Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Chapter 70...
Chapter 70
Although China did not have a Child Protection Law in 1966, China's sentencing standards for child crimes were based on laws promulgated in 1954 and some relevant policy judicial interpretations.
Generally, when children break the law, the principle of education first, with punishment as a supplement, is followed. Only in serious cases, depending on the specific circumstances, will their parents or guardians be ordered to discipline them, and if necessary, the government will take them into custody for education.
Weisheng wasn't too old, nor too young, but he was definitely under eighteen. As for whether the offense was serious... firstly, no one was killed, and secondly, the village chief had been notified in advance when registering the homestead. So—"children" have the right to be naughty and act arbitrarily.
Another thing is that in the north, most adult men are reluctant to be too harsh when dealing with children, especially girls.
While there were some who favored boys over girls and disliked women, over 70% of Northeastern men were concerned with appearances. Weisheng described himself as a child, and with his bright smile and easygoing manner, even the furious village chief had no choice but to descend the stairs.
After confirming again and again that Weisheng really did not have any explosives and would not mix them privately, the village chief and his two companions returned to the village.
After watching the three people leave, Weisheng realized that they were 500 meters away from the nearest villager's house, and even farther away from the village well.
This distance was just right, but getting water wouldn't be so convenient. Glancing at the bicycle that had been shaken to the ground not far away, Weisheng began to consider the feasibility of digging a well at home.
Compared to Weisheng, whose mind was getting further and further away, Ming Yichen, Ning Chaoyun and other outsiders had left and walked directly to Weisheng with a serious face.
If children are disobedient and parents do something bad to them, would you let them celebrate the New Year without beating them?
If Weisheng would just stand there quietly waiting to be scolded, then he would not be hers.
So, without paying any attention to the gloomy faces of his parents, he ran to the open space where the tent was set up. While looking at the tent himself, he called the two of them over to set up the tent.
It's noon now, and other families have finished lunch, but they haven't even started the fire yet.
Move the honeycomb coal stove that Ning Chaoyun used to make soup out of the space, and then move the storage box containing kitchen food out as well.
Afterwards, she asked Ning Chaoyun to cook while she and Ming Yichen set up the tent.
The tent was set up in a short while, but Ning Chaoyun's meal was only half cooked, so Weisheng and Ming Yichen went to clean up the cave and the fallen rocks.
Weisheng meant to use these fallen rocks mixed with cement to build a courtyard wall. Building the wall today would also block the villagers' sight and curious footsteps.
Things like cement and sand are available in the space, but they cannot be taken out in front of the villagers, so Weisheng means to pile up the courtyard wall with stones first, and then at night she will find a way to make people think that someone has entered the village to deliver things to them.
"What method?"
"My grandma said she could get a car, and I could just drive around the village twice in the middle of the night."
The temperature difference between morning and evening in the north is large, so villagers do close their doors and windows when they go to bed. However, life is ordinary at this time, and more than 50% of the villagers have paper-covered windows in their homes.
In the dead of night, the sound of cars entering the village is particularly noticeable.
Even if you see something suddenly appear at the foot of the mountain the next day, with a little guidance, you will think in the direction you hope for.
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Whether it was clearing the fallen rocks or placing them in the location for building the courtyard wall, everything was done quickly because Weisheng had enough space.
After all the large fallen rocks were completely cleared out of the cave, Weisheng could see clearly what the cave he had just blasted out looked like.
It was a cave less than three meters high, a little over ten meters wide, and about eight meters deep. After cleaning it out, the interior area of the cave should be about eighty square meters.
Because there are mountain walls on three sides, when building the house, they only need to build the wall at the entrance of the cave.
On this wall, windows for ventilation and lighting, as well as doors for entry and exit, must be reserved, so the area that actually needs to be built is limited.
But when it comes to building a wall, Ming Yichen said to Weisheng with some embarrassment: "Even if your grandma can get bricks and cement, Dad doesn't know how to do it."
Weisheng twitched the corner of his mouth, then stood on tiptoe and patted Ming Yichen's shoulder, "Don't worry about this, I didn't expect you and my mother to do anything."
Ming Yichen: There’s no need to be so blunt.
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After comforting his father, Weisheng picked up the tape measure and continued to measure the size of the cave. When Ning Chaoyun called them over for dinner, Weisheng walked towards the tent while talking to Ming Yichen:
"Dad, do you know what I'm talking about when I told the village chief about that lamp?"
"Lemon lamps can also generate electricity using ingredients such as potatoes. Lemons and potatoes that have been electrified are non-toxic and can be eaten." Ming Yichen is a talent in physics. Weisheng explained it so clearly that if he still couldn't figure it out, then he would have lived in vain all these years.
Weisheng: "They say that after a slap in the face, you should give them a sweet treat. We're new here, and we've already given them a heads-up. The next step is to give them a sweet treat to smooth things over. You and my mom don't have to worry about the house. Just make some potato lanterns first. Then take the lanterns to the village chief and ask him to hold a meeting. Then you can teach them step by step."
Teaching is not a problem for Ming Yichen.
Ning Chaoyun saw that Weisheng had made all the arrangements very well and couldn't help but ask, "What about me?"
"You're the logistics support, responsible for our three meals a day. As for other things, once the house is built, sanitation and other things will definitely be your responsibility."
Ning Chaoyun nodded, asked Weisheng to put away all the unused things, and urged them to come over for lunch.
After a quick meal, he waited for the villagers who loved to join in the fun to come and check in. However, he waited and waited but no one showed up. Even Weisheng was puzzled.
It's not something that the Chinese people would miss if they had the chance to see the excitement.
