Chapter 63: Lights on the Roof
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Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui followed behind, carrying their backpacks and entering the yard. The weeds on the path from the yard gate to the house door were simply pulled out, while other places were overgrown with weeds.
They didn't care. This house had probably not been occupied for a long time, and it was already very nice of the village chief to help them build an aisle.
They and Old Li didn't rush into the house, wanting to move the things outside the yard in first.
Tang Yue was not that curious, and her consciousness had already scanned the room, so she didn't pay much attention to Tang Nan's "ah".
But Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui were a little anxious, and they hurried into the house holding Tang Yue's hand.
The outer room was normal, but when I went to the east room, I saw several children looking up at the ceiling with expressions on their faces that were hard to describe.
The two of them looked up involuntarily, and when they saw this, they couldn't help but gasp.
This? Is this still the roof?
It was afternoon, the sun was at its best, and looking up, I could see the rooftop was covered in tiny pebbles of light, not just one or two, but practically the entire roof, very evenly distributed.
Tang Bei and Tang Nan saw their parents come in, pouted and wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it.
Tang Yue also saw it. She didn't notice these details when she scanned the roof with her consciousness just now. Now she felt a little sad when she saw the roof like this.
How could anyone live in a house like this? The purlins in the middle were also extremely haphazardly done, clearly a perfunctory affair.
Old Li also entered the house, looked at the condition of the roof and sighed, "I'll go out and ask someone where we can get some straw so we can repair it ourselves.
We are outsiders, and they have no obligation to repair our cars."
Tang Shengkai nodded, and Tang Yue narrowed her eyes. She felt that since Chang Yin had brought them here, it must have been arranged in advance. The army would not assign them such a house.
"Hey, judging by these things, people should be here, right? Is anyone here?"
Although he spoke with an accent, it was obvious that he was trying his best to speak slowly and pronounce each word clearly.
Lin Cuicui listened and hurried out, "Hey, here I come."
When she went out, she saw a sister-in-law standing at the door with a basket on her arm. She smiled when she saw Lin Cuicui.
"I just heard from the kids that you guys were here, so I came to see if there's anything I can help with."
Lin Cuicui only half understood what she was saying, but she quickly responded, "Thank you, thank you. We just arrived and are unfamiliar with the place. I really want to ask you something, Big Sister."
Miao Yujiao didn't hesitate to walk into the yard. Seeing the weeds all over the yard, she frowned but didn't say anything.
"I'm from the Li family, and everyone calls me Sister Miao. Big sister, you look younger than me, right? Tell me if you have anything to say."
To be honest, Lin Cuicui didn't look as young as this Mrs. Miao before, but she has had better food recently and she seems to be getting better.
"Hey, Sister Miao. My name is Lin Cuicui, and the head of the family's surname is Tang. From now on, you can just call me Cuicui or Old Tang."
"Hey, hey. Okay."
Lin Cuicui also wanted to find someone to ask about the situation, and now that she had someone, she hurried to find out.
"Sister-in-law, I wonder where we can find some straw for roofing here. I want to get some back."
Mrs. Miao was a little puzzled. "Ah, what do you need those for? Are you going to use them for burning? It would be better to go up the mountain and get some wood or branches to burn."
Lin Cuicui quickly waved her hands, "No, no, it's just that the roof is leaking a little. While the boss is home, I thought I'd fix it quickly."
"How is that possible? It's not just repaired..."
Mrs. Miao stopped talking here and walked into the house.
Tang Shengkai and Old Li didn't know the family and were too embarrassed to leave. Miao's wife came into the house and saw them.
Lin Cuicui followed closely behind, "Miao sister-in-law, this is my man Tang Shengkai, this is my father, you can just call him Uncle Li. These are my children, call them Auntie."
"aunt!"
"aunt!"
"aunt!"
"aunt!"
The four children called out at the same time. Mrs. Miao immediately forgot the reason for entering the house and was attracted by the four children in front of her. These children were really good-looking and well-dressed. They wore brand new clothes with few wrinkles and looked very energetic.
