In the book, the female supporting role dreams of being an idle fish

Jiang Wen took down two kang cabinets with 12 square sides.

The kang cabinet is square, 60cm.

Take the wooden strips from the kitchen on all four sides and nail them together at the joints.

It becomes a door and can be placed sideways into the bathroom.

Then, I ordered two more doors according to the previous model, and placed the doors for the men's and women's restrooms sideways.

Then he used an axe to scrape the old gate that had been removed from the Jiang family and used it for firewood. It was in such bad shape that it could not be used.

That's all the work that can be done.

Gu Lixia and Jiang Wen made lunch, which consisted of steamed rice and shredded pork with green peppers.

There was only one meat dish with 6 green peppers in it, and the whole family was so engrossed in eating that they had no time to talk.

After the meal, Gu Lixia put another meat ticket in Jiang Wen's hand, and picked up 20 eggs with a basket.

Jiang Wen carried him to Aunt Cui's house. Uncle Cui was a taciturn man and not good at speaking. Aunt Cui wanted to push him away, but Jiang Wen rushed directly into the Cui family's kitchen.

Put the eggs into Aunt Cui's egg basket and put the meat coupons down as well.

Just as Jiang Wen was about to leave, Aunt Cui brought a bowl and placed it in Jiang Wen's basket. "This is the bowl for the steamed buns Huainan sent you that day. I know you're upset, but this is the last time I'll accept it. I can't do it again. We're neighbors, so go back."

After Aunt Cui sent Jiang Wen away, she and her husband sighed, "Wenzi has married a good wife. Look at how the Jiang family is doing. I guess they'll treat us to a warm-house dinner when everything gets better."

"If you want to invite us, we'll go. We'll prepare gifts. Let you know what to buy?" Uncle Cui knew that they would definitely be invited, so he went with confidence.

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Jiang Wen returned home and entered the house. Gu Lixia was using an old wooden basin to move the mint seedlings in.

Jiang Wen knew about this seedling. Gu Lixia had a large patch of it in her front yard.

Move it to make room.

At 4 pm, Jiang Wen went back to the village again.

Gu Lixia and Jiang Xiu climbed up the ladder and painted the door inside and out.

Next, the three doors were painted inside and out.

Jiang Wen stayed at Zhao's house for two hours and talked to Uncle Zhao about the structure and size of the goose house, firewood shed, coal shed and main hall.

Although the wooden door is rough, it is good enough and still needs to be painted.

The 8 door panels and 3 window frames were so heavy when tied to the bicycle that I couldn't move at all.

They also agreed to deliver it the next morning, and the ox cart was also loaded with firewood. The money would be settled privately, and not through the village account. If asked, they would say it was for the door on the wardrobe.

Jiang Wen only tied three bags of firewood.

Took 22 hinges and 176 nails.

(Hinges connect the door frame and the door)

When Jiang Wen came back, it was already dark, 7:30.

Gu Lixia left some porridge for him.

After drinking the porridge, I went back to the room to sleep.

The next morning, Jiang Wen got up early to fetch water, and Gu Lixia continued to cook. She made a little more because Uncle Zhao was there. Jiang Xiu also got up and fried meatballs.

As soon as the meal was ready, Jiang Wen brought Uncle Zhao in and sent Jiang Huainan to shovel the cow dung on the road to the family compound.

Come back and put it in the corner and cover it with soil.

Gu Lixia and Jiang Wen first invited Uncle Zhao in to have dinner. Since they were from the same village, Uncle Zhao was not reserved. After eating one bowl of rice, Gu Lixia gave him another.

After dinner, Gu Lixia went back to the house to tidy herself up. Jiang Wen and Uncle Zhao unloaded the firewood first, and then measured the dimensions.

Take out the hinges and nails you brought back yesterday. Nail the door to the wooden strips. When the time comes, remove the mold and just snap it in.

