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Chapter 3 The Wooden House
Chunhua's house is actually not her own.

Chunhua's husband Shitou originally had a thatched adobe house left by his parents during their lifetime.His parents died early, and Shitou grew up relying on the relief of the village, lazy and playful.There is no caring person to discipline and guide, and I don't know how to repair the old house properly.

A few years ago, a torrential rain that lasted for several days caused the dilapidated mud house to collapse into a pile of mud.After dawn, the villagers all thought that he was buried in the mud pile, and they shouted several times at the top of their lungs, but they didn't hear any response, so they brought something from home to dig, trying to get his body to the barren hills buried.

Just when everyone was exhausted, he came back staggeringly.A few boys dropped the guy, rushed up and threw him to the ground, shouting: "You bastard, don't die at home in the future, we have already buried you once."

It turned out that he ran to the other side of the mountain to play cards that night and escaped unharmed.

The torrential rain killed a person in an old house that collapsed in a nearby village.The sons and daughters of a distant cousin in Shitou were all working in the city, and they rushed back immediately after hearing about the situation.Although the old house of their family is a very solid wooden structure house, the pillars and beams of the house are very thick.But the children still insisted on taking the old man away.

The old man was reluctant to part with the ancestral house, but he couldn't hold back his children. The family discussed finding someone to guard the old house, so Shi Shi, who was already homeless, moved in.

Soon, the government gave each family whose house had collapsed a housing subsidy.Shitou knew that Tang Shu would not come back to live anymore, and his children thought the old house had good Feng Shui and wanted to keep it for a long time.The quick-witted Shitou used part of the money to marry Chunhua back, and saved the other part, hoping to build a grand house after saving more in the future.

Chunhua's father died early, and her mother remarried outside the mountains. She grew up with her grandparents.Later, her grandparents passed away one after another, and she lived with her uncle's house.Fortunately, she was an adult at this time, able to do a lot of work, and not lazy.The uncle's family is also happy to have an extra labor force.

After Shito asked the matchmaker to give her uncle a large gift, she came to Shito with a small bundle.

Chunhua starches clothes and clothes, capable in everything, gentle and supple, smart and considerate, which makes Shitou feel happy.A year later, another fat boy was born, and Shitou was even more happy, humming a little tune from time to time, and felt that he had endless energy.

Shitou often worked during the day, and went out to play cards with others at night and didn't come back until midnight.Chunhua stays at home alone with her young son, listening to the sound of the wind and insects outside, and feels that her son is her only support and strength.

The news came that the school demolished the old house and wanted to rent a temporary teaching space.Chunhua immediately discussed with Shitou, wanting to rent out all the spare rooms and the main room in the wooden structure house.First, it can increase income, and second, there are more people in the family, and it will be more lively.

When Shitou heard this, he was very happy, and immediately went to the principal, and the two parties quickly signed a rental agreement.

Soon, the unit that aided in the construction of the school sent someone to supervise the project and asked the school to arrange a suitable residence.After careful consideration, the principal felt that only Chunhua's house was close to the newly built school building, and the walls and pillars of the house were all made of wood, and even the roof was covered with thick and strong bark. It had a simple and solemn atmosphere and was very comfortable.It was decided to let Liang Shi, the supervisor, live in a big room in Chunhua's house, and only keep her main room as a temporary classroom.

At first, when Shitou heard that a young and handsome technician in the city wanted to live in his house, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.His wife was just young, and although she was dressed in coarse brown clothes, she couldn't hide her beauty and gentleness.If a young man exuding a youthful and fashionable atmosphere walks around the house, how will he go out to play cards at night in the future?
Shitou couldn't explain clearly, so he asked the principal about Liang Shi's situation in the name of hoping to get along with Liang Shi better.The principal knew the small things in Shitou's heart at a glance, so he told him directly that Liang Shi graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering of a prestigious university and was an engineer in his unit.I have a girlfriend who works as a nurse in a large hospital in my hometown. Her family background, talent and appearance are all first-class.

The principal said enviously: "The people in this city are very aggressive in dating. The small photo of the female nurse is placed in the plastic compartment of Liang Gong's wallet. When he goes shopping at the canteen, someone always takes the opportunity to sneak a peek at it." .”

When Shi Shi heard this, he was a little unconvinced and said: "Principal, we country people also want to drag you, and we also want to show off our wife's good looks, but we don't have the conditions. We don't have a few tickets on us, so how dare we spend them on a wallet?" , how heartbroken. If one day I make a fortune, I will definitely buy a big wallet, enlarge the photos of my spring flowers to look like real people, and stick them in the plastic compartment. Then I will run to the biggest one on the street In the shopping mall, I keep taking out my wallet to buy things, hehe."

The principal laughed out loud at Shitou's ideal words, and said again and again: "Shitou, you are a man with ambition. If you put your spring flowers in the plastic compartment, I will also put my wife's photo in a frame. , placed on my desk. Hehe, hehe."

Shitou was very excited by what the principal said, and said, "Principal, that's fine, you are taking money from the state, and you still look at me like a wife. You are not a man."

"Hey, we are people inside, and men at heart."

Now, when Shitou heard that the principal wanted to rent the small utility room in his house, and that a female teacher who was prettier than a fairy was going to live in his house, he felt overjoyed, and he had no worries about going out to play cards at night.He politely said to the principal: "This little teacher Guo doesn't charge rent when he lives in my house. It's not easy for him to live far away. Let's take care of him, shall we?"

The principal said: "Don't be polite to me, the rent is paid by the school, not by herself."

Shitou nodded and said, "That's true, my family is not rich, and besides, I don't know if the children of Uncle Tiantian will come back and ask me for rent."

After the two signed the agreement, the principal gave Liang Shi a deposit and the first rent, and got up to leave.

The stone was delivered to the door, and said with a squeak: "Principal, please ask Teacher Guo for me. Is it okay if she is free to help me teach my minced meat to do my homework?" Looking at him, he blushed immediately, and said eagerly and stammeringly: "Well, I, I won't treat her badly either. Usually, eggs laid by the chickens at home and fresh vegetables from the garden, as long as my family can get them , must repay her."

The principal laughed loudly and said, "Well, you are a stone, you are quite good at making up your mind."

Shitou's face was flushed like a red persimmon under the autumn sun, and he argued: "I'm also thinking of the children. As for me, I have too many things to teach, and Chunhua can't read a few words."

The principal nodded, "I promise to tell you the truth. I think she lives in your house and has no place to go. It's quite easy to pass the time with a child who asks her to teach her homework in her free time."

"Then I would like to thank the principal."

(End of this chapter)