There was nothing valuable in the house, so Qi Wanfeng simply packed up and closed the store. The next morning, they went back to the village together. Uncle Wu was left at the house in the town to look after it, and the rest of the people left together.
The carriage returned to the door of the house, and the people inside hurried out when they heard the carriage sound.
"Master, mistress, young masters, you are all back." Liu Guizhong and Liu were very happy to see everyone back. They knew the master would come back together the day before. The boy Liu Yuan called out "Dad" and "Mom", and Liu Guizhong patted the boy with a smile on his face.
The three children in the family all worked with the old man. The two boys would come back with the old man. Lang Ge'er hadn't been seen for some time. When Liu saw the children, she found that her Lang Ge'er had grown a little taller. Knowing that Lang Ge'er was living well with the mistress, she felt relieved.
After moving to the town, Qi Wanfeng had not returned to the village. In the village, the husband would come back for everything. He and the children lived in the yard in the town. The children were very happy to come back. They ran to the yard as soon as they got off the carriage.
"Wait, wait, Bao'er." Little Bao'er, who fell behind, shouted anxiously.
"Don't worry, Bao'er, brother will carry you in." Xiangzi hugged little Bao'er with both hands and called Lele to go with him. Little Baoer clung to his brother's neck and giggled, his eyes crooked with laughter. Lele followed slowly like a little old man.
"Walk slowly, don't fall." Qi Wanfeng laughed and shook his head behind him. He still had things to take down from the carriage, so he didn't follow the children in.
Liu Lan followed the young masters in and kept an eye on them.
The two families and two carriages came back together, and Sun Bailian also came back with the three boys. Kang Kang could help his mother with the work, and Jingbao also learned from her. They didn't leave anyone to watch the yard at home. The house hadn't been occupied for so long that it was probably covered with a layer of dust. They had to clean it when they came back.
"Xiu'er, Yan'er, go to Bailian's place and see if there's anything you can do for her, and help her clean up." Before Cao Gang left, he also bought two old slaves to come back and do some work. Qi Wanfeng was afraid that Sun Bailian's place didn't have enough manpower, so he called the two young men beside him to go there to help, and more people would make things faster.
The two young men, Jinxiu and Jinyan, responded and went there to help.
The retaining wall in the village was repaired, and it was built behind their house, surrounding the entire Caojia Village. There was a door here to go out, and the back was the mountain, otherwise it would take a long detour to walk from the front.
"This is the yard of Dahu and Baishu, and that is the yard of Weiqi and Weilin." Cao Xiangnan pointed to the two completed yards and told the man at home that the yards over there were built after the spring, and they are almost finished now.
"Oh, yes, husband, you told me about this." Qi Wanfeng just remembered, and he asked, "Are they all built?"
"There are still some things left to be done inside, but it will be done soon." The house over there was also built by Cao Xiangnan after he asked Master Feng to arrange for people to build it. The money for building the house was saved by Wang Dahu and his family.
The two small courtyards are not big, and there are not many people in their family, so it is enough for them to live in.
Everyone carried their things and went back to the house. Liu cleaned up the house every day and made it clean. They could just move in directly. The children were playing in the yard. Qi Wanfeng took a look and ignored the children, letting them play by themselves.
"Hey, the yard is built, I haven't come back to see it yet." Qi Wanfeng heard her husband say that a new house was built at home, but he didn't have time to come back to see it. He walked over here, followed by Aning.
This house was built as my husband had said, with the empty land on the side extending out to build a yard. There were four rooms on the east and west sides, with a back room in the middle. Now it could be used as a guest room for family members to stay in, and it would be nice for the children to move in when they grow up.
"Didn't I tell you that this place was built at the beginning of last month, and it was cleaned and decorated inside." Cao Xiangnan remembered that he had told this person at home.
The yard was built after they left, and it was completed when they came back.
"Yes, husband, you mentioned it to me." Qi Wanfeng smiled. He remembered that he said he would be able to see it when he came back later. He turned around and said to Aning, "Aning, it happens that we have a room at home now. You can pick whichever room you like. You and Xuanxuan can live here when you come over."
"Will Xuanxuan still sleep with you? Or should Xuanxuan sleep in his own room?"
This way, when someone comes to the house, the children won't have to squeeze out of the room. Now that there are a few more rooms, it is much more convenient.
"It's up to you. Xuanxuan has been sleeping by herself for years, but I think Xuanxuan will go to share a room with Xiangzi, so I'll ask Xuanxuan where he wants to sleep later." The boy is getting older year by year, and he is no longer like when he was little. Aning can't let the boy live with him alone anymore, it's not appropriate after all.
Qi Wanfeng helped Aning pick the biggest room, which was fully equipped with a bed, table, and cabinets. Her husband had already arranged everything, so it could be moved in directly.
Aning thanked them and put all her clothes in the room. She was afraid that she would have to trouble others here for a while, and she was very grateful to Qi Wanfeng and Cao Xiangnan for taking them in. Otherwise, the world would be in chaos, and they would have nowhere to go.
