My delicate husband
Chapter 69 Construction of the House Begins
Last night, Lan An tossed and turned in the space for a long time before falling asleep. He woke up after less than two hours of sleep. Lan An looked at the mall time. It was 4:30 in the morning. He thought he couldn't fall asleep anymore, so he left the space directly.
After getting up and washing up, Lan An made steamed buns, stewed braised pork, and made seaweed egg drop soup. When the food was ready, Brother Xu was still sleeping. Lan An heated the food in the pot and started to clean the house.
"Anger, why did you wake up so early today?"
"I was so excited about building a house that I couldn't sleep."
"Yes, we will officially start construction today."
"Brother Xu, will you come with me to the county town to stay tonight?"
"I live at home and sleep on the floor in the warehouse. Someone still needs to watch over the house at night. There are so many materials that people are worried about."
"Okay, I'll go to the pawnshop in a couple of days and buy someone who knows some fighting skills."
"That's fine. It's good to have someone to look after the house. It's not safe for Brother Mo to be alone at home all the time. Fortunately, we are a good village and there aren't many thieves."
The two of them had breakfast together, and not long after, Zhu the bricklayer came with the villagers. Of course, his two little boys followed obediently behind them. They were not as thin as before, and their sunken cheeks had gained some flesh.
"Ang'er, isn't Guo'er at home? He hasn't invited us to the resettlement house these days."
"He went to the county town to accompany Brother Mo for treatment and won't be back for a while."
Lan An looked at Zhu the bricklayer; he wasn't in the best of spirits. His eyes were bruised, and it was obvious he hadn't had a good rest in a while.
"Anger, should we start working first or wait for others to join us?"
"Don't we need to plan this first? Zhu Ni, bricklayer, I told you I want to start construction on both sides at the same time. The land over there hasn't been cleared yet. How about we clear that land first and then demolish the house here when they get here?"
"Okay, I'll do as you say, An Ge'er. Are you sure he will really come?"
"Yeah, thank you brother for agreeing to come."
"That's fine. I'll go get busy first. These two men in my family will help you cook."
The villagers were also busy. Under the leadership of Zhu the bricklayer, they were cleaning up the newly purchased residential land of Lan'an.
However, Lan An obviously felt that Zhu Ni, the bricklayer, was a little out of shape and was always staring at the gate of Lan An's house.
The villagers worked very quickly and started working without any instructions from the bricklayer.
Suddenly, three ox carts stopped in front of Lan'an's house. A group of strong men over 85 meters tall got off the carts. They were all tall and strong, with well-developed muscles and strong and powerful arms. It was obvious that they had been moving bricks at the construction site all year round.
The leader was Brother Xie, whom Lan An hardly recognized. He had shaved off his beard, tied his hair neatly, and was wearing a black cloth suit, which made him look broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted, like a supermodel.
After shaving, he looked even more handsome with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, completely different from the decadent and sloppy look when we first met.
"Brother An, I'm sorry for being late."
"Thank you, brother, you're so polite. Thank you for taking the time to help me."
"Show me the detailed plan of the house. Are the foundation lines ready?"
"Not yet. I'm still working on the new homestead I bought."
"Well, okay. Let me take a look at the plan first. Are you planning to build two houses?"
"Yes, this is the main yard and that is the side yard."
"Your design is quite good. Then you can call the chief foreman to draw the homestead line so that we can start construction earlier. This time, for your sake, I have called all my brothers."
"Okay then, I'll finally make you something delicious."
Brother Xie took the blueprint and looked at it carefully. Lan An went to call Zhu Ni, the bricklayer. However, Zhu Ni was staring at what was happening on Lan An's side and came over before Lan An even walked over.
"Xie, Brother. This is the chief foreman, Brother Zhu."
Brother Xie just looked up and said hello in a strange voice, as if they were meeting for the first time. Zhu Ni bricklayer also said hello back. Lan An didn't know if it was his illusion, but he saw the light in Zhu Ni bricklayer's eyes go out.
"Brother An, who designed your house? He must be an expert. No wonder Old Xia brought you to me. Ordinary people really can't help you build it. Not many people know how to build a ground dragon.
And the design of your side yard is also very interesting. It looks simple, but it is also fully functional. "
"My husband and I drew the first draft, and Zhuni Mason helped me revise it."
"Oh, is that so? Then I'll wait for work to start. Can you make tomatoes for lunch? I've heard Lao Xia mention it many times."
