Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 13 An Jia
Turning around in the courtyard house, Gu Siwei turned to the back of the house again, wanting to see what the wall was like.

As soon as he went out, he met Liu Fulin who had come over, and beside him was still his grandson Liu Dezhu.

"Daddy Liu" Gu Siwei greeted Liu Fulin.

Liu Fusen raised his hand with a smile, and pointed sideways at his grandson. At this time, Gu Siwei discovered that Liu Dezhu was holding a basket in his hand.

"This is you?"

Gu Siwei was a little confused.

Liu Fulin said with a smile: "Aren't you going to live here? How can you not have a lamp? I'll send you a lamp. Don't dislike the one you made yourself."

Seeing the lamp in Liu Dezhu's basket, Gu Siwei understood.

To say that Gu Siwei has really seen the current kerosene lamp, it is a long time to tell, and this thing will be quite expensive in the future, and a new kerosene lamp produced in this era will cost at least several hundred yuan.

There are no electric lights in the village, let alone any electrical appliances. As far as this Zhuangzi is concerned, it is estimated that it will be good if it can be connected to electricity before 2000. After decades, the main lighting will still be this kind of kerosene lamp.

It is estimated that most of the children after decades have never seen it, and Gu Siwei has never seen it before. He was born in the 90s when he was born. The country has no shortage of food and clothing. Compared with the life of the post-[-]s and [-]s It's the same as in a soaked honey jar.

Underneath the kerosene lamp is a glass bottle with a transparent lamp base with a big belly and a big bottom. There is a Chinese character "Double Happiness" on the big belly. The mouth of the small bottle is threaded. The lamp cap is usually made of tin and is connected to the glass lamp base through threads.

There is an iron opening in the middle of the lamp head, and a woven leather strip is worn inside the opening, and a knob next to it controls the length of the cloth strip.

Dip the bottom of the cloth tape into the kerosene of the lamp belly, and dip into the whole wick. Then use a little fire to adjust the wick to the appropriate size of the fire head, and then cover it with a transparent glass cover with a large belly, so that the windproof kerosene lamp will be lit. up.

Not every family has this Dingxi now. Many families still use the old-fashioned oil lamp, which is a flat bottomed bowl, pour kerosene into the bowl, put a cotton thread on it, and light the cotton thread to create a lamp.

The principle of this thing is the same as that of a glass-covered kerosene lamp, except that it cannot contain the wind, and the flame is very small, and it is lit like a will-o'-the-wisp.

The kerosene lamp Liu Fulin sent over was different from the above two.

The kerosene storage below is a glass bottle, which can be seen to be used for pills. A hole is drilled in the lid, and there is an iron cushion on it. There is an iron pipe in the middle of the cushion. The mouth of the pipe is about the size of a soybean. This thing lights up.

In Gu Siwei's view, this kind of lamp is almost like a ghost fire. When it is dark, it can only illuminate a range of one or two meters at most, and it is impossible to think about it.

Although this thing is not very good, but without it, you have to be in the dark at night, or you have to light a torch.

Therefore, Liu Fulin sent the lamp over, which was still a great help to Gu Siwei's life.

"This...then I will not be polite, thank you, Father Liu."

Gu Siwei thought that now is not the time to be polite. Apart from the broken yard, all his belongings are the clothes on his body, and he has nothing else.

The space is amazing, but it is impossible for Gu Siwei to conjure a kerosene lamp for no reason.

"Thank you, Dezhu," Gu Siwei said to Liu Dezhu again.

Liu Dezhu said with a silly smile: "I also prepared a box of matches for you."

Matches are matches.

Gu Siwei smiled, and was about to say something, when he saw another person coming over there, this time a man in his early 30s, who walked in a hurry, and he could tell at a glance that he was impatient and a real person.

The man Gu Siwei knows each other well, and everyone loves him as the fifth grandson.

There are five surnames in Shimo Village: Liu, Yang, Sun, Guo, and Luanzhong. This man is the Sun family.

"Brother Sun Wu"

Gu Siwei greeted them.

"Fifth Uncle" Liu Dezhu also called out.

"Li Mai" Liu Fulin also greeted him.

"Uncle Fulin, Brother Siwei" Sun Limai greeted everyone.

After speaking, he said to Gu Siwei: "I heard from the captain that you stayed in the village. Now that we are a family, your sister-in-law asked me to come over to see what you lack here. Our farmer's family has nothing valuable, like ordinary households. Yes, if my family has more, I will send them to you."

"Thank you, Fifth Brother!"

Gu Siwei doesn't care what people want to help him, but he has to give his thanks first.

Liu Fulin laughed and said, "Let's not talk about anything else, let's go into the house and see how it is. It has been empty for so many years, and I don't know if it can still be lived in."

"Yes, yes! Let's take a look at the room first." Sun Limai said with a smile.

In this way, Gu Siwei entered the yard with Liu Fulin and Sun Limai.

"But the house is about to start in spring, so there's no need to worry about the cattle house. It's estimated that Brother Siwei won't have any cattle in a while." Sun Limai looked at the yard and said.

Liu Fulin nodded after hearing this: "Then go into the main room and have a look. It would be best if there is nothing wrong with the main room."

When everyone entered the main room, Liu Fulin and Sun Limai tapped here and there, almost covering the entire wall.

When Gu Siwei saw the seriousness of the two, he was a little moved. He felt that people at this time really had a kind of simplicity after decades, which obviously had nothing to do with them, but they almost regarded it as their own business after they came here.

