Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

The next morning, the brick kiln began to prepare for the firing of tiles. Villagers who had free time signed up to participate in the work of drying tiles. With more people, there was more power, and it was possible to make all the tiles to be fired in one day.

Jiang Yu walked among the villagers and checked the tiles they made several times. Anyway, they were all made according to the mold and basically passed the test. After informing Zhuang Shouren, she went around the woods and went to the reservoir to check the foundation of Yichi's house.

The charcoal fire in the cellar is still burning, but the firewood on the ground has gone out. The ashes can be collected and used as fertile land in the future.

Jiang Yu observed the exposed mud mixed with small stones, which had already taken on a faint luster.

Not bad! She nodded with satisfaction, then raised her head and looked forward.

Yi Chi came over with a small basket in his hand. When he saw Jiang Yu looking at him, he smiled.

This guy really likes to laugh. But it's good, in such a difficult environment, he still has a good attitude, which is rare! Jiang Yu thought secretly, straightened up and waited for him to come over.

"I brought you a bowl of vegetable porridge with some minced meat in it. Would you like to try it?" Yi Chi handed over the basket.

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows. It was porridge again. It seemed like this person really wanted to take good care of his body?

She took the basket, sat down, lifted the cover, and took out the lunch box. It was slightly hot, but had cooled down enough to be eaten directly.

Surprisingly attentive.

Jiangyu opened the lid, picked up the wooden spoon beside him, scooped a spoonful of porridge and put it into his mouth.

The thick rice porridge, the sweet and crispy cabbage grains, and the chewy lean meat particles have a very refreshing taste. "It tastes very good." Jiang Yu was very satisfied and drank the porridge much faster.

Yi Chi watched her eat happily and felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

After finishing the meal, Jiang Yu took the lunch box to the side of the reservoir, splashed some water to rinse it, then put it back in the basket and gave it to Yi Chi, and told him about today's arrangements, "You need to have a kang and a stove in your room. You need to ask the villagers to build them for you, using mud bricks. You can discuss this with Uncle Zhuang. I will help you build a table and two benches today. Is there anything else you need? By the way, I burned a pottery jar last time. Do you need it? I can share one with you."

"Okay. I'll come to you to change the jar after the house is ready. Then I'll go talk to Uncle Zhuang about the kang and the stove first." Yi Chi took the basket and prepared to put it aside and take it back to the cave later.

"The foundation will be ready in one more day. The wooden house will be built very quickly. We also need beams. You have to buy them from the village." Jiang Yu took out an axe and prepared to pick through the old wooden boards to see if she could find any that could be used. But if she couldn't find any, she would have to use new boards, which would mean he wouldn't have enough boards for the roof... Tsk, not having enough materials is really troublesome.

Yi Chi thought of the place where his family hid things in the back mountain. There were good woods in there, which were originally saved for him by his grandparents... When he thought of his grandparents, the beautiful memories of his childhood emerged uncontrollably.

"Dad, Xiaochi is a boy, why are you storing wood for him?" The father in my memory was young and handsome, looking at Grandpa Yi with amusement as he was transporting wood to the back mountain.

Grandma Yi chuckled, "What's wrong with a boy? Boys can also save wood for their future daughters-in-law. We will make a thousand-work bed for our granddaughter-in-law as a betrothal gift."

"Grandma, what is a daughter-in-law? What does a thousand-work bed look like?" Young Yi Chi snuggled up to his grandmother and asked curiously.

At that time, the catastrophe had not yet come. The Yi family was a well-known wealthy businessman. Located on the border, they did business on both sides. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were extremely wealthy. However, Grandpa Yi was still careful. He knew that wealth should not be exposed. He dug a cellar in the back mountain to hide things. They put all the things they left for Yi Chi there.

However, their family's business grew too big, and soon they were targeted by others. Those people had powerful backers, and they first used threats and inducements, and forced their way into their business under the guise of partnership. Later, not satisfied with just occupying their position, they also targeted Yi's mother's identity as a national of E and the power behind her. The Yi family's suffering began from then on.

"Yi Chi?" Jiang Yu turned to look at Yi Chi who had suddenly become silent and called him.

"Hmm?" Yi Chi came back to his senses and responded in a low voice.

Although his expression still looked normal, Jiang Yu could clearly feel his depression. What happened in just a short while?

"Hurry up and get busy," Jiang Yu said. When you are busy, you have no time to think about random things.

"Okay. Let's have lunch together?" Yi Chi nodded, then looked at her with some anticipation.

Jiang Yu thought, I helped him build a house, so it's not too much to eat a few of his meals, right? "Okay."

Yi Chi was excited inside, but he still held back his laughter, his eyebrows slightly curved, "Okay, then you go ahead and get busy."

Jiang Yu nodded and continued to look for wood.

Rummaging through the old wood, she managed to find a few usable pieces, which she put together with the new boards. She took out her cutting tools, and while no one was around, she quickly cut them into suitable shapes.

First, use nails to form a square for the wooden table, add a fixing strip in the middle, nail on the legs, and finally add the wooden board, hammer in nails to secure it, and then sand off the burrs to complete it.

The bench is also simple, a wide wooden board, four legs, and a crossbar in the middle to secure the legs.

Jiang Yu worked with a hammer and soon finished making the tables and chairs. She pushed the simple furniture and found that it was stable. She patted the dust in her hands with satisfaction and stood up to stretch her body.

When Yi Chi found Zhuang Shouren, he was drying tiles with the villagers, and he was doing his job very well.

"Uncle." Yi Chi called him from afar.

The villagers looked up at him one after another. Only a few middle-aged women saw his face and smiled at him subconsciously. Most people just glanced at him and quickly lowered their heads to continue their busy work.

Zhuang Shouren put down the mold in his hand, walked out, and took him to the side, "What's wrong?"

"I want to put a stove and a kang in my room." Yi Chi pinched his fingertips, not sure whether Zhuang Shouren would agree. After all, he knew very well that the cold relationship between him and the villagers was not just because of their bad background.

Zhuang Shouren was a little surprised, but he also thought it made sense. After all, his house had been rebuilt. "Okay, this is the brick. All the bricks in the village have been used. But I can get some from the Tuanjie Brigade for you, but you have to wait two days."

"Thank you, uncle. It's okay to be late a few days. We still need a house for a few days." Yi Chi breathed a sigh of relief. Before, the most communication between him and Zhuang Shouren was to ask for leave to go to the farm, and he needed a letter of introduction from the team. Zhuang Shouren never made things difficult for him because of this. But now he had to ask the villagers to build a stove for his family, which was different from before.

But the other party didn't refuse, and was even willing to help him change the bricks, so that's good.

Zhuang Shouren looked around and didn't see Jiang Yu, so he asked him, "Is the educated youth Jiang still busy over there?"

"Yes." Yi Chi thought he had something to ask Jiang Yu, so he asked hurriedly, "Do you want me to call her over?"

"No need." Zhuang Shouren shook his head, then hesitated for a while and said, "Your relationship with Master Xiao Jiang..."

Yi Chi's expression froze instantly, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that she saw that my house was too shabby last time, and maybe she felt sorry for me, so she offered to help me repair the house..."