Li Huan went to find two brothers, Wang Xiangyang and Wang Xiangdang, and asked them to help move the newly built cabinets and other furniture to the new house, and also moved the things from Li's mother's room there.
It took a whole afternoon to get it done. Cheng Qiao took out the hard-boiled eggs and large white steamed buns from the space, and put them in the window to let in the cold air for a while.
After a while, the soft steamed buns began to become a little hard, and the eggs turned cold. At this time, Cheng Qiao handed the steamed buns and eggs to the two Wang Xiangyang brothers.
Wang Xiangdang was a little embarrassed, didn't he put in a lot of effort, why did he still need to put things in, but Wang Xiangyang quickly took them, if they didn't take these things back, their mother would nag them endlessly.
Sure enough, Aunt Wang had been sitting in the yard chopping firewood, looking at the door from time to time, until two familiar shadows approached, dropped the hatchet and ran out.
Wang Xiangyang took out the big white steamed buns and cooked eggs without waiting for his mother to speak. Aunt Wang saw that there were four big white steamed buns and four eggs, and she even narrowed her eyes with laughter.
"I know that Cheng Qiao is a loose kid. If the second-rate guy asks you to help him in the future, just go and find out. It would be best if you can give him money."
Wang Xiangyang somewhat disliked his mother's greed. He and Li Huan were good brothers who grew up together. How could they be so materialistic?
Wang Xiangdang frowned and retorted loudly to Aunt Wang:
"Mom, you don't want a second-rate son to be longer than a second-rate son, or a second-rate son is shorter. Brother Huan doesn't like it."
Aunt Wang's eyes widened. The bastard's wings were stiff. Why don't you just bring back some white flour steamed buns and eggs? His tail was almost raised to the sky. He opened his mouth and wanted to curse. Wang Xiangyang quickly said:
"Mom, Brother Huan said that we should go to his house to build a wall starting from tomorrow. We will be given fifty cents a day and two meals will be included to keep us satisfied."
"Really, then I'll call him Huanzai from now on, but I'd better use the second-rate word more smoothly. Okay, okay, let your dad go tomorrow too, and let Xiaojun and Xiaohua go tomorrow too."
"Ah, mother, let's forget about dad and forget about Xiaojun and Xiaohua. It's too ugly to eat."
"That's true, then let me go. I'll help the second-rate guy, no, Huan Zai's mother cook together."
"this……"
"That's it, it's settled. I don't want money, but I have to eat well. Also, you guys don't have anything to eat tonight, so you'll go to Er Huan Zai's house for dinner tomorrow morning."
"this……"
Aunt Wang pointed to the rotten wood in the yard and motioned for the two of them to chop the wood. Wang Xiangyang shook his head helplessly and sat on the small bench, preparing to chop the wood.
"Why are you so picky? You won't even let me eat."
Wang Xiangdang squatted in the yard dejectedly and said dejectedly.
"I originally wanted to tell you tomorrow morning, but you are going to make me angry. For your sake, I have to tell you in advance. From now on, you must learn to read people's faces and eat less."
Wang Xiangyang glared at his brother fiercely. He had seen stupid people before, but he had never seen such stupid people. He was just stupid, but he also had to harm himself.
Wang Xiangdang scratched his head in embarrassment. Indeed, compared with his elder brother, he was indeed not smooth enough.
Early the next morning, Aunt Wang came over with Wang Duocai and her two sons. Of course Mother Li and the others knew what kind of person Aunt Wang was. Fortunately, although Aunt Wang was a little greedy, she was still very reliable in her work.
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There are already prepared noodles in the kitchen, as well as some cabbage, pork, radish, lard residue, etc. The most conspicuous ones are a few large pork bones. The meat on the large pork bones is still very thick.
"Hey, when did you get this?"
Aunt Wang's eyes lit up when she saw the big pig bones. She quickly picked them up and put them to the tip of her nose to smell them. They were so fresh meat bones. She was in great luck today.
"Sister Wang, let's make some big pig bones to make tofu soup today, stir-fry some cabbage dregs in oil, and put some two-faced pancakes on it."
"Okay, it's enough to have such a good soup bone. Why stir-fry the cabbage oil residue? By the way, I'll go home to get the tofu. There was an extra piece of old tofu at home yesterday."
Aunt Wang immediately went to her house to get the tofu, feeling a little embarrassed. Li Huan did not invite outsiders, only he and a few family members were involved, but four of them came to her house at once, which seemed a bit excessive.
Li Huan didn't care at all. Even though Wang Duocai was thin and Wang Xiangdang was only eighteen years old, they were good at work, and they were both good at masonry and masonry.
"Uncle Wang, there may not be enough mud embryos. How about you help me go to the village to replace them. There are 20 kilograms of cornmeal here and 500 kilograms of sorghum. Let's see how much mud embryos can be exchanged."
Li Huan took out the food that had been prepared long ago and asked Wang Duocai to go to the village to exchange for some clay embryos. It would be best if there were bricks and tiles. After all, it was a wall, and the main thing to guard against was wild beasts such as wild boars.
"Brother Huan, I know why you want to build a fence. Isn't it because you are afraid of the wild boars and wolves coming down the mountain? It's not possible to cover it all with mud. You have to get some bricks. Do you remember the native dog in Xiangqian Village? He has connections.
Make bricks."
"You native dog, of course you remember. He is the son of the village chief. Do you know the price?"
"I know, two cents a dollar."
"The local dog has a big appetite. I know that the bricks at the brick kiln are only a penny a piece, but he actually wants to sell them for double the price."
"That's what I said, but he said that buying bricks requires favors. I guess more than half of the money is spent on favors."
"Okay, let's get 5,000 bricks first. I'll give you 100 yuan and you can help me go for a run."
Li Huan went to find Cheng Qiao. He didn't have a hundred yuan in his hand now. Cheng Qiao readily took out the money. She knew the importance of the wall. This money must be spent for the sake of the child in her belly.
Wang Xiangyang took one hundred yuan and borrowed Li Huan's bicycle to go to the county town. When Aunt Wang came back with the tofu, she happened to see him leaving.
"Xiang Dang, when did your eldest brother learn to ride a bicycle, and where is he going?"
Wang Xiangdang shook his head. He only saw his eldest brother and Li Huan muttering. He and his father were working together and did not hear them.
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes at Wang Xiangdang. Of the three sons, Xiang Dang was the most stupid. Fortunately, Xiang Yang and Xiang Jun would never bully him, otherwise this guy would definitely be bullied to death.
The three men were working outside. Li Le was sent out to wait for Qiu Min. Mother Li took Aunt Wang and Cheng Qiao to work in the kitchen. Mother Li knew yesterday that Cheng Qiao had something in her stomach, and she was very happy.
She just felt that the time was not right, so at this time Li Huan told her about Cheng Qiao being set up by Xu Laidi, which made Li's mother so angry that her face changed.
But Li Huan smiled and comforted Li's mother, if Cheng Qiao and him hadn't been set up that day, where would you have gotten your daughter-in-law and your little grandson?
Upon hearing this, Mother Li felt that everything had its own destiny, but after all, everyone knew that Cheng Qiao was sincerely good to Xu Laidi, but Xu Laidi treated Cheng Qiao like this. This person had a bad heart.
