Chapter 83: Spend the holidays together(2/3)
"Let's go." Jia Ling was made happy by her granddaughter's words and agreed with a smile.
With her grandmother's consent, Zhao Danxuan started the car excitedly and went to find a restaurant. During festivals like the Mid-Autumn Festival, hotels in Kyoto are very popular and it is difficult to find rooms. But that refers to rooms below the VIP level. Presidential suites and top-level VIP rooms are still available.
It's available, so you don't have to worry about not being able to book a room.
China has a vast territory, and different Mid-Autumn Festival customs are different in different places. No matter how big the difference is between the north and the south, everyone has one thing in common. Whether in rural or urban areas, countless people choose to get married and hold banquets on this day. In rural areas, there are also people who open businesses or open banquets on this day.
Digging the foundation to build a house or capping it is an auspicious metaphor for reunion.
Roca also chose this day to cap off the building.
After Zhou Qiufeng hired workers to build the house, the people were in place, and the bricks, cement, sand, and white ash were put in place one by one. It took two days of work to hoist the bricks to the second floor. After all preparations were made, the wall was officially laid on the third day.
Brother Zhou and Master Da Gong are members of the village's construction team. Their reputation for efficiency and quality is very good in the area. They help people build houses and do work for the villagers, and they are never slow to work. They go out early and come back late, so they are extremely responsible.
Part of the wall on the second floor of Lejia was already built. Now it is just a matter of raising the height on the original foundation. It is not troublesome. When the wall was built, the master craftsmen and the small workers worked together very quickly. It only took five days.
After the wall is built, the stairs are cast, the formwork is installed, and the steel bars are tied.
After all the basic processes are completed, the final step is to cast the roofing panels. Since some materials still need to be prepared, the roofing is scheduled for the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The family is building a house, and Zhou Qiufeng is in charge of the fields and housework. She is extremely busy at home and outside every day. She also makes time to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms with people she is close to in the village.
After the beginning of autumn, many fungi that grow in autumn also grow one after another. In the countryside, it is a busy season for picking mushrooms in spring and autumn. Villagers from all over the country go to the mountains to pick mushrooms to eat or sell.
Zhou Qiufeng also goes hiking to look for mushrooms every one or two days. After picking them up, some of them are eaten or given to people who are building houses as favors, and some are dried and kept. Every time she comes back, she has achieved great results. In just a few days, she has accumulated several large packages of dried mushrooms.
mushroom.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the small workshop where Le's father worked was also on holiday, and the roofing of the second floor happened to be scheduled for that day. He could also help out a little at home. On that day, the couple got up at dawn and took care of the pigs, chickens and ducks.
I made breakfast and waited for the craftsman to come and start work.
After Le's father got married, he had a virtuous wife and was in a good mood every day. Being taken care of by Zhou Qiufeng, he gained a few pounds and became lighter. His whole body was full of energy, and he seemed to be several years younger.
He had been married for two months. When the couple was mixing honey, he prepared pills for his wife to take because of his little cotton-padded jacket. They had not been married for more than half a month. They felt a little depressed inside. Occasionally, they complained a little about his little cotton-padded jacket.
Cotton Jacket deliberately teased him, but whenever he saw Zhou Qiufeng's smiling face, his little resentment was blown away thousands of miles away by the wind.
The roof of the building at home has been capped, and Le's father has inconvenient legs and feet, so it is impossible for him to help mix sand, transport mud, etc. He has already received a job from his wife - responsible for butchering chickens and ducks, and renting out the house to others. He does not care about three meals a day, but
On the day of capping, it is necessary to entertain the master workers at noon or dinner, which is also called a meal to thank the master.
The Le family was scheduled to do top-notch work in the morning and take care of lunch. Therefore, after finishing the housework, Zhou Qiufeng assigned work to Yueqing. While waiting for the craftsmen, she also arranged the dishes for lunch.
The son-in-law's family was overjoyed. After breakfast, Grandma Zhou also tidied herself up and went to Lejia with her son Zhou Xialong. Building a house was a big deal. As a mother-in-law, the Zhou family was not stingy. She baked cakes as gifts and distributed them to the family.
Workers who work and people who help.
During the school holidays, the Zhou family's grandsons, Zhou Tianming and Zhou Chunmei, were also at home. They were too embarrassed to go to their aunt's house, so they stayed at home watching TV and playing on their mobile phones. Sister-in-law Zhou was also at home taking care of her own affairs.
