Chapter 11 Can the golden finger be used like this?

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder they say girls can't be kept when they grow up." Yuan Chuanfang joked.

"We did have a stay-at-home son, but you almost kicked him out." Chen Kaiming lit a cigarette and said something ambiguous.

Chen Qiaomei is two years older than Chen Hui.

In a village where most people marry early, she is considered old.

"You old man, are you free today? Why are you still at home at this time?"

Yuan Chuanfang spat at the old village chief, then looked at An Wenjing and said seriously, "Next month, there won't be half a month left, so help your mother with some work at home."

"Ah."

An Wenjing was originally feeling a little melancholy about leaving home, but after hearing what the village elders and their husbands did, her melancholy was almost gone.

He nodded and responded with a smile.

In less than half a month, time is starting to run out.

After leaving Chen Kaiming's house, the two went to find an old tailor in the village to have their measurements taken for them.

After paying the deposit, Chen Hui sent An Wenjing and her sister back.

After lunch, he left in a hurry.

Lin Jiao called Chen Hui and asked him to take the rice and rock sugar back.

"Just leave it for cooking. The house needs some repairs, and I'm too lazy to cook by myself."

"Now I finally have a good place to eat. I don't have to look for people to eat with me in the village every day."

After saying that, Chen Hui remembered something.

He got off the bicycle and said to An Wenjing, "Give me fifty yuan."

"Ah?! Oh!" An Wenjing nodded, ran back to the room and took out five ten-yuan bills for Chen Hui.

Lin Jiao really wanted to ask what to do with so much money.

The money belongs to Chen Hui, even if it is in An Wenjing's hands, it still belongs to Chen Hui.

Lin Jiao endured it again and again, but seeing him so proud and pedaling his bike very fast, she couldn't help but shout, "Buy what you should buy, and don't buy what you shouldn't buy. There are still many places to spend money after you get married."

"got it!"

Chen Hui turned around, replied in a hoarse voice, and rode his bicycle back home.

He met Chen Guangming and several people from the neighboring village head-on, but he pretended not to see them.

I rode my bike back home and stopped in the open space in front of my house. I looked carefully at this familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar residence.

The outer walls of the house were made of large stones piled up with mud mixed with paste, and inside was a two-story building made of wood.

Right in front of the house, there was an open space covered with weeds.

Chen Hui's father said that when he gets married, he will build a smaller red brick building on this vacant land.

They usually eat and live together, but let the couple live on their own at night.

There are two small houses on the side of the open space.

One was where Chen Hui's mother used to raise chickens and ducks. Half of the roof had slid off, and a section of the earthen wall below had also collapsed.

The other is a dry toilet. The weeds around it have grown to almost one meter high due to Chen Hui's convenient irrigation.

This house is still far from being suitable for marriage.

Chen Hui sighed in his heart, opened the door and entered the house.

Because no one has taken care of the house for many years, a thick layer of dust has accumulated on it, making it look dirty and a bit old.

Last year, two tiles on the far right side of the roof slipped off for some unknown reason, and then they started leaking.

At the leaking location, the wood had been eroded by rain for a long time, a large area of ​​it had turned black, and even some small yellow mushrooms had grown out.

Chen Hui picked up a branch and poked it.

The wood is only rotten on the surface, but it is generally in good condition.

Once the tiles on the roof are repaired, the eroded surface is treated, and a layer of wood is nailed on for reinforcement, it will not affect the safety of living in the house.

Such a small job takes half a day's effort.

Professional masons would definitely not come, so I had to find someone who knew a little bit to help. Given my current reputation in the village, it was not easy to find someone.

Chen Hui now really wanted to take out a mobile phone from his pocket and call the property management to handle this matter.

The property is gone, and if it is there, they only know how to collect money.

Chen Hui took out a bamboo broom covered with spider webs from behind the door.

Get rid of the spiders and cobwebs on the broom first.

He pulled out the broom stick and found a wooden stick more than one meter long to push it in, turning the broom into a tool for sweeping the house.

First, remove all the spider webs upstairs and downstairs, on the roof, in the wall cracks, and behind the doors.

Send all the fleeing spiders into the Avenue of Reincarnation.

Squinting his eyes, he cleared away all the dust that had accumulated on high places. The dust that was raised was so fine that it was choking.

After Chen Hui finished dealing with the second floor, he couldn't stand it anymore and had to hide outside to give the dust some time to settle.

Wang Hongmei hurried down the hill. Judging from the time, she should have just delivered lunch to her husband Chen Guogang.

"Aunt Hongmei, where is Xiao Ming?" Chen Hui shouted.

"I'm at home." As she spoke, Wang Hongmei had already walked past Chen Hui's door.

Chen Hui thought she was running so fast just because she was afraid that he would go to eat rice, but he didn't expect Wang Hongmei to stop again, turn around and walk to Chen Hui's door.

"Aunt Hongmei, what can I do for you?"

Chen Hui determined that the other party needed help, so he took the initiative to speak.

Not to mention the need to improve neighborhood relations, Wang Hongmei's man Chen Guogang is just someone who can build walls and repair tiles.

"Chen Hui, are you free now? Can you go up the mountain to help?"

"I don't know who set the trap on the mountain and caught Xiao Ming's father." Wang Hongmei said.

"This is a big deal. Are you injured? Can you still walk?"

"It's stuck in my ankle. I can still walk, but after walking all the way back I'm afraid I won't be able to go up the mountain for a month or two." Wang Hongmei said in a dilemma.

"I understand. You take me there and I will carry Uncle Guo Gang back." Chen Hui said.

"Good good."

At this time, the men in the village are either going up the mountain or working in the fields, so it is not easy to find an adult man to help.

On the way back, Wang Hongmei was worrying about who to ask for help.

Unexpectedly, Chen Hui actually stepped forward. He was overjoyed and said as he led the way, "Chen Hui, come home for dinner tonight."

"No need. I'll go to Aunt Lin's for dinner tonight," said Chen Hui.

"Oh, sister Lin Jiao."

"I heard that you and Wen Jing are getting married, right? Then you will have to take on the responsibility of running a family after marriage. It's not easy for Sister Lin Jiao to raise two children alone, so you can't let her support you anymore."

After Wang Hongmei finished speaking, she secretly smacked her lips. Really, how could someone say what was really in his heart?

He said regretfully: "I'm not very careful with my words, please don't mind it."

"I understand." Chen Hui sighed.

It seems that it will take a long time to change the villagers' inherent impression.

Wang Hongmei tactfully stopped preaching, and the two of them continued on their way in silence. It took them more than an hour walking along the mountain road before they reached the place where Chen Guogang was injured.

"Uncle Guogang, what are you doing here?" Chen Hui looked around. This was not a normal place to work.

"I didn't have any farm work to do today, so I thought I'd go up the mountain to see if the traps I set earlier had any results. I didn't expect that I remembered the wrong location and got myself caught."

Chen Guogang sighed.

"What the hell? Did you set this hunting trap?" Wang Hongmei exclaimed.

"Oh, don't say that. This location is not good either." Chen Guogang felt even more embarrassed after being yelled at by Wang Hongmei.

"Uncle Guogang, you chose a good location for the trap. There is a nest of rabbits in front." Chen Hui said, pointing to a haystack not far away.

"How did you know?"

(End of this chapter)