Sisters Feng Qingxue and Feng Qingyun were stunned when they saw this.

Soon, Feng Qingxue came to her senses and continued to work calmly, while Feng Qingyun kept glancing at her uncle and aunt. Their cousin was so lazy, it was really hard for them!

Wang Zhengguo and Miao Fengqin were both at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Your cousin has been spoiled by us, and now it's impossible to change her even if we want her to." Wang Zhengguo sighed.

It is easy to change the country but difficult to change one’s nature.

Feng Qingxue said she understood and didn't want to dwell on the topic. "Uncle, go wash your hands. The food will be ready soon."

After washing his hands, Wang Zhengguo went to the main room to drink some water. Miao Fengqin and Feng Qingxue brought the food to the table. Before the food was ready, Wang Jiao came out of the bedroom, sat down at the table and picked up the chopsticks.

When she stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the meat from the fish's belly, Wang Zhengguo hit her on the back of her hand with the chopsticks.

"Dad, what are you doing? It hurts so much!" Wang Jiao screamed, and her chopsticks fell on the table.

Wang Zhengguo looked at her and said unhappily, "I was going to ask you what you were doing. Who taught you the rules? The elders haven't even sat down or picked up their chopsticks yet, but you picked up your chopsticks first? You have no respect for elders. Also, you've been cracking melon seeds all day, and you see the black spots under your fingernails. Did you wash your hands? If you keep doing this, you won't have to eat next time. You'll have to starve!"

Wang Jiao washed her hands angrily and came back to sit down.

But Feng Qingxue and Feng Qingyun noticed that the gaps between her nails were still black and not clean.

However, this was just a minor episode and it passed quickly.

Rural families don't have the rule of not talking while eating or sleeping. Feng Qingxue thought of the tiles in the yard and said, "Uncle, some time ago you and your sister-in-law took my cousin to visit relatives, and then you were busy digging the river. When Lu Jiang's house started construction, someone told me that Lu Jiang's salary is all with me, so don't use Uncle Lu's money."

"I was just about to tell you that while the weather is good and it's not the summer harvest time yet, hurry up and find someone to build the house. I've arranged everything. We'll start the day after tomorrow. We'll have 10 to 20 strong laborers. They'll make the adobe bricks first, which will take about a day. After the bricks are dry, we'll build the house. Two days will be more than enough. I told them they'll get 50 cents a day, no meals, what do you think?"

Feng Qingxue said hurriedly: "As long as Uncle says it's fine, I have no objection. I may not be able to come by then, so I'll have to trouble Uncle to worry about it."

Miao Fengqin complained, "Why do we have to spend money? When we built the house, we provided two meals and no one asked for money. 50 cents per person, 20 people is 10 yuan, three days is 60 yuan, who spends so much money to build a house?"

"What do you know? The Lu family is different from ours." Wang Zhengguo said. As the branch secretary and team leader, he had so many flatterers that he could not afford to pay. Neighbors, relatives, and friends all came to help him. How could he ask for money? The Lu family was not from a good background, so they could not get food. They could only be fed with money. They had to use the things from the team for construction, grass, etc. Only by giving them money could they shut up.

Feng Qingxue smiled and said, "Auntie, I think what my uncle did makes sense. Asking them to build a house and paying them for their work is like paying for goods. No one can complain. Besides, you need soil to make adobe bricks and wood to put up the beams. If you pay them, no one will accuse my uncle of abusing his power for personal gain."

"Okay, okay, you two are right, I won't get involved."

After hearing Feng Qingxue's explanation that no one would say that her husband abused his power for personal gain, Miao Fengqin thought about it and understood. She was also happy for Feng Qingxue's understanding and felt that her love for her niece was not in vain.