Zhou Ping heard the knock on the courtyard door and hurriedly ran out of the kitchen to open the door.
Seeing Song Xi and Zhou Yi standing outside the door, they were very happy, "Brother Yi, sister-in-law, you are here, come in quickly, Mo Jiaxiang and Sheng Jiahe are not here yet, they will probably be here soon."
Now they are used to calling Song Xi sister-in-law, and they don't feel embarrassed at all.
"This is the housewarming gift we prepared for you, you can figure it out yourself!" Zhou Yi stuffed the basket into Zhou Ping's arms and pulled Song Xi towards the yard of Zhou Ping's house.
He had come to help Zhou Ping before, so he was familiar with Zhou Ping's yard, but this was Song Xi's first time here today.
Zhou Ping had no partner, so he separated from his family and lived alone, so the house he built was not big.
Of course, he was also afraid that if his house got bigger, others would take it away in the name of "filial piety", so he built it to be about the same size as other bachelor's houses.
There is a well in the yard, and next to the well is a pond made of stones, where you can wash vegetables and clothes.
There are three very small houses in the yard, one is a firewood shed, one is a shower room and one is a toilet. As soon as you enter the house, you will find the main room. The small door on the left is the stove house. On the right side of the main room, there are two doors, front and back.
, the one entering from the main room door is the master bedroom, and the one further away is the second bedroom.
In this courtyard of Zhouping, it is not a problem for a family of three to live.
"Brother, sister-in-law, please sit down and rest for a while. When Mo Jiaxiang and Sheng Jiahe arrive, we can start dinner." Zhou Ping brought two bamboo cups and asked Song Xi and Zhou Yi to sit down and rest.
The bamboo cup was made of bamboo joints. It was very big and strong. A cup could hold a lot of tea. Song Xi picked it up and took a sip. It was sweet. It seemed that Zhou Ping had made sugar water for them.
Song Xi only took two sips before putting down the bamboo cup, stood up and walked outside.
Seeing Zhou Ping planting the vegetables she carefully cultivated in a mess, Song Xi suddenly felt her scalp numb. She rushed over and pulled Zhou Ping away, and then pulled up all the vegetables Zhou Ping planted.
"Zhou Ping, these vegetables will be ready to eat in half a month. When eating, remember to pick the outermost leaves in batches and keep the cabbage hearts inside to continue growing. If you take good care of these vegetables, you will have
There are too many vegetables to eat.”
Song Xi reclassified the various vegetables that Zhou Ping had mixed together, and then planted them again.
One tree at a time, one row after another, arranged very neatly.
Zhou Ping scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Sister-in-law, I understand."
Song Xi then picked six more places in Zhou Ping's yard, drew circles with bamboo sticks, and asked Zhou Ping to dig holes to plant grapes, grapefruits, and oranges.
Song Xi came to Zhou Ping's well and brought up a bucket of well water. She quietly added a little spiritual spring water to it, and then asked Zhou Yi to help water the vegetables.
After Mo Jiaxiang, Sheng Jiahe returned to the village, they returned their bicycles to the village headquarters and hurried to Zhou Ping's house.
As soon as they entered the yard, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes. Zhou Ping's yard was really completely new.
"Zhou Ping has some, so do you. Come to our house to get them after breakfast." Song Xi saw the envy in the eyes of the two gay men and said.
After they divided today's income equally, they went to Zhou Ping's kitchen to have breakfast.
Breakfast consisted of sweet potato porridge cooked by Zhou Ping himself, onion pancakes made with wheat flour, shredded potatoes in vinegar, and ten boiled eggs.
In this era of mountain villages, the treatment is already excellent.
Before Song Xi came to Ping'an Village, all they could eat were wild vegetable dumplings and wild vegetable soup.
Everyone replaced the wine with water and wished Zhou Ping that he could finally live his own life behind closed doors. From now on, he could eat whatever he wanted without having to watch others eat.
After having breakfast at Zhou Ping's house, Song Xi and Zhou Yi went back.
Mo Jiaxiang and Sheng Jiahe followed them. Song Xi directly handed the basket filled with vegetables and fruit seedlings to them, "Take it back and plant it, and manage it well. There will be endless vegetables and fruits in the future."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." After Mo Jiaxiang and Sheng Jiahe thanked them, they returned to their respective new homes with their backpacks in hand.
They had just had breakfast at Zhou Ping's house and it was still some time before going to Mo Jiaxiang's house for lunch. Song Xi closed the courtyard door and stepped into the vegetable field.
I started picking those big vegetable leaves, but before I picked two, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
Song Xi glanced at Zhou Yi, who was chopping firewood, and told him with her eyes that she was going to open the door. She ran over to open the door and was a little surprised to see Qian Weimin, Wu Zhuhua and Qian Chuntao standing outside.
"Uncle Qian, Aunt Zhuhua, Xiaotao, why are you here?" Today is New Year's Day. I'm not celebrating the holiday at home. What's the point of coming here?
Although Song Xi was confused, she still opened the door and called them to the main room. Zhou Yi immediately went to wash his hands and poured three cups of hot tea over.
"Uncle Qian, what's the matter?" Seeing Qian Weimin's hesitant expression, Song Xi couldn't help but speak.
I don’t know what happened that made it difficult for Qian Weimin to talk about it.
Wu Zhuhua glanced at Qian Weimin and said helplessly, "Xiao Xi, it's like this. The parents of the students in the village felt that two days off a week was too much, so they came over to ask your Uncle Qian if it could be changed.
One day off a week?”
Parents are not fools. It’s hard to take care of children, so if you can take care of them for one less day, take care of them for one less day.
In addition, if you read for one more day, you can learn more knowledge. They also hope that their children can learn more knowledge.
After all, the children have missed the time to study and are much older than the children who normally enter school. Now they can only catch up.
Hearing this, Zhou Yi frowned. Those parents were so inconsiderate that his wife was occupied by children for five days a week, and now she even wanted one more day.
Song Xi thought for a while and nodded, "As long as the children can persevere, of course I can do it! This way I can earn five more work points, so let's start from next week! Uncle Qian, please let me know."
Qian Weimin said, "Xiao Xi, several of our leaders sat together and discussed it before. We feel that giving you five work points a day is a bit unfair to you. Our village primary school is not as good as the commune primary school, but
We can't let you suffer, we plan to give you the same benefits as the commune primary school, but we don't have tickets, so we will give you a salary of ten yuan a month, how about it?"
"I'm very grateful to Uncle Qian for fighting for good welfare benefits for me, but no need, five work points a day is enough, otherwise those villagers who have graduated from primary school or have studied for several years and think they can teach and educate people will definitely not
I will give up. When the time comes, neither I nor Uncle Qian will be able to do it, so let’s do it! Five work points are enough for me to eat. In addition, I still have the right to use three acres of sandy land and two barren mountains.