Chen Ye hurried over to help. Xiao Wang went to buy bricks on the three-wheeled bicycle that Chen Ye had made before. This bicycle was pulled by his fourth brother when he delivered wood last time. It was quite practical, although a little worn out.

Fortunately, the yard is big now. If she had just moved in, the car would not have been able to turn around if it was parked in the previous small yard.

Chen Ye removed the threshold of the gate, and Xiao Wang pushed the tricycle into the yard with a force: "Ye Zi, which yard should we put it in?"

"Put it in the yard next door, and use it directly there."

Chen Ye looked at the number of bricks. There would still be some left after making a fireplace and an oven, which was better than not having enough.

"Shall we start now?" Xiao Wang asked when he saw the mixed yellow mud in the yard.

"Brother Wang, take a break first, eat something to fill your stomach, and then we can start working."

I wanted to build a wall and a fireplace because Chen Ye had just renovated a room.

The old man liked the decoration of that room and planned to move in, but Chen Ye didn't install floor heating here.

I thought of getting a fireplace not only for warmth, but also so that when the old couple are bored during the day, they can drink tea by the fireplace. Just thinking about it makes me feel relaxed.

Chen Ye also built a low kang on the first floor. When the fireplace is burning, the kang can be heated up as well, so the old couple will not feel cold in the house even if they don’t have floor heating in the winter.

As for the second floor, she would directly use the chimney of the fireplace to build a fire wall, so that the second floor would have heating. She thought about waiting for her fourth brother to come and ask her to go back and ask if anyone had wolf skins or something, so that they could use them as carpets on the floor for her grandparents, so that the floor would not be too cold in winter.

It's a good time to tidy up the kitchen here. This kitchen is much bigger and brighter than her original one, and the oven can be placed directly in the kitchen.

The only inconvenience is that the cellar is not in the kitchen, so it takes some effort to get ingredients back and forth.

The old man couldn't sit still, the old lady took care of the logistics, and the three of them started to work. When it was getting dark, the fireplace was almost finished. They just needed to light a fire and dry the fireplace and it could be used.

As for the oven, it is easier to fix, just a little bit of blackening will do.

"Dabao, have you agreed to cover for me?"

"We've already agreed on it. We're colleagues in the office, so we're quite willing to pay one dollar a day. But it's still early. We'll have to leave in six or seven days at least."

Chen Ye has established herself in the company. Her job is not busy and it is easy to find someone to take her shift. She found an old employee in the office who has worked in the factory all his life and is trustworthy.

However, she had obtained Uncle Qi's consent before going to look for him. She wanted to take her grandparents back to stay for a few days during the autumn harvest and get some mountain products. After all, there were four of them and they had to eat a lot.

"Dabao, have all the remaining vegetables in the vegetable garden been pickled?" The vegetable garden was almost finished at this time, which meant that the fresh vegetables would not be available for long.

"Well, aren't those little pickles in my cellar tasty?"

The old man immediately responded: "It's delicious. I like them all. If it weren't for those pickles, I wouldn't feel like eating would be tasty."

"Hey, let's make more this year. Haven't you guys had enough? Especially that spicy cabbage. My aunt and her family love it too. I'll make the seasoning and mail some to them. They can go home and pickle it with the cabbage themselves."

If the finished products are mailed to you, not to mention the shipping cost for the large quantity, it would be too long to go back and forth, so it would be better to just give them the pre-mixed seasonings and let them make it themselves.

"Let's go back and get some dried vegetables. We don't have much dried vegetables at home. After we finish harvesting, we can get a lot of hazelnuts and pine nuts as snacks. We can go back to the village and trade for dried mushrooms and other things."

Before leaving, I'll go to Dashuang's place and get some more cloth to take back, which can be exchanged for a lot of food. It's also a good opportunity to visit Dashuang's son. That boy is so funny.

"Okay, okay, your grandma and I will follow your instructions. We'll prepare as much food as possible. Maybe your uncle and his family can come over during the New Year."

"Do you really have time to come over?" Chen Ye had never met her uncle and his family, but they often mailed her things, so she really wanted to meet them in person.

"That's what I mean, but I'm not sure if I'll have time." After all, everyone is busy, and they really can't just leave their work and come here.

"Okay, let's get ready first. If uncle and the others come over, we won't be in a rush."

After dinner, Chen Ye and Xiao Wang took the old man to work overtime. They finally fixed the oven in the kitchen. As the weather got colder, they started to light a fire to heat the kang at home. They ate on the warm kang when they had dinner, so there was no shortage of hot water.

After washing with warm water, Chen Ye went back to his room to rest. The heating in the room had not been turned on yet and it was a little cold. He reached into the quilt and found a hot water bottle. It was obvious that it was put there by his grandmother.

There was a time when she couldn't even imagine such a day, and she didn't know if she could adapt to living alone if her grandparents had to go back to the capital one day.

Shaking his head, he thought, no wonder people say that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

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To go back to the countryside with his grandparents, Xiao Wang didn't have to squeeze into a car or train. Early in the morning, he borrowed a jeep from somewhere and took people and things to the countryside.

"Brother Wang, is it difficult to learn to drive?" It seemed that it was not easy to get a driver's license at that time, unlike in later generations where you can learn to drive as long as you have money, and you can get a driver's license as long as you pass the test.

Xiao Wang was a very good-tempered person, smiling all the time. "What? Ye Zi wants to learn how to drive too?"

"Yeah, it feels like being able to drive is pretty cool." If she could learn to drive, she would get a car of her own and go on a road trip if she had the chance.

"It's not difficult to learn, but driving is easy to learn, repairing a car is more difficult to learn. If you want to drive well, it's better to learn some skills to repair a car."

Chen Ye understood this. It was not like the future where there were car repair shops everywhere. If your long-distance bus broke down on the way, it would be very troublesome if you didn't know how to fix it. Even if you wanted to find someone to repair it, there were very few people who knew how to do it.

"Then Brother Wang, can you teach me how to drive? But I can drive a tractor. Is this the same as that one?" Chen Ye felt that driving a tractor was easy to learn.

"Not quite the same," Xiao Wang glanced at the old man through the rearview mirror. Can I teach him how to drive?

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, let Xiao Wang teach you how to drive. Girls are always good at driving. Besides, with my Dabao's brain, wouldn't learning to drive be like a piece of cake for him?"

Chen Ye... Every time her grandfather praised her, it was quite exaggerated. She was not that exaggerated, but she felt really happy when she heard it.