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Chapter 141: Building a House for My Father-in-law and My Mother-in-law (Subscription Request)
"Sister, what are you thinking about?"

"You've been tossing and turning for over an hour. Is there something on your mind?"

Xu Ye walked to Jiang Ruyue's bed and asked softly.

"Why haven't you slept yet? Where's An An?" Jiang Ruyue sat up and looked at Xu Ye's bright eyes in the moonlight that filtered into the room.

"I was just about to take a break, so I came out to drink some water. I saw you were driving, so I came over to check it out." Xu Ye explained.

"It's okay. I'm just interested in woodcraft and want to learn it. But I'm worried that you don't like me doing this." Jiang Ruyue explained.

She remembered telling her that two people should be honest with each other and not keep everything in their hearts.

When Xu Ye heard Jiang Ruyue say that she was interested in woodcraft, he couldn't help but feel happy.

"How could I not like it?"

"As long as you like something, just do it boldly, I will support you."

In later life, there is a blogger named Li Ziqi whom Xu Ye particularly likes. She knows everything.

She can make clothes, do carpentry, lay bricks, and make all kinds of things, and she also has intangible cultural heritage skills.

Maybe, Jiang Ruyue will also become such a person?

Xu Ye couldn't help but hold Jiang Ruyue's hands, and said with joy in his eyes: "It's a good thing to have your own interests. Life is a hundred years long. If you don't have any, wouldn't it be very boring?"

"Nothing should be divided into men and women. It has nothing to do with gender. Only by trying it can you know whether it is suitable for you."

Hearing Xu Ye's words, Jiang Ruyue nodded and smiled happily.

"Then I can fall asleep. You should also go to bed quickly. You still have classes for them tomorrow." After saying that, Jiang Ruyue lay back down.

"But I can't sleep now, sister, can you give me a massage to relax me?" Having said that, Xu Ye refused to leave.

Not only did he not leave, he went straight to the bed and lay down next to Jiang Ruyue.

"An An knows that I'm here, she will go to sleep first." Seeing Jiang Ruyue hesitate, Xu Ye gave her a reassurance.

"Okay, then lie down. After you're done with the massage, go back to bed early." Jiang Ruyue straddled Xu Ye and started massaging him.

"It's so comfortable. You are the one who enjoys the most comfortable massage." Xu Ye said very comfortably.

He didn't know how long he felt comfortable, but when he returned, Jiang Ruoan had already fallen asleep.

After Xu Ye got into bed, he hugged her and continued to sleep.

After a good night's sleep, Xu Ye got up early the next day.

After all, he still has classes today, so Xu Ye naturally can't sleep in.

His body was full of smell, so Xu Ye took a shower after getting up.

After breakfast, Xu Ye trained the hound and the eaglet for a while.

After these were settled, the students from Shangxi Village came over.

"Xu Ye, aren't you surprised to see me?" Gu Yun waved at Xu Ye.

Xu Ye discovered that Lu Ming did not come, and the person leading the team seemed to be Gu Yun.

Xu Ye smiled at Gu Yun, and then said, "Let me guess, you are no longer an ordinary educated youth, but an important member of the construction team?"

Gu Yun was immediately surprised and asked quickly, "How did you know?"

"It's obvious. They look at you with respect." Xu Ye said with a smile.

"Hey, I'm the temporary accountant of the Shangxi Construction Team now. I'll be working with you in the future."

"Comrade Xu Ye, we will advance and retreat together from now on." Gu Yun said as he stretched out his hand seriously.

"Okay, Comrade Gu Yun, we will fight together from now on." Xu Ye held Gu Yun's calloused hand and said with a smile.

Lu Ming and his friends are quite cunning. Although they did give him the title of deputy captain, there is no other captain in the construction team except him.

Just tell me whether they are satisfied or not?

Moreover, he also arranged Gu Yun to be by his side.

In this case, Xu Ye had no choice but to take care of the matter.

Then, Xu Ye asked the students to move the bricks they brought to the open space near his mother-in-law's house.

He first taught here, explaining to everyone how to build a stove that saves firewood.

They took notes and took notes carefully.

The students also had a general understanding of the structure of the firewood-saving stove, and then Xu Ye took them to Fan Dajun's home.

Here, what needs to be demonstrated is how to build a firewood-saving stove based on actual conditions and the problems that may be encountered.

For example, what tools are needed to chisel the wall and how to chisel it also need to be taught.

So after arriving at Fan Dajun's house, he first taught everyone how to chisel a window, and then let them take turns to do it.

Soon, a large window was chiseled open.

After chiseling it open, he began to build a firewood-saving stove and gave his second explanation.

When some students raised questions, he answered them immediately.

Xu Ye did not let them do anything, but just let them watch and explained it to them.

In this way, it wouldn't be considered a violation of the agreement between him and Lin Feng'er, as he did everything himself.

Lin Feng'er had no objection to this. She also attended the class for a while and felt the charm of Xu Ye when he was teaching.

In half a day, Xu Ye built the firewood-saving stove that Lin Fenger needed.

Of course, the surface also needs to be scraped with cement mortar or white cement.

