Return to the small mountain village in 1981

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Chapter 371 Chapter 372: It’s almost finished

When Zhou Huaian arrived home, he saw that the concrete at the entrance of the courtyard had been paved, but the road had not yet hardened, so he turned to the back hill from the south. At a glance, I saw the bamboos and wooden sticks piled on the edge of the ground. I looked around and saw no one, so I went down the steps and entered the yard.

There is a sewer under the last staircase that leads to the pond outside. In this way, there will be no water accumulation in the yard when it rains.

"Woof!" Laifu, who was tied at the door of the backyard, saw him coming in and waggled his tail to greet him.

He knelt down and touched its head, "Take good care of it. It will be moved here in a few days."

"Woof woof!" Laifu barked twice as if he understood.

Zhou Huaian looked around the backyard, went in from the back door of the kitchen to the eaves of the front yard, and saw Carpenter Li using a brush to paint the steel bars on the doors and windows.

"Master Li, can it be finished tomorrow?"

"Install the doors and windows upstairs, then put in the courtyard door and it's done." Master Li said with a smile, "Your house is beautifully built, I like it even when I see it."

"I like it too." Zhou Huaian looked at the spacious yard and suddenly remembered that Yang Chunyan said that he would build two more beds. "I will move the wood out tomorrow. Please help me build two canopy beds, one high and low bed, and two high and low cabinets. A desk and some chairs.”

Master Li smiled and said, "Yes, do you want the canopy bed to be carved or uncarved?"

"No need for carving, just simple."

"Then I'll put the household items in the backyard and do it. The backyard doesn't take up much space and is spacious."

"Okay, do it wherever you find convenient!"

Zhou Huaian went out to the back mountain and happened to see Zhou's father, Zhou Datian and Zhou Daqing walking over carrying moso bamboo, "Old man, aren't there enough moso bamboos?"

Father Zhou put it down and wiped his sweat, "There are still about ten bundles left!"

Zhou Huaian looked at it and said tentatively: "How tiring it is to walk back and forth. How about I drive the tractor to pull it and finish it in one trip?"

Father Zhou's eyes widened after hearing this. He suddenly thought of what the old man said, so he changed his words and said, "Okay, I can take it easy if you go."

Zhou Huaian didn't hear the expected shouting and scolding. He was stunned for a moment and nodded like garlic, "Oh, I'll do it right away."

Zhou DaTian watched him run away and looked at Zhou's father with envy, "Second brother, I still know how to teach children. Everyone is capable and filial."

Zhou Daqing smiled and said: "Second brother himself is filial to his second father, how can the youngest brothers not be filial!"

Zhou's father said embarrassedly: "How can we be filial? My old man is just worried about following us."

Zhou Huaian pulled all the bamboo poles to the back mountain and helped Yi Ding dig mature fertilizer all afternoon.

The cooked manure he brought back was piled up in a mountain under the wall of his backyard.

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When Yang Chunyan came home, she saw a large pot of moldy watercress drying in the yard, and the sea peppers were still drying in the dustpan. She walked to the door of the kitchen and said, "Mom, I put the sea peppers away and picked the handles."