"Who is that woman?" The light was dim at night, and even though the snow was shining, the other person's face was still unclear.
"I don't know. That man... the more I look at him, the more he looks like Li Yuan..." Ning Jia was very puzzled, "Why is he hanging out with a woman instead of staying at home tonight?"
"Is he having an affair?"
"That's not clear. Listen again and see what's going on."
"good."
The man and woman in the match quickly separated, and I didn't know what they exchanged. I only saw the man put the things in his pocket, turned around and walked towards the alley.
"It's coming towards us. Let's go, hurry up."
An Ye pulled Ning Jia past the alley, and suddenly, the other party also saw them.
A beam of flashlight flashed towards Ning Jia and An Ye, accompanied by a man's low shout: "Who? Who's there!"
Ning Jia and An Ye walked forward without looking back, quickening their pace and quickly reaching the corner of the intersection ahead.
Widow Chen had prepared the melon seeds and tea, and after waiting for a long time, Ning Jia and An Ye finally arrived.
As soon as the two entered the room, she greeted them warmly: "Come on, take off your shoes and get on the kang. It's warm there! Let's eat some melon seeds and chat about what you didn't finish talking about during the day."
Ning Jia couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth when he saw that Widow Chen didn't even greet him.
"You're too impatient, aren't you?" Widow Chen felt a little embarrassed. "I'm really short of money. I can tolerate having less food, but I can't tolerate having no money in my pocket."
Ning Jia knew that Widow Chen made money for Qin Niu.
The two of them had been secretly in love for a long time, and you could tell just by looking at the eyes.
Ning Jia saw through it but didn't say anything: "It's a good thing that you want to make money. Sister Chen, we've already talked about eggs during the day, now let's talk about other things. I need baskets, bean sprouts, and gloves."
"What kind of basket?"
"A wicker basket."
"This isn't difficult. These bean sprouts are mung bean sprouts, right? This isn't difficult either. The key is the gloves. I've never done this before..."
Ning Jia: "The gloves are not difficult to make. Someone will deliver the fabric and needles and thread in a couple of days, and we can just make them into finished products. Sister Chen, I need some help. Do you think this is difficult for you?"
“It’s not difficult.”
An Ye added: "It has to be reliable personnel."
These days you can’t do business privately, otherwise you will be regarded as profiteering. If it’s a minor offense, you will be criticized and educated, and if it’s a serious offense, you may be paraded through the streets or sentenced to prison.
Have to be more cautious!
"I know a few people, but I don't know if they have enough manpower. How many people do you need?"
Ning Jia thought about it and realized that if there were too few people, the work could not be done. If there were too many people, they would have too many mouths and it would be difficult to prevent things from leaking out.
"Ten! Ten at most!"
"I can only find four people at most! But these four people are definitely tight-lipped people, you can rest assured about this." Widow Chen promised.
Ning Jia did a simple calculation and said, "Okay, four people are enough."
"Okay, when do we start? How do we do it?" Widow Chen asked again.
"I'd rather send the eggs to you. You can grow bean sprouts at home, and you can weave baskets yourself. Gloves..."
Before Ning Jia finished speaking, Widow Chen immediately said, "You can't do it here! I'm a widow, and there are too many people at the door every day. It's too conspicuous. I'm afraid our secret will be leaked."
"I've already figured out what to do about this." Ning Jia grinned.
"Tell me about it quickly."
"Listen to the loudspeaker. Once it starts, just come find me!"
"become!"
After talking about things, Ning Jia and An Ye ate some melon seeds for a while and then left Widow Chen's house.
On the way back, An Ye asked Ning Jia: "Ten people working together is really a lot. It's not suitable for Widow Chen's family, and it's not suitable for our family either, right?"
A whole family living under one roof, with so many people coming in and out every day, is bound to arouse suspicion.
Especially this old lady Xu, if she found out, who knows what she would do.
"There is no better place than our home." Ning Jia has been thinking about this for the past two days. "I think we can renovate our home."
"Reform? How?"
The Li family's yard has two courtyards, the front yard is large and the back yard is small.
Almost all the people in the Li family live in the front yard. Only Li Tao and Li Chuan live in the backyard. There are three other rooms, one of which is the room of Li Hong who is already married, and the other two are storage rooms.
When Mr. Li was young, he was capable and willing to work. Since there were many children in his family, he built houses with adobe bricks mixed with hay.
Every time Mrs. Xu gave birth to a son, she would build a house for him.
Later, after the front yard was fully built, another yard was built behind the front yard. The two yards were connected with a small door for entry and exit.
This is already a house, but Ning Jia actually wants to live in the backyard.
When the time comes, renovate the backyard, seal this door, open another door from the side, and go out in another direction.
"That's a good idea." An Ye also agreed, "We'll start thinking about this after the two brothers catch the wild boar."
"Uh-huh!"
"But I'm afraid Mrs. Xu won't agree." An Ye was worried.
"Then just find a way to make her agree." Ning Jia blinked, and the bad idea came to his mind again.
"You are the only one who has so many clever ideas!"
"hey-hey."
When the two returned home, it was already late.
On winter nights, everyone in the village goes to bed very early. Even if they can't fall asleep, there are other things to do.
As soon as Ning Jia entered his room, he found that the temperature had dropped and it was a little chilly.
Only then did she realize that she had actually burned out the fire in the kang pit...
Ning Jia felt a little scared when she thought about the temperature getting lower and lower in the middle of the night, because she was most afraid of the cold.
She simply carried the quilt over and looked at An Ye's door.
An Ye had just finished washing up and was about to take off his clothes and go to the kang to rest. When he saw Ning Jia coming in with a quilt, he let her in.
"The fire in my room is out, and I can't fix it. I'll stay with you tonight."
"I'm begging you to fuck me! Come on, get on the bed!"
The two of them haven't lied down and chatted together for a long time. Fortunately, they are brothers, so they can chat all night long.
Unexpectedly, the two had just gotten into bed and hadn't said a few words when indescribable noises came from next door.
Even though Liang Lanlan bit her lips, the sobbing sound still kept coming out.
Ning Jia and An Ye looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Suddenly, Ning Jia remembered that Li Yuan had sex with another woman last night. She whispered to An Ye: "Ye Ye, you also saw what happened last night. Do you want to tell Liang Lanlan about it?"
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