The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 420 You want to drive the stick out! (4000 words)
It was still bright at this time.

The sunset will not be until 7 o'clock in the evening, and it will not be dark until 7:[-].

Li Ming took Qin Huairu to search for a while before finding a suitable place.

When they got there, neither of them got out of the car.

The cab of the minivan is quite spacious.

"We won't be discovered, will we?"

"Of course not, I just can't bear to see you all!"

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The pickup truck shook for a long time.

When the sun went down, it stopped completely.

Li Ming handed Qin Huairu a water bottle, "Drink some water first."

Qin Huairu, who was covered in sweat, felt really thirsty, and only then did she worry, "How can I wear this clothes home?"

"It's okay, we'll go to the lake to swim later, take a shower and wash clothes."

"I can't swim, and it's easy to catch cold in this kind of weather."

"Just right, I'll teach you how to swim. Don't worry, you won't catch a cold with me here."

Alternating hot and cold, he already thought of how to play in the water.

Li Ming handed her a few toffees to save her from hypoglycemia, "Let's take a break first, and we'll have something to eat after swimming."

Qin Huairu, who has been appeased once, is quite satisfied now, "I will listen to you."

"You came home at noon and said you had to work overtime. Did your shrewd mother-in-law say anything?"

Qin Huairu was quite complacent, "I said that the factory will publish the list of allotment rooms soon, and I will work overtime today until late. She doesn't understand the things in the factory, so she didn't say anything."

"Has the room allocation list in the factory been confirmed?"

"Well! The meeting has been confirmed this afternoon! We're just waiting for a vote."

"That's right, Labor Day will be off next week, and it's almost confirmed."

"In the past two months, I have seen the world in the house allocation team. There are really everyone."

"Hehe, it's normal. It's understandable."

Qin Huairu was in high spirits, "You are open to everything and don't care about it."

"It's human nature! And I can't get this batch of buildings. This matter has nothing to do with me. I'm just a bystander."

Li Ming thought to himself, he is also a person with a small world, if he cares about these people, it would be a shame.

He has read more Daoist scriptures, and he has gained a little bit. Although his spiritual power still hasn't increased much, his state of mind has still grown a little.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to want such an embarrassing house in Tongzilou, and the next door can hear it clearly when he does things a little more at night.

His current east wing room is two or three meters away from the neighbors on both sides, and the sound insulation effect is much better than that of the tube building.

He doesn't even need the living facilities that Tongzilou is more convenient than Siheyuan.

Qin Huairu agrees with ordinary people nowadays, hoping to be allocated a building.

"I still have a headache. The replaced houses have to be distributed again. This time it is more troublesome, because the next batch of 200 new houses will also be distributed. There are new ones and old ones, and the time between the two is not far away."

"Hey, it doesn't have much to do with you. Just follow the rules and leave it to the factory leaders to bother you. Let's go swimming in the lake."

"You have to protect me."

"Don't worry, I'll hold you into the water later."

Tonight's moonlight,,, unfortunately there is no moonlight, it is the second day of March.

The moon in the first half of the moon is called the first quarter moon. The first quarter moon can be seen in the first half of the night. The moon faces west and is located in the western half of the sky.

The last quarter moon can be seen in the second half of the night in the second half of the lunar month, with the moon facing east and in the eastern half of the sky.

Before it was completely dark, I washed it in the lake.

The water is still quite cold!

Then Li Ming became dishonest and didn't have anything to do with swimming at all.The water is too cold, I will teach it later.

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The lake is soft, and the clear water is rippled by the breeze
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It's a good place to pick. After dark, it's dark around here.

Qin Huairu hung on him like a koala for a long time, and finally got ashore.

At some point, there was an extra tablecloth on the floor next to the pickup truck, and Qin Huairu happened to sit there for a rest.

Li Ming lifted the two food boxes from the cart,
Another lantern was taken down.

A horse lantern is a lighting lamp that uses kerosene as fuel.

There is an oil pot at the bottom, and a metal shelf in the middle, which is used to fix the glass lampshade and connect to the handle above.

The horse lantern has a glass cover to protect it from wind.

At this time, people often use this kind of lamp when they go out at night.

When lit, it just illuminates a small area near the lantern.

Qin Huairu hurriedly covered herself, it was pitch black just now, so she didn't wear clothes that were already wet.

"Put on my cotton coat to keep warm. I'll take your wet clothes to the rear of the car to dry, and then wear them after drying."

"Can it be dried?"

"Try it."

Qin Huairu had no other choice but to do as Li Ming said.

After he finished his work, tonight's picnic officially began.

Qin Huairu was surprised and said: "White rice, braised fish, stir-fried spinach, clam tofu soup, braised pork head meat, sausage, you brought so many delicious things."

