Seeing the backs of the two people walking out of the school together, she stopped. When did these two people become so close?
Zhong Ling followed the two of them until they separated at the fork in the main street.
Li Li's parents both work in banks. People of this generation think that those who work in banks are rich people, and there seems to be a mysterious sense of distance between them.
Zhong Ling followed Zhou Xiang for a distance before calling her from behind: "Zhou Xiang, wait for me, why are you leaving without waiting?"
Zhou Xiang just found it funny. After being targeted for over a month, he still had to walk home with her? Did he look that stupid?
Even if she was stupid before, couldn't she see the difference in the past month or so? Or did she see it but pretended not to know?
Zhou Xiang stopped and said, "You've been following me all the time. It's easy for you to catch up. Why do you say it as if I'm deliberately ignoring you?"
Zhong Ling wanted to continue speaking, but she saw Ling Ran coming over from the corner of her eye and quickly said, "It's okay, I'll be leaving first."
After saying that, he slipped away.
You're sick! Zhou tried to turn around, but bumped into a wall and felt his nose was crooked.
Covering her nose, she looked up and saw Ling Ran, and said unhappily, "Why are you standing so close?"
Ling Ran took her hand away and said, "Let me see if it hurts."
Seeing her red nose, he reached out his hand to rub it for her distressedly, but Zhou Xiang slapped his hand away and said, "It's okay, it will be fine in a while."
Ling Ran touched his hand that was hurt by the slap. Although he felt uncomfortable being slapped away, he felt happy. The little girl seemed to have become stronger, which meant that her health was gradually getting better.
"How did you do on the test today?"
"It's OK. I can do it all. I'll get my report card in a week."
"So what are you doing lately?"
Zhou Xiang thought about it seriously, then looked up at him, "Don't you have anything to do?"
Ling Ran shook his head. In order to see her every day, he worked on his winter vacation homework at night.
"Then can you come and help me these few days? Physical work." Zhou Xiang looked at him expectantly.
Ling Ran nodded happily, "Okay."
At night, in the space, Zhou Xiang harvested all the vegetables and picked the ripe seeds to plant.
This is the third time picking vegetables since I came back. Nearly 100 kilograms of vegetables are piled on the ground like a small mountain. I have also picked fruits once. Should I sell them again?
I'll talk about it after I get my report card! I threw the rapeseed roots to the chickens, threw two apples to the two, and planted rapeseed.
He sat down at the desk and began to draw a diagram of the internal structure of the kang. All of this was learned from watching videos in his previous life.
The next day, Ling Ran came early and brought breakfast. When Zhou Xiang saw the breakfast, he thought that he had brought it to him many times. If he gave him money, with his temper, he might throw the breakfast away.
I'll pay him back from somewhere else when I have the chance!
Ling Ran saw Zhou Xiang staring at the breakfast and then at him, wondering what she was going to say! But she happily took the breakfast and ate it.
"Ling Ran, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten it. I'll buy your portion after I've eaten it."
Ling Ran was very happy that he could feed her again these few days.
When Zhou Xiang finished his breakfast, Ling Ran rushed to take the porcelain bowl and washed it quickly.
Zhou Xiang shrugged and didn't argue with him.
He took out the blueprint he had drawn last night and sat at the small dining table waiting for Ling Ran. "Come, let's take a look at what we are going to do in the next few days."
Ling Ran sat down on the small stool next to her, looked at the blueprint on the dining table, and looked at Zhou Xiang in confusion, "What is this?"
Zhou Xiang began to explain to him the advantages of the Northeast kang, and then pointed out the uses of each place on the drawing one by one.
Although Ling Ran didn't understand the internal structure of the Northeastern kang, after Zhou Xiang's explanation and the introduction of heating equipment like wall-mounted boilers and floor heating into ordinary households, he understood the general principles. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll build it."
"No, we built it together."
Ling Ran rubbed her head and said, "Okay, let's go together." When he heard her say that we should go together, he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of happiness in his heart.
Zhou Xiang slapped his hand away, "You messed up my hair, and besides, you can't just touch a girl's hair."
Ling Ran nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, I won't touch girls' hair casually."
The two of them began to show in the house where to build and how to build.
"This is the south room. There's a stinking ditch behind the south wall. I plan to build it on the north wall. The chimney will be at the corner between the east and north walls, and the stove will be built outside the reed block. However, this half of the reed block needs to be removed and replaced with bricks.
Also, find a way to seal the gap in the window; it's too drafty at night."
Ling Ran looked at the big gap in the window and felt sorry for this silly girl. He wondered how she would survive the winter in this house.
"Let's go find a bicycle repairman, buy a few broken tires, and nail up the gap inside and out. That way, we can open and close the windows."
Zhou Xiang's eyes lit up after hearing this. Yes, this method is very good, better than blocking it!
"Okay, let's calculate how many bricks, cement, prefabricated panels we'll need, as well as a rotating smoke-insertion plate for the kang. We'll also need a door to seal the stove in front. Sealing the stove at night can save some firewood."
"Can't the iron grate in the middle of this stove be removed? You can make two, one with a thin layer and one with a thick layer. The thin layer can be used to burn firewood, and the thick layer can be used to burn coal cakes. If you use coal cakes, you have to keep the stove sealed for a longer time at night."
Zhou Xiang nodded after hearing this, "Yeah, okay, that's better."
Two people calculated the materials needed. The width of the room is three and a half meters, so the length of the kang is made according to this width. Because it is an energy-saving suspended kang, although the kang is not suspended under the ground, it still needs to be raised with bricks, so the amount of bricks used is relatively large, and the prefabricated panels are also relatively expensive. After calculation, it costs more than one hundred and eighty yuan.
Ling Ran looked at Zhou Xiang and asked, "Do you have money?"
Zhou Xiang nodded, "My mother gave it to me. She promised to let me renovate the house myself. Where can we borrow the bricklayer's tools?" Zhou Xiang wanted to change the subject. He still had more than 300 yuan!
Ling Ran thought for a moment and said, "Let's find someone to help. We won't pay him, but we can teach him how to build the kang."
"Yeah, okay! Who are you going to look for?"
"There's an old man who guards the gate at my dad's workplace. He used to be a bricklayer, but he fell off a roof and broke his leg. His son took over his craft. If there's such a good opportunity, his son would definitely be willing to come."
"Okay, let's go order the materials first, and tell the janitor when you get back."
The two of them happily went to order materials. Zhou Xiang wanted a warm kang, and Ling Ran wanted it so that he could help the little girl.
After running around to three places, the materials were delivered to his home in the afternoon. Ling Ran went back to find the old man who was guarding the door. Old Man Ma heard that there were drawings of the kang structure, so he just needed help to build the kang.
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