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“We can pick the soil from the mountain by ourselves, and the two of us will make a frame first. We can use the wheat stalks in my place to make the roof together.”
Li Jin immediately nodded.
Li Erniu said, “As for the tiles, you can buy them in the town. It’s best to order two carts of burnt bricks. When the goods arrive tomorrow, we can start building the house.”
Li Jin was a complete layman in the field of architecture, so he listened to the arrangement of the villagers and went with them to pick up the soil.
Although he exercised daily to increase his strength and endurance, he was still too tired of carrying soil from the mountain.
Due to carrying the heavy load, his eyes widened and the nerves on his head were bulged.
Li Erniu and Li Dazhuang’s basket was originally full of soil, but seeing Li Jin’s condition they added soil from Li Jin’s basket to their own.
The soil in Li Jin’s basket was even out and piled up into small hills in their own basket.
Li Jin knew that this was not the time to be strong, so he quickly thanked them for their help.
“Li Jin, when we were your age, neither of us could pick two full boxes of soil.”
Li Jin picked up the shoulder pole again and was almost speechless by their consolation.
He walked forward with all his heart, so he naturally didn’t see the shock and appreciation in Li Erniu and Li Dazhuang’s eyes.
“Although we have picked more soil, we are different from Li Jin. We have been doing farm work since we were young. Li Jin was spoiled by Aunt Li, and now Aunt Li is gone, Li Jin has grown up overnight. “
Hearing this, Li Dazhuang not only agreed with Li Erniu’s words, but also added, “Li Jin is still studying, and if he is admitted as a scholar in the future, our village will become famous.”
Li Jin had three things to do now, studying, farming, and raising a family. To be honest, Li Dazhuang really liked his dedication.
Li Jin picked up so much soil. At first, his legs were swinging. Later, he got used to walking with so much weight.
But he really didn’t have the energy to listen to the conversation between the two people behind him.
He wore coarse linen clothes to pick the soil, but he didn’t expect that the soil would be so dense and heavy.
He really felt that his shoulder was about to be bruised again.
After the three of them entered the house and placed the bamboo baskets against the wall, Li Jin stood up straight and finally let out a sigh of relief.
The teenager took out the hot buns that had just been baked, set up a wooden board in the yard, and placed the buns on top.
He filled the three glasses with warm water and put them on the bench, “Everyone, take a break.”
Because of their admiration for Li Jin, both Li Dazhuang and Li Erniu’s attitudes toward the teenager become much better.
“Sister… sister-in-law is really virtuous.”
“Yeah… yeah.”
The tone of the two was a little dry.
After all, although their village was not rich, the village chief had planned well. Every household had land and house to live in, and most of the men took care of their families.
The people in the village were also willing to spend money and marry a girl, which leads to not many gers in the village.
After all, the food chain of this era was arranged like this, the first place was the man, then the woman, and the last was the ger.
Except for Li Jin, no one in the village would marry a ger as his principal wife.
The two of them didn’t dislike Qin Mu Wen, but they had never talked to a ger, so they felt a little strange.
The two thought that the matter would be over at this point, but they didn’t expect Li Jin to walk to Qin Mu Wen’s side before taking a break.
“Did you not take a rest today?”
Li Erniu and Li Dazhuang, “???”
A ger taking a rest! Which wife could be so expensive and need so much care?
Li Jin sent the teenager back, and then apologized to the two of them, “My husband is indeed virtuous, so I pay more attention to his body. It made the two of you laugh.”
The two villagers, “…” Not laughing, but quite shocked!
After the three of them ate and rested, Li Dazhuang and Li Erniu went to shovel the wheat straw, soil, and water together.
The soil in the mountains was inherently dense and sticky, but after adding wheat stalks, it become tougher.
Thanks for the update🙂