Rebirth of the backing and eating mountains

The yard of An’an’s house is not big. It’s a standard courtyard house. There are three main rooms, the central room is in the middle, and the east and west rooms are equipped with kitchens. Warehouses and warehouses, people live in the west wing, and the thatched house is built in the southwest corner. Although the roof is covered with thatch, the whole yard is neatly organized.

There is also a back garden in the yard, which is not big enough to grow some vegetables.Fang Bo and An Xuan looked at the yard back and forth, and felt even more satisfied. They asked the price only 25 taels, which was considered fair, so they readily agreed.

Anxuan's family has a small population and not much land, only about five acres, most of which are second-class land. In the end, the house in the land area was sold for 70 taels. After giving the share to the village, Fang Bo took the opportunity to complete the household registration. When they got the land deed and house deed, their family officially settled in Qingshan Village.

I have a house, but I can't live in it right away. Not to mention the repairs from the inside to the outside, there are still a lot of things that are needed for daily use at home, so I have to buy them all. It was sold to them together, and they had to take care of it. Fang Bo's family was busy going around immediately, and even An Xuan and Qin Feng had to help with advice and purchases, and they were busy working together.

At the same time, An Rubao and Song Chu were not idle, and were busy running up the back mountain. Speaking of the back mountain of his house, it is not high among all the mountains in Qingshan Village, and is called Houling by the villagers. , but there is only a small hill winding out along the river on the mountainside, which is a conical polyhedron as a whole. The soil and vegetation of these faces are slightly different due to different orientations. Because An Rubao has a general plan for him, here Basically, he needs to analyze and inspect every aspect, so he goes up the mountain after breakfast every day, and only goes down the mountain when it gets dark. Qin Feng laughed and said that he grew up on the mountain.

As for Song Chu, An Rubao didn't agree with him to go with him at the beginning. After all, he had to climb up and down. An Rubao turned around, he went wherever An Rubao went, and pestered him too many times, An Rubao just let him go.

When he arrived on the mountain, An Rubao had to be busy identifying the soil quality, inspecting the vegetation, and measuring the area. He didn't know much about these things in the early Song Dynasty. He occasionally helped pull the scale, walked the road, and did some physical work. Most of the time he just played around and caught rabbits. , Chasing pheasants, digging out bird nests, and sometimes seeing chipmunk nests, as long as he gets to the mountain, he will be like a tyrant on the mountain.

Because the writing brush was not easy to use, An Rubao took the charcoal strips from the stove, and after surveying a place, he would draw or write on the paper to make records. I also feel less tired.

The area of ​​the back mountain is not small, and the survey work lasted more than ten days. When Fang Bo's house was renovated, An Rubao was almost finished. This time, only a thick stack of paper and charcoal strips Countless, as long as he sorts out these materials, he writes a detailed plan, and then makes a budget, he can discuss with Dad and Amo about the development of the back mountain.

The house was repaired. After Fang Bo's family had bought all the furniture and utensils they needed, and found a good day, An Xuan invited a few acquaintances to have a meal. After a burst of firecrackers, Fang Bo's family officially moved. past.

Families who are familiar with each other, apart from the village head's family, there are also the seven tenants and An Hua. During the meeting, An Xuan and An Ruxi mentioned the matter of expanding the house. An Ruxi nodded and said: "This yard of yours Although it looks big, it’s true that the servants who don’t live here can spread it out. It just so happens that the open spaces on both sides of your yard are on your land deed, and you can develop it however you want. I’ll give you a place in the town Just make a registration." An Xuan hurriedly toasted and thanked him, and the matter was settled like this.

Building a house is not something that happens overnight. Site selection, design, hiring, preparation of building materials, etc. There are a lot of things, large and small. Once it is decided to build, Anxuan and Qin Feng immediately start preparations.The first is the site selection. There are open spaces on the east and west sides of his yard, whichever side is fine. Finally, after listening to Fang Bo’s suggestion, he chose the west side. Fang Bo’s reason is very simple, building on the west side, the two houses are closer .

After the layout of the courtyard was discussed and finalized by the whole family, the materials needed for building the house began to be prepared.

At this time, people in the village mostly used mud bricks to build houses, and thatched roofs. An Xuan inquired, and there were bricks and tiles fired in neighboring villages, but the price was not low. Most villagers thought it was expensive, but An Xuan did not. I didn't care too much, I went to see it myself, and found that the quality of the bricks and tiles fired in those brick kilns is very good, especially the bricks, which are fired with a special local clay, and the fired bricks are dark brown and very strong. , made him very satisfied, and ordered a batch according to the general quantity. There are also special mortars, which are made of brick clay mixed with lime, and Anxuan also ordered a batch.

As for the most important timber for building a house, it needs to be felled on the mountain. Because the rafters and purlins and girders used for building a house are all made of wood, the demand for wood is huge. People in the village have to ask for help when building a house. It all depends on popularity. There are many people who are well-connected. They can finish cutting in one day, and almost two days more. Anxuan's family has just moved here, and they are only familiar with those few families. Fortunately, An Xuan had considered this situation from the very beginning, and went to An Ruxi the day before logging, and asked him to tell the villagers that there was someone to help, and each person was [-] Wen per day.

