the eleventh day. After the introduction, I forget it in a blink of an eye.

When the ground was broken and the completion was completed, the brother-in-law drove the elder sister and the children over, and gave gifts as usual. Because there was no place to live, they went back after eating a meal. Tao Xiulei and Tao Xiaomei also came back by car when they were completed.

After finishing the renovation, he began to buy furniture. Tao Deming didn’t trust the products in the furniture city, so he went to the furniture factory to order and buy solid wood sofas and cabinets. The furniture factory in the town has a long history. In recent years, because the furniture design is relatively old-fashioned, it is not very popular among young people. Welcome, but it still has a lot of charm for practical people like Tao Deming. Because of the disagreement, they finally decided to choose the furniture and appliances for the bedroom, and Tao Deming and Ding Xiuli decided for the living room and kitchen.

Two years earlier, the village had connected the telephone line, and some people had connected the network cable. On November [-], they went to the county to buy a desktop computer. Big brother behind.

Tao Yuanhang is used to being wild. The monotonous rural life is boring. When he gets tired of playing games, he rides around on a motorcycle. After running around for a few days, he finds it boring. He wants to go back to City H. Tao Deming asks him to find a job. Answered, I don't know if I heard it or not.

As soon as they were all together, the four Tao brothers gathered at the second child's house to hold a family meeting to discuss their pension issues. The sixth child often went out to do part-time jobs. Grandpa lived with the elderly family for most of the year, and the sixth child paid the eldest child every month. 80 yuan, and Tao Deming gave the second child 100 yuan a month, which is not too little in Yunyin Village.

The second child said that the price of goods has risen this year, the elderly are getting older, and it is more difficult to take care of them on weekdays, and they ask for more money... Mainly the second child is speaking, and the boss occasionally says a few words, but the meaning is similar to the second child.

Eleven and grandma were sitting on the bamboo chairs under the tree outside the courtyard gate. The voices inside the house could not be heard clearly. Later, the second uncle raised his voice: "Excessive? Why did I go too far! You are so carefree outside, we have to Is it fair to guard the old man at home, if you don't let the old man live in your house, I'll give you money, okay!..."

Eleven took grandma's hand, a little sad.The old man has worked hard all his life, brought up his children, and brought up his grandchildren. When they get old and can’t work anymore, their children start to dislike them and feel that they are a burden, pushing and shoving them.

Tao Deming was so angry that he couldn't speak. He was an upright and honest person, how could he speak better than his eloquent second brother?Holding back his breath, he said, "My parents took great pains to raise us, is this how you treat them?"

"What's wrong with me? You're smart, and you've been through high school. We haven't even finished elementary school. All the money the family earns is for you. Why don't you tell me? Parents treat you well, of course you should give more!"

"Yes, yes, I'll give more! I'll take my mom there, don't worry about it, I'm disappointed!" Tao Deming came out angrily, and when he saw the grandparent and grandson under the tree, his eyes were red.

Tao Deming stood still in front of grandma, and said timidly, "Mom, mom... I'm sorry."

Eleven took grandma away, and Tao Deming followed behind with a sigh.

They stopped living at the second uncle's house a few days ago. The reason was that one day the second aunt mumbled that the money was gone, and she didn't say who would take it, but the people present didn't like it, so the second aunt That miser looks like he has to lock up even a nail, can he put the money outside?Lock the drawer and go!This is obviously unwarranted. As for the purpose and reason, it is self-evident. I am jealous!

Within two days, on November [-], their family lived in the simple shed built by the construction team. The second uncle and the second aunt pretended to stay a few words, and Tao Deming and Ding Aili didn't tear up their faces with anyone. They talked a lot and were afraid of watching it alone at night. Can't help it, the whole family has to watch, so they moved over like this.After the construction team left, they built simple beds in the yard after the cement had solidified in the yard. Some of the leftovers from building the house were put in the house, and some were piled in the corner of the yard. They closed the yard door at night and slept peacefully.

