Chapter 136 Roof Repair
Xu Zhiyi took a wooden bucket to fetch water, first used a rope to tie straw to use as a broom, and swept the floor of the room clean, then took a wet rag and wiped the bed inside and out.
“Madam, I have unloaded all the things on the mule cart and put them at the door of the room,” Shen Wuyou stretched his head and shouted at Xu Zhiyi who was busy in the room.
"Okay, just leave it at the door."
After wiping the bed clean, I wiped it again with a dry cloth. I thought it was time to make the bed. I was about to come out and bring in the quilt and oilcloth, but I didn’t expect Shen Changan to come in with a quilt!
Seeing him limping and holding a pile of quilts that blocked his view, Xu Zhiyi was really afraid that he would fall down suddenly, so she quickly went over and snatched the quilt from him: "Changan, you sit aside, I'll do it"
Shen Changan: "My wife, everyone is busy, even Mingchuan and Manman are outside helping to carry straw to make the roof, I am the only idle person, anyway, I really can't sit still"
"Your legs have only been able to walk for a few days. You should at least wait for your legs to recover for a while. Don't joke about your legs now. What if it affects your recovery in the future?"
Shen Changan: "Madam..."
"No, stand aside. I'll make the bed first and you can sit on it and rest."
Xu Zhiyi spread the oilcloth on the wooden board of the bed, then put the cushioned quilt on it, and then placed the folded quilt on top.
After finishing it, he looked at Shen Changan and pointed at the bed: "Come and sit down."
Upon hearing this, Shen Changan limped over and sat down obediently.
"Okay, wait until your legs recover a little longer. Then I won't tell you how and how long you're going to walk!"
After that, without waiting for Shen Changan’s response, he hurried to clean the other three rooms, made the beds, and then opened the luggage and took it out and sorted it out. The rooms were in a row.
Counting from the left, the first room is occupied by Shen Changan and Shen Wuyou, the second room is occupied by her and Su, the third room is occupied by Old Lady Su, Su Manman, and Qin, and the fourth room is occupied by Old Man Su, Su Ze, and Su Mingchuan.
After Xu Zhiyi finished everything, he came out to look at the seven villagers who were helping. Seeing Su busy in the kitchen, he went over and said to Su, who was preparing dinner, to make some more bread and give a few to each of the villagers who came to help.
And several other companies had the same idea!
Everyone worked until it was getting dark, and finally they made all the roofs very solid, so they could withstand heavy rain or strong wind.
Xu Zhiyi carried a basket filled with bread cakes and came to seven villagers, giving four bread cakes to each of them.
The villagers looked at the bread in their hands and could tell that it was made from a mixture of white flour and black flour. It was definitely better than one made entirely with black flour.
"We just helped a little bit, we can't accept this favor!"
"Yes! You just escaped from the famine, so food must be more scarce than ours. Take these breads back!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Uncles, brothers, and uncles, please accept it! You have been busy helping us for a long time. If you don't accept it, we won't dare to ask you for help again in the future. How can we let people work hard for a long time and not even give them a meal?"
Then he deliberately said, "Or, we made the bread with black flour, and you disliked it?"
Hearing this, the seven people shook their heads and said, "How could we dislike it? Which of us can eat white flour every day? It is also mixed with black flour."
"Zhiyi, those seven villagers haven't left, right?" Hu's questioning voice came from outside.
Mrs. Hu and other families came over with baskets, and when they saw that the seven villagers were still there, they quickly distributed the bread in the baskets to the seven people.
After everyone had divided the bread, the seven villagers were dumbfounded! Each family had been given two or three breads, but now they lifted up their clothes to find a big bag of bread. Each person had at least twenty breads!
The seven of them were still confused until they were on their way home.
Their wives were already angry that their husbands had gone to help, and now they were even angrier when they saw that they were reluctant to go home after it was getting dark!
"Wife, I'm back! Why did you lock the door? Come and open it!"
"Jin Daji, you still remember to come back? Why don't you stay overnight at those houses before coming back? You don't seem to be very active in your own housework, but the work at other people's houses smells better, right? Ugh"
Jin Daji heard the scolding inside and explained helplessly: "Wife, the situation is different this time! We met the village chief on the road, and he has already spoken. Do I have the nerve to refuse?"
"Besides, they are new here and don't even have a place to live. They will be members of our village in the future, so it's only natural for them to help each other, right?"
There was a noise at the door, and a woman in her thirties opened the door angrily: "Help each other? If they can, come over tomorrow to weed our fields! Go ask them if they will come? You are the only one who is stupid."
Then he noticed that Jin Daji was wrapping something in his clothes, and asked curiously, "What's in your arms?"
Upon hearing this, Jin Daji remembered the bread, and quickly opened it. Inside was a baked dry bread. People who go on long journeys like to get some dry bread like this as it can be stored for a long time.
Luo looked at the palm-sized pancakes, which were at least twenty in number, and smiled: "Where did you get so many pancakes?"
Jin Daji: "They gave it to each family. They have several families, so when added together, it would be a big bag."
Mrs. Luo: "They are considerate. Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and take the basket and put it there! This can save our family of four food for a day!"
At this time, the other side returned home.
Qiao Lei returned home and shouted towards the room, "Wife, I'm back!" Then he went into the kitchen and put the pancakes away.
Mu, who was embroidering a handkerchief in the room, came out quickly after hearing Qiao Lei's words: "Are you back? I'm heating up some steamed bread for you in the pot. My mother and I will take the children to eat first. Yours is the only one left."
When he entered the kitchen and saw a basket of bread on the table, he asked in surprise, "Where did these come from?"
Qiao Lei was opening the pot lid when he heard what Mu said. He looked at the basket and replied, "Oh, I went to help. Before I came back, they gave it to the seven of us who went to help."
Hearing this, Mu rolled her eyes at him and said, "They gave it to you, and you want it? They came here to escape famine, and they probably only had this little food, and they gave it all to you. They just came to help a little, and you have the nerve to accept almost a small basket of bread from them?"
Qiao Lei was helpless: "I didn't want to accept it either, they forced it on me, and those who went with me all accepted it, but I was the only one who pushed it away. It was so hypocritical."
Mu: "Alright, don't accept it next time. Even if you can't refuse, just accept a few symbolically. Why would you accept all of them?"
Qiao Lei nodded: "Oh, I understand."
The other five families, seeing their husbands coming back with the bread, said nothing, but in their hearts they were disgusted at how stingy they were. They had mule carts, but they only gave them a few breads! They should at least give them a few copper coins!
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