His son: ...The thatch in their house is to build a shed for the cows. There is not much thatch in the first place, so I will take it out...
Patriarch Xia saw that he didn't move, so he shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you go back quickly, and let your daughter-in-law go to the clan to find some more women to help."
Qian Shi, who was holding a broom at the side, said with a smile: "It's best to bring wooden barrels, wooden basins and some old clothes you don't need. There are not enough things in this room, so I'm afraid they won't be enough."
Patriarch Xia forced a smile, nodded, and told his son to follow suit.
When Patriarch Xia's daughter-in-law brought seven or eight women over with wooden barrels and tubs, Man Bao and the others had already helped move all the things out of the house, including beds, tables, chairs and benches.
Man Bao looked at the dilapidated bed that was moved out, and then at the old bed in the dilapidated shed next to it. Although the bed was old, the pattern was not bad. The most important thing was that the quality looked good. Although Man Bao I don't know much about carpenter's work, but I know it's not bad by looking at those openings.
Although she seemed to throw away the tattered bed in front of her, she didn't speak out, but looked up at the roof.
Zhou Dalang and the others have already cleaned up the roof. It is not difficult to remove the thatched roof. Anyway, the removed thatch can no longer be used, and it is mostly used as firewood.
Someone handed the hemp rope up, and Zhou Dalang asked: "Who can repair the roof? It must be able to repair it. Don't step on it and fall, or you will be disabled and dead."
Most of the young people who were eager to try retreated immediately, and finally a few older middle-aged and young people stepped on the ladder to the roof.
So the people below handed the tied thatch up, and Zhou Dalang and the others squatted on the roof to spread the thatch...
This speed is not slow, they are very experienced.
Qian took the women and a few older children into the house to clean the room, and she also brought in Man Bao and the others.
Xia Yi's family has not been inhabited for many years, and there are countless filth and filth in the corners. Qian's also simply washes what can be washed with water, wipes what cannot be wiped with water, and cleans the rest with a broom.
Everyone in and out...
At noon, Lao Zhou came back with someone carrying the mud that was pasted on the wall. He also simply picked some thatch that looked okay from the scraped thatch, and directly stirred it into the mud...
Then Patriarch Xia watched them go to paste the walls, and paste the walls with holes and holes...
He looked dazed and said, why did the Zhou family become the master of their Xia family
A patriarch looked at it for a long time and asked: "Patriarch, with so many people, should we invite the Zhou family to dinner, or invite these children together?"
Patriarch Xia: ...
He said angrily: "Let them go back to their respective houses for dinner, and when Xia Yi returns later, he will invite them tonight."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at the busy people in the yard, turned around and left.
The Zhou family, who originally wanted to stretch out their hands to make a show, found out that Xia Yi and his wife were not at home, and they didn't come back after lunch, so they stayed a little longer and tidied up the house.
Old Zhoutou smiled as he led the young people of the Xia family to pour mud into the gap.
After half a day's work, the young people who followed him had gotten to know him well, so they directly asked, "Uncle Zhou, what are you happy about?"
"It's nothing, I'm just happy for Xia Yi. He will be very happy to see the house tidied up when he comes back."
The young man nodded, "That's right. If I were to go to the county and come back, not only the roof would be finished, but the inside and outside of the house would also be tidied up. I'd be crazy about it."
Old Zhou Tou laughed loudly when he heard the words, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's right, my boy, let Xia Yi invite you to drink tonight."
"That's right, Xia Yi must invite us to have a drink. I haven't worked so hard to repair my house."
In the middle of the afternoon, the roof was tied up, and Qian ordered people to move the furniture in one by one. Naturally, that kind of dilapidated bed was not needed. As for how to deal with it, let's see what Xia Yi did when he came back.
She asked the three children of Xia's family, and assigned their respective beds to be carried in and installed.
This kind of bed is not difficult to install, just align the opening and buckle it in, and then put the wooden boards in place, once it is wrong, put it twice, you can always figure it out.
This kind of work is a man's job. She took the women to carry the cages into the room, set up the tables and chairs, and then wipe them with old clothes cut into rags, and the room was clean and tidy in no time.
Although it is still far from the Songhua Lane home, it is much better than the previous home.
After living at home for two or three days, the three brothers and sisters who were about to collapse stood by the side holding a rag.
After tidying up all the things, Mrs. Qian looked back and saw them standing there, so she reached out and shook the decayed window, saying, "You can change the window after your parents come back."
Seeing that the young people who came to help were squatting in the yard to rest, she said to the three children: "I just cleaned up the kitchen. There are few things in the house, but there is still water. Go and boil some water, even if you can't It’s also okay to brew tea and give everyone a bowl of hot water.”
She hinted: "If you are polite, the tribe will help more in the future."
Xia Dalang looked up at her, and said, "My family has tea leaves."
Xia Xiaomei shouted: "I know where it is, I'll get it."
After saying that, he turned around and ran to the room to rummage through the cage.
Xia Erlang scratched his head, then turned and went to the kitchen to light the fire.
Xia Dalang didn't leave, he hesitated for a moment, and asked: "The house in Songhua Lane belongs to your family?"
Qian looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "It's not my family's, it's your cousin's. It was left to her by her grandparents and parents. Thank you for looking after the house for her all these years. If not, the house might be deserted." What is it like?"
Xia Dalang blushed, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old after all, and his face was still very tender. Being thanked so solemnly by an elder, his face felt like it was burning instantly.
He said a few words, "You're welcome."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, took out some bowls to wash, and poured water for them to drink later.
Only then did Qian turn around and go to the next room. Although the bed is not difficult to install, there are not many people who have this experience. After all, most people only buy a bed once in their life, and it is basically a carpenter who installs it, and then it will not move again.
So Man Bao and the others were rolling up their sleeves and doing it themselves. The three of them worked together to make a bed, and it took two or three quarters of an hour to install it, and then put the wooden boards on it.
It's like a puzzle. If this board doesn't fit with that board, put it aside. The three of them quickly put the bed board in place, clapped their hands and said happily: "The rest is not our job, by the way. , Xia Yi cough cough, it's Tang Bo Yi, why hasn't he come back?"
Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao who was overjoyed, and also turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, "By reason, I should be back by now, right?"