Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Cai Chu and Lao Zhangtou were in charge of building the house, and Xie Yan didn't need to intervene to follow her younger brother and mother to the small grass shed at home.

Listening to the conversation between Cai Chu and Lao Zhangtou just now, the building of the house will start tomorrow. At that time, there will be people on the homestead every day, and Cai Chu will work with him. Even if he goes up the mountain to pick up wild goods, he is not afraid that someone will take the opportunity to find For the troubles of mother and younger brother, Xie Yan no longer felt any great pressure in her heart.

And after this time, I believe that the Cao family will not dare to openly bully others no matter what. After the house is built and the gate is closed, there is no way to enter the house.

However, before she could go far, a panting person came up from behind, Xie Yan looked back, and saw a young man about eighteen or nineteen years old standing in front of her with open arms.

This person is He Youliang, the son of He Laosan in the village. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes but twinkling eyes, his clothes are patched, and his family situation is relatively average.

He Youliang stopped Xie Yan and said, "Jinniang, isn't your family building a house, so count me in it."

Xie Yan felt a little uncomfortable when he stopped her with such a gesture, but she just had a fight with the Cao family at this time, and she didn't want to offend others, so she was about to deal with it out loud when she heard someone calling her name behind her .

She turned her head and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Zhuang Wan standing by the side of the road, looking over with displeasure on her face, her heart skipped a beat, this person was just fine, and he stood up to speak for her several times, short Is there anything I did wrong in just a few minutes?

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of anything, and He Youliang, who was on the side, saw that she didn't answer what he had just said, and wanted to reach out to pull her anxiously.

Before he could react, Xie Yan felt a burst of cold fragrance rushing towards her face, and then her whole body was pulled to the other side by another strong force.

"He Youliang, men and women can't kiss each other, what are you trying to do?"

Zhuang Wan is tall, Xie Yan is only 15 years old now, and she has been suffering from malnutrition all along, making her a little thin. Now that she pulls her like this, she almost wraps her whole body in her arms, looking like a little bird clinging to others.

He Youliang didn't expect a scholar to come out halfway, he was a little at a loss and said: "Uh...Zhuang Xiucai, I didn't mean it, I was just in a hurry—"

"Can you do whatever you want when you're in a hurry!" Zhuang Wan was rarely aggressive.

The other villagers also looked over when they saw the movement here. He Youliang blushed and wriggled his lips and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be too eager."

Seeing him like this, Xie Yan couldn't bear to argue with him anymore, so she lightly pulled Zhuang Wan's sleeve and said: "Forget it, he didn't touch me either."

But Zhuang Wan still looked unwilling to let things go. Xie Yan was a little surprised at her persistence, but she didn't want to start a conflict with others, so she pulled her back and said to He Youliang, "I've already done the building of the house." Uncle Cai is entrusted with carte blanche to help me deal with it, and it is up to him to find someone, I will not interfere in this matter, if you want to build a house, go find him."

After He Youliang heard her words, he dropped his shoulders and walked away dejectedly.

Xie Yan then turned around and asked, "You don't like him?"

Zhuang Wan shook her head.

"why?"

"No why."

Xie Yan smiled lightly: "You don't like him, and you also want me to dislike him, how can you be so overbearing."

Zhuang Wan seemed to hear a trace of lightness in her words, and her expression softened a little.

After separating from Zhuang Wan and returning to the thatched shed, Xie Yan comforted her mother and younger brother again, and seeing that the two gradually returned to normal, she took out the remaining money and counted it.

I sold Ganoderma lucidum and those medicinal materials for five taels and a hundred cash, and later I gave Cai Chu a hundred cash. After leaving Cai Chu’s house, I went to Zhang Carpenter’s house and sold two buckets, a pot and a cutting board for thirty cash. Before going to bed yesterday, there was still close to five taels of silver.

Today, I got [-] Wen in the account, and spent [-] Wen to buy a clay pot and a catty of pork belly. When I came back, I gave Zhuang Wan and Master Thirteen [-] Wen each, and later took out [-] taels to build a house, so that Cai Chu took care of it on his behalf, and returned the remaining one or two to the Cao family. Now the last one left in his hand is a total of three hundred and five copper coins.

