"Don't worry about that. The money I earn as a translator is more than enough for us."
Song Shishi doesn't care about these things. After all, the purpose of making money is to improve life.
Xu Li frowned, "How can that be possible? You pay me rent every month. The meat and cakes we eat on weekdays are also all paid for by you. Now that we need to build a firewall at home, how can I spend your money again?"
After all, the house still belongs to Xu Li, and Song Shishi is just a tenant.
How can it make sense for the landlord to ask the tenant to pay for the renovation of the house?
That's too outrageous.
Song Shishi was already very happy that Xu Li remembered this friendship.
At least it's much better than some ungrateful people who can't be tamed.
"We are like sisters, there is no need to worry about those things." She smiled and waved her hand.
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Xu Li was unwilling to do so. "Sister, when you gave me the rent, didn't you tell me that brothers should settle accounts clearly? Why do you say you don't care when it comes to you?"
Seeing Xu Li's insistence, Song Shishi smiled helplessly and said, "But you don't have enough money now? What do you think we should do?"
"Or we can build it later and wait for my brother to send the money." Xu Li wanted to wait for news from Xu Qiang before making any decision.
Song Shishi shook her head and refused, "No, we must start building this fire wall now."
This matter cannot be delayed.
If she hadn't been in Beijing for more than a week, the firewall would have been built long ago.
But Xu Li was determined, and she didn't want to make Xu Li unhappy because of this, so she thought of a compromise.
"How about this? Let's use my money to build the firewall first. I'll record the amount, and when you have money, you can pay me back. How do you think?"
Xu Li had been following Song Shishi for some time and was familiar with her personality, so she stopped insisting and nodded, "Okay, then I'll write a letter to my brother later. The postman should be back tomorrow, and I'll send it out then."
The firewall issue has been settled.
Song Shishi worked all night to sort out the problems and solutions for the vegetable garden, and didn't finish until dawn.
Only after she asked Xu Li to deliver the sorted notes to Chen Hui and the others did she go to sleep peacefully.
Xu Li felt much better today and went to work as usual.
Because of Song Shishi's contribution to the greenhouse vegetable cultivation, Zhou Jianguo turns a blind eye whether she goes to work or not and does not force her.
Besides, he also knew that Song Shishi was currently working as a translator for the town library, so he would not interfere with her.
After Zhou Jinbao returned home last night, he praised Song Shishi a lot.
It was the first time that Zhou Jianguo saw his honest son praising a girl and saying so many words.
When Song Shishi woke up from a good sleep, she saw Xiao Shiwu lying at her door, looking pitiful.
Seeing her come out of the room, Little Fifteen immediately became energetic and followed her, wagging his tail.
From that flattering look, it's obvious that he is hungry.
"Don't worry, I'll get you something to eat later."
Xiao Shiwu is very easy to feed and eats everything.
Just add some vegetables and soup, and some sweet potatoes, and it will taste delicious.
In this day and age, it is considered a luxury for people to eat meat, let alone dogs.
In their family, Xiao Shiwu could have a meal of bones every now and then.
If this were given to someone else, not only would there be no bones, but there would be no chance of filling the stomach.
If those gossipy women in the village saw her feeding Little Fifteen like this, they would probably gossip about her behind her back again.
Looking at the sun, it's almost noon.
I had spare ribs yesterday, so today I decided to stir-fry some shredded pork.
Turn around and go pick some peppers in the yard.
"Song Zhiqing, are you home?"
Just as Song Shishi got up and was about to go back to the kitchen, she heard the sound of stones coming from outside the yard.
She walked over and opened the gate. Before she could say anything, she saw the basket in Shitou's hand.
The basket is full of vegetables.
Shitou took a half step back somewhat embarrassedly and handed the basket in his hand to Song Shishi, "Song Zhiqing, Comrade Xu Li asked me to pick these from your vegetable garden."
How did Xu Li get Shitou to help her pick vegetables?
"Did you help take care of the vegetable garden while I was away?" Song Shishi asked tentatively.
Unexpectedly, Shitou nodded calmly and said, "Well, Comrade Xu Li has to go to work every day and is too busy. The vegetable garden is just a matter of convenience. I told her that I would take care of it."
"Thank you so much, Shitou. When I'm free, I'll treat you and Uncle Zhao to a drink."
Looking at the vegetables that Shitou picked, there were actually no insect bites at all. It seemed that Shitou took good care of his vegetable garden.
"No...no thanks." Shi Tou felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't know how to just leave. He didn't know where to put his hands.
"By the way, go back and ask Uncle Zhao if he knows a master who is good at building a fire wall. My family wants to build a fire wall so that Xu Li and I can live warmer in the winter."
I thought that there were many intricacies in the firewall. If I didn’t find an experienced master to build it, and it didn’t last long after it was built, all my money would have been wasted.
Carpenter Zhao has been in the village for a long time. As a craftsman, he comes into contact with many people.
In this regard, perhaps Carpenter Zhao can help them.
When it comes to business, Shitou is less nervous. "Then I'll go back and ask now. Master has been asking me recently whether you've returned or not."
Carpenter Zhao is looking for her?
Is it because of the letter I sent last time?
Speaking of which, it has been a while since I sent the letter, but I haven't received a reply yet.
But in the previous life, Shitou clearly left Huaiqing Village.
He was an orphan, and if it weren't for his mother, he would definitely not have left given his feelings for Carpenter Zhao.
Song Shishi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you go back and ask your master for me, and tell him that I want to build a fire wall made of blue bricks."
"Oh, I got it." Shitou responded, turned around and ran away.
Fire walls are built with blue bricks or adobe.
Blue bricks are durable and strong, while adobe is economical.
She still wanted to use blue bricks, but she had no idea how many blue bricks would be needed to build a fire wall or how much the labor cost would be.
If I go to Qinghe Town and ask so rashly, I'm afraid I'll be slaughtered like a lamb.
It would be more reassuring if I asked someone I knew to find a reliable master.
Her room was close to the kitchen stove, so she would place the fire wall on her side. When the weather got cold, she would let Xu Li move into her room and the two of them could live together.
While the workers were working on the project, she moved into Xu Li's house.
It doesn't affect anything.
Shitou was honest in his work and came back soon after. He only said that Carpenter Zhao said he would take care of the matter and that was all.
After saying that, Shitou left.
Song Shishi was a little confused and didn't understand what Carpenter Zhao meant by "leave it to him".
However, in the afternoon, when she was translating documents at home, she saw a group of horses pulling a wooden cart parked in front of her gate.
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