Dinner is still black dough, but today there is a pot of chicken soup on the table.
Gu Chengyu took a sip of the chicken soup. Although it was a little diluted with too much water, the delicious taste was completely different from the artificially raised feed chicken in his previous life. Inadvertently, there was an extra chicken drumstick in the bowl. He looked up and saw his second sister.
Wink at him.
Knowing that his second sister still wanted to get close to him, of course he couldn't help but appreciate it, and he didn't want to. He picked up the chicken drumstick and took a big bite. The tender and smooth texture made him squint his eyes. Gu Wan saw that his younger brother had eaten the drumstick.
, and then immersed himself in eating again.
Father Gu looked on and was quite pleased. His daughter was always sensible. She must have figured it out and knew how to take care of her little brother.
When Gu Chengyu was eating, he saw that Gu Chengchi, who was sitting opposite him, was a little absent-minded. The fourth brother came back from outside before dinner, as if there was something on his mind, and he looked listless. Let's talk to him when he comes back from school tomorrow! He will have something to do later.
To do.
Mr. He brought the chicken soup from the table below to the table. As soon as he put it down, he put several pieces of chicken into the bowl, and also put a few pieces for each of his two sons. The chicken was chopped so much that a pheasant only weighed three or four kilograms.
That's it! Of course, all the meat that was served on the table was snatched up in one fell swoop. He saw the opportunity and poured a large bowl of soup and drank it with a slurp.
"Dad! The oxen I bought today is so strong! Can I bring the oxen over to plow the fields tomorrow?" Gu Chengli thought about going to plow the fields tomorrow. It would be easier if he brought the oxen with him, and the plowing would be better.
"Tomorrow, I have to hitch a bullock cart to send Xiaobao off, and I have to go to the town to see if there is any better land in Yazi. Tomorrow, I will go with you! What do you think about building a house?
"Should we add a new building at the back or tear it down and build a new one? Come up with a plan." Dad Gu finished his drink in a hurry. After thinking about it, he still felt that he should implement the purchase of land and build a house as soon as possible.
"Dad! There is too little open space in our house, and there are houses on both sides. I'm afraid the layout is too small. Since we want to build a house, it's better to build it all at once. If we want to build it, we should build a big brick house, and there must be reserved space next to it.
, we have a large family, wouldn’t it be more troublesome if we can’t live in it when we are small?” Gu Chengyu heard that Father Gu had plans to build a house now, which was exactly what he wanted, and he had long wanted to sleep in separate rooms.
"This area of our house is a little narrow. There will be more people in the future. The third and fourth sons are going to get wives, so it won't be ridiculous to be crowded together." Mrs. Lu also thinks this is troublesome. In fact, she just got married.
At that time, I felt that the Gu family was too small.
"Then why don't our family choose a new piece of land in the village and not demolish it and build an old house?" Gu Chengyi also spoke actively. Their west wing only has two rooms, one room is also piled with debris, and the two sons have arrived.
Now he's still sharing the same kang with them. Fortunately, Sanya doesn't sleep in the west wing, otherwise he wouldn't know how to sleep with the five of them.
It's okay now, but it would be really uncomfortable on a hot day. Everyone is crowded together, and it feels like the sweaty bodies are sticking to the mats on the kang. After building the house, the two children can always have something to share.
Room?
"Dad! On one side of our house is the Zhang family. Whose family is there?" Gu Chengyu suddenly remembered that the other family on the right had never been lived in. The house was made of mud bricks and was in a dilapidated state.
However, the floor space is quite large without the yard. If the land over there can be added, the layout of the house will not be small.
"That belongs to your second grandfather's family. When there was a drought here, your second grandfather and the others went to join his uncle. It's been twenty-five years, and no news has come yet, and I don't know if there is any.
How would you have been if you hadn't gone to the south?" Father Gu remembered that when his second brother left twenty-five years ago, they all held their heads and cried, reluctant to leave. Thinking about it, his eyes became a little moist.
