"What do you want? You want Liu Shan to steal your things, and you want Xiao Hou to scold you. How much money have you spent on them? With that money, you can hire someone to serve you comfortably, and they won't dare to make you angry.
You want my second sister, even if she is safe in the future, won’t she get married? You want my third brother, he has been stunned by you, what do you want? You are just hypocritical, I can’t treat you well, like Xiao Hou, you are so obedient! "
Old Lady Liu was choked. “Whatever!”
"That's right. As an elderly person, you should listen to your children's arrangements. Only then can you enjoy a happy old age. If you let go of your worries and happily accept whatever your children give you, without resisting or being stubborn, everything will go smoothly."
Old Mrs. Liu looked at her deeply and said nothing more.
After dinner, the mother and daughter went to the Water Conservancy Bureau. Zhou Hua was very happy to see her sister and mother coming.
"Sister, Teacher Guo praised me today and said that I write seriously."
"You printed it?"
"No, Teacher Guo said that print characters aren't meant for people. They're written by machines, without emotion or life. He told me to think about the most important people in my life when I write, and then I stopped writing in print. I thought about my sister, and then I thought about that day when you taught me to write something that wasn't cursive."
"Good, brother, you can associate ideas. That's amazing. Have you practiced writing big characters?"
"I practiced, I practiced cursive writing. After I finished practicing and picked up a ballpoint pen, I no longer thought about writing cursive writing."
"Yes, that's right. Change those bad habits slowly."
When Zhou's mother heard the name Teacher Guo, which was a rare surname, she interrupted and asked, "Think about it, is this the Teacher Guo from your first grade?"
"Yes! Teacher Guo has been transferred to the No. 5 Primary School in the county town and is now my brother and Zuo Heng's homeroom teacher."
"Okay, now I feel more at ease. Teacher Guo is a responsible and good teacher."
The mother and daughter rested here. The next day, Zhou's mother prepared breakfast early, and Zhou Hua and Zuo Heng ate before going to school.
The mother and daughter bought some vegetables and went to see Old Lady Liu again. Old Lady Liu looked much better today and no longer lay hiding in the house.
"After lunch, my mom and I will go home. I'll come see you when I have time. If you miss us, you can stay for a few days. It's your daughter's home, not someone else's. Don't be polite. You're welcome to come anytime."
Old Mrs. Liu nodded.
When Zhou wanted to leave, he went to the department store again, but the delivery truck had not returned yet.
Zhou Xiang was unhappy, and her mother was relieved. She couldn't go shopping with her little girl next time, as her heart couldn't bear it.
When he got home, Zhou Xiang took out his watch and said, "Here, I bought it for you. If you get scolded for cooking again, you won't have an excuse."
Zhou Yu happily took it and was very happy to see that it was a women's watch. "Thank you, sister!"
"Yu'er, your sister is really good to you. This watch is only 248 yuan! She bought it without hesitation. I wanted to persuade her to buy one with a large dial, but she said that it was for men and you wouldn't like it. She's really thinking about you! You should always protect your sister!"
Zhou Yu nodded and put on the watch. "Sister, when you go out to do things in the future, I will cover for you. You don't have to pay it back."
"real?"
"real!"
"Thank you, sister!"
"You're welcome!"
That night, Zhou's father saw the watch on his eldest daughter's wrist and said to his youngest daughter, "Mine is the cheapest!"
"Dad, it's not much cheaper. This is nearly two hundred dollars! Next time I will only buy things for you, not theirs."
"Yeah! I'll be waiting!"
Zhou Yu was impressed when he saw his sister coaxing his father so easily. He had no money and could not coax others as confidently as her.
Nineteen, the routine roasting of the second sister, still jumped up!
After breakfast, Zhou Xiang looked at the brick floor in the coal room and found it was dry, so he asked his second sister and himself to shovel the coal in. Zhou Yu didn't want to do it, so Zhou Xiang pointed at her wrist and she could only nod in agreement.
Zhou Yu used the shovel and Zhou Xiang moved the coal by hand. After more than an hour of hard work, they finally moved the coal pile next to the west courtyard wall gate.
Zhou Xiang looked around. The courtyard gate faced west and had two hollow wooden doors that looked very dilapidated.
The two main rooms are located in the north with doors facing south. Each room is about 25 or 26 square meters.
About six meters south of the main house door is the wall of the pot house, which will soon be called the south house. There are two rooms in the south house, each about 17 or 18 square meters.
The area between the west side of the main house and the courtyard gate is about two and a half meters wide. Well, I should be able to grow something there.
The east side of the main house, about seventy centimeters away from the courtyard wall, has been turned into a coal room.
Opposite the coal room are the washroom and toilet. The toilet is about three meters wide and the washroom is about one and a half meters wide. The distance difference between them is the bathroom door. The bathroom door faces north and the washroom door faces west. The two rooms share a vertical wall.
To the west of the bathroom is the current south room, and to the west of the south room is the new pot room. The new pot room is about three and a half meters wide and shares a wall with the south room. The south room is four and a half meters wide, so the new pot room is also about fifteen or sixteen square meters in size.
The new stove was built on the common wall, with the stove opening facing north and the door on the westernmost side, so turning left after entering the door was the place where the fire was burned. The little remaining firewood was piled in this corner of the wall.
Look at the yard of nearly 90 square meters. It is clean and tidy. There are three roads paved with prefabricated boards on the ground, and the entire yard is divided into four plots of land. It should be possible to grow tomatoes and eggplants in the spring.
Okay, the basic renovation of the house is completed, and I can go pick up my eldest brother and bring him home in a few days.
The new kang has been air-dried for a few days and should be ready for heating again. Zhou wanted to heat up the two kangs again.
In the afternoon, the carpenter came to install the doors and windows, bringing an assistant. It took him more than two hours to install three doors and five windows. After paying the remaining money, Zhou Xiang mixed some cement himself and used it to fill and block the gaps at the door.
During dinner, Zhou wanted to ask his father when they would move the kitchen.
"Tomorrow! Tomorrow is the 20th."
"Okay, my sister and I will move slowly tomorrow. The cupboard is the only thing that's hard to move. We won't move the water tank, and we'll buy a new one."
Zhou Yu was assigned a task by his sister. He was reluctant but didn't dare to say it.
When they went to bed at night, Zhou Xiang said, "Even if you are unwilling, we will do it together. Why bother to say it out loud? It will be unpleasant."
"You're just a good talker!"
"That's why you'll be scolded by your dad! If you keep doing this, you'll get beaten sooner or later."
20. After breakfast, Zhou wanted to go to the street to find someone to cut the windows. The man came back with the glass for her. Five windows and the glass on three doors were cut in one hour. The master and his apprentice finished the job.
Zhou Xiang began to drag his sister to empty the cupboard, dragging out the flour bucket and rice bag.
Pull out the two middle drawers completely, take out the bowls and dishes on top, and clean them. Sweep the cobwebs at the back, sweep the cobwebs under the cabinet, and wipe the dust on the top of the cabinet.
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