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After making a fuss for a while, Zhang Taiping sent the girls away. They couldn't help here and would end up covered in dirt.

This time, Zhang Taiping did not ask Cai Yazhi to weed again. Instead, he picked up the hoe himself and asked Cai Yazhi to rake out the grass he removed and put it aside with a rake. This job was easier.

"Just think that people in the city know... how to be romantic, but there are a lot of mosquitoes and insects and ants in the mountains in summer, and it's very cold in winter, so it's not convenient for people to live there." Cai Yazhi asked from behind.

Zhang Taiping kept moving his hands and replied: "In summer, you can plant mosquito repellent grass around the bamboo house or wooden house. If that doesn't work, take some insect repellent powder from the old man and sprinkle it around to ensure that there will be no more insects."

Ants and stuff

.As for winter, it’s easier to deal with it. Instead of putting a bed inside, it’s like a kang like the one we have at home. It’s not hot in summer. In winter, you can put a charcoal fire inside. Not only will the kang be hot, but the entire house will be hot as well.

It’s all warm.”

"Then how big of a square are you planning to build?"

"It's one-third the size of our bedroom."

"Is it too small? After setting up the kang, there will be no space to put other things."

Zhang Taiping smiled and shook his head and said: "This kind of recipe is originally used for resting and watching the scenery. It only needs a fire pit inside, and no other things are needed. At most, a small cabinet and a coffee table can be placed inside.

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"Aren't you going to have a place to cook?"

"No!" Zhang Taiping replied, "One is that it is not safe for inexperienced people to cook in the mountains, and the other is that if all the people who come cook for themselves, the village will definitely lose part of it, so we save

Got something to cook with.”

The two of them worked until the evening before they completed five or six places, let alone dozens more. If they were completed by two people, I don't know how long it would take.

On the way back, Zhang Taiping carried all the farm tools by himself. Cai Yazhi only carried the kettle and a small bamboo basket. There was nothing in the basket. This is just a habit of rural people when they go to the fields or mountains.

"It may take too long for the two of us to finish the place I marked. Let's go back and find a few people to help." Zhang Taiping said to Cai Yazhi beside him, who was becoming more and more beautiful under the afterglow of the setting sun.

"It's better not to give it up." Cai Yazhi hesitated for a while and said.

"What?" Zhang Taiping was confused.

Cai Yazhi tucked a strand of hair that was scattered in front of her forehead behind her ears and expressed her concerns: "It's not a good idea to hire people to do things all the time. People may gossip behind us and think we are too lazy."

What a waste of money.”

In fact, what Zhang Taiping wants to say is that his behavior is to generate income for the villagers. For doing the same work, he gets higher pay than outside. The villagers will not have any other opinions. Besides, there are one or two people.

It doesn't matter what you think, there's no need to care too much about it.

But thinking that this was Cai Yazhi's first objection, and that the construction of the bamboo house and wooden house was not too urgent, as long as it was completed before the hot spring in the village was built, she did not refute her opinion: "Okay, then,

It’s just that you’ll be tired for a while.”

A smile appeared on Cai Yazhi's lips, she shook her head gently and said, "There's nothing that makes me tired. I would still be a little uncomfortable if I were left to idle around all day." Then she looked at Zhang Taiping and said, "That's good."

Zhang Taiping could understand what she meant, and he also liked the scene of the couple working together.

While they were having dinner, Xiao Xi suddenly flew back from outside and landed on Cai Yazhi's shoulder, chirping and pointing to the door with her wings.

Cai Yazhi also followed Zhang Taiping's example and gently flicked its pointed beak with her index finger, and said with a smile: "Where did you go? You made me worry for two days."

Xiao Xi still pointed her wings outside and called out. There was no expression of anxiety or fear on her face, but she looked very happy.

Cai Yazhi and Zhang Taiping got up and took a look outside. There were no stars tonight, and the bright moonlight spread on the earth like a layer of white frost in early winter.

As soon as the two came out, they heard two noisy voices shouting: "I'm back" and "Haha, I'm back."

The two people couldn't help but smile on their faces. These two weird voices hadn't been heard for a long time, and now they suddenly sounded kind of friendly.

Two brightly colored parrots flew back under the moonlight and landed on Zhang Taiping's shoulders. Then they closed their mouths and began to comb their feathers.

What surprised the two of them was that there were two small things behind them. When they got closer, they saw that they were two small parrots, and they landed on Cai Yazhi's shoulders in disbelief.

At this time, Fan Ming and three little girls also came out of the house. When they saw the two little parrots on Cai Yazhi's shoulders, their eyes immediately lit up: "Yeah, they are two little parrots, let me see, let me see

.”

Fan Ming reached out and held a little parrot in the palm of his hand. The little parrot didn't recognize it as it stood on Fan Ming's palm and screamed. But it couldn't speak yet and could only make a clear and crisp cry.