"Oh my, these little kids are so cool and pretty."
"Sister-in-law, please don't praise them, or they will be lost."
"No, no, they are really good-looking. Much better looking than those naughty monkeys in our family."
Lin Cuicui didn't know what to say. After they had exchanged greetings, Sister Miao remembered why she had come into the room. She looked up and anger suddenly surged on her face. "This Li Qingzhu is really a piece of shit."
"ah?"
"Oh, it's okay."
Sister Miao quickly smiled and said, "Well, big brother, big sister, don't worry. I have straw at home. When your big brother gets off work later, I'll ask him to come over and help you. Now let's pull the weeds in the yard first."
The Tang family was not stupid. Although Mrs. Miao did not tell the truth, they knew that someone must have cleaned up the house, but those people just didn't put their heart into it.
Tang Yue felt that she should know who did it so that she would know how to deal with it in the future when they get along with each other.
Sister Miao was a good worker. She put the basket aside and started to work. She pulled the weeds very quickly.
Tang Shengkai and his companions saw that everyone else had already started weeding, so they had no reason not to work. Adults and children joined in, and when they had pulled out more than half of the weeds in the yard, Village Chief Li entered the yard with a man pushing a cart.
Seeing everyone pulling out weeds, he was a little confused, "I didn't ask..."
His face darkened before he finished speaking. What else did he not understand?
When Mrs. Miao saw her husband coming with two and a half bags of grain on his cart, she stood up and said, "Getting off work? That's perfect. Can you help fix the roof of my eldest sister's house?"
Village Chief Li was even more puzzled when he heard this, but he also understood what was going on. He stepped into the house and looked up at the dots of light on the roof. He was so angry that his breathing became more rapid.
He walked out with an angry look on his face. Seeing Tang Shengkai, he was a little embarrassed. He turned to Old Man Li and said, "Brother, I'm sorry. It rained just two days ago, and the grass in the corn and cotton fields has grown. I've been busy with work in the fields these days, and the people arranged here..."
Tang Shengkai was a smart person. Seeing that Mrs. Miao was hesitant in her words and Village Chief Li was like this, he thought that this person was either difficult to deal with or had a close relationship with them.
Before Old Li could answer, Tang Shengkai spoke first.
"It's okay, it's okay, Village Chief. It just so happens that Sister Miao said she has some straw at home. I'd like to ask Brother Li to go home with me and get some. I also repaired the roof when I was back home. It will be finished in no time. It won't be a problem."
Village Chief Li finally sighed, "Kids, I'm sorry for you. Don't worry about this matter. I will definitely make it clear for you."
Sister Miao quickly came over to say, "Uncle San, forget it. Let Qingyang and Brother Tang handle it together. If you go to them again... It's okay for you, but if they get angry, it would be bad to cause trouble for their family.
This elder brother will be going to the army in a few days. Then there will be no way to deal with the old and young people in the family."
Village Chief Li was furious. He shouldn't have believed their lies in the first place. He earned the work points, but the work wasn't done properly. What kind of people are they?
"Oh, they've already started. I said I was the first one here."
A sister-in-law came over outside the door carrying a basket.
"Hey, Lingzi is here, come here quickly."
A woman named Lingzi came over, and Miao's wife introduced her to everyone, "This is Ding Lingzi from Lu Anjie's family. Lingzi, how old are you? Let's see who's older among you."
"I'm 28, and my boss is 29."
"Oh." Sister Miao agreed and looked at Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui. Lin Cuicui smiled, "Then we should call each other sister-in-law. Sister-in-law, I'm Lin Cuicui. My boss is Tang Shengkai, 29 years old. This one is my father, and those are my children."
"Ah, haha, sister-in-law, look, we have another brother."
Ding Lingzi joked with Mrs. Miao with a smile.
"That's right, I think they are nice people, come and help."
Ding Lingzi put down her basket, rolled up her sleeves, and got to work. As she worked, she asked in confusion, "Didn't Li Qingzhu and the others build this house? They earn 10 work points a day, so why haven't they even pulled the weeds in the yard?"
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