The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 99 Building a House

Chu Ying asked Uncle Qi to finish the wooden structures of the two houses first, and the roofs were still covered with bamboo chips and covered with earth and straw.I made an appointment with Grandpa Li to buy from someone who has adobe bricks. The adobe bricks are cheap, but only five yuan per penny, and people in the village are ready to wait for the time to build new houses. The quality of the adobe bricks is still good. The clay bricks I thought to make should be stronger.

"Is the family going to build a house again? Is there a shortage of manpower? I'll help you when I'm done." Chu Ying was stopped by Wang Naiyuan when she was passing by the field in a bullock cart. She hadn't seen her for a few days. I have matured a lot.

"No, let's see when the time comes. Uncle Qi brought an apprentice here these days, so he can be considered busy. It's okay these days, I don't have time to meet the bride, and I didn't have time when you came last time." at home."

"It's okay, if you need help, tell me, and I will definitely come." Chu Ying saw that Wang Naiyuan had been tanned a lot in the past few days, and she should be running to the fields or working in the city every day.

It took a whole day to buy all the required adobe bricks, because the villagers live in scattered places, and the adobe bricks they make are not many when they are free, but they finally got it all together, and it only took 8 Money and silver, because the single room of the house to be built this time is at least 40 square meters, so more bricks are needed.

When Chu Ying and Ye Qiu moved all the earthen bricks down, it was almost dark, so they gave Grandpa Li half a coin and asked Grandpa Li to go back quickly. Uncle Qi didn't stay to eat and went back. Qiu and the two were too tired to move.

"Tomorrow, I'd better invite a mason to come. If I'm too busy, I'll invite another person to help me. I'm going to be exhausted." Chu Ying lay motionless on the floor, and felt that it was laborious to move her mouth a few times.

Ye Qiu got up and went to work in the kitchen, "I'm fine, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it anymore. Anyway, I still have some money at home, so just use it first."

"Who said it wasn't..."

"Didn't you just ask me for help if you have something to do? Do you still need to ask others? This is a tael of silver. I will pay you back first, and I will come to help tomorrow." Seeing Wang Naiyuan's angry look, Chu Ying didn't know how to respond .

"Aren't you newly married? How dare Chu Ying let you come, come in and sit down." Seeing Ye Qiu greet Wang Naiyuan into the kitchen, Chu Ying could only get up and move to the kitchen.

He was picked up by Wang Naiyuan before moving two steps, "You are weak, don't you know it yourself? Don't you still want money when you are exhausted? Can't I help you when I become a relative? When did the neighbors become so So much for it."

"Actually, I'm too lazy to ask you to help." Wang Naiyuan gently put Chu Ying on the cushion, "Yes, I see you are too lazy to move." Chu Ying stuck out her tongue and made a smiling face.

"Oh my god... what are you doing?" Chu Ying's calf was held down by Wang Naiyuan, and Chu Ying was so sore that she quickly retracted her calf, but Wang Naiyuan beat her hard and was grabbed back.Ye Qiu thought that bugs had entered the house, holding a spoon and looking back to see Chu Ying being grabbed by Wang Naiyuan's calf.

"I'll press it for you, or I won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow." Ye Qiu put down the spoon and hurriedly ran to push Wang Naiyuan's hand away, "I'll come, I'll come, I will press the spoon to make some water for the young lady, you Let's see if this man and woman are close or not." Wang Naiyuan blushed when Ye Qiu said this.

"I'll help tomorrow, so I'm leaving first." Wang Naiyuan hurried out the door and ran a long distance before stopping. He didn't have any unreasonable thoughts about Chu Ying, but simply wanted to protect her. She, but Chu Ying is growing up slowly, and she is also married and has a family. It is better to have some distance between the two of them, otherwise it will be bad for Chu Ying if they talk about it before the time.

"Can girls' feet be touched casually? Miss, you are weak, and the second lady has never taught you about etiquette. From now on, don't let men touch your body, except your husband, you know? Seeing Ye Qiu's nervous look, Chu Ying thought it was funny, but she still nodded seriously, picking up the money in the sack, she felt much more comfortable.

"You don't need to press my feet, as long as you pile up copper coins on me, I will feel that my legs are not sore at all." Seeing Chu Ying clinging to the sack tightly, Ye Qiu could only continue cooking with distress, Second Miss I never had to worry about food or clothing before, so I must have gotten used to living a hard life here to love money so much.

Sure enough, her thighs and calves were sore the next day, but fortunately, her beloved money came back to her. Chu Ying took a look at the full copper coins and got up to find a mason. The Wang Nai Garden where the wheat is beaten with a flail.

"Brother Wang, you came really early."

"It's getting late. My rooster has crowed three times. Uncle Qi is already at work. Ye Qiu has already fed the chicken and the rabbit. Only this little lazy pig is still asleep." Chu Ying looked at it as if That's what happened.

"Ye Qiu, why didn't you call me earlier."

"Seeing that you slept so soundly, I let you sleep a little longer when you were so tired yesterday, and there is nothing to do today, and Brother Wang is here to help again, so if you feel tired, you can sleep a little longer." Chu Ying used to be a special soldier I didn’t even sleep in on the first day of the Lunar New Year when I was here. It’s really worse every day when I come here. If the monitor finds out, it will be ridiculed and scolded again.

Chu Ying went to the entrance of the village to find the masons in the village who were waiting for her Grandpa Li. Fortunately, there were many masons, so she and Chu Ying came back in a bullock cart without an appointment, and they were all recommended by Grandpa Li, so they should know the basics of.

"Uncle Xiang, you are here, I will help you today." Wang Naiyuan took down Uncle Xiang's tools and put them away in a spacious place.

"It's you, kid. That's a lot easier to do. Where can I do it again? Master Qi, you're here too." Uncle Qi who was on the roof turned his head and smiled at Uncle Xiang.

Chu Ying looks like they are all acquaintances, and they should be acquainted with each other when they are doing work. Uncle Qi is finishing the roof here, and Uncle Xiang and Wang Naiyuan are working together to start mixing plaster. Chu Ying asked Ye Qiu to pour cold water When the supply was sufficient, he picked up the flail brought by Wang Naiyuan and threw it as he did just now.

However, the length of the flail was relatively long, and Chu Ying didn't know how to use it yet, so she fell down in the wheat pile, covered in wheat ears.

"Haha...you just leave it alone, harvest the wheat first, and I'll beat it later." Chu Ying continued to practice, but she couldn't believe that she couldn't move the thing. After falling a few times, she finally managed to grasp the centrifugal force of the flail. .Although it doesn't have much strength to fight, it can be thrown up decently.

At noon, Ye Qiu cooked a large table of dishes, put the table under the shed, and spread reed mats on the ground. It's still cool these days, so you won't feel restrained eating a lot of people outside.

"You're a small boy with a lot of ambition. You'll be flailed at such a small size." Uncle Xiang patted Chu Ying's head.

"She can drive an ox cart..." Wang Naiyuan also booed.

"This little doll is very capable. I heard that he even killed pigs. How dare my little doll touch these things? She ran away when she saw the pigs screaming." Several people complimented her like this, and Chu Ying felt her little face was hot. .

"There is nothing I can do about it. I can only rely on myself without my parents. Fortunately, I have a smarter mind and can use some brute force. I also thank God for giving me so many opportunities." Chu Ying poured some sake for them all , Everyone talked and laughed, but put the tiredness behind.

(End of this chapter)