Seventy Little Heads

Chapter 147 Capping + Wang Xuangui

Li Si's family is going to build a new house. Looking at the stone bricks pulled over, it is clear that it is not the thatched house they usually build for the children, but at least a brick house.

For a while, everyone in the village was envious and jealous, ouch, Li Si, that wimpy man, his father didn’t love his mother or his mother, and his wife ran away like a wimp. It's terrible.

When his son was young, Li Si was someone in the village who could sympathize and look down on him. No one had a worse family than his.If the mother-in-law ran away, she would be ridiculed for a lifetime, and she would never be able to hold her head up for the rest of her life.

To eat or drink, to live alone with his son in a dilapidated thatched hut, without half a piece of good cloth on his body, and without any good food in the bowl, he is the one who is talking about.Who would have a happy future for someone who wouldn't even dare to hide from his mother's troubles?

The thought of not only being smart enough to go to university, but also destined to live in the city in the future, to be a bitch of a master, is already enviable.Who knows, what makes people enviable is yet to come.No, not only do you study well, but you also have money to build a new house.Tile-roofed houses, how many people have struggled in thatched huts all their lives, born in shabby thatched huts and died in shabby thatched huts.But people are not what they used to be today.

Hey, people are more irritated than others. Some people can't help it when they see that the eldest son is useless, there is nothing left to eat, and he has to teach him what to do, not to mention making money. Kick his own son's buttocks to vent his anger.

I'm really embarrassed to compare it.

I don’t know what’s going on in the hearts of the people in the village, but there are quite a few people who have come to visit the house recently. Some people even brought a few bricks back when they left, saying that the kang was broken to make up for it, or that they took it back to build a stove.

Goudan squinted his eyes to look at these people, and when there was no one else, he muttered to Li Si: Then whoever gets what and how much, we buy as much as we use, this is taken away by others, we estimate the materials for building a house It's not enough.At that time, everyone will come to take it. If you take too much, the house will not be built, and you will have to throw it there halfway.Unless we have to pay more, but I don't know if our family has enough money, and we need to get the floor and other furniture in the back.

Li Siyi was anxious when he heard that, no matter how honest he is, it would be a big deal for his family to fail to build a house in the face of others stealing building materials.He also counted on his family to build a new house, and it will be easier for his son to marry a wife in the future.This cannot be delayed.

So when Li Si was free, he wandered around in the pile of materials, and when he saw someone "handy" again, he stopped him directly, saying that someone stole his house's things, causing them to build a house without enough bricks, "This is for dogs." I can no longer take the house that Dan will use to marry his wife in the future."

Goudan squatted in front of his house and gnawed sweet potatoes, seeing his father seriously telling people that he could go to some brick factory to buy them if he wanted to use them, and his family would help him out by the way. Anyway, it’s not too heavy to turn around for a few dollars, and he won’t accept them. freight.Then he made people embarrassed, and said angrily, "Why don't we just build a new house, what's the big deal, borrowing a few dollars to turn around is just so stingy."

He left in anger, and Li Si was even more angry than him.Li Si himself never stole a vegetable leaf or a brick from anyone in his life, so he didn't know that others could take his son's things so confidently.

He looked at the materials more frequently, and everyone knew that Li Si was not happy for others to borrow a few bricks from his house. Some people were annoyed and said it a little harshly,

Goudan doesn't care about the language of those people. Those reliable people will not do such things to take advantage of. People who do this kind of thing don't care about dealing with their families. A village and a clan maintain a relationship with these people. Peace on the surface is enough, there is no need to be so intimate.

Foreman Tan and his teammates were quite reliable. While digging the foundation, they told Goudan that the structure and structure of the house should be the most cost-effective and durable. Goudan also learned some knowledge.

"Nowadays people like to use cement to mop the floor. It looks smooth and clean, but this thing is not good. If you want me to say that it is a stone strip made by a rich family in ancient times, it is dry and flat, and it is durable. And if your house The conditions are good, and now there is a kind of ceramic tile on the market, which is smoother than cement, but it is dead expensive. What is more expensive is wooden flooring, which is generally not used by rural people, it is too troublesome and not durable.”

"Then I'll take a look. I'll decide what material to use for the floor after the walls are painted."

"Okay, please let us work together when the time comes, and the price can be negotiated." Goudan has already paid the wages deposit, and will pay half when the project is half completed, and the final payment will be made after the completion of the acceptance inspection.

Goudan also found out clearly that most of the people that Foreman Tan pulled were from his village, or they knew each other.I don't worry that he will run away with the money, and let the workers return to trouble their own homes.

Because most of the vegetable fields at home are gone, and we have to buy vegetables to eat, Goudan simply asks who has more food to buy from them, which makes the villagers very happy.The food was also agreed before, Goudan is wrapped here, three meals a day, there will be a meat dish at noon or at night.That is to say, there is a meat dish for them every day.

