Gu Ranzhou had almost finished talking to the village bricklayer. He looked at the sky outside and felt that it was almost time. "Then why don't you remember to come tomorrow as we agreed?"
"Okay, sure."
"Dad, you're not going to earn work points tomorrow, but to build a house for someone?"
"Well, our family is the only one in the village that has this skill. If we don't go, he will have to go to the town to find someone." After a while, he spoke again, "Besides, it's not like they didn't pay."
"Dad, how about I go with you tomorrow?" The person who spoke was Goudan, the son of the village bricklayer.
"What are you going to do? Your mother has to go out to earn work points tomorrow. Go cut grass for the pigs. Do you understand?"
Goudan looked disappointed: "I know, if you don't want to go, then don't go."
"Okay, let's eat quickly. It's getting dark, so we can eat quickly and save some kerosene lamps and kerosene."
Gu Ranzhou saw that it was getting dark outside. He didn't realize that he had gone out to do something and there were children at home. They hadn't eaten yet, so he hurried home.
Gu Ranzhou walked into the yard. Lu Zhenchuan and Gu Yu'an were sitting under a big tree waiting for him to come back for dinner. Perhaps because of the hot weather, the table was set up under the tree with food on it, and the sound of cicadas was loud.
"Dad." When Gu Yu'an saw Gu Ranzhou coming back, he stood up and rushed over.
Gu Ranzhou hugged little An An and said with some guilt in his heart, "I'm sorry, An An. Dad forgot to come back to cook. An An must be starving, right?"
"It's okay. Uncle Lu treated An An to some candy, cooked a meal, and waited with An An for dad to come back." Gu Yu'an said in a baby voice in Gu Ranzhou's arms.
"Thank you!" Gu Ranzhou glanced at Lu Zhenchuan with gratitude in his eyes.
"You're welcome. Let's eat first. Children can't stand being hungry, and it's summer now." Lu Zhenchuan nodded and said.
Gu Ranzhou and Lu Zhenchuan didn't eat very fast, after all, there was a small child with them. Maybe it was because of the hot weather, Gu Ranzhou and Gu Yu'an didn't eat much, and Lu Zhenchuan ate the remaining food.
Gu Ranzhou looked at Lu Zhenchuan and instructed, "Go work in the fields tomorrow. I'll have someone come to build the house, so nothing inside will be moved. It might be a little dirty when you get back, though. Put all your bedding and other things in the closet tomorrow morning. After all, the roof needs to be taken off and replaced with new tiles." Then he continued, "Thank goodness the reconstruction wasn't postponed. I'll try to have the dilapidated walls and roof fixed by tomorrow."
"Um."
"The weather is quite hot now, so go to bed early. You have been busy enough today, and the weather may be even hotter tomorrow." Gu Ranzhou reminded.
"knew."
Gu Yu'an was sleeping in Gu Ranzhou's arms, clearly asleep. Gu Ranzhou carried the child into the house. Luckily, Lu Zhenchuan had already bathed him, otherwise he would have had to wake him up. Gu Ranzhou grabbed a thin air-conditioning blanket and covered An'an with it. Then, as he left, he saw Lu Zhenchuan clearing the table and dishes. "Gu Ranzhou, go help with the dishes."
After Gu Ranzhou packed up, he took his clothes and said to Lu Zhenchuan before taking a shower, "Lu Zhenchuan, has anyone told you not to look at me like that?"
"Which one?"
"We are all smart people, so don't pretend to know nothing. You will easily get beaten if you behave like this." Gu Ranzhou turned around, took his clothes and left.
Gu Ranzhou didn't hate the look in Lu Zhenchuan's eyes. At least that guy's behavior was okay. He didn't rule out the possibility that he would like him in the future. After all, he was his type. But before getting to know each other, it was better not to provoke him. It was not difficult to guess from his words that he was not a good person. In this era, being in a high position was not a good thing. If you were not careful, you would be criticized and pulled down. Otherwise, Lu Zhenchuan would not be here. This was very troublesome.
Lu Zhenchuan guessed Gu Ranzhou's fear, but he couldn't figure out why. He wasn't about to give up, though. He'd finally met someone he loved, and rather than let them get away, he preferred to strike first. He'd first capture the younger one. Once the younger one's arms were bent outward, the older one wouldn't be able to escape.
The next morning, Gu Ranzhou set the alarm clock and got up quite early. Well, if he didn't have to watch others work today, he would never get up. If it were in the past, he would still be struggling with the quilt.
After cleaning himself, Gu Ranzhou made breakfast: a simple big steamed bun, a bowl of pickles and a pot of porridge. Lu Zhenchuan also cleaned himself. Gu Ranzhou brushed Xiao Anan's teeth and washed her face, then served her a bowl of porridge.
After the three people finished eating, the people who came to work came.
"You really don't need my help?" Lu Zhenchuan asked before leaving.
"You don't have to work to earn work points. It's just a small matter and I can still handle it." Gu Ranzhou muttered in his heart, you are here to add furniture to me and you are deliberately staying here to make things more troublesome.
"Okay, call me if you need anything." Seeing that Gu Ranzhou was so persistent, Lu Zhenchuan didn't say anything else.
"Excuse me everyone for working harder today?" Gu Ranzhou said to the people who were working.
"Okay, let's get started." They just waved their hands. After all, this was not the first or second time they had done this. The village was quite far from the town, so people from all over the place came looking for them.
"OK."
Gu Ranzhou watched as several men expertly removed the roof, chiseled out the broken bricks, and began repairing them. They were quick; within an hour and a half, the bricks were already patched and they were already working on the roof. Gu Ranzhou seemed to sense the heat, so he found a place to set up a pot, cooked a pot of sour plum soup, and set it under a large tree to cool off.
Except for two people who stayed to build the roof, the others demolished the dilapidated kitchen and rebuilt it according to the drawings given by Gu Ranzhou. They also built a bathroom according to the location on the drawings.
Gu Ranzhou was directing them on how to install the sewer. Although they didn't know what it was, they still built it according to Gu Ranzhou's idea.
If anyone feels thirsty after working, they can come over and drink a bowl of sour plum soup before continuing to work.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Ranzhou started to prepare a big pot of rice, stir-fried beans with shredded pork, some pickled sour beans, scrambled eggs, and a pot of egg drop soup. The staple food was steamed corn bread. It must be said that Gu Ranzhou really put in enough ingredients.
"I didn't expect that after working for so many years, this is the first time I'll have a good meal during the New Year or other festivals."
"Yeah, in town, you probably can't eat these dishes without a dollar."
Lu Zhenchuan was a little surprised to see such food when he came back. After all, it was not a festival these days, so it was a little too good to eat such good food.
Gu Ranzhou also knew that the food was indeed too good. Perhaps it was because life was too good in the era he lived in, and there was a wide variety of food. In fact, he didn't prepare much coarse grains. Most of the food in the space was rice and white flour, and there were almost no coarse grains grown. But fortunately, it was only this time, and since he was building a house, eating better would not surprise people too much.
They worked very quickly in the afternoon, and before dark, the house and the newly built kitchen and bathroom were completed according to Gu Ranzhou's requirements and ideas.
However, the yard has not been fenced off yet, and Gu Ranzhou has no intention of having someone do it for him, as he still has the skills to do it himself.
Lu Zhenchuan also hurried back from the farmland to have dinner.
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