Back to the era with space materials

Chapter 356 Thoughts

The compartment of the bicycle was filled with red bricks, as if they were afraid that they would damage the newly purchased bicycle. Holang was fully prepared and got a few snakeskin bags from somewhere to place them on top to make sure that no corner of the bricks would damage the bicycle.

Paint, then put the bicycle on it and tie it up.

On the way back, Si Ningning asked: "How many bricks are there in this car?"

"It can hold a thousand people if it's full. But the road is difficult and bumpy from time to time, so we don't have to carry that many people. I estimate it can hold a family of seven or eight hundred."

Si Ningning nodded and asked, "How many bricks will it take to build a house as you planned?"

Huo Lang thought about it for a moment, leaned forward and clapped his hands. The bricks he moved had not been washed yet. There was not only dust on them, but also small scratches on the corners of the bricks. When he rubbed them, he made a "rustling" sound, which made him feel...

Very rough.

"The starting estimate is at least 22,300 yuan."

"Twenty-two-three?!"

Huo Lang nodded, "Yeah."

What he didn't say, this is still a conservative number.

"The building is too small to live in, and it will be crowded everywhere once you live in it. If you need a building, build a bigger one that is open and bright," said Huo Lang.

Si Ningning opened her eyes wide and couldn't help but clicked her tongue.

She understood Huo Lang and supported Huo Lang's idea, but with more than 20,000 bricks, one truck could only pull seven to eight hundred bricks. How long would it last?

Moreover, it’s good that the car can be pulled home in one go, but the problem is that it can’t be pulled back halfway, and people have to drag it back most of the way up the mountain!

Just thinking about it is exhausting.

In the presence of Shan Mantang, there were some things that Si Ningning couldn't say to Huo Lang, so he could only respond quietly and said nothing more.

The car suddenly became quiet.

Shan Mantang took a break from turning the steering wheel, glanced at the rear seat from the rearview mirror, and laughed:

"Is Si Zhiqing afraid of trouble? In fact, it doesn't take much effort and the car is fast to drive. Moreover, this car is assigned to Comrade Huo Lang, and the monthly gasoline expenses are rationed. The money will be deducted regardless of whether it is driven or not.

Then it’s better to step on the gas a little more.”

"Um."

Si Ningning responded with a smile, and then realized that the car fuel expenses were fixed every month. It was also at this time that she realized that this expense still came from Huo Lang's salary division.

In that case, it is indeed more appropriate to drive more trips.

Shan Mantang thought the same as her, and couldn't help but said a few more words:

"Comrade Huo Lang has used the car a few times in the past few months. Thinking about it in the future, ugh... I feel so at a loss."

Holang had never cared much about fares, gas, etc., nor did he care much about how much he was paid. He just felt that what he got was enough to support his family.

But that was what he thought before, and his thoughts are different now.

He wants to save, live a good life, and give Si Ningning a worry-free life and a better life, so...

Everything must be planned.

Shan Mantang sighed nonchalantly, and Huo Lang punched the seat behind him with his fist, "Drive well, don't talk about what you have or what you don't have."

"Oh! Haha, good!"

Shan Mantang immediately became serious.

Huo Lang turned his head and looked at Si Ningning, "I'll send you back in a while, and let Xiaodan keep an eye on you for a while. I'll transport you by bike and in a basket, it's also fast."

Si Ningning frowned and looked at him with dissatisfaction, "Isn't it already agreed that I will watch?"

"That's not because I'm scared of you being there alone."

"I'll say it when I'm scared, and I'll say it when I'm bored. You changed your mind at the last minute even though we had already agreed."

"Okay, okay, I won't change the hexagram, I'll listen to you."

Huo Lang obeyed Si Ningning's words, but he was afraid that Si Ningning would become more coquettish and make him unhappy again.

Shan Mantang was fed a mouthful of dog food in front of him. While driving, his eyes couldn't stop looking back from time to time.

It’s not surprising that an old man loves his wife.

But it's strange that a man who is as silent and cold as a lion suddenly becomes gentle!

Shan Mantang continued to peek, and was stared at several times by Huo Lang, who still did not change. It was not until Huo Lang pursed his thin lips and stared at him with a pair of narrowed eyes that he sneered, and he finally calmed down and drove calmly.

The car stopped at the cable bridge. Huo Lang and Shan Mantang were busy moving bricks. Si Ningning also said that he would go up to help. Unexpectedly, before she took a step forward, Huo Lang saw her intention and pretended to turn around and give her a shoulder.

He pushed her straight away and took two or three steps away.

Si Ningning had a dark look on her face and understood what Huo Lang meant, so she stepped aside obediently and stood holding the bicycle.

It only took ten minutes to unload the bricks. When morning came, Huo Lang hid the pole and basket behind a nearby tree. After unloading the bricks, he took the basket and pole back.

