The casual life of the flat space

"Tieying is right. I remember it." Bai Wanli quickly agreed.

"Oh, look at me, I forgot to introduce you. This is Bai Qianjiao, your brother Wanli's sister, the same age as you." Bai Tieying introduced Bai Tiexiong again.

"Hello, Qianjiao!" Bai Tiexiong of course knew about the relationship between the brother and sister a long time ago. In order to explain to her what a white lotus is, her sister used her as an example.

"Hello, Tiexiong," Bai Qianjiao stood behind Bai Wanli again and bowed softly.

"Iron Bear, my sister has been delicate since she was young, and she has been sick several times in the past year, so she doesn't have the strength to speak. Please don't be surprised! She has eaten well recently, and she is much better now. When she gets better, let her play with you!"

"Brother Wanli, it's okay. I just gained weight recently. Before..."

"what!!!"

Bai Qianjiao's scream interrupted Bai Tiexiong's words. The three of them looked down and found that Dapang and the other three were staring at Bai Qianjiao with bared teeth and growling.

Maybe they had some kind of connection with Bai Tiexiong, because after Da Pang and the other three brothers went to the ground, they just circled around Bai Wanli's trouser legs and sniffed around. Bai Tieying and the others were used to it, and they knew that the three had no "bad habits", so they didn't care.

Bai Qianjiao might have wanted to go up and touch them, but was frightened by their "wa wa" cries and sharp teeth and sat down on the ground.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Help your sister up and see if she fell anywhere." Bai Tieying said hurriedly, and asked Bai Tiexiong to take them back to the house.

"It's okay, Tieying, don't worry. This kitten may be shy." Bai Wanli replied.

"This is not really a cat, it's a lynx. It just looks like a cat. If you see it next time, it's better not to get close to it. I'm sorry for forgetting to tell you in advance."

"It's okay, Sister Tieying, it's all my fault for being careless. Please don't punish them!" Bai Qianjiao suddenly spoke a long speech.

Judging from Bai Qianjiao's past experience, most people would have to be beaten up if they heard this, but Bai Tieying smiled and said "OK" and let them go to rest. After she returned to the main room, there was no movement at all, and she really rested soon.

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On the second day of August, Bai Tieying and his group returned after having been in the mountains for exactly one month. Just as they were about to climb the last hill, they saw Aunt Li coming out from a path on the other side carrying a backpack.

"Hey, Tieying is back! Hehehe... Doctor Bai looks more energetic!"

"Aunt Li is fine, what are you doing?"

"Well, we raise chickens at home, don't you know? Raising them in cages saves space and makes them grow faster, but we have to prepare food for them every day. We can't afford to give them more bran and millet, so we have to prepare more vegetables for them!

I didn't know I needed to raise chickens. The vegetables grown in the garden are not enough to eat. Besides, I have to pick the best ones to dry. I can't bear to let the chickens eat them all. Now everyone is going up the mountain to cut grass. There is no grass around here, so everyone has to go inside."

"How is the drought situation in our village?"

"Well, let me tell you, thanks to your good mind, our village has saved a lot of trouble since we got the water! At my mother's house, we don't have to do anything every day, we just carry water!"

“The situation in other villages is not good?”

"That's right! This year, they can thank God for keeping half of it!"

"Oh, you need to be more careful. You go ahead and do your work. We will go home and take a rest first, and then we will come to talk to you about how the chickens in our village are doing."

"Well, that really needs to be discussed. All right, you guys go back first! Doctor Bai, take care!"

Uncle nodded to Aunt Li and quickened his pace. They were talking so fast that they sounded a little out of breath.

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As soon as we turned around the mud house in the yard, we ran into Grandpa Wu.

"Brother Wu, thank you for your hard work these days!" The uncle spoke first.

"Haha, Brother Bai, you're back? It's not that hard. I only come to see you twice a day. Isn't this a good opportunity for you to see it?"

"Hahaha, that's hard work! Brother, I got some good stuff from the mountain, let's make some wine together later!"

"Okay, then I really have to take credit for it. I have to drink this wine no matter what."

Seeing that the two old men had greeted each other, Bai Tieying quickly brought Bai Tiexiong to greet Grandpa Wu: "Hello, Grandpa Wu! You have worked hard, Grandpa Wu!"

After Grandpa Wu nodded in response, Bai Tieying said, "Uncle's medicinal herbs are good, but the sorghum wine I brew is also good. Can I consider it as a reward for your hard work?"

"Oh? When did you learn how to make wine?"

"I just tinkered with it myself. My uncle said it's best to use it to make wine, which can better stimulate the medicinal properties."

"Haha, then I'll wait and try it. By the way, you said you'd be gone for a month and it really took you a month. Manager Quan and his team had already finished building the house, and it was your Grandpa Wang who put up the beams.

Then they said the kang inside was different from ours, so they didn't move it. They also didn't continue to build the toilet or the house, waiting for you to come back and decide! I made a decision and asked them to build the wall first. You should go and take a look quickly, so that they won't have to finish their work."

"Okay, then I'll go take a look first, and then come back to see my Grandma Wu!" Bai Tieying quickly ran a few steps, put the backpack at the gate of the yard, and went to the new house.

Sure enough, once they turned around the wicker screen, they saw that the new wall had been built to a height of three feet. It was made of stones from the riverbed and wasteland, and no one knew how they were glued together or if there was some special method. Bai Tieying pushed it, but it didn't move at all.

The new house is further back than the mud house, probably where the space orchard is. I saw it from afar when I came out of Beishan, but I only saw the back. Now that I can see the front, Bai Tieying feels that the money spent is really worth it!

Unlike the current "debt-ridden" situation, Bai Tieying felt that he had no shortage of money at that time, and he wanted only good bricks, tiles, materials and workers, so the new house looked grand. When the walls were built, he would have his own courtyard house!

"Thank you for your hard work, Manager Quan!" Bai Tieying was in a particularly good mood and trotted to Manager Quan.

"Ms. Bai! You're back! You said you'd be back in a month, but you really took a month to come back?"

"Hehe, I'm sorry, there are too many good things in the mountains. My brain is talking but my feet won't listen to me!"

"Okay, tell me how you built your kang. I've been waiting so long that I won't be able to work for another month!"

"Okay, then let's go talk about it now?"

Manager Quan brought Bai Tieying to the nearest east wing. Since Bai Tieying was also involved in the design, he easily found the location of the chimney.