Seeing that her expression didn't look like a joke, Li Qinghe let her in sideways. In fact, although the two of them were busy moving and preparing banquets recently, they also vaguely knew that something was going on at home.
After entering the door, he didn't take her into the house. He just pointed to the stool in the yard, motioning for her to sit there, and squatted down again to watch Zhou Chengkang's movements, "Tell me what you want."
Zhang Haiyao didn't go to sit down either. She stood aside with her waist supported. She also watched Zhou Chengkang's movements and couldn't help but said, "What are you doing so hard for? The dog can be kept under the eaves or in the woodshed, and you are too. If you want to raise a dog, you can go everywhere." Yes, why raise a wounded one?"
Zhou Chengkang said casually, "I just met him and raised him. Anyway, I have nothing to do, and I don't want to go out, so I find something to waste my time."
Since she didn't say anything, the two of them didn't ask anymore. Li Qinghe helped pass the wooden planks, making the appearance of a dog house very seriously.
They didn't ask, Zhang Haiyao walked around the yard and praised, "This house is really spacious. The one in my town is bigger than this one, but it's too far away and inconvenient."
It seemed as if she was close enough to go home to live. Li Qinghe didn't look up at all, and he heard it with a hmm.
"Perhaps you are not going back to your old house?" She asked again, with a hesitant tone, with a tentative meaning.
Hearing this question, Li Qinghe immediately understood what Mei and her were doing recently.
Zhang Haiyao is a straight person, or she is too lazy to hide her thoughts in front of the Zhou family, and it is the same now, she reached out and touched her stomach, "My stomach is six months old, and I should give birth after the new year. When the child is born, there will be no place to live."
This is the house of the Zhou family who wanted to belong to them, Li Qinghe waited patiently for her to continue, and did not take the initiative to ask.
Zhang Haiyao didn't need her to ask, and continued, "Anyway, you don't live in the old house, why not lend it to us... you can also rent it to me, and I will pay some rent."
The last sentence is quite apt.
To borrow this kind of thing, it is natural to borrow when the feelings are reached. But the relationship between Zhou Chengkang and his eldest brother and third brother was really cold, and Li Qingmiao who lent him was about the same. But I don't have any feelings, so I would rather let it go. And both of them want it, and if they don't give it to anyone, don't they all offend others
Li Qinghe would not do such thankless things, so it was impossible to borrow.
"I won't hide it from you, the sister-in-law also wants the house, and she wants to live with Aunt Liu." Zhang Haiyao supported her waist, "The price can be negotiated, you can think about it."
Li Qinghe became interested, "How much do you plan to give me a year?"
Zhang Haiyao stretched out a hand, "Five coins."
Li Qinghe was speechless, Zhang Haiyao saw her silent, "Five qian silver is quite a lot, I know you don't have any shortage, but your house is still in storage, how many years can you store in a house that no one lives in? Think about it."
That's right, five qian silver, when Li Qinghe was a helper in the town, he got two and a half months' wages.
With a plan in mind, Li Qinghe nodded, "Okay, you gave the money, I will write a contract, and rent for one year first."
Zhang Haiyao frowned, "Can I wait until I live? Besides, I don't need it now, until the end of the year..."
This meant that he wanted Li Qinghe to keep the house for her, but she would not pay rent when she didn't live in it.
Still have a lot of ideas.
"That won't work." Li Qinghe shook his head, "If my sister-in-law comes later, I believe she will still be willing to pay the rent."
It's not that Li Qinghe lacks the money, it's good to honor Zhou's mother after the rent is paid, it was the house built by Zhou's mother with money.
Otherwise, Zhang Haiyao would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey if he wanted Zhang Haiyao to show his respect with money. She could remember that Zhou's mother wanted to pay off the debt of two taels of silver by herself.
Li Qinghe looked indifferent, as if it didn't matter whether the house was rented or not, Zhang Haiyao gritted her teeth angrily, "Okay!"
Then she went back, and in the afternoon, Zhou Laosan found the village head, and wrote the deed in front of the village head, five dollars a year, and the money would be paid first before living.
The deed was being written here, and the Mei family came outside. Seeing this situation, she became anxious, "Zhang Haiyao, you are not kind."
Zhang Haiyao smiled, and put away the deed. She woke up early on purpose to settle the matter before Mrs. Mei came back. At this time, she got the contract, and she was in a good mood, "Sister-in-law, you may not want to let you live for five yuan for a year. Besides, you have a kitchen. After I rent this house, the kitchen will be used by my mother and I. For family use, if you rent it out, won’t I take advantage of this kitchen for nothing?”
Mei was in a hurry, she didn't intend to rent it herself, she just wanted to borrow it from Li Qinghe out of emotion, and rushed over after selling the tofu, but she didn't expect it to be too late, after hearing that it cost money, she didn't think so lost. It's just that this house is occupied by Sanfang, which is a bit uncomfortable.
Mrs. Mei was so angry that she turned around and left. Zhang Haiyao and Zhou Laosan took the village head and left as well. They closed the door after seeing them off. Li Qinghe held the money in his hand and said with a smile, "You can give it to mother."
Zhou Chengkang was a little surprised, "For mother?"
"Otherwise?" Li Qinghe asked back.
Zhou Chengkang took the silver, and Li Qinghe was willing to give it to Zhou's mother because it was his mother. In the final analysis, it was because of him. He was moved, "Qinghe, you are so kind."