"Why are you being polite? I will be unhappy if you continue to be polite to me." Qi Wanfeng could understand the hardship of a boy with a child trying to make a living outside. Their meeting was also a kind of fate. Xuan boy finally saved his life by meeting his husband.
Aning smiled and said no more thanks.
There were busy figures bending over in the fields. When they came back, the work in the fields had also started.
The people in the village who could harvest the grain in the fields had been notified to go there. If it was not left in previous years, they would have to wait until ten days or half a month to harvest them together.
It hadn't rained for such a long time, and we were afraid that it would suddenly rain and soak the crops that had just ripened in the fields. When everyone heard Li Zheng's words, they all thought it made sense. They looked at the grain in the fields and quickly harvested it. They had to store the grain at home to feel at ease.
So at this time, everyone who could work at home went to work in the fields.
In the workshop, Cao Xiangnan didn't give everyone a collective holiday like last year. He just said that whoever wanted to harvest grain would go to the manager one day in advance to tell him, and everyone could go back to harvest grain for two days, and their wages would not be deducted. The manager would take care of the arrangements.
Their family has a lot of land this year, and since they are all back home, Qi Wanfeng plans to go to the fields to help harvest.
He hasn't been to the fields for a long time. When they were in the compound, he, his elder brother, and his father worked on all the fields at home, and they were exhausted at that time. After moving out and getting pregnant, her husband was reluctant to let him do those chores.
Now the children in the family are all grown up. Lele has been obedient and not clingy since he was a child, but Baoer is very clingy. Now that he is older, he can be coaxed and obedient. He plans to leave the children at home and go to the fields to help with the work.
"Mom, I want to go too. I can do the work." When Xiangzi heard that Mom was going to the fields to harvest crops, he also wanted to go to the fields with Mom. When the elder brother shouted, the others all clamored to go together. Even Bao'er clung to his mother's legs and said, "Mom, Bao'er go."
The little guy had no idea what they were going to do, and he wanted to take part in everything.
Qi Wanfeng couldn't smile, so he could only coax Bao'er to stay at home and play. He felt relieved that Lele was there, and Bao'er listened to Lele very much. The sun outside was too strong, and it was not good to sunbathe in the fields. The little guys couldn't go.
Aunt Liu was in poor health and couldn't do heavy work. It was just right for her to stay at home to take care of the children.
Xiangzi and Kangkang, the two older boys, wanted to go to the fields with them. Other children of their age went to the fields with them, so Qi Wanfeng agreed to go with them. In this way, those who can work at home can be taken away together, and those who are too young can only stay at home.
A group of people went to the fields in a mighty manner.
"Why are you here too?" Cao Xiangnan, who was on the side of the field, saw the group of people coming and walked over to ask. Qi Wanfeng said that he wanted to help, and they had a lot of manpower here, and it would be a waste to stay at home.
"Okay, you guys come too." Cao Xiangnan couldn't refuse. At this time, the more manpower, the more work there would be.
Aning clumsily followed behind with a sickle to harvest crops. It was obvious that he had never worked in the fields before. Qi Wanfeng even took his hand and taught him step by step. "How long will it take to harvest so much land?" Aning had never worked in the fields before, and didn't know that farm work was so hard. "If there were more people, we could finish harvesting in three to five days." Qi Wanfeng wiped his sweat. He hadn't worked in the fields for a long time, so he felt very tired after working for a while. "Don't worry, go slowly, don't hurt yourself." He said.
"Okay."
The sun was shining that day, and it didn't take long for them to get their faces red from the sun, and their clothes were soaked with sweat. But no one complained about the hard work. Qi Wanfeng was afraid that the two children were tired, so he asked them to go up and rest under the tree, but the two children refused and stubbornly followed their parents to work. They
worked until the sun went down, and then they went home.
Aunt Liu prepared dinner for them. After dinner, they took a bath and it was dark.
It was when Qi Wanfeng was lying in bed at night that he felt a severe pain in his back and waist. After taking a shower, Cao Xiangnan came into the room and saw him lying there motionless. He knew that he was very tired and felt very distressed, so he said, "Don't go tomorrow. I'll see if there are any spare people and ask a few people to help."
"Uh-huh." Qi Wanfeng didn't say whether he would go or not. In his heart, he wanted to go and help. What kind of boy doesn't work? He hadn't been pointed at by others and accused of being lazy. "You'll get used to it after two more days." He thought for a while and said.
Cao Xiangnan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He stretched out his hand to be massaged. "If you really can't do it, then don't go. Your husband works so hard to make money just to make his wife and children live a better life. You still have to work so hard, then what do I, your husband, do with the money?"
Qi Wanfeng felt comfortable being massaged by her husband. She lay there and massaged her husband for a while, then turned over and looked at her husband. The two looked at each other at such a close distance, and Qi Wanfeng smiled, hooked her husband's neck and kissed him.
The two kissed, but didn't do anything else. They were tired after a day's work, and quickly went to bed to rest.