When Chen Defu saw his daughter-in-law in the yard, he went in with the accountant.
Hearing the footsteps, Jiang Baige turned around and greeted them.
"Uncle, you are here."
Chen Defu said, "We've discussed it. The village has decided to subsidize Aunt Meng's renovation. We can use the wood from the sugar factory first. We'll find someone to buy the tiles when we need them."
"I'll ask other shops if they want to buy it, and then I'll make an appointment to go there with the ox cart and bring it back."
After hearing this, Jiang Baige said happily, "I don't understand this either. Uncle, you can make the decision."
Chen Defu was satisfied with his daughter-in-law's words, and then took the accountant into the house to take a look.
Jiang Baige also followed them in. She knew best what needed to be repaired in the house.
They went to the kitchen first, and Jiang Baige pointed out all the problems there.
Pointing to the back door, he said, "The back door of the kitchen is broken and needs to be replaced."
"Also, a lot of the roof tiles are broken, so they leak when it rains. The wood is also not in good condition and could break at any time, so it needs to be replaced as well."
As she spoke, Chen Defu and the accountant watched, and the accountant wrote it down.
They had indeed noticed the problem and knew that the house would not last long.
Jiang Baige pointed out the problems in the other two rooms. It seemed okay before looking at Grandma Meng's house, but after a closer look, there were hidden dangers in many places.
Finally, Jiang Baige said, "I'll give you fifty yuan first. I'll find someone to be the foreman when the time comes. I'll let him do everything. I'll just pay the money and not worry about anything else."
The accountant listened to her talk, and smiled at Chen Defu, saying, "Jianguo has a good eye! Zhiqing Jiang knows much more than most young people in the village."
Chen Defu was also very satisfied. Although his daughter-in-law was old, she knew a lot.
He chuckled, "Okay, Baige, go find your aunt to arrange for tomorrow's cooking, and we'll go find someone now."
Jiang Baige happily responded, "Hey, I'll be there after I get the food."
The house should be in need of a major renovation, and if so, she has a few ideas.
I'll write it down later and we'll do it together when the time comes.
She moved all the rice, flour, grain and oil in the kitchen to Chen's house, only to find out that they were going to live in Chen Jianguo's room.
The Chen family’s house is not big. The old couple has one room, Chen Jianguo is the son and he has a larger room, while Chen Jiaojiao is smaller and lives in the smallest room.
Jiang Baige thought they would have to squeeze in with Chen Jiaojiao, but she didn't expect them to move directly into Chen Jianguo's room.
Jiang Baige said embarrassedly when she saw the bundle on the bed.
"Auntie, we live here now. Where will Brother Jianguo live when he comes back?"
Zhou Xiuying didn't care at all: "Hey, he's a grown man, he can sleep anywhere. If he really can't, he can sleep on the floor. We have mats at home, so you don't have to feel sorry for him."
Jiang Baige smiled awkwardly and realized that she didn't feel sorry for him.
It just seems that sleeping on a cool mat is not a good idea. It can be done in the summer, but it will soon be cold, so how can he sleep? "
She also thought that Chen Jianguo would only be back for two days in a month, so she would just tell him not to come back.
I felt that my idea made sense, so I started packing my bags without any burden.
She spent the entire afternoon writing down her thoughts.
Grandma Meng's house needs a kang, but due to the structure of the room, only Grandma Meng's room can use it.
But she wasn't sad, and the hot water bottle was useful, so she decided not to use it even if it cheated her.
There is also the toilet in Grandma Meng's house. She is afraid of falling every time she goes there, so the toilet also needs to be repaired.
Siyan didn’t have his own nest, so she thought of building a nest for him in the corner of the wall.
The foreman came in the afternoon and after seeing the person, he realized it was Li Daniu.
Because of what happened to Li Xiaobao, Li Daniu has always wanted to make amends, and this time he can finally make amends.
After Jiang Baige told him her idea, she gave him fifty yuan.
She was not worried that he would not be able to do the job if she gave him the money. They had known Li Daniu for a long time. He was not a talkative person, but he was very reliable.
In the following days, we officially started to repair the house.
Jiang Baige went to the sugar factory to help Zhou Xiuying, while Zhou Xiuying stayed at home to cook for the workers.
It took several villagers three days just to clean the roof, furniture and debris inside the house.
During this period, Jiang Baige pretended to go to the town for a walk and bought some food, vegetables and meat.
Zhou Xiuying is a good cook, and the villagers work more carefully and diligently after eating.
Chen Jianguo finally got three days to rest, and ran back as soon as the holiday started.
When he saw the things in the room, he ran to the kitchen and asked, "Mom, who is sleeping in my room? Who is here at home?"
When he went in just now, he smelled a fragrant scent in his room and it was obvious that a woman was living there.
And those things were not theirs, so they thought they were guests at home.
Seeing Grandma Meng in the kitchen, he called out again, "Grandma Meng is here too!"
Zhou Xiuying quickly told her son, "Your grandmother Meng's house is being renovated. Please move in here for a few days."
Chen Jianguo thought that since Grandma Meng had moved here, his wife must have moved here too.
He smiled and said, "Then Grandma Meng, you can live here without worry. I'll go see how the house is doing."
In fact, he wanted to go and see if his young wife was working next door.
Repairing a house is so dirty, how can a little girl do it?
Zhou Xiuying said, "Your father is also helping over there, go and lend a hand."
Chen Jianguo responded and went to find his wife.
Grandma Meng's house was worse than expected. The wooden board broke when Li Daniu climbed up on the first day. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and grabbed the wooden board next to him and did not fall down.
Jiang Baige thought that since this was the case, they might as well tear it all down.
So all that's left of Grandma Meng's house is a bare mud wall.
Chen Defu called two more people today and they were sorting the wooden boards removed from the roof in the yard.
Use the good ones and sort out the unusable ones as firewood.
Chen Jianguo came over and looked around but didn't see his wife. He didn't go looking for her. She would definitely be back soon anyway, so he might as well help out with the time he had.
He rolled up his sleeves and got busy.
Before dark, Jiang Baige, Chen Jiaojiao and Siyan returned from the sugar factory.
Jiang Baige helped to make malt sugar at the sugar factory, so Chen Jiaojiao took Siyan to the mountain to collect firewood.
Recently, they have picked up all the branches that can be picked up at the foot of the mountain, and a group of them have to go deep into the mountains to collect firewood.
Jiang Baige didn't go to see what was going on at the house. She went straight back to Chen's house to help in the kitchen.
She can't cook, but she knows how to wash and pick vegetables.
Zhou Xiuying was cooking. When she saw her come back, she called out, "Bai Ge, go call Jianguo back. The hot water is ready. Let him wash up first and then eat."
Hearing that Chen Jianguo had returned, Jiang Baige asked happily, "Is Brother Jianguo back?"
Zhou Xiuying smiled and said, "Yes, it's next door."
Jiang Baige responded and then went out.
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