Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue didn't invite Lu Guoqing to come out and eat noodles with them.
Lu Guoqing was furious, but he couldn't go out and say anything.
I could only let my two daughters cook, while keeping my youngest son, who was craving egg noodles, inside the house.
After Lu Yuan and his group finished eating their noodles, they drove the tractor to the abandoned house with Wang Fengnian.
"Xiao Lu, I'll make a few more trips and finish delivering all the bricks and tiles you need. I'll try to get them all over for you this afternoon."
"No rush, Uncle Wang. If we can't finish today, we can do it another day. Anyway, I don't need that many bricks right away."
Over a bowl of noodles, the two grew even closer, and he stopped calling the chef "Master" and started calling him "Uncle."
"Okay, I'll make one trip this afternoon and two more tomorrow, that should be about right."
"You can arrange it as you see fit."
Lu Guoan went home and called his two sons to help unload the bricks.
When the three men arrived at the abandoned house, Lu Guoan frowned and asked, "How did Sun Changsheng mark the foundation for this place for you?"
As Lu Yuan unloaded the bricks, he replied, "Uncle, this place is quite nice. It's convenient for hunting in the mountains."
Thinking about Lu Yuan's hunting skills, the father and his sons suddenly felt that living at the foot of the mountain might not be such a bad thing.
What kind of prey you catch is usually unknown to others. It's really convenient.
"I'll go around to each household and tell them to take advantage of this off-season to build your house as soon as possible," Lu Guoan said.
Lu Yuan smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle. Please tell everyone that it's not a free lunch; each person gets three cents a day, not including meals."
Lu Guoan waved his hand, "No need to give money. We're all from the same village. Just help them out if they ever need anything in the future."
Lu Yuan insisted, "Uncle, let's just give money. More people will come if we give money. I want the house to be built as soon as possible so I can move out sooner."
He had never done any work for others before, and people generally wouldn't help him unless he was paid.
Lu Guoan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Okay, then I'll give you the money."
Lu Yuanchao replied with a smile, "Then everyone in the designated village would be vying to come."
Earning money isn't easy these days, so everyone is definitely not willing to miss this opportunity.
Indeed, Lu Guoan gave a shout, and many men from the village came to the abandoned house with their tools.
With many hands making light work, the weeds, stones, and discarded bricks and tiles were all cleared away in half a day.
Over a thousand square meters of abandoned houses were cleared out.
Lu Guoqing also came, but his wife had been taken away by the Revolutionary Committee. Even though his son was building a brick house, he didn't smile much.
She was still holding a grudge and was very dissatisfied with Lu Yuan.
For such a big matter as finding someone to repair the house, the eldest son didn't ask his father to take charge, but instead asked his cousin, Lu Guoan.
Where should we place him?
He didn't want to come at first, but then he thought that if he didn't come and lend a hand, people would say he was an incompetent father. He would lose face then.
Lu Yuan had no idea what his father was thinking and assumed he was also there to make money. He didn't pay him any attention, but he was determined to make sure he didn't shortchange him when settling his wages.
That night, Lu Yuan wanted to stay at the abandoned house to guard the bricks, but unexpectedly, the brothers Lu Jiefang and Lu Yuanchao volunteered to come.
"Brother Yuan, you just got married, how can you leave your wife alone in the house?" Lu Yuanchao joked.
Lu Yuan thought about it and realized that if he wasn't there, his fake wife would probably be too scared to sleep in a strange place. So he decided not to refuse the brothers' kindness.
"Thanks, I'll hunt some wild rabbits and pheasants for you guys to eat later."
The two brothers happily agreed.
When Lu Yuan returned home, Wen Moxue had already washed up and gone to bed.
She was very alert; hearing a noise at the door, she jumped up and asked, "Who's there?"
"It's me."
Wen Moxue hurriedly opened the door.
"Didn't you say you were going to guard the bricks and wouldn't be coming back?"
Lu Yuan entered the house and closed the door behind him.
“The two brothers from Yuanchao have gone. They said that we are newly married and they don’t want to leave you alone in an empty room.”
He gave a half-smile and said, "I thought it made a lot of sense, so I came back to keep you company."
Wen Moxue rolled her eyes at him with a charming and seductive look.
"Thank you."
He then lay down and went back to sleep.
Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow. Was this girl not afraid of him being a pervert?
Touching his face, well, he does look like a gentleman, so it's right not to be afraid.
Carrying a basin, a new towel, and soap, she went out to wash herself clean, locked the door, and then lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) at the end of the kang.
Wen Moxue looked at him with bright eyes, clearly wanting to say something.
Lu Yuan deliberately teased her by covering his chest with both hands.
"Don't stare at me like that, it's late at night."
Wen Moxue rolled her eyes again and kicked him with her long legs.
"Who's been leering at you? Stop being so vain!"
Lu Yuan instinctively retaliated, grabbing the beautiful leg that was kicking at him.
Despite the sweltering heat, Wen Moxue was wearing loose-fitting floral cotton trousers, the legs of which had already ridden up to her knees.
Lu Yuan gripped the fair, smooth calf, feeling its softness and smoothness, and unconsciously increased the pressure on his hand.
Wen Moxue cried out in pain, tried to pull back but couldn't, and then kicked out with her other foot.
Lu Yuan quickly let go.
"Shh, keep it down. If others hear us, they'll think we're doing something shady."
"Shut up."
Wen Moxue glared at him fiercely, then moved further to the head of the kang (heated brick bed) and lay down properly.
Lu Yuan glanced at her, and seeing that she didn't speak, he took the initiative to speak.
"Speak, what were you going to say just now?"
Wen Moxue turned away angrily, ignoring him.
Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, thinking that it was better not to say anything.
He looked up, blew out the kerosene lamp, closed his eyes, and prepared to sleep peacefully.
After a while, a rustling sound came from the side, the sound of someone turning over.
Lu Yuan kept his eyes closed.
Not long after, the woman next to him hissed twice.
Are you asleep?
"No."
"Let's have a talk."
"you say."
After a moment of silence, Wen Muxue spoke again.
What do you think about what happened today?
Lu Yuan knew she was asking about Zhang Yuping's report that they had come to the Revolutionary Committee.
He opened his eyes.
"That's a bit strange."
"What's strange?"
Lu Yuandao said, "Looking at my stepmother's confident expression, she seemed very certain that we had something hidden in our room. I thought she had secretly put something there. But in the end, we didn't find anything."
He asked, "Did you discover it beforehand and hide it secretly?"
Wen Moxue nodded in agreement, "Yes, you guessed right."
As he spoke, he sat up and pulled a flashlight from under his pillow.
"Take it."
Lu Yuan accepted it.
Wen Moxue took out her key, opened the large wooden box, rummaged around for a while, and took out a small cloth bag.
"Here you are, this is what your stepmother secretly put in there."
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