0p0 Chapter 202: Li Family Visits
Chapter 202: Li Family Visits
Three quarters past the si hour, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai arrived at the back mountain of Xiushui Village.
Before going down the mountain, Xia Qingyue imagined the scene of the flood a few months ago that destroyed this small village, with houses collapsed and floated away by the water, and the fields washed away in a mess.
At this moment, she stood on the slope, looking down at the mountain where there was already the rudiments of a village and the new scene of people walking around.
In this situation, she recalled the first time she went down the mountain in April this year. At that time, the village was also under construction like it is now.
The two men walked into the village and watched each household busy building houses. Along the way, they met a few familiar-looking people who had been to Niutou Mountain with Han Zhibai. With their guidance, they arrived at the gate of the Li family.
A family of three from the neighboring house of Li were repairing the door.
"Uncle Fang, Auntie, Xiaoyu."
Hearing Xia Qingyue's voice, the three members of the Fang family turned their heads at the same time.
"Qingyue!" Fang Xiaoyu put down the wood in her hand and ran over happily.
Fang's mother: "Oh, Qingyue is here."
Father Fang came down from the wooden ladder and said, "Qingyue, Zhibai, you are here, come in and sit down."
A few people were chatting outside. The Li family members in the yard heard the noise and ran out one after another. The first one to come out shouted happily to the family, "Sister Qingyue and the others are here!"
Chen Yuzhen and Li Benfu heard the noise in the room and ran out quickly.
The lively scene is comparable to the Chinese New Year.
They welcomed Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai into the Li family.
As soon as she entered, Xia Qingyue saw that the Li family's house was more spacious than the last time, and one side of the outer wall had not been built yet. She saw at a glance that there was a slightly smaller house with a yard more than ten meters away. The house there was also half built, and Chen Dawei and his son ran out from it with smiles on their faces.
Seeing her staring at the house next door, Chen Yuzhen explained cheerfully:
"Qingyue, nowadays you don't need to buy land to build a house. The land will be distributed according to the population. We have told Lord Peng to keep the land and repair it. When you go down the mountain in the future, you can live there if you want. I will clean it when it is vacant."
"Ah?" So that was the house that the Li family built for her and Han Zhibai.
While she was moved, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Hey, wait, from what Auntie said, they know that I’m with Han Zhibai?
Xia Qingyue's face suddenly turned red.
Han Zhibai was pulled into the main room by the men to drink water and chat. Xia Qingyue took the backpacks she and Han Zhibai brought to the Li family's kitchen.
The big backpack was carried by Han Zhibai. He learned that the Li family had no salt and it was not convenient to give them salt directly, so he put more than ten dried fish pickled with salt and dried in the sun, three dried chickens, ducks and rabbits, six old and tender pumpkins and some sweet potatoes in it.
She was the one who carried the small and medium-sized backpacks. The rabbits in her home reproduced quickly, while the chickens and ducks grew slowly, so she put eight dried rabbits in the backpacks. The vegetables included the last batch of newly grown eggplants, peppers, cowpeas, and amaranth, a small can of dried mushroom powder with salt, and a small jar of pickled spicy and sour sweet potato stems.
The Li family had just come down the mountain, there were no crops in the fields, and life was very tight, so they brought them some food within their means.
"This is too much!"
"Aunt, this is a little gift from us. We are one family and we should keep our differences separate."
Chen Yuzhen couldn't hold back her tears and said with a smile, "Okay, okay!"
She looked back outside the door. There was no one there, but she was still a little worried, so she ran to close the door.
"Qingyue, what are your plans?"
When Xia Qingyue saw the other party's actions, she vaguely guessed what she was asking.
"Aunt, a few months ago, Han Zhibai and I had a mutual understanding and decided to try to get along with each other first."
"What about now?" Chen Yuzhen held Xia Qingyue's hands, her eyes full of concern.
"Now..." Xia Qingyue's eyes were filled with serious thought, "Now I often feel that being with him is more joyful and fulfilling than being alone."
After going through so many things in the past two years, especially seeing the couple Chen Youmao and Fang Xiaoyu, she was inspired that true love in the world is rare and precious, so we should cherish it while we have it.
She told Chen Yuzhen about the fun they had going hunting in the woods every day some time ago.
Chen Yuzhen noticed that whenever Xia Qingyue mentioned Han Zhibai, her bright eyes were filled with joy and her face was filled with a happy smile, which came from the heart and could not be deceived.
"Zhibai is a good child, we all see it." Chen Yuzhen had tears in her eyes, and she was happy that Xia Qingyue had found her true love.
On the other side, Li Benfu and Chen Dawei called Han Zhibai to the main house and closed the door.
Li Weikang and Li Weisheng didn't understand what was going on, so they stood guard at the door and eavesdropped.
Chen Youmao smiled and said, "We are going to have a happy event in our family, so we have to build the house quickly."
He turned around and limped off to build a home for Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai.
"happy event?"
The two brothers looked at each other.
in the room.
Li Benfu and Chen Dawei stood side by side, their eyes full of seriousness.
Han Zhibai more or less guessed that they had something to say to him and the content of the conversation. Before that, he took the initiative to talk about the situation at home.
Upon hearing about his tortuous life story, Li Benfu and Chen Dawei were so surprised that their mouths slightly opened, and a bit of sympathy appeared in their eyes.
Han Zhibai clenched his hands, his eyes determined, "Uncle, I want to marry Qingyue!"
He had previously suggested to Xia Qingyue that they go hunting in the woods because he wanted to see her every day. Every afternoon when it was time to say goodbye, he felt reluctant to leave.
"Qingyue doesn't know about my idea for the time being." Han Zhibai's head slowly lowered, looking dejected.
Looking at his inferiority complex, Li Benfu and Chen Dawei realized how much he valued Xia Qingyue, and their expressions softened.
The three of them chatted in the room for a long time.
Han Zhibai walked out of the main room and saw Xia Qingyue wandering in the yard. When their eyes met, both of them had shy eyes and innocent smiles.
"Aunt and the others were cooking in the kitchen and chased me out. Should we go and see how they built the house?"
"it is good."
Just then, Li Benfu and Chen Dawei came out and took the two of them to see the house.
Several people came to a half-built high wall.
Han Zhibai saw some red things in the wall, touched them, and asked in surprise, "What is this?"
The walls of the houses in the valley are made of lime, rice, gravel and small stones of varying sizes.
This kind of wall has a certain aesthetic appeal and is no worse than the walls at home, so he is quite interested in it.
Li Benfu looked at Xia Qingyue and said with a smile: "At first, only our family and the Fang family were laying the foundation and looking for clay to make bricks. Other families were faster and had already built one or two walls. Only then did we have the foundation and were making bricks.
Later, mud bricks became available and we used them to build our house. When other families saw ours, they all said that ours was well built and much more solid than mud walls.”
"Qingyue, last time we were in the mountain village, it was thanks to you that you taught us how to make earthen bricks and build a house."
Han Zhibai understood. So that's how it was.