Xiaohe Village Brigade is on the mountain.
The traffic conditions are much worse than those in Cihang Village Brigade, and it is difficult to ride a bicycle there.
Shen Chuning helped Peng Kaiyuan climb up the mountain together.
Their mountain was originally connected to the primeval forest.
Xiaohe Village is on the top of the outer hillside. Going into the mountain from behind Xiaohe Village is the primeval forest.
The mountain road is steep and not easy to climb.
If Shen Chu Ning hadn't used the spiritual spring water to make her body stronger and stronger during this period, it would have been difficult for her to climb the mountain.
On the way, she wanted to persuade the teacher several times to just live in the commune staff dormitory.
The geographical location of Xiaohe Village Brigade is too inconvenient.
But she didn't say anything to persuade him after all.
Although the commune is not far from Xiaohe Village Brigade, it is still separated by more than ten miles of mountain roads.
For teachers, no matter how convenient the commune staff dormitory is, it is not home.
When Shen Chuning and his group followed Peng Kaiyuan into the Xiaohe Village Brigade, the villagers saw them and greeted them warmly, "Old accountant, you're back!"
It can be seen that the villagers of Xiaohe Village all respect Peng Kaiyuan very much.
Peng Kaiyuan nodded and responded to the villagers along the way, while introducing his student Shen Chuning to everyone.
Shen Chuning later learned from the villagers that the reason why Peng Kaiyuan was so respected by the villagers was that during the three difficult years, Peng Kaiyuan donated all his wages and food to the village.
During those three years, many families in the village survived thanks to the money and food donated by Peng Kaiyuan.
When we arrived at the homestead of Peng Kaiyuan's hometown, we saw that the old house had almost collapsed, with only broken walls and ruins left.
The old man looked at the desolate building site, his face looked a little desolate, and there were tears in his turbid eyes. ,
He quickly wiped his tears and explained to Shen Chu Ning: “I haven’t been back for a long time. I’m old and my eyes are useless. I cry easily.”
Shen Chu Ning supported the old man, "Teacher, don't say that. Returning to the old place, anyone's heart will be touched."
Shen Chu Ning comforted her and began to talk to the teacher about her plan to build a house.
It was built into a small courtyard with three rooms, a main room and a bedroom on each side of the main room.
On both sides of the yard, there was a kitchen on one side and a shower room on the other.
Dry toilets can only be built outside the courtyard wall. If they are built in the yard, the smell will be too strong, and it will be inconvenient for teachers to go to the toilet.
Peng Kaiyuan waved his hand, "What's the trouble? I'm not so old that I have trouble going to the toilet."
Shen Chuning originally planned to build a brick house for the teacher, but the transportation conditions in Xiaohe Village were really bad. If a brick house was built, the bricks and tiles could only be carried up the mountain by manpower, which was very strenuous.
When Peng Kaiyuan was listening to Shen Chuning's discussion with the bricklayer, he put forward his own opinion: "Ning girl, there is no need to build a red brick house, just build a mud wall house.
The red brick house looks beautiful, but it doesn’t keep warm in the summer and doesn’t keep warm in the winter. I still think the earthen wall house is more comfortable to live in. ”
Shen Chu Ning knew that the teacher said this because he had made up his mind and would not change it.
So it was decided to build earthen wall houses.
When the villagers of Xiaohe Village knew that Peng Kaiyuan was going to build a house, they all came to help spontaneously.
Some were digging mud, some were carrying mud, some were mixing mud, and some were tamping the wall.
The mud for rammed earth walls cannot be simply dug out from the ground. It needs to be mixed with wheat straw and then compacted over and over again to form a wall.
It is said that there is strength in numbers, and Peng Kaiyuan’s house was built very quickly.
In just five days, the rammed earth wall was erected, and the next step was to install the main beams and cover the tiles.
Red bricks are still considered strategic materials nowadays. To buy red bricks, you need a special approval slip and can only buy them at the red brick factory.
But tiles are much easier to buy. You just need a permit from the brigade and then you can buy them from the tile kiln factory.
Due to its geographical location, it is inconvenient for Xiaohe Village Brigade to transport supplies from the foot of the mountain, and tiles are needed by every household to build houses.
So the brigade has its own tile kiln, so you can just go directly to the brigade’s tile kiln to buy.
Tiles from the tile kiln cost one cent and two cents each.
According to the calculations of the bricklayer, it would take about 640 tiles to build Peng Kaiyuan's yard. After deducting some losses and reserving some tiles for future maintenance, Shen Chuning bought a total of 700 tiles for a total of 8.4 yuan.
In addition, I bought wood for the main beams and cross beams from the brigade, which cost a total of thirteen yuan and twenty cents.
Now you don’t have to pay for helping to build a house. In the future, when the person who helps needs to build a house, your family can just send someone to help and pay the wages.
But you have to provide food.
The villagers all came voluntarily to help the teacher build a house. Shen Chuning thought that they might not have much chance to repay the workers of Xiaohe Village Brigade in the future, so naturally they couldn't treat them badly in terms of food.
So they transported more food and asked the aunt who helped cook to put half rice and half sweet potatoes in the rice.
As for the dishes, there was enough vegetarian food. Shen Chuning would also cut two kilograms of meat every day, or bring twenty or thirty eggs, and also brought a large jar of animal oil.
Not only do we ensure that we have either meat or eggs every day, but we also use plenty of oil in cooking vegetarian dishes, so the fried vegetarian dishes are more fragrant than those of other restaurants.
At the beginning, some people in Xiaohe Village who were related to Peng Kaiyuan were somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that Peng Kaiyuan accepted a student from another brigade to take over his job.
Even the delicate Shen Chu Ning was displeased.
But during the time of building the house, the people of Xiaohe Village team got along with Shen Chuning and found that this female comrade was truly respectful and filial to Peng Kaiyuan, treating him as her own elder.
Moreover, she is beautiful and has a good way of dealing with people. It is really hard not to like her.
When it was time to put up the main beams for the house, many aunts in Xiaohe Village were already asking if Shen Chuning had any date, and were ready to introduce their nephews or sons to her.
When we heard that she was married, we felt a little sad.
According to custom, guests are invited to drink on the day when the main beam of a house is put up.
Peng Kaiyuan knew that the commune was busy during this period and it was difficult for Shen Chuning to ask for leave, so he specially scheduled the time for going up to the beam on a rest day.
The day before the holiday, Lin Shulan helped Shen Chuning pull out all the vegetables in the yard, cleaned them up, and prepared to take them to Peng Kaiyuan's new home to hold a banquet the next day.
When Shen Chuning went home at night, Lin Shulan couldn't help but ask Shen Chuning curiously: "Ningning, how do you grow the vegetables in your yard? My land is planted the same as yours, why are the vegetables in your land so much more juicy?"
Lin Shulan felt that Shen Chuning's vegetables should not grow better than hers, because Shen Chuning usually had no time to fertilize the land, and she only helped to fertilize once every few days when she was free.
She fertilizes the vegetables over there more diligently than here.
How come Shen Chu Ning's dishes are much better than hers?
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