I want to be a good minister

Chapter 163 The Lord and Minister Can Wait

On this day, it was Li Zheng's appointment to renovate the house with joy. Early in the morning, the villagers Li Zheng had invited to help arrived at Cen Xi's yard early in the morning.

Before Cen Xi could order, he had already started to help.

When buying materials, Cen Xi bought mud tiles, which are stronger than thatch and warm in winter and cool in summer.Seeing this, the villagers lifted the thatch, laid a layer of flat bricks on the beams, and then stacked the curved tiles one by one.

There are also quite a few tile-roofed houses in the village, so Cen Xi's move is not very eye-catching. At the beginning, Cen Xi took a fancy to these two houses, although they were thatched houses, but the walls were made of earth bricks. , suddenly refreshed a lot, and although there are two rooms, the area is not small, one is 34 square meters.

At this time, in such a small village, the exquisite farmers already have three tiled houses, a kitchen and a yard, which look very neat and bright.So when they saw Cen Xi's pile of earthen bricks, everyone thought they were going to build another one, but they didn't think that what the young man was talking about was laying them on the ground.Suddenly everyone felt incredible.

"Young master, what good bricks are these, so many can be used to build another house and pave the floor, it's not worth it." Seeing this, a villager shook his head.

"Uncle's words are very reasonable. It's just that my mother is sick. Walking on the muddy ground is easy to fall, and I can't take care of it at home all the time. I can only make the ground flat..." Just as he was talking, the woman in the house was very upset. He walked out smoothly, except that his eyes were a little dull, and there was nothing wrong with it at first glance.

Hearing this, the villagers nodded immediately. Where can they find such filial children, and they are also literati from Sitian College. Work harder.

The ground in the house was leveled again. Although the villagers hadn't paved it, they quickly understood what Cen Xi said.

The way of laying bricks on the ground is only done by rich families in the city, so the villagers guessed that Cen Xi was a child of some rich family, and because of his family's decline, he fell into trouble.

In two days, the quick-working villagers finished what Cen Xi had to do. The remaining bricks and materials were repaired in the yard. Immediately, the whole house took on a new look, even the windows were wide open. few.

Cen Xi settled the wages one by one, and distributed the hares to the villagers one by one. The villagers saw that Cen Xi had added [-] Wen to the original salary of [-] Wen for two days, and gave an extra one. The hare left immediately with gratitude.

Seeing that it was still early in the morning, Cen Xi swept the house thoroughly again. Taking advantage of the gap when the old bed was moved out, Cen Xi bought an arhat bed with fences on three sides. The wood is just ordinary willow, simple and elegant, It's not as intricate and exquisite as the ones used by big families, but it's not bad when paired with a new house that has just been plastered with plaster and the floor is neatly paved with bricks.

A wardrobe is also made of willow wood, and it is also simple and elegant. Although it is small, it is enough to hold the clothes of the two brothers and sisters of Cen Xi and the silly mother.Outside of the bed and wardrobe, Cen Xi seemed to have been hit by a half-worn bamboo mat, although it was not very big. Cen Xi pieced together the broken planks of the bed, and asked the village carpenter to repair them. Sometimes it is placed on the south side of the house by the window, covered with bamboo mats, and becomes a small tatami mat, and is separated from the bed by two half-meter-high low cabinets, which can be used as a bed, or sit on, play and drink tea Only for reading.

Cen Xi also replaced the windows in the room with larger ones, and the light in the room suddenly became brighter.

In the kitchen, except for the location of the earthen stove in the northeast corner, which has been newly repaired, a long table with a length of 1.5 meters and a width of only [-] to [-] centimeters is placed along the east side of the earthen stove. Use when cooking and chopping vegetables.There was a small cupboard and dining table to the south of the earthen stove, and there was still a lot of space left. Cen Xi placed the bamboo couch he bought in the center of the north and south doors of the kitchen.

This summer is hot, there is such a kind of bamboo couch laid down, and the wind blowing through the hall is naturally very comfortable.

After finishing everything, Cen Xi looked at the result with satisfaction. Although there were not many things, there was a very familiar feeling when picking them with Cen Xi's eyes.

Cen Qing jumped up and down happily at home, touching this and silently that, the silly lady was still sitting next to the newly bought bed, also not talking much, just in a daze.

After finishing all this, the sky had already darkened, the exhausted Cen Xi only cooked some porridge, and then finished eating with cold dishes and silly mother Cen Qing.I fell asleep early in the morning.

The day after Lu Lianhe saw the letter, he waited at the gate of Sitian College early in the morning, but he didn't see Cen Xilai for a long time, but he asked the gatekeepers, these days, the strange Wen Sheng with the post two years ago It comes every day.

So not reconciled, waited another day, still did not come.

"I don't believe that Wen Sheng, who was able to write such insightful theories, would give up so easily." Lu Lianhe slapped the table with one hand, the palm of which turned red.

Sitting beside him was a young man in a lake blue brocade robe. On the hollow tea tray in front of him was a teapot with a handle and two tea bowls. Pour into a teacup.

Then, the jade-like fingers took one of the cups and took a sip.

"Houzhao's Lapsang Souchong is indeed a good product. The tea tastes light and bitter, with a sweet aftertaste. Mr. Anxiu has a heart.

"Brother Chunfeng, did you listen to me?" Lu Lianhe looked at his partner with some dissatisfaction, obviously he was his playmate since he was a child, but there was an extra Mr. Anxiu.

"Listen, it's just that it's useless for us to be in a hurry. It's his will to come, and it's also his wish if he doesn't come. There's nothing we can do." The boy smiled slightly, "It's just a boy who can write such strange talks Do you think what he learned in Sitian Academy is suitable for him?"

"Why isn't it suitable? He is about to come. Only by spreading the word can we completely change the atmosphere of old scholars in Sitian Academy." Lu Lianhe said unwillingly.

"No, I'll wait tomorrow." Lu Lianhe drank the tea in his cup in one go, and the young man at the side shook his head when he saw this. Such good tea is wasted.

Lu Lianhe also waited at the gate of Sitian Academy early in the morning on the third day. The young man took great interest. Lu Lianhe was not so sure that he would come again, but hoped that Cen Xi would come back.

However, he was not disappointed. He didn't wait long, and saw that familiar figure slowly walking towards the gate of Sitian Academy, not slowing down, as if he wanted to step on every step Round and firm, just like falling characters, each stroke is very neat.

Lu Lianhe wished he could rush forward, but at the next moment, a thought stopped his impulse again.

What if this kid finds out that he peeked at the letter to the head of the hospital and doesn't write anymore?Then wouldn't he never see it again? Moreover, he was more curious about the kid's identity than seeing the letter.

Thinking of this, Lu Lianhe hid himself and watched Cen Xi walk towards the students who were the head of Sitian Academy.

(End of this chapter)