"You killed my son and still have the nerve to come back?"
"No, it's Xiaojun who misses grandma, so I..."
"Miss me? Oh, you miss my family property, right? Let me tell you, my family property belongs to my daughter and my grandson, and you can't get a penny from it."
"mom……"
"Don't call me mom, I can't afford it, and we don't know each other! You guys should come less often from now on, Sangmenxing!"
"..."
…
Zhang Chiling opened her eyes, and the room was very dark.
Wiping away the tears from the corners of my eyes, I picked up the flashlight beside my pillow and looked at the clock on the wall. It was only half past five.
Can't sleep anymore.
…
After breakfast, Ma Qiangsheng went out to buy things. Ma Xiaolong dug out an ax and a shovel from home and went to the opposite door.
At this time, Chen Jun had finished his morning voice practice and was having breakfast with Zhang Chiling, cornmeal and sweet potato porridge with shredded pickles.
"Mom, Xiaojun, it's time to eat!" Ma Xiaolong opened the door and entered the room, holding two boiled eggs in his hand.
"Brother!" Chen Jun was very happy to see him.
"Hey!" Ma Xiaolong put the boiled eggs on the table: "Don't just eat pickles, peel an egg yourself and eat it."
"Thank you, brother." Chen Jun nodded, picked up an egg and knocked it on the table.
This little girl is cute no matter what she does.
Zhang Chiling asked with a smile on her face, "Have you eaten?"
"I just finished eating." Ma Xiaolong sat next to the bed and said, "Mom, I will tear down the half of the earth wall in a while, and when my father buys the materials, I will build the wall."
"You kid..." Zhang Zhiling's nose felt sour, she pulled him into her arms and held him tightly: "Thank you, son."
It's fragrant, soft, and yummy.
"No thanks, I will renovate the house when I make enough money in the future. The current house is too old and uncomfortable to live in," Ma Xiaolong said.
Zhang Chiling let go of her hand, shook her head, and said: "Good boy, Mom accepts your wish, but when you have money, you will first build your own house. Mom will talk about it later."
"No." Ma Xiaolong said: "I promised you that when you have money, you will rebuild the house again. Anyway, don't worry about it, just leave it to me."
"..."
Zhang Chiling didn't say anything, she just kissed him.
…
Ma Xiaolong beat the earth wall with his axe, and kept encouraging himself: "Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!"
Chen Jun stood aside and asked curiously: "Brother, why do you always say eighty?"
"Some people say that building a house in a big city gives you more money. It costs 40 yuan for a small hammer to cut a wall, and 80 yuan for a sledgehammer. My brother is just trying to encourage himself!" Ma Xiaolong said casually.
"Oh." Chen Jun didn't quite understand, but it didn't stop her from being Ma Xiaolong's follower.
After a while, Zhang Zhiling came over carrying a bench in her left hand and a pot of hot tea in her right hand. The bench was placed on the ground and the teapot was placed on the bench. She went back to get two glasses, poured two cups of tea, and said: "Xiaolong, take a break.
Come on! Drink some water."
"Not tired."
Now Ma Xiaolong's physical strength has reached 5 points, which is considered the physical strength of half an adult. He has only been working for about ten minutes, and his physical strength is absolutely fine.
Sure enough, a man must have a good body, otherwise everything is in vain.
The earthen wall was easy to dismantle. Even a kid like Ma Xiaolong demolished it in an hour. After that, he borrowed a tricycle from a neighbor to empty the dirt dumping point, which took three trips back and forth.
Ma Xiaolong was sweating profusely, but the weather was cold, and people with poor health could easily get sick. The reason why he didn't work at the construction site in winter was because the cold weather made construction inconvenient, and accidents were prone to accidents.
"You're tired! Take a rest." Zhang Zhiling wiped the sweat from Ma Xiaolong's face and neck with a hot towel and said distressedly: "Mom will prepare delicious food for you at noon."
"Haha, okay." Let Zhang Chiling wipe his sweat, Ma Xiaolong drank a cup of tea to replenish the lost water, and said: "Mom, bake me two green onion pancakes! I love eating them."
"Okay, Mom will brand it for you."
For the working people who have no money, they will always research some cheap and delicious food in order to have more taste. For example, green onion pancake, you only need flour, chopped green onion, salt and a little cooking oil to get a portion.
Better than a delicious pasta snack.
Ma Xiaolong's skills as a celebrity include noodle making, which is actually making pasta. No one can compare to the chopped scallion pancakes he bakes, but today when working for Zhang Chiling, she must have a sense of participation. Besides, the chopped scallion pancakes made by Zhang Chiling also taste good.
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However, Zhang Zhiling considered his teeth and beat four eggs into the flour to make egg and scallion pancakes. It tasted very soft and tender, suitable for a little carrot head like him who was in the teething period.
While Ma Xiaolong was eating, Ma Johnson came back, followed by a tractor pulling red bricks, cement and sand.
Ma Xiaolong gnawed on egg and scallion pancakes and walked over: "Dad."
"Yes!" Ma Qiangsheng nodded and directed the tractor master to stop and unload.
Zhang Chiling came out after baking the cake, looked at the busy Ma Johnson, and said: "Brother Johnson, thank you for your hard work."
