Song Tan knows young people today very well:
"They have to drive here from the city, and they can't leave too early with their children."
Ulan: …
She was stuck.
Then I asked, "Why can't they get there by 7 or 8 o'clock? What kind of experience are they having harvesting rice? Yesterday I asked for help, but they sent me a message at 5:00 in the morning saying they were already in the fields..."
In the hot summer, farmers go to work in the fields at 5 a.m. and come back around 9 or 10 a.m. In the afternoon, they don’t go to the fields until 3 or 4 a.m.
When the summer vacation is at its hottest, I wish it wouldn’t start until six o’clock!
So Wulan couldn't understand these people - just bringing children to harvest rice was enough to make them unhappy.
At the same time, he complained: "If you had told us earlier that there were more than 30 people, who would we invite?"
Song Tan also laughed: "Mom, what are you thinking? These 30 people worked for a whole morning, and it would be great if they could cut off one mu of land - don't count on it."
"I invited them here purely to have a good meal, good drinks, and fun, and to buy some things along the way."
Ulan: …
"You're the only one who knows how to do business—but don't be so stingy. Otherwise, what will your classmates say about you?"
"Know."
At this moment, Wulan also remembered something: "Oh, your aunt called last night and said that your cousin will come over to help us harvest rice today. We can't rely on his skills, so just treat him as a training."
Speaking of this, Wu Lan sighed a little: "Tan Tan, your aunt was very good to you when you were a child. Qiao Qiao was still young at that time, and we had a hard time. Your grandparents gave us money privately, and she never said anything..."
Nowadays, many people believe that parents’ money should be divided equally between children... But in the village, especially Wulan’s generation, the belief is that once a daughter is married off, she is like water spilled.
Daughters do not receive a share of the family property, but they do not need to provide for their parents in old age. In return, parents subsidize their children privately, which harms the interests of their sons and daughters-in-law.
Just because my aunt not only took the initiative to give money to the family, but also often lent money for them, and even brought them the harmony and love in the family, Wulan was willing to let Lei Lei come home, not to mention working for a year, even if she did nothing.
"Just for this reason, if Lei Lei doesn't do a good job when he comes to work, you should at least be patient for a year, just to temper his temper."
Wu Lan said this in order to prepare Song Tan mentally in advance.
However, Song Tan laughed: "Mom, what are you talking about?"
"I couldn't ask for Brother Wu Lei to come and help me. No matter what, he is still a young man. It's not easy to hire a strong laborer for two or three thousand yuan nowadays."
Zhang Yanping, who was packing his charger and toiletries, was unhappy when he heard this:
"Why is he only getting 2,000 or 3,000 yuan when he comes here? How long have I been talking to you about this before you finally offered me 2,500 yuan?"
It wasn't there at the beginning. At the beginning, this madman was only willing to give 1500!
Song Tan laughed and said, "Brother Wu Lei is going to the fields to harvest rice. It's labor reform... Do you want to go too?"
Zhang Yanping immediately stopped his actions.
Just for 500 bucks? I'm crazy.
…
So, early in the morning, Song Sancheng rode the tricycle up the mountain. Although it didn't look like there were many things, he actually ran back and forth three times before he moved all the cups, teapots, water buckets and the like over.
But everyone can relax now. Just hold your laptop and tablet, and throw various chargers in your hands, and you've definitely moved to a new home!
Because they were moving, they had a quick breakfast. Everyone took their belongings and walked slowly towards the new house, enjoying the morning breeze.
Walk up the main road, turn into the fork road, go around the bamboo forest... and in front of you is a clearing paved with cement.
There's construction waste underneath and nothing can be planted, so we might as well make use of it.
However, on both sides, along with the hills, trees, shrubs and colorful flowers are crowded together, and it doesn't feel empty at all. Instead, the rustling of leaves makes it look particularly lush.
Zhang Yanping was the first to express his satisfaction: "It's so convenient to park here!"
"More than that!" Song Sancheng also laughed happily: "Look, there's a big pool and a faucet next to it. After we rinse ourselves clean, we can put the rice and vegetables over here to dry... How great! We don't have to crowd into the yard anymore."
Song Tan was also very satisfied—when the peaches were ripe, they could be sorted and packed in front of the door!
Everyone saw the new house being built with their own eyes, so everything looked good to them. They even stared at the vacant space for a long time, then studied the wild flowers on both sides before looking towards the low courtyard wall.
The courtyard wall is not high. The popular courtyard walls in the village are one or two meters high, but the courtyard wall of the new house in front is only more than one meter high, and with the decorative door of the same height, it is purely for aesthetic purposes.
Song Sancheng did not agree with this at first.
He thought it would be more reliable if he built it higher and inserted more glass stubble and iron nails on it.
But Zhao Fangyuan had different opinions on building such villas, so he patiently persuaded:
"Uncle, what we are saying is that this courtyard wall can only protect against gentlemen but not villains. Even if you build it more than three meters high, he can still come in with a ladder. On the contrary, if it is too high, it will affect the vision in the courtyard and make the whole space depressing. It is better to build a short one like this."
It is mainly convenient to check the things drying outside.
"If you want protection, plant your golden berries underground. They are beautiful and have many thorns. You can also plant wolfberries, and in the middle you can plant blackberries... They are beautiful, prickly, and edible. How great!"
"Besides, don't you have two side buildings on both sides of your house? Why do you need such a high wall?"
“There aren’t many places with courtyard walls.”
That's true.
The houses built in the village cannot be compared with villas, especially my seventh cousin’s big kitchen. Can he cook for twenty or thirty people in the main room
Don’t even think about it, no range hood will work.
It has to be somewhere alone.
What's more, when we hire people to do the work, there will be people coming and going. Not to mention the safety issue, we also need a spacious hall for dining, which should be connected to the kitchen.
On the other side, there are more people, so shouldn’t there be two more toilets? There are also many things to store in the village, so an extra room was opened to store things…
After all, there is really no place that needs to be protected by a wall. It's just a few meters on both sides of the door, so just open up the view.
Song Sancheng was convinced at that time.
Everyone unlocked the door and walked into the yard, only to see that the yard was also flat and the flower beds were empty. It was too hot in June and July, and nothing had been planted in time.
But the house is brand new.
Snow-white walls, dark grey roofs, and floor-to-ceiling windows that keep the room transparent and bright without completely occupying the entire wall…
Zhang Yanping couldn't help but show deep envy in his eyes: "A house like this... wow, how comfortable it would be to live in it."
"Who says it's not?"
The longing in Xin Jun's eyes was almost bursting with emotion - he decided that when he returned to his hometown, he would save money to build such a house!
Only Qiao Qiao, without thinking about anything, just happily rushed up the stairs and pushed open the door—
"Wow! The room is so big! And so bright!"