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"Brother Li!" Duan Minmin called out to Carpenter Li.

Carpenter Li looked up from the work in his hands and saw several people standing outside the door. Puzzled, he put down what he was doing, walked over and opened the door.

"Big Tree Mother, Tao'er Mother, what are you doing here?"

"Brother Li, our house is leaking because of the rain last night, so we came to you to buy some thatch." As he explained his purpose, several people followed him into the yard.

Hearing the sound, Carpenter Li's wife also came out of the room with her embroidery stand. Seeing that they came together, she was a little shocked. She had heard from the villagers that the two former enemies were now as close as one person. She usually didn't go to the village and had never seen them with her own eyes. Now that the two came to her house together, she thought the rumors were true.

But she didn't show it on her face, she just greeted gently: "Girl, you are here."

"Yes, I want to buy some thatch from your house."

While they were talking, Carpenter Li had already opened the door of the warehouse and called them in.

"I cut this thatch last winter, but don't worry, it is tied tightly and hung up to dry, so it has definitely not been bitten by insects. Look, this thatch is still strong." Carpenter Li explained to them while flipping through the thatch hanging on the shelf.

He is indeed an experienced craftsman. The thatch he weaves is really impeccable. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were very satisfied after just flipping through it.

"Brother Li, your craftsmanship is really good! We sisters want all of them. I wonder what price you are going to sell them for?"

All of them? Carpenter Li and his wife opened their mouths.

In this village, only those families whose leakage is really severe will come to him to buy a piece to take home as an emergency measure, and then go up the mountain to cut it themselves when the weather clears up. Who would be willing to buy so much at once?

The thatch in his house is enough to replace the roof once again. In previous years, he could not sell many pieces throughout the year. Every winter, the remaining ones would be used by the father and son to replace the thatch on their own roof. Their roof has never leaked.

Now these two people wanted to buy all of them, and Carpenter Li was so scared that he stuttered.

"This...this, can you use it after you buy it?"

"To be honest, our house was leaking like a water curtain last night. We couldn't sleep without repairing it, so we thought we'd just buy some more to make it stronger. And since there are two houses, the amount needed is larger."

"That's fine, that's fine. I used to sell this thatch to the villagers for three cents a piece. Since you want it all, I'll charge two cents a piece." After hearing their explanation, Carpenter Li stopped hesitating and directly quoted a price.

At only two cents a piece, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin both felt they were getting a great bargain and so how could they not agree?

Carpenter Li and his wife also felt that they had gotten a great bargain, otherwise they would have had to use the pile of thatch on their own roof.

Both parties felt that they had gotten a great deal, and so the deal was made.

The two men and Carpenter Li counted the number of thatch pieces, a total of fifty-seven pieces.

Thinking of the basket that Carpenter Li had just made, Duan Minmin gestured and asked, "Brother Li, do you have any baskets with a narrow top and a big belly?"

Carpenter Li listened to her description and turned to the corner to find a basket. He asked, "Are you talking about this kind of basket for catching fish?"

Looking at the shape of the basket, Duan Minmin was very satisfied. Yes, this was what she had imagined the money basket to look like, and the size was just right.

"how much is this?"

"I'll give you five cents."

The two thought the price was reasonable, and Zheng Yuan readily counted out one hundred and nineteen copper coins and handed them to Carpenter Li.

Carpenter Li was even happier when he got the copper coins. In the past, most villagers who came to buy things would buy on credit, saying that they would pay after the autumn harvest. But every time, the old couple went to their house and asked for it, and then the people gave it to him reluctantly. The two old ladies were so straightforward, which really made him happy.

Carpenter Li handed the money to his wife and turned to call his son Li Tiantong who was still sleeping, and asked him to help carry all the thatch to their home. He also carried a ladder and said he would help them lay the roof.

Carpenter Li's wife received the money and naturally did not object, thinking of their kindness.

A group of people carried thatch and walked towards the couple's home.

They first went to Duan Minmin's house, which was closer. Their house didn't leak very badly. The father and son set up a ladder and climbed onto the roof. In a few steps, they found the leak. Carpenter Li and his son were experienced. They worked together, and the others held the ladder and helped from below. They quickly took down the unusable thatch.

It took some time to put on the new thatch. Although it wasn't raining hard, it had rained all night last night and the roof was slippery and difficult to operate. Besides, the new thatch had to be fixed firmly, otherwise it would be a waste.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were also afraid that they would fall down, which would be a big trouble, so they kept reminding them to go slower.

After repairing Duan Minmin's house, they went to Zheng Yuan's house.

It was the father and son who climbed onto the roof to help them change.

It was getting late and the roof of Zheng Yuan's house was leaking badly, especially Sanni's room, which almost needed to be completely replaced.

Zheng Yuan asked Dashu and Erhe to help Carpenter Li and his son, while she and Duan Minmin went to the kitchen.

The other person was kind-hearted and came to help them do such a dangerous job. The two of them were not shameless and did not feel comfortable accepting other people's kindness for granted, so they thought of inviting the father and son to have a meal at home.

Fortunately, after breakfast today, we brought in the firewood to bake, and now it is all dry. And because the fire has been burning in the stove hole, the heat from it has also dried up a lot of the ground.

Zheng Yuan cooked millet porridge, stir-fried meat and cabbage, and cooked a pot of oily beans.

Carpenter Li and his son could smell the strong aroma of meat wafting from the kitchen while they were on the roof. Their stomachs growled with greed. They wondered why the food at these two old ladies' house was so good?

But on second thought, it was just over a hundred coins, so I took it without hesitation. Eating meat was not a big deal. I hadn't eaten meat for a long time. I would ask my wife to buy a pound or two of meat for the whole family.

Liu Cuilan next door smelled the aroma of meat again, but she felt itchy with hatred in her heart.

The meal was ready, the roof was repaired, and the father and son climbed down the ladder and wanted to go home. Others were going to eat, so why were they staying here?

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin hurried out and called out to the father and son: "Brother Li, you and Tiantong should stay and have a simple meal."

Carpenter Li waved his hands and said, "It's just a small matter. There's no need to eat a meal. Your sister-in-law has prepared it at home. We can just go back and eat it."

Although the father and son were very greedy when they smelled the meat, the meat was very precious at that time, and they could not do such a shameless thing.

Zheng Yuan motioned Dashu and Erhe to hold the father and son together: "You took pity on us, an orphan and a widow, and helped us repair the roof. We don't know how to thank you. Please don't despise this home-cooked meal."

Home-cooked food? Carpenter Li complained in his heart that this old woman Zheng was quite good at boasting.

Seeing their insistence, Carpenter Li no longer refused and took his son into the kitchen. Seeing a large plate of greasy meat, fried cabbage and stewed beans on the table, the father and son were very surprised. How could these two families eat so well?

With the addition of the father and son, the table seemed to have not enough seats. Zheng Yuan asked Sizhu and Sanni to sit aside, and they would pick out the dishes for them.

At first, the father and son were too embarrassed to pick up their chopsticks, and Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin kept asking them to pick up the dishes. Later, when they saw that the whole family was used to it, they relaxed. The food tasted really good, and the father and son couldn't control themselves and ate two large bowls of millet porridge.