This dog house was delayed in the middle of the time, and it was already noon when it was completed. Rhubarb is still young, and it is still empty when you go in. It is now October, and it is already late autumn. The day is fine, but the night is very cold. Li Qinghe looked for A few old clothes were laid out for it, and a bowl was found to make a dog bowl for it. Rhubarb settled at the door.
Zhou Chengkang was quite satisfied with the completion of the dog house, and told Rhubarb, "Take a good look at the house!"
Li Qinghe couldn't help laughing while watching, the two went to feed the fish together, and then went over there to watch the chicken.
Of the 70 or 80 chickens that the two bought at the beginning, more than 20 died when they were young. Among the fifty remaining chickens, half of the roosters have grown up in almost a year.
Some hens don't lay eggs, cry differently, and want to hatch.
Now there are more than one hundred eggs saved in the family, and there are many women in the village who can pick breeding eggs. Li Qinghe herself is not very good at it. As far as she knows, the third aunt next door to Li's family can pick eggs, and she specially invites them.
When I went there, Yu Yan was looking at the sky in the yard. To be exact, she came out to rest her eyes after a long time of embroidery, and happened to meet her. She heard that she was picking eggs, so she came along with great interest.
In the end, more than 60 eggs were picked out. Li Qinghe stood aside and learned, and divided the eggs among five hens to hatch. The rest of the unyielding eggs had to be kept for himself, and of course they could be sold.
Li Qinghe also picked a few to give to the third aunt. This is the second day after she moved here. People who come here will inevitably talk about the new house, and the third aunt is no exception. She laughed, "This house is very good, remember When you were young, you were thin and small. When your mother left, you cried and chased for a while. In the end, I carried you back. At that time, I didn’t expect you to be so promising, and I thought you were a child without a mother. Pitiful… "
"Those things are in the past, and it will get better and better in the future." The third aunt smiled and said about the hatching eggs, "The chickens didn't need to be fed before, but when you hatch the eggs, you have to put the food here, and the water is also there." It needs to be placed in a bowl, and it can’t be left out for too long, or the eggs should be ruined. That would be a pity.”
Li Qinghe wrote down one by one, it was getting late, and sent them out.
The third aunt sighed along the way, "If Yan'er can also find a reliable marriage, I can rest assured."
Yu Yan pretended not to hear this, and asked, "Are you going to town these few days? The weather is getting colder and colder, I want to go and get some embroidery, and the embroidery thread you brought back, I embroidered it A few handkerchiefs, I want to ask the price. If you go, remember to take me with you."
This girl comes from a big place, and some habits are always different from those of the villagers. For example, when she goes to the town, people who don't have a carriage and an ox cart will want to walk, and a small number of people will spend copper coins for a ride, but Yu Yan will never walk if she can take a ride. .
Li Qinghe thought for a while and said, "I'll come to see you in a few days."
They have been busy for the past few days, and there are a lot of dirty clothes that have not been washed. Sometimes, the clothes will not dry for many days after washing, and there will be a musty smell, and it is uncomfortable to wear.
The next morning, the two of them washed their clothes after breakfast. It is worth mentioning that there is no well in the yard of the new house, but a stream from the source of the spring is drawn to the corner of the yard, where it is built with bluestone slabs. A small square well was built, and all the water used in daily life was taken from there, and the excess would go out from the courtyard wall and flow into the fish pond.
After washing the clothes, the two of them went up the mountain again, not because they wanted to cut firewood, but because of the wasteland. The harvest of the several acres of wasteland opened up was not good this year. Li Qinghe wanted to dig some rotten soil in the forest and come back. The chicken manure is sprinkled in together, and the harvest should be better next year.
The two of them worked for half a month, and finally covered the wasteland with a layer of rot. In late October, it rained heavily for several days.
Li Qinghe went to see the hatching hens every day. After it rained outside, the two couldn't go out, so they simply started burning charcoal.
Burning charcoal is to ignite large firewood, burn it into pieces of coal, and then put it into a sealed jar, the flame will be extinguished, leaving pieces of charcoal. This job is best done when it’s raining. The fire won’t be cold, and clothes can be roasted by the way, and hay can be roasted in the pot.
Hay is roasted to feed chickens and horses. It is ordinary weeds that are cut and cut. After drying and re-cooking, they can be fed to chickens, horses and pigs. In fact, when there is a famine, people can also eat it. It doesn't taste that good.
The two live here, some distance away from the village, and there are few guests at ordinary times. The two of them also like such a quiet and peaceful life. Of course, Zhou's mother still comes here often. Basically, she will run every three or two days, even if it rains.
Hearing the knock on the door, and looking at the rain outside which was a little lighter than before, Li Qinghe knew that Zhou's mother should be here again.
Zhou Chengkang went out to open the door, and soon came in with his wet mother. Li Qinghe quickly got up and asked her to sit in front of the fire, "Mother, why are you here because of the heavy rain?"
When Zhou's mother came in, she glanced at the well-organized yard, and saw the firewood burning in the stove, her face softened, "It's okay, I'll come and take a look."
This is not like coming to see, just came here the day before yesterday. Li Qinghe smiled and said, "After steaming the steamed buns, mother will come back after eating."
She got up and went to cook. Mother Zhou looked at her, and after a while took out five coins, "You guys should keep it for yourself."
Li Qinghe was a little surprised, the money was probably taken by Zhou Chengkang, why did it come back