On the wooden cart, there are neatly stacked blue bricks.
Song Shishi locked the drawer of the document that had not been translated yet, then stood up and walked out.
Before she could open her mouth to ask, she saw Carpenter Zhao walking towards her with his pipe.
"These bricks are enough for you to build the fire wall. We have negotiated the price for you. Here is the list. Just give the money to Lao Wu."
As Carpenter Zhao spoke, he took out a list from his pocket and pointed at the old man who was following behind him. He had a simple and honest look and was called "Lao Wu".
Song Shishi smiled and nodded politely at Lao Wu, then glanced at the list in her hand.
The list was written in great detail, with the number of bricks, the price of each brick, as well as other material and labor costs, and the number of days, all clearly marked.
A smile spread across her face and she opened all the doors to the courtyard.
"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Wu, please come in."
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After welcoming everyone into the yard, Song Shishi and Lao explained which wall to build, and then went to boil water.
"Xiao Song, you have to move the things in this room, otherwise it will be inconvenient if they mess up later."
Carpenter Zhao walked around the room and reminded.
Hearing this, Song Shishi poked her head out of the kitchen and replied loudly, "Got it. I'll clean it up right away."
Lao Wu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will mainly transport the materials today, and then make specific measurements to avoid errors in the data reported to me by Lao Zhao. We will officially start construction tomorrow."
As he spoke, Lao Wu glanced at Song Shishi's room and said, "When the workers come tomorrow, I'll ask them to help you move the cabinets in your room that can't be moved."
As expected of the person hired by Carpenter Zhao, he is careful and reliable.
"Uncle Wu, thank you so much."
After seeing off Uncle Wu and the others, she saw that Uncle Zhao seemed to have something to say, so she directly asked Carpenter Zhao to stay at her house for lunch.
Carpenter Zhao glanced at her and didn't refuse.
After moving the small wooden table in the kitchen to the yard, Song Shishi specially took out the wine she brought back from Beijing and poured it for Zhao Xiangjiang.
"Uncle Zhao, please try this wine. I brought it specially from Beijing. This wine is very popular in Beijing."
Carpenter Zhao picked up the wine glass, put it to his nose and sniffed it, "Good wine, it must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"That's fine. If you like, you can take this bottle of wine back to drink later."
In fact, what makes buying wine expensive is not the money, but the ticket.
However, Song Shishi always had enough tickets, so she didn't think it was a big deal.
Carpenter Zhao raised the wine pot in his hand and said, "Then consider this wine as your honor to me. I'll make you some furniture later and ask Shitou to deliver it to you."
Song Shishi didn't bother to be polite with Carpenter Zhao and thanked him with a smile.
"Uncle Zhao, Shi Tou said you were looking for me this morning. Is there something going on?"
Speaking of this, Carpenter Zhao took a sip of wine, sighed and said, "It's still the same thing I told you last time."
"After I sent the last letter, there has been no reply. Could it be that the address was wrong?"
In Song Shishi's opinion, she always felt that any mother, even if she abandoned her child under forced circumstances, would not remain indifferent when she learned about her child again.
And now Shitou has grown up and doesn't need her to feed him at all.
I just hope she can help. This request is not too much, right?
But there was no response from the other party.
The only reason she could think of was that the delivery address was wrong.
But Carpenter Zhao shook his head and said, "No mistake. I didn't receive a reply, so I asked a friend to find out. The woman got married again, and the letter was torn up by her husband."
"What?"
She hadn't expected this.
"What about the stone?"
"I originally thought that if his mother could help, Shitou would be able to live a better life in the future, and he wouldn't have to live such a hard life with me. Maybe he could even marry a beautiful wife from the city. But right now, I'm afraid I can't count on his mother, and he's recently been with..."
When Carpenter Zhao said this, he looked up at Song Shishi, then raised his chin towards Xu Li's room, "He is very close to that girl. To avoid gossip in the future, I think it would be best for him to get married in two years. You decide what kind of betrothal gifts you need, and I will try my best to satisfy you."
Carpenter Zhao actually came to discuss Xu Li and Shitou’s marriage with her?
Song Shishi's eyes widened in shock.
She thought that Carpenter Zhao wanted her to use his connections to see if he could contact Shi Tou's mother again.
She never expected that Carpenter Zhao would suddenly bring up this matter.
"Uncle Zhao, although Xu Li and I have a good relationship and get along like sisters, in the end, I am just an outsider. I cannot make the decision about her marriage."
Song Shishi was a little embarrassed, and continued with a frown: "Besides, I don't think their relationship has reached that stage yet, so we don't need to worry about it. They are doing fine the way they are now. Let the villagers say whatever they want, and we can just live our own lives."
Fearing that Carpenter Zhao would feel uncomfortable, she added, "If they really get to that point in the future, even if Shitou doesn't have the money to give much as a dowry, as long as he treats Lili well and loves her, he can just make some furniture for her. As for the rest, I'll just prepare more dowry for Lili. After all, don't we all want them to live a good life?"
Carpenter Zhao smiled and said, "It's a blessing for Xu Li to meet you. It's great that you can do this for her. I was anxious today, so I'll listen to you and wait and see."
Perhaps after chatting with Song Shishi, Carpenter Zhao felt relieved. After dinner, he went back home carrying the wine pot, humming a little tune.
Not long after Carpenter Zhao left, Xu Li came back.
Looking at the food, wine glasses, and a pile of bricks placed in the yard, Xu Li asked in surprise: "Sister, have you eaten? Who brought these bricks?"
Song Shishi told Xu Li about Carpenter Zhao's help in finding a master to build the fire wall, but she didn't say a word about what Carpenter Zhao mentioned about Xu Li and the stone.
It is better for others to stay out of trouble when it comes to emotional matters.
"Then I'll help you clean the house later." Xu Li said quickly with rice in her mouth, fearing that Song Shishi would be busy on her own.
Song Shishi entered the house and replied by the window: "Eat your meal first, it won't be too late to help after you've finished eating."
With Xu Li's help, the two packed everything they could and brought it to Xu Li's room before dark.
For those cabinets that cannot be moved, we can only wait until Lao Wu and others come tomorrow to help move them.
At night, the two of them slept on the same kang, and Song Shishi suddenly became very curious about Xu Li and Shitou.
She looked at the roof and said calmly: "Lili, are you asleep?"
"No, what's wrong, sister?" Xu Li was originally lying sideways with her back facing Song Shishi. When she heard her talk, she also lay on her back like her.
Song Shishi turned her head to look at Xu Li, her eyes sparkling in the moonlight.
"How are you getting along with the stones lately?"
"He's fine. Why are you asking about him suddenly?" Although there was nothing unusual in Xu Li's tone, in the darkness, her hands hidden in the quilt were clenched into fists because of nervousness, and her cheeks began to feel hot.
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