Among the grandma's daughters-in-law, Ding Aili is the most virtuous. If the sixth uncle's wife is still there, she is also a woman who knows how to hot and cold. It's a pity that good people don't live long.Ding Aili learned the whole story from her husband, but she didn't say anything. She took out some of her clothes and new towels, waited for the old man to take a bath and changed clothes, and sat down for dinner.

Ding Aili stayed at home with her grandma to sleep that night. Grandma is very old, and she still lives at Erbo's house these days. She is going to wait for Tao Deming's house to move in, so she will follow the past. I didn't expect this to happen. Sometimes the weather is too hot, and some people I would sleep on the roof or in the yard, and grandma would sleep on a bed in the yard, with the mosquito net pulled up, it was fine.

Grandma didn't say anything all the time, everyone knew that she was feeling bad, and this couldn't be explained away in just a few words, so she just talked about other things.The next day, Ding Aili accompanied her grandmother to the second uncle's house to bring her belongings. In fact, there were not many things, a quilt, a few sheets, a mosquito net, some clothes, and the sheets and clothes were basically bought by the grandchildren. Yes, the two sets of clothes that Ding Aili bought for her were worn by grandma only once, and she was reluctant to wear them, and they were buried at the bottom of her dowry box.

My second aunt didn't go to the field when I was packing up, and stared at the two of them as if guarding against thieves. Last night, my second aunt and my second uncle had a quarrel, and my second aunt said that my second uncle couldn't speak, so I forced grandma away. It's not that she changed her mind and found out, but it's just a pity that she not only loses a sum of income every year, but also has to pay out. According to her temperament, her grandmother's living expenses will definitely not be paid happily every year in the future, and maybe some troubles will happen again.

The second aunt tried to persuade grandma to stay, but grandma didn't speak, and Ding Aili said some polite words.

Tao Deming had already asked someone to calculate the auspicious days of the zodiac, and he could move in when he burned incense and firecrackers and worshiped the gods.

Tao Xiulei, Tao Yuanhang and Tao Xiaomei all came back the day they officially settled in their new home, and there was another unexpected guest, Yan Changnian.Because Tao Xiulei called and said he would drive back, but he didn’t pick up on the [-]th. He and Ding Aili cleaned the inside and outside of the house a few days ago, and checked some corners today to see if everything needed to move into the occupancy is ready. Yes, are there any omissions, have all the guests been informed, most of this is done by Tao Deming and Ding Aili, Eleven doesn't understand these etiquettes.

Every lintel and window lintel is hung with cypress and osmanthus branches and a red envelope, red couplets are pasted, and the front door is pasted with the words "Auspicious entry into the house" written on red paper, which is very festive.

As the eldest son, Eleven, Tao Deming asked him to serve tea and water to the elders in the house.The village's lion dance team had already arrived, and it was very lively with beating and beating, which attracted many children to jump up and down.

Some guests came early and said as soon as they entered the courtyard: "Congratulations, congratulations! Good luck entering the fire!"

The big fat pig I bought a few days ago was disembowelled yesterday, and the chef I invited was in full swing preparing various dishes. In the main hall, grandparents and grandma were dressed up and sitting with a group of old people with an average age of about 70. Tooth, Grandma is wearing the pair of gold bracelets that Yan Bawang gave Ding Aili on both wrists, and there is another light-colored jade bracelet on her right wrist, which is one of the dowry when grandma got married, and the other one was earlier. The broken jade was broken in the year, and the broken jade was wrapped in a handkerchief by grandma and kept away. The remaining one has been worn all the time and has never been taken off.

An old lady smiled with her mouth missing her front teeth: "Tao Guoqiang, your son gave your wife such a good bracelet, why don't you have one?"

Grandpa Tao Guoqiang had lost his teeth a long time ago and his waist was bent, but he was open-minded by nature and always smiled at everyone. After hearing this, he groped under his collar for a while and pulled out a Guanyin pendant: "Here, look."

A group of old grandparents gasped in amazement.