"I'm just running errands." Ma Qiangsheng shook his head and said, "It's Xiaolong who pays."
"Yeah." Zhang Chiling smiled slightly: "But Brother Johnson is also tired. I made green onion pancakes and will fry two more dishes later. Let's eat them here at noon!"
"Don't be so polite. It's the same door to door, no matter where you eat." Ma Qiangsheng and the tractor master carried the cement to the backyard.
With one hundred kilograms of cement, Ma Xiaolong had no choice but to go home, drag a large plastic bathtub over, and soak the red bricks with a basin of tap water.
With Ma Qiangsheng as a laborer, Ma Xiaolong's subsequent work became much easier. He laid six or seven layers of bricks before lunch.
Liu Ying came back from get off work at noon. When she saw the results of the whole morning, she was completely relieved: "The work is quite neat. Is it really your boy?"
"Is there still time left?" Ma Xiaolong washed his face and said, "According to this progress, it should be completed before five o'clock."
"I didn't expect Xiaolong to do the big work." Zhang Zhiling handed Ma Xiaolong a towel and said with a smile: "This kid is really versatile."
"Masonry work is not a talent, so don't put gold on his face." Liu Ying said with a smile, "Besides, Johnson can do these jobs too."
"I'm not as good at what he does." Ma Qiangsheng shook his head and said, "Xiaolong does what he does like a professional. He is also a good hand even on the construction site."
"Hehehe, just average, third in the world." Ma Xiaolong squeaked again.
Liu Ying rolled her eyes: "If you praise him again, he will go to heaven."
…
At noon, grandma tore up a roast chicken and brought it over, and the two families had a lively lunch.
After taking a short rest, Ma Xiaolong and Ma Qiangsheng continued to build the wall.
The length of the courtyard wall is just over two meters. With the cooperation of the father and son, it only took three hours to build the wall.
In the end, Ma Xiaolong smashed a few beer bottles and spread the broken glass on the wall with the tips pointing upward to see which thief would dare to climb the wall?
There were some bricks and cement ash left, so Ma Xiaolong thought not to waste it. After asking Zhang Chiling's opinion, he built a small flower bed next to the wall. He could plant flowers and plants in the future and add a bright color to the small backyard.
After the work was done, the sky became dark.
When Liu Ying and her grandfather came back from get off work and saw the results of Ma Xiaolong's day's work, they couldn't help but praise him: "This is a beautiful job."
Normally, Ma Xiaolong would have been chattering a few words, but now he was too tired and in no mood. He just wanted to take a hot bath and lasso the big sword.
Seeing that he was so tired, Zhang Zhiling felt very distressed and quickly wiped his sweat with a hot towel: "You must be exhausted! What do you want to eat? Mom will cook it for you."
"Just reheat the leftovers." Ma Xiaolong sat on the bench, calmed down for a while, turned to his grandma and said, "Grandma, I want to take a hot bath."
Grandma said quickly: "Okay, grandma is going to boil water now." After a pause: "Johnson, you will take a shower soon."
Ma Johnson nodded. The work he did today was much more tiring than Ma Xiaolong, but he was a strong adult and didn't feel too tired.
Ma Xiaolong estimated that his physical strength was at least 15 points, so it was no wonder that he could start a family at the age of twelve.
…
Although Ma Xiaolong said that just eating the leftovers would be enough, Zhang Chiling still fried two hot dishes, went to the market and bought two yuan of vegetarian assorted rice and two yuan of spiced peanuts, and gave them to Ma Qiangsheng and her grandfather.
liquor.
When my grandfather saw Su Shijin and peanuts, he happily took a bottle of Daqu wine from home and said, "I've benefited from the glory today."
"We all share the glory of Xiaolong." Liu Ying came back from buying a few bottles of soda from the tuck shop. Nowadays, the soda drinks are all in glass bottles and are recyclable. There are often deliverymen on three wheels delivering soda to the tuck shop.
Then collect the empty bottles and recycle them.
"Dip it, dip it!" Ma Xiaolong had just taken a hot bath and felt a lot more relaxed, but he was hungry and sleepy. He didn't want to say anything at the moment. He just wanted to take a good nap after eating.
"Xiaolong is very tired today, hurry up and eat! Go to bed early after eating." Zhang Chiling handed him a pair of chopsticks, her eyes full of care.
"Yeah." As soon as Ma Xiaolong sat down, a pair of small fists lightly beat him on his back.
I turned around and saw that it was Chen Jun.
Ma Xiaolong smiled and asked, "Xiaojun, what are you doing?"
"I beat my brother's back." Chen Jun said seriously: "When my mother is tired, she likes to let me beat her back. After beating her, she is no longer tired."
Ma Xiaolong touched her head and said, "Xiaojun is still sensible, unlike Ma Xiaofeng, who can't do anything but eat."
Ma Xiaofeng: "???"
"Tomorrow, my brother will make you a new outfit to wear during the Chinese New Year." Ma Xiaolong held Chen Jun on his lap and said, "How about I make you a new outfit too for my mother?"
Chen Jun nodded happily: "Okay."
Liu Ying clicked her tongue and said to Zhang Chiling: "I've made a huge loss."
Zhang Chiling chuckled: "Thank you, Sister Ying. I will drink with you later."