The pigpen will be completed in three days, and we can probably start preparing the materials for building the house the day after tomorrow.

Chen Yuan didn't bother to be polite with them. They were all brothers! "We have to go to the front mountain and cut down two trees to make beams for the house."

"We need to get some loess to make the mud."

Chen Yuan planned to cut down elm trees, which have a long service life and are the preferred wood for beams.

When Hu Zi and Li Shanghai heard that there was a lot of work to do, they immediately decided to go up the mountain today.

Li Shanghai had not been to the mountains many times, and once he entered the mountains, he looked around curiously.

Hu Zi joked, "Brother Hai, there's nothing interesting about the front mountain. The back mountain is where the fun is!"

Li Shanghai was no fool. He smiled and said, "With my body, even tigers wouldn't eat me if I went to the back mountain. They would have to use me to pick their teeth."

Hu Zi laughed so hard that he fell backwards and backwards, and his hand holding the axe became weak.

Chen Yuan smiled and shook his head, then picked up a shovel and went to dig the soil.

The snow is not as thick as before, just a thin layer, and black soil is exposed in many places.

As Chen Yuan walked, he came across a few ice flowers. The small yellow flowers looked very abrupt among the ice and snow.

This thing is magical and can bloom in the snow.

The three of them worked in the mountains for two consecutive days and prepared everything they needed the day before building the house.

……

The kitchen in my cave house is not large enough, so I have to borrow the kitchen from the village committee.

Chen Yuan went to Chen Zhide's house before dinner.

"Uncle, can you let me use the village committee's kitchen recently? We can bring our own firewood."

Chen Zhide nodded. He also knew that the cave's kitchen could not cook for more than 20 people.

"Okay, don't forget to clean up when you're done."

As he said that, he took out a key from the drawer of the table and handed it to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan took the key and smiled.

"Uncle, even if I don't have time, I still have Hu Zi to help me!"

Chen Zhide also laughed, "You little bastard!"

……

On the first day of building the house, Sun Weiwei brought firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea needed for cooking and went to the kitchen of the village committee with several aunts.

Chen Shan and Chen Hai did not come to help. Chen Zhide forced them to work on building a pigpen in the village, otherwise they would not have wanted to go.

On the other side, Sun Weiwei went to the village committee kitchen early to cut vegetables.

When the aunts arrived, they were all shocked. Sun Weiwei actually took such a big piece of bacon!

"Erwa's wife, are you going to use this piece of bacon these days?"

Sun Weiwei waved her hand and said with a smile, "Brother Yuan said that everyone has worked hard, so this smoked meat should be eaten every meal. This is for this meal."

He Chunhua pulled Sun Weiwei aside and said, "Your family already provides you with enough food, so you don't need to eat such good food! This smoked meat is also greasy, so use it sparingly!"

Sun Weiwei whispered back, "Auntie, Brother Yuan said we don't have to worry about spending too much. Sincerity pays off. Only when everyone eats well can we build a good house."

Sun Weiwei said Chen Yuan's exact words. For a moment, He Chunhua could not find any reason to refute it. Instead, she felt that what Chen Yuan said made sense.

"Oh, you young people! Just beat it into a paste, it won't be as good as rice."

Sun Weiwei nodded, "Okay, then add some potatoes and make a sauce."

In addition to potato and meat sauce, Sun Weiwei and her friends also made a dish of stewed cabbage with two pheasant eggs.

The staple food is a pot of steamed buns made of two grams of flour and two pots of wowotou.

He Chunhua felt both distressed and happy for Chen Yuan and the others.

As soon as it was time for dinner, Chen Yuan invited everyone to go to the village committee.

When I saw the dishes, I was speechless.

This is more than just filling your stomach!

This food is so delicious!

Chen Yuan smiled and invited everyone to eat, "We can eat as much as we want, but you can't take it home, otherwise the others will have to eat less."

After hearing what Chen Yuan said, the person who was about to ask if he could bring two people back to eat suddenly blushed.

Chen Yuan didn't blame everyone for wanting to share the good food with their families; it was human nature.

However, the food he could provide was limited. He could not provide for one family, and would starve the other family. He would be partial to one and not the other, and in the end, he would not please anyone. It would be better for him to let everyone give up the idea from the beginning.

After the meal, everyone felt bloated, but still had a lingering feeling.

"Erwa, in our village these past few years, your family has provided the best food for building a house!"

"That's right! I'm so full that I can hardly walk!"

"Erwa provides such good food, we must build a good house!"

"necessary!"

"..."

Chen Yuan was worried that everyone would get too full, so he quickly said, "We've been eating this kind of food for the past few days. Don't get too full, there's more tonight!"

As soon as Chen Yuan finished speaking, applause broke out.

……

In the afternoon, the news that the food provided by Chen Yuan was good spread throughout Chenjia Village.

Some people regretted not signing up, while others hated themselves for not being strong enough or not being able to build a brick house.

Zhang Guixiang knew that there was meat in the meal that Chen Yuangong prepared, so she asked the whole family to take their bowls and chopsticks to the village committee.

When Sun Weiwei saw them coming, she hurriedly asked Aunt Chunhua to find Chen Yuan.

She blocked the door and delayed time.

"Grandma, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Guixiang rolled her eyes at Sun Weiwei and said impatiently, "Of course I'm here to eat!"

"Get up! I want to go in and eat some meat!"

Sun Weiwei refused to give in. "Grandma, the meal is for those who work."

Zhang Guixiang was immediately displeased, and she put her hands on her hips and cursed, "What do you mean by that?"

"Didn't your eldest brother and the third brother build a pigpen? Why won't they let us in to eat?"

Sun Weiwei forced a wry smile and said, "Grandma, this is the food our family provided when we built the house."

Of course Zhang Guixiang knew it, she just wanted to take advantage of Chen Yuan's absence to get a bite of meat.

Now that she was here, she didn't believe that Sun Weiwei could really drive her away.

Everyone can eat it, so why can’t she?

However, her wishful thinking was wrong, as Chen Yuan arrived soon after.

Just now, Chen Yuan was mixing yellow mud when Aunt Chunhua hurried over to tell him that Zhang Guixiang had taken Chen Shan and Chen Hai to the village committee to cause trouble.

Chen Yuan handed the work in his hands to Li Shanghai without saying a word. He wanted to see how shameless this family was.

When Sun Weiwei saw Chen Yuan coming, she hurried back to cook. She believed that Chen Yuan could handle it.

Chen Yuan blocked the people at the door of the village committee with a cold face.

"You haven't done any work, you haven't paid any money, and yet you expect to eat? Why? Because you're thick-skinned?"

Zhang Guixiang hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and her eyes lit up at the smell of meat.

"Grandma heard that you were offering meat when you built the house. Come on, make me a bowl. I haven't eaten meat in a long time."

"Your eldest brother and third brother didn't help because they were too tired from building the pigpen. Otherwise, they would have definitely come to help you today."

Zhang Guixiang lied without blushing or beating her heart, and I'm afraid even she would believe it.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuan didn't listen at all.

“I can’t let go!”

"Food is for those who work, and you haven't worked."

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