Hello, 1983

In the past few days, the villagers in Jiapigou would walk around to Liu Qingshan's new house after dinner and nothing to do.

After more than a month of work, the new house of Liu Qingshan's family was finally completed.

After the villagers finished visiting, they would tut their tongues for a while, and then go home to discuss with their wives or men: In the coming year, our family will also build a new house!

I have to say that the big house of Liu Qingshan's family is really built to make everyone jealous.

The main house is one large and five rooms, with red tiles on the top, four brick walls, and the large windows in the front are very bright.

Especially on the front wall, there is also a layer of water brushed stone, which looks extraordinarily beautiful.

This kind of water brushed stone is a small turquoise gravel, mixed with cement, smeared on the wall, dried a little, and then used a sprayer to wash away the cement on the surface, finally revealing a layer of beautiful small gravel.

In some places, glass strips are also inlaid to separate different patterns. Inside the patterns, there are small stones of different colors to form different shapes.

This kind of wall craftsmanship will be phased out after a few decades. It is much easier to paste tiles directly, and the tiles can also be spliced ​​into brilliant peony flowers or text.

However, in the current rural areas, it is already the most advanced technology.

Inside the house, it is no longer a mud wall, but a flat concrete wall, which is then painted with white ash, which makes it look extra bright.

The ground is also a terrazzo floor, which is similar to the wall, except that it needs to be smoothed by a machine. Liu Qingshan wanted to lay floor tiles, but unfortunately he didn't.

The traditional south kang has also become the north kang, and the pot platform is naturally moved to the north, and a back door is opened. Usually, people who carry firewood or something go through this back door. This way, the house will be cleaner.

The five large houses are distributed as follows: two on the west side, belonging to the eldest sister and her husband, one bedroom, one living room, and Gao Wenxue's study.

There is a corridor in the middle, and there are two more rooms on the east side of the corridor.

If Liu Yinfeng comes back from vacation, he can live in a room with Yang Hongying.

Then there is another corridor. The one on the east side of the corridor is where Lin Zhi lives.

According to the current rural customs: the east is big and the west is small, and the elders live in the east.

After dividing the house, the fourth and fifth are the happiest, and they finally have their own small room.

But Shan Xing quickly discovered the problem: "Second Niang, my brother doesn't have a place yet?"

"Yes!"

The youngest fourth also widened his eyes immediately: "Brother, Shan Xing and I'll let you live in the house."

Just as Liu Qingshan was about to compliment her, he heard the fourth youngest jump up and cheer: "In that case, Shan Xing and I will live in the eldest sister's house, the eldest sister's room is spacious!"

Yo, you still want to continue to be a spy.

Liu Qingshan also laughed directly: "I live in the old house, brother is not a person who likes the new and hates the old."

Hearing what he said, Shan Xing immediately walked up and hugged Liu Qingshan's arm: "Brother, I want to accompany you at the old house too."

Liu Qingshan patted her little head: "Okay, you and the fourth child can sleep wherever they want."

For the old house, Liu Qingshan has the deepest feelings, but this is not the reason why he lives in the new house.

In his mind, he had another idea: he wanted to keep the old village of Jiapigou and those mud-thatched houses.

Maybe it doesn't feel so good now, but after a few decades, I can't find it if I want to find it.

At that time, you will find that the mud-thatched house is cold and warm, and it has more feelings than the cold cement bricks.

Once the tourism industry in Jiapigou develops, tourists will probably have to rush to live in those mud-thatched houses: young people live in fresh, older people live in nostalgia.

So his plan is that in the future, the villagers will build new houses and develop them to the west of the village, and keep the original old houses.

Moreover, the house is not afraid of living, but is afraid of being empty, so Liu Qingshan prepared to live in the old house by himself, simply repair it every year, and it will be no problem to live for decades.

"Move, move!"

June 19, 1984

On the 20th day of the fifth lunar month, it is advisable to move into the house.

Early in the morning, the cheers of the fourth child sounded in the courtyard.

Liu Qingshan carried the big iron pot for cooking at home, and surrounded by his family, he walked towards the new house beaming.

There is only one axe in the pot, and there is a particular point, called: One good fortune overpowers a hundred misfortunes.

Most of the things are still left in the old house. On the day of moving, it means moving the pot.

When he walked to the courtyard, the fourth little boy suddenly called out again: "Wait, wait, there are still others that have not moved!"

It seems that everything you need has been dumped a few days ago?

Everyone thinks about it, and they don't know what the little fourth child is going to do.

I saw the little guy raised his hand and pointed to the eaves: "Our little swallow hasn't moved in yet."

It really is!

However, the newly built brick houses basically have no eaves and cannot shelter from the wind and rain. Obviously, the swallows will not build their nests there again.

Everyone was watching, when the big swallow came back from feeding, and inside the bird's nest immediately opened several big mouths and screamed.

Swallows have yellow mouths, and their mouths are wider than their heads, so they can see their throats.

The big swallow landed on the edge of the nest, stuffed the small flying insects in its mouth into the mouth of one of the chicks, and then spread its wings and flew away, while the nest of chicks immediately retracted their necks and became silent for a moment.

Seeing this scene, the family members suddenly felt reluctance in their hearts, this old house carries too many memories for them.

"Oh, the little swallow fell out of the nest!"

