Quick Wear: True and False Life

After work in the afternoon, the village chief brought four or five villagers to repair the house. I had previously agreed with the village chief that the 20 yuan would be the material cost, and I would refund the excess and make up the shortfall. No meals would be provided, and the fee would be 30 cents per night for two hours of repair.

While the few people were repairing the house, Fang Nan went to the mountainside to pick up a bundle of firewood, picked some wild vegetables and mushrooms, and shot a pheasant. Since the pheasant was inconvenient to carry, he put it in the space. When it was almost time, he went down the mountain and went home.

At this time, the villagers had not left yet. They were repairing the roof and were almost done. Fang Nan quickly boiled some hot water in the side room, added sugar, served it out in a bowl and let it cool, and gave it to the villagers who were finishing work.

"Fang Zhiqing, the roof has been repaired. Please check it tomorrow. If there is any problem, tell me in the evening so I can fix it for you." The nephew of the village chief, who was leading the group, was moving a ladder down from the roof and said when he saw her come out.

"Okay, Comrade Lu. Drink a bowl of water first, then clean up." Fang Nan handed the bowl in his hand to Lu Chengjiang.

Next, Fang Nan gave each person a bowl of sugar water. After seeing off the villagers, he closed the courtyard door and checked the roof. After making sure that nothing was left out, he killed the pheasant and stewed it with chicken and mushrooms. He then cooked a pot of rice, served a bowl of rice and ate the rest. He put the rest in lunch boxes so that they could be easily taken when it was time to eat.

Seeing that it was not yet dark, she used the remaining light of the sunset to steam some buns and make some wild vegetable cakes for breakfast.

In this way, the house was repaired after a few days. Fang Nan was very happy and asked them to build a shed so that they could raise some chickens, ducks, geese, or even pigs. When the villagers left, Fang Nan gave each of them six eggs to show that he was very satisfied.

"Fang Zhiqing, has your house been repaired?" Aunt Cui asked while helping to weed.

"It's repaired. Aunt Cui, do you know if there are any cabinets or something similar in the village to replace it?" Fang Nan was in urgent need of furniture and asked Aunt Cui.

"The village chief's nephew has some! Go exchange it for some later."

"Thank you Aunt Cui for reminding me. Hey, Aunt Cui, is that man your son? He is calling you." Fang Nan just looked up after thanking her and saw someone waving in the distance and asking his mother to go and fetch someone, so he reminded Aunt Cui.

"That's true. Then you take a rest too. I'll be back soon." Aunt Cui saw her youngest son waving at the edge of the field with a basket in his hand, so she stopped the work in her hands and told Fang Nan to do it.

Aunt Cui walked to the edge of the field, wiped the dust off her son's face, took the basket, and pulled him under the shade of a tree to drink some water. After he finished drinking, she asked him to take it to the old man and his brother and sister-in-law.

"Qi Ling, are you there?"

"Sister," Qi Ling called Fang Nan when she was awakened, but she seemed still unconscious.

"Sister, is there something wrong that you called Qi Ling for?" Qi Ling asked after she regained consciousness for a while.

"I feel that Aunt Cui's youngest son is a little disturbed after meeting him. I think he may be the reincarnation of Jun Jinghao's soul fragment. Please help me check his situation."

"Okay, sister, wait a moment." At this time, Aunt Cui's youngest son was still within the search range, peeking at her with two curious and clear eyes.

"Beep, soul matching query started, matching degree 10%...20%...60%...90%...100%, souls are consistent."

"Sister, your feeling is right." Qi Ling said excitedly after the examination. I feel that sister is like a human scout. Her first feeling is accurate and she has good luck too.

"Thank you Qi Ling, how are you now?" Fang Nan hadn't contacted Qi Ling for a long time and really wanted to know how she was doing.

"Don't worry, sister! What could possibly happen? My sister and I complement each other. If you are well, I will be better."

After chatting with Fang Nan for a while, Qi Ling chose to fall asleep.