After doing the math, I counted the money again, and the number was just right.

Originally, the three hundred wen added up was just enough money to build a house, but if the white cloth was robbed today, if you come back, you have to buy another one when you go to the town tomorrow, otherwise the family’s underwear and obscene clothes There is no need to change the obscene trousers, and there will be no more one hundred coins by then, but there are still two hundred coins left, and I will go to pick mushrooms and herbs tomorrow morning.

Now there is only Zhuang Wan's one or two lands of money left in the family, so there is no other big expenses, Xie Yan thought about it, and told her mother about the situation.

Seeing that all the money to build the house has been collected, Cao E felt relieved.

Living and clothing are all guaranteed. Even if there are no fungus and herbs to pick on the mountain, I will rent two or three acres of land from a family in the village, which will be enough for the three of them to chew for a year. When I was in the Cao family, I worked like a cow and a horse, worrying about the next meal, and had to work day and night.

When the land is really rented, two or three acres is not enough for her to do it alone, and the children don't have to suffer with her.

This comparison is really a gap between the sky and the earth. Cao E remembered when her daughter persuaded her to separate from the Cao family. At that time, her first reaction was to refuse. Even afterward, she hesitated for a long time. Fortunately, It was a gamble at that time, otherwise the family would not know where to cry now.

Now that the oil pan was brought back, Cao E lit a fire to melt the solidified lard and put it into clay pots, and then began to prepare lunch.

In the morning, the three of them ate the steamed buns that Zhuang Wan sent over last night. The old lady Cao made such a fuss, and the meal was already over. She washed the rice and put it on the stove for Xie Yan to watch, and went to find some around by herself. wild vegetables.

Nowadays, every household has a vegetable garden, and there is no shortage of green vegetables in every household. There are a lot of wild vegetables on the roadside mountains. Although the taste is not as fresh as the green vegetables in my home, but now there is enough oil and salt, and it is delicious. Cao E has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

With quick hands and feet, she quickly came back with a handful of wild vegetables. While washing, she said to her daughter, "Jin'er, has the location of the house been fixed? Our land has an acre, and the house doesn't take up much space. Mother thought about it." When I turned around, I opened a vegetable field next to the house and planted vegetables."

Xie Yanyao pointed to a higher place on the upper right and said, "It's probably built there, so you don't have to worry about stagnant water when it rains. Mother, you can grow vegetables at the other end. I'll bring you a few bags when I come back from town tomorrow." Seeds, what kind of vegetables do you want to grow?"

"Bring a little radish, winter melon, cabbage and peas, and you can figure out the rest."

"to make."

After the three of them had eaten, Cao E went to the designated place with a hoe to loosen the soil, Xie Yan also squatted aside to help pull weeds, and Xie Yuangu picked wild flowers on the edge of the field to play.

At this moment, Cai Chu and Lao Zhangtou appeared on the other side of the road with five or six men from the village. Xie Yan reckoned that they had already discussed the matter of building a house.

Sure enough, Cai Chu strode towards their mother and daughter, and said in his mouth: "Jin Niang, everyone has settled down, and there are two other families who have gone back beforehand. Come over early tomorrow morning to start work."

Xie Yan stood up, patted the grass clippings on her body, and said, "I'll trouble all uncles to pay more attention to the house. Uncle Cai must have told everyone that thirty yuan a day does not include meals, and my family is I don’t have any tools, so please bring your own handy tools.”

Seeing her willingness to pay, the men looked at the crumbling thatched shed next to them, and felt that the mother and daughter were really intolerable, so they slapped their chests and said, "Don't worry, little Jin'er, it won't take a few days for a few uncles to be fine." Help you build a house, and you won't be allowed to sleep outside for a long time."

Xie Yan was very grateful and thanked repeatedly. Seeing that they had nothing to do, the men went home after Lao Zhangtou explained the start time and the tools to bring tomorrow.

After Xie Yan took Cai Chu and Lao Zhangtou to confirm the location and general layout of the foundation, the two said goodbye and left.