With the Chinese people's enthusiasm for watching the fun, even if knives rain from the sky, they can't be stopped, but the premise is that the children from the city are not so cruel.
Carrying a bag of explosives and traveling across six thousand miles... I can't think about it, I really can't think about it anymore.
Since the villagers did not come to the foot of the mountain to watch the fun in the afternoon, Weisheng worked even faster.
Not allowing Ming Yichen and the others to leave the tent, Weisheng was busy in the cave for half a day.
Although the cave was blasted out, there were still many places that needed to be sharpened and smoothed. So Weisheng took out a mobile power bank from the space, and then took out a grinder he bought online, and smoothed out the uneven places.
After the cave was completely cleaned to the way she wanted it, she called Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun over and began to work on the interior design of the empty cave.
The house is long enough, so two bedrooms with windows are essential. In addition to bedrooms, Ming Yichen also wants a study.
"The study isn't a good option. It could easily lead to accidents." Weisheng rejected the idea without hesitation. "This side is deeper than the other side. Let's build an inner and outer room here. The front is the bedroom, and the back is a dark room that's hard to find. Put your mother's and your books, desks, and manuscripts in there."
Although it is a dark room, it can be just as bright if you put a few more potato lamps.
As long as there is a place for him to put his books and read, Ming Yichen is not picky about where.
Finally, their cave house adopts the architectural style of Hujia Village, with the kitchen as soon as you enter the house, and bedrooms on both sides.
However, the details must be designed according to your own living habits and needs.
On the east side of the cave, a fire kang was built near the front, with a 2-meter-long space in the middle serving as an aisle. Further back, a large wardrobe brought from Xiangcheng was placed. Behind the wardrobe were two sets of bookcases, and behind them was the small study Weisheng had arranged for Ming Yichen and his wife.
As for how to get in without being discovered, Weisheng already had an idea.
This area on the east side doesn't need to be too wide, more than three meters is enough.
Four meters are left in the middle area to facilitate the staggered placement of two earthen pots for heating the kang.
About three meters further west is Weisheng’s bedroom.
However, Weisheng's side is not as deep as the east side, so she doesn't plan to build a darkroom study.
Weisheng plans to place the wardrobe facing the mountain wall and build a small dressing room between the wardrobe and the mountain wall.
By the way, the winters in Hujia Village are very, very cold, so the family of three unanimously decided to build a few more kangs in the cave to heat every area of the cave.
There is a kang in each bedroom on both sides, and then a low fire wall connected to the kang is built under the wall on the east and west sides against the mountain wall.
The low fire wall with kang on Weisheng's side extends all the way to the innermost mountain wall, so he won't get cold when changing clothes.
The low fire wall connected to the kang in the east bedroom continued to the study, then became longer and wider in the study, and finally became about the size of a single bed.
That is to say, the couple can read in the study or sit on the kang.
In addition, there is also a small kang in the middle of the main room, which is called the outer room by the people here and the kitchen by Ning Chaoyun.
The main hall will be divided into three areas: front, middle and back.
In the front area, there are two ground pots at the entrance, and a set of kitchen cabinets are placed on each side of the ground pots.
Further back is the middle area.
A partition wall was built at the back of the middle area. In front of the wall, a small kang (bathbed) was built near one side of the bedroom, and a one-person-wide passage was left between the kang and the bedroom wall on the other side to access the back area.
The area at the back is the Ming family's warehouse, where they usually store grain, oil, rice, flour, etc.
By the way, a door can be installed here to enter the back area.
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On the first day, he spent the day blasting caves, polishing corners, and planning his future home. At night, Weisheng pulled a car out of his space. In the dead of night, he circled the village several times before finally returning to the foot of the mountain.
The next day, he got up early and put all the things he had picked out from the space into the cave. Then Weisheng organized his new home in an orderly manner according to his memories from previous lives.
Ming Yichen used the tools and accessories Weisheng gave her to tinker with the potato version of the lemon lamp. She would go wherever Ning Chaoyun needed her.
Wei Sheng can't build a wall, but many things can be adjusted.
For example, all the partition walls in the room can be replaced with the thick steel plates and wooden boards she had collected before, and just need to add a few more layers of cement later.
For example, the micro-space has many marble tiles that are similar to those used in parks and squares. These tiles are one meter square and as thick as a palm.
Stick two floor tiles together back to back, then build them up upright with cement. Given the thickness of the cement, the exterior wall will definitely be strong and warm.
When building the exterior walls, place the doors and windows in the planned positions. Once the exterior walls are built, the doors and windows are also installed.
The doors and windows were ordered by Weisheng in his previous life.
In her previous life, she wanted to build a house in space. After she had finished everything, she remembered that she could buy containers, so these things were left idle.
Weisheng sometimes needed help when she was working on the house, but most of the time she could do it on her own.
It was not difficult for Ming Yichen to make a few potato-style lemon lanterns, so under Weisheng's arrangement, Ming Yichen took Ning Chaoyun to use the fallen rocks moved out of the cave to repair the courtyard wall.
The stones had been arranged before, and Ning Chaoyun took a scoop and poured the mixed cement from above. When it was almost poured, Ming Yichen used cement to seal the courtyard wall.
According to Weisheng's requirements, the courtyard wall was built high and strong. After the wall was built, Weisheng asked Ning Chao to smash some old bowls and bottles, and then insert the fragments into the courtyard wall.
The five days mentioned earlier were completed in two and a half days. When the house was almost built, Weisheng began to build the kang with Ming Yichen while reminiscing.
Tsk, luckily she has traveled through time many times and gained more knowledge, otherwise she would be helpless now.
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