When Zhao Guoqing's house was setting off firecrackers, Zhou Xiaoliu also came over to join in the fun. Seeing that four or five cigarette boxes had been thrown away on the ground, he frowned. Didn't expect so many people to come to Zhao Guoqing's house today?

Seeing a large group of children sharing candies and biscuits, Zhou Xiaoliu felt a little sour.

There are so many people here, especially children. Almost all the children in the village are here. Even those children who have not yet grown teeth and are carried on the back by their elder brothers and sisters have a candy stuffed in their mouths, and their saliva is flowing. are everywhere.

"Hmph, I don't know how to live life by calculation. With so many candies, half of the bricks on the gable wall are gone. Let's see how Zhao Guoqing will cry when he has no money to build tiles..."

Zhou Xiaoliu cursed secretly in his heart.

I saw a few villagers smoking and muttering.

"This Shuangtang is really a good place. It's a pity that I don't have any money. Otherwise, I would move here. There are mountains and waters and the location is high..."

"It doesn't matter if you have money. Only Zhao Guoqing has the courage to ask for eight foundations at once. Didn't you see that the six brothers of the Zhou family went to make a fuss and didn't get the foundations here?"

"No, this is the upper air outlet, which is much stronger than the lower air outlet. If someone builds a latrine in the upper air outlet, you can smell feces and urine when eating at the lower air outlet..."

……

Zhou Xiaoliu was dumbfounded when he heard this, yes, he bought four foundations out of anger, and he was indeed at a disadvantage.

If Zhao Guoqing built a latrine on it, and he lived in the downwind, wouldn't it be bad?

Zhou Xiaoliu looked at the locations of the two houses. At this moment, he was not sure whether the dry toilet built by this family would make his down there smell bad?

For a while, Zhou Xiaoliu was running around in a hurry. He saw Zhao Guoqing leading a group of people digging the foundation, and many people around were working.

He had an idea right away.

Zhao Gui is good at wine, and he can drink two cups. Turn around and use his brains on this, so that Zhao Guoqing's toilet should not be built on the highest windward vent.

"Uncle, how long is your wedding leave this time? When is the date set?"

After Zhao Guoqing knew that Li Ping had escaped the last flash flood, her relationship with her brother-in-law became clear. This time, my brother-in-law's return should be for a happy event.

"This matter, there are many people in this meeting, I will tell you later, my marriage is still a little troublesome..."

Liu Zhendian smiled helplessly.

Chapter 149 How can his family compare with our old Zhou family?

When Liu Zhendian said this, Zhao Guoqing took a look at the people around him, which would mean that these private matters were indeed inappropriate.

He could only suppress the doubts in his heart and call everyone to dig the foundation.

The most important thing to build a house is to lay the foundation. These days, manpower is all used, so strong labor will be especially important here.

They need to dig deep and wide the foundation of the house, and lay flat stones under the dug foundation first, so as to ensure that the foundation is solid and stable and not afraid of water erosion, so that the house can live longer and stronger.

Before digging the foundation, lay out the wires to ensure that the foundation is not skewed. Every stone must be placed in a suitable position, and then lime and sand are mixed on top of the bricks to bond the bricks. This way the house will be the strongest.

Originally, when Zhao Guoqing's house was built, relatives and friends came to help.

But today, when his family set off firecrackers, he was very willing. Not only did he let off good cigarettes, he also scattered a lot of candies and biscuits. Sorry to leave.

Simply stay and help out.

In this way, the speed of laying the foundation was very fast. It was originally planned that it would take at least three to five days to lay the foundation. By noon, the foundation of Zhao Guoqing's house was dug out.

Wang Cheng, who built a house not far from his home, was very envious.

Said that his family worked more and faster, and they might end up living in a new house earlier than his family.

Zhao Guoqing smiled and said nothing, but asked Zhao Dongxue to run back and tell his mother to cook more white rice and get more hard vegetables, so that the villagers who stayed to help today should not be treated badly.

Originally, the village set off firecrackers to scatter the smoke, just to ask the big guys for help.

Many people will help with the work for two or three hours, and then go back to eat, so that they don't have to come back in the afternoon.

But those who are a little more particular will pull everyone to entertain a lunch. In this way, some people who work in the morning are embarrassed to leave, but will stay in the afternoon, and some will excuse their family affairs after dinner, so they don’t come in the afternoon. .

With Zhao Guoqing's instructions, and the family bought a lot of food yesterday, Huang Xiulian, Liu Zhenfang and Liu Yuqing were helping in the kitchen.

So at noon, the food was delivered directly to Shuangtang.

A large wooden board is directly used as a table, and the bricks and stones on the ground are used as chairs. This is the same way when building a house, and no one dislikes it.

Just during the meal, someone in the crowd yelled.

"My God, good Zhao Guoqing, are you really willing to stew chicken and duck?"

