Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

When we returned to the village, it was almost dark.

Yao Qingnian was busy all afternoon and walked such a long way. He was very tired. When he returned home, Liu Shuyue was making dinner: "Mom and Dad, I'm back!"

"Why are you so late?" Seeing her come back, Liu Shuyue added two more dishes.

"There was an accident on the way. Aunt Yuan's daughter-in-law gave birth."

"Isn't the baby still more than a month away?"

"The bullock cart went crazy for some reason, and the road was bumpy. The situation was critical, so I delivered her baby!"

"What, you delivered her baby? Are you okay?"

"fine."

"Where is Yinuo?" Lu Mingchuan was sitting at the table in the yard, looking behind Yao Qingnian, but did not see the boy.

"He went to study in the academy."

"What?"

Yao Qingnian and Liu Shuyue told Lu Mingchuan about Yinuo's going to the academy. Lu Mingchuan was so happy that he ate two more bowls of rice.

"This kid has a promising future, haha!"

After dinner, she sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air and caught a glimpse of the peppers planted by the wall. Small white flowers had already bloomed. She believed that it would not be long before she would be able to eat the peppers.

As I was sitting there, suddenly the pitch-black night was torn apart by a pale flash of lightning, and deafening thunder and the roar of the wind were intertwined.

"Oh no! It's going to rain heavily! Hurry up and move the bamboo cups into the main room."

Yao Qingnian hurriedly got up and moved all the milk tea cups in the yard into the main room. Raindrops as big as beans fell down. She and Liu Shuyue were sweating profusely. The pear tree in the yard was swaying from side to side. The originally quiet night became terrifying and hideous.

Yao Qingnian entered the house. Due to the strong wind, the shabby windows were blown open and rain blew in through the windows. The originally small house was immediately exposed and there was nowhere to hide. She moved an old cabinet to block the window, which made the situation a little better. She was really too tired and didn't care about anything else. She went straight into the space to wash up and sleep.

When she came out the next day, the cabinet she had used to block the window last night was overturned on the ground. The house was full of rain water, and the ground was wet. When she went out of the room, she saw the yard was a mess.

"It rained really hard last night. It rained for most of the night. The house was flooded. It was really scary."

Liu Shuyue came out of the house and said.

"Mom, let's build a house!"

It was not noticeable when the weather was good, but when it rained, the yard was muddy and there was nowhere to stand. Yao Qingnian had an urgent idea at this time, which was to build a new house. She had earned some money from the shop, so it would be no problem to rebuild the house.

After hearing this, Liu Shuyue began to look around the house in front of her, and realized that the house was indeed in a state of disrepair. When Huai Jin was here, she could help to repair it, but after last night's storm, there was a big hole in the roof of the main room. It was livable when the weather was good, but if there was another storm like the one last night, the house might be blown away.

"I'll talk to your father about it and find someone to fix it and clean up the yard first."

"Mom, our house is a bit old, and it's not safe to repair it. We have money now, why are you hesitating? Listen to me, build a new house."

"Just listen to Huaijin's wife."

Lu Mingchuan walked out of the house. It had been nearly two months since the operation. With the help of crutches, he could walk more and more skillfully.

Building a house was a big deal in ancient times and could not be taken lightly. Yao Qingnian decided to draw the blueprint first and then go to the village chief to ask if there were any vacant houses for rent in the village. During the period of building the house, he must find a place to settle down temporarily.

Yao Qingnian was planning to build a large brick and tile house. There were only two rooms in the house now. Yinuo was already five or six years old and could not always sleep with his grandparents or sleep alone, so two more rooms had to be built.

In this case, the original land of the old house might not be enough. There is a piece of wasteland in the backyard of the house where pigs are raised. If it can be bought, the yard will be big enough.

Thinking about it, Yao Qingnian took out a pen and paper and drew a rough diagram of the house structure.

Thinking about having to fetch water from the village entrance every time, she decided to reserve a place to dig a well. Taoxi Village is surrounded by mountains, with beautiful scenery and abundant groundwater resources. Digging a well is not a difficult task. It's just a matter of spending a little more money. For example, the village chief's house has well water.

Although I have my own space, I cannot always take water out of it. It would be difficult to explain if I was discovered after a long time. If I dig a well, it would be much more convenient to use water for washing things, and I don't have to worry about running out of water.

Yao Qingnian drew out everything she had in mind, and soon the simple drawing was ready. She revised some details, and it took her almost two hours sitting in the yard to finish it.

After stopping writing, Yao Qingnian stretched, looked at the drawing again, put it down with satisfaction, and called Lu Mingchuan to help him consult and see if there was anything that needed to be modified.

Her design drawings were like this: there were five houses in the middle of the courtyard, the main room in the middle, the principal rooms on both sides, two side rooms on the left side of the courtyard, one for a guest room and one for a warehouse, and the kitchen and bathroom on the right.

As for the backyard, we built a toilet, a pigpen and a chicken coop, and a firewood shed, connecting them to the front yard, so that we don’t have to worry about not being able to go to the backyard when it rains.

Lu Mingchuan came over, picked up the blueprint she had placed on the table, and looked at it carefully: "Wife Huaijin, isn't the blueprint of your house too big? There are so many rooms, how can we have so many people in our family?"

"It's like this, Dad. Yinuo has grown up now and needs a room of his own. He also needs a guest room. The rest are for you and Mom, me, and one more..."

Yao Qingnian originally wanted to say that it was for Lu Huaijin, but when she met Lu Mingchuan's inquiring gaze, she swallowed her words.

"The other room can be used as a study. Yinuo may need it in the future when he goes to the academy. If the house is built bigger, it will not be crowded and uncomfortable to live in."

"Well, this layout is great, even the details are thought out, but our place is not that big!"

There are only three or four rooms in the house now, big and small. The blueprint drawn by Huai Jin's wife shows five rooms, not including the main room, kitchen, etc.

"I've thought about this. We have a piece of wasteland in our backyard. Let's buy it together."

"Do you have enough money? How about we build a smaller house to save some money?"

He really liked this kind of house, and it looked very safe. What he was worried about now was whether Huai Jin's wife had enough money to build such a house and buy land.