Jiandan didn't say anything, and really thought about it,
"It should be, there's nothing left, right?"
After living here for more than a year, she actually liked this small room very much, and she really couldn't think of what needed to be changed at the moment. She wanted to get an indoor bathroom, but she knew it was unrealistic.
However, this also reminded her that she was hungry. She basically solved her personal problems at the base this year. With one more person, it would be inconvenient to cheat, which was really a headache.
Thinking about the coming winter, Jian Dan quickly pulled the focus back to reality.
"Uncle, there's nothing else to do. Just turn the newly connected room into a fire wall. There are only two of us, the child is young, and I'm afraid of the cold, hehe!"
This is not a big deal. Liu Weimin immediately agreed. Seeing that she didn't have any other instructions, he didn't delay. He took a few sips of water from the teacup and got up and walked out.
"Okay, you can't explain it clearly even if I ask you.
You sit down, I'll go find someone and try to go there in the afternoon. The sooner we can fix it, the sooner we can fix it. If we see anything that's not in order, we'll clean it up for you."
Ah? Was she being disliked?
Before Jian Dan could argue, Liu Weimin had already strode out the door and soon disappeared.
"Let's talk about our own business. Let him find someone to do it for you. We won't let you get cold."
"I'm not worried about that. I'm not new here. I don't know my uncle and the villagers. I mean, I haven't paid you yet."
Seeing this, Wang Guihua said, "Don't worry about it. Just wait."
Well, since they said so, I won't think about it anymore. Anyway, I've said everything I need to say. It's the same if I pay after the work is done.
After sitting here for a while, when she went back to Liu's house to pick up the children, Xiao Jianxin had already played with Xiaohua, without any reluctance and restraint in the morning. She did not disturb them, but went into the house and sat next to the old lady, sighing,
"Children are still the best. They became good friends so quickly."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spread cloth and cotton on the kang, busy without raising their heads,
"What do you think? Just wait and see, tomorrow, they will know to go out and play together."
"Then I will be relieved? I can even save myself from watching the children,"
"You are so happy! There are so many things to raise children, and you have to worry about them."
Sun Xiang raised her head and picked up the thread,
"Mom, she is still a child herself, how can she know these things?"
"That's right, have you agreed on the house?" The old lady asked, bringing up the previous topic.
Jian Dan nodded,
"It's agreed. Uncle Wei Min went to find someone for me. He said it might start in the afternoon. It's getting cold. The sooner we finish it, the better."
"Yeah. It's going to freeze. The child is so young. If we finish it now, she won't be able to sleep alone, right?"
Jian Dan also thought about this. It's definitely not possible recently. The child doesn't feel safe yet. If she wants to enter the base, there are other ways. There's no need to rush.
"No, it's too small. I can't rest assured if she kicks off the quilt at night.
I was thinking that since we have to add another room, we might as well make the kang a little bigger.
At night, I would sleep with her in the east room.
The west room was just built and it was damp. We had to burn firewood anyway. I saw that the vegetables planted in the trough last winter were all good. I thought, I should plant some this year and put them in the west room. Wouldn't we have more vegetables for the whole winter?
We can live here and plant vegetables this winter, and then the house will be repaired.
After Isn't this child five years old this year? When it gets warm in spring, let her sleep in the west room, on the big kang, and let her go to bed by herself."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law listened and stopped their work.
"Last year, when I saw you growing that vegetable, I wanted to ask, why did yours grow so well?
After you made the trough, we did the same as you did. Didn't you see last winter that the vegetable didn't grow well and was wilted?"
"How could that be? This is my first time growing it, and you have been growing it for many years, how could that be possible?"
It was simply free-range, and she was also wondering, shouldn't that be the case?
"Third Aunt, didn't I see it when I came here last year? Didn't I put it in this room?"
"No, we put it in our room," Sun Xiang took over the conversation,
"The children play in this room during the day, and people come to this room. It's green and looks fresh in winter. By then, you and I will pluck it all away, right? So we just put it in that room."
Jian Dan thought about it and understood,
"Aunt, you are often in this room during the day, right?"
Sun Xiang didn't deny it,
"Yes, we are in the same room during the day, and we don't need to burn those things. Besides, it won't be cold when there are more people."
The old lady understood,
"That's right, we thought wrongly, it's over, this brain is too old and doesn't work well."
"I didn't say anything," looking at the sky, it was almost noon, Jian Dan got up and prepared to take Xiao Xin went back,
"You guys go ahead and do your work. We have to go back. Someone might come over in the afternoon. We have to go back and gather our things and clean up the yard. Otherwise, we'll have to be busy for a while."
The old lady looked outside and didn't stay.
"Okay, go back and build up the house a little bit.
The wall between the kitchen and the west room doesn't need to be demolished. Just make a doorway. It also saves the trouble of having dirt everywhere and doing it twice."
"Okay, I know."
Jian Jian was about to reach the door, and Sun Xiang shouted at her,
"If you have anything, send Hu Zi back to call me."
Jian Jian waved her hand from a distance and led Jian Xin back. The little girl was having fun. Her face was flushed and she was bouncing as she walked. The only thing that was annoying was her short hair.
"Did you have fun?"
The little girl smiled with bright eyes,
"Hello, Sister Xiaohua!"
Seeing her like this, Jian Dan also breathed a sigh of relief,
"Okay, come and play again when you have time."
Before they reached the door of their house, several little dogs rushed over here, bringing up dust all the way.
They ran over and circled around the two people, and Hu Zi followed them breathlessly,
"Wait, wait a minute, Jixiang, you, you are running too fast."
Hu Zi led the way, followed by a string of children, all following in a hurry, all of them hadn't played enough with the puppies, but when they got there, they saw a child they didn't know, and immediately their eyes moved to her.
The little girl was so scared that she hid behind Jian Dan, and Jian Dan soon understood that these children were coming aggressively, probably because they reminded her of those bad memories, and her heart ached.
She didn't force her to come out, but took out a handful of candy.
"This is my little sister, her name is Jian Xin. Can you help her take care of her when she's out in the future?"
There was no one in the village who didn't know Jian Xin, and the children liked her because she was generous and spoke gently to the children, and she never disliked them.