"Okay, I'll make it if you want to eat it."
Zhu Ni, the bricklayer, didn't believe that Brother Xie would forget him, but he seemed really unwilling to admit that he knew him. The meeting that he had been looking forward to for a long time ended up being a one-man show for him.
"Bricklayer Zhu, please assign the tasks."
"It's okay, An Ge'er. Have you emptied out all the things in your old house?"
"After it's been emptied, the rest are unwanted."
"Okay, let's demolish the old house today."
"Okay, whoever wants the furniture left inside can move it back."
Lan An looked at the old house again and still felt reluctant to leave. He had lived there for more than half a year, and there were many memories of him and Zhang Xiaomo in it.
Blue Eucalyptus is rarely sentimental, and Brother Xie comes over.
"Brother An, this isn't your child, is it?"
"Brother Xie, who do you think this child belongs to?"
"It's his, it's obvious he raised this child."
"Didn't you pretend not to know me before?"
"We shouldn't have known each other in the first place. You know, seeing you reminds me of him in the past. He used to be as flamboyant as you. He used to be the arrogant young master, and I was nothing but a lowly servant of the young master."
Lan An didn't quite understand, but he could still see the bitterness in Brother Xie's pretended carefree smile.
The old house began to be demolished, and the furniture left inside was moved out and temporarily piled in the front yard.
Brother Xie took his brothers to the roof. The tiles on the roof had been replaced recently and could be reused, as could the wooden strips on the roof.
Zhu the bricklayer stared at Brother Xie motionlessly. Although he knew that Brother Xie knew nothing would happen, he still couldn't help but worry.
Brother Xie and his team worked very quickly. In less than an hour, all the tiles were removed. The villagers helped to pass them around and stack them, and the whole process was orderly.
The next step was to dismantle the wood. It took less than an hour to finish all the wood. The good ones were kept and the bad ones were moved into the kitchen as firewood.
Now we start to knock down the walls. Because they are made of mud, they collapse quickly under the blows of the sledgehammers. The walls of the three-bedroom and one-living room collapse quickly.
The yard became empty in an instant, and Zhu the bricklayer asked everyone to clear out the usable mud bricks and put them aside.
Use a hammer to break up unusable mud bricks, sprinkle water on them, and hammer them hard to make the foundation solid. This is the first step in building a house.
Later, some adhesives were added to make the soil more solid.
The side yard residential land has just been cleared and needs to be dried for two or three days before we can start. Of course, some of the earthen bricks of the house will also be smashed and sprinkled on it.
Seeing that he couldn't help, Lan Euan went to cook.
With the help of Aunt Wang, Lan An made nearly a hundred steamed buns, and her skills in kneading the dough were almost ruined.
Lan An took a look and felt that the steamed buns were not enough, so he steamed another 20 kilograms of brown rice. Needless to say, the workers all had good appetites.
Lan Euan cooked a large wooden basin of stir-fried pork with chili peppers, a large wooden basin of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a large wooden basin of green vegetables, a large wooden basin of stir-fried yam slices, and finally made a large pot of tomato and egg soup.
The meal was ready, and Lan An felt his hands were shaking. After thinking about it, he decided to ask someone else to help with cooking. If that didn't work, he could ask Sister Lan and Sister Fang to come. It was really tiring to cook for so many people.
It was almost noon when Lan An invited everyone to have lunch. Everyone was very satisfied with the food and praised An Ge'er's cooking skills.
"Brother An, has Lao Xia eaten the meal you ate?"
"No."
"Then he really didn't have a good time."
"Ang'er, your skills are so good. I'm afraid I'll gain weight working for you."
"What's that red thing of yours? It's sour and sweet, so delicious."
"This is a tomato. We grow a lot of it in Lotus Village. Every family has some."
"Why isn't your meat fishy? What's this spicy thing?"
……
Everyone was talking and laughing, and almost everyone had eaten three steamed buns and a bowl of rice. Only Zhu the mason was very quiet, not saying a word. He would occasionally glance at Brother Xie out of the corner of his eye, but Brother Xie didn't react at all and just kept eating.
After dinner, Lan An asked everyone to rest for an hour before going back to work. Those who lived nearby went home to rest, and those who lived far away just found a place to lie down.
Zhu Ni bricklayer's two young men took the meal home, but Zhu Ni bricklayer did not go back.
Lan An, feeling bored, wandered around seeing that everyone was resting. He vaguely saw two figures leaving the courtyard and heading towards the river, and Lan An secretly followed them.
