Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 30 True Love in Adversity
"Hey, old Uncle Li, I just listen to you, Sanshui and Chunsheng, you have to work hard. After building the kang and stove, brother will do your work for you. I can't let you contribute in vain."

"Brother Er Zhuang, what are you talking about? We live in a village. Don't say that we grew up together, just say that we are fellow villagers. When you have difficulties, I will help you and do something. If I still need wages, then I don’t have to hang out in the village anymore, I’m still waiting for my brother to reach out when I have difficulties.”

Sanshui's words made Lan Erzhuang's heart very warm. Usually, he really didn't feel how close Sanshui was to him, but when he was in trouble, Sanshui came with affection. A friend in adversity sees the truth, as expected.

"In the middle, brother Sanshui has already said this, so the elder brother will not be polite."

Seeing Chunsheng leaning towards Sanshui, Lan Erzhuang knew that Chunsheng was usually a man of few words, but this action had already expressed his heart.
"Chunsheng, I won't be polite to you anymore, I will remember this kindness."

"Brother Er Zhuang——"

Chunsheng yelled, but he didn't know how to be humble, his slightly dark face turned dark red, and Lan Erzhuang stopped saying polite words,
"His mother Hoe has just made some porridge over there. Let's eat some porridge first. We can start working when we are full."

Lan Erzhuang went inside to let the villagers who came to help,

"No need, Brother Er Zhuang, we all came here after dinner. We know that your house lacks pots and stoves, so how can we trouble you again? You just say what work to do first, and we will do it first."

The person who spoke was Wang Jianye, the grandson of Liu Ye's family,

"Alright, let's work first today. When the house is cleaned up, I'll invite you guys to come over and have a good meal. I will guarantee that there will be wine and meat. You can't be polite to me."

Lan Erzhuang can also see that these are folks who sincerely want to help him, so he will stop talking to everyone. The days are still long. If you are willing, there will be opportunities to repay in the future.

"Since Brother Sanshui and Brother Chunsheng are going to build a kang, Shanzi and I will go to make a bed, first make a big bed for you to live in tonight, and then buy some tables and stools, there must be a place to eat. "

Wang Jianye's carpentry is still good, so he went to make a bed first.
"That's okay, you guys go to work first, Zihao and I go have some porridge first, and come over right away."

"You go, Brother Er Zhuang, Jianye and I promise to do a good job for you."

Shan Zi followed behind Wang Jianye and walked towards the flatbed truck full of timber.
"Then brother, let's eat first, I'm tired."

"Don't make such a fuss, Brother Er Zhuang, we are waiting for your drink."

Sanshui laughed heartily,

"I promise, you just keep your bellies and wait."

Seeing everyone scattered around and starting to do their own work, Lan Erzhuang took the two children and Lin Zihao to have dinner first.

After eating, Lan Erzhuang found out that Uncle Li was not there, thinking that he would leave first while he was eating, because Lan Erzhuang felt a little sorry for not seeing off Uncle Li in person, so he had to think about thanking him after his family was done. Everyone,
"Er Zhuang, look what I brought here."

Lan Erzhuang, who was feeling annoyed, saw Li Shuer running over with a pile of things, sweating profusely. After all, he was an elderly person, panting a little anxiously. Lan Erzhuang walked up to Li Shuer with a few strides. ,

"Uncle Li, look at your sweaty head, if you have something to do, tell us to hit it."

Taking the things in Li Shuer's hands, he found that they were some tools for working.

"I don't think you have any handy tools at home. It's much slower to do the work. I went back to the village and borrowed some. You can see what you can use. If you don't have an uncle, you can borrow some."

"Uncle Li—"

Lan Erzhuang really had the urge to cry, and the circles of his eyes were a little red.

"You brat, you have learned to be sensational."

Li Zheng patted Lan Erzhuang on the shoulder,
"Is uncle an outsider? You're still being courteous with uncle. Don't let these boys laugh at you, old men. You've already set up your own family. Why are you still acting like a child?"

"Yes, Second Brother, let's remember Uncle Li's love, we men don't like to shed tears."

Lin Zihao hurried over to have fun, and punched Lan Erzhuang, mixing up the atmosphere,
"When did I shed tears? Which eye did you look at? I was excited because I had something. We are men."

Lan Erzhuang refused to admit defeat, but he couldn't put away his overflowing emotions. Li Shuer wanted to be ahead of him in everything, and thoughtful for himself, so he was afraid that he would be wronged. I can't finish answering in this life.

Lan Erzhuang found a suitable wooden pier and let old Uncle Li sit on it.
"Uncle Li, just sit here and take a good rest. You don't need to start with these tasks. Our brothers are enough. If you don't worry, just sit here and supervise the work. Anyone who doesn't do it well will be scolded."

