Chapter 117

In the old courtyard of Zhangjia, Mrs. Zhang has been busy with her two daughter-in-law since the early morning. They have prepared several large pots of corn dregs Wotou, stewed potatoes with spare ribs, beans stewed in clear soup, Chinese cabbage stewed with pig oil residue and pickled vegetables.

Busy, time passed quickly, soon arrived at noon.

Zhang's mother and daughter-in-law, three people pick pick, end end, all placed in the new yard that temporary thatched room. Here's a good one. The fragrance comes out. Zhang's father asked everyone to eat first and then to do it in the afternoon.

In this wooden plate, the ribs stewed with potatoes, the meat is less than potato pieces, pig oil residue stewed in Chinese cabbage, a few pieces of meat residue, everyone also said that Zhang's father is kind, Zhang's mother is generous. The villagers who came to deliver the stones, along with the children who followed them, were also pulled by father Zhang to eat together.

We have been busy all morning, and we are not polite. We all wolfed down. There are not a few chairs on the edge, squatting, leaning, anything. In rural areas, I really don't mind if I have to sit down on the table. All of them automatically leave the only few chairs for the elders and the Masons.

After a while, the food was all empty, even the broth on the rough nest head all finished, picked to the barrel and wooden plate are empty.

Zhang's father saw even calling his wife, "the child's mother, here is not enough, quickly take the daughter-in-law to add."

The master bricklayer belched, shook his hand and called out, "stop shouting. I'm full. I'm burping, aren't you? Don't listen to him

Mother Zhang hesitated to look at her wife, which one of her sudden changes? I was relieved to see that everyone said they were full again. Everyone is working for her family. You can't let people eat too much, or they will have a bad reputation. Her father-in-law always talks about it in the world. He would rather save his mouth and tighten his belt than wrongly help his good people.

She prepared enough for 30 people in the morning, which should be full. It seems that we should prepare more shelter tomorrow. If you can't finish eating, you can keep it. You can take one or two back.

Nowadays, even the nest is a rarity. When I saw that some villagers didn't like to eat more, they secretly left the saved nest heads in their arms, which was intended to bring to the children of the family. Mother Zhang looked sad, secretly moved her eyes, pretending not to see.

After thinking about it, she has to double it. She will build a house this time in her life. It's better not to give up the rations, but also to make everyone happy. Maybe there are not many people working in the village tomorrow, and there will be people coming to help. They have to get up tomorrow morning and start steaming the nest or we will miss lunch.

After a break, Zhang Guoqing said hello to everyone and left first.

Zhang's father and his wife sat down to smoke, chatted with the bricklayer for a while, and watched the villagers who had sent stones home to have a rest. Just proposed to let the bricklayer rest.

The bricklayer master would look at the disciples and said happily, "how about it? Can you take it? After eating and drinking, we will continue to work and strive for the early completion of the two courtyards. "

With that, he stood up and kicked his apprentice, "take them on. They are all kind people in Lao Zhang's family. If you work hard, they will know that they can't owe you any more. "

The bricklayer had just passed his 60th birthday last year. He was very healthy and walked around when he had nothing to do. Now the family's two sons, the eldest son, inherited his craft. The youngest son followed his wife into the city. The family was well-off, and this time it was also because the eldest son was living in the city, and he was out of favor.

Speaking of his craftsmanship, people in all parts of the country are holding their thumbs up. Although he is now living without worry about food and clothing, his father and mother will live that time, the family is so poor that mice do not come to his home. However, he was smart and ran to the provincial capital to make a living at a young age, helping his parents to support his younger brother and sister. He has pulled rickshaws in the provincial cities, carried goods on the wharf, and worked as a peddler. He got into what he made money.

By chance, I met grandfather Zhang who was still alive. They chatted with each other and found that they were fellow countrymen. Grandfather Zhang is a warm-hearted man. Seeing that he is so young, it's not a matter to get up early and be greedy in the dark. He doesn't have a craftsmanship. He gave an idea and helped him introduce the famous bricklayer master in the provincial capital.

He always remembers the kindness of grandfather Zhang at that time. He can't forget the game. Some of his grandchildren learned some crafts from him. This time, father Zhang once said that he would build the yard, and agreed without saying a word. Even his wife winked, and his son said that he would come to work next year, but he had to deal with it behind his back.

Zhang Guoqing went back to the room, looked at the remaining food in the room and asked her anxiously, "Jiaojiao, how can there be any left over? Can't you eat it? What would you like to eat? Let's have a change. "

Zhou Jiao frowned and whispered, "forget it, I still have a lot of moon food. If you buy it, it's conspicuous. Make do with it. Aren't you full at noon? When mom is gone, the food in the house must be back to the original place. I can smell the smell

"I just ate a little bit of food. You keep the head in your hand for you to eat slowly. There's chicken soup in the stove. I can eat it with leftovers. "

Zhou Jiao didn't listen to him. She knew for a long time that he was strong and ate a lot. In addition to heavy work today, a small bowl of rice is not enough for him to plug his teeth. Zhou Jiao directly took out two big bowls of boxed rice, sweet and sour steak and roast steak. Looking at all the dishes, she nodded with satisfaction."Come and eat. Aren't you going out today? All of them have been eaten. We are not afraid that there is no need to save them for me. You have to take care of yourself - I think it's better to move early. If you get tired like this, you have to have an accident. You don't sleep enough every day. You get up in the morning and lie down in the middle of the night. See if you can give money, you don't go to the foundation, find a reason not to go. You haven't suffered these things before, but now you have all of them. "

Zhang Guoqing looked at her worried murmuring with a smile. When she finished, he comforted her: "I know, I know, you can rest assured. If you're really tired, don't go. It's ok now. Don't worry about me. We are good now. Don't you see that today's nest heads are all babies, and they are reluctant to eat them, and secretly hide them in their arms and take them back. Some people came over with stones and looked yellow and thin. Their clothes were single clothes and full of patches. Their feet were covered with straw sandals. The children who followed were also wearing single clothes and straw sandals. I saw that my nose was sour and wanted to take off my clothes and put them on for the children. But it's just an idea. I didn't really do it. "

Zhou Jiao patted him gently. Some words didn't need to be said. In such a big environment, their power was too small and they were too implicated. They are just small people, and they can only be small people.

When Zhang Guoqing is ready to eat, he hugs his son and has a few words with Zhou Jiao. Then he takes the note prepared by Jiaojiao and takes two bottles of wine to say goodbye to her.

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