In one afternoon, Huo Junshan finished the two stoves and even specially plastered cement around them.
Yun Ningyan actually wanted to take some tiles out of her space to put on the tiles, but such things didn't exist in this era, and she was afraid of attracting too much attention, so she didn't dare to take them out.
After Huo Junshan finished setting up the stove, he walked on the cement floor with the Huo brothers. With Huo Junshan's participation, and Yun Ningyan telling him a lot about what cement floors looked like in his previous life, things became more interesting.
They got to work much faster.
The original blue bricks on the floors of the four rooms were left untouched. A thin layer of cement mortar was laid on top, and several people leveled and smoothed it.
It was already dark when they finished.
Several people got up and went to Huo Junshan's house for dinner.
Li Xiangyun had already gone home to cook.
She stewed a large pot of vegetables, including pork belly, cured pork, cabbage, potatoes, radishes, dried green beans, eggplant, and so on—she put in quite a lot of whatever vegetables she could.
She put in a lot of meat, and as soon as the group entered the courtyard, the aroma filled the air.
Huo Jianshe sniffed and called out to Li Xiangyun, "Mom, you've made meat! It smells so good!"
Li Xiangyun retorted irritably, "You think your nose is the best!"
Big Black wagged its tail around Yun Ningyan, and when it heard Li Xiangyun say "dog nose," it barked twice at Li Xiangyun.
Huo Jianshe scooped up two basins of water and had the others wash their hands.
After the men washed their hands, Huo Junshan poured out the water and then poured a basin of water for Yun Ningyan. Li Xiangyun felt that her third son was hopeless!
The others watched the two of them with smiles, but no one said anything.
Everyone sat together, and after the meal, the cement would be smoothed out after it had dried a bit.
Several grown men were eating together. Huo Junshan first served Yun Ningyan a bowl of food and asked her to sit next to him. Li Xiangyun and Huo's sister-in-law did not sit at the table because the table was too small and there were too many people.
Wang Cuihong was eating in the kitchen with her child in her arms. She felt a pang of sadness as she watched her third son take care of her in every way. He had bought a house, and his husband was not only capable but also so considerate. In contrast, her husband could go a whole day without her noticing.
They're all from the same mother, so why is the district so big?
Since the last incident, Huo Jianguo has lost the tenderness and patience he used to show her.
Yun Ningyan looked at the fatty meat in the bowl. She couldn't eat any of it, so she picked it aside and ate other dishes. This big pot of stew was really good.
Nowadays, vegetables are pesticide-free, retaining their original flavor and true taste.
She ate half a pancake and most of a bowl of vegetables, leaving a lot of fatty meat in the bowl. She put down the bowl and gently nudged Huo Junshan.
Huo Junshan naturally picked up her bowl and ate the fatty meat.
Huo Changgen and Li Xiangyun both pretended not to see it.
After everyone finished eating, they went to check on how the cement was drying. The weather was neither too hot nor too cold, and there was even a light breeze today, so it should be almost done.
The final polishing was done by Huo Junshan, Huo Jianguo, Huo Guodong, and Huo Jiandang, each in a separate room.
Huo Jiandang finished the fastest, but Huo Junshan found it unsatisfactory after reviewing it, so he was forced to do it all over again by Huo Junshan.
Huo Junshan nodded in satisfaction before letting him go.
Huo Jiandang rubbed his neck and said to Huo Junshan speechlessly, "Third brother, I'm still your second brother, you have to give me face! I did a very good job, why are you deliberately picking a fight?"
Huo Junshan clenched his fist, ready to strike, but Huo Jiandang immediately backed down, saying, "Fine, fine, I'll redo it, redo it! Honestly, you don't give me any face at all!"
Yun Ningyan didn't expect them to do so well on their first try.
The group gathered all their tools together; they would continue working tomorrow, and they should be able to finish by tomorrow.
Tomorrow, Huo Junshan plans to install kang (heated brick beds) in both the master bedroom and the west-facing bedroom so that when they have children, they can sleep in separate rooms when they come back to stay.
Yun Ningyan had no idea about his plans, nor did she understand these things. She only asked Huo Junshan to leave two plots of land in the yard for planting vegetables and flowers.
Huo Junshan had already planned out his plans, and he even wanted to find two wild osmanthus trees and a wild grape to plant in the yard.
After the others had gone back, he took Yun Ningyan to the river to bathe. Yun Ningyan was speechless that he had to take her along when he went to bathe by himself.
After Meng Zhenzhen finished dinner that evening, Li Dawang came to see her again.
He brought her two pieces of meat this time, which he had saved up for her. Meng Zhenzhen wasn't actually that hungry, but she ate them anyway in order to continue fooling Li Dawang.
She continued to complain to Li Dawang, "Brother Li, you don't know, Yun Ningyan bought a house and has been showing it off at the educated youth settlement every day. She even avoided me when she saw me today. I haven't done anything to wrong her, have I?"
"'She glared at me as soon as she saw me. I felt so wronged. I was just trying to get along with them nicely, why does she hate me so much? Do I really hate people that much?'"
Seeing her crying with tears in her eyes, Li Dawang couldn't help but reach out and wipe them away for her. Meng Zhenzhen really wanted to move away, but she managed to hold back.
Li Dawang's rough skin made her face hurt.
She continued to sob, "Brother Li, what should I do?"
Li Dawang's eyes flashed with disgust as he comforted her, "Zhenzhen, don't cry. I'll find a chance to help you get revenge on her and make sure she never dares to offend you again, okay?"
Meng Zhenzhen nodded, seemingly casually saying, "Tell me why she came to our brigade. Wouldn't it have been better if she had been assigned to another brigade? Her family is so well-off, why did she have to go to the countryside as an educated youth? If it weren't for her, none of this would have happened."
Li Dawang didn't speak, but his eyes were full of ruthlessness. He didn't expect Yun Ningyan to be such a detestable girl!
He reached out and hugged Meng Zhenzhen, coaxing her for a while. Meng Zhenzhen then suggested that it was too late and she wanted to go back to the educated youth settlement.
That's when the two separated.
Huo Junshan took Yun Ningyan to the river, but they saw Li Dawang walking past the direction of the educated youth settlement. Yun Ningyan realized that this person looked very much like the person she had met last time.
She asked, "Who is this person?"
“It’s Li Dawang, from the west end of the village. I don’t know him well.”
Li Dawang didn't notice the two of them and walked away whistling happily. He had just hugged someone, so did that mean Zhenzhen had accepted him?
Huo Junshan only heard this one sentence from his heart, which seemed to come out of nowhere. Who did he hug?
When they arrived at the river, Yun Ningyan urged him to hurry.
Huo Junshan took off his shirt and shorts, leaving only his underwear. Yun Ningyan rolled her eyes and turned her head away, refusing to look at him again.
Huo Junshan plunged into the river. A few minutes later, Huo Junshan dressed, took Yun Ningyan's hand, and walked towards the educated youth settlement.
"The water is so cold, aren't you afraid of getting sick?"
Huo Junshan squeezed her hand. "It's okay, I just have a bad temper."
Yun Ningyan rolled her eyes at him. "He's always thinking about nonsense. How can he not be angry?"
Huo Junshan: You can't blame me for this. His girlfriend is so attractive that he can't control his temper.
Yun Ningyan returned to her room and went straight into her space to wash up. Huo Junshan was startled again. Every time she disappeared in front of him, his heart would ache.
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