Wang Zemin opened the courtyard door and was stunned for a moment when he saw her: "Lirong, what happened so early?"
Yang Lirong laughed dryly: "Brother-in-law, I'm here to take a look at the bean curd in my eldest sister's shop. I even forgot how to mix the gypsum water."
"Oh! Come in quickly, your sister is just about to order some bean curds." Wang Zemin smiled, let her into the courtyard, and closed the door.
Wang Zhilin, who was pushing mills at the corner on the eaves, curled his lips at Wang Zhixue: "Brother, look at Auntie, she thinks that people in our family are like those in his family, who don't mean what they say."
Wang Zhixue didn't say anything. He didn't like the people in his aunt's family either. Their family background was better than theirs. When his two cousins saw them, they never said hello or even said anything to them, and even made fun of them together with outsiders.
Yang Lirong helped order the beancurd and press the tofu at Yang Liqun's house. Seeing that she had made eight versions of tofu and two large buckets of tofu, she felt that she was earning more than five yuan a day, and she became more and more excited thinking that this business was hers.
After the tofu and tofu were cooked, everyone had breakfast together, and the two brothers Wang Zhixue left in a hurry.
Yang Lirong thought that now three people in her eldest sister's family were making money, and she felt a little jealous and regretful. She shouldn't have offended Lin Lan, otherwise her family would have made money long ago.
Wang Zemin sent Yang Liqun to the entrance of Dongzi and went home to work.
The sisters sold out the tofu and bean curd, and Yang Liqun took her to the mason's house to customize a stone mill. The mason asked her to pick it up three days later.
Xu Dong said to Yao Xiuyun: "I have discussed with Xiang Yang, and the house will keep its original layout. We will only renovate the attic and repaint the floor with two coats of tung oil."
When Li Xiangyang saw her guilty look, he knew she was escaping again.
After the attic was cleaned up, the original wooden floor was exposed, which was polished shiny by several masters who worked on it.
Yang Liqun told her again: "Today is Saturday, business is better than usual. As long as you do a good job, make the tofu bigger, and those who come to buy tofu will scoop out more for others, everyone will be willing to buy from you."
Yao Xiuyun clapped her hands and agreed: "Okay! Let's find some pears, cherries, oranges and peaches to plant."
Li Xiangyang rode next to Lin Lan, coughed slightly, cleared his throat and said, "Lin Lan, have you thought about it?"
She thought of the house on Limin Street and planned to ask them to renovate the house on that side after they finished this side.
Yang Lirong agreed repeatedly and went home happily to let Yuhui collect the soybeans.
Lin Lan nodded: "I think the attic is well decorated like this, and the original layout of the house is also very good, so I will decorate it according to the original layout. As for the yard, plant vegetables in the backyard, and keep the roses under the fence in the front and backyard, and then plant them again
Some flowers and fruit trees.”
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Lin Lan had finished delivering the goods for the morning market and had just finished writing the letter to Lao Chen when Yao Xiuyun came and asked her to go to the street of No. 1 Middle School to see the master renovating the house.
After some discussion, Xu Dong and Li Xiangyang went to tell the master working in the building over there their requirements.
Lin Lan glanced at him guiltily and said hesitantly for a long time: "I, I haven't thought about it yet!"
The master agreed wholeheartedly and said that some of the wood removed from the house and yard was very good and could be used to replace the fence on the roof. The remaining wooden boards could be used to build a chicken shed in the backyard and raise a few chickens.
Yao Xiuyun nodded with satisfaction: "They work very quickly. Look, everything is tidied up. You can move in after the decoration is completed."
Lin Lan nodded: "Okay, let's take the first step."
"Yes! Many of my mother's relatives in the countryside are having a very difficult time. This time it is my cousin who takes the lead in the work. He is good at carpentry and is also practical." Yao Xiuyun said and turned Lin Lan. "
Look at Xiangyang, and when he sees you coming, he smiles so hard that the corners of his mouth turn up."
After making arrangements, several people rode back together.
Li Xiangyang looked at her guilty look, a vague sweetness overflowed from his heart, and said warmly: "It's okay, just think about it slowly!"
Lin Lan nodded: "Yeah! It's hard to find work now. The production team only pays one or two cents for a day's hard work. Working outside pays high wages and requires the same amount of effort. Everyone likes to come out and do it."
After hearing this, Yang Lirong thought of the past and felt a little ashamed: "I know, I will never be the same again."
Lin Lan turned around and saw Li Xiangyang and Xu Dong coming over there. When she saw his smiling face, she felt a little guilty. She had been hiding her head in her shell for several days, trying to escape.
Yao Xiuyun looked at the time and said to Lin Lan: "You and Xiangyang go back first, and we will go to school to pick up the children."
Lin Lan added with a smile: "There are also persimmon trees, and there are fruits to eat in winter. Next time my brother comes, I will ask him to help us find them in the mountains."
Yang Liqun smiled: "We don't have many sisters. When Mom and Old Man were here, they always taught us to be kind, so outsiders wouldn't dare to bully us."
Lin Lan sent the letter by the way, and the two went to Yucai Road together.
The living room divided into small squares became spacious and bright, with a separate kitchen and bathroom. After the partitions upstairs were removed, the room also became spacious and bright.
"Okay!" Yao Xiuyun agreed with a smile, looked at Lin Land and said: "Sister Lin, how do you plan to dress up your house?"
Li Xiangyang nodded without hesitation: "I have thought it through a long time ago. My dad has not fully agreed yet. Don't worry, I am confident that I can convince him."
Xu Dong hired more than a dozen craftsmen to dismantle all the small kitchens built in the yard, as well as all the messy walls that separated the house. The removed bricks also repaired and strengthened the front and rear yard walls.
There are no weekends these days, and we still have half-day classes on Saturdays.
Li Xiangyang and Xu Dong also agreed to plant flowers and fruit trees in the front yard, and said that if each family planted two different trees, they would be able to eat them with different tastes.
"We want to transform the attic on the roof into a study room, where the children can read, write and enjoy the distant scenery. If we change the fence on the small platform outside the attic, we can also build a flower garden on it, plant grapes and flowers.
, you can enjoy the coolness on it in summer.”
"Yeah!" Lin Lan nodded in agreement, then raised her head and glanced at him, "Xiang Yang, have you really thought about it carefully? Uncle Li also agrees to marry me?"
After coming out of the mason's house, Yang Lirong said gratefully: "Thank you, sister."
Lin Lan didn't say a word after hearing this and just kept his head down while riding his bike.
When the two of them arrived at the entrance of the vehicle factory lane, Li Xiangyang looked at her: "You go back first, I have to go to the pig farm and send the fat pigs to the slaughterhouse and hand them over to the supply and marketing cooperative in the afternoon."
Lin Lan nodded: "Okay, be careful on the road."
Li Xiangyang nodded and watched her ride away before riding back.
As soon as Lin Lan got home and put away the car, the old lady came, looked at her with a smile and said, "I heard from Dingbang that you two bought a house together and said that the yard is quite big."