Not long after the Zhou family's mother and son arrived at Lejia, Cheng Youde and his wife also came to help. Soon, the master craftsmen and helpers also arrived. They were all from the village and they were familiar with each other. The construction team also brought in the machine and all the people were there.
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The mixer was rumbling, and some of the helpers were adding materials to the machine, and some were operating the machine to transport the mixed cement slurry to the roof of the building. There were also people on the roof, pouring slurry, and filling it. The upstairs and downstairs were busy.
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Grandma Zhou and Sister-in-law Liu helped kill chickens and ducks, pluck their feathers, stew pig trotters, cut pork, etc.
Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. With the hard work of dozens of people, it took more than two hours from eight to ten thirty to complete the casting of the roof project.
After pouring the cement on the floor, wait for some of the water to drain away. When the mud surface is semi-dry, you should also add a layer of bricks along the edge while the cement is sticky. In that case, it will be easier to build a third floor or edge rain eaves in the future.
If the cement is completely hardened, it will be difficult to bond when laying bricks due to differences in dryness and wetness.
That step of the process will have to wait for a while, so when the concrete surface of the floor is measured to be flat, the workers go downstairs first. Brother Zhou and the young people set off another firecracker to celebrate. Everyone washes their hands, feet and shoes first, and has fun.
Eat melon and fruit snacks at home.
After waiting for nearly two hours, just before dinner, the construction team carried stones to the roof, laid bricks along the edges, laid a full circle of bricks, and went downstairs to eat.
The work on the roof was successfully completed, and Dad Le grinned excitedly like a fool. If everyone hadn't been familiar with him, they might have thought there was something wrong with him.
Master Xie from Lejia had a very sumptuous meal, and the host and guest were slightly drunk. After the meal, Zhou Qiufeng settled the bill with the workers again, paying the due wages first.
The roofing of the building is not completely completed. Later, we still need to build the stairwell roof and walls, remove the formwork, paint, etc. These will take a month to complete, so we still need to pay off the previous wages.
The members of the construction team received their wages and unanimously promised that they would also undertake the subsequent projects. They received the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts and red envelopes from Lejia and went home happily.
The people who came to help for free helped Lejia deal with the extra materials and tidied up the venue before going home. They also received a Mid-Autumn Festival gift and a red envelope for each person.
With Zhou Qiufeng as the great butler, everything was taken care of and everything was done without leakage. No one in the village who worked was ignored or looked down upon, and everyone was happy.
After seeing off the guests, Zhou Qiufeng and Leba went to the fields to pull weeds from the sweet potato field. They finished their work early in the evening, sent Mid-Autumn Festival gifts back to their parents' home, and arranged food for themselves. The building was capped in the morning, and there was a lot of meat left, so the young couple also
Instead of wronging myself, I cooked a sumptuous dinner to comfort myself.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! People feel happy when happy events happen, the couple builds a house, feels good, eats and drinks, packs up, makes tea, and is ready to worship the moon god
Offerings and tea, while waiting for the moon to come out, I also waited for a call from my little cotton-padded jacket.
It's not that they don't want to take the initiative to call their children, it's that their girl sent a message in the morning, saying that she went outside to play with her friends and might not be able to call them again until the evening when she returns to school. Le's father and Zhou Qiufeng didn't know that Lele had
She hadn't returned to school, and she didn't know if she would be free. She was afraid that calling her would disturb her, so she refrained from disturbing her children.
While the Le family couple were waiting for the call, Young Master Yan and Yan Ming finally spread out enough dog food and finished the dinner happily. Young Master Yan was like a rice bucket, all the dishes were emptied, and Yan Ming finally watched his grandson raging like a storm.
The fierce force swept away all the food, secretly his ears were red with shame, and the image of his Xiaolongbao was completely gone!
Yan Xing ate very happily. Not only did he have his favorite dishes, but he could also celebrate the festival with his grandpa. There were no other people around to distract him. This festival couldn't be the happiest.
I ate happily, and my brows were filled with joy. The face was already handsome, and there was a smile from the heart. The smile on the brows and eyes was fragrant and scorching, like the bright sun, dazzling with rays of light.
He smiled and put away the dishes, carried them to the small kitchen sink, wiped the table, washed the fruits and put them on the table, and then washed the dishes.
Yan Ming was stunned. Is that young man with a beaming smile really his grandson Yan Xing? He felt that he saw a fake grandson and suspected that someone had tricked him.
"Old man, please sit down first. I'm going to call home." After finishing dinner with the guests, Handsome Yan took over the cleaning work. Le Yun didn't hesitate and rushed to make a call...