The other one was held in Cai Yazhi's hand and watched carefully.

"Mom, let me see." Yayaza shouted from below.

Cai Yazhi knelt down, and three little girls gathered around them. They looked at the beautiful little parrot with lively eyes in Cai Yazhi's hand, and from time to time they touched its comfortable feathers with their fingers.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "I haven't seen these two guys for such a long time. It turns out that they hatched two little parrots secretly outside.

The two big parrots on the shoulders raised their heads proudly and cooed a few times after hearing Zhang Taiping's words.

At this time, Xiao Xi, who had been ignored by everyone, also called a few times. Zhang Taiping took out a few strawberries and fed them to him, but he didn't know how he ended up with the parrot family of four.

Wukong also wanted to tease the little parrot with his fingers, but Fan Ming patted the outstretched paw with his hand, fearing that it would hurt the parrot unaware of the seriousness of it. You should know that it had a history of digging out bird's nests.

The feathers on the parrot on Zhang Taiping's shoulder exploded immediately after seeing Wukong's actions, and shouted angrily, "Bad guy!" "Bad guy!" They both pecked at Wukong. In their minds, monkeys and monkeys were nothing.

nice one.

By the time it flew over Wukong's head, the innermost screams had changed. One had turned into a dog barking, and the other had turned into a wolf howling. Wukong was so frightened that he immediately ran away with his head in his hands.

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The two parrots saw Wukong escaping but did not chase him. They landed on the wooden stick hanging at the door and stared closely at the parrots who stopped and looked in this direction.

"Call me sister." Fan Ming said to the little parrot.

It's a pity that the little parrot hasn't learned how to speak to others yet, and can only make cooing sounds when it opens its mouth.

After playing with the little parrot for a while, Fan Ming asked Zhang Taiping: "Brother, where do these two little parrots live?"

Zhang Taiping looked at the boom where the two parrots were standing in the air and said, "Let's stay up here with their parents."

"Won't it fall?" Fan Ming asked a little worriedly.

Zhang Taiping said: "Try it first before talking." Then he grabbed the two little parrots and placed them on the boom in the air. "The parrots are still too small and can't grasp the boom with their claws, and their bodies are very flat."

It was very bad. Zhang Taiping staggered and became unsteady not long after he put it up. The last one still swayed back and forth a few times as if he was drunk and fell down from the boom, as if he was frightened.

He even forgot to spread his wings and fly. He was caught by Zhang Taiping from below.

Zhang Taiping grabbed the other one from the top of the mountain and said, "It seems they can't survive standing on it."

"Then what should we do?"

Zhang Taiping thought for a while and said: "Let's eat first. If we eat ten thousand meals, just hang a basket from above and put these two little guys in it."

After dinner, Cai Yazhi and Ye Ling packed up. Fan Ming and the two little girls squatted in front of Zhang Taiping with two little parrots in their hands and watched Zhang Taiping making baskets.

This was really a small thing for Zhang Taiping. He made it in no time. It looked exactly like a birdcage, but there was no air vent on it. The little parrot could live in it and come in and out without restriction. It was tied with three iron chains.

Get up close to two large parrots hanging in the air.

"Okay, this way it won't fall down." Yaya said from below, looking at the lidless birdcage in the air.

"Thank you!" "Thank you!"

Two unfamiliar voices came from above their heads, and it was unclear whose voice the two of them were learning.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "You two would be polite."

Fan Ming found some liquid food to feed the two little parrots. Zhang Taiping looked at the time and saw that it was only after eight o'clock, then walked outside, preparing to go to Old Man Qian to discuss building a bamboo house and a wooden house.

After Zhang Taiping came out, Ghost Face, who had just eaten, followed him, and there was a small oil bottle behind him. Ghost Face turned around and yelled, so he didn't dare to follow him and turned around and entered the house.

The bright moon is in the sky, the breeze is blowing on my face, and the chirping of cicadas and frogs not only does not destroy the tranquility, but also adds a bit of artistic conception. It is comfortable and comfortable for one person and one dog to walk on the narrow road.

When we arrived at Old Man Qian's house, the first thing he went out to greet was a little black dog. Hearing a sound in the distance, he barked in the yard. He didn't stop until he saw the grimace next to Zhang Taiping. Not only was he not afraid, but he

Thinking of coming over to make out with Ghostface, it can be said that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

Ghost Face was naturally impatient with a little guy wandering in front of him, so he yelled at the little black dog, which scared it so much that it sat on the ground. It squeaked and looked at Ghost Face with some aggrievedness.

Old Man Qian heard the barking of the little black dog in the yard, and when he came out, he saw Zhang Taiping and Ghost Face walking into the yard.

Zhang Taiping came up and handed out a cigarette to Old Man Qian, lit it and asked, "Has Uncle Qian eaten?"

Old Man Qian took a puff of cigarette and said, "I just ate it."

