Chapter 154 Building a Villa
"Look, big brother is back!"

"where?"

"Well, you see, isn't that it?"

"Yes, he is back!"

"Hey, where are you going?"

"I'm going to pick up Brother Qiangzi!"

"Wait for me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures, one big and one small, quickly ran out of the yard and headed straight for the unique mahogany rabbit-skin seat sled on the village road.

As they kept running, the little braids tied behind their heads kept swaying. From a distance, they looked like two puppies welcoming their owner back.

"Hey, slow down, be careful not to fall!"

When Li Guoqiang saw the two sisters Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani running towards them, he hurriedly shouted something and then pulled the reins to signal Dahuang and Dahua to stop.

"Brother Qiangzi!"

"Big brother!"

Soon, the two sisters Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani ran to Li Guoqiang, and one hugged his arm and the other hugged his thigh.

"OK OK!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly said, "I'm back now, right? Let me go first. We can talk when we get back."

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Caixia nodded reluctantly and agreed, then let go of his hand and stood aside.

Not only did Xu Dani not let go, but she took the opportunity to climb into Li Guoqiang's arms, and then looked at Zhu Caixia with some pride.

"Get down here!"

When Zhu Caixia saw Xu Dani like this, she glared at her, then hurriedly walked forward angrily and tried to pull Xu Dani down.

"I don't, I won't!"

Xu Dani shrank back and then struggled hard.

"Xu Dani, if you continue to disobey me, I will tell grandma and let her spank you!"

Seeing that she couldn't take action, Zhu Caixia could only threaten with a stern face.

"Lululu, I'm not afraid! Big brother will definitely protect me!"

When Xu Dani heard this, she was not afraid at all, and even stuck out her tongue at Zhu Caixia.

"you"

When Zhu Caixia saw Xu Dani being so arrogant, she was so angry that she immediately changed from C to B.

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang was amused when he saw the two sisters quarreling. He waved his hands hastily and said in a deep voice, "Stop quarreling. If you continue to quarrel, I won't give you any delicious food later!"

"What's delicious?"

Xu Dani's eyes lit up, and then she asked hurriedly.

Although Zhu Caixia didn't say anything, a look of anticipation appeared on her face.

"Let's go back and talk about it!"

Li Guoqiang replied with a laugh, then pulled the reins, signaling Dahua and Dahuang to pull the sled home.

Seeing this, Zhu Caixia didn't have time to get angry with Xu Dani for a moment, and hurriedly jogged after her.

After a while, they returned to the yard.

Li Guoqiang carried Xu Dani down from the sled, then untied the leather harnesses on Dahuang and Dahua, and gave them two pork bones as rewards.

"Wang Wang!"

When Dahuang saw the pork shank, he didn't start eating it immediately. Instead, he called out to Dahua with some pride, as if to say that following him was the best way to have a bright future.

"Woo~"

Dahua bit a pork bone, then rubbed Dahuang's body with her head in a flattering manner, making a humming sound in her throat, as if to say don't forget to take it if there is such a good thing in the future.

Then, without waiting for Dahuang to lick it, it dashed away, leaving Dahuang standing there in a daze.

When Li Guoqiang saw this scene, he couldn't help but shook his head with some disappointment. Then, with the attentive help of Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, he unloaded all the things tied to the sled and moved them into the house.

"Qiangzi, what did you buy?"

Xu Yuping looked at Li Guoqiang and others coming in carrying large and small bags of things, and hurriedly put down the needlework in her hands, walked forward with curiosity on her face and asked.

Qu Yinfeng also came over, her eyes constantly wandering over the sacks on the ground.

At this time, Li Guoqiang didn't want to keep the secret and directly took out two rolls of brand new cloth from a sack.

"you"

Xu Yuping's eyes widened, and then she asked with a look of surprise, "Where did you buy so much cloth?"

As she spoke, she reached out to take one of the rolls of floral fabric, gently stroking the surface of the fabric while praising it: "These fabrics are really beautiful and of very good quality. They must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Yuping's shining eyes and felt happy. Then he laughed and said, "No matter how much you spend, I bought it for our family anyway."

