Li Huan went to find the brothers Wang Xiangyang and Wang Xiangdang and asked them to help move the newly made cabinets and other furniture to the new house, and also move the things from Li's mother's room over.
It took a whole afternoon to finish it. Cheng Qiao took out the boiled eggs and big white steamed buns from the space and put them in the window to let the cool air blow for a while.
Not long after, the soft white steamed buns began to harden and the eggs became icy cold. Only then did Cheng Qiao hand the white steamed buns and eggs to the Wang Xiangyang brothers.
Wang Xiangdang felt a little embarrassed. He had just put in a lot of effort, so why did he need to take more things back? But Wang Xiangyang quickly took them over. If he didn't take these things back, their mother would nag him endlessly.
Sure enough, Aunt Wang had been sitting in the yard chopping wood, looking towards the door from time to time, until two familiar figures approached, threw down the axes and ran out.
Without waiting for his mother to speak, Wang Xiangyang directly took out the big white steamed buns and cooked eggs. When Aunt Wang saw that there were four big white steamed buns and four eggs, she smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed.
"I know that Cheng Qiao is a loose-handed kid. If a second-rate guy asks you for help in the future, you should go and help him. It would be best if you can pay him."
Wang Xiangyang was somewhat disgusted with his mother's greed. He and Li Huan were good brothers who grew up together, so how could she be so materialistic
Wang Xiangdang frowned and loudly refuted Aunt Wang:
"Mom, don't call yourself a scoundrel anymore. Brother Huan doesn't like that."
Aunt Wang glared at him. The bastard had grown wings. He had just brought back some steamed buns and eggs, but his tail was about to rise to the sky. He opened his mouth wide and wanted to curse. Wang Xiangyang quickly said:
"Mom, Brother Huan told us to go to his house to build the fence starting tomorrow. He will give us 50 cents a day and two meals a day. We will be full."
"Really? Fine then. I'll call him Huanzai from now on. But Erliuzi is more catchy. Okay, okay. Let your father go tomorrow as well. Oh, and let Xiaojun and Xiaohua go as well."
"Ah, Mom, forget about Dad. Forget about Xiaojun and Xiaohua. They eat in such an ugly way."
"That's true. I'll go then. I'll help Erliuzi, no, Huanzi's mother, cook."
"this… "
"It's settled. I don't want money, but I have to eat my fill. Also, you won't have any food tonight. Go to Er Huanzi's house tomorrow morning for dinner."
"this… "
Aunt Wang pointed to the rotten wood in the yard and motioned for the two of them to chop the firewood. Wang Xiangyang shook his head helplessly, sat on a small stool, and prepared to chop wood.
"Why is mom so stingy that she won't even let me eat."
Wang Xiangdang squatted in the yard with his head down and said frustratedly.
"I originally wanted to tell you tomorrow morning, but you just made mother angry. For your sake, I can only tell you in advance. You have to learn to read people's faces in the future, okay? Talk less and eat more."
Wang Xiangyang glared at his brother fiercely. He had seen stupid people, but he had never seen someone as stupid as this one. It would have been bad enough if he was just a stupid person, but he also wanted to implicate himself.
Wang Xiangdang scratched his head awkwardly. Indeed, compared with his elder brother, he was not smooth enough.
Early the next morning, Aunt Wang brought Wang Duocai and her two sons over. Of course, Mother Li and the others understood what kind of person Aunt Wang was. Fortunately, although Aunt Wang was a little greedy, she was still very reliable.
There was already some kneaded flour in the kitchen, as well as some cabbage, pork radish, lard and so on. The most eye-catching thing was a few pork bones with thick meat on them.
"Wow, when did you get this?"
Aunt Wang's eyes lit up when she saw the pig bones. She quickly picked them up and put them to her nose to smell them. What fresh meat and bones! She was in for a treat today.
"Sister Wang, today we can make some pork bones and tofu soup, stir-fry some cabbage residue, and make some 20g flour pancakes."
"Okay, having such good soup bones is enough. Why stir-fry the cabbage oil residue? Oh, by the way, I'll go get some tofu from home. There was an extra piece of old tofu at home yesterday."
Aunt Wang ran home to get the tofu immediately. She felt a little embarrassed. Li Huan did not invite any outsiders. Only he and a few people from his family were tinkering with it. But four people came to her house at once, which seemed a little too much.
Li Huan didn't care. Although Wang Duocai was thin and Wang Xiangdang was only 18 years old, they were good at work and were good at both plastering and bricklaying.
"Uncle Wang, we may not have enough clay embryos. How about you help me go to the village to exchange them? Here are 20 kilograms of cornmeal and 500 kilograms of sorghum. Let's see how much clay embryos we can exchange for."
Li Huan took out the food that had been prepared long ago and asked Wang Duocai to go to the village to exchange some mud. It would be best if there were bricks and tiles, because it was a wall after all, and the main thing to guard against was ferocious beasts like wild boars.
"Brother Huan, I know why you want to build a fence. It's because you're afraid that wild boars and wolves will come down from the mountain. You can't just make it all out of mud. You need some bricks. Do you remember the local dog from Xiangqian Village? He has a way to get bricks."
"Local dog, of course I remember him. He's the son of the village chief of Xiangqian Village. Do you know his price?"
"Yes, two cents a piece."
"The local dog has a big appetite. I know the bricks at the brick kiln are only one cent a piece, but he wants to sell them for double the price."
"That's what I said, but he said that buying bricks requires favors. I guess most of the money was spent on favors."
"Okay, let's get 5,000 bricks first. I'll give you 100 yuan and you can help me make the trip."
Li Huan went to find Cheng Qiao. He didn't have a hundred yuan in his hand. Cheng Qiao readily took out the money. She knew the importance of the wall. For the sake of the baby in her belly, the money had to be spent.
Wang Xiangyang took the hundred yuan and borrowed Li Huan's bicycle to go to the county town. When Aunt Wang came back with the tofu, she happened to see him leaving.
"Xiang Dang, when did your elder brother learn to ride a bicycle, and where did he go?"
Wang Xiangdang shook his head. He only saw his elder brother whispering with Li Huan. He and his father were working and did not hear anything.
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes at Wang Xiangdang. Among her three sons, Xiangdang was the dumbest. Fortunately, Xiangyang and Xiangjun never bullied him, otherwise this guy would definitely be bullied to death.
The three men were working outside. Li Le was sent out to wait for Qiu Min. Li's mother was busy in the kitchen with Aunt Wang and Cheng Qiao. Li's mother had already known yesterday that Cheng Qiao was pregnant and was very happy.
It was just that the date didn't match, so Li Huan told her mother about how Cheng Qiao was framed by Xu Laidie, which made her mother so angry that her face changed.
Li Huan smiled and comforted Li's mother, saying that if Cheng Qiao and he had not been framed that day, where would you have your daughter-in-law and grandson
When Li's mother heard this, she also felt that everything is predestined by God. But one thing is for sure, everyone knows that Cheng Qiao is really good to Xu Laidi, but Xu Laidi is so ungrateful to Cheng Qiao. This man has a very bad heart.