freenovelworld Chapter 419 The House is Built
Chapter 419 The House is Built
Since they really couldn't win, they discussed with Zhou Guo, "You can't be partial. How about you defend half the court?"
They were having a great time playing, and the others who were working couldn't help but look over. They were a little surprised at the unique way of playing, "This seems to be quite fun. What's on this girl's mind? Just like the leaf cards last winter, my dad would go to the big tree at the entrance of the village when he had nothing to do and play with his old friends until dark. He would disappear after dinner. Now the children are attracted to this game. I think it won't be long before I can't see him at home all day long."
"Hey, I think it's fun. Why don't we try it later? Ah? Anyway, it's fine. We adults can just play, okay?"
Everyone was a little hesitant, but looking at the circles of children shouting so enthusiastically on the ground, what did they mean by "Come on!"?
What nonsense are you shouting? You can't even shout.
In the evening, after dinner, the Zhou family's land became more lively.
Qian from the next door house also came with her two children to watch the fun, and Wang Changsheng and his sister were extremely excited.
As the number of children increased, the wives of the families would come over with their needlework after dinner to watch the fun. Seeing how lively it was, they couldn't help but say to Li: "Your family is really lively, even more lively than the entrance to the village. I think in a short time, the old people at the entrance to the village might move in too."
Li smiled and said, "It's just that children love to play and have fun. I don't know what's so great about this round ball. So many people are fighting for it, I just feel dizzy."
It’s still a headache. Anyone who is noisy like this every day will have a headache.
Someone nearby laughed and said, "I was just saying that. Now when our kids go back home, they dream about playing football at night and they play football when they open their eyes in the morning. If it weren't for the older one who helps them chop firewood every day, I can hardly control them."
Who isn't like this? And no one knows when this madness will stop.
When the Zhou family's house was almost completed and the courtyard wall was still being built, Zhou Guo finally couldn't stand the daily shouting and made three rules with them: there could only be one large-scale football activity like this every month.
There are prizes for the winners. On that day, the children bring their precious things, which can be precious stone or wooden toys, or some food. If they don’t have these, they can bring firewood. Each contestant brings a bundle of firewood, and the winning team will get the prizes.
Everyone was a little reluctant at first, but they agreed when they heard about the prize. Apart from anything else, if they won, each of them could get two bundles of firewood, which meant they wouldn't have to chop firewood for two days. How great!
Zhou Guo also asked people to cut willow branches and taught them how to make balls by themselves. Of course, her skills were not good and the balls she made were a bit ugly, but they were good enough.
I thought it was quiet now.
But I found that when the time came, these people came with the ball. They didn't play football, but practiced on the ground with the ball, very seriously.
Zhou Guo let out a breath and thought, forget it, there are a lot fewer people this way, and they don’t yell, which is already good enough.
At this time, the houses of the other families had been completely completed, and everyone moved in happily. They agreed to get together for a meal and some housewarming wine after Zhou Guo's house was finished.
As the seven or eight foot high courtyard wall was built, the Zhou family’s house was also completed, and all the carpentry work was also completed. Each room had a large window, providing plenty of light.
Zhou Guo looked around the tall, bright, spacious and clean house, and his mood became relaxed. It was unlike the previous house, which was short, small and dark. How could he be in a good mood living in it?
The house was too high, so she had someone build a attic with wooden boards. Not only could it be used to store sundries, but it could also block the dust and raindrops falling from the roof. So there was no need to worry about the granary in the house being wetted by leaking rain!
The house was built and everyone started to choose a house.
Li originally wanted the old man to live in the main house, but the old man waved his hand and said, "I don't live in the main house. Why should I live in the main house? I like to live in the wing rooms. Um... I'll live in this one."
Everyone looked over and saw that it was the room next to the kitchen.
They all smiled, knowing that the old man liked to eat, and sometimes he would get up in the middle of the night to find something to eat when he was hungry. So it was fine to use the wing room. Anyway, except for their locations, the layout of the houses in their family was similar, and they all had large windows.
Li and Xu lived in the main house, the east wing, while Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing lived in the west wing. A room was specially left in the middle for receiving guests, which also served as a storage room.
Zhou Suli, Li Lai and Li Wang lived in the middle room of the west wing. Next to them were Zhou Mai's, Zhou Mi's and Zhou Gu's rooms. The room next to the old man was left for Zhou Dacang.
Everyone chose their own room and couldn't wait to move their things in.
In fact, there were not many things, just boxes, clothes and shoes. The younger ones even had their own little gadgets. Only Zhou Guo, Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi had more things. They had books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones. There was also a table in their rooms. Even Zhou Su and the others had something, as they had to learn to read when they grew up.
Even Zhou Xing had one, placed side by side with Zhou Guo's, with a matching stool.
Zhou Guo lay on the kang. The newly built kang had been burned, but even with the quilt on it, it was still hard. She still wanted to sleep on it.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "That's not easy. Go back to the carpenter and bring back some wooden boards. Put stones in the room, put the wooden boards on top, and cover the bed with a quilt. It will be a bed. It will be easy to take down in winter, and put back when winter is over."
Zhou Guo got up from the kang and clapped his hands happily, "You're right. Next time I go to the market, I'll go ask him for the planks. Anyway, I've already spent so much money, so I don't need a few planks."
This time we spent a lot of money. Including the tables and chairs in each room, the total cost was eighty-three taels of silver!
She made the shelves in the house herself using discarded wood. Although they looked a bit weird, after some modifications by the carpenter, they were still usable, which saved her a lot of money.
Although so much money was spent, even Li, who had complained about spending too much money, stopped complaining when seeing such a grand small courtyard. Which farmer in the surrounding area would not be envious of having such a small courtyard?
When other people who were building houses at the same time saw their small courtyard, they couldn't help but envy, "This is just like the houses in the city. At first glance, I thought it was the home of some scholar."
All the villagers came to see it.
The house of Zheng Xiucai in the village was like this, but the furnishings were more luxurious than those of Zhou's.
Li said quickly: "How can it be like this for Master Xiucai? It's empty inside, with nothing in it? Master Xiucai's house has piles of food and mountains of books, so we can only live in a shell like this."