It was agreed at that time that they would write back when they got to the south. The eldest brother and he would return to Shangling Village after the drought. However, there has been no news from the second brother's house so far. They don't know the detailed address either. They just want to find it.
, it’s probably impossible to find anyone, he’s too young in this life, and I don’t know if there will be a chance to see him again.
Gu Chengyu saw that Mr. Gu was immersed in the memories of the past. After thinking about it, he still felt that it would be best not to move. One was because he was used to living there, and the other was that he couldn't find any decent land in the village. They were all divided by houses.
It was divided into small pieces, and only the fish pond at the back had open space, and it was big. But it was in a remote place, and there was a small forest. Gu Chengyu felt sick when he thought of what happened in the small forest that day.
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"Dad! Then the second grandpa's house is just empty there? Isn't that a waste?"
"That land has long been taken back by the village. There was a severe drought that year. Many people who had fled elsewhere came to Shangling Village to settle down. The household registration in the village was all re-registered. There is no one in your second grandfather's family.
, the house was considered ownerless when applying for household registration. Of course, it was taken back by the village. At that time, the villagers were planning to sell the house to outsiders in the village, but how could the outsiders have the money to buy it? They would rather build a shack to live in by themselves.
It's there! Isn't that right? It's been empty all this time! It's been more than 20 years since it was empty, and even the back half of the house collapsed." Father Gu also thought that this land should have been returned to the village, so why not spend some money on it?
I bought this homestead with money, so I don't have to worry about the space for building a house.
"Dad! Let's go ask Li Zheng tomorrow!" Gu Chengyi thought that this homestead would not cost more than a few taels of silver. Even with the fourth child's incident a few days ago, he had some trouble with the Li Zheng family, so he didn't know this.
Is Lin Lizheng deliberately making things difficult?
"Dad! I'm going back to the house first!" Gu Chengchi finished his meal with a full heart and did not participate in the construction of the house. He stood up and left.
"Fourth brother! Why are you going back to the house so early? Sit here for a while, and when the new house is built, I will leave a room for you." Gu Chengchi looked a little worried and kept silent all day. He was really boring. What's the matter?
I don’t know what to tell my family about.
Gu Chengyu originally wanted to finish the night dinner and make some preparations for making soap. Now seeing his fourth brother's behavior, he felt that he couldn't delay it any longer. The purchase of the homestead had been basically finalized, and he couldn't help with the rest.
"Mom! I'm full. I'm going to play with my fourth brother for a while!"
"Hey Xiaobao, there is a chicken drumstick that you haven't eaten yet!" Ms. Lu shouted from behind Gu Chengyu.
"Give it to mom!" There were only four chicken drumsticks in total, and neither his parents ate them.
Hearing this, Mrs. He quickly swallowed the chicken soup in her mouth, oh! Oh, mother! It burned her to death! It turns out that when they were discussing building a house just now, Mrs. He was drinking chicken soup!
"Mom! If my brother-in-law doesn't want to eat the chicken legs, give them to me! I haven't eaten a few pieces of chicken yet!" Mrs. He stood up and looked at the chicken drumsticks on the table above, and smacked her lips. She hadn't tasted enough yet.
Where is my son!
"You've eaten a bunch of bones in front of you, and you still want to eat? Why didn't you say that you had to eat both chickens by yourself? You really can't eat enough." Seeing He, Mrs. Lu said
He looked so angry that he just wanted to stew one chicken in the evening, but the old man insisted on stewing two chickens. In this dinner, he ate up both chickens. It makes me feel sad just thinking about it.
He gave the last chicken leg to the third child. The four chicken drumsticks were all on the table above. Gu Wan had already got one. The fourth child injured his leg and gave one to him. Xiaobao ate one and the four chicken drumsticks were divided.
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Gu Chengli didn't even raise his head. He didn't dare to think about the chicken drumsticks. It was already good to eat meat. Gu Chengyi was already used to it. Anyway, if there was something delicious, it wouldn't be his turn.