After asking all the questions, Cheng Yan was about to leave. Father Lin knew that Cheng Yan came here not only to see them, but also to see Brother Mo. So Father Lin asked Brother Mo to send him out.
The two walked outside, and Cheng Yan stopped and turned his head to look at him.
"Uh...is there anything else you want to tell me?" Lin Mo asked doubtfully.
"Do you have any requirements for the house?" Cheng Yan asked.
"Huh? Why do you ask?" Lin Mo was puzzled. To him, as long as the house was habitable, he didn't care about anything else.
"I bought a piece of land near your house and plan to build a new house these days. I wanted to ask you what you think." Cheng Yan looked at him and asked seriously.
The place where he lives now is the most remote location in the village, and it is far away from the Lin family. Cheng Yan is worried that it will be troublesome for Lin Mo to go home to see his parents in the future. Moreover, the house he lives in now is too simple. It is fine for him to live alone, but it is definitely not okay for Lin Mo to live with him.
So Cheng Yan was going to build a new house in the next few days. He had bought a piece of land from the village head a few days ago, near the Lin family. This house was where he and Lin Mo were going to live in the future, so Cheng Yan wanted to ask Lin Mo what he thought about the construction of the new house.
"...I'll go back and think about it. Come find me tomorrow morning and I'll go with you to see what the place is like." Lin Mo thought for a long time and said.
"Okay." Cheng Yan nodded.
Then, Lin Mo looked at him steadily, without blinking, and Cheng Yan was a little nervous. After a long time, a faint smile slowly appeared on Lin Mo's face, and the smile in his eyes really reached the bottom of his eyes.
Cheng Yan looked at him and was stunned for a long time.
"Cheng Yan..." Lin Mo suddenly said.
"W...what?" Cheng Yan came back to his senses and pretended to be calm.
"I found out... I like you too." Lin Mo said, and turned back without waiting for him to say anything.
So, Lin Mo naturally didn't notice that Cheng Yan's ears turned red the moment he turned around.
Lin Mo discovered that when Cheng Yan just said those words, he felt a momentary throbbing in his heart.
The next morning, Cheng Yan came over just after Lin Mo finished breakfast. It must be said that Cheng Yan's timing was very accurate.
"There are still some buns on the table. Please help me finish them. I'll go into the house to get something." Lin Mo stood up and took the bowl to the kitchen. He tilted his head to glance at Cheng Yan and said.
"Brother Cheng, you're here." Lin Xing, who was sitting aside eating breakfast, saw Cheng Yan and waved to him.
"Da Cheng, you're here so early? You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Come and sit down and eat together." Father Lin greeted.
Cheng Yan bought a piece of land near their home. Father Lin heard about it a few days ago. He also knew that Cheng Yan and Lin Mo were going to take a look today.
Father Lin was very satisfied with Cheng Yan's behavior, which showed that he valued their son Mo Ge'er.
Cheng Yan nodded and did not refuse, and sat down to have breakfast with them. When Lin Mo walked out of the kitchen, he was holding a bowl of porridge in his hand, and he put it in front of Cheng Yan and went back to his room.
"Are you planning to build a new house soon? Have you found the materials and people?" asked Lin's father.
"I've found the materials, but I haven't found the people yet. Does Uncle Lin have any suggestions?"
"If you want to give me some advice... you can ask some people in the village for help. It's still a while before the busy farming season, so the villagers have some free time."
"Yeah." Cheng Yan nodded in response.
"I'll take care of finding people. You haven't spoken to the villagers in the past year. I'm afraid you can't find anyone else who can help." Father Lin scolded with a smile.
In the past, Father Lin had been somewhat dissatisfied with Cheng Yan's attitude towards life, but after all, they were not very familiar with each other, so Father Lin could not say anything. Now that they were already father-in-law and son-in-law, he had to talk it over.
"Then...sorry to trouble Uncle Lin." Cheng Yan showed some embarrassment in his eyes, but didn't say anything.
Lin Mo went into the house, changed his clothes, and took the things he had prepared last night. Since this was where he and Cheng Yan were going to live in the future, Cheng Yan asked him about his requirements for the house, so Lin Mo naturally had to pay more attention.
Lin Mo prepared some simple charcoal pencils for sketching, and also took some paper that Lin Xiu could no longer use. Lin Mo used the remaining coal from the fire at home to make the charcoal pencils, and simply wrapped them with an old cloth to avoid getting his hands dirty when using them.
When Lin Mo left, Cheng Yan had already finished his breakfast and his conversation with Lin's father had just ended. Cheng Yan saw that he had packed up, so he took his things and left with Lin Mo.
After turning right, the two walked for about five or six minutes to reach their destination. Lin Mo was very satisfied with this short distance, so that he would not have to walk too far if he needed to visit his family in the future.
After arriving, Lin Mo looked at various locations, and Cheng Yan followed him and told him the approximate range.
Lin Mo was very satisfied with the place Cheng Yan chose. There were not many houses around. Compared with the neighbors near the Lin family, Lin Mo preferred a quieter place. Moreover, there was a stream not far from here.
"We need a master bedroom, a living room, a storage room, a kitchen and a toilet. Is there anything else we need?" Lin Mo simply drew the location of each room on paper and asked with his head tilted.
