The walls of the house have been built. Naturally, there are some unused bricks in the process. They were originally thrown everywhere, but now they are neatly stacked aside.

"Harusei, Haruki..."

Jiang Wanwan called the two children.

When Xiao Chunshu saw the person coming, he ran over with bricks in his arms and pointed to the pile of bricks next to him. "Aunt, we have put all the bricks there. My brother said that these bricks can still be used. We can use them to build a stove, a pigpen, and a chicken coop."

It was the beginning of the month and the moonlight was not bright, but Jiang Wanwan saw a pair of bright eyes.

Xiao Chunshu felt uncomfortable being stared at by her and wiped his nose with his sleeve.

Jiang Wanwan smiled and shook her head, then took out some paper to wipe him.

The child was so tired that he was sweating and his nose was bubbling.

He called Chunsheng over again, took them home, and poured them some water to drink.

The two children were also very thirsty. The tea prepared for the workers was still warm, and each of them drank two large bowls.

"That's all for today. The rest will be done tomorrow. You two should come early tomorrow," Jiang Wanwan thought for a moment and added, "It's best to come as soon as you get up. I have some work I want your help with."

When they heard that they needed help, the two children's eyes lit up. They deserved it.

Only after they agreed did Jiang Wanwanwan let Lu Xiao send the two children home.

The next morning, Jiang Wanwan got up early and the two children came over, making her feel both amused and helpless.

When Wang Huining and Aunt Wang came over and saw the two children, they both praised Jiang Wanwan for her kindness.

Aunt Wang, who was older and a member of the Red Star Brigade, knew Zhang Xiulan better and couldn't help but sigh, "This is a blessing in disguise. These two children are so unlucky to have such parents."

Once the house is built, it's time to put up the beams. Most villagers have some skills and can collect the wood quickly.

Wang Dong is one of the best carpenters in the Red Star Brigade. He started learning the craft from a master carpenter a few years ago and can be considered a professional.

But after work every day, he looked tired even when eating. Jiang Wanwan thought it was because the work was too tiring, and asked Wang Fang to tell her third brother not to be too anxious, as they were already building the house fast enough and they should not tire themselves out.

The result was a round of complaints from Wang Fang.

"Don't mention it. It's not because he's tired from work. He's just worried about his wife."

"Li Zhiqing? Isn't she working at a primary school now?"

The fact that Wang Dong and Li Meiling are dating is no longer a secret.

In the village, people get married quickly. If they go on a blind date and they like each other, the next step is to discuss the wedding gifts and the ceremony, which will take no more than two months.

Even if it is a free love relationship, once the relationship is confirmed, arrangements for marriage will have to be made.

After all, people in the countryside are conservative, and unmarried men and women will feel uncomfortable after spending a long time together.

According to their local customs, they don't get married in the first month of the year and don't get married in the twelfth month. They originally planned to hold the wedding for the two of them after the first month of the year.

It was with this plan in mind that Li Meiling was found a job in a primary school.

It was difficult to get a position as a primary school teacher, so I added a miscellaneous job.

To put it bluntly, many people in the village knew that Li Zhiqing fell in love with Wang Dong because of the position of primary school teacher.

When they heard that the primary school teacher position had been announced, Li Zhiqing and Wang Dong had a quarrel in the back mountain. Later, Wang Dong took Li Zhiqing to the city to buy new clothes to calm him down.

Even if he was coaxed into submission temporarily, it would still take some effort to keep him, so his father had to arrange another position for him in the school.

Of course, Jiang Wanwan heard all this because there were many people building a house at home these days.

But I didn't expect that something would go wrong even though the work had been arranged.

"It's already the end of the first month of the lunar year, and my brother told Li Zhiqing about getting married. She actually said her family didn't agree. What did I say before? That Li Zhiqing didn't like my third brother at first sight. She only approached my third brother because of the elementary school teacher position, and my third brother was stupid enough to believe her. Now, everything is lost."

Jiang Wanwan looked at Wang Fang who was gesticulating and thought to herself, is it really okay for you to ridicule your third brother like this?

Although she also felt that Li Meiling's motives in contacting Wang Dong were impure, she was about to suffer a breakup, and as her sister, she was rubbing salt into the wound, which really made people feel sympathetic.

Because she felt sympathy for someone, Jiang Wanwan drank half a bowl of porridge more for breakfast.

At noon, crackling sounds of cannons were heard, and the roof beams were erected on the mountain.

It was the first time that Jiang Wanwan saw that the beams of the house were being lifted by manpower. Several tall and strong men stood on the roof, carrying thick wooden sticks on their shoulders, with the beams being hung by ropes in the middle of the sticks.

There were also strong men below, some of them were pulling with ropes, some were pushing with wood, and they were sweating profusely at the sight of Jiang Wanwan.

You have to know that the wood they found for the roof beams was as thick as an arm's length, weighing at least a thousand pounds.

Fortunately, there was no danger and the three beams were firmly placed on the mountain.

After installing the beams, the purlins will be much easier.

Putting up the roof beams is the most important part of building a house. After finishing today's work, the house is basically built, and we won't need so many people to do the remaining work.

Lu Xiao and Jiang Wanwan had already agreed to give everyone a good meal that day. In addition to the big stew, there was also braised pork and pure white flour steamed buns.

The food was good and everyone worked hard, and by evening the roof was completely plastered.

Aunt Wang smiled and told Jiang Wanwan that her family's red brick houses were the best in the village, and they were built so quickly because the couple were popular.

Jiang Wanwan didn't dare to respond. She didn't have much contact with the villagers, and it was only this time that she truly felt the villagers' enthusiasm. If anyone had the best popularity, it should be Lu Xiao.

On the small path behind the mountain, Wang Dong looked at Li Meiling who was wearing new clothes. The clothes she was wearing were bought by him during the Chinese New Year, and the watch on her wrist was also bought by him.

He had been with Li Meiling for two months and had spent almost all the extra money he had earned over the years, but in the end he still couldn't get a single word of truth from her.

Li Meiling impatiently pouts the twig and says, "If you have something to say, please hurry up. We have things to do at school."

"What exactly do you want with our relationship? I've given you everything you wanted, are you really going to be so cruel?"

Wang Dong never expected that this woman would be so heartless. The two of them had obviously gotten along well before, and she seemed to like him very much.

Li Meiling frowned and asked, "Why am I so heartless? I already told you, it's my family who doesn't agree. Isn't it true that marriage is such a big deal, shouldn't you tell your family?"

"But why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you ask my family if it was okay when you were dating me? It's not the first day you've known about our family situation. Besides, what did you tell me back then? You said you wanted to settle down in the countryside, and that the day you went there you had no intention of returning to the city. You wanted to live a good life with me in the countryside. Were you lying to me?"