Li Ming smiled and said: "We are doing physical work, so we must not starve you."

"The sausage is pretty good, Sister Qin quickly picked it up and ate it."

Li Ming scooped up a bowl of clam soup by himself, "You drank all the water in the kettle just now. I'll also drink some soup first to make up for it."

Qin Huairu, who was only wearing a cotton coat, looked around, "Is this light too bright, and it would be bad if I called others over?"

"Then I'll dim it a bit. I didn't bring the gas lamp because I was afraid it would be too bright."

Gas lamps were the most luminous oil lamps before electric lamps. They also burned kerosene and were similar in shape to lanterns.

The gas lamp has no wick, but has an asbestos gauze cover, and there is also a device on the oil pot that can pump air in.

Before lighting the lamp, pump air into the oil pot. After a certain pressure is generated in the pot, kerosene will spray out from the lamp nozzle. The sprayed kerosene will adhere to the asbestos gauze cover in the form of mist, and mix with air to burn.

A gas lamp can light up to twenty meters away.

At this time, large outdoor occasions such as theatrical stages and meeting places like to use gas lamps for lighting.

The Public Security Bureau will also use this gas lamp to watch the scene at night.

Before catching loaches and barbecues in the countryside, the lighting was relatively poor, so Li Ming began to stock up on various outdoor utensils for emergencies, and they just used them today.

He adjusted the knob on the side of the horse lamp oiler and dimmed the lamp a little.

It's getting darker all around.

On the contrary, Qin Huairu felt a little safer.

She didn't eat dinner and went through two fierce battles. She was really hungry. Qin Huairu ate a little too fast and almost choked.

"You eat slowly."

"Hungry, and I have to go back early."

"It's okay, go back and tell your mother-in-law that you met me on the way home from get off work."

"Don't tell me. If you tell me, she will definitely sulk again."

"It's better to say it in advance, lest she be suspicious and spoil our affairs later."

"Let's talk about it when I go back and see the situation."

"Well, I'm just making a suggestion, you can handle it yourself."

After a while, the two finished the meal.

Qin Huairu was full after eating only a small portion, "You have a really good appetite."

"I don't have a good appetite, how can I be able to eat you!"

"Did you take that woman on a picnic like this?"

"No, this is the first time." Li Ming felt that going to Xiangyanghua courtyard for barbecue should not be counted as a picnic.

"When you're free, bring me again." Qin Huairu was very happy, and didn't say that he was not allowed to take Lou Xiao'e on a picnic, after all, he couldn't control it, and he couldn't control it either.

"I would rather be with you at any time, but you are short of time."

Qin Huairu said depressedly: "I can't help it. In the future, if the stick grows up, I won't be able to come out."

"It's okay, just keep the sticks far away."

Qin Huairu was unhappy, "You want to drive away the stick!"

"Sister Qin, how could you think of me so badly!"

Li Ming began to present the facts, "I'm usually very nice to the sticks. It's hard to say that I can be a godfather again. At least it's okay to be a godfather. In the past few months, I have received 1 yuan and 5 cents a month as pocket money. Money, which elementary school student’s father would give so much?”

"Then why do you say you want to drive the sticks away?"

"When did I say 'drive away'? Isn't it possible for a stick to live in a school when studying in high school or university? Can't you live in a unit dormitory when you come out to be a cadre? If you join the army, it will be even further away!"

Only then did Qin Huairu realize that she had blamed the wrong person, and took the initiative to post it, "Didn't I understand it wrong?"

Li Ming raised her delicate chin with his fingers, "Aren't you afraid that I'm drawing a big cake for you?"

Qin Huairu's eyes of admiration were beyond words, "There is nothing you can't do!"

"Then you should admit your mistake."

"I was wrong, I shouldn't have thought about it."

"That's about the same. Come on, let's go to the van and talk in a whisper."

Qin Huairu understood the meaning of his whispers too well, "It's already been twice, and it's too late."

Li Ming couldn't help but help her walk to the car, "It's not too late, it's still early."

Qin Huairu was also half-pushed and half-resigned, he couldn't see clearly because of the darkness, so he let him lead the way.

"Just hold on to the car, and I'll do the rest."

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It was almost 10 o'clock in the evening, and everyone else had already gone to bed, so Qin Huairu returned to No. 95 courtyard.

Facing Jia Zhang who had been waiting at home for a long time, Qin Huairu couldn't do without telling the truth.
"I happened to run into Xiao Ming on the way back from get off work."

One sentence answered all Jia Zhang's questions.

Qin Huairu still has a big question, that is, how did her clothes dry?Clothes don't dry so quickly in this weather.

She was in a hurry to come back just now, so she didn't ask Li Ming carefully.

