After four or five days of sunny days, the road finally became dry.

At the same time, we also received news from outside.

This rain not only affected their village, but also affected other villages to some extent.

At this time, Andelai couldn't help but feel fortunate again. Fortunately, he had the foresight that day and had people work overnight to harvest all the beans in the field, thus minimizing the losses.

There were many beans in other villages that had not been harvested. After a heavy rain, the beans were soaked in the ground and sprouted, making it impossible to pick them up.

After the weather cleared up, except for some small chores from time to time, most people were busy building houses.

Some of the houses were no longer solid after being soaked in rain for a long time, while others collapsed directly and had to be rebuilt.

At the same time, the village's financial problems began to become serious.

Most families could barely get enough to eat and had almost no surplus food. Some had even been in debt to the village for several years in a row.

Now the house has to be rebuilt, and since I can’t afford it, I have to borrow money from the village.

Andelai and the other two village committee members couldn't just refuse to lend the money and watch everyone have no place to live.

Fortunately, many places in the town were affected by the disaster, and the disaster relief arranged by the higher authorities was quickly implemented.

The power of the country is still very great. Not to mention other areas, every household is given food subsidies, and there are also subsidies for building houses.

If it is really not enough, I can borrow some from the village and add some to my own savings, which will be enough.

When the An family built houses this time, it was impossible for the four brothers to live in one house, so they had to build four separate houses.

Fortunately, Ande Lai approved a piece of land for them, and since they lived not far from each other, it would be convenient for them to help each other in the future.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but this time the large-scale construction of houses moved them all towards An Hongdou's side, making her side no longer so remote, and at least there are people living there.

Ergouzi had been planning to build a house for years, and he took this opportunity to build one for himself, right next to An Hongdou's house.

After the whole village was settled, it was already early winter.

The weather suddenly turned cold. I was still wearing a thin shirt yesterday, but today I started looking for a cotton jacket.

It was early summer when Mr. Shen came, and he didn't bring any thick clothes, so he had no choice but to wear Shen Xiangzhi's.

By chance, Zhou Qingcao came to see An Hongdou, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked her, "Little sister, do you want to go to town?"

"Is Fourth Sister-in-law going to town for something?" An Hongdou had just finished feeding Sanbao and covered him up in the crib.

"It's not a big deal. It's getting cold. I see your fourth brother's clothes are all old and stiff when he wears them. Mom happened to say she has some cloth coupons, so I wanted to go to town and buy some cloth and cotton to make your fourth brother some new clothes." Before Zhou Qingcao got married, the An family made him two sets of summer clothes and two sets of winter clothes, which could be worn for several years. But fourth brother An was a grown man, and no one paid special attention to his clothes, so he just made do with what he wore. It's not that the clothes he wore were unwearable, but they were definitely not very comfortable.

After all, only men who have wives are loved.

In fact, it was Mrs. An who had too many sons to take care of, let alone others.

An Hongdou thought about what Shen Xiangzhi had said yesterday about going back to Jiangcheng in advance to make arrangements. After he left, she probably wouldn't have many opportunities to go out.

Now, I happened to be going to the town with Zhou Qingcao. We have plenty of things, but they need a source.

It just so happened that everyone in the family was there, so An Hongdou said something to them and then pushed her bicycle out with Zhou Qingcao.

When they arrived in town, An Hongdou said, "Sister-in-law, you go to the supply and marketing cooperative first. I have something else to do. You wait for me at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative. I will find you there after I finish my work."

"Okay, then you just have to be careful." Although Zhou Qingcao had just gotten married, he knew that his sister-in-law was very strong and different from ordinary people.

There were several times when I heard my husband and mother-in-law talking about my sister-in-law, and even my mother-in-law told me not to interfere in her affairs.

She vaguely knew that her sister-in-law had some secrets, but Zhou Qingcao was not a stupid person. On the contrary, she was very smart, so she knew that there were some things that she shouldn't know and she shouldn't explore them.

After the two parted ways, Zhou Qingcao went to the supply and marketing cooperative, while An Hongdou turned a corner and went towards the Lu family.

It has been some time since Mrs. Lu passed away, and she hasn't been to town for a long time, so she doesn't know how Lu Qi is doing now.

He just hoped that his cousin was a kind-hearted person and would treat Lu Qi well after inheriting the Lu family's house.

An Hongdou did not go directly to the door, but quietly lay on the top of the wall.

Today is Sunday. In the yard, Lu Qi is reading with a child younger than him. He reads a sentence and the child follows him.

From time to time, a pregnant woman named Lu Qi came out of the house, "Xiao Qi, I'm going to go out and buy some things. You watch the fire in the kitchen."

"Got it." Lu Qi's answer was very normal, without any timidity.

After the woman left, he went into the kitchen.

After a while, the child in the yard fell to the ground and started crying.

He also hurried out of the kitchen to coax the child.

The woman came back soon after buying something and saw the crying child and asked him what happened. Lu Qi replied that he had fallen down by himself.

The woman held the child in her arms and said a few words, but she did not blame Lu Qi.

After the woman carried the child into the house, An Hongdou picked a fruit from the neem tree behind her and threw it directly at Lu Qi.

When Lu Qi looked over here, An Hongdou pointed behind her, signaling him to talk outside.

Lu Qi nodded and shouted into the house: "Auntie, I'll be out for a while."

"Hey, don't run too far. It's time for dinner. Come back early." A woman's voice came from the house.

"Got it." Lu Qi replied, then ran outside.

An Hongdou also climbed down the wall, and at the same time, she felt more relieved about Lu Qi's situation.

Last time I only saw his uncle, who seemed like a kind person. The woman I saw this time should be his aunt, and she seemed to be nice to Lu Qi.

This way, she can rest assured.

Lu Qi ran out and smiled widely when he saw An Hongdou. He continued to run towards her and said, "Sister, why haven't you come to see me for so long?"

As he spoke, the smile on Lu Qi's face gradually disappeared, turning into a gloomy look.

An Hongdou reached out and rubbed his head. "Sister has been too busy recently and hasn't been to town. I came to see you right after I got here."

"Really?" Lu Qi was obviously very surprised and asked, "Will sister come to see me more often in the future when she has time?"