Luo Bingyuan drove away the next morning. Chen Miao didn't ask anything.
She is at home with her children today, and the courtyard wall of the new house will be built today.
She wanted it to be strong, so she bought two more carts of blue bricks.
But the speed of erecting the wall is of course faster. Chen Dongsheng has already told the size of the gate, and since the gate has already been made, he just builds the door directly inside when erecting the wall. This will make it stronger.
The foundation is built below. The stone base is more than half a meter high. The top is made of blue bricks, which is strong enough.
Because the yard is so big, we didn’t finish it in one day, and we’ll have to do it in another day tomorrow.
Luo Bingyuan didn't come back until midnight. A truck followed him back.
The person who followed Chen Miao knew that he was the team that gave weapons last time.
"Comrade Chen, this is the merit report given to you by the commander, and these three are also yours. In the past, Comrade Li and Comrade Song left in a hurry and had no chance to deliver them to you."
Chen Miao was a little excited when she saw the four merit reports and military medals. This was an affirmation of what she had done.
"Comrade Chen, our commander asked me to inform you that you went to the south twice and contacted Penicillin. With such a large donation, the senior leader will easily give you a merit report and a military medal. They should be sent to you in the near future."
Chen Miao smiled and said, "Thank you."
"Our commander said it should be all of us thanking you."
Chen Miao didn't know what to say, but her heart was beating very fast anyway.
Luo Bingyuan took them to load the car. There were more than 400 pairs of cotton-padded clothes. There were more than 20 pairs of cotton-padded shoes. They just started making them today, and they were made from the finished shoe soles he bought.
Chen Miao made pancakes for them, which means this rice is quick to prepare.
Luo Bingyuan thought she would ask about her man, but unexpectedly she didn't mention it at all.
The five soldiers who came over ate the dried wolf meat and all of them said good things about it.
Chen Miao directly loaded it up for them and asked them to take it away.
"Comrade Chen, how is dried meat made? We will also encounter wild animals."
"Actually, it's quite simple. Soak the wolf meat for an extra day, then apply seasonings on it while it's raw. That's salt, chili powder and Sichuan peppercorns. Apply more, preferably three or four times, and then steam it in a pot, also for a longer period of time. Let it sit for a while.
When it's cool, just tear it open and dry it.
Because it is salty and dried, it can be stored for a long time.”
"I understand, thank you Comrade Chen."
"I have a lot of dried chili here for you to bring."
Finally, not only chili peppers, but also a lot of Sichuan peppercorns were brought, and Chen Miao also brought dried pickles.
After seeing them off, Chen Miao lay on the kang and couldn't sleep. She was so excited. Military medals, that's something I've only seen on TV.
Now I have one too, and it was given by the commander-in-chief. In the future, there will also be merit reports and military medals given by the commander-in-chief. What an honor is this?
I didn't get up until dawn. I didn't sleep at all.
Today she drove to the county town, and there wasn't much cloth left. She had to go to the cloth shop, and she had to bring back curtains and door curtains. This time she also brought back a lot of plates, bowls, and basins. Anyway, she bought whatever she could think of.
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When she returned home, the courtyard wall had been built. The ground in the courtyard was being cleaned up, and she asked to turn it over and plaster it with cement so that it could be used as a drying platform.
It sounded like there wasn't much work to do, and it wasn't until November that everything was finally completed. Moreover, all the doors and windows were fixed and the house was covered.
When paying the bill to the construction team, "Uncle Liu, do you want silver dollars or banknotes?"
"Eldest niece, if you have silver dollars, why don't you give me silver dollars? I really don't know how to use banknotes."
"Okay, do you want copper coins?"
"Give me ten silver dollars. Give me the rest in copper coins."
After the wages are settled, I send them away.
"Dad, where's the carpenter's wages?" But there were four carpenters working with him.
"We pay two yuan per person, and they will help dig out all the furniture."
Chen Miao also took out ten yuan, but Chen Dongsheng only took eight yuan.
Chen Miao twitched her lips and said that it would be better if she didn't know what to do.
This is my biological father. But it’s his body, not hers, but we get along pretty well with him. I think we’ll talk about it later. It would be bad to force him to give him now.
When the couple talked in the evening, Chen Dongsheng sighed, "That girl gave me money."
Liang Caixia didn't say anything. In fact, she regretted asking her uncle for an extra two yuan that time.
I don’t want to count on it. The main thing is that I’m afraid that my uncle will have a problem outside. If I ask for more money and something happens in the future, can I really not help my daughter?
In the next two days, Chen Miao cleaned up the new house and lit a fire here. All the surfaces of the kang looked dry, but it was still damp, so it was better to light the fire.
All the glass has been wiped clean. It feels really bright when standing in the room.
Zhao Xiaoyun came over today and exclaimed, "It's so bright. I have never seen a house like this."
"It's good to have glass." She also followed the work and wiped the kang and window sill clean.
"Didn't the Xiaofeng family win? When will Xiaofeng come back?"
Chen Miao was stunned for a moment, "I don't know if this is a secret, right?"
"Ahem, my parents-in-law talk about my brother-in-law all day long. I feel embarrassed to ask Comrade Luo about it."
"He shouldn't know either, right? He's been away from the army for so long."
"Ahem, that's right. By the way, when will the furniture be ready?"
"They are all done at my parents' house. My father said that they will be ready in the twelfth lunar month, and some of them should be sent over in a few days."
"Haha, my father-in-law also made ten small benches for you, and he did this very well." Zhao Xiaoyun laughed after finishing speaking.
"The feeling is good, the small bench is the most useful."
"I also got you a vegetable stand, a dough board, and a rolling pin."
"Then I don't lack anything."
"When are you moving here? Do you want to find someone to check on your life? I tell you from Xiaofeng's family that I would rather believe it."
"Okay. There's no rush now. I'm thinking of waiting for the twelfth lunar month to move here. Now I have time to clean up."
"I'm telling you, I know a gentleman in Huangtuling who can tell the date very accurately by touching his bones."
"Okay, let's go there in a few days. Pick a good day for me."
The two of them wiped everything inside and out. They decided to go to the market tomorrow and buy all the kang mats.
"Does Comrade Luo live in a new house or an old house?"
"I haven't asked yet. But I will prepare a room for him."
"Yes, after all, he is also Yun Shan Yun Xin's master."
Chen Miao asked Luo Bingyuan this question during dinner in the evening.
"I live in the old courtyard." I don't want to cause trouble to Chen Miao.
Chen Miao didn't force it. In fact, it was the best, and people's words were scary.
The next day she went to the market, and Yunshan and Yunxin also wanted to follow, so she waited until they finished their classes.
Chen Miao thought that she would have to catch the bus anyway, so she went to ask her mother and little sister.
