Lin Chunnuan was finally able to finish the day absentmindedly. Even if she won after bargaining with Second Aunt Lin, he would continue to be dispirited after that. Her mind was preoccupied, and her thoughts flew off somewhere.
First, he helped his mother make breakfast. Zhang Liu's hands and feet were nimble, and actually did not need her daughter to cook anything. Lin Chunnuan had already built up the fire, and rushed to help his mother pick vegetables for her in the garden.
Furthermore, when Lin Chunnuan helped his brother scoop some dry porridge and broke off half of the two pieces of meat for him, Granny Lin opened her mouth wide, but in the end, she did not curse out loud. Lin Chunnuan truly felt that now that the sun had risen in the west, this bullying the weak and fear of being strong, it was truly Lin Chunnuan's first time seeing one.
Leaving her reluctant little sister at home, Lin Chunnuan headed straight for the east side of the village. She had been thinking about what had happened the entire day, and today was the day that would come to an end. Lin Chunnuan was rather excited as she quickly ran towards the east side of the village.
Lin Chunnuan didn't know which house was the better one for Dou Wang, and it wasn't like she dared to just knock on the door and ask. Dou Wang was good, but the village people had already called him the "Heaven Destroyer and Calamity Star", it was too late to avoid him, if she were to randomly ask someone else, even if she couldn't ask, she would still be scolded.
Lin Chunnuan was regretting that she did not ask Dou Wang about it yesterday, such as which room was in the first row east of the village, or what color door it was, or what kind of wall it was.
Just as she was looking around, she saw Dou Wang hiding at the corner of a house, waving at her with a face full of anxiousness. She did not know how long this had been going on, but she did not dare open her mouth to call anyone.
"Ai, wang …"
When Lin Chunnuan saw that Dou Wang was fine, she immediately opened her mouth wanting to call out to him. However, he simply shushed him with her index finger, causing Lin Chunnuan to forcefully swallow her half-called name.
Then, he turned and walked towards the east side. Lin Chunnuan quickly followed, and the two walked towards the east side, one after the other. It was as if they had walked for a long time, that Lin Chunnuan felt that she had already walked far away from the village.
"You live here?"
Lin Chunnuan pointed at the small courtyard. The walls were low and the doors were crumbling, as if they were about to collapse.
"That's right, this is my home. It's a little shabby, so don't mind it."
When he said that, Dou Wang really didn't dare to raise his head to look at Lin Chunnuan, afraid that he would see some embarrassing expression on her face.
"What do you mean by 'don't care' or 'don't hate'? I just feel that it would be dangerous if the door were to fall down."
Lin Chunnuan was really worried. She ran over in a few steps and tried to push open the door.
"It was just a bit crooked. No one helped me with my own door, so my strength was off. But it was very strong. It won't fall."
Knowing that Lin Chunnuan didn't despise him, Dou Wang was very happy. She reached out to open her own door.
Because the door was a bit crooked, he had to put in some effort to push it open.
"How old were you when you installed this door?"
Lin Chunnuan pushed again, then turned her head and asked.
"Just after the end of the year last year. Oh, just ten years old."
That means he's only nine years old. Thinking about a nine year old child, it would indeed take a lot of effort for him to install such a door into his home. There wasn't even someone who could help him.
"Can we reinstall the door now? I'll do it for you."
Dou Wang was stunned for a moment before a smile slowly spread across his face.
"Sure, we can redo it."
Finally, someone said to himself, "Let me help you, this is what I have been looking forward to. From the age of five, I have been shuttling back and forth in this village alone, and not only is there no one helping me, I will be bullied from time to time. They will only curse at me and throw stones at me, and no one will say, 'Good, Dou Wang, I'll help you' to me."
Dou Wang laughed till his nose ached. Before he cried, he hurriedly lowered his head.
"Let's go into the house to take a rest. You should go take a look at the things I brought back. We can reinstall the door later, there's no rush."
"Alright."