Specifically, it depends on Lin Fenger's preferences and needs. After finishing it, Xu Ye took the students to the brigade headquarters for lunch.

Today the students' lunch will be prepared by the Sanxi Brigade. Fan Dajun and Yang Zongming made full preparations for their lunch last night.

Fan Dajun and Yang Zongming both felt that it was reasonable for Xu Ye to choose a large team to teach for one day, as it took both sides into consideration.

After lunch and a short rest, Xu Ye led the students back to the large open space opposite his mother-in-law's house and asked the students to work in groups of two to build a firewood-saving stove.

Qin Jiao found out and brought her twin babies to join in the fun.

After the incident with the poisonous bee, Qin Jiao no longer dared to go into the mountains easily.

The two cute little babies were very happy when they saw Xu Ye and rushed up to him to hug him.

Xu Ye held the baby for a while before handing it to his mother-in-law.

Xu Ye picked out twenty of the better ones and included them in his assessment.

Because he needs to select ten people to learn woodworking, naturally they need to have particularly good brains and dexterous hands.

Overall, these students are pretty good.

After just one morning of watching, I had memorized most of the steps for building a firewood-saving stove.

Xu Ye pointed out some students' mistakes one by one and explained the key points to them.

Time flies and another day of teaching is over.

Gu Yun had no plans to go back tonight. She planned to ride Xu Ye's bicycle back to Shangxi Village tomorrow morning.

She is the accountant of the construction team, and she has to record how much money the team members spent on meals today.

So when Xu Ye took Jiang Ruoan and Jiang Ruyue to lay the floor at night, Gu Yun was added.

Fortunately, Gu Yun did not ask to sleep with Jiang Ruoan tonight.

Otherwise, Xu Ye would have to accompany himself again.

However, he couldn't go to Jiang Ruyue for a massage in the middle of the night, which was a bit inconvenient.

In the following time, Xu Ye took turns teaching in Shangxi Village and Sanxi Village during the day, and took Jiang Ruoan and the other two to lay the floor at night.

It took eight days for Xu Ye to impart basic architectural knowledge to the students.

On the last day, all the students were asked to go home and apply white lime, so that they could practice smoothing and scraping whitewash.

Because there were so many students, all the earthen walls inside Li’s house and the inside and outside of the walls were painted with white lime in one day.

Although white lime cannot be compared with the putty powder of later generations, it is already a very good whitewashing material in this era.

In just one day, the Li family's home was completely renovated and seemed somewhat out of place with the surrounding houses.

Xu Ye is also very satisfied with the results of his students.

Among these students, Xu Ye also picked out 12 students with talent in woodcraft and taught them some introductory knowledge of woodcraft.

Now, the first floor of the Li family’s house is entirely paved with wood.

After all, there are 12 apprentices working together, even if they only work for three hours every night, it is completely enough.

Lu Ming and Chen Chuanhe, who came specially today, had their eyes light up after seeing the great changes in the Li family.

"Xu Ye, this house needs to be built like this!"

"White walls, wooden floors, a kitchen with a hardened cement floor, and a clean and sanitary cement bathroom and toilet."

"It's so comfortable. I don't want to leave after coming in." Lu Ming said enviously.

"It's comfortable, but it's also expensive. Most people can't afford to renovate such a house." Chen Chuanhe couldn't help but say.

Although he also wanted to renovate his home like this after seeing it, he simply couldn't afford the money.

Not to mention the materials, the craftsman’s wages alone would cost a lot.

Xu Ye doesn't have to pay wages because those who work hard are his students and are doing it for the sake of teaching.

Thinking about teaching, Chen Chuanhe felt that Xu Ye might have continued teaching until today.

So, he asked, "Xu Ye, is your teaching going to end today? Starting tomorrow, the construction team will go out to take on jobs?"

To be honest, this time far exceeded Chen Chuanhe's expectations.

Originally, he thought it would take at least a month of teaching before these students could graduate.

But now it seems that Xu Ye has finished teaching.

"Not yet. Tomorrow I will take them to build a house on site."

“They will graduate only after the houses are built.”

"So, I'm going to borrow some money and materials from Shangxi Brigade to build a house." Xu Ye told Lu Ming and Chen Chuanhe his purpose.

In addition to calling them here today to see the results of the past eight days, another important reason is to build a small Western-style building to set an example for all the students.

For this purpose, Xu Ye also asked Jiang Ruoan and Jiang Ruyue to ride their bikes to the county town to find Jiang Youshou and others to come back and participate together.

Only by personally participating in the construction of a western-style building can they understand all the processes of building a house.

Only in this way can you be competitive when you go out.

"Okay, we can use all the money in the account to build a house for you, and it won't be counted as borrowing. You are doing this for teaching and for the construction team, so how can we let you pay for it out of your own pocket?" Chen Chuanhe said very straightforwardly.

Xu Ye shook his head and said, "I can't embezzle the entire brigade's money for personal gain."

"This house was built for my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

"If you don't agree, then I will have to strike. Then it will be difficult for the construction team to get big jobs."

(End of this chapter)