The wardrobe is only coated with a layer of varnish to keep the original wood color of the pine, which is quite meaningful.
The doors and windows were painted green, the walls inside were painted white, the roof was covered with white paper, the floor was paved with blue bricks, and the outside of the stove was covered with a layer of cement, which made cooking much cleaner.
The ground outside the house and up to the pig house is paved with stone slabs to prevent it from being too muddy when it rains.
There is no wall because there is no need to build one in this place where no outsiders will set foot. It can be used to grow vegetables or crops further away. Although this place is close to the foot of the mountain, the soil is very good.
Everything is ready. We just need to dry the main house for a few days before we can move in.
As soon as the house construction was completed, spring ploughing began.
Daheishan Village was backward in other aspects, but it was definitely not backward in the household contract responsibility system. Of course, this was due to Leng Tiezhu's previous realization that he could maximize his own interests, and this was indeed the case.
Influenced by this policy, Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu were originally allocated two acres of land (the real residents of Daheishan Village could get three acres each), but these two people had no roots or jobs in Daheishan Village and did not have much farming experience, so it was very difficult for them to cultivate even such a small amount of land.
This is also the reason why they had never had enough to eat before.
Knowing that they would return to Pingdu one after another within this year, the two men discussed it and then Bai Changpu went to find the family whose fields were adjacent to theirs and asked them to cultivate his and Bai Changpu's fields in exchange for some grain.
That family happened to be Leng Tiezhu's relatives. Thanks to Leng Tiezhu, their fields were better and larger than others, so naturally they had some grain in stock.
Hearing that Bai Changpu didn't want much food, he thought he had gotten a great bargain and immediately suppressed his excited mood and happily weighed out two hundred kilograms of corn for Bai Changpu.
He thought that Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu had resorted to this desperate measure because they were desperate, and he secretly laughed at them for a long time.
Bai Changpu and Xiang Huaixin directly brought 200 kilograms of corn to Wen Jiuyue and asked them to use it to feed the pigs.
They are living a very good life now, who would still eat these rough things?
No longer having to worry about farming their two acres of land, Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu came every day to help Wen Jiuyue turn the soil.
Even if they didn't want to use Leng You to plow the soil this time, they had no choice because Hong Zao only listened to Leng You. This fierce horse became as docile as a big cat when it was in front of Leng You, and would let Leng You shout and manipulate it.
The red dates pulled the plow and obediently turned the soil deep and fast.
Wen Jiuyue was not a greedy person. He knew what he could do and only turned over nearly ten acres of land near the house.
Since the land had been cultivated before, it was not difficult to turn it over.
After turning the ground and making it level, the seeds are sown. The fertilizer is the humus made from rotten leaves that Leng You brought up from the valley. Although it is as light as wood ash, its fertility is no less than animal manure.
All that’s left is to wait for the rain, and then weed and hoe the fields after the seedlings emerge.
Wen Jiuyue planted eight acres of corn and the remaining two acres of millet.
By the time the land was planted, the new house had already been dried out.
It was a sunny day, and it was the day when Leng You and Wen Jiuyue moved.
Although they said they were moving, in fact most of the things had already been moved away, leaving only their bedding, a cooking pot and a few bowls and plates.
As Wen Jiuyue took the pot off the hook, it meant that she would say goodbye to the home where she had lived for nearly thirty years. This place had witnessed her every step from getting married to losing her husband, to facing all kinds of difficulties and even despair alone. It was also the place that witnessed her rekindled hope.
Standing in front of the house, Wen Jiuyue was filled with emotion, yet also extremely sad. If her husband were still alive, how happy and joyful their family of three would be.
However, there are no ifs. From now on, she and Leng You will be the only two people who will depend on each other in this world. But she is also extremely lucky because she has Leng You, the person who will depend on her in the future.
"Grandma." Wen Jiuyue's hand was held by a soft little hand.
"Hmm! Ah? Youyou, what did you call me just now?" Wen Jiuyue finally reacted, with surprise and expectation unconcealed in his eyes.
"Grandma!" Leng You called again.
In her past and present lives, she should have called out this name long ago.
"Oh! Grandma's baby, my baby!" Wen Jiuyue hugged Leng You tightly, and the tears that had been accumulating into a pool finally burst out.
Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu, who were standing by, couldn't help but be moved, but their faces were also filled with relief.
Today's lunch is the most sumptuous meal since Xiang Wentian left:
Grilled roe deer legs, spicy rabbit cubes, crispy quail, smoked pheasant, garlic spare ribs, boiled pork slices, sour wood beard, stir-fried water celery with dried tofu (the water celery was found by Leng You in the deep valley), big bone mushroom soup, eight dishes and one soup.
"It seems that ever since You girl survived the disaster, our lives have been getting better and better, with good things happening one after another, just like today.
It's such a nice day, how can we not have a drink, come... Cheers!"
It was Xiang Huaixin who spoke again.
"That's right. Ever since little Youyou survived the disaster, I've felt that she is our lucky star!" Bai Changpu's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.
"At least Youyou is my lucky star. If it weren't for Youyou, I don't know how long I could live, or even if I wanted to live.
There are also Brother Xiang and Brother Bai, and of course Xiaotian who has already returned to Pingdu. If it weren’t for you, I would not be able to live in such a beautiful and sturdy new house.
Without your help, I would not have been able to bring Youyou here.
In short, you are my benefactors, and I will never be able to repay your kindness in this lifetime."
Wen Jiuyue is a person with extremely high emotional intelligence. She knows very well in her heart that all of this is caused by Leng You. If it weren't for Leng You, Xiang Wentian, Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu would never have had any intersection with her, let alone this earth-shaking change in her life.
But she could never say that. However, her gratitude to those people came from the bottom of her heart, and she felt that she could never repay them in this lifetime.
"Hey... I've told you so many times, stop being so polite. What's the point of talking about gratitude? You take care of our food, clothing and shelter, isn't that a gratitude?
"Okay, okay, don't say such things anymore, it's too distant."
Bai Acorus waved his hands repeatedly.
"Yes, as we said before, we won't talk about favors. If we have to talk about favors, You girl is my lifesaver! What favor is greater than saving my life?
To be honest, if anything happens to me here, Wen Tian's mother...
The only belief that supports her now is that I can be healthy and return home safely one day to reunite with my family."
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