"There are 106 feet of cloth here in total, and I also bought 38 kilograms of cotton, which is enough for everyone in our family to make two new sets of clothes, and a new quilt for Xiaoxia."

Hearing this, before Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng could say anything, Zhu Caixia's eyes had already turned red, and she looked at Li Guoqiang with a fascinated look on her face.

If there weren't other people around, she would probably have been unable to resist throwing herself into Li Guoqiang's arms and kneading herself into Li Guoqiang's shape.

"This"

Xu Yuping was stunned for a while, then slowly came back to her senses and said with a shocked look on her face: "This is too much!"

"Yup!"

Hearing this, Qu Yinfeng nodded hurriedly and said, "Qiangzi, how much will it cost to buy so much cloth and cotton? Even if you have made a lot of money recently, you can't spend it so lavishly!"

"Besides, look at our village. It takes every three to five years for every family to get a new piece of clothing. If people see everyone in our family wearing new clothes, who knows what kind of trouble will arise!"

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand, then said calmly: "When the time comes, we can wear the new clothes inside so that no one can see it!" "This"

Qu Yinfeng was slightly stunned, then hesitantly asked: "Will this work?"

"Okay!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said seriously: "It's just a little cloth and cotton anyway. Which family in our village hasn't exchanged cloth and cotton coupons with others?"

"Even if someone saw it, at most they would just be jealous, nothing would happen!"

"That"

After hearing what Li Guoqiang had said, Qu Yinfeng could only nod and agree, "Okay then! Ping'er and I will work hard during this period to see if we can finish the new clothes for you before the New Year!"

"We can still make the clothes ourselves, but for the quilts, we have to take the cotton to the cotton-fluffing workshop in the commune to make the quilt core!"

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand, laughed and said, "I can just go there tomorrow to take care of this matter!"

说完，他急忙从另外几个麻袋里，掏出20斤大米、10斤小麦面粉、10斤大豆、10斤花生米、10斤芝麻、10斤红豆、10斤黑豆、10斤绿豆、1斤茶叶、4瓶肉罐头和10斤五花肉。

Looking at these supplies that are usually difficult to eat, Qu Yinfeng's face was full of indifference, while Xu Yuping looked surprised.

Then, she couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Qiangzi, you exchanged so many tickets with others at once and bought so many good things. Will anything go wrong?"

"What could possibly happen?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, and then said with a smile: "I'm not the only one who finds someone to exchange tickets. As long as I don't get caught on the spot, it's fine!"

"That's what you said!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng hurriedly warned, "But when we eat these things on a daily basis, we still have to be more careful to avoid making people jealous!"

"Yeah!"

Xu Yuping nodded, and then said seriously: "These things can't be seen by anyone casually, it's better to hide them tightly."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Guoqiang to speak, she hurriedly worked with Qu Yinfeng to repack the supplies, and then found several relatively secret places inside and outside the house to hide them.

At the same time, she also found a lot of good things hidden by Qu Yinfeng, such as peanut oil, sugar, pork, donkey meat, mutton, pig bones, pig heads, chicken, duck, peanuts, soybeans, etc.

Looking at these good things, she couldn't help but wonder for a moment whether she had entered a state-owned restaurant.

Then, she couldn't help feeling grateful for her choice.

If she had not shamelessly stayed with Li Guoqiang and become his mistress, how could she be living such a good life now?
After hiding all the things, she hurried back to the house and, in front of Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, poured a basin of hot water for Li Guoqiang to wash his hands, face and feet.

That kind of warmth was so intense that not only Zhu Caixia, who knew the truth, but even Xu Dani vaguely felt that something was not right.

However, since Qu Yinfeng had told her before not to care about or talk about the affairs between Xu Yuping and Li Guoqiang, she had no intention of asking and immediately turned her attention to the canned beef that Li Guoqiang gave her.

