Otherworldly Days

There is a shop in the town that specializes in making furniture for people. There is no ready-made furniture for sale here. The doors and windows of Cao Xiangnan's house are made to order here. The doors and windows are all drawings drawn by himself. After an agreement with the carpenter in the shop, The carpenter did as he asked.

In addition, there are beds, wardrobes, tables and chairs at home. He drew drawings and asked the carpenter to make them for him according to his requirements. The materials are all ordinary wood and the price is not expensive. The main thing he wants is Simple and practical.The ordered beds, wardrobes, tables and chairs can't be made so quickly, but the doors and windows are in a hurry to be installed, and the frame is ready first.

It just so happened that the frames of the doors and windows were finished today, and there were not so many people at the stall after noon, so Cao Xiangnan first came to the shop to find an ox cart to pull the frames back. People transport it over, and ask a carpenter to install it over there.

He followed the bullock cart back to Caojia Village, and the bullock cart pulled the things back. Cao Xiangnan directed people to lift the frame down, "lift it over there and put it away." He also moved the things to the temporary building with everyone. put it in place.

Qi Wanfeng heard the voice in the yard, and walked out, saw the returning husband, and walked towards his husband.Naturally, Cao Xiangnan also saw his family's Wanfeng, and asked, "How is the family?"

"Very good." Qi Wanfeng also smiled and said.

Just as Master Feng came out, Cao Xiangnan told Master Feng that the window frames and door frames had been shipped back, and the two had a discussion on this matter.Qi Wanfeng stood aside and listened, and after hearing a few words, he told his husband that he would go back there to help. Everyone in the yard was still cooking dinner, and he wanted to go back to help.

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan responded.

He and Master Feng agreed on the matter of doors and windows, and then handed it over to Master Feng to deal with it. He walked back home. "Xiang Nan is back."

"Well, I just came back with some luck, so I came back first, please come and help me."

"Where is it, everyone is their own, so how can you be so polite."

After greeting Cao Xiangnan and the others, they went to the place where Qi Wanfeng was. As soon as they walked in, they saw two children sitting in front of the stove and raised their eyebrows.Goudan also saw the person who came back, and his sitting waist straightened instantly. Cao Xiangnan also saw the child's movements, and couldn't help laughing, "Are you still used to it?"

"En." Goudan stood up and nodded seriously.

"What's your name?" Cao Xiangnan touched Goudan's head, seeing that the two children were clean, he probably washed them with the evening breeze of his family.

"Goudan." Goudan said seriously, "My brother's name is Xiaomao."

"Pfft..." Cao Xiangnan burst out laughing, even Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian who were in the kitchen laughed.

"Besides Goudan? Is there any other name?" Cao Xiangnan asked, Goudan is not a good name.Seeing the child looking down at his toes, he didn't wear shoes on his feet, and both feet were bruised.

Cao Xiangnan also noticed the bare feet of the two children, and there was a strange flash in his eyes.Thinking that the eldest son of Sun Bailian's family was about the same size as Goudan, he asked, "Bailian, does your Kangkang have any extra shoes, and bring a pair to Goudan later." "There are two old pairs." Seeing two The child was barefoot, and Sun Bailian wiped her hands on her body, and said, "By the way, let me go back and pick up two sets of clothes. Kangkang's clothes should be good for a dog." He was ready to leave after speaking.

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan looked at Goudan, and Goudan was also looking at him, "You first make do with it, and then find someone to make you two new ones, and my brother also has new ones." Him, he said.

"No, no need, my brother and I just wear old ones." Goudan knew not to be greedy, it was already good for him to have food with Xiaomao, and he didn't dare to ask for too much.I am afraid that one day others will not want him to come because of his greed, and they will have nothing to eat.

"Work hard and exchange your labor." Cao Xiangnan said.

Goudan understands, but Xiaomao doesn't quite understand.

Seeing that the child is so sensible, Qi Wanfeng felt a little distressed, and said, "Wanfeng is free to make it for you, and I will have new clothes in a few days."

Sun Bailian, who had not been there for a long time, came back and brought some old clothes and two pairs of shoes from the children in the family.In the past, the family had no money, and the younger ones picked up the big clothes to wear. Now that the family has money, the few bolts of cloth bought by Fu Lang are still at home, and they will make new clothes for the children later, so there is nothing reluctant to part with these old clothes.

Goudan and Xiaomao put on old but clean clothes and shoes on their feet, even though these clothes were picked up by others, their little faces were full of smiles.

During this period of time, I was busy, running here and there, and never stopped.

After leaving home, Cao Xiangnan came to Lizheng and asked how many people had come to him to sign up to raise chickens and ducks.Li Zheng took out a thin notebook, in which more than a dozen households were recorded, and each family raised forty or fifty dogs, and some families raised twenty or thirty dogs.

"Okay, I will go to the town to buy the seedlings tomorrow, and then I will notify everyone to come and take them back. If there are still people who want to raise them, you can let them buy and raise them by themselves, and register with you as many as you have raised." That's it, and I'll accept them here as long as they are matured." The main thing is to determine a statistical number and have a bottom line in mind, Cao Xiangnan said.

"Okay." Li Zheng saw that this good boy is doing things more and more neatly now, and it is no wonder that his life is getting better and better. Fortunately, he is also a caring person. a handful of people.

There are hundreds of households in Caojia Village, but now there are only a dozen households raising them. This number is still too small.Lizheng sighed in his heart, these people are still unlucky, he has to raise fifty of them in his own family.

