In the evening, Gu Ye came back and Jiang Yue asked him about Chen Baozhu.
"It's not serious, just a sprained ankle, a bruised forehead, and multiple bruises on the body."
As soon as Gu Ye entered the house, he went to the kitchen as usual to get a ladle to drink water. When he had the ladle in his hand, he suddenly remembered what Jiang Yue said about there being parasites in raw water. The corners of his mouth froze, and he immediately put the ladle down. Before putting it down, he turned his head and took a look. Seeing that Jiang Yue didn't pay attention to him, Gu Ye hurried into the main room.
There were three enamelware jars on the eight-immortal table, one large, one medium and one small, belonging to Gu Ye, Jiang Yue and Ning Ning respectively. At this moment, all three enamelware jars were full.
Gu Ye grabbed the largest enamel pot and drank most of the boiled water before he felt his thirst was quenched.
Jiang Yue was watering the flowers. The water she drew from the well in the morning had been exposed to the sun all day and was just right for watering the flowers.
Seeing Gu Ye coming out of the main room, Jiang Yue asked again: "Did Li Hongying make trouble with you?"
Gu Ye paused. Jiang Yue had just asked casually, but when she saw his expression change, she knew that she was right.
"What did she say? Did she want you to leave Ningning to her care?" Jiang Yue asked curiously.
"No!" Gu Ye took the bucket from Jiang Yue's hand, filled it with another bucket of water, and placed it in the corner.
"She wants me to give Chen Baozhu the position of squad leader." Gu Ye frowned as he said this, obviously thinking that Li Hongying's request was too outrageous.
This afternoon, when Gu Ye received the news that Chen Baozhu had fallen from the roof and rushed to the medical team, he saw Li Hongying crying and wailing. Gu Ye thought Chen Baozhu was dead, otherwise Li Hongying would not have cried so sadly. As a result, when Gu Ye entered, he saw Chen Baozhu sitting there in good condition, with only a little skin broken on his forehead.
Then Li Hongying started crying to him about how difficult the family situation was. She said that if anything happened to Chen Baozhu, their whole family would not be able to survive. Then she changed the subject and played the emotional card with Chen Baozhu's elder brother, asking him to promote Chen Baozhu, make him a squad leader, and give him an extra ten yuan in allowance per month.
"How did you answer?" Jiang Yue was curious about how Gu Ye would handle it.
"Chen Baozhu has neither the ability nor the physical fitness! His military quality is far inferior to Chen Dazhu! He cannot command the support of the people even if he is the squad leader!" Gu Ye shook his head.
Jiang Yue knew that Gu Ye's field regiment had always been known as the Devil's Regiment, and he was also known as the Devil's Regiment Commander. His soldiers were all very strong, and Chen Baozhu was a drag in the Devil's Regiment. Gu Ye would definitely not agree to let such a person be a squad leader.
"So what are you going to do?" Jiang Yue asked.
Gu Ye narrowed his eyes, "Still considering it!"
"Okay, forget about his family's business, let's eat first!" Jiang Yue scooped water to wash her hands, while shouting: "Ningning, come out to eat!"
Gu Ye hadn't seen Ning Ning since he came back, so he asked, "Ning Ning is reading again?"
"Yes, it has been raining these days, so we didn't go anywhere. We just read books at home. The little girl is addicted to reading." Jiang Yue went to the kitchen to serve the food.
At noon, Peng Wei brought over a pressed duck. Jiang Yue cut half a duck for braising, and fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, tiger-skin green peppers, and tomato and egg soup.
When Ningning came out and saw the shredded potatoes, she immediately said happily, "Mom, why are we eating French fries again!"
When Jiang Yue was tidying up the basket, she found a few potatoes at the bottom of the basket, so she made this dish. She really didn't expect Ning Ning to think of French fries. Jiang Yue was already feeling guilty, and she immediately glanced at Gu Ye with her heart in her throat. She was thinking, if Gu Ye asked Ning Ning why she used the word "again", how would she explain it.