She has never eaten beef in her life!
Soon, with the help of Qu Yinfeng, she opened the can of beef and heated it on the charcoal stove.

As the hot steam slowly rose, a fresh and tempting smell entered her nose, making her swallow lightly.

At this moment, not only her, but also Xu Yuping, Qu Yinfeng, Zhu Caixia and Li Guoqiang were all attracted by the smell of the braised beef. They picked up their chopsticks impatiently, picked up a piece of beef, put it in their mouths and tasted it carefully.

Just like that, in a short while, the can of braised beef was eaten up, and then without waiting for the little greedy Xu Dani to speak, Li Guoqiang opened the remaining three cans.

If you want to eat, you have to eat enough at once.

After eating, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart while drinking the tea brewed by Xu Yuping.

When it comes to the various things people eat, the ones these days are more authentic!

In fact, he had not expected that this canned braised beef would be so delicious. It was almost as good as the one he cooked carefully over firewood.

Moreover, after eating it, there is no dry taste of chemical additives in my mouth from my previous life, only a faint aroma of beef sauce. It is so delicious.

"Hadron!"

At this time, Qu Yinfeng looked up at Li Guoqiang, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Well, when your uncle left before, didn't I borrow a piece of cloth from your uncle Fu?"

"Now that you've bought so much cloth, I was wondering if I could cut a piece to pay him back."

"Okay!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded without thinking and agreed, "Just take it and return it. By the way, take Sister Yuping with you to ask Uncle Fu how to transfer her household registration back."

"to make!"

Qu Yinfeng was delighted, and then nodded quickly and said, "Then let's go after we finish cutting the cloth!"

After saying that, she immediately called Xu Yuping over to help cut the cloth.

After the cloth was cut, she hurriedly left home with Xu Yuping.

Li Guoqiang sent Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani aside to listen to the radio, then lay on the kang with his eyes closed and dozed off, using his mind to build a courtyard in his little world.

After these days of expansion, the land area in the small world has become more than 400 square meters. Otherwise, he would not have enough space to build a house.

Since the bricks and tiles he had available were limited, and there was not much cement and steel bars, after some consideration he decided to build three large tiled houses with yards, covering an area of ​​150 square meters.

Each tiled house is 30 square meters, which adds up to exactly 90 square meters, and there is also a 60 square meter yard.

The location was chosen to be next to the canal in the middle of the small world, facing north and south.

To this end, he had already prepared dozens of pieces of wood to be used as beams not long ago.

Now, he only needs to follow the steps to dig the foundation, build the walls, erect the beams, lay the tiles, and then make the doors and windows, lay the cement floor, and enclose the yard.

Not long after, under the control of his mind, on the selected piece of land, it was as if countless hands were working. First, pieces of foundation appeared, and then many stones and cement mortar flew into the foundation, quickly filling it up.

Immediately afterwards, walls rose from the foundation, with spaces reserved for doors, windows, chimneys, etc.

Then, as logs and tiles were laid on the walls, the roof quickly took shape.

After a careful inspection and finding no problems, Li Guoqiang immediately started building the stove, constructing the kang, painting the walls, laying the cement floor, and fencing off the yard.

After a short while, three new large tiled houses with courtyards appeared in the small world.

In the end, Li Guoqiang controlled the evaporation rate of water to make the big tile house dry quickly, and then placed the coal stove, large water tank, large steamer, tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, kang mats, wardrobes, thermos bottles and other furniture that he had brought and bought before, as well as the set of huanghuali kang cabinets, into the big tile house one by one, making the big tile house ready to move into in seconds.

Then, he thought about it and hurriedly placed all the things that did not need to be kept fresh, such as bicycles, sewing machines, radios, watches, etc., into the big tile house.

If he blindfolded Xu Yuping, Qu Yinfeng and the others and brought them to these three large tiled houses, they would probably think they had gone to some wealthy family's home!

Just when he was wondering whether he could use these three large tiled houses to hide his beautiful wife in the future, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, mother and daughter, hurried back home and brought him good news.

(End of this chapter)