Chapter 285: Sledgehammer Demolishes the South Wall
The next morning, Xie Yi was the first to pull himself out of bed.
He covered the mother and daughter who were still sleeping with a blanket and closed the door quietly.
When Orange was half asleep and half awake, he felt a draft in the warm quilt for a while, and his little body rolled into his mother's arms.
Last night I rolled around and made a fuss, and finally got on the big bed and slept between the two of them.
But I always felt something was wrong, as if she had been moved.
Never mind, just sleep in. When Dad gets out of bed, Mom will be all hers.
Xie Yi went out, brushed his teeth and washed up with his eyes closed, but there was no movement in the next room.
With money in my pocket, I went out to buy breakfast.
Now you don’t have to choose only state-owned restaurants. As soon as you exit the alley, you can see breakfast stalls on the roadside.
After entering October, the weather gradually turned cooler and it was still a bit cold early in the morning.
Xie Yi wished his neck was shorter so that he could completely retract it into his collar.
After walking around for a while, I couldn't make up my mind and still wanted to eat meat.
I passed by a breakfast stall and smelled a strong aroma of oil and meat before I even got close.
What comes into view is a rectangular brick hanging stove with a coal fire burning underneath.
There are openings on the top and opposite side of the roof, and there are several horseshoe-shaped molds on the top of the furnace.
Xie Yi rushed over and lined up, watching the uncle neatly sprinkle some sesame seeds on the half-provided small pancake dough on the chopping board.
Then brush it with a layer of oil and sugar water, so that it is fragrant, sweet and not sticky, and then stuff it into the water chestnut mold.
Just wait like this, Xie Yi sniffed, the aroma of oil became stronger and stronger.
There is a saying in Beijing: One group in the east, another group in the west, they eat water chestnut-shaped pancakes with fruits for breakfast!
After the horseshoe-shaped pancake is baked, it tastes burnt on the outside and hollow on the inside.
After breaking it open, you can just stuff a piece of fried dough sticks into it. The texture is a bit like crispy, and the layers are instantly enhanced.
The name of Youzhaogui sounds strange, but it is actually fried dough sticks. "Youzhaogui" means "fried cypress".
Xie Yi ordered five servings of water chestnut-stuffed pancakes stuffed with minced meat and fried dough sticks. This one was quite filling.
After walking a few more steps, I bought three bottles of soy milk and two bottles of soy juice.
There's nothing I can do about it. My daughter takes after her mother in this respect. Her face turns green when she smells soy milk.
But he is indeed his and Xiaotong's child. He can eat meat if he likes, but his wife can't stand drinking soy milk!
After looking around and not seeing anyone selling doughnuts, he walked back with his things in his hand.
As I stepped into the courtyard, I was filled with the aroma of oil and felt like I was about to be marinated.
There was movement in the east, and footsteps were heard. Gao Xiulan and Xie Dajiao got up.
"Son, wow, you got up pretty early."
Gao Xiulan joked as she combed her hair with a comb in her hand. Xiaotong would take her to get a perm in a while.
When you go out dancing, you might become the focus of the whole audience.
"It's better to go early, Mom. I bought something new today!"
Xie Yi was being too attentive. He had been busy with work recently and had no time to make his mother happy. This was really wrong.
"Horse hoof sesame cakes! You're lucky, kid. That stall just opens based on its mood, and its location changes all the time. You happened to run into one today."
Gao Xiulan loves this.
Lin Xiaotong also came out holding Chengzi's hand. Both of them had messy hair and a strand of hair sticking out on top of their heads.
"Good morning, Dad and Mom."
During this rare lazy sleep time, Lin Xiaotong felt extremely comfortable. The simple life was quite enjoyable.
"Grandpa, grandma, dad, good morning."
Orange felt that he was not awake yet, so he opened one eye. When he smelled something, he opened the other eye.
“It smells so good.”
"Hurry up and wash up and eat."