First, he fixed the shoulder pole on the back seat of the bicycle, and then used hemp rope to wrap around the bottom of the basket and buckle it. When it reached the mouth of the basket, he passed the shoulder pole through it. He set up the bicycle stand and put bricks into the basket in pairs to increase the weight.

Stability.

Si Ningning was worried. She watched for a while and then stepped forward to help support the bicycle. She was afraid that if there was no one to hold it, the weight of the back seat would cause the bicycle to tip over.

Soon Huo Lang began to transport the first batch of bricks. Si Ningning stayed at the cable bridge to look at the bricks. Shan Mantang stayed with her for a while. After making sure that Si Ningning was not afraid and that it was okay to be alone, he turned the steering wheel.

Go to the county.

Si Ningning said he was not afraid, but Huo Lang was still worried. The bicycle was pedaling very fast on the road, and it usually took at least twenty-five minutes to ride the bicycle. He completed the round trip in half an hour and stopped at Si Ningning when he showed up again.

When he came forward, Si Ningning was scared to death.

"Why so fast? You fly back and forth?"

Huo Lang smiled nonchalantly, stopped the car and bent down to pick up bricks, "Finish it early and go back early. I asked Sanae to stew four sweet potatoes in the stove. You can eat it when you get home. Isn't it better than you squatting here and waiting?

"

"It's only one o'clock in the afternoon, and it's still early before dark. I'm really not afraid. You ride slower on the road..." Si Ningning followed Huo Lang around, tugging at the hem of Huo Lang's clothes with two fingers, and said worriedly: "Mountain Road

It’s already narrow and the side slope is steep.”

"Okay, I get it."

Huo Lang burst into laughter, and the magnetic voice coming from his chest and throat made his ears numb slightly.

Si Ningning didn't let him ride fast, so he pretended to be extravagant, filling two large baskets to the top in one trip before setting off at Si Ningning's urging.

The bicycle "clunked" and galloped away, and the rope bridge shook and made a frightening "thumping" sound. Si Ningning chased two steps behind and shouted loudly: "Ride slowly, ride slowly!"

"I know, go sit and wait."

It took four trips to transport all the bricks. On the last trip, Huo Lang rode back while Si Ningning walked slowly back along the road.

When Huo Lang arrived home, he put down the bricks, took down the pole and basket, and hurriedly turned back to pick up Si Ningning.

When he picked up the person, Huo Lang drove slowly again. Si Ningning put her arms around his waist, pressed her cheek against his back, and kept talking:

"It takes so long to transport bricks on a bicycle. How long did it take you to transport those bricks in front of your house?"

"I went out to the county early in the morning, came back after hauling bricks, and then carried them back home. It would be about six in the afternoon when I was done."

Hearing the sound of Si Ningning gasping in his ears, Huo Lang chuckled twice in a low voice, "It only takes a little time and energy, but it's not troublesome or tiring, really."

Si Ningning believed him.

There were no bicycles before, so Holang could only carry baskets one by one. After carrying a load of bicycles, not only his back, but also his shoulders were worn out.

"It takes so much effort just to pull bricks, and it will probably be even more difficult to build a house later... Oh, Huo Lang." Si Ningning took off the clothes around Huo Lang's waist, "We haven't pulled too many bricks yet, what do you think?

Have you ever decided not to build a house yourself but to buy one in the town or county?"

"I had this idea at first, but after living in the village for a while, I still thought it would be better to be in the village." Huo Lang pondered for a while and said slowly: "Although it is convenient to buy things in the county, the entrance and exit gates are locked.

Yes, the human touch is too weak."

It's fine for a short time, but boring for a long time.

What's so impersonal? It's like when you lived in the team, you often interacted with the team members.

Si Ningning understood what Huo Lang meant, but she still couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

But having said that, if adults live in the county, it may be more convenient for them to work and buy things, but for children, it is not so good.

Hegu and Sanae are both young, so they don't feel comfortable letting them go to places too far away to play. Staying at home is not good for their growth.

After thinking about it, Si Ningning gave up the idea of ​​lobbying Huo Lang to buy a house.

Anyway, as far as the current situation is concerned, living in the team is quite good. Going to the county or the city may not be much more convenient.

"It was said that I would do it alone when building the house, but when everything is ready, not to mention all the boys in the team will come to help. The one who is the best in the security team will always come, right?"

Huo Lang sighed with a smile, "You are always afraid of trouble and tiredness. If you want to live in a spacious house, you must be patient with minor troubles."

[Localized annotation: Be patient: it probably means being patient, similar to being willing to spend more time on research.]

Si Ningning pinched him and said angrily: "I feel sorry for you. You said it as if I was eager to eat ready-made food!"

