Xiaoyue returned to the new house. Before leaving, she added firewood and plastered the house with mud inside and out. The house was still steaming hot, making it impossible for anyone to stay inside.
Xiaoyue moved the wooden bed outside. Every day at this time, she still hadn't gone to sleep, so she thought about making a trap near the big window, and also near the door.
With a shovel readily available at home, it was just a matter of digging. When Xiao dug up to a height of one person, he stepped onto the ground with the shovel, then laid a layer of thin branches on top, and covered it with a layer of loose soil.
They built a trap under each of the two large windows, and then there was a door.
The door is a trap that can easily trap you, so Xiaoyue came up with a solution: the door has no hinges, so when leaving, you can just close the door from the outside, or if you're both sleeping, you can just pull it from the inside and the door will stand up and lean against the wall.
If you need to go in or out, just lay the door down and step on it to go in or out.
Xiaoyue applauded herself for her cleverness.
I also know how to make the door.
Find a branch wider than the door, and then find eight thick branches taller than the door, and tie them together little by little with hemp bark.
It was placed on the dug hole and was very stable. When Xiaoyue entered the house, she pulled out two ropes made of hemp bark and was able to cover the door.
It's too hot inside, so Xiaoyue is going to stay outside tonight.
The next day, when the sun was dazzling, Xiaoyue got up. She hadn't taken off her clothes at all, and she couldn't, because she only had one set of clothes. She had been working hard and sweating for the past two days.
Xiaoyue wanted to wait until night so she could go inside to sleep and have a proper shower, including washing clothes and taking a bath.
That's why Xiaoyue got up today wearing smelly clothes.
As soon as she got up, she found Xu Fanyuan already standing outside the door. To Xiaoyue's surprise, Gao Lei was also there.
Xiaoyue ran a few steps because her place was too far from the gate. Xu Fan and the other man were both quite gentlemanly; they could have opened the door anytime, but they insisted on waiting for Xiaoyue to open it for them.
The gate was opened, allowing Xu Fanyuan and Gao Lei to sit on the bed. Since Xiaoyue had nothing, including luggage, the bed was essentially a bed, but it could also be used as a stool.
Xu Fanyuan quickly shook his head and said, "Let's not sit down, let's talk in the courtyard."
Xiaoyue led the two to Xiaoyue's house plot. Xiaoyue had already drawn lines on it. Xiaoyue walked to the position marked with an X and said, "Let's open another window here. There should be windows on both the north and south sides."
Xu Fanyuan and Gao Lei watched as Xiaoyue walked to the middle.
Gao Lei followed behind Xu Fanyuan, glancing at Xiaoyue with some apprehension. He saw that Xiaoyue came out of the Ge family penniless, but she didn't seem dejected at all; on the contrary, she was full of spirit.
Gao Lei clenched his fists, his eyes revealing even greater longing. He forced himself not to speak, while Xiaoyue, though dressed in wrinkled clothes with patches, was a dark-skinned person with frighteningly bright eyes. Her small mouth was gesturing and talking non-stop.
"I want to add a sloping shed to this wall and roof. The shed needs to let in light. I also plan to move the kitchen stove door to the north side. That way, we can store firewood here, and it will be convenient to add firewood in winter. Moreover, with the shed, the kang (heated brick bed) on the north side will be much warmer," Xiaoyue said happily.
“Add a wall to the kitchen inside the house, turn the sunny side into the living room, and the shady side into the kitchen,” Xiaoyue said, looking at Xu Fanyuan and Gao Lei.
When Gao Lei saw Xiao Yue looking at him, his face immediately turned red. He turned his head away, but his palms were sweating.
"Gao Lei, go inside with Xiao Yue and see what her self-built house looks like, and whether it meets your father's requirements." Xu Fanyuan was afraid that he wouldn't be able to explain things to his future wife if he went into Xiao Yue's house.
Gao Lei chuckled and patted Xu Fanyuan's arm, then scoffed, "You're already henpecked before you're even married."
Xu Fanyuan glared at Gao Lei. Gao Lei followed Xiaoyue into the house. He hesitated before stepping onto the door, but seeing Xiaoyue step in anyway, Gao Lei, though puzzled, didn't ask.
Not understanding the structure of Xiaoyue's house, and with Xiaoyue covering it inside and out with mud, and the windows not yet open, Gao Lei lost his footing. Seeing that he was about to fall, Xiaoyue quickly caught him.
Gao Lei rushed into Xiaoyue's warm embrace, secretly taking a deep breath. His heart was pounding in his throat, and he wrapped his arms around Xiaoyue's waist. He really wanted to stay like this forever, secretly.
Xiaoyue moved back slightly, and Gao Lei realized that his actions had been too rash.
He stood up quickly, but bumped into Xiaoyue's chin, causing Xiaoyue to burst into tears.
Panicked, Gao Lei hurriedly apologized to Xiao Yue. Only then did he fully realize what he was doing. If he hadn't been in Xiao Yue's room, Gao Lei would have wanted to slap himself.
Xiaoyue led Gao Lei into her room and pointed to the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom, saying that she had separated the room by a wall and that the kang (a heated brick bed) had just been built yesterday and would probably be burning for another day.
The long bench outside can also be used as a bed.
"How's your studying going? Have you learned everything I wrote for you?" Actually, Gao Lei didn't understand what was going on either, he just wanted to see.
Xiaoyue readily agreed and took out a piece of paper from her pocket.
Gao Lei looked through the words he had written to Xiao Yue, his brows furrowed. Xiao Yue noticed that Gao Lei's expression changed immediately, and she couldn't help but wonder what was wrong.
Gao Lei said, "This isn't the one I gave you."
Xiaoyue took the paper Gao Lei handed her and said with a smile, "Your paper got wet, this is the compensation he gave me."
Upon hearing Xiaoyue's words, Gao Lei's expression slowly changed, and he asked gently in a hoarse voice, "Do you know all these words?"
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