"Let's add two more rooms. They might be useful in the future." Cheng Yan thought for a moment and said.
"Well, how about planting some fruit trees and flowers in the yard?" Lin Mo asked.
"Well,...it's up to you." Cheng Yan didn't have any opinion on this. He would just add whatever Lin Mo liked.
“Leave a larger space in the yard, half for growing vegetables, and the other half for growing fruit trees and flowers… After the house is built, we’ll look at the details.” Lin Mo drew the final simple structural diagram, looked up at Cheng Yan, his eyes shining.
This is his future home, and Lin Mo wants to make it cozy. Plant some climbing flowers around the house, let the trees in the yard have fruits hanging on the branches, and plant some grapes in the corners of the wall so that he can enjoy the cool in the summer.
Living in such a place every day is the life that Lin Mo most longed for in the end times, and now, this expectation can be realized.
He will have a home and live with the people he loves.
"Okay." Cheng Yan saw the expectation in Lin Mo's eyes, nodded in response, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
For people who don't smile often, once they smile, it will be a very rare thing, just like Cheng Yan at this moment. Lin Mo saw a faint smile in his eyes, and was rarely stunned in front of Cheng Yan.
Lin Mo had already figured out the general layout of the house. After returning, he drew a detailed diagram and then explained it to Cheng Yan in detail.
There were still a few days before the Lantern Festival, and the Lin family had already prepared some of the things, so they had just enough time. After Lin Mo and Cheng Yan left, Lin's father also left the house.
When Lin Mo returned home, Lin's father had not come back yet, and he returned home almost at lunch time.
"What happened?" asked Lin's mother.
"We've found the right people. We can start work tomorrow, and it will be completed in four days at the latest." Father Lin said as he sat down.
"The Lantern Festival starts in six days. We can wait until the house is built before doing anything else." Lin Cheng said.
"Then my mother and I can help with their lunch for the next four days, or we can ask Aunt Zhang to come along." Mrs. Lin said when she saw this.
"What about me? What can I do?" Lin Xing said excitedly. He also wanted to go over and take a look. He had never seen how a house was built.
"Don't make trouble. Stay at home with Achen and look after Xiaonan and Xiaoya." Mother Lin looked at Lin Xing and frowned slightly.
"Okay." Lin Xing said dejectedly, lowering his head and continuing to eat.
Lin Xiaoya looked up at them, then turned her head to look at Lin Xing, thought for a moment, and scooped a piece of meat from her bowl and put it into his bowl.
"Fifth Uncle, eat meat!" Lin Xiaoya said in a baby voice.
"Xiao Ya is the best. Uncle Five will pick some food for you." Lin Xing touched her head and scooped a piece of tofu for her with a spoon.
In the next four days, Lin's father and Lin Cheng went to help, while Lin's mother and sister-in-law started preparing their lunch early in the morning. Cheng Yan bought the ingredients for the meal from the town early in the morning, and bought enough for four days at a time.
Lin Mo would check on their progress every day and bring them some mint tea to relieve the heat. Lin Mo dropped a drop of spiritual spring water into it, and they would feel more energetic after drinking it.
Today is the fourth day and the house is almost built, except for the wall around the house and the final finishing touches on other places.
Lin Mo came over wearing a straw hat and carrying a small bucket of mint tea, and placed the bucket on the stone table. Lin Mo poured two bowls of tea and took one to Lin Cheng and one to Cheng Yan.
"Brother Mo is here again!" The other villagers working nearby naturally saw Lin Mo and smiled.
"Well, I brought some tea. You can drink it first before you do it." Lin Mo said.
When the other men heard what Lin Mo said, they also put down what they were holding and walked over, poured a bowl of tea, sat aside and drank it while chatting with others.
The tea that Lin Mo brought was very thirst-quenching. The first thing they looked forward to at noon every day was Lin Mo's arrival, and the second was eating.
During the days of work, they also learned that Cheng Yan and the young man from the Lin family were planning to get married, probably soon after the house was completed.
Everyone in Daling Village knew that Cheng Yan was going to build a new house, and at first many people came to see it. Then, no one knew who spread the news, but now everyone in the village knew that Cheng Yan was building a house to get married, and his target was the young man from the Lin family.
At first, the others were a little skeptical. After all, Cheng Yan had a cold personality and would not even look at other brothers in the village, let alone talk to them. But after waiting for a long time, they still didn't see Cheng Yan refute, so one of the brothers knew that his brother had gone to help, so he asked him to ask Cheng Yan.
The man asked, and Cheng Yan nodded in acknowledgement. The key point was that Lin's father and Lin Cheng were both present at the scene, and the Lin family also nodded to indicate that this was true.
The other boys in the village who still had some hope for Cheng Yan gave up completely after knowing this. After that, some boys would occasionally say something sarcastic, saying that Lin Mo was just lucky.
In response, Lin Mo just ignored their remarks and said nothing.
"What happened?" Lin Mo asked.
"It can be done this afternoon." Cheng Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a big sip of tea. The coolness of the tea went down his throat into his stomach, dispelling the heat from his body.
"Tomorrow you and I will clean up the house, put the furniture in and let it ventilate for a few days." Lin Mo said.
"Okay." Cheng Yan nodded. It just so happened that he also needed to prepare some things, so that he could go to the Lin family to propose marriage after the Lantern Festival.
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