Joe's Farming

When Qiao Yu woke up, it was already 3:00 p.m., and her husband was no longer around her. Qiao Yu rubbed her waist and got out of bed. When she thought about how her husband abused her last night, she wanted to catch Gu Feng and beat him up.

The soy milk in the kitchen was still warm, and Qiao Yu scooped a bowl and sat in the yard to drink it slowly. There was no one at home, so Qiao Yu went to the backyard to check on her vegetables. Although she didn't take care of them after sowing them, she had a good husband who remembered to water them every day. Now they have basically sprouted, especially the cabbage, which changes every day. It will probably be ready to eat soon. The white radish flowers that were left behind have also begun to produce seeds, and they can be harvested in a dozen days.

Chives grow the fastest, so it won’t be long before you can harvest them at home.

Qiao Yu inspected the chicken coop again. The chicks and ducklings had already started to grow feathers, looking a little cute. The two old hens in the house were still diligently laying two eggs every day. The chicks and ducklings were now ready to eat, so Qiao Yu opened the door for them and let the two old hens take them to catch insects in the backyard.

After the inspection, Gu Feng still didn't come back, so Qiao Yu peeled and ate the eggs that Gu Feng left for him, then took paper and pen to draw the blueprints of the new house in the yard.

Qiao Yu has never studied design, but she still has certain aspirations for the farmhouse where she will live in the future.

There must be at least four bedrooms, a living room, a large kitchen, a bathroom, and a toilet. A granary is necessary, a woodshed is also indispensable, and finally a well must be dug, as their family consumes too much water every day.

As he continued to paint, the courtyard in his mind slowly appeared on paper. Qiao Yu was so interested in painting that he even started to design stoves and kangs.

The autumn weather is bright and refreshing, and the mountains are colorful because of the leaves. The air in the mountains is good and the visibility is very high. Qiao Yu painted for a while, then went to the door to look into the distance and take a look at the newly bought land. Imagining the grand scene of the land full of grain next year, she thought about digging a cellar to store vegetables.

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When Gu Feng returned home, he saw his husband standing at the door, looking very happy, waving at him from a distance. Gu Feng quickened his pace, walked to his husband, picked him up, and turned around twice amid his husband's screams.

"Hey!... Put... me down!" Qiao Yu didn't expect that her husband was so childish and treated her like a child.

Gu Feng laughed and slowly put his husband down.

Qiao Yu also smiled and asked him, "Where are the old man and the children?"

Gu Feng tucked his wife's messy black hair behind her ears and said, "The children were clamoring to go to the village to play, so Lin Da took them there, and the uncle followed."

Gu Feng embraced Qiao Yu as he walked in and found the blueprint he had drawn on the table.

"Have we decided on the person to build the house?" Qiao Yu asked.

Gu Feng: "It's agreed that Uncle Dali will help recruit people, Auntie is willing to help with cooking, and she will lend us the kitchen. Wen Ge'er also talked to him, and he will give us a reply tomorrow. We can start work tomorrow."

Gu Feng said this, his eyes still fixed on the papers.

Qiao Yu said embarrassedly: "I just drew this casually. I'll tell you my ideas, and then you can add your own ideas. When we dig the foundation tomorrow, discuss with Uncle Dali and the others to see if it is feasible." After all, Qiao Yu had never built a house, so he could only carefully explain to Gu Feng the principles he knew.

After listening to this, Gu Feng felt that his husband was really amazing. According to his idea, the stove would be more convenient to use and could be used by multiple people at the same time, especially the kang. If a flue was built to connect the stove, they could sleep on a warm kang in winter. When it snowed heavily outside, he and his husband could spend the winter warmly on the kang. Just thinking about it made him feel warm.

Seeing that Gu Feng also agreed with his idea, Qiao Yu pointed to one of the papers and said, "This is the place for taking a shower. Let's make a drainage area here. Next to it is the toilet. Let's dig the pit farther and deeper, and make it at a certain angle. We can drain the dishwashing water and the bathing water to flush the toilet. We can also put a bucket of water in the toilet and use it to flush the toilet. This way it won't stink. Besides, we have so much land at home, and the manure pit is all good fertilizer."

"Well, from now on our toilet will be the cleanest in the whole village."

Qiao Yu said embarrassedly: "The main reason is that I don't want to run so far every time I go to the toilet. We can dig the manure pit farther away, closer to the field."

Gu Feng nodded.

Then he pointed to the well in the yard and said, "It will take more than ten days or half a month to dig a well. The foundation of our new house is right behind us. I'll take you there to see it. I have an idea. Do you think it's feasible?"

Of course Qiao Yu agreed, and Gu Feng led her out of the house. Not far behind the house, they saw a large flat wasteland, the grass of which had been almost mowed by Gu Feng. Qiao Yu knew this place, because Gu Feng had to pass by here every time he went to fetch water, and she had also passed by here when she first went to catch crayfish.

Gu Feng pointed in the direction of the mountain spring and said, "The spring is there, not far from our foundation. I can bring the water directly here."

Qiao Yu agreed: "Okay, but what kind of lead should be used?"

"Dig a small ditch over here?" Gu Feng thought that the place was not far away and he could just work hard to dig it next to his new home.

Qiao Yu frowned: "No, this water is for drinking. The ditch is exposed and it will get dirty easily."

"Yes. There is an old bamboo forest in the mountains, and the bamboos there are that thick." Gu Feng compared with his husband with his hands. "I will go cut a few later, break through the bamboo joints, and dry them over fire to prevent water leakage. There is no need to worry about dirty." Gu Feng also said that if they are damaged by water, they can be replaced. Anyway, it is not far away and it will not take many pieces.

Qiao Yu was delighted: "Sure! Then you can lead it to the yard for me. The water flow doesn't need to be too strong, as long as there is water all the time." Isn't this just running water? It just lacks a switch.

The two discussed where to dig the foundation, how many rooms there would be, how big the yard would be, and where to dig the cellar. Because Grandpa Wang said he would live in the old house in the future, and Qiao Xing also said he wanted to follow his grandfather, and the new house was only a few steps away from the old house, Gu Feng considered breaking through the main hall of the old house, and then connecting the two houses with the yard of the new house. In this way, the yard of the new house would be as big as the front and back yards of the old house combined.

Of course Qiao Yu agreed. She kept praising her husband for choosing a good place. Once again, she lamented that the ancient times were so sparsely populated.

Finally, Qiao Yu made the decision: "It's okay if you don't want to come to the new house. The thatch on the roof needs to be thicker. When we move, we'll knock down the bed we slept on before and build a new kang. Only then will I feel at ease."

"Listen to you."