"Why did you ask me out?"
"Ah Chen, how have you been these years?"
"Don't call me that, we're not familiar with each other. Besides, what does it have to do with you whether we're okay or not? You left me to get married, and I couldn't keep you even on my knees. Why are you thinking of me now?"
Brother Xie is hurting his own side while hurting his enemy. He really wants an answer. They had already decided to spend their lives together, so why did he change after returning home and seeing that woman? He really doesn't understand.
"Sorry, I……"
"Don't tell me you're sorry. Didn't you say I was holding you back? Without me, Xie Yuchen, you, Zhu Ziyi, wouldn't be doing much better."
"What I said back then was all words spoken in anger. I've always wanted to say sorry to you."
"Well, now that you've said it, we're clear. Don't look at me like that in the future, lest I become sentimental again. I was the one who was humiliated in the past. From now on, we'll both live happily. You're married with children, so just be a good husband and a good father."
Lan An didn't expect that the relationship between the two would be so dramatic, but he had seen a lot of it in his previous life. However, such things are still rare in this era. Lan An was quite glad that he met Zhang Xiaomo here.
Seeing that the two were about to go back, he quickly entered the space.
The foundation was hammered in the afternoon, and it would probably take two or three days. Lan Euan listened to the rhythmic banging sounds, which made him feel sleepy. Oh, I missed Zhang Xiaomo so much.
When they finished work, it was a little late. Lan An took Brother Xie's ox cart back to the county town, and then took his ox cart again during the day, as it was convenient for them to go the same way. He asked Brother Xu to look after the house at night.
Back in the county town, it was already dark. Brother Xie sent Lan Euan directly back to Brother Xia's courtyard, but unexpectedly, Brother Guo was waiting outside.
"Thank you, brother. I'll be in now. Thank you."
"It's okay, I'll go back now. See you tomorrow."
"Ang'er, go and comfort my brother. I can't do anything with him. He cried while eating last night and took a bath. He ignored me when I talked to him. The thing he asked most was whether you were home.
It's so late, but he still insists on waiting for you outside the yard. If I don't agree, he gets angry and doesn't eat much of his dinner."
"Okay, I got it. I'll go make him some noodles first, and you can keep an eye on him for a while."
Lan An has made up his mind that once he finds the tiger in the back mountain, he will not return to the village. He will let Brother Xu take care of the house. Without him by his side, Zhang Xiaomo probably won't receive proper treatment.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the noodles were cooked and Lan'an brought the noodles into the room.
"Brother, An Ge'er is really back. Don't be like this, you make me feel a little cold."
When I walked to the door, I heard Guo Ge'er coaxing Zhang Xiaomo. It was not easy for him either.
"Brother Xiaomo, I'm back."
Zhang Xiaomo raised his head and looked at Lan An, his expression showing as aggrieved as possible.
"I know you didn't have dinner, so I made you some noodles. They're your favorite tomato and egg noodles. Don't you want to try some?"
"Eat, An An is so good."
"Then Brother Guo will stay here with you to eat noodles, okay? I'll go wash up and come out to accompany you after I'm done."
"Brother Guo, you can go now. An An, I can wait for you by myself."
"Okay, I'll be out with you soon."
Guo Ge'er was really happy when he saw that his brother didn't want him to accompany him. Who would want to spend the whole day with Ice Face? It would be better to spend that time with Xiao Hui.
Lan Euan came out of the shower, and Zhang Xiaomo had finished his noodles. He sat obediently on the bed waiting for him.
"Brother Xiaomo, you were disobedient today."
"An An, I miss you so much. I haven't seen you for a day."
Zhang Xiaomo held Lan'an in his arms and kissed her tender lips. It wasn't enough to just touch her lips, Zhang Xiaomo's tongue was domineering in Lan'an's mouth... until Lan'an couldn't breathe.
"I'll come back earlier next time. Brother Xiaomo, be good and be happy, okay?"
"An An, I want to hold you while I sleep."
"it is good."
"Good night, good night."
Lan An was tired after a day of work and could hardly open his eyes, but he instinctively took off Zhang Xiaomo's underwear, sucked on Zhang Xiaomo's collarbone, and fell asleep while sucking.
Zhang Xiaomo looked at the person in his arms falling asleep and smiled helplessly. He basically didn't sleep the whole night yesterday. Now, listening to the heartbeat of the person in his arms, he felt really at ease and slowly fell asleep.
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