Zhang Jianjun followed Shen Xiangzhi into the yard, looked around casually, and praised: “Old Shen, the yard is nice, I really can’t tell that you have the talent to be a designer.”
They all lived in the same room, so he naturally knew that this house was the result of Shen Xiangzhi's own design and drawings.
“I’m not qualified to be a designer. I just painted casually and made some slight improvements to the ordinary courtyard.” Shen Xiangzhi said modestly.
Zhang Jianjun said nothing more. He put down the food on his shoulders, looked around, and didn't see An Hongdou. He said, "I've brought the food to you. I'll go back first."
"In such a hurry? Why don't you sit down for a while before leaving?" Shen Xiangzhi was just being polite. One could tell at a glance that the yard was empty. There wasn't even a table in the house. As for benches, Zhang Jianjun didn't even know if there were any.
"No, you just moved in, so there must be a lot of places that need to be cleaned up. Let's get together another day when you are free." With that, Zhang Jianjun turned around and walked outside.
Chen Xiangzhi did not try to persuade her to stay. He did not see An Hongdou and thought she had gone out. But when he entered the room, he saw An Hongdou lying on the bed with her eyes closed, obviously asleep.
Sleeping in broad daylight, Shen Xiangzhi was speechless for a while.
However, I didn't disturb her.
She brought her wicker box into the house and put it away, and also moved the food into the house. As there was no place to put the quilt, she placed it next to An Hongdou's feet.
This house is really too empty, and it's inconvenient to do anything.
We still have to add the furniture quickly.
Thinking about it, Shen Xiangzhi took some money from the box, turned around and walked out.
When An Hongdou woke up, it was already dark.
She got up and didn’t see Shen Xiangzhi at home.
The kitchen stove at home has been built, but there is no pot yet. Old Lady An also told them to go back home to eat in the next few days and wait until the pot is installed before they can start cooking.
Just as he was thinking this, he saw Shen Xiangzhi coming back from outside, looking exhausted.
"Where have you been?" An Hongdou asked casually.
Chen Xiang knew: "Go to the village to find someone to help make furniture, but you have to prepare the wood yourself, we don't have any at home, and your mother's reserve of wood for building the house and making windows has been almost used up, so I went to the mountain to cut a few."
The words "our home" make people feel comfortable.
"What about the wood you cut? How many pieces did you cut?" An Hongdou asked.
"Two are still on the mountain." Each tree was very heavy, and he didn't have the strength to carry it back, so he could only leave them on the mountain temporarily and wait until tomorrow to ask Brother An to help him carry them back.
Fresh wood definitely cannot be used to make furniture, so it has to be dried first. Thinking about this, it will probably be delayed until next year, so how can it be used in time?
What Shen Xiangzhi could think of, An Hongdou could naturally think of as well.
"My second uncle still has some wood. I'll go over and talk to him tomorrow when I have time. We'll use it first and return it to him after we cut new wood." Wood is not rare in the mountains, and most families who make a living will store some.
The wood from the An family was used by them, and the brothers would store it again when they had free time.
Otherwise, you have to wait until you need to cut the wood and then dry it in the sun. If the weather is bad, it will take at least a while before you can use it.
Shen Xiangzhi nodded, thinking that this method was perfect.
An Hongdou asked him to go to the An family for dinner, but Chen Xiangzhi felt embarrassed and wanted to take some food with him. An Hongdou thought about the tempers of her sisters-in-law and didn't want to cause any trouble, so she let him do it.
After returning from dinner at An's house, the two began to worry about sleeping.
There was no emotional foundation between them and they only got together to avoid gossip. It was impossible for sparks to fly right away.
So, the newlyweds had only one bed and neither of them made any arrangements in advance.
It was not until An Hongdou became so sleepy that she started yawning that she could not help but turn over and get into bed.
Seeing that she was about to fall asleep after covering herself with the quilt, Shen Xiangzhi became anxious, "Hey, are you going to sleep like this?"
"What else?" An Hongdou opened her eyes and looked at him in surprise. "Why don't you sleep so late at night? What do you want to do?"
“No.” An uncomfortable look flashed across Shen Xiangzhi’s face, and he said awkwardly: “I mean, where do I sleep?”
An Hongdou looked at the space she had reserved for him, and subconsciously thought that he didn't want to sleep with her, so she didn't force him. She said, "If you really don't want to sleep on the same bed with me, you can sleep on the floor. Of course, the prerequisite is that you are not afraid of the cold."
The floor of the room was made of earth, and although it had been compacted, there was still dust.
Besides, the ground is damp, so it might not be easy to sleep.
Shen Xiangzhi took a deep breath, walked over slowly, opened the quilt, lifted his legs and put them in, then looked at An Hongdou and said, "Don't sleep yet, there is something we need to discuss."
An Hongdou had no choice but to sit up as well, yawned and said, "Go ahead."
She didn't know if it was because she moved to a new home, but she had been feeling particularly sleepy since arriving here today.
Chen Xiangzhi glanced at An Hongdou and hesitated, but when he thought of her terrifying strength, he said, "Before we got the marriage certificate, you said that we would get a divorce certificate in two years, so our marriage is just a formality. During the marriage, you...you can't do anything without my consent..." Under An Hongdou's terrifying eyes, he still said firmly, "Especially no violence."
If she had any hesitation, he would go downstairs and sleep on the floor, and would rather freeze to death than lie next to her.
"Ha!" An Hongdou sneered, "Do I look like I'm that short of men?"
She couldn't resort to violence yet. If she wasn't so sleepy, she would have wanted to let him experience what violence was.
"Ahem!" Chen Xiangzhi coughed lightly, "That's not what I meant. This is not the case. We will have to live together for a long time in the future. It's better to clarify some things in advance than to have conflicts in the future, isn't it?"
After thinking for a while, he added: "But you can rest assured, if we really get divorced in the future, this house will be given to you as compensation. I don't want it, okay?"
Chen Xiangzhi didn't know how much it cost to build the house, but he had no intention of asking for the 100 yuan he gave him. Besides, An Hongdou's family had worked hard for this house, so it was only right for her to receive it.
An Hongdou lay down silently, closed her eyes, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not interested in you, there's no need to be on guard against you like a wolf. Besides, if I really was interested in you, you wouldn't be able to stop me even if I slept in the yard."
An Hongdou thought that she must lose weight as soon as possible, and then become a great beauty and a rich woman. Then she could divorce and find a few more handsome guys to piss off this bastard to death.
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