It turned out that last night, Uncle Zhao had considered that the bare door would be difficult to open and close, so he dug a hole inside in advance to serve as a door handle, similar to the wardrobe he had made before.

Jiang Wen gave Jiang Xiu 8 yuan, the price agreed upon in advance.

When it was time for Jiang Wen and Gu Lixia to go to work, they put the glass in the main room and went to work.

When he came back, he found that Uncle Zhao had even reinforced the door that Jiang Wen had made.

The partition between the main room and the kitchen was also installed. It was neatly done, without any extra wood being added to fill in the corners.

Jiang Xiu said that the window frame was installed first, and it was almost impossible to get in, so he had to use an axe to cut it.

After lunch, I still couldn’t sleep, so I continued painting. This time, I had to paint all the doors of the single rooms.

It took one hour of assembly line work to paint both sides of 8 new wooden boards.

Then I went to work. When I got home from work, I took the thin sticks from the firewood that Uncle Zhao brought and put the tomatoes, cucumbers, and red beans on the racks.

The 27th passed in a blink of an eye. At 6 o'clock in the morning on the 28th, I called the Yang brothers, removed the mold, and settled the bill. Each of them was paid one yuan for their work, and the total for the tools and plaster was 60 yuan.

Clean it up.

The Jiang family's house and yard were completely renovated.

Gu Lixia held the wooden ladder (the Jiang family's wooden ladder is 3 meters high, and they go up to the roof every year to check if there are any holes that need to be filled to prevent water seepage from the top of the wall), and went up to place the solar water heater with Jiang Wen, and installed the thin downward water pipe and thickened yellow hose (leaving a hole in the roof).

Jiang Wen went out to fetch water, while Gu Lixia carried water from the top of the gate. After carrying it up, he inserted the funnel for hot water (the one used when filling hot water into a thermos) and poured the water in one scoop at a time. He then called Jiang Huainan and asked him to do it.

Gu Lixia came down the ladder again, installed the shower switch (directly on the water pipe, tighten it and it will be closed) and the pressurized shower head on the water pipe outlet.

Then he went to pull the wire in the yard with pliers, wrapped one end around the wooden stick, and used the other end to open the skylight of Jiang Xiu's house near the main room and pass it through.

Then pull it into the shower room, cut it to length, and wrap it around another wooden stick.

In this way, the clothesline wire was reduced from 16 meters to 3 meters.

Jiang Xiuwu's skylight will not be affected even if it is opened.

For the shower head in the bathroom, change the remaining lighting hole. Put a wooden stick on the outside of the exposed lighting hole, twist the wire in the middle of the wooden stick, and let the wire down to 1 meter long.

Bend it into a semicircle, put the shower head in and tie it with an elastic band to prevent it from falling to the ground and getting broken.

Then they went up to continue fetching water, letting Jiang Huainan hold the funnel while Gu Lixia lifted it up, tilted the bucket and poured it in slowly.

Jiang Wen continued to carry water, and a total of 8 loads of water were brought in.

Jiang Xiu also prepared rice, steamed buns and porridge.

eat.

They asked Jiang Huainan for his opinion on whether to fluff cotton to make new bedding. The three of them had already seen the new bedding in their aunt and second uncle's room early in the morning.

Naturally, we knew that we had to go to Grandma Su to do it, and everyone agreed.

Now there are four sets of bedding rolls left in the house: Jiang Huainan, Jiang Huaibei, Jiang Dasao and Jiang Dage.

It was time for Jiang Wen and Gu Lixia to go to work, so they continued to go.

Jiang Xiu took all four sets of bedding to Aunt Su's place, removed the quilt covers and mattress covers, brought them back, and followed the same steps on the sewing machine as last time. She finished the quilt covers and mattress covers in just one morning.

There was also a quilt, a bed sheet and two long strips of cloth one foot wide.

I also had to look after Jiang Huainan and the two kids, so I didn't have time to go to the riverside to wash them before it was time to cook.

Let Huaibei look after his younger brother Huaixi and play with him.