Xiang Wentian looked at these things, feeling a strange feeling surging in his heart.
He immediately understood that it was Leng You who did it, and knew that he would definitely be rejected if he gave it to him in person, so the little guy adopted this approach.
It was obvious that the little guy had figured out his thoughts. He had refused to take the 10,000 yuan he was offered before, so this time he simply secretly gave him 5,000 yuan so that he would not be able to refuse even if he found out in advance.
After putting away all the things, Xiang Wentian's chest was filled with warmth and he even forgot about hunger for a moment. This child, who had been abused by the world, although his body was covered with wounds, still did not lose the most precious purity and sincerity.
Beneath the cold and distant appearance, there is a kind and delicate heart.
Looking out of the car window, the vast land with spots of snow was exposed due to partial melting, and it no longer looked overly ugly.
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The weather in Daheishan Village started to thaw day by day after February, and Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu officially prepared to start building houses.
After breakfast that day, when the two were about to reach Wen Jiuyue's house, they saw from afar a figure swaying where a house was being built. When they got closer and took a look, they were both stunned.
The foundation of the house had been dug more than a foot deep at some point, and the person waving the engineer's shovel there was the little Leng You.
"Grandpa Xiang, Grandpa Bai!" Leng You called out to the two and continued working.
"Little... Little Youyou, this... tell Grandpa Bai, these... couldn't all be dug by you!" Bai Acorus was frightened.
"Yes, I am very strong." Leng You nodded.
Even if Xiang Wentian hadn't reminded her again and again before he left, she knew that she had to conserve her strength, and digging the foundation wouldn't require too much effort.
"But... this..." Looking at the neatly dug foundation, although he and Xiang Huaixin had already marked the lines long before this, Leng You was after all only an eight-year-old child.
"I did all these when I was in the Leng family." Leng You did not lie. In the Leng family, she had to follow whenever the adults of the Leng family worked. Although she was not allowed to dig the foundation, she was also asked to pick up stones from the foundation or transport out excess debris.
"Child, you have suffered a lot." Xiang Huaixin's nose suddenly felt sore and he touched Leng You's head.
"So, it's really a bargain for those bastards." Bai Changpu was so distressed that tears were about to fall.
"Kid, you are not needed for this job. You are not allowed to do these jobs in the future. Do you hear me?" Xiang Huaixin bent down and held Leng You's shoulders with both hands.
"I can do it." Building a house is an extremely hard job, and Leng You couldn't bear to see Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu too tired.
“That won’t work either!” Bai Changluo widened his eyes.
"Okay!" Leng You had no choice but to nod.
According to the previous plan, the foundation dug by Leng You was deep enough, so Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu started laying stones directly.
After feeding the piglets and puppies and taking care of everything at home, Wen Jiuyue came to help. When she learned that Leng You had secretly dug the foundation at some point and that she had done it all by herself, she burst into tears out of heartache.
All preparations were made very thoroughly, and the stones chosen were large and square, making it much easier and quicker to build the building.
Because there was not enough cement, all the walls were filled with yellow mud.
Seeing that the three adults strictly forbade her to help, Leng You did not dare to insist any longer. So while they were busy, she quietly prepared meals, fed the pigs and the dog, and every morning after giving Hongzao water to drink, she let it graze by the valley.
When everyone ate the food made by Leng You for the first time, they couldn't help but be amazed. In addition, Leng You worked hard and finally all the "clerical" work was handed over to her.
In this way, Wen Jiuyue can fully join the ranks of house building. She is originally a capable person. Although she is fifty years old and looks a little old, with the support of such strong spiritual power, the potential of the body can be easily stimulated.
With the cooperation of the three people, the speed of building the house became much faster.
In just one week, the walls of the house were leveled and preparations began to be made for the roof.
Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu are not superstitious people. After all the ups and downs over the years, Wen Jiuyue no longer cares about any customs and rules. Moreover, she is afraid of being targeted by the villagers for the peaceful life she has finally achieved.
So they didn't choose an auspicious day or time, and there was no ceremony or firecrackers. After breakfast, several people started to cap the roof of the house.
Leng You also came to help today, transporting the roof boards back and forth.
There are three main rooms in the house, and it is not built too tall. The entire building area is only about 80 or 90 square meters. It will only require a bathroom inside.
So the roof was sealed in just one day.
The next step is to wait for the walls of the house to dry completely before installing doors and windows and plastering the walls inside and outside. You can build the kang in the two bedrooms first, so that while burning the kang every day, the walls can also be dried quickly.
The task of heating the kang was given to Leng You, and the three adults began to busy themselves with building barns, stables, pig pens, etc.
This location was chosen on the west side of the main house. Although it would take four rooms to be built together, it was much easier than the main house:
Starting from the north, the first room is the warehouse; the second room is a completely open utility room, which can be used to store farm tools, livestock fodder, firewood, etc.; the third room is also open and is used as a stable; the fourth room is used as a pigsty.
Once this row of houses are built and roofed, the main house can be ready for final decoration and other work.
A month later, when the people of Daheishan Village were preparing for spring plowing, Wen Jiuyue's new home, located not far from the deep valley at the foot of Beishan Mountain, had been completely built.
Whether it was the main house or the row of warehouses and sheds on the west side, the walls inside and outside were all smoothed with cement.
Most of the food and other supplies were moved into the newly built warehouse, the horses were tied into the stables, the piglets were also put into the new pens, and pig feed, horse feed, etc. were also transported there.
The kennel was built on the east side of the main house, also in a north-south direction. Considering the size of the five puppies when they grow up, it was built to be more spacious. They have all been put in it.
The middle room of the three main rooms was used as a kitchen, and the east and west rooms were used as bedrooms, both with heated kangs. A partition was built on the north side of the west room, and the small room behind it was used as a bathroom.
Of course, this bathroom doesn’t have running water or a shower. It just has a simple drain so you can pour the bath water directly into it and let the water flow out.
Leng You had already put the big bathtub he had bought earlier into it.
Xiang Huaixin, a semi-professional "carpenter", followed Leng You's suggestion and made a set of wardrobes as big as a wall for each of the two rooms.
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