But tonight she is really too tired, her legs are weak, rest first, and talk about things tomorrow.

the next day,
evening,

Li Ming returned to courtyard 95.

Several neighbors from the courtyard also came over to look at his east wing together.

Li Junyi from the noodle factory praised: "Master Liu is very fast! The one at the silly column will take a few more days."

Uncle Dong agreed: "The roof tiles are half built, and it will definitely be completed tomorrow."

Li Ming inspected the house carefully, "It's okay, the workmanship is fine. With you always helping to watch, they have no chance to steal work."

The rain in the capital mainly falls in July and August, and there is not much rain in other times.

In places like the south where there is a lot of rain all year round, picking tiles is a very important thing.

Jiuyu tiles leaked, and the sky was busy with renovations.

Tile is a kind of relatively light and thin pottery. After being exposed to wind, sun and rain, the tiles on the roof will move and break, which will cause dripping on the roof.

Some houses have not picked up tiles for a long time, and there will be troubles such as heavy rain outside and light rain indoors.

Whether the owner's family has repaired the tiles, reinforced the house, cleaned the ditches and other things to improve the living conditions in time can basically tell the family style and appearance of the family.

Uncle Dong understands better, "You are the first one, and Master Liu will not dare to cut corners for you."

Wu Ming said cheerfully, "We will be the next one."

Li Junyi asked about another matter, pointed to the west wing room, and asked in a low voice:
"Uncle Dong, I heard that there was a little quarrel at the third uncle's family just now?"

Uncle Dong stayed in the front yard all day long, so he knew more about things.
"You haven't come back yet, Yan Jiecheng came back first. Lao Yan just wanted to repair and strengthen it, Yan Jiecheng wanted to add an attic. Adding another attic would cost more money, Yan Jiecheng wanted to ask Lao Yan for some money."

Wu Ming curled his lips and said, "Third Master's money is not easy to get!"

Uncle Dong shook his head and said, "That's what happened! This is a bit of a contradiction, and I don't know the details."

Li Junyi said something for Yan Bugui, "Yan Jiefang has gone to the countryside, and the third master's house is a bit more spacious, so there is really no rush."

Wu Ming also had to agree: "That's true. In a few years, if Yan Jiekuang goes to the countryside again and Yan Jiedi gets married, the third master's house will always be spacious!"

Liu Haizhong's eldest son, Liu Guangqi, brought his wife and children into the courtyard, carrying more than 1 catty of eggs in his hand.

Packed in a net pocket, it is particularly conspicuous!
The gossip chat was interrupted, several people left and went back to their respective houses for dinner, Yan Bugui came out, obviously for Li Ming.

Li Ming greeted: "Third Master, have you eaten yet?"

"It's not finished yet, we have to wait for a while. Xiao Ming, are you free tomorrow?" Yan Bugui asked directly, not to waste Li Ming's time.

"Although tomorrow is Sunday, there are still a lot of things to do. I only have time tomorrow at noon and tomorrow night."

He's going to learn music in the morning, and in the afternoon he's going to exchange some knowledge with Mr. Lou Xiao'e. He's very busy.

Yan Bugui invited: "Then tomorrow night, I'll ask your third mom to cook two appetizers, and we'll chat while drinking."

"Is there something wrong? Third master, our relationship doesn't need to come to those falsehoods."

Yan Bugui scanned the surroundings, "I really have something troublesome to bother you, so let's talk in detail tomorrow."

"Okay then, let's see you tomorrow."

Yan Bugui was not in a hurry, and Li Ming was even more in a hurry. He helped if he could, and refused if he couldn't. There was no pressure.

When he returned to the small courtyard in the west of the city, Lou Xiaoe and the others happened to have dinner together after taking a bath.

after dinner,
Li Ming was reading the newspaper, Lou Xiaoe was eating strawberries, and occasionally fed him one.

'The Ministry of Construction and Engineering held a national drainage conference in Tianjin, and the use of urban sewage to irrigate farmland is promising. '

'The completion and opening ceremony of Hongqi Canal in Linxian County, Henan Province was held. The total length of the main canal and the main canal is 171.5 kilometers. '

'The Jingcheng Water Pump Factory uses new technology to produce new agricultural drainage and irrigation pumps, and the ex-factory price has been reduced by half. '

'Yun Province built and expanded 5 calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer plants, and the province's calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer production capacity increased by 2 times. '

Lou Xiaoe commented: "Most of the news in the newspapers recently is agricultural news."

Li Ming said with a smile: "Now the most important work in the whole country is spring plowing. Some spring plowing is over, and we need to talk about the results; some have just started, and we need to work hard and encourage our enthusiasm."

"My sister and I followed the production team to try to work. After a day of farm work, it was really hard."

"What labor is not hard? Farming is actually a relatively easy job."
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