Lin Chunnuan agreed, but she was not in a hurry to enter the house, and instead looked around the courtyard. It was obvious that the surrounding walls were not straight, and the walls were too short, if it was an adult, they could probably jump into the courtyard with a flip of their body.
"You built this wall yourself?"
According to the height of this wall, Dou Wang had to build it himself. Moreover, it was built at least a year ago. He probably only built this door after building the wall.
Yes, not bad, back then I had to spend almost a year to build this wall. Because I had to break the adobe, I was only nine years old, and the mud was fine, but the adobe was weak. I didn't have enough strength, so I often broke the adobe because I couldn't balance my strength.
Thinking about the hard work that year, and looking at the wall now, Dou Wang was still very proud.
"I remember that I started to disintegrate when it was early summer. When the academy wall was built, it was already late autumn. Not long after I built the academy wall, the first snow began to fall."
"If you break away and set up your own wall, will no one in the village be willing to help you?"
In such a large village, there was actually no one who could help this child. Lin Chunnuan was truly unable to describe how she felt.
She walked up to the wall and touched the mud. It was thoroughly dry and a little stiff.
"How did you cut the straw inside?"
Dou Wang was curious as to why Lin Chunnuan understood even this.
"I'm not a child. I've never done it myself. Haven't I seen anyone else doing it?"
Dou Wang curiously looked at him, causing Lin Chunnuan's face to feel a little hot. This big sister had lived for at least 20 years, even if he was inexperienced, he had read a lot of books and watched a lot of televisions, okay?
Seeing that Lin Chunnuan was a little angry, Dou Wang quickly stopped looking at him.
"I chopped it with a knife. I picked up a kitchen knife that no one else used. I grinded it and then I chopped it bit by bit. I don't need to chop it too fine. It's fine as long as it can be mixed into the mud."
At that time, there was actually such a big blister on his hand, and then there was such a thing as broken skin and blood, in any case, it was painful for a long time, until there were calluses on his hand, only then would he be considered to have cut the dry straw into pieces. Thinking of the hardships he had gone through, and looking at the current wall, Dou Wang finally understood why Lin Chunnuan had asked that question.
This wall was really a huge project for a nine-year-old child, especially since all kinds of tools were out of the way. He now knew that to cut the straw, one had to use a guillotine, and this kind of dried straw was especially tough, durable, and difficult to break. At that time, he didn't know where he got the tenacity to continue cutting the straw, but he still didn't know how to break it.
He felt very warm in his heart. This was the first time since he was five years old that he had felt sorry for her, no matter how foolish Dou Wang was, he knew that Lin Chunnuan had built this wall with a heart aching for a nine year old child.
It was great to have a friend, and one could feel the care and concern that they had never dared to have before. Lin Chunnuan, warmth in the spring, this name, this kind of spring also brought a trace of warmth that they couldn't part with. Lin Chunnuan, I will treat you well and protect you for the rest of my life, just for the sake of your heartache, I will repay you for my entire life.
"This house is not bad. Who helped you build it?"
Lin Chunnuan didn't know that it was just because she had been soft-hearted for a moment that a young man had already made up his mind to protect her for the rest of her life.
Since he lived in such a remote place, then it should have been after he moved here. The villagers probably despised him and chased him here, so this house shouldn't have been left behind by his parents. But if he didn't even build a wall, then who would help him build a house? It was too strange, Lin Chunnuan was a little confused.
"It was the village chief's grandfather who asked someone to help me build it."
How could he be so kind? Lin Chunnuan did not believe it.
"What about your original house? What about the house your parents left you?"
"In the village."
Dou Wang extended his hand and pointed in the direction of the village.
"It's just that the house belongs to the village now. This is my house."
Although it was also a mud house, it was much better than the one he had built for himself. At least it was straight up and down, and the height of the house was good enough. The windows were also quite open, and although it was a bit cold in winter, as there were no houses left and right, it was still cool in summer. He was really satisfied.
"They took your house, and then they built you such a shitty house in a place where you don't have a place in the village, and you live so well? You should have stayed in the village. "
Lin Chunnuan also knew that she had overdone it. A five year old child, how could she win against those adults?