"How could I mean that?" The bicycle swayed a little, and Holang controlled the front of the car, and said with a "tsk": "Oh, you said it well, why are you blaming yourself again? Building a house is my business.

If I have nothing to do with you, how can I rely on you, right?"

Si Ningning's cheeks were as bulging as a puffer fish.

Where did she pull herself? Didn't he speak first?

She was still annoyed, so she heard Huo Lang coaxing him: "Okay, don't be angry, you can eat sweet potatoes when you get home soon. There are many sweet potatoes today, you can eat as many as you want."

Si Ningning laughed out loud, almost losing his temper due to Huo Lang.

She lightly punched Huo Lang's back and pressed her cheek against it again. She raised her crescent eyebrows and smiled so hard that her pupils couldn't be seen. "I'll only eat one, how many more can I eat?"

Nui Wai Wai Wai Wai went back to Chen's house to eat roasted sweet potatoes. It was around half past five or six o'clock when Si Ningning went back.

It was already dark at this point in early spring, so Huo Lang walked her to the slope behind the house of the educated youth point and stopped.

Before parting, Si Ningning walked out for a few steps, then paced back after thinking of something.

Under the suspicious gaze of Huo Lang, who lowered his brows, she grasped the hem of Huo Lang's clothes, leaned forward with her feet, took a bite on Huo Lang's chin, and finally pushed him out before Huo Lang could react.

Si Ningning jumped out a few steps, her hands clasped together on her lower back, her delicate face smiled more beautifully than a flower, "I'm going back, you should go back too!"

"By the way, about the house, um...if you need it, I can go over and help you cook."

After saying that, without waiting for Huo Lang's reply, he scampered away like a cunning rabbit.

Huo Lang was stunned on the spot, and it took him a long time to recover.

The ghostly girl...

Always taking advantage of him when he is not prepared.

Next time I seize the opportunity, I will definitely let her "kiss" her enough.

Huo Lang dazedly touched the spot on his chin that Ning Ning had just kissed, and his calm eyes suddenly flashed with emotion, and then filled with awe.

Looking away, Huo Lang sighed slightly, turned around and left with some sadness.

On the other side, Si Ningning bumped into someone just as she turned the corner of the room.

Firstly, he rushed down the slope without stopping, and secondly, he didn't expect to bump into someone.

"Are you okay?"

Si Ningning covered her nose and squatted down.

Although she hit her nose, for some reason, the pain was so painful that her eyes started to blur.

After the pain subsided, Si Ningning remembered to look up at the person she hit, and inadvertently caught the eye of Mo Bei, who was bending over to look over.

"Are you okay?" Mo Bei stretched out his hand, intending to help Si Ningning.

At that moment, Si Ningning suddenly remembered the words of Huo Lang and Song Shuhan in her mind. She said it quickly, and she jumped up and stood up, "I'm fine."

Mo Bei was a little embarrassed, so he took back his hand and said, "Where have you been today? It seems I haven't seen you all day..."

Maybe he felt that what he said was a bit ambiguous, so Mo Bei stretched out his hand at a loss, then took it back, and added: "I mean you can come back earlier next time...it's not safe outside after dark, and you're not too

Did you tell me? There have been animals descending from the mountains recently."

Mo Bei rarely talks as much as he does now.

Si Ningning took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little complicated.

Huo Lang and Song Shuhan said that Mo Bei liked her. She had vaguely noticed it in the past few days, but she still didn't dare to make a decision. But at this moment, she confirmed it.

Si Ningning really found it difficult to handle this situation.

She didn't want to lose a friend, and she also didn't want Mo Bei to persist in his obsession.

So Si Ningning quickly made a decision.

The darkness was like mist. She stood in the mist with curved lips and a slight smile. With the shyness of a girl, she held the broken hair behind her ears and twisted for a while before saying:

"I know, I, I wanted to come back early, it was Huo Lang... Anyway, it was Huo Lang who sent me back today. Between us, um... hehe, you should know that, right?"

Si Ningning didn't say it clearly.

Mo Bei is a smart person, and she knows that Mo Bei will understand the meaning.

If Mo Bei didn't know or pretended not to know about the relationship between her and Huo Lang before, then this time she indirectly said it, and Mo Bei couldn't keep pretending, so he should have restrained himself, right?

Or maybe, he was really unaware in the first place, but now that he knows that she has someone in his heart, will he give up?

Si Ningning couldn't figure out which type Mo Bei belonged to, but in short, she would not leave any thoughts about Mo Bei.

Digression:

No abandoned books!

Ah Yao will be finished!

But really, it’s been very serious here recently. I was diagnosed in Building 6 and Building 19 at noon. People are so panicked that I really can’t get into the state of writing. Alas...

(End of chapter)