My delicate husband

Previously, raising money for road construction was smoother than anyone expected thanks to Blue Eucalyptus's promotion.

There are about 160 households in Lianhua Village, and they all collected nearly 400 taels of silver. The resettlement housing side donated a total of almost 5 taels, and even Sun Wangcai's family contributed 4 taels. It was Zhang Xiaohua and Shui Ge'er who decided on it. Lan An was a little surprised when Aunt Wang mentioned it.

After the money was collected, the village chief and the village head compiled a list, wrote detailed documents and applications, and reported them to the county magistrate. They then waited for the county magistrate's approval. After approval, the county would send personnel to prepare the necessary road construction materials. Once the materials were complete, a team would be sent to guide the road construction.

Muramasa also wrote down the detailed amount of money donated by the villagers in the genealogy of Lianhua Village. It was the first time that Lan'an knew that the village had a genealogy. There was nothing worth recording before, but this year there were so many major events that Muramasa had to reorganize the genealogy.

The village's merit stele was also erected, and the elders of each tribe were responsible for carving it. Lan An also learned that the five elders in the village could carve and erect the stele, but Elder Zhang was more proficient.

Almost twenty days have passed since the documents were submitted. Today, when Lan An and others just arrived in the yard, they heard Aunt Wang, Sister Lan, and Sister Fang sitting together and chatting.

Lan An was just about to pull Zhang Xiaomo's hand to join them, but Brother Xie looked at Lan An with pleading eyes. There was nothing Zhang Xiaomo could do but let him listen to him for a while.

"Anger, you're here. Did your family receive the news?"

"Auntie, you mean the county has sent people to repair the road these past two days? Brother Man told me about it when he got home yesterday."

"Ang'er, this will probably take about a month to complete. I wonder how long the road construction will take. Will they force every household to send someone?"

"No, we made it clear before we donated the money. Besides, there are so many people in the village now, it's not necessary for every family to contribute to the road construction."

"Yeah, we don't have to go anyway. We've donated enough money."

Brother Xie was still chatting with Zhang Xiaomo. Zhu Ni bricklayer stared at them chatting for a long time. In the end, Zhu Ni bricklayer did not interrupt them. You walked to Lan An and indicated that you had something to talk to Lan An about in private. Lan An found a place where no one was around and started chatting with him.

"Anger, do you know the relationship between me and Ah Chen?"

"I know. Brother Xie said so. Only Zhang Xiaomo and I know about it."

"So what's his attitude?"

"Brother Zhu, Brother Xie has been looking for an answer. I think only you can tell him the answer."

"Anger, what if no one approves of you and Zhang Xiaomo?"

"Then I want him too. I won't let him go, even if I die."

Zhu the bricklayer looked at Lan An with a complicated look, and Lan An smiled indifferently. The two returned to the yard, and Brother Xie stopped chatting with Zhang Xiaomo.

Zhu Ni, the bricklayer, stood up straight and walked towards Brother Xie.

"Thank you, bricklayer. Come over here for a moment. Let's discuss the division of labor."

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions."

The two men walked to the side, lowered their heads and talked about something. Zhu the bricklayer looked a little angry, while Brother Xie laughed heartily and didn't care much.

"Ah Chen, do you really care about the answer? Which is more important, the answer or our past relationship?"

"You understand me. I can't give up just because of a few words from you. It's been ten years, Ayi. There's been a gap between us for ten years. Even the strongest feelings will change."

Zhu Ni, the bricklayer, felt a little heartbroken. He hated Brother Xie's smile. It seemed heartless, but it pierced his heart.

"No matter what, build Ang'er's house."

"Of course. I don't expect you to give me answers, but you can't stop me from seeking answers."

"whatever."

After the tasks were assigned, everyone quickly took action.

After the beams are put up, the roof will be sealed. After the roof is sealed, the house will be decorated. Lan Euan still likes ancient style buildings very much. They really have an elegant and retro beauty.

Lan An nestled in Zhang Xiaomo's arms, and the two of them basked in the sun leisurely. No one mentioned the matter between Zhu and Xie tacitly.

Aunt Li, Aunt Wang, Sisters Lan and Fang are all very familiar to Lan An. Lan An feels at ease with them cooking and plans to leave it to them.

Brother Xu sorted out the things that needed to be bought for the side yard and gave them to Lan An. Lan An took a look and found that they were all necessities of life. He asked Guo Ge'er and Bai Lu to buy them together when they returned to the county town.

"Brother Xiaomo, where is Brother Guo?"

"He asked Lin Ge'er to go to the resettlement house, and also went with the man from Zhu Ni's family who was a bricklayer."

"Shall we go to the fields? We didn't go to the fields until we came back to put up the beams two days ago. I want to see if the watermelons have fruited."

"Okay, I'll go with An An."

Brother Man drove a carriage and took them to the fields.

The tomatoes are growing well and will probably be ripe in half a month.

The watermelons are also quite a few, and I'm relieved about the blue gums. I hope they grow well. There hasn't been any rain recently, so the watermelons and tomatoes should be sweet.

I don’t want to go see the peanut blue gum anymore. I’m just being calm. I should be able to harvest it when its leaves start to turn yellow.

The peppers will probably be ready for picking in about twenty days. We will have to hire someone to pick them by then. The yield is a bit scary.

Don't worry about the ginger. Just after the meeting, Lan An and Zhang Xiaomo saw ginger flowers for the first time. The ginger flower is shaped like a butterfly, with white petals, golden stamens, and exudes a faint fragrance.

"Brother Xiaomo, look, it's blooming, so beautiful."

"An An, what kind of flower is this?"

"Ginger flower."

"Brother Xiaomo, our pepper production is very high. I will make delicious peppers for you in winter."

"An An, let's go check out the rice again."

Lan An took Zhang Xiaomo to the rice field. Lan An was surprised to find that the rice had begun to form ears. It was okay now and there was no need to worry. The most important stages were heading, flowering, and grain filling. By then, she would probably have to go to the field every day to check on it.

"Brother Xiaomo, the rice is starting to form ears."

"An An, after the house is built, let's do the Zhou Gong ceremony, okay?"

"Okay. Brother Xiaomo, I promise you."

"An An, I'm really looking forward to seeing your pregnancy flower dyed with my own unique color."

The two of them strolled around for a while and then asked Brother Man to drive the carriage back to the yard. On the road, they met many villagers heading towards the east end of the village. They must be people coming from the county government.

"Ang'er, you're back? Our village started road construction today. It's even faster than Jinshui Village. They're behind us. You don't know how proud the village chief is right now."

"That's great, Aunt Wang. Is Uncle Wang going to help with the road repairs as well?"

"He had nothing else to do, so I just let him do it. They said it would take more than two months to build, extending all the way to the county seat. The roads leading to the rice paddies and dry land will also be renovated and widened."

"That's good. Brother Lin and the others haven't come back yet?"

"No, Brother Xu asked Aunt Li to call them."

It's mid-May now, the weather is getting hotter and it's getting dark later, so we finish work an hour later than usual, and we can rest for an extra hour after lunch.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Lan An planned to return to the county town early. If he waited for Brother Xie and the others to get off work, it would be dark when he returned to the county town.

Lan An asked Brother Han to stay in the village. Since the side yard could be lived in anyway, Brother Xu and he would sleep on the floor with quilts. Lan An planned to take some time to visit Brother Xia's woodworking workshop and deliver the furniture in the side yard in advance.