Chapter 149 A large rock falls from the wall
After a while, Yunhua and Yunyue also woke up.
The three little girls put on their clothes together and fetched water to wash.
The family had breakfast. Since it was decided that no work would start today, He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang did not go to town.
Zhao Zhilan asked Dalang to notify several of the village helpers that they had arrived and told them that they could take a day off and didn't need to come.
The two bricklayers from the town and the three helpers they brought with them could only wait and see. Even if they came, Zhao Zhilan had no intention of asking them to work.
At most, I can provide them with a meal and let them rest for a while, and then ask them to go back. After all, safety comes first.
Fortunately, the two bricklayers and three helpers did not come. It was probably because the road was difficult to walk on. Zhao Zhilan understood.
The whole family is idle at home today, which is something that only happens during the Chinese New Year, and it is quite rare.
However, no one is idle. People who are used to working will feel uneasy when they are suddenly idle.
In the east wing, Zhao Zhilan and her three daughters-in-law sat on the kang, doing work, sewing cotton-padded clothes for the adults and children in the family.
It's getting cold. I have to bring some thick winter clothes for Yun Chengfu when I go to town tomorrow.
The west wing was empty, and the three men were busy in the yard.
Dalang and Erlang went to deal with the snow around the new house to avoid difficulties in working tomorrow, while Sanlang went to take care of the livestock.
Four children were squatting at the back door making a snowman. There were always people and cars passing by the front door, and the snow was crushed and dirty.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue made a big snowball together and sat on the ground as the body of the snowman.
Yun Chenglu rolled a small one on the side. He chose a clean place where no one had stepped on it, and rolled the snowball into a round and white place.
"alright."
Yun Chenglu rolled a small snowball, held it in both hands and placed it firmly on the big snowball.
"It doesn't have eyes, nose or mouth yet." Yunyue pointed to the blank snowball.
Baoya said, "I'll go find its eyes."
Yunhua: "Then I'll go find my nose."
Yunyue raised her little hand and said, "I'll go find the mouth!"
Yun Chenglu patted his snow-stained hands and clothes: "I'll go find Erduo."
The four children had clear division of labor and rushed through the new house and into the yard.
The only thing left for the new house now is to put up the beams and seal the roof, and the second-floor wall is almost completed.
You can use charcoal blocks as eyes. Baoya ran to the kitchen and saw Yunhua running with her. She remembered the problem from last night again.
"Third sister, do you know what Second Uncle and Second Aunt are good at?"
Afraid that Yunhua would give the same answer as Yunyue, she added, "The kind that can make money."
"Hmm..." Yunhua was stunned by her sudden question.
"My mother is very skilled, and seems to be good at everything around the house, except making money. My father... he's always been very attentive to farm work, and he grows crops that can be sold for money, so I guess that's the kind of work you're talking about."
Baoya blinked and her face fell again.
This answer is exactly the same as Yunyue's.
"Okay." She nodded. It seemed that she could only ask her uncle and aunt directly.
"Baoya, why are you asking these questions?" Yunhua was two years older than Yunyue and had more to think about. "Are you trying to help our family make money?"
"Yes," Baoya nodded, not wanting to hide it, "so I want to know what kind of jobs Second Uncle and Second Uncle's wife can do to make money."
"It's hard for you to think so much."
Yunhua rubbed her little head and said, "So, my mother is quite good at sewing, but she only makes clothes for me, Yueya, and my father. I don't know about my father, he seems to only be good at farming."
"Okay, then I'll go discuss it with grandma later." Baoya said.
The two children took charcoal and dried chilies from the kitchen together, and went to the back door chatting and laughing.
Yun Chenglu and Yun Yue also came back. Yun Yue took a crescent-shaped piece of cloth and asked her mother for it; Yun Chenglu picked up two small stones of similar size and used them as ears.
The four children worked together to put eyes, nose, ears and mouth on the snowman.
It has angular black eyes, a pointed red nose, a crescent-shaped mouth, and ears made of stone. It looks really realistic and quite funny.
Seeing its bare body, Baoya ran to the kitchen and got some charcoal, which she put on the button to make it into a button.
Yun Chenglu found a small basin from somewhere and put it on the snowman's head.
"Hahaha, this is too ugly! It can even protect against thieves!" Yun Yue laughed out loud as she looked at the funny snowman in front of her that was pieced together.
Yunhua also smiled and said, "But I quite like it."
"I like it too!" Baoya and Yun Chenglu said in unison.
As they were talking and laughing, they suddenly heard Yun Dalang behind them seem to call out softly.
Baoya turned around suddenly and saw something as large as a piece of something falling from the wall and hitting her uncle.
Fortunately, Dalang reacted quickly and the thing only grazed his clothes and didn't hit anyone.
Baoya breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately she didn't have to work today.
But then, huge pieces of objects came crashing down from the high wall one after another!
Yun Dalang dodged once, but he couldn't take care of the next time. Yun Erlang was also confused by the thing that suddenly fell down.
Seeing one of the balls falling towards Yun Erlang's head, Baoya's heart suddenly jumped.
She didn't have time to think about it, and rushed over with her short legs. At the same time, she swung the dragon beard noodles on her wrist, which immediately wrapped around the thing and threw it out.
There was a dull thud as the object hit the snow, shaking off the accumulated snow. It turned out to be a large stone!
"Uncle, second uncle, please get out of there!" Baoya shouted.
In fact, she didn't need to shout, Yun Dalang and Yun Erlang had already quickly dodged away.
Yun Chenglu, Yun Yue and Yun Hua heard the noise and followed over. They were surprised to see the fist-sized stones on the ground.
"Did this stone fall from the wall?"
"Those craftsmen are so sneaky!"
Something happened here, and the four women in the east wing also rushed over, followed by Yun Sanlang who was jogging all the way.
The family stood a few meters away from the new house, stunned for a long time, and only dared to move closer after making sure that no more stones were being thrown down from above.
Dalang, Erlang and Sanlang supported each other and climbed up the ladder slowly to see what was going on.
Zhao Zhilan looked solemn. Fortunately, she listened to Baoya and did not let those people go to work today, otherwise who knows what would have happened.
After a while, the three brothers slowly came down.
Dalang said with a gloomy face, "There are two more stones on the wall. Someone put them there on purpose. They poured water around the stones and froze them into ice, making them stand firmly on the wall. When the sun shines today and the ice melts, they'll fall down."
"What a sin!" Wang Cailian cursed, her hands on her hips. "Who lacks great virtue to do such a thing?"
"It's a good thing we didn't go to work today, otherwise who knows how many helpers would have been injured."
The two remaining stones on the wall had become loose after being exposed to the sun for half a day, so Dalang took them down and threw them aside.
We have a break today. If we hadn't, it would have been very dangerous regardless of whether the workers discovered these stones or not.
The rocks were frozen solid in the morning and it was not easy to get them down. If you were not careful, everyone would fall down with them. It was no joke.
Baoya tightly grasped the dragon beard noodles in her hand, and pursed her thin red lips into a line.
She knew that it must have been done by a "villain".
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