Zhang Taiping pointed at the little black dog following him and said with a smile: "This little black dog is pretty good. He is not afraid of the grimace and dares to approach it. You must know that many big dogs will not approach it. It will definitely be a great one in the future."

dog."

Speaking of this little black dog, old man Qian also had a smile on his face: "I bought this for 180 yuan at a shopping mall. I don't know if it can be as smart and obedient as the old black dog."

As he said that, he narrowed his eyes and thought of the big dog Heizi who died in the battle that time in the mountains.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "With the momentum of not being afraid of making faces at such a young age, he will definitely be a good dog when he grows up."

Old Man Qian nodded, and then asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Zhang Taiping explained his plan to build a bamboo house and wooden house on the mountain: "This is a big project, and I would like to ask Uncle Qian to come over and help."

After hearing this, Old Man Qian agreed without any hesitation: "This and no problem, anyway, I have been idle these days. How many places are you going to build on the mountain?"

Zhang Taiping thought for a while and said: "About thirty, with ten bamboo buildings and more than twenty wooden houses."

"There are so many. It's really not a small matter. I'm afraid the two of us can't do it alone." Old Man Qian looked at Zhang Taiping and said.

Zhang Taiping nodded: "I know this, do you think you can find five or six more people?"

"No problem!" Old Man Qian patted his chest. "There is a carpenter in the nearby village. He worked under the same master back then. He is also considered a fellow apprentice. If he is good at craftsmanship, he can be called over. As for the labor, just find a few people in the village.

"

Zhang Taiping smiled and said: "Then this matter will trouble Uncle Qian."

Old Man Qian asked: "When do you plan to start construction?"

"The sooner the better!"

"Then I'll go find them tomorrow."

Zhang Taiping laughed: "That would be great. How do you think this salary is calculated?"

Old Man Qian thought for a while and said: "The carpenter's price is one hundred a day. The man who needs the labor is fifty or sixty a day. What do you think?" A carpenter is a craftsman, and his price must be higher than that of a laborer.

, this price is the common price in rural areas.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Let's see, Uncle Qian and the other carpenters each earn 150 yuan a day, and the people in the village each earn 80 yuan a day. But the work must be done better."

Old Man Qian glanced at Zhang Taiping and said: "The price is up to you, and you can rest assured about the quality of the work. I will ensure that the quality of the work will pass the test."

"Haha, I feel relieved now." Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

"Have you prepared the bamboo and wood?" Old Man Qian asked.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said: "I don't know where there is wood, and the bamboo Mr. Zhao has is too thin to be used. Does Uncle Qian know there is wood and bamboo there?"

"I know where the wood is, it's in the town, but I don't know about the bamboo."

"Then let the bamboo be kept for a while, and we can buy the wood to build a wooden house first. How about we go over and look at the wood tomorrow?" Zhang Taiping said.

"Okay, just call me tomorrow morning."

It was almost nine o'clock when Zhang Taiping came back with Ghost Face. When he arrived at the gate of the yard, a roar suddenly came from Ghost Face's throat. Zhang Taiping patted its back because he had clearly seen the big stone sitting in front of the yard.

Who is the person above?

"Is the commander back?" The old village chief stood up and asked after hearing Ghostface's roar.

"It's me." Zhang Taiping responded, "Uncle, what do you want from me?"

"Well, there are some things." The old village chief replied, taking out the dry smoke pot that flickered on and off from his mouth.

Zhang Taiping said: "Let's go into the house and talk."

The old village chief said: "No, just a few words and then leave. There is no need to go in."

"Oh, let me tell you."

"That's it." The old village chief organized his speech and said, "You didn't go there today. We have already discussed it with Fengyukou Village. We will sign the peace agreement in two days."

"How are the specific situations distributed?" Zhang Taiping asked.

The old village chief replied: "As we discussed in advance, Zhuang Yu accounted for 10%. But Fengyukou Village put forward a condition, that is, when the road from their village to our village is rebuilt,

They will repair half of it and we will repair half of it, and we must also do a good job of greening both sides of the road."

Zhang Taiping nodded: "This is not too much."

"Well, that's what I came here for tonight. Just listen and have an idea." After saying that, the old village chief turned around and prepared to leave. "When I leave, you will go too."

"Then I won't send it away." Zhang Taiping turned around and was about to go home when he heard the old village chief speak again.

"I heard Xiaozhi say you are going to build bamboo houses and wooden houses on the mountain?"

Zhang Taiping nodded: "Yes, I just went over to discuss this matter with Uncle Qian."

"If you need help with anything, just ask." The old village chief said, turned around and left, disappearing from Zhang Taiping's sight under the moonlight.

Zhang Taiping sighed softly as he watched the old village chief disappear among the trees, and also entered the house.

ps: It’s my buddy’s birthday today and I went out to have some fun. I came back late and was a little high, so these are the only words I can express. There may still be a little less than six days left, but I’ve made up for it in the past two days. I’m really sorry!