Seeing that Uncle Li was about to get up, Lan Erzhuang hurriedly pressed down,

"Little basket, pour a bowl of water for your grandpa Li, hurry up."

"Here we come, Dad."

When she saw Grandpa Li coming over with something, Lan Lingxue took a bowl and prepared water. She just watched the interaction between her father and Grandpa Li. Shouting, she brought the water,

"Grandpa Li, drink water."

Of course it was added with clear spring water, Lizheng drank it and nodded.

"Don't say that the porridge you have here is fragrant, this water is even more delicious than ours."

"Of course, this is the water I brought for grandpa."

"Yes, yes, the water in our little basket must be delicious."

Lizheng laughed so hard that his wrinkles piled up, Lan Lingxue also giggled with Grandpa Li, the little hoe was unwilling to be lonely, rushed over and grabbed Lan Lingxue's sleeve, and then smiled happily,
"Little hoe, your next task is to accompany Grandpa Li well, you know?"

Lan Lingxue assigned a task to Little Hoe, and Little Hoe nodded vigorously.
"Understood, sister, promise to complete the task."

The cute appearance of the little guy aroused another burst of laughter, and Lan Lingxue took the opportunity to walk to her father's side, because to build a kang, she had to take off the bricks first. After dinner in the next afternoon, he can almost do it. In that case, he can build the kang and stove at night, so Lan Erzhuang is working hard.

"Little basket, stay away, don't splash the mud all over you."

Seeing his daughter approaching, Lan Erzhuang, who was taking off the blank, stopped her,
"Father, I have something to tell you."

Lan Lingxue put on a serious expression, and Lan Erzhuang immediately put down the work in his hand, ran to the girl's side,
"Little Basket, what's the matter?"

Knowing that my daughter stopped me at this time, she must be talking about something serious,

"Father, I think the kang and the stove in our old house are separate, right?"

Thinking that there was a special kitchen in the old house, and the kang in the house had a stove for burning fire, Lan Lingxue wondered if she could renovate the kang and the stove in the modern way when she built the kang. Connected with a fire wall, it is warm and saves firewood, and the house is kept clean because there is no need to light the stove.

"Yes, the kang and the stove are separate, what's the matter?"

I don't know why my daughter asked that, isn't it like this in every family,

"You said that would be a waste of firewood. You have to light two stoves. Can't you build the kang and the stove together?"

"That can't be done. It's cooking and cooking. How can people stay in the smoky room?"

"Father, build a wall between the stove and the kang. The wall is also empty like a kang hole, and the fire can escape inside. When the fire is burning, the fire can get into the kang and into the wall. That way the house But it’s much warmer, and you don’t need to burn another stove for cooking, and it saves firewood and labor, do you think it’s okay?”

Lan Erzhuang scratched his head and muttered a bit, no one had done this before, and he didn't know if it would work, but when he thought that it was his daughter who said it, Lan Erzhuang was reassured that it might work,

"Girl, I'll go and discuss it with your Uncle Sanshui, see if it's okay?"

"Ah."

Knowing that the old man nodded, the matter is probably settled, but worried that the ancient people were not skilled enough and could not make such a fire wall and kang, Lan Lingxue watched anxiously as her father went over and whispered to Uncle Sanshui, she But he couldn't bear to go away.

"Brother Er Zhuang, this is a good idea. Let's discuss it carefully. It should work. Please explain in detail."

Hearing Lan Erzhuang's idea, Sanshui slapped his thigh directly. This is really a good idea. It not only saves labor, but also saves firewood. Why didn't I think of it before?
"How could I come up with this idea, I still heard my little basket say 'two stoves are too much firewood, if only one stove can be used more', reminded me, I just wanted to discuss it with you No, if I talk about it in detail, I'm a little uncertain, I'll ask my daughter to come over and tell you, maybe there are many people who can come up with some good ideas."

I don't dare to say it's my daughter's idea, as long as I know what's good about my daughter, Lan Erzhuang is really afraid that outsiders will know his daughter's secret and cause trouble.
"Small basket?"

Sanshui was a little surprised, I hadn't heard how smart the daughter of Brother Er Zhuang's family is, I only know that she is not very talkative, but thinking about her performance today, it seems that she is really clever and sensible.

"Well, my daughter is very smart, she has a lot of ideas, much better than me as a father."

I once again praised my daughter's cleverness, thinking that there will be more places for my daughter to show her abilities in the future, so I will help lay the groundwork first, so as not to be eye-catching,
"Okay then, let's think about it together."

Sanshui called Chunsheng and Zihao over, and Lan Erzhuang also called Lan Lingxue to his side, and asked Lan Lingxue to share his thoughts with everyone. The principle is that I just took a wooden stick on the spot and drew my own thoughts on the ground, what is the kang, what is the wall, and where is the stove? But the water understood.

(End of this chapter)