"There's also rabbit meat, tsk tsk, I've heard that your family raises rabbits, and you made such a big pot, I'm afraid it weighs several catties, your family is too generous..."

Some villagers who washed their hands and came to eat had their eyes straightened.

It is a normal operation for the house builder to prepare meat dishes for the villagers who come to help. Even if the table is full of a few slices of meat or a plate of fish, everyone will not say anything. After all, building a house costs money, and it can save a little bit.

The three families built the house. Wang Cheng's family heard that they prepared fish. Although there were few meat dishes, they were willing to do so, and white rice was enough.

That Zhou Xiaoliu’s family cooked pork bones with radishes yesterday, and scrambled a plate of eggs, and they were also praised for their generosity, but comparing these two with the meals that Zhao Guoqing prepared for the big guys today, it’s too mean up.

After all, Zhao Guoqing's family is not willing to build a house in this Chaoyang brigade.

Four meat dishes were prepared at once, pheasant, duck, rabbit and eggs. This is how the captain's house was built many years ago, and it was not so generous.

"That's right, this family is not willing to eat like this during the New Year. National Day, you are not afraid that we will come every day and make your family poor?"

Someone picked up a piece of fatty duck meat and couldn't help joking.

"Look at what the folks said, this is a great effort for my family to help dig the foundation. What is a meal? I won't talk about it today. Whoever is free to help will be counted as wages and noon. meal……"

Zhao Guoqing's family has a lot of houses to build, and it's going to be hot soon. If there is any delay, it may be the autumn harvest. These are very busy times in the countryside.

If we don't take advantage of this time to snatch some people and hurry up to work on the construction period, we won't be able to live in this house until the second half of the year.

So Zhao Guoqing made up his mind, and asked the villagers to help with the work, and he also provided an extra lunch with meat dishes. Sure enough, when he said this, many people laughed.

They all expressed that they would come to Cengfan at that time.

It's easy to talk about wages and no wages.

Originally, many villagers who planned not to eat at Zhao's house and not to help in the afternoon, and some people who planned to have lunch and excused themselves not to come in the afternoon, now they will see the food of Zhao's house, and they will be embarrassed to leave.

Even if something happened at home, they all moved back, and no one left in the afternoon, and everyone stayed to help.

This made Liu Zhendian nod secretly after seeing this scene.

The nephew is young, has a stubborn temper but is reliable in handling things. Just such a lunch, he immediately wins people's hearts.

Even when it was time to work in the afternoon, there were still many people talking about the duck boiled sour radish for lunch, which was so oily and watery that people could never forget it.

"Duck is not as good as pheasant, but pheasant soup is delicious. There is also the rabbit meat. I don't know what method Aunt Liu used. It is not fishy or firewood and fried with chili. Even the chili is tainted with meat. It is more delicious than that The rabbit meat is delicious, I ate two extra bowls of rice..."

"The most delicious thing is that plate of scrambled eggs with chili. There are so many eggs, I ate three bowls!"

"You guys can really eat. Zhao Guoqing's family invites you to work tomorrow, and they are going to suffer..."

Many people on the construction site were chatting and laughing, talking about the delicious food at noon, and many people said that they would come over to help with work tomorrow.

As long as the Zhao family doesn't dislike it, it's fine.

At Zhao Guoqing's house, a large group of people were talking and laughing at work, and it was very lively.

On the other side of Wang Cheng's house, there were two of them, husband and wife, plus three or five brothers from the wife's natal family, digging the foundation with their heads down.

After Wang Cheng's family bought the foundation, they didn't have a lot of money, and they were reluctant to hire people to work, so they could only rely on themselves to suffer more, so as to save a little money.

Although Zhou Xiaoliu didn't hire any workers over there, his family had many brothers and nephews, plus his daughter-in-law's family brothers, there were more than ten people working, which seemed very lively.

It's just that compared to Zhao Guoqing's side, it's still much worse.

Zhou Xiaoliu, who loves to hold grudges in his heart, looks at Zhao Guoqing's new house from time to time, and then says something abruptly.

"His family, there are more people who set off firecrackers today. Look, there will only be five or six people at most tomorrow. Zhao Guoqing has a bad mouth and doesn't fit in with others. His uncle and uncle didn't come to help. For such a person, no one is willing to help He builds houses..."

"Yes, yes, his family doesn't have many brothers, how can it compare with our old Zhou's family?"

A contemptuous laugh spread.

Chapter 150 Mother, let's split up too!

In the evening, there is no need to worry about meals, but Zhao Guoqing left behind his uncle, brother-in-law and brother-in-law Zhou Yong.

A group of women in the family were not idle. In addition to arranging meals, they also worked as small workers, helping to carry water and stir lime, and they were very busy.

But the hard work paid off. In the evening, more than half of the foundations of the four houses were dug out, which was much faster than the original plan. According to this progress, it is estimated that the house will be ready in more than a month.

This got everyone a little excited.

