After dinner.
Erniu and Sanniu cleaned the kitchen.
Si Niu, Xiao Wu, Gu Xu and Lu Huailin helped to clean up the yard.
Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi followed Song Qingyun. They both loved the rocking chair, but they knew that Song Qingyun was injured now, so the two little ones helped push the rocking chair, rocking it back and forth.
They giggled along.
Sui Chengxiao looked at the foot-soaking tubs filling the yard with envy: "There are so many, is there one for him?"
Xia Weian made a rope with vines, strung the foot bath buckets together and walked towards the river.
"Weian, what are you doing?" Sui Chengxiao followed to help.
"The bamboo foot bath tub should be soaked in the river to prevent it from cracking later," Xia Weian explained.
"There is such a thing. I think I have learned something from it." Sui Chengxiao said happily. There is still a lot of knowledge to be learned in life.
The two men arrived at the river, Xia Weian threw the bucket into the river, and the vines entangled the rocks by the river.
"Weian, I have something to tell you." Sui Chengxiao put his hands on his hips and looked at the sunlight at dusk that was shining on the river. It was so beautiful that it was dazzling. He felt a little emotional.
"Brother Sui, go ahead."
"I know you want Erniu, Sanniu and Siniu to take the test before the start of school. There is still a month at most, which is not a long time. If you want the children to get good grades, studying two or three hours a day is not enough." Sui Chengxiao said.
"Well, starting tomorrow, Erniu, Sanniu and Siniu will not do anything and will follow you to study." Xia Weian did not hesitate at all.
Sui Chengxiao nodded in satisfaction. Although he came here to become Xiaoqi's last disciple, since he was helping to teach, he must achieve some results.
"Okay, let Lulu take care of Xiaowu. As for Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi, I think Gu Xu can do a good job as well. As for the housework you guys are going to take care of..." Sui Chengxiao said.
The main reason is that Song Qingyun is injured now. Although he has recovered well after taking his medicine, even if he doesn't need to lie down for a month, he still has to lie down for another week. Even if he doesn't need to lie down, he can't overwork.
"I'm here. I've been recuperating at home during this period." Xia Weian said. His arm has healed, and there is not much to do at home, just washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning the yard.
This is much less work than what he did in the Xia family's old house.
"Okay." Sui Chengxiao patted Xia Weian's shoulder. He was not wrong. Xia Weian was a good person.
The two of them returned to the courtyard while talking.
"I'm going out for a while. Erniu, close the door first. I'll come back and call you." Xia Weian said.
Erniu immediately followed Xia Weian and called softly, "Dad..."
"Dad knows." Xia Weian said in a low voice.
Uncle Lao Gen’s house.
When Xia Weian arrived, his family had just finished dinner.
"Third brother, you're here." Shuanzi jumped up immediately and moved a stool for Xia Weian.
Aunt Gen came into the house and poured sugar water for Xia Weian.
"Third brother, sit down and talk." Uncle Lao Gen called out.
The family of three was extremely enthusiastic towards Xia Weian.
"Uncle Lao Gen, Aunt Gen, Shuanzi, I'm here this time to ask you for help with several things." Xia Weian said with a smile.
"Third brother, you are being too polite." Shuanzi was cheerful. He was doing quite well in the vegetable company. Li Li took good care of him. Others treated him well, whether out of respect for Li Li or because they thought he did a good job.
If anyone wants to pick a fight, there will be someone else to help him fight back without him.
You can also buy cheap meat, and the vegetable company also provides meals, so there is always meat at noon.
This was something Shuanzi had never dared to imagine before, but now it has come true.
How could he not be happy!
In Shuanzi's heart, Xia Weian is his biological brother.
"Third brother, you go."
Xia Weian smiled and took out the furniture blueprints. "Uncle Lao Gen, this is the blueprint we drew for the furniture in my house. Yunmei and I have measured the sizes."
"My family is made up of girls, so we're thinking of making the wardrobes in their rooms bigger. The drawer below is also convenient for storing socks and other things. The girls should each have two drawers."
"In the main room, we want to make a big table with ten chairs. It will be convenient for our family to talk together."
"Also, I plan to equip the room reserved for the Han family kid with a table, chairs, and wardrobe. The kid needs a place to put his things when he comes home."
Uncle Lao Gen's eyes lit up when he looked at the blueprints. "Third brother, this is really great. It's better than anything we've done before. It's very thoughtful."
"We also conducted research based on my family's situation." Xia Weian smiled.
"This is such a great painting. It's just beautiful." Shuanzi came over and praised.
Xia Weian also thought that the painting was good. In his previous life, Song Qingyun also liked to paint casually at night. After his rebirth, Xia Weian felt that Song Qingyun's painting skills seemed to have improved by leaps and bounds.
"Third brother, let me estimate the cost of these things. I will bring the wood to your house later. We will work on the open space in front of your house at night. When we are done, we can put it in the yard to dry and then bring it into the house." Uncle Lao Gen said after thinking for a while.
Xia Weian immediately understood what Uncle Lao Gen meant. There was no one at their house, but it was inevitable that the neighbors would see them working in the village. Making so many pieces of furniture would cause a lot of gossip.
"Then thank you Uncle Lao Gen and Brother Shuanzi for your hard work. I will be able to lend a hand when the time comes." Xia Weian responded with a smile.
Uncle Lao Gen was in high spirits. He really liked Xia Weian more and more. Since he left the Xia family, he had become a completely different person. He was very smart and insightful, and not pretentious.
"Third brother, we have discussed this matter. Is there anything else?" Shuanzi asked.
"I want to build two rooms in the backyard. My family consists of girls, and we have people coming over from time to time, so the house is still a little small. Yunmei and I discussed building two rooms in the backyard against the back wall, so it will be more convenient for people to come over."
"The house doesn't need to be too big, just enough to live in. It's cold in winter, so we'd like to have a kang in the house..."
Xia Weian took out another drawing. The kangs in the two rooms were connected, with two chimneys, and the stove was designed under the wall shared by the two rooms.
The doors are on the left and right sides.
Uncle Lao Gen couldn't help but praise him, "With this arrangement, both sides are warm with one stove. Third brother, you have a really smart brain."
Xia Weian smiled.
"Uncle, I'd like to trouble you to find some reliable brothers to help me build the house. I don't have enough adobe bricks at home, so I'd also like to trouble you to help me exchange some. I'll exchange them with eggs. These were brought to us by Brother Gu in the city."
"We'll provide food for those who help build the house, fifty cents per person per day."
"Just help with the work and get food, no need to pay." Uncle Lao Gen said that generally in rural areas, helping with the work and getting food will be enough. If there is work in other families in the future, just go and help them and it will be considered as repayment.
"Uncle, I'll still give you the money. I have a lot of things to do at home, and I probably won't have time to pay you back later."
"That's fine." Uncle Lao Gen thought about it and knew that Xia Weian was not short of money now, so it would be fine as long as he could save trouble.
"One last thing, I'll need Aunt Gen's help..."
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