When Guan Zanfu saw his father walking away, he shouted to his eldest sister who had hurriedly hidden herself, "Come out! Dad has left."
Guan Zanxiang came out from the inner room and looked at his eldest brother worriedly. "Since Zhou Xiang has advised you so, the road is definitely not safe. Can you please not go?"
Guan Zanfu shook his head. "Sister, you know what I mean. I'm willing to give it a try. I want to prove that I'm not a weakling who relies on my parents."
Guan Zanli tearfully said, "That's her excuse. It's her excuse for looking down on you and our family. If you use this money to build a new tiled house, you can prove yourself!"
"No, Dad said that this money was almost given to me by Zhou Xiang for free. It was also Zhou Xiang who set up our mom's stall. None of it was done by me. I want to prove to her that I can do it."
"And then? You've proven yourself. If she comes back and agrees, do you still want her?"
Guan Zanfu shook his head, "No! If I succeed, what's the point of that kind of scorn for the poor and love for the rich? Sister, lend me 500 yuan. I'll make a trip, and I can't just come back with a little over 100!"
Guan Zanli disagreed, "It's your first time running, so it's safer to bring fewer. I'll lend you 200, and you can bring back 50 more."
"good!"
Guan Bo returned to the blacksmith shop and continued to work. Why had this ancestral, popular trade declined? He couldn't understand it, but he couldn't bear to give it up, so he just kept going. He didn't know what else he could do besides blacksmithing.
Zhou wanted to return to the new building and put the matter behind her. She had done everything she could.
Seeing that all the guests were children, Mr. Zhou specially prepared some sweet dishes.
Sweet and sour pork ribs, candied potatoes, glutinous rice lotus root, sweet and sour fish.
Four children under the age of ten scrambled for the food, and Guan Zanqiang was also left behind to eat.
The older ones, who were ten years old or older, ate delicious braised pork and beef brisket with potatoes.
After dinner, they rested for a while, then Zhou Hua and Zuo Heng took the children away, and Zhou Xiang collapsed on the sofa.
"Luckily, Aunt Fang is taking care of me, otherwise, I would be exhausted to death."
Zhou's mother scoffed at her, "Let's see if you dare to meddle in other people's business again in the future."
"We have to take care of what needs to be done. Everyone is so cold and indifferent. What's the point of living?"
"Then don't complain."
"I'm not complaining. Isn't this just perfect? We can put it all together. It saves me a lot of worry."
Zhou's mother went back upstairs to take care of the baby and ignored her super big baby.
The next day, Xiao's father came with an apprentice to measure the size of the doors and windows.
Zhou Xiang asked, "Uncle Xiao, have all your goods arrived?"
"Yes, we brought back quite a lot this time, enough for you to use."
"That's good. The store looks lively with more goods. Is this your apprentice?" Zhou Xiang asked the young man next to Xiao Mingxian.
"Yes, the factory can only provide basic living expenses now, so come out and work with me and see if you can. If you are able, I will apply for unpaid leave."
Xiao Ming first introduced the two people, "Zhou Xiang, my creditor, Wang Cheng, my apprentice."
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
The two greeted each other. Zhou Xiang looked at the other person. He looked quite honest and hoped that he was really an honest and decent person.
Wang Cheng also looked at Zhou Xiang. He couldn't imagine that such a young girl could build such a big building and was also an investor in her master's shop.
The master and apprentice began to measure the dimensions. Xiao Mingxian taught Wang Cheng how to calculate while measuring.
The measurement took quite a while. Zhou wanted to keep the two of them for dinner, but they said they had to go back to work, so they left.
Zhou Xiang called Master Ma Gua over and said, "We can start tidying up the yard. First, fix the ditches. Is the water in those two pressure wells clear?"
"It's already clear."
"Go and take a look."
Two water pressure wells were dug in the gaps on both sides of the west gate. The gaps are 3 meters wide and 20 meters deep. Many things can be placed inside. The stove is at the innermost part and the water pressure well is at the outermost part. It will be replaced with a water pump later, so it is impossible to pressurize the water by yourself.
Zhou Xiang tried it and found that the water that came out was indeed clear.
"Yeah! Hurry up and fix the drainage ditch in the school. Build it according to the blueprint. School will start in about ten days. I'm a little anxious."
"I'll call a few more people back to do the work."
"Yeah! What about the doors and cabinets? Can't you come install them yet?"
"Almost. It's been almost there in the last two days."
"Okay! Let's do it as soon as possible!"
When Zhou Xiang returned, he saw Ling Ran sitting in the living room. "Why are you waiting for me here?"
"I'm going back tomorrow morning."
"Why is the time shorter this time?"
"The people I challenged were getting stronger and stronger, and I didn't buy enough time."
"Haha, your vacation is quite interesting. You still need to challenge yourself to get it."
"This is a request I made to the captain. Otherwise, I will lose both my winter and summer vacations."
"Come on, try to exceed that by a lot next time and see how the captain will give you a vacation."
"If it exceeds ten days or half a month, it's probably fine. But if it exceeds that much, he'll cheat."
“Is this still the leader?”
"There's no way. No one can beat him."
"Well, I wish you a safe journey!"
"I can't make it to your housewarming."
"It's okay, just come back and make up for it with the gift!"
Ling Ran raised his head and rubbed the top of her head. "Okay! I'll make it up to you when I get back."
Zhou Xiang slapped his hand away and said, "Go back and spend time with Uncle Ling and Auntie! You've helped me a lot here, thank you!"
"Don't ever say thank you to me!"
Zhou Xiang couldn't stand him anymore and pushed him out, "Go back and be with your parents quickly. Aunt Ling misses you very much."
Ling Ran let her push him, "Remember to write to me and send me some delicious food."
"Okay, okay! If I remember, I'll definitely send a big package."
Only then did Ling Ran agree to leave. She said she would definitely do it.
In the next few days, Zhou Xiang started to get busy, and Guan Tao brought a few people to install furniture.
Carpenter Ma also brought people to install the door, and Zhou Xiang needed to follow up on all this.
Zhu Hang and Wu Haotian were in charge of the yard work, while Ma Zhao and Zhong Xiong went to the county town to bring back Chen Ou and Tang Mei, as Tang Mei's due date was approaching.
It was Zhou's mother who suggested that they go for the change. When Chen Ou and his wife returned to the market town, Zhou's mother could make them some soup or something, and she would also have Aunt Wang and Guan Zanli to help.
Chen Ou came back with the pregnant Tang Mei, and Zhou's mother asked Guan Zanli to ask Doctor Cao to take her pulse.
Chen Ou and Tang Mei finally relaxed. It was different to have an old man taking care of things.
"Don't worry, you two. Chen Ou will just run errands. I will prepare the food for the confinement period. Aunt Wang will help take care of the child. Don't worry, ha."
"Thank you, Aunt Jiang. We both don't know what to do."
"You're welcome. You and Zhu Hang are like brothers. If you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask me. Don't figure it out on your own."
"Okay, this time, with Aunt Jiang by our side, we have a backbone."
At this time, Doctor Cao was also invited by Guan Zanli. Seeing that there was another pregnant woman, Doctor Cao smiled and said, "It's really lively here."
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