"Haozi, what are you looking at?" After Aunt Cui gave the order, she saw her son sitting there motionless. She followed his line of sight and discovered that her son was actually secretly looking at Fang Zhiqing, which made her feel extremely surprised.

"Haozi...Haozi..., go and deliver the water quickly and come back after you're done?" Aunt Cui was not too sure about this finding, so she asked tentatively.

"Mom, I'll be back soon." The youngest son's eyes lit up, he jumped up, and ran away happily with the basket.

Aunt Cui was worried about something and was distracted while working. Fang Nan thought she was worried that her son would wander around and get distracted, so he encouraged her to finish faster so she could go home earlier.

"Aunt Cui, you should leave first! You don't have to worry about him so much. He won't wander around." Fang Nan comforted her while finishing up.

"Sister, sister" Haozi walked to Fang Nan at some point and kept pulling her sleeve and calling out.

"Ah! Haozi, why did you run to the field without making a sound?" Aunt Cui was frightened by her little son's sudden voice. Especially when she saw Haozi holding on to her, her heart almost jumped out. Why is this son so scary? Can a girl be pulled casually? And I heard that Comrade Fang is only thirteen years old.

"Let me go first, and I'll give you candy." Fang Nan also knew the particularity of this era, and coaxed Haozi to let go first, so as to avoid being scared of gossip and hurting Haozi who knew nothing.

"Sister, have some candy." Haozi was very happy when he heard that there was candy.

"Eat it!" Fang Nan took out a few candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Haozi's hand. Seeing how happy he was, she also whispered happily.

"Comrade Fang, thank you for being willing to coax him. I haven't seen him call people on his own initiative for a long time!" After thanking Fang Nan, Aunt Cui coaxed Haozi and told him that she would see him tomorrow and he should go home for dinner first. She couldn't let his little sister go hungry, so he finally went home.

Fang Nan did not go home directly, but went to Lu Chengjiang's house to trade some items such as wardrobes and bedside tables.

Lu Chengjiang's family had ready-made things, and Fang Nan picked out a wardrobe, two kang-side cabinets, a dressing table, a desk and matching chairs for the bedroom according to her family's needs; she asked for a complete set of dining tables and chairs and cabinets for storing things in the living room; the room with the kang on the other side was left empty for the time being, and boxes that could be used even in winter were used to store soil for growing vegetables. Finally, some of the wooden basins, wooden barrels, and basin racks were replaced.

After the change was completed, Lu Chengjiang would ask someone to deliver it to Fang Nan's home. When it was delivered, Fang Nan had already finished his meal, and asked someone to lay out the things, pay the money, and give him three candies every day as a token of gratitude.

The next day, before going to work, Haozi went to squat at the edge of the field. If Aunt Cui hadn't repeatedly warned him not to go to the field, as it would trample on the crops and harm the food, this guy would have followed Comrade Fang and wouldn't let go.

Haozi sat squatting at the spot without moving. Apart from tearing the surrounding flowers and plants into pieces, he would occasionally glance at Fang Nan, which made Fang Nan not know what to say. Perhaps he was the only one who thought he was doing it very secretly.

"Haozi, come home for dinner!" Aunt Cui was a little helpless with him now and could only coax him to go home first.

"No! I was playing with my sister, and you lied to me and didn't let me come when you got home." Haozi stomped his feet and said angrily.

Fang Nan found Haozi so childish that he felt a little funny. It seemed that Haozi was just mentally retarded, but his thinking logic was normal, with the IQ of a two to three year old. He would be easy to coax once he found the trick.

"Haozi, it's too hot now. I don't want to go out to play. How about going home and eating, then you can go play under the shade of the tree at the end of the field. Look at the candy your sister gave you. Do you like it?"

"I like it. Is what my sister said true? I can see my sister again in the afternoon."

"Of course it's true. Let's make a pinky promise."

After coaxing Haozi away, Fang Nan went home, ate a hurried meal, and then planned to go into the mountains during the lunch break.