"Half the village has gone to help your family. Where do you need more people?"
Wang Mancang exaggerated when he said that there were only about 20 people who came to help. There are now about 60 households in Guan Guan Village. One family is only one third of Guan Guan Village. It is not worth mentioning based on the population.
It is not easy to find a suitable time when villagers are free. Most house repairs are scheduled during this time period.
Wang Manyin really needs a two-hole cave dwelling now, but time is running out and he keeps putting it off.
Now that there are five people in the family, it is no longer suitable to sleep on the same kang.
Because the third child was still young, he made a lot of noise in the middle of the night, which had already begun to affect Mao Dan and Gou Dan's normal rest.
Although Goudan is already four years old, because Mao Dan is taking care of her sister, he is obviously not as mature as Mao Dan was when he was four years old.
The third child cried, and after Goudan was woken up, he started crying too, and the two of them formed a symphony.
On the appointed day, Wang Manyin started working early in the morning. He cooked a large pot of millet porridge, steamed a cage of white flour buns, and mixed a small pot of pickles with sesame oil and vinegar.
They are all here to help Wang Manyin's family. They are all villagers, and they help out as a favor. There is no wages, and the preparation of three meals cannot be missed.
Wang Mancang was indeed very kind to Wang Manyin. He came to Wang Manyin's home early with all the tools Wang Manyin needed, borrowed from the brigade headquarters.
Wang Manyin borrowed all the tools he needed to build a house from the village brigade. He will be able to become an "infrastructure maniac" in the future because he has a foundation. During the collective period, every village has done a lot of projects, and they will all be ready-made projects in the future.
Team.
"Brother Mancang, it's better to come early than to come by chance. The food has just been cooked. Come over and have some."
Lan Hua is still in confinement, and the room is inconvenient. Even if it is convenient, there are many people coming, and there is not enough room in the cave dwelling. Wang Manyin directly uses the stove in the courtyard to cook, and it is not possible to eat outside in the current weather.
cold.
"Don't be in a hurry to eat now. It will be time to start work soon. How will you arrange it when people come?"
"When people come, eat first, and then start working after eating. How to work and how to arrange it depends on your help, Brother Mancang!"
Things should still be left to those who are good at it. Wang Mancang will direct any major projects in the village. He knows best what the villagers are good at and what they can do. Wang Mancang will be the most suitable contractor in the future.
First, I took Wang Mancang to see the conditions of the two cave dwellings and the various materials prepared.
"The preparations are quite complete. The old walls are shoveled away, and a new layer of walls is painted. Then the doors and windows are installed, and the kangs are also installed. There are so many things. It can be done in one day without any problem.
It’s no problem if you arrange it for me.”
"That's right, as long as it's a project, I know it won't be easy for you to leave it to Brother Mancang."
After being handed over to Wang Mancang to command the manpower, Wang Manyin was only responsible for logistics.
When people arrived, Wang Manyin was responsible for greeting them, entertaining them, and distributing cigarettes. Wang Manyin bought several cartons of economical cigarettes just for use at this time.
After the construction started, Wang Manyin boiled a large pot of boiling water, kept it for the villagers who were working on it, and then set off to the team headquarters breeding room.
Wang Manyin and Uncle Youcai agreed in advance to buy a sheep from the team.
I came here now to ask Li Laishun to kill the sheep. There were a lot of people here today to help. We had lunch and drinks in the evening. With Wang Manyin's ability, he would certainly not be stingy.
It's not surprising that Li Laishun didn't come to Wang Manyin's house to help. It was really inseparable. Every day, the production team had to look at the large and small animals without Li Laishun, and the members would not feel at ease.
"Man Yin, wait until I finish the work in the team, and I will come to your house to help in a while."
"Brother Lai Shun, there are a lot of people helping today. We have enough people. You are doing me a big favor by killing the sheep with me. The animals in the team are more important. You don't have to worry. You will finish your work.
Just come over here. Remember to come home for lunch. I’m going to make mutton braised white noodles for lunch today.”
Wang Manyin returned home with the divided mutton and began to prepare mutton stew.
It was not easy to cook for so many people, and many people came to help with the cooking. Aunt Liu, who was the one closest to Wang Manyin's house, helped with the dog eggs. Needless to say, Aunt Liu had the most dog eggs.
There are Uncle Cai's wife, Aunt Guihua who likes to chat with Wang Manyin, Li Laishun's daughter-in-law Xiaofang, and those who have a good relationship with Wang Manyin in the village and the men can't come. They all arranged for their aunts to come and help.
Wang Manyin is responsible for stewing the mutton, and the woman helps with cleaning the offal, making noodles, and other auxiliary tasks.
There are also many children gathering together. Children in the village go wherever the excitement is. Today, Wang Manyin has a large family. Some children came with their parents, and other children also followed. Those who are not old enough to go to school gather together to play, hide and seek, and eagle.
Catching chickens and girls jumping rubber bands are also very lively.
Wang Manyin asked Mao Dan and Gou Dan to bring candies and miniature books to entertain their little friends. They were all peers of Mao Dan and Gou Dan and were very familiar with them.
By noon, most of the painting was done, and the progress was indeed good.
Wang Manyin also made mutton braised white noodles here, and everyone had a big bowlful, but most people didn't eat at Wang Manyin's house.
One of them needs to take a break at noon, and many others take it home to eat with their families.
Even though the income of the villagers in Gugu Village has increased a lot, the grain output is still about the same as before, especially the limited wheat production, and the mutton braised white noodles are not easy to eat unless it is during the holidays.
After starting work in the afternoon, we finished painting the walls and started installing doors and windows. The windows are generally semicircular and are divided into four parts: skylights, slanted windows, Kang windows, doors and windows. Basically, the cave dwellings here in northern Shaanxi have the door on the outside.
and windows.
The doors and windows add up to three or four square meters, so even if only one side of the cave dwelling has windows, it will still look very bright.
In the end, the fire pits have been installed in the two houses, and the two-hole cave dwellings have been repaired and can be occupied after being vacant for a period of time.
It was a lot more lively in the evening. I didn’t drink at noon because I had to work in the afternoon.
I made several dishes with mutton, mutton chops, mutton hooves, sheep head, and various mutton offal.
There is no need to be elaborate when it comes to cooking here in the northwest. It’s best to have large portions and plenty of food. Meat and wine are the best entertainment.
Everyone who comes to help is a favor. Although Wang Manyin thinks that it will be a good way to pay for work in the future, in this era, neighbors helping out of kindness is also very valuable.
Wang Manyin also drank a lot of wine in order to accompany everyone. After sending away everyone who came to help, Wang Manyin was eighty percent drunk.
After returning to the house, I fell asleep and was awakened by the cry of the third child.
"Lanhua, you go to sleep, I will just watch the child for the rest of the night."