At this time, money is obviously more important than popularity. It just so happens that there is not too much farm work now. On the second day, many men, old and young, from the whole village came, even some strong husbands. After counting, there were about 50 people, including An Hua who came to help, men from the seven tenants, Fang Jiancheng, and An Licheng, there were nearly [-] people. An Xuan divided the people into four groups and went to different places. After all, there are so many people and great power. It took only one day to cut back all the wood needed for building the house. The crowns and branches of the wood were cut off, and several stacks were stacked neatly on the open space beside the yard. The wood needs to be exposed to the sun for some time until the water is dried before it can be used.

Because I wanted to stay with the helpers for dinner, Lu Ming, An Jun, Li Xin, Han Shi, Zhao Yu and others came to help after a while, and An Shao also came with Ah Mo. He didn't see An Rubao, and he was absent-minded all the time. An Jun didn't expect him to do anything. It happened that An Feng had been making trouble by the side, so he asked him to carry An Feng to the yard to play.

Many children gathered in the yard, including Song Yi, An Ruyu, An Liang and Chu Li. Since Chu Li came to Anxuan's house for the first time, except for the days when Anxuan's family went to Yuxing City on New Year's Day, he often came to Anxuan's house. Playing with the Xuan family, they have been acquainted with Song Yi and An Rubao for a long time. There are many children today, although they are still a little timid, after all, they are not as cramped as when facing adults, and they are very happy to play with a sullen face.

An Feng was just able to leave, An Shao was already an adult, and he couldn't play with them, so he had to sit and watch. An Feng watched the other children play lively, and An Shao couldn't stay still when he was pregnant. An Shao had no choice but to coax him and think about his thoughts, when he heard the courtyard door ring, he looked up and saw An Rubao and Song Chu walking into the courtyard together.

Their two children are not needed to cut trees at home. They went to the back mountain as usual today. They just came down now. The early Song Dynasty had a good harvest. They took out a nest of bird eggs and held them with both hands. They were seen by the children as soon as they entered the courtyard. , a swarm of swarms ran over to surround him, scrambling to see the eggs, and pushed An Rubao aside, just in front of An Shao.

An Rubao didn't see An Shao, and kept his eyes on Song Chu, who was surrounded by children. He was telling the children about the process of digging out eggs by himself. An Shao was a little flustered, he stood up holding An Feng, his face was red for a long time, Fang said in a low voice: "Rubao, you...you are back?"

Only then did An Rubao see him, and said apologetically, "So it's Brother An Shao, you're here to help, I'm really bothering you."

The smile on the corner of his mouth didn't stop, An Shao blushed even more with his faint golden face under the setting sun, he lowered his head and smiled and said, "I'm not an outsider." While speaking, his eyes turned to An Rubao Seeing him dressed in the short clothes he wore when he went to the ground, with messy hair, dust all over his body, and some scratches on his clothes, he was a little surprised and asked, "What are you doing here? How did you get into this look? "

Rubao didn't answer him right away, but looked at Song Chu. At this moment, he had pulled away from the children, walked in front of them a few steps, and first called An Shao nonchalantly: "Brother Shao!" , Talked to An Rubao again, and went to Qin Feng with the egg.

An Rubao watched him enter the kitchen, Fang looked at An Shao and said, "I didn't go to do anything, I went to the back mountain with Xiao Chu for a stroll." An Shao's face froze, and he said, "Yes... Is that so..." There was no more text, the two of them looked at each other silently for a while, but Song Chu didn't go in for a long time, and came out soon, An Rubao hurriedly nodded with An Shao, walked to Song Chu's side, and joined him Back to the room.

An Shao looked at the backs of the two, bit his lower lip, and lowered his head.

When the tree fellers came back in the evening, the meal had already been prepared. Originally, everyone was embarrassed to eat after taking the wages. An Xuan said that it didn't matter, it was the right to reward them. They were really hungry after a day's work, so these people just went along with the flow and ate.

There are more than five tables of meals for more than fifty people. Although they are not big fish and meat, they are also full of meat and vegetables. They are served with delicious white rice. There is basically not much left.

After dinner, Anxuan settled the wages, and those who refused, Anxuan also gave them every penny, and gave Anhua a few who came on their own initiative, Anhua said: "We are here to help. If I don’t come to another house, it’s not because of the fifty cents that day, uncle, you often say that I’m strangers, wouldn’t it be even more strangers if you do this?” The others also had the same meaning as him, how much did An Xuan let go? This time, several people were determined and finally had to collect the money.

The wood is ready, and the next step is to break the ground.The time for building a house and breaking ground is very particular. After Anxuan found someone to look at it, he finally decided on Maoshi, the ninth day of May, because it happened to be idle for a few months, and February and March are the seasons for planting trees and fields. An Rubao hastened to make the plan, planning to get the back mountain done before building the house.