"The brochure will stay with you, and I will have to trouble Grandpa Seven." Cao Xiangnan memorized the quantity, and he will go and buy Xiao Miao tomorrow.

At this time, the school was about to end, so Cao Xiangnan went to the school to pick up the children. In fact, the school was in the village, and the children would go home by themselves after school.What's more, there are still Kangkang's older children, but he still can't rest assured in his heart, and he has to come to pick up the children in person.

The door of the school opened, and a group of little radish heads came out.

"Father." As soon as An An came out, he saw his father coming to pick him up, and ran over with short legs.Cao Xiangnan bent down to pick up the child, kissed his little face, and asked, "Did you behave well today?"

"An'an, be good." With her upturned little chin, she looked very cute.

"Uncle Xiang Nan."

"uncle."

Several other children also surrounded him. Cao Xiangnan patted Kangkang's head, held An An's hand, and led a group of children back to his house.When such a group of children came in, the yard was filled with children in an instant, making a lot of noise.

"Amm um..."

"Amm um..."

Chen Hong wiped her hands, saw the children who had come back, touched their heads, and asked a few words if they had learned anything in the school.Li Mei was also pulling his children to ask, knowing that they were listening to the master's words in the school, and there was an unstoppable smile on their faces.

Wu Yue's expression was a little gloomy, he made up his mind that he must talk to his husband about this matter tonight, and he wanted to send the child to school as well.

As soon as An An got home, she went to the kitchen to find his mother, and hugged her leg like a little bear.When Cao Xiangnan entered, his family's Wanfeng was dumbfounded. He walked over and said, "Take the child outside, I'll do it here." He gave up the position to Fu Lang, and took the child out.

"Brother." When An An went out with his mother, she saw her brother and called out.

"En." Goudan responded and patted Xiao Mao, who obediently called out, "Brother."

"No, you are the younger brother." An An made a comparison and felt that she was older than Xiao Mao.

"How old is Xiao Mao?" Qi Wanfeng couldn't tell the child's age, so he asked.

Goudan snapped his fingers and held it up for Wanfeng to see.

"That's bigger than An'an." Qi Wanfeng was still a little surprised, but when he thought about the child's life without his parents, it was no wonder that he was so thin.Qi Wanfeng said to his children, "This is brother Xiao Mao, who is older than An'an, called brother."

An An pouted, unwilling to call his younger brother.Xiao Mao leaned against his elder brother a little at a loss, and Goudan stretched out his hand to hold his younger brother, telling him not to be afraid.

"Wanfeng, take the two children out together." A group of children outside were playing, and these two children were working here. Cao Xiangnan simply asked Qi Wanfeng to take the two children out, "Go again Let's see who has the time to call someone to set the fire."

"I, I can work." Goudan became anxious, afraid that people would not want him.

"Forget it, they'll stay here." Later, Cao Xiangnan didn't insist anymore, and asked Qi Wanfeng to take the children outside. The temperature in the small kitchen was a bit high, and it was also hot.

The people who set up stalls in the town came back later, and dinner was eaten by a large group of people.The children of several families also stayed here, their father and mother all worked here, and Cao Xiangnan was not short of such a meal, so he asked them to keep their children for dinner.

After eating, everyone went back, and the workers also went back to the bamboo hut to rest.

As night fell, every house in the village closed their doors.

The oil lamp in the hut was on, and the figure sitting inside could be seen from outside the hut. Wu Yue lowered her voice and said to her husband about sending the child to school, "I don't care, I must take Doudou Sent to school, everyone's children are sent, but our family Doudou will not go, everyone will be able to read in the future, and our family Doudou will not know a single big character."

"Oh, why are you saying this again? Isn't Eminem not agreeing?" Cao Dazhong sat beside his wife with a helpless expression on his face.

"Why do you want Eminem to agree? Doudou is our child. I spent the money from selling vegetables to study. Why can't Doudou go to school? Tell me? I will take care of the family's money in the future, and Eminem is with us. We eat and live in us, so why do we have to take care of our money. I don’t care, you have to give me the money for working in Xiangnan, and I will not give the family money in the future.” Chen Hong and the others said That's right, why should they give Eminem the money they earned themselves!Wu Yue is now determined to get the money back.

"This, how can this be done." Cao Dazhong, who was filial to E'mu, said.

"Why not? You don't know. I saw Eminem giving money to my second uncle that day. I won't talk about it. I have seen Eminem giving money to my second and third uncles several times before. Those are all ours. Money, the second uncle and the third uncle have hands and feet, won't they earn it by themselves? We have already separated, why should we support them. "

"Em took our money to the second and third uncles. Their children have new clothes to wear and meat to eat. What do we have for Doudou? Doudou is our child. Your nephew will always be your nephew. Your second brother and third brother have their own homes..." Wu Yue shed tears when she said that, watching other people's families take their money to eat well and dress well, while her own children didn't even want to eat meat.

Wu Yue has seen Ah Mu give money to his second uncle and third uncle several times. He has never said anything to his husband. He knows that Ah Mu is partial, but Ah Mu cannot be so partial.

"Hey, Ah Yue, don't cry." The man sitting by the bed was dejected, sighed heavily, and said, "It's up to you." "Remember, I will take care of all the money from now on. Take Doudou to see Mr., and send Doudou to study in school." Wu Yue said with red eyes after shedding tears.

"Yes." After blowing out the lamp, Cao Dapeng also lay down.

It didn't take long for a low moan to be heard in the room...