Shan Xing exclaimed again. It was the other nest, the one newly built in the spring of this year. Maybe it was because it was a little smaller. When the swallows in it were fighting for food, one of them was squeezed out of the nest.

Fortunately, a small basket made by Liu Yinfeng was still hanging under the bird's nest. The swallow cub rolled into the basket and fell to the ground.

This time, the two big swallows who were fighting for food were so anxious that they whirled and swirled around the basket.

Soon a large group of swallows were attracted, all of which were flying and screaming. You must know that swallows are very united birds.

Liu Qingshan put down the iron pot in his hand and said with a smile: "Yes, let's help Yanzi move first."

Yang Hongying moved to the bench, Liu Qingshan stood on it, and lightly grabbed the swallow in the basket with his hands.

This little guy hasn't even grown his hair yet, and many parts of his body are still bare, but it's quite warm to start.

Seeing that the swallows were screaming more happily, and two more were going to throw at him, Liu Qingshan hurriedly sent the little swallows back to the bird's nest.

The swallows whirling and whistling in mid-air soon stopped and dispersed.

This early in the morning, whose children are waiting to be fed with their mouths open.

Liu Qingshan jumped off the stool and pointed at the two big swallows, "Building a house is a big deal, but it shouldn't be rough."

The family is also very happy, their new house is upright.

Move the iron pot over and place it on the stove made of red bricks. Like the ground, the pot table is made of terrazzo and is very smooth.

This one is much cleaner than the earthen pot on the other side of the old house, and it won't breed nasty cockroaches.

"Qingshan, come, put a fire on the bottom of the pot."

Grandpa Liu Shikui also said cheerfully.

The original plan was that the easternmost room would be for grandpa and grandma, but the old couple got used to living in the original house and didn't do anything.

It's not far away anyway, it's all next to each other, and it's very convenient.

When moving into a new house, the most important thing is to set the bottom of the pot, not only to burn a fire, but also to set up a few tables.

Liu Qingshan lit a handful of firewood and got up.

The fourth and fifth have already received orders, and clapped their little hands and shouted, "Wang, Wang, Wang!"

As a result, all the big yellow dogs in the family were recruited. The one who probed his head at the back door was so angry that the fourth one rushed up and clicked on the dog's head: "Da Huang, I will also look after the new home in the future!"

Liu Qingshan had been busy all morning, ordered several tables of meals, and invited all the shopkeepers in the village over.

There was also the mute grandpa, who was also invited. In addition, Professor Wang and his students, Gu Junshan and his assistants, also sat at a large table.

Liu Qingshan toasted a circle of wine inside and outside the house, but he didn't seem to see Zhang Pangzi, so he asked Da Zhangluo about their table: "Hey, Uncle Pole, doesn't he usually like to join in the fun?"

The original Zhang Ganzi likes to join in the fun, mainly because he can eat, drink and smoke.

Big Zhang Luo hehe said twice: "Pole, I'm serving the confinement."

Liu Qingshan couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Aunt Cuihua gave birth so soon?"

The people at the table burst into laughter, but Marshal Zhang was quite righteous: "Qingshan, don't listen to them. It's on the pig farm. There are two litters of old sows. Today, we will lay lambs together, and we will be too busy."

"Is that so, then I'll leave some food and drink for Uncle Pole, and who will bring it over later."

Liu Qingshan hurriedly asked people to prepare food and drink. Uncle Pole can do this, which is worthy of approval.

As he was arguing, he saw the captain's aunt running into the hospital in a hurry: "Don't pour horse urine first, it's not good, the pole was injured by the big wild boar, and the calf has such a big hole, it's bleeding!"

This time everyone panicked, all put down the dishes and rushed to the pig farm.

Zhang Dashuai scolded as he ran: "Mom, the wild boar that has been plagued, dares to come to the village to scold. When I get home to get a knife, I must slaughter it and eat meat!"

Liu Qingshan and Grandpa Dumb rushed to the front, so they were the first to come to the pig farm. From a distance, they saw a few people surrounding the pigsty. They rushed over to see that Zhang Ganzi was sitting on the ground with a pool of blood beside him.

Fortunately, the injured thigh has been strangled with a cloth strip, and the wound is no longer bleeding.

However, the calf that was opened by the wild boar's fangs, the flesh was rolled up, and it was shocking to look at.

"Hurry up and send it to the hospital, Master, you can deal with it briefly first."

When Liu Qingshan saw this posture, it was obvious that he could not handle it in the village. Such a long wound must be sutured.

The mute grandfather carried a small medicine bag with him, and sprinkled some khaki medicine face on Zhang Zhanzi's leg, and the wound stopped bleeding soon.

Zhang Ganzi grimaced in pain, and kept scolding: "His grandma, when I get better, I have to find a shotgun and destroy the damn big wild boar. Hiss, it really hurts!"

"Uncle Pole, why did the wild boar come to our pig farm?"

Liu Qingshan asked Zhang Zhanzi while he lifted it up from the ground.

Hearing this, Zhang Ganzi became even more angry: "The wild boar that was plagued by the plague jumped into our pig house and wanted to force the sow. Can I bear this?"

As he spoke, he snorted and rejoiced: "Qingshan, don't you know that the plague pig is a lot shorter than the sow, and it can't ride up at all, let alone reach it, and keeps facing it. The air is so strong, you will die of laughter!"

Smiling and laughing, Zhang Ganzi patted his thigh habitually, and it was so painful that he gasped for air.