Xie Yi handed the toothbrush with ointment squeezed on it to the two children, one big and one small.
The yard was also noisy, with occasional barking of cats and dogs.
After the family finished breakfast and rested for a while, Lin Xiaotong rode her bike to school.
The rest of the people also rushed to the front yard, and the door of the third uncle's house was open.
It was just a big room. Zhou Jianguo was wearing gloves and holding a tape measure to measure the wall.
Xie Da Jiao also walked in and took a look around, then suggested:
"Old Zhou, it's not appropriate to smash the window on the east side, so why not just open a new door on the south side?
The front is used as a store, and the back is for living."
There will be another convenience store in the alley!
The third uncle's house happened to be in the southeast corner of the compound. The east-west wall was shorter, and there was a high window for ventilation in the original location.
There is an open space in front of the south wall, and an alley on the east wall.
Zhou Jianguo nodded: "I think it's okay. That would save a lot of trouble. Just open the south window all the way down."
Wu Shengli rolled up his sleeves and said, "What are we waiting for? Let's get to work."
A few people first removed the south windows and put away the wooden frames to prevent the nails from being scattered around and pricking their feet.
Xie Yi picked up a sledgehammer, took a step forward, and hammered the wall hard. The wall cracked and the putty on the wall fell down.
After several consecutive attempts of force, the blue bricks loosened.
Several people wearing work gloves were pulling the pieces down one by one.
The blue bricks that are removed should be kept and stacked aside, and they will be used to build steps at the door later.
Gao Xiulan and a few others helped clean up in the back. This place was used as a kitchen before, so the dishes and other things had to be moved to the back.
Although the room in the third uncle's house is small, the open space outside is actually quite large.
Gao Xiulan gestured: "We can build a roof over this alley at the back and use it as a kitchen.
Let Old Xie and his men build a stove, and the house will be more spacious."
If it is built, it will be connected to her kitchen and they share the same wall.
Jin Qiaofeng curled her lips and whispered:
"Back then, before Auntie San fell ill, San Niuzi said he wanted to build a house on this land and leave it to his son to live in."
Yang Shujuan didn't know what to say, she could only sigh.
Diao Yulian didn't go out this year. She shook her wavy hair, which gave off a fragrance.
"But if Big Mouth hadn't stumbled upon the three of them in such an embarrassing situation, we would have thought they were missing."
Yu Afen nodded, agreeing.
"Who would have thought? San Naozi is like a complete idiot."
Zhang Dazui glanced at Chengzi and Guoqing playing under the eaves of the gate next to him, and said:
"Don't talk about those depressing guys, don't even mention the good days.
By the way, Xiulan, do you still have Orange's diapers? Can you lend me two?"
Gao Xiulan knew what she was going to do, so she agreed readily.
Last time, Jing Qian also came to the house and took two pieces. She said that the daughter of one of Lao Wei’s colleagues who was married out had been unable to get pregnant, and she wanted to borrow the baby diapers to see if they would be effective.
Lin Xiaotong was very puzzled at the time. These days, people usually use diapers from babies born to boys.
I didn't expect that someone would come to borrow her daughter. It's really strange.
After asking, I found out that people were attracted by Orange's cleverness.
Jin Qiaofeng twisted her mouth and said, "Big Mouth, why don't you ask me for it?"
Zhang Dazui replied without hesitation: "Your family is still using Ernengzi's old diapers during the National Day holiday, and the cloth is almost worn out by washing.
If I ask for it again, won't it be a pile of rubbish when I return it to you?"
Jin Qiaofeng looked embarrassed and had nothing to say.
"Grandma, there are three strange people outside!"
Chengzi ran in and called Gao Xiulan.
Guoqing was also shouting, "No, there's another child."
With a loud "boom", a door on the south wall of the third uncle's house was completely opened.
Xie Yi held the hammer and looked at the group of people standing at the bottom of the stairs with a bad look.
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