"Mother, we will start building a house tomorrow, that is, a thatched house with earth walls. In a few days, they are quick at work. The foundation doesn't need to be dug deep, it can be completed in one day, and the wall can be built in six or seven days. It takes a day or two, not counting the few days of waiting for the wall to dry, and it will take about ten days if it is fully loaded. These days, I will go up the mountain to find mushrooms and herbs as usual, and someone at home will always be watching. You take advantage of this time to make the clothes at home, and when the house is built, the house will have to be sorted out, and I am afraid that there will be no time to cut cloth and clothes."

"Well, don't worry, they will do their work when they come to work. I sew my clothes. In the past, Granny Yu often came to chat with me when she had nothing to do in the afternoon. It's not boring."

After arranging these things, Xie Yan has time to plan for the future. After the house is built, the mountains around Shangyan Village must have been run away by her, and the herbs and fungi that should be found should have been tossed. No more, according to the income of one hundred to two hundred cash a day, there will be one or two taels in the account in ten days, and when the time comes, I will pay back the one or two taels of money for the house site of Granny Yu, and I will be debt-free from now on.

However, after the house is built, some furniture needs to be added, including beds, cabinets, tables and chairs. It still costs one or two taels of silver. It's not a big problem to add a bed and buy a bedding for the winter, and the rest can be put away first.

Early the next morning, Cai Chu and Lao Zhangtou came early, and invited a Taoist priest from the neighboring village to jingle for a while. To excavate the foundation, the foundation only needs to be excavated under the wall to be built. According to the trend of the wall, dig according to the number of four walls in each room, and the height is about waist.

The outer wall is wider than the inner wall, but the rural earthen house is only built on one floor, with beams and thatched roofs on the top, which needs to bear weight and is not heavy, so the width of the wall is [-] to [-] centimeters. The interior walls between them are about ten or twenty centimeters apart.

According to the custom of Shangyan Village, Cao E put a few copper coins in each of the four directions after digging the foundation for foundation laying.

Six people dug the foundation, and four people started to transport soil to the village where there was clay. It's much easier than going to the pier to carry wood in the mountains. The big guys are working very hard.

Xie Yan saw that they were already working, and after a delay of an hour or two, they walked up the mountain again with a basket on their backs.

The place to go today has to be close to the top of the mountain. After all, yesterday he had already walked the foot of the mountain and the halfway up the mountain. Xie Yan didn’t pant much when he walked up the mountainside. Despite not having enough food and clothing for many years, he still looks so good. Of course, the buns on his chest are too small, but when he thinks about his 15-year-old body, he is not in a hurry.

While thinking wildly, he was suddenly taken aback by the shadow passing by in front of him. He took a closer look and saw that it was a little gray rabbit that was quickly going into a certain hole, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xie Yan smacked her mouth, rabbit, where is the spicy rabbit head...

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed in my heart.

Rabbits are easy to live and reproduce quickly. They can give birth to more than a dozen in one litter. They eat green grass and leaves. They are easy to survive. Raising chickens and ducks costs food and rice, but this rabbit can also eat tender grass on the mountain , When the time comes to plant vegetables, my family will not be able to eat them all, and the vegetable leaves can also be used to feed rabbits.

Even if you don’t raise much, you can eat better food yourself. With my current body, my mother and younger brother have been malnourished for a long time. Everyone is skinny and skinny. Taking care of my body is the most important thing at present.

Thinking of this, the plan to raise rabbits settled down in my heart.

Xie Yan knows that it is difficult to catch rabbits with her own skills, so she is not attached to the one that ran away just now. After the house is built, she will build a nest near the house and then plan to raise rabbits. There is no place to raise them if I catch them and take them back. I'd better clean up all the hills in the village first.

The author has something to say: Hey, I'm going to build a house.

感谢在2022-01-1719:47:41~2022-01-1820:15:29期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: Tired of listening to the wind and rain 2;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 5 for littlekate; 1 for more or less, cat, and cute;

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Xiaozhu, Xiaochengzi, Xiaoxiankong, Xiaoyi, today's Saturday, 1.5 meters of sledgehammer;

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!