"If He'er and Xiuxiu weren't related like this, it would be easier for us to handle this matter!"
"But who told them to be aunts and nephews! This matter is very difficult. If we don't handle it well, we won't get anything out of it. If we involve ourselves in it, we will have to go far away to make a living in the future. Why bother?"
"Brother, please stop talking. I know what I should do."
"Have you figured it out?"
"Well, I won't marry anyone. I've given up thinking about Xiuxiu." Li Laoer said.
"As for He'er, I will never give in to my inner thoughts and marry her." Li Laoer added, "That's not my character. Besides, living with a woman I don't like will not be good for her." It's not fair, because if I can't be obsessed with her, she will be left out, and then our family will not feel like home, and we will have to blame each other..."
After Li Laoer said these words, the two brothers fell into a long silence again.
After a while, Mr. Li knocked the dry tobacco pole in his hand and said to Mr. Li: "If you really plan to do this, then if He'er comes near you next time, you will have to show your attitude."
"Some words don't need to be said so clearly. As long as you show your attitude, I believe He'er is not a coward and she will understand!"
"When the construction period is completed, we will leave Changping Village. We are in different villages. Unless we deliberately look for opportunities, it is basically unlikely that we will meet each other in the future."
"As time goes by, this matter will naturally get colder, what do you think?"
Li Laoer nodded: "Brother is right, I think so too. If you don't say anything, just deal with it coldly!"
Anyway, he and He'er had never said anything about the love between men and women.
Everything is just He'er's own wish!
The three brothers determined the direction and then returned to Lijiacun, holding each other's shoulders, and returned to their three brothers' dilapidated and low-rise home...
Since there is no need to get married anymore, these seven taels of silver can just be saved.
I will save more in the future and then consider buying two acres of farmland!
As for spending money to renovate your house?
That requires no money at all.
The three brothers can just rely on themselves, they're just busy and can't spare any time.
When I have free time in the second half of the year, I will prepare the bricks by burning them little by little. When I'm done, I'll go up the mountain to chop down trees to make beams, roofs, and furniture.
Go to the mountains and peel the bark that grows on palm trees, and use it to make rainproof felt for the roof...
…
Changping Village.
The next day, the three Li brothers came to work as usual.
The work in the kitchen has come to an end.
According to the drawings provided by Yang Ruoqing, the layout and facilities inside the kitchen were completely new. Brand-new pots and chimneys were erected, and there was a row of five or six small stoves next to the wall.
It is usually used to put a small iron pot on it to stir-fry two dishes, a small earthen pot to make soup, porridge, etc., or a hot water kettle to boil water on it.
It can be done in one go and simultaneously.
This made Yang Ruoqing feel that the only thing missing was a gas stove burner. If there was a burner, it would really be like returning to modern times...
Oh, by the way, I still need a range hood.
The range hood was also easy to solve. Yang Ruoqing asked the three brothers of the Li family to open a window on the wall above the Changpai stove.
After modifying the window, three-sided wood chips were added, and then with the help of the tips on the side, the three-sided wood chips can be rotated when cooking, which is equivalent to a ventilation window and discharges the oil fume here to the outside of the kitchen. …
Yang Ruoqing herself didn't understand this principle. She told Zuo Junmo and Zuo Jinling about this modern exhaust system, and then they, the descendants of the Mo family, directly designed a complete set of cycles. System, just send the finished product over for installation.
The person who sent the finished product this time was Zuo Jinling.
"Aunt, this is the invitation that my father asked me to forward to you. My father and grandmother invite my aunt's family to watch the dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival. I will come to pick you up then."
Yang Ruoqing took the gilded invitation from Zuo Jinling and counted the days. Oops, it's mid-April today, and the Dragon Boat Festival is still more than half a month away.
"Go back and tell your grandmother and your father for me that if we don't have anything else to do then we can go over and play."
"Even if we go over to play, we don't need you to pick us up. We can just drive and ride there by ourselves."
…
After Zuo Jinling stayed in the kitchen and guided the three brothers of the Li family to install the exhaust system in the kitchen, he told Yang Ruoqing and went into the mountain alone to find Luo Baobao at the camp.
Wang Cuilian heard that Zuo Jinling rushed over from Huguang County without stopping and helped in the kitchen for a long time. He finally installed the exhaust system. As a result, he went to the camp without taking a sip of tea or lunch. went.
"Why are you in such a hurry, kid? Let's have lunch before going to the camp!"
Wang Cuilian's face was filled with distress. If she had good foot strength, she would have chased her out long ago.
Yang Ruoqing said, "Let him do it. This is his own choice. He has gone to the camp now, and he might be able to catch the camp's lunch!"
There is something that Yang Ruoqing is a little embarrassed to tell Wang Cuilian here.
That is, she finally figured out that Zuo Jinling had been clinging to Baby Luo since he was a child.
Now that I have grown up, I am even more clingy. This clinging may have quietly transformed the younger brother's dependence on his older sister into a boy's admiration for the girl.
As the saying goes, he hurried from Huguang County to Changping Village when he was full of love, and then headed to the camp at lightning speed. This powerful motivation could not be explained by anything other than his first love.
However, Baby Luo seems to be naturally slower than his peers when it comes to emotions.
Yang Ruoqing hasn't asked about her and Bingbing's situation for a while. The last time she got a letter from Bingbing, Bingbing had achieved military merit and had been promoted. He was no longer just a soldier.
If there is a chance, Yang Ruoqing still has to have a good talk with Luo Baobao.
Ask her what she thinks.
No matter who you choose, once you decide, you must firm up your goals, make it clear to the other person, and maintain the appropriate distance.
There must be no entanglement between the three parties. In the end, everyone will suffer losses.
…
Because He'er was injured, or maybe because Liu had been keeping a close eye on her these days, or maybe Yang Huaming had told He'er something privately, He'er no longer came to Luo's house for nothing these days.
Even when the Li brothers walked out of the Luo family's courtyard and went to the third room of the Yang family next door for dinner.
Obviously He'er was standing at the door of the courtyard. When he saw Li Laoer and the others, He'er's eyes flashed, her face turned red, and she slipped into the fence gate...
If you just avoid Li Laoer, this is a good thing, and it is also what the Li brothers are looking forward to most at the moment.
However, He'er's blushing face and the shy and hiding expression of the little daughter made the hearts of the three brothers of the Li family sink...