"I really didn't expect that this wall is not bad," Sun Limai said.

Liu Fulin also nodded: "It's really good. It's different if there are stones in it. If it's all grass tendons, it might have collapsed by now."

Gu Siwei interrupted at this time and asked: "If I want to renovate the house, where can I buy bricks and where can I buy glass?"

Liu Fulin and Sun Limai were all taken aback when they heard this, as if they saw something new.

"what happened?"

Gu Siwei didn't understand what was wrong with him, and looked at the two with puzzled faces.

Sun Limai said with a smile: "Now you want to buy bricks so easily, even if you buy bricks, can you buy cement (cement), even if you have cement, glass is not easy to buy, even if you buy I got all the things, how do I bring them in? There are only a few animals in the whole village, and it takes one or two to die of exhaustion to bring these things in... ".

Sun Limai's words directly confused Gu Siwei.

He really didn't expect that it would be so complicated to build a house by himself.

Unknowingly, Gu Siwei brought over the ideas of decades later. He thought that bricks and cement were needed to build a house, but these things are really not good now. The whole country is a planned economy, and a brick is needed Plan to produce one piece, even if Gu Siwei is now waving US dollars to the brick and tile yard to buy bricks, the brick and tile yard will not take him.

Hearing Sun Limai finished speaking, Gu Siwei understood that it is unnecessary to think about building a house with bricks and tiles at this time, honestly use mud, or use wood.

Suddenly thinking of wood in his mind, Gu Siwei immediately lifted his spirits, and thought: Yes, bricks are not good, so let's use wood. Anyway, wood doesn't cost money now, as long as you cut it down and let it down along the river, isn't it? building materials?

Thinking of this, Gu Siwei felt that it was necessary to confirm with everyone that cutting wood would also be a crime.

"Can you build a house with wood?" Gu Siwei asked.

Sun Limai wanted to refute after hearing this, but he remembered the raft that Gu Siwei had put down twice, so he said with a smile: "Others can't do this job, but you might be able to do it, but it's just that the master craftsman is not good now. found".

Gu Siwei was taken aback when he heard this, he thought: What am I looking for from the master?
At this point, Gu Siwei and Sun Limai wanted to get together again. Gu Siwei was going to build a wooden house, thinking of Mu Keleng, who was a bit like an old man, but Sun Limai was thinking that Gu Siwei was going to build a Chinese-style house. old building.

As for whether it belongs to the four olds, whether it needs to be broken or not, the villagers don't care.

Gu Siwei didn't explain, and Sun Limai didn't ask much.

Continue talking about the house.

Sun Limai said: "I still have a small bed at home, which is a bit old. If you don't mind it, I will carry it for you later."

"That's really great, I'm missing this now," Gu Siwei thanked repeatedly.

"Let me get you two more benches. Why did these guys evacuate the room without making a sound, without even leaving a stool."

Originally, there must have been furniture in this house, but the one that is now empty must have been taken away by someone. This is not surprising in the countryside, and it is normal for people to see bad things like eating out of households, let alone this situation.

After discussing for a while, Gu Siwei followed Sun Limai to his house to lift the bed, while Liu Fulin and Liu Dezhu went home to move some stools for Gu Siwei, and later got a small table for Gu Siwei.

In addition to these two families, Yang Chuanwu's family also sent a new quilt. The quilt is a bit thin, at most two or three catties, but it is quite interesting to be able to give this thing to Gu Siwei at this time.

Most of the folks gave a little something, some of which were not worth much, but they represented some meaning.

However, not everyone in Zhuangzi liked Gu Siwei's settlement in the village. If it wasn't for Gu Siwei's big wild boar as the base, someone might complain and say strange things.

Even if they are gagged now, some people still can't help but say a few words when they return home at night.

There are such people in this world, even if others do not infringe his interests, he will say a few strange words, as if he would not look good if he is not so eccentric.

Gu Siwei can't take care of these people now, he only remembers the few families he has helped, and he must return the love when he finds an opportunity.

Although it is impossible to repay the kindness of dripping water, Gu Siwei is still willing to repay others as much as possible within his ability.

Lao Gu's personality is a bit two hundred and five, but he is grateful!

After a busy day, Gu Siwei lay on his bed.

The bed is a simple plank bed, and as long as you turn over when you sleep on it, it will creak immediately.

But now is not the time for Gu Siwei to choose. Sun Limai's ability to make a bed is his support for Gu Siwei, which Gu Siwei recognizes.

No matter how broken the bed was, it was better than sleeping on the ground.

Sleeping on the bed, there is a layer of straw curtains made of straw under the body. In order to prevent the cold, the straw curtains are still spread in two layers. On top of the two layers of straw curtains, there is a broken bed sheet, which was given by Guo Xiangping, Mr. Guo.

This shit will be thrown away in the trash after dozens of years, but now it is support. Do you want to buy cloth?Then you have to have a cloth ticket. There is no two-foot cloth ticket for this thing in the whole village.

Originally, I was on relief, and with these tickets given every year, the cloth I bought was used to make clothes for the children, or I just used new cloth as a patch, so there was no ready-made bed sheet for Gu Siwei.

The things covered looked a bit like a thin quilt given by Yang Chuanwu and his wife, and the quilt was covered with Gu Siwei's own old-fashioned cotton army coat.

The thing on the pillow is naturally his own Leifeng hat.

Although these things are not worth the money, but the only good thing is that it is clean and free of ticks and fleas.

Let's put it this way, today's sleep is the most beautiful sleep Gu Siwei has had here.

(End of this chapter)