Seeing that the atmosphere was very good and there was a smile on my uncle's face, Zhao Guoqing pulled him aside and asked my uncle what was going on with the marriage that he talked about today?

Doesn't Li Ping really like my uncle in my impression?

Moreover, quite a few people knew that Li Ping was dating my uncle, so there shouldn't be any resistance to this matter, and they could have wedding candy when my uncle came back from the army.

"Li Ping's parents were a little displeased. They said that I was too old, and I was in the army, so I didn't come back a few times a year. Moreover, someone introduced Li Ping to her classmate from the commune..."

Liu Zhendian smiled wryly.

Li Ping and he both wanted to get married, but Li Ping's parents didn't agree, and it wasn't because they disliked Liu Zhendian's family conditions.

The main reason is that Liu Zhendian is eight years older than Li Ping, and he doesn't come back a few times a year in the army, and he is afraid that their age difference and their separated daughter will not get married well.

"Well, it's actually okay. At least Li Ping's parents love her dearly. Just try to get her parents' approval later on. You can make Li Ping's parents feel that your daughter and you will not be wronged..."

"You boy, this will teach me, you don't even have a wife!"

Liu Zhendian, who was still a little worried in his heart, was delighted by Zhao Guoqing's words.

At least he still has a girlfriend who is going to get married. This nephew is a bachelor, and he probably has never even touched a woman's hand, so it would be outrageous to teach him.

"I'm not like you, I want to have a daughter-in-law every minute!"

"You can just brag about the female college students in the city. I think if you can marry a female educated youth, you can be regarded as a high incense in your ancestors. By the way, I heard from Li Ping that Liu Zhiqing is not bad. !"

At this time, no outsiders were present, and Liu Zhendian also made a rare joke about Zhao Guoqing. Although they were separated by seniority, they were so close that they were like buddies.

"Don't listen to Li Ping's nonsense, people's parents don't like me, but I don't like that Liu Yuqing, so it's definitely not going to happen, so don't worry about it!"

Zhao Guoqing said something jokingly, but Liu Zhendian held his head down, knocked him on the head, and warned him in a low voice.

"You boy, lard is blinding your heart, don't you still miss Chen Furong? Don't be stupid, don't say that your uncle has no vision, this Liu Yuqing is a hundred times stronger than that Chen Furong, you boy, don't be stupid!"

"Oh, brother-in-law, you still hit people, so hard?"

Zhao Guoqing wasn't on guard either, he didn't expect his uncle to really hit him on the head, he was stunned for a moment, and then started yelling, causing the grandmother Huang Xiulian in the room to yell at Liu Zhendian.

"How old are you, you still bully your nephew..."

Seeing his uncle being scolded by his grandmother, Zhao Guoqing couldn't help showing a gloating smile.

Over there, Gousheng circled around my aunt Zhao Dongxue, because my aunt had candy and biscuits in her hands, which was much better than my uncle, especially his uncle Zhao Youqing, who would beat children.

Gou Sheng didn't want to go back at night, so he insisted on staying here to sleep with his aunt.

"Forget it, I won't go back anymore, stay with Mom and take care of my sister, and help out by the way..."

Zhao Chunlan was thinking about her natal family building a house, so she simply suggested to Zhou Yong that she take the leftover dog and stay at her natal home for a few days. Zhou Yong was stunned for a moment, a little reluctant, but seeing that the Zhao family really had no place to live.

He simply agreed, saying that he would come to help early tomorrow morning, and there were still some plums and peaches at home, and he would bring some back later.

"Didn't you find a way to get cheap beef last time? Or, bring some over tomorrow..."

Zhao Chunlan smiled and said something to Zhou Yong. It turned out that Zhou Yong had a flexible mind, and secretly made some money by himself, and even found some ways to buy pork and beef without a ticket.

"Okay, okay, I'll bring some beef to cook tomorrow, as long as you don't mind the heat!"

Zhou Yong didn't hesitate, and agreed immediately.

Her words made Zhao Chunlan smile, and she picked up a chopsticks of amaranth for Zhou Yong, and said that Zhou Yong likes to eat this dish the most at home, so I will fry more tomorrow.

The appearance of the two of them made Zhao Guoqing smile.

I really didn't expect that the eldest brother-in-law, who was a mistress outside in the previous life, would seem to treat the eldest sister well. At least he would listen to whatever the eldest sister said, and the eldest sister seemed to have feelings for him.

Seeing this scene, Liu Zhenfang also felt relieved, talking about the fabric Zhao Guoqing brought back a while ago, making a suit of clothes for Zhou Yong, and making arrangements for the dog leftovers.

"I have new clothes to wear, grandma is so nice!"

Gousheng's childlike nature, when he heard that he had new clothes to wear and could live in grandma's house, he just clapped his hands happily.

Everyone who ate was talking and laughing for a while, and the atmosphere was very warm.

At this moment, Mrs. Mei was angry in the main room, beating and scolding Zhao Quan at home.

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