Erya and Zhou Xiang slept on one side, while Mrs. Jiang slept on the other. Erya didn't have a pillow, so she folded her clothes and coat and put them under her head as a pillow. Zhou Xiang felt that there were still not enough pillows.
Father Zhou locked the door and chatted with his elders for a long time before going to bed.
Zhou Xiang got up at four in the morning. This was the time she and Guan Bo had agreed to install the plank road.
After opening the door, a beam of light shone in from the light mist. Zhou Xiang walked towards the light. Next to the broken stone arch bridge, he could make out a cart and a fat figure.
Zhou Xiang was deeply moved. The fat uncle still treated her with full indulgence like when she was a child.
Zhou Xiang called out softly, "Fat Uncle."
"Hey! Let's get started!"
"Okay! Thank you, Fat Uncle."
"You're welcome."
With the help of the flashlight, two figures, one big and one small, one fat and one thin, began to get busy.
Slowly, the sky in the east turned slightly whiter. I turned off the flashlight and walked faster.
When daybreak came, a plank road about 200 meters long successfully stood in the morning mist.
Guan Bo stared blankly. According to the terrain and the requirement of cutting off every 3 meters, the plank road took on a winding shape. In the morning mist, it echoed with the wide-open gate of the Zhou family, giving a feeling of a manor in the mountains.
"Think about it, this is the plank road I made?"
Zhou Xiang nodded. She was very satisfied with this plank road. It seemed that Ling Ran also had some ideas about it.
"Uncle Fatty, let's go to the other side of the Stone Bow Bridge. It should be better."
After Zhou Xiang finished speaking, she walked towards the west first, stood on the stone bow bridge and looked east. The sun was rising, as if slowly climbing up from the east wall of the Zhou family's courtyard.
The morning light sprinkled on the glass roof and shone into the playroom. The colorful colors in the playroom seemed to have become a rainbow in the sun.
The rising mist, the warm morning light, the beautiful rainbow, and the winding plank road together form a unique picture.
Guan Bo sighed softly, "I've never seen such a beautiful view."
"It's all important. The fog this morning adds a touch of elegance. Let's go home and have breakfast."
Guan Bo shook his head. "No, I'll go back and take care of it. I have to come over for drinks at noon."
"good!"
Guan Bo pulled the cart away, and Zhou wanted to step onto the plank road to experience it for herself.
In order to facilitate disassembly, there is no support under the wooden board. The wooden board is also cut very thick, making it very stable to step on. There are green iron pipe railings on both sides of the 1.2-meter board.
Hmm! Sprinkling some morning glory seeds under the plank road and letting them climb up the railings would be more wild and interesting. I just wonder if people of this era can appreciate it.
Zhou's father got up to cook and saw the gate of the courtyard was wide open. He walked over with surprise.
Seeing Zhou Xiang walking along the plank road, Zhou's father thought that his daughter must be a fairy. She had transformed the road under her feet? The bridge?
"dad!"
This call interrupted his wandering thoughts. Coming back to his senses, he asked, "Did you transform into this?"
I felt a little regretful after asking this question. It was such a stupid question.
Zhou Xiang chuckled, "You can say that."
"Did you really change?" After the second idiotic question came out of his mouth, Zhou's father simply covered his mouth.
Zhou Xiang laughed out loud, "Dad! Fatty and I got up early to install this. Weren't you also worried about rainy and snowy days? You won't worry about it this time, right?"
Father Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes! With this bridge, the mud under our feet will be almost gone."
"Dad! This is called a plank road. It's the plank road that was built in the name of repairing the plank road while secretly crossing Chencang. It can also be called a trestle bridge, but plank road sounds better."
"Yes, the plank road sounds better. Um, what about the land this occupies?"
"I was planning to build a road, and my cousin asked me to buy land, but I refused. Why should I buy land when I'm building a road for everyone to use? I'm just occupying the land, and if anyone finds fault with it, they can tear it down."
Father Zhou laughed, "Okay, okay! We didn't occupy any public land. We just stuck a few iron poles into the ground."
Zhou wanted to turn around and look at the more than one hundred pillars. His father's shameless words sounded justified.
Xie Lin was used to going to the market on market mornings. He opened the gate, glanced casually to the east, and then looked away. The next second, he turned his gaze back.
What had he seen? Something that hadn't been there yesterday had appeared this morning? Who could tell him what that wooden plank and iron bridge leading to the Zhou family compound was?
He opened his eyes wide, paused for a long time, and suddenly laughed. This week he was thinking about going against him and finding loopholes in his words!
Fine! He wasn't going to be a bad guy anymore. The bridge was already built, so what else could he do? Today was the Zhou family's good day, so was he going to question them? If he didn't ask today, asking tomorrow would be pointless.
So, he went to the market to check as usual.
Seeing the father and daughter standing at the gate talking, Zhou's mother went over to urge them to leave. Then, she was startled by the sudden appearance of the plank road. "Think about it, this, this thing was made by you?"
She was not as imaginative as Zhou Quan. She knew that all the new things were created by the little girl.
"Yeah! Fatty Uncle came early to help me install it."
Zhou's mother was glad that her husband still had a true friend. "Great! You must thank him!"
"At noon, I toast him three times!"
"You girl."
According to the local custom, when children toast, adults must drink it up, unconditionally.
Zhou Xiang, is this a thank you?
Everyone in Zhoujia Village also got up and washed up. Zhou Xiang grabbed a handful of toothbrushes and said, "Those who didn't bring a toothbrush can take a new one and use it. You can take it back after use. If you keep it, it will be thrown away anyway."
There were a few new teacups next to the sink. The people in Zhoujia Village who didn't like to brush their teeth all took their toothbrushes and went to the bathroom to wash.
The old man held the toothbrush and said with a smile: "It seems that paying attention to hygiene also requires setting an example!"
Zhou Xiang walked over to him and asked, "Grandpa, did you sleep well last night? Were you cold?"
The old man smiled and said, "It's not cold, it's not cold, I slept soundly."
"I'll get you some hot water. You should brush your teeth with warm water when you're old."
After saying that, he took a clean basin and went to the southwest stove to scoop hot water. By the way, he checked the stove and found that the coal inside was almost burned out. After all, the stove could not be sealed at night, so a lot of coal would be wasted.
Use a coal hook to hook the iron grate below the stove mouth, and the burnt coal slag will flow out of the iron grate.
After adding the coal, he returned to the grandfather with the hot water and said, "Grandpa, you can scrub in the yard! Just spit on the ground. It's okay."
"good!"
After serving his great-grandfather, Zhou Xiang began to tidy up the dining table. When everything was ready, the kitchen began to serve the food out.
Last night’s leftovers, pickles and salted eggs, millet porridge and fried dough sticks and buns bought from the street.
After eating the delicious salted eggs, the people in Zhoujia Village joked that it was because they brushed their teeth in the morning that the food tasted better.
After dinner, everyone noticed the plank road that suddenly appeared outside the gate.
All people's questions were answered by their father.
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