Chapter 25 Asking people to build a wall
Before the meat was divided, people came to help one after another.
When Wang Chunhua saw this, she took the initiative and said, "Xiao Ye, I'll cook lunch at Auntie's place today. The yard will be full of loess and it won't be easy to cook."
"Okay, then I'll cause trouble for you."
Xu Ye thought about the situation of the Li family. The rocket stove was not yet usable, which was really inconvenient.
"Look what you kid said, what's the trouble?"
"In our rural areas, you help me and I help you, so no one will find it troublesome." Wang Chunhua said cheerfully.
So Xu Ye took Jiang Ruo'an and Jiang Ruyue back to bring the pot and ingredients.
It will be left to Jiang Ruo'an and Wang Chunhua to cook lunch. Xu Ye's mother-in-law will definitely come to help soon.
Five women can cook lunch and dinner for twenty or thirty people, which is more than enough. After all, it's not a banquet.
Before Jiang Youshou and Zhang Gui had breakfast, Xu Ye called them to Zhang's house for breakfast.
Others gathered in the courtyard of the Li family. Zhang Fu was dividing the work for everyone, acting like a contractor.
Xu Ye remembered that in his previous life, Zhang Fu took his brothers and nephews out to work on construction sites when he was eight years old, and soon established his own construction team.
Unfortunately, he was tricked and lost his life during a conflict, causing the construction team to disperse and several people to go to jail.
During those years, those who engaged in architecture were often linked to one word, which was not very honorable.
If there is a chance, he thinks he can try to make the other party take a different path.
Xu Ye counted and found that a total of 29 people came.
This is the connection between the Zhang family and the Jiang family, which is considered good in the village.
The main force is from the Zhang family, and there are only 9 from the Jiang family.
For rammed earth walls, loess alone is not enough. Straw and some sand are also needed to mix into Wuhe soil.
If the conditions are good, some glutinous rice will be added.
But to build a fence, there is no need to use such large materials.
After determining the height and scope of the fence, everyone cleared the fences and leveled the foundation of the original fence.
Zhang Fu clearly told Xu Ye that it couldn't be finished in one day. Everyone got the pork jerky affirmation, but it would still take a day and a half.
After all, his yard is not small, and the height of the fence is 2.8 meters, so the project is not small.
Xu Ye's original estimate was two days, and he was very satisfied with half a day's advance.
After leveling the foundation of the wall, people came back one after another carrying different pieces of soil.
Under the command of Zhang Fu, after everyone mixed, they entered the process of ramming the wall.
Xu Ye and Zhang Sanbao originally wanted to work, but Jiang Youshou rushed them to catch up on their sleep.
He didn't sleep all night last night and carried nearly 400 kilograms of wild boar back to the village. He was worried that Xu Ye and the others wouldn't be able to carry it.
By the time Xu Ye got up at noon, the wall was already one meter high.
Xu Ye was pleasantly surprised that the shoulder-mounted and hand-operated poles could be so efficient.
"Everyone, take a rest and get ready to wash up and eat." Jiang Ruo'an, as the wife of the hostess, shouted at the door.
When he saw Xu Ye getting up, Jiang Ruo'an showed a bright smile.
"Have you slept enough?" Jiang Ruo'an trotted to Xu Ye's side, took his arm directly, and asked gently.
"I feel quite full from sleep. I just got up to eat." Xu Ye scratched her nose.
Jiang Ruoan was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
In the past, Xu Ye was relatively dull and rigid, and would not behave like this at all, especially in front of everyone.
If Jiang Ruo'an hadn't taken the initiative to pursue Xu Ye, neither of them would have been together.
"Old Jiang, your son-in-law and second daughter are so loving."
"Young people are really different from us. How dare we be so close."
"It's not that times have changed. Now it's called free love."
Everyone discussed with envy and called it a day, then fetched water to wash their hands and faces.
Today's lunch was quite sumptuous. Jiang Ruo'an was not stingy at all for his first time as a householder. He cooked three large pots of pig head meat and three pots of wild vegetable stew.
The oil and water used are sufficient, and the wild vegetable hodgepodge is fragrant. In her opinion, this was the first time Xu Ye had done something big, and she had to give him a good reputation.
Even some pig head meat is not very valuable.
But everyone was very satisfied with their meal, and even Xu Ye had an extra bowl of rice.
Fortunately, everyone's stomachs withstood the test and no one suffered from diarrhea.
After all, having enough oil and water is only a relative term, not a special exaggeration.
Xu Ye and Zhang Sanbao also did some work together in the afternoon, because they were not planning to go hunting in the mountains at night.
Today is the 21st of the lunar calendar, and the moonlight is relatively dim, making it no longer suitable for hunting in the mountains at night.
Xu Ye also asked Jiang Ruoan to cook some porridge with pork liver and rice as a snack.
Ramming earth walls is a physically demanding job, and is extremely consuming.
It is better if you eat white rice because it is resistant to digestion.
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However, what they ate was sweet potato rice mixed with white rice, which was quite easy to digest.
This snack made everyone's good impression of Xu Ye increase even more. After all, such a generous owner is rare.
After the snacks, I was full of energy and worked until it got dark at seven o'clock in the evening.
By this time, the wall was already two and a half meters tall, and the original door had been moved to the courtyard door.
In this way, it won't take half a day to finish tomorrow.
When everyone went back, everyone carried a pound of meat and smiled from ear to ear.
As Zhang Fu's master of ramming earth, Xu Ye gave him two kilograms of meat and one yuan as wages, which was considered a good deal.
Tomorrow morning, everyone will come over to catch up and finish the remaining parts.
In other people's homes, a fence of two and a half meters is actually high enough.
But Xu Ye wanted to be higher than the wall of Fan's house next door, and didn't want to give the other party a chance to peek.
This is 75 years, and there are many things that cannot be done or said.
He was worried that something he did might be out of line and that if others saw it, he would be put in danger.
He can be tense outside, but home is a relaxing place, and he doesn't want to be wary of others all the time.
The villagers took the meat home, and Xu Ye and others also shared the meat from the Zhang family and went home.
The meat yield rate of the little wild boar is quite high. After paying the completion fee, Xu Ye and the others took back 89 kilograms of meat and 16 kilograms of bones.
All these meats must be marinated and made into bacon.
Jiang Ruo'an and the others were busy in the kitchen for a long time before they came to the yard.
Looking at the newly built earthen wall and the closed courtyard gate, Jiang Ruyue felt particularly at ease.
"From now on, I won't have to hold a hunting knife when I sleep." Jiang Ruyue couldn't help but sigh.
There are no boys in the Li family, so Li Dongming was easily bullied after he became paralyzed.
Someone had broken into Li's house in the dark before and climbed into her and Li Dongming's room through the window.
Fortunately, Jiang Ruyue was sleeping with a gun at that time and almost killed someone.
Later, she slept with her hunting knife in her arms, which was enough to protect herself.
Jiang Ruo'an hugged her sister and comforted: "It's all over. Our lives will get better and better in the future. No one will dare to bully you again."
Jiang Ruyue firmly believed in this.
It had only been two days and her life had changed drastically.
Not only do they not have to go hungry, but they can also eat meat and have enough money to build a wall.
This was something she had not dared to think about in the past two years.
Looking at Xu Ye, the tenderness in her eyes almost overflowed.
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