At the beginning, the whole family fled from famine, and I used a milk bottle as a koi carp

Chapter 34 Burning Bricks?

An Ningning had the best luck among the old An family. She took out the nearest piece of land near the foot of the mountain. There was a large piece of flat land on that piece of land. She could grow some food and build a house. It was also close to a water source. It was a convenient piece of land here. .

Most of the houses in the village were built on flat land close to the river. Some families wanted to build them on the land allocated to their own family, but the village chief didn't care.

Anyway, when the land was divided, five acres were given to men and four acres were given to women. Lao An's family was divided. Lao An's family was allocated 42 acres of hilly land, not counting Yebao, and did not help Yebao to be naturalized. It would be very troublesome if it disappears after naturalization.

Everyone in Lao An's family happily looked at the ground allocated to the family. Sanbao was holding the lamb in one hand and the deer in the other.

Mrs. An is quite satisfied with this piece of land. The main reason is that they are at the far edge. It is full of barren mountains and wild mountains. The government will not really come to measure whether your home exceeds the limit. The long strip on the side is not within the scope of their home. It’s not that they are deliberately trying to take advantage. The land is over there and you can’t fall in love with it.

I didn’t see the village elder woman next door, her eyes widened with envy! That's right, the land where Lao An lives is close to the village chief and his family.

Mr. An and Mr. An cleaned up the flat ground at the foot of the mountain and set up a tent. They would probably have to live in the tent for a short time.

Anyway, the whole village is in this area, so as long as we are careful about wild animals running down the mountain, the rest is fine.

After the brothers finished setting up the tent, they took their axes and went up the mountain. They needed to cut down some large logs to build the house. There was nothing when they came, and the ones they cut down first had to cool down for a while before they could be used.

An Ningning squatted on the ground and sighed, starting from scratch. The money at home was almost spent. Except for some jewelry that was not sold, there was probably not much left to live on.

Wooden houses are good, but brick houses are more cost-effective.

An Ningning remembered the brick-burning incident, and took Dabao and Erbao to the river to see if there was suitable mud. They came from a winding river at the foot of the mountain. It became narrower as they went up. There was a comparison in front of them. It is three to four meters narrow, and a simple bridge is built with a thick tree.

An Ningning walked to the other side of the river, followed the river water, and dug the soil downstream. The kind of soil she was looking for when making bricks was a bit sticky. Downstream, the water is a little slower, but the river surface is wide, and the river flows into the big lake in a winding way according to the terrain.

Sure enough, I found suitable soil on the other side of the gentle slope facing south, and peacefully let Dabao go. Erbao dug a basketful of soil and overestimated the strength of the three men. Liu Erhu, who was still patrolling, saw it and helped them put mud near the tent in his hometown.

Obviously, the house of Lao An's family in the later period should be built here. There is a river behind it, not far away, and it is convenient to get water.

Old Man An was tidying up the ground, cutting off shrubs and some grass, and then leveling the ground.

He said thank you to Liu Erhu, and then saw his grandchildren acting like little kittens. He felt distressed and said, "Oh, my dear, what do you want to do? Tell grandpa. Grandpa will help you do it. Don't bother your two brothers." They are still small, but what if they are so heavy and their bodies are crushed?"

There's nothing I can do about it, this little little granddaughter in the family just likes to do things.

"No, sir, I want to make bricks, and we can live in a brick house." An Ningning said in shock.

"What? Brick houses are expensive, and ordinary people can't afford those bricks. Be obedient, it's the same whether we live in a wooden house or a mud house." Old man An didn't hear the key point that his granddaughter wanted to bake bricks. He only heard that his granddaughter wanted to live in Brick house.

Their family has a large population and they need to build at least six rooms. If these six grandchildren live together, that will definitely not work! The grandchildren are all grown up, and they need at least one room for each of them, as well as a study room. After calculation, including the hall, kitchen, and space for storing sundries, at least 11 rooms must be built, and a yard must be added. There is no mountain backing here. How can the yard work?

Thinking about it like this, Old Man An felt stressed. I wonder what the harvest of these 41 acres of land will be like in the future? "I can bake bricks, grandpa, why don't you believe me? I'll let you live in a brick house for free!" An Ningning said loudly to Old An.

"What, you can do it, how can you do it? You are only so young!" Old Man An asked curiously.

"Oh, I heard someone talk about it on the way and I know the general process. Let's try it and find out. Where is the second uncle?" An Ningning felt that it would be more convenient to cooperate with the cheap second uncle.

At least the cheap second uncle is more receptive and never questions her words. Of course, it's not that he didn't question her from the beginning. It was formed after they cooperated countless times.

"Your second uncle and your father went to chop wood. I don't know when they will come back! Be good! Sanbao and Yebao are herding deer and sheep over there. You go over and play!"

An Ningning rolled her eyes and didn't want to talk, so she went to Dabao and Erbao. Although these two brothers were not good at crafts, they doted on their sister very much. She did whatever she said and didn't have so many questions.

An Ningning took Dabao and Erbao to dig you by the river, mixed it with water, cut some grass cut by Old Man An, and pasted it in the mud, and finally used wooden strips to make a square center as a grinding tool.

They only made this kind of mud bricks all afternoon. A few people worked hard all afternoon and finally made more than a hundred bricks.

An Ningning thought about having 11 rooms and a yard, but felt that this was too inefficient.

Although the speed is not good, Dabao and Erbao are still exhausted. It is estimated that the two brothers will go on strike tomorrow.

Hey, second uncle, I miss you

At this time, the second uncle who was missed by An Ningning was not going well. There were pine and fir trees in the mountains, but they were all deep in the mountains and there were really none outside. It was not easy to cut down the trees, and we had to transport the wood down the mountain. I thought Thinking about it makes me mad.

The two of them had to cut the wood first and put it in a sunny place for a few days. It was really not the two of them who could transport the wood down the mountain. We have to go back and join the villagers. Everyone has to build houses anyway.

Before dark, the two of them finally returned, exhausted and empty-handed.

Mrs. An and Zhang Xiuying made a simple dinner, porridge with pickles.

They didn't have much to eat when they got here. Some of them still had some grain, but the grain couldn't be used as food. When I first arrived here, I didn’t have time to hunt, so I was thinking about building a house? Everyone in the village is like this, some go into the mountains to find wood, some go to the lake along the river, and willow is also very suitable for building houses.

In the evening we had a simple meal and the family chatted together for a while.

An Laoer was as tired as a dog. He was a scholar and had never even walked on the ground before. Since fleeing the famine, the heaviest work he had to do was walking and carrying things, not chopping wood.

Chopping wood also requires skills. It happened that neither brother knew it, but An Lao still had some strength.

An Laoer was even worse. He gritted his teeth and persisted. Thinking about how many houses he wanted to change, he didn't even want to eat dinner. But my stomach disagrees. I’m so hungry that I can’t sleep without eating!

An Ningning walked over quietly, squatted next to An Laoer, and whispered: "Uncle, are you tired? Don't you want to chop wood anymore? I have a way to bake bricks! As long as we bake bricks, we can build a house. You don’t need so much wood!”

When An Laoer heard this, Yigulu changed from lying down to sitting, "Good niece, come here, talk to your uncle. What did you say?"

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　　(End of this chapter)