However, Jiang Yue immediately realized that she was overthinking. Gu Ye didn't seem to notice Ning Ning's words. He lowered his head and was eating without any reaction.
After dinner, Gu Ye went into the house and came out with a mask and gloves.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Ningning followed Gu Ye's legs, running back and forth and asking.
"Let's make the cement floor. Ningning, stay in the house with your mother and don't come out." Gu Ye gently instructed Ningning.
When Jiang Yue heard that Gu Ye was going to make a cement floor, she happily ran out holding a spatula, "Gu Ye, is there anything I can do for you?"
Gu Ye took out a shovel from behind the door and tried to pry the bricks off the ground, and replied casually, "No need! You can't do this!"
Jiang Yue didn't believe it. "I can do some odd jobs for you! Tell me, what are you going to do now?"
Gu Ye heard Jiang Yue say this, so he motioned for her to get a shovel, "Shovel the yard first, pry off these blue bricks, and shovel away the extra soil."
Jiang Yue was very enthusiastic at first, but after shoveling for less than five minutes, his arms became sore.
Gu Ye pried off all the blue bricks in two or three minutes. When he turned around and saw the ground Jiang Yue was shoveling, he was silent for a while and then said, "You should go and have a rest!"
"I'm not tired! I can shovel another piece of ground!" Although Jiang Yue's arms were sore, she was in high spirits. She had never worked on a concrete floor and was very interested in it.
Gu Ye was silent for a longer time this time. When Jiang Yue looked up at him in confusion, he said in a very serious tone: "Jiang Yue, if I start now, I can finish it tonight, but if you keep helping me, it may take me three days to finish it!"
"Hmm, ah?" Jiang Yue was happy for a moment when she heard Gu Ye say that it would be over tonight, but Gu Ye immediately made a change, and the smile on Jiang Yue's lips froze before it could even bloom.
Jiang Yue stared at Gu Ye in disbelief, her teeth grinding in anger. When did Gu Ye become so sinister? If he thought she was making things worse, he should just say it directly. Why did he have to beat around the bush?
I'm so angry!
"Then you do it alone!" Jiang Yue snorted and walked away dragging the shovel.
She had good intentions and wanted to help Gu Ye reduce his workload, but she was actually rejected!
Gu Ye looked at Jiang Yue's angry back, and the corners of his mouth curled up in pleasure.
Jiang Yue said she would not help if she didn't want to, but she was keeping an eye on Gu Ye's project progress.
Jiang Yue also realized that making cement floors was not as simple as she had imagined.
Gu Ye first leveled the soil in the yard, pried off the blue bricks, measured with a level, mixed river sand and cement, and completed a series of steps.
Before Jiang Yue went to bed, Gu Ye was still busy in the yard.
Nothing happened that night. Jiang Yue was thinking about the progress of the cement floor. She woke up at dawn the next morning. Usually, she would be drowsy for a while, but this morning Jiang Yue jumped out of bed, put on her shoes and ran out.
The door to the main room was closed. Jiang Yue opened it and a large, flat cement floor immediately came into view. The newly-made cement floor was green in color and was wet, probably because of water sprinkled on it.
Jiang Yue couldn't help but marvel at the fact that Gu Ye had actually paved the cement floor of the yard in just one night, and it looked very smooth at first glance, without even a single dent.
Hearing a sound behind him, Jiang Yue turned around and saw Gu Ye opening the door of his room. It seemed that he had just woken up and was yawning with sleepy eyes and covering his mouth.
Since Jiang Yue met Gu Ye, he has always been in high spirits and full of energy. This is the first time she has seen Gu Ye looking sleepy.
Gu Ye didn't seem to expect Jiang Yue to get up. His eyes widened immediately after he had yawned.
Jiang Yue was a little puzzled when she saw this. Why did Gu Ye act as if he had seen a ghost when he saw her?
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