After discussing the settlement, Captain Wang and Liu Guixiang led Han Wanying towards the house at the end of the village.
After walking for a while, Han Wanying saw a brick house that was different from the surrounding adobe houses.
Captain Wang explained the house's origins to Han Wanying. "This house once belonged to an old landlord. Later, during the 'Fight the Landlords' campaign, the brigade took it back. Some villagers wanted to move in, but with so few rooms, it wasn't suitable for anyone, so it remained vacant."
After saying that, Captain Wang took out the key to the front door and opened it. The walls were a little peeling because no one had lived there for a long time, but the magnificence of the house could still be seen. No wonder everyone in the village wanted to live in it.
The house has a three-courtyard format. Entering from the main gate, the row of houses on the left is the first courtyard, and entering from the hanging flower gate is the second courtyard. On the left is the west wing, on the right is the east wing, and in front is the main house. On the left of the main house is the west ear room, and on the right is the east ear room. Behind the main house is the back room. The only difference is that the back rooms should be in a neat row, but in this house, there are only three small houses in the back room, which are not neatly arranged with the front rooms. It seems that part of them has collapsed.
Han Wanying looked at the layout of the entire house and thought for a while. She definitely could not live in the main house and the east and west wing rooms. The team leader had already been very kind in letting her live in this house, and she definitely could not ask for more, otherwise the villagers would definitely be even more unhappy.
Han Wanying looked at the captain and said, "Uncle Wang, can I live in the back room?"
After hearing what Han Wanying said, Captain Wang liked her even better and thought: She is a smart and resourceful girl.
Then, he replied, "Of course, I'll ask my family to build a yard for you, separate you from the front, and convert the two rooms into a kitchen and bedroom. What do you want to do with the other room?"
Han Wanying said gratefully, "Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Wang, to turn the remaining room into a bathroom. After all, I'm a girl. However, I don't have any money right now, so I can't pay my wages. I can only borrow some from the brigade first. I'll pay it back when I earn work points."
Captain Wang laughed and said, "That's nothing. I'll call the guys at home and the people in the village and they'll fix it for you in one day. No need to pay for it."
Han Wanying said, "That won't do, Uncle Wang. Let's put it this way. You've already helped me enough. I must pay you this. I'll write you an IOU first and pay you back when I have more money."
Captain Wang said helplessly: "You girl, okay, then the team will lend it to you first."
After discussion, Captain Wang took Han Wanying back to his home first and asked her to stay there for a while until he had finished packing in the evening.
Han Wanying followed the captain into the Wang family's house, and everyone inside looked at her.
When Liu Guixiang saw them coming back, she quickly walked over, took Han Wanying's hand and said, "You're back! I was just about to call someone to call you back for dinner, and now you're back. Come over and have dinner."
After saying that, he took Han Wanying to the dining table. The whole family gathered around the table, waiting to eat.
Captain Wang started first and said, "Everyone, eat now. Han girl, you can eat too. Don't be polite."
Liu Guixiang said: "Yes, girl, just treat it as your own home." After that, she gave one of the only two eggs on the table to Han Wanying.
Watching Liu Guixiang feeding Han Wanying eggs, Wang Paner pursed her lips and whispered, "There are so many children in our family who don't have any to eat, and you're feeding eggs to a stranger."
Liu Guixiang heard this and said, "Eating won't stop you from eating. I'll give my eggs to whoever I want. How dare an adult snatch food from a child? Where's your face?"
Wang Pan'er muttered, "I just feel bad for my own child."
Wang Guofu felt that his wife was embarrassed and yelled at her: "Do you want to eat or not? If not, get out of here."
Wang Pan'er heard this and felt even more aggrieved. She said, "Wang Guofu, you're yelling at me. Okay, I knew you all disliked me. You all looked down on me because I only had daughters. If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Do you think I care about your Wang family's food?"
After saying that, he put down his bowl and chopsticks, went back to his room, and closed the door heavily.
Liu Guixiang felt more and more that her second daughter-in-law was not presentable. If the second son had not insisted on marrying her, she would never have let her in.
Liu Guixiang said to Han Wanying embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, girl, I made you laugh. Eat quickly and ignore her."
Han Wanying naturally didn't think there was anything wrong. Every family has its own problems, let alone such a large family, so there are bound to be more conflicts.
"It's okay, auntie, just eat quickly and don't be angry."
After saying that, she started to peel the egg. Seeing Erya beside her drooling, she divided the egg into two parts and gave half to you.
Liu Guixiang looked at her and quickly stopped her: "Girl, eat it yourself. You should take good care of it. We have eggs at home. They all take turns eating them. Eat them yourself."
After hearing this, Han Wanying smiled and said, "It's okay, Auntie. I think it tastes better if we share it this way."
After saying that, he ate his half and asked Erya to eat the rest quickly.
Seeing this, Erya immediately started eating in small bites.
Although Daya was also very greedy when she saw this, she did not grab the eggs. Instead, she looked at the eggs in her sister's hand and was very grateful to Han Wanying. After all, in this era, there were very few eggs to be shared.
Although the Wang family was relatively wealthy, they seldom ate meat throughout the year and only had eggs once a month.
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