As night falls, smoke gradually begins to burn in the village.
In this slow-paced old village, the middle-aged and elderly people who stayed behind are still familiar with the slow pace of the past. The younger ones still use gas stoves, and the older ones still use earth stoves.
Therefore, every time it’s mealtime, fireworks are going off in every house, and the dark orchid night makes the whole person feel peaceful from the inside out.
But... the quiet people obviously did not include Song Sancheng.
Today he took Qiao Qiao and plowed a long piece of land. He watched the child conscientiously plant all the corn and sorghum according to his own ideas, and then came back with the hoe.
During this period, I also made a special trip home to see my old house.
This house has been with him for 20 years, a full 20 years!
The white paint on the wall was repainted six years ago. Two pieces of the asbestos tiles overhead were blown off by strong winds three years ago and temporarily replaced. The dining room kitchen on the left was slowly repositioned and re-expanded.
His various tools and fishing rods were previously stacked in the utility shed.
And now...
He put the towel into the water in the yard, twisted it, and then wiped the sweat from his body:
“Building a house is a big deal now!”
There was surprise and expectation in the loud voice: "It took only half a day, but the house was dried to pieces. All the bricks, tiles and cement blocks were piled aside with the shovel of the forklift."
"The cement layer on the ground is also crumbled, and you can see the soil underneath."
"When I came back, they had not finished their work. They were spreading lime lines and said they would dig foundations and trenches according to this tomorrow - amazing, amazing! The foundation can be laid in one day tomorrow! It's so fast!"
Ulan is also full of expectations.
Everyone has seen the design drawings given by Zhao Fangyuan, as well as the 3D renderings. But rural people believe that seeing is believing. No matter how good your drawings are, no one can tell what it will look like when built.
But at this moment, seeing the current progress of the project, the couple sincerely looked forward to the presentation of the renderings.
"You said that if this is completed, wouldn't we be the first villa in the village? It will also be a big villa!
"What do you know?"
Song Sancheng spoke eloquently: "This is called a Chinese garden!"
"What kind of garden? There are small bridges and flowing water in the garden. It's better for you. At most, there is a big pond next to the yard. How about raising a few more fish and raising mosquitoes in the summer!"
Song Youde was not happy to see his son behave like this.
Wang Lifen, on the other hand, was a little embarrassed to say: "Shouldn't our yard be renovated by then? How about renovating it? Don't do anything fancy, I can't handle it."
Their house was probably older than Song Sancheng's. Song Tan had already asked Zhao Fangyuan to come up with a picture, and now he made a decision:
"Grandma, don't worry, I'll do it for you!"
But Wang Lifen laughed: "I want you to worry about me. Who can tell my granddaughter is capable? You can't just pay for it."
"It's your father and uncle's job to build a house for us. We, the old couple, also have some savings."
"I'm thinking that if we, the two of us, come out with 40,000 yuan, and the two brothers can chip in, we can just renovate the house."
"That's the truth."
Now, Song Youde, who loves to show off, also agreed.
It is a granddaughter's filial piety to buy her a small electric car. But she has to pay for building a house, so what's the use of raising these two good grown-ups?
What's more, they live as a couple, so what kind of garden do they need? They just need to build a bright main house, change the layout of the bedrooms, and install a toilet. As they get older, squatting down to go to the toilet is a bit difficult.
There is also a bathroom, which should be kept warm.
Reinstall the window glass - today's glass is still an old mahogany painted glass window with small grids. It is dim and dark. It has been patched again and again, and it is not bright.
The adobe house next to it needs to be demolished and rebuilt as a small warehouse.
Song Youde did the calculations several times at night, and even asked the engineering team about the price of the materials - the materials would not cost much.
Although the eldest son often complains about poverty, he has so much wealth in the urban area that Song Youde is not a fool.
Not to mention too much, tens of thousands of dollars will do the trick, right?
He didn't expect anything from his children for so many years. At the end of the day, he just wanted to live in a comfortable house.
The younger son has raised a good daughter, but he didn’t dare to say anything in the future. Now that he sees his child’s life getting better, he makes up his mind——
Speaking of which, he still took advantage of Tan Tan.
——The wages of this engineering team are quite high!
Song Youde has actually discussed with Wang Lifen that after a hundred years, the three children of Qiansha will be divided equally, and the old house will be given to Tantan and Qiaoqiao.
Give it to Tantan because they both know how good the child is.
They gave it to Qiao Qiao because they felt sorry for their children.
For Song Youde, who wanted to distribute all the family property to his eldest son and grandson according to the rules, this was the biggest breakthrough he had ever made.
As for the brothers... they should get their fair share of building a house for their parents!
The two of them don't work or contribute, and their family will get eight thousand yuan, and they won't need their filial piety money in the next few years.
The couple has land and hands and nothing to eat.
As for furniture and appliances - oh, Song Youde himself can do some simple carpentry skills. Among other things, he can do beds, tables, chairs and benches!
As for electrical appliances, install an air conditioner, and you can still watch the old TV, that's fine.
Song Tan didn't stop him either.
This is the rule in the village. When a son gets a share of the family property, he must be filial.
She thought about it and didn't say that she would arrange the furniture and electrical appliances herself - she would definitely not be approved if she did.
Anyway, let's do it first, and she will plan it in advance when the time comes.
We got together later and after discussing family matters, the seventh cousin began to pour oil into the pot, poured a large bowl of chopped green onion into it and stir-fried it. When it was browned and fragrant, add a bowl of flour!
The whole pan was filled with yellow and sticky green onions, and then it was served.
The chopped green onions are from the vegetable field. The overbearing and fragrant aroma came to the nostrils at this moment, and everyone subconsciously swallowed their saliva——
In other words, it smells so good, why isn’t it worth twenty?
Fortunately, the enticing smell didn't dissipate for long. Soon, the pot was washed once and oil was poured in again, then minced ginger and garlic cloves were added, and stir-fried again.
Grandma Qi poured in the blanched black and green sesame leaves. Cousin Qi quickly threw in a handful of bean sprouts.
After thinking about it, after all, they are all a group of people who work hard, and those who just eat vegetarian food will not be hungry.
So I added the diced pork belly that had been fried in a large bowl on the side and started to stir-fry.
When everyone was so fragrant that they could hardly sit still, he added a few ladles of water and threw in a lot of freshly rolled noodles.
Heat oil in another pot, crackle and fry the eggs, and then fry the peanuts in a bowl and pound them into half-broken particles.
Several pots were moving at the same time, but the seventh cousin's expression was still unhurried and his hands were busy but not chaotic. The style of a chef was really obvious.
Qiao Qiao was doing it next to her, already breaking out in a hot sweat.
When the noodles in the pot started to become sticky, the seventh cousin then mixed in the green onion paste that had been stir-fried with hot oil and flour.
A large bowl of sesame leaf noodles, sprinkle some chopped peanuts on top, add some fragrant chili oil, and add a brown and fragrant egg at the end...
Dinner is ready!
Sesame leaf noodles!!! I really want to eat them...
Now every household in our village squats (I like the rigid rule hahaha!), and running water has been available for a few years. Although the mountain village is poor, what should be developed is also developing.