"Little classmate, you go and do your work. Don't worry about me. I have my grandson to take care of me." Yan Ming felt a little ashamed. He and Xiao Longbao were dawdling for a long time, which wasted the time for the master to get close to his family.
Le Yun was not polite, took her cell phone into the bedroom area, closed the door, threw herself on the bed, called her father and new mother with a smile, dialed the phone, and shouted with joy: "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Dad, Aunt Feng, your family
My little cotton-padded jacket misses you again!"
Lele's dad and Zhou Qiufeng waited and waited for a long time before they got the call. Lele's dad shouted anxiously: "Lele, video, let dad see the little cotton-padded jacket."
"Okay, okay, video, did you leave some delicious food for me to watch?" Le Yun exclaimed, sending out a video invitation.
Zhou Qiufeng took the answer and saw first a flash of green, and then the bed and pillows. She smiled from ear to ear: "Lele, you won't go to bed so early, right?"
"No, Aunt Feng, I just want you and dad to see how neatly your girl's bed is made. Look, your girl's quilt is folded so beautifully that it could be cooked as tofu.
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The video was moving. Lele's father and Zhou Qiufeng couldn't laugh or cry when they saw the boxy quilt. The quilt was folded so beautifully, squarer than a block of tofu, and made like that. Would Lele be willing to shake it open when sleeping?
Le Yun watched the cell phone video showing her father leaning on her grandmother's shoulder like a bird, and Aunt Feng and her father cuddling with each other, which was like eating another handful of dog food invisibly. Her father and Feng
My aunt is so loving, she eats this dog food willingly.
Zhou Qiufeng and Leba launched another 100,000 why mode, asking if they are used to it, asking if they are having fun, whether the weather is cold or hot, what they need, whether they miss any specialties from their hometown, and how many days until the military training ends.
, asked if there would be a holiday during National Day...
Even if they have a phone call every three days and a long chat every five days, the two of them at home are still worried and worried. Even if they asked questions a few days ago, they still can't help but ask the same questions next time.
When a child travels thousands of miles away, his parents are worried. A couple only has such a precious girl. Thinking about such a little person traveling thousands of miles away is full of worry and concern.
Le Yun answered patiently, finally appeasing her glassy father and new mother, and showed off to her parents the mooncakes sent by Brother Chao and Brother Li and distributed by the school. Unavoidably, she also received a blowback - Aunt Feng
I specially showed her homemade pancakes, mooncakes, melon seeds, fruits, and brewed tea.
The two sides who hurt each other laughed so much that they couldn't stop their happy mood even though they were thousands of miles apart.
Le Yun, who was deeply shocked, gritted her teeth and tried her best! She decisively moved out a few stones that had been stored in the space and placed them on the ground. She then pointed her cell phone at the treasure she had found and happily let the two elders in the family appreciate the antiques.
"That stone is beautiful."
"Lele has good taste."
Through the mobile phone screen, they saw a stone that was a little purple and a little green. Lele's father and Zhou Qiufeng did not hesitate to salivate, praising the girl's collection. Lele said last time that she went to the flea market to play and spent hundreds of dollars to buy it.
A piece of stone inkstone was resold for 10,000 yuan. Anyway, it was Lele's own money. She could spend it however she wanted. No matter what she bought, they would not point fingers, let alone waste or say not to buy things randomly.
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"Yeah, yeah, I like to hear this. This is also necessary. I don't want to think about whose girl I am. How can I have bad taste?" Le Yun's proud little tail almost went up to the sky: "Dad, Aunt Feng,
This stone is jade. I spent more than 10,000 yuan to buy it. If I sell it, the price will be at least ten times higher. What do you think, are you girls so awesome?"
"ah?"
When Dad Le and Zhou Qiufeng heard that the stone cost more than 10,000 yuan, they were shocked. When they heard that the price would be ten times higher, they were dumbfounded. If it were doubled, wouldn't it be more than 100,000 yuan?
A stone is worth hundreds of thousands, that’s crazy!
The couple were stunned, and the next second, they heard even more cheerful laughter: "Dad, Aunt Feng, I bought two of these stones today, and I sold the other one. This kind of jade is called Spring Belt Color, and it is very valuable.
The stone I sold was bigger than this one and I made 200,000 yuan. Your girl is now a little rich woman. I saved the money to study. You don’t have to worry about me not having enough money to spend. Don’t always be frugal at home.
I saved money for my tuition. You have to take care of your own life and don’t treat yourself badly..."
To be continued...