Although the two cousins were very wary of Zhou Man, they couldn't bear Zhou Man's official authority and followed her with a large group of adults, so she walked into the yard. Although the three of them stared at her with big eyes, they didn't dare to make a sound drive people out.
But when she saw her lift her foot into the door of the main room, she couldn't help shouting: "You, you can't go in!"
Man Bao looked back at him and said: "I'll see how this house is going to be repaired. You can't live like this. The thatch hasn't been replaced for many years. If it rains in two days, do you want to live in the water?" ?”
After finishing speaking, she stretched out her hand to open the curtain and went in, and sighed repeatedly when she saw the dirty and messy inside, she only turned around and then came out and said to a group of young people: "You can't look at it like this, I don't know who has extra thatch , each family took out one or two, and everyone helped Uncle Yi tidy up this house, so that people can live in it.”
Seeing that his daughters had folded up their sleeves and wanted to work, Lao Zhou gave his two sons a look and said, "Hurry up and help."
Zhou Dalang and Wu Wulang hurried forward with their sleeves rolled up, but Xia Yi's house was so dirty and messy that they didn't know where to start, and they were not houseworkers either.
So the two brothers looked up at the roof, and simply looked for a ladder to tear off the thatch on the roof.
But Xia Yi's family didn't have a ladder, so they could only step on the half-collapsed wall and tear down the thatch.
Xia Yi's eldest son couldn't help shouting: "What are you doing, this is my house, you are not allowed to do anything, come down quickly!"
Man Bao glanced at him and said: "My eldest brother and fifth brother are repairing the roof of your house, can't you tell? The thatch hasn't been replaced for many years. It will rain in two days. Do you want to sleep in the rain?"
The young man at the back also gave him a tug, persuading him, "Da Lang, your cousin is doing it for your own good."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and said to the people in the clan: "Let's go back and find some thatch. The family will provide some, and let him repair the roof first."
Many people don't like it. Cutting thatch, drying it and tying it is very tiring. Is it easy to tie it up one by one
But seeing that Zhou Man rolled up his sleeves, they didn't want to lose face in front of her.
It is said that she belongs to the same family, and she is not a cousin, but they can't help but see her as an outsider if they haven't changed her surname back.
Since you are an outsider, you don't want to lose face.
After a moment of hesitation, some people had already turned around and went back to get their things. Someone started the conversation, and the others also went home.
Some are parents, brothers and sisters-in-law who are in charge of the house. Seeing them bring the family's thatch and ladders to wait outside, they can't help cursing.
Unknowingly, old Zhou took out a broom and stuffed it to Mrs. Qian, and then perfunctorily patted the wall, picked up the dirt, and listened to the different yelling and nagging voices from a distance, and couldn't help it. He said to Qian: "This Xia Yi can't be a man. If something happens, no one in the whole family will help."
Mrs. Qian stood holding the broom, nodded slightly, and did not move.
If she wants to do it, she will do it well, and if she doesn't do it, she would rather stand than fish.
She glanced at the old Zhou Tou who was pretending to be diligent but obviously didn't want to move, and said: "The atmosphere in the village and the clan is just average, no matter what, they are of the same clan. If the children want to help, just let them do it, why stop them?"
Mrs. Qian also listened to the curses rising up in the village, and then glanced at the two teenagers and the little girl standing in the yard with blue faces, shook her head and said, "I helped others, but it didn't work out in the end, why bother?" ?”
That is, there are people in the family who have offered to help, and if you swear at others, won't you lose all the affection for helping this day
I'm afraid he's helping out revenge, and old Zhou also thinks those scolding people are a bit stupid.
If it were him, even if he didn't help, he would walk this way and say a few nice words, even if he didn't reach out his hand, he could say something nice.
Xia Yi and his wife were away, leaving only three children at home, but these three children were neither old enough to reject other people's kindness, nor small enough to forget other people's insults.
Qian frowned, turned around and saw that Lao Zhou was still slapping the wall, so he reached out and slapped his hand, making the back of his hand red with a slap.
She glanced at him and said, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Didn't you see that the wall is full of holes? Go find someone and ask where they dug the mud for the wall. Now go dig some and come back and remove these holes." The wall is filled."
Old Zhou Tou couldn't help but roared in a low voice: "Do you want to mend the wall for them?"
"It doesn't cost you a penny, and you don't need to put in much effort. Haven't you seen so many young and strong people here? The benefits are yours, what are you not satisfied with?" Qian said: "Man Bao is an official, and the official Sound is the most important thing, I don't want to go back to the capital and someone will say that our family, Manbao, is bullying others and robbing other people's houses."
Old Zhou Tou was very unwilling, so he could only hold his breath, forcefully squeezed out a smile, and went to ask a young man who didn't look too young.
Not to mention, he really knew, so Lao Zhou smiled and persuaded several young people to go back and pick up baskets to dig the mud together.
When Patriarch Xia and the clan elders were alarmed by the scolding in the village and followed the movement to find him, Zhou Dalang had already led a group of youths to ripped off the roof of Xia Yi's house.
Patriarch Xia's eyes widened. His first reaction was that the Zhou family and Xia Yi's family had fallen out completely. He immediately stepped forward with a cane and shouted loudly, "What are you doing!?"
Man Baozheng and Bai Shan moved the furniture placed under the courtyard wall to the center, looked back after hearing this, and immediately said with a smile: "The patriarch is here too, we are helping Uncle Yi to repair and tidy up the house Woolen cloth."
Xia Dalang was expressionless at the moment, obediently moved the things out of the house with his younger siblings, and when he saw Patriarch Xia, he called "Patriarch Grandpa".
Patriarch Xia's heart dropped when he mentioned his throat. He looked at Xia Yi's house, which was completely out of shape, and felt that there might be another trouble when Xia Yi came back, so he raised his heart again.
He couldn't help but look at Zhou Man, and didn't know if she was sincere or unintentional, he sighed and said, "Let Xia Yi do it himself for such a big matter as building a house, how can you..."
instead of him
But Man Bao said: "Tang Uncle Yi has been home for three days, and the house is still in such a mess, obviously he is not very good at tidying up."
"Auntie Yi just came back, so we can't just make her tired, right? Anyway, there are a lot of people in the clan, so everyone can help and get things done."
A group of young people who seldom make shots thought it was quite fun, and nodded one after another, "Yes, yes, we can do it with your help."
Patriarch Xia looked down at them and saw them squatting on the ground to weave thatch. He looked around the yard and found that there was quite a lot of new thatch, but it was obviously not enough.
He took a deep breath, turned around and said to his son, "Go back and bring twenty bundles of thatch."