nycdaug Chapter 171 My nephew is quite diligent.
Chapter 171 My nephew is quite diligent.
Since Zhou Jingyi was able to go up the mountain, Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying have stopped coming here. They only go into the mountains to find wild vegetables, make them into pickles or dried vegetables, and have the men who go into the mountains to build houses bring the things up.
When Yang Fenglan returned today, she immediately noticed that the mountaintop had changed.
Where the grain was previously stored, there is now an earthen mound, and in the middle of the flat land, there are now two wooden houses, each with two small rooms.
Between the two wooden houses was a thatched shed with an earthen stove and a pile of firewood inside.
Yang Fenglan thought that at most they would just build a thatched hut and make do for half a year.
"Wow, that's impressive. It's only been a little over a month, and it's already quite impressive."
“It’s windy on this mountain, so only wooden houses are safe,” Zhou Jingyi said. “Luckily, Uncle Xu knows how to build houses, and he did the most work on this house.”
Xu Dazhu scratched his head, feeling rather embarrassed by the praise.
Lin Cuiniang was a little scared of the eerie winds on the mountaintop since it was her first time there, so she went into the wooden house early to pack her things.
"This house is drafty, Xu Dazhu, you should pay more attention! How are we going to get through the winter with all this draft?"
With a single sentence, Xu Dazhu's pride was brought back to reality: "Don't worry, wife, we can just wrap a circle of thatch around it to block the wind."
After walking for half a day, everyone was so hungry that their legs were weak. Yang Fenglan told Zhou Jingyi to cook some porridge first to fill their stomachs.
Fortunately, the kitchen was draft-free and the fire started burning quickly, so the porridge in the pot soon began to boil.
Yang Fenglan took out the pickled toon sprouts she had prepared earlier, added some soy sauce, mixed them, and used them to eat with porridge.
After eating a little something and regaining my strength, I started tidying up the house.
The original plan was for two rooms for each of the two families, with Xiao Yuanshan staying in the original room.
After observing the room, Yang Fenglan suggested that Xu Chunsheng and Zhou Jingyi share a room, she and Xu Yingying share a room in the middle, the room next to the kitchen be used for meals, and the room next to that be used for Xu Dazhu and his wife.
It's windy, and it's colder than down the mountain in winter. We can't leave our food outside, or it will get cold in no time.
No one had an opinion.
After the rooms were assigned, the women and children were responsible for making the beds, Xu Dazhu went down the mountain to fetch water, and Zhou Jingyi went to the vicinity of the cliff to check the traps that had been set earlier.
There was no bed, of course. When building the house, Zhou Jingyi used soil to make a platform about ten centimeters high inside the house, which was then used as a bed.
Yang Fenglan swept the dust off the earthen platform, then laid a thick layer of dry grass on it. She shook out the mattress she had brought last night and laid it on top, then put on a sheet. The room then felt like home.
Xu Yingying lay down on the bed, "It's still more comfortable to lie down, it makes me feel alive."
Yang Fenglan chuckled, "Where did you hear such nonsense?"
"Anyway, lying down is just the best."
"Okay, you can lie down now." Yang Fenglan unfolded the quilt and covered Xu Yingying with it.
After lying down for a short while, Xu Yingying jumped off the bed. "Do you want to kill me with heat so you can go out and flirt with some young heartthrobs?"
Yang Fenglan ignored her and rummaged through a pile of messy things in the room, finding a straw rope that was neither too thick nor too thin.
I tested the wood of the house, and it's sturdy enough.
Tie ropes to the left and right sides at the foot of the bed for hanging clothes.
Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying didn't have many clothes, so they hung them all on ropes all year round.
After finishing her own room, Yang Fenglan went to Zhou Jingyi's room, thinking of making up his bed as well, only to find that it had already been made up.
The quilt was also neatly placed at the head of the bed.
"Tsk tsk, my nephew is quite diligent," Xu Yingying said.
"indeed."
Yang Fenglan had previously looked down on this adopted son.
Since his son discarded his crutches, he has been doing most of the housework.
Yang Fenglan then felt that she was no different from the Zhou family.
People dislike others when they are sick, but start to like them when they are kind and useful to them.