Mingguang's daughter-in-law and her sisters-in-law help to cook the meals, and it doesn't matter how they are made, as long as they make enough.Goudan thinks that there is not enough oil in the big pot of dishes, but the women in the village cook like this. They are used to saving, and they will subconsciously save when helping to cook.

Goudan can only say hello around the bush and ask them to put enough oil, because they don't need to cook anymore, so they just follow the big pot.He and Li Si's father and son don't have much talent in cooking, and Wang Xuan is not around, so it's easy to eat like this.

Every day someone helps with the cooking, and Goudan is also happy and relaxed. Even if the family buys meat or something, it will send a catty and a half catty to the old aunt’s house. Money is also difficult to deal with.

Taking advantage of the gap between building a house, Goudan also hired a special well-drilling team to dig a well for himself.His home is not too far from the river ditch, and the experienced well-drilling team set up a wooden frame on the left side of the old house and began to dig wells.

From now on, I won't have to go to the old well to fetch water every day, which is also a tiring job.

Goudan is very busy every day, and sometimes he has to go to the post office in the town to answer calls when he receives calls from Wang Xuan. Besides, his classmates often come to him to play.I went swimming in the reservoir twice, saw the teachers who were kind to them, or chatted with Xiaoqian and Zhang Heng about the store.Before I knew it, a month passed, and the first-floor house was erected. The wooden shelves had not been removed, and the roof was about to be capped.

Goudan told Wang Xuan about this matter, and Wang Xuan said that he could go home when he was done with his work.Goudan was overjoyed by this matter, and repeatedly expressed that it was too late.In the future, let Foreman Tan do the other things in advance, and the cap will be postponed for two days, because Wang Xuan will come back to live together.

The people in Mr. Tan's headband are very skilled, fast and good, and Goudan plans to entrust him with the rest of the work.

Goudan happily went to the town's butcher to order half a fan of pork for the day of capping. He planned to be lively and open meat for everyone.

Li Si is now smiling so much that his teeth can't be seen every day, even his mother, Mrs. Li, asked to live in, otherwise the increase in alimony and making troubles can't break his good mood.He only said that the house was built by Goudan and Wang Xuan with money, and he couldn't make the decision.This remark almost pissed Mrs. Li to death, but she laughed the dog so hard.

Isn't it reasonable to let the grandson take care of the elderly while few sons live well?That's the truth, but someone needs to accept the truth in this way.

She gritted the big teeth of Mrs. Li. She used to think it was better for her son to be stupid, at least obedient, but now she thinks it's not good to be a fool because he can't understand people's words.

Goudan lived happily every day, and had a good time learning bricklaying from the workers.

After confirming Wang Xuan's train number, Goudan went to the provincial capital to pick him up early, and the two bought a lot of things from the provincial capital, and visited the furniture market in the provincial capital by the way.However, most of the furniture styles are old-fashioned, the quality of the wood is not good, and the paint on the tables, chairs and benches looks uneven, so the two decided not to decide on the furniture.Wait till the house is built.

Goudan accompanied Wang Xuanshuang from the provincial capital to the county seat again, Wang Xuandian's face turned pale, and Goudan was so distressed, but Wang Xuan said that he was fine, "This is a squeamish after two days of good life." Just wait until you get used to it." He told Goudan like this.

After returning to the village, the topping ceremony was held on the second day. The village has its own particularities, and Goudan doesn't know much about it. An old man like the old aunt taught Li Si what to do.In the past, most people built thatched huts, but they were particular but not many. Those who built brick houses also had the custom of raising the roof, that is, the tiled houses needed citron wood, and when they needed citron wood, choose a good day to set off firecrackers and pray. , and then lift the top and the tallest first, and tie a red cloth on the highest rafter tree of the frame, praying for peace and joy.

Goudan's family built a bungalow directly across the brick and tile house, without mentioning the cedar wood, so the topping ceremony is also extremely important.Building a house in the village is a major event, so we must pay attention to what should be done, otherwise others will talk about it.After all, the big money to build a house is paid out, and the small money in the back will hold some banquets even if it is difficult. This is a folk custom.

Goudan is not short of that money, and Li Si doesn't care if he is particular about this aspect.Anyway, it’s okay to order meat and vegetables to be delivered to your door on this day. Only the seven aunts and eight aunts in the village will help prepare the meals. Of course, it’s not a waste of help. If they didn't take it out, let them call them home.It doesn't mean that only when there are plenty of vegetables and meat, there is not enough meat for people to eat these days.

It was saved by those sisters-in-law and aunts who helped. These days, not to mention the clean leftovers in the basin, it is a beautiful thing to pack the meat and vegetables left over from other people's plates.

So they are all very happy, it is a very cost-effective thing to take home to feed the elderly and children at home.

All the people in the village who came to drink were smiling, as happy as if the house belonged to them. As for whether there were any murmurs in their hearts, it was hard to say.