Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 504 New house built

"Well, finish unloading as soon as possible and go back as soon as possible."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she shouted at them, and the others heard it and started to take action.

Lu Chuan and his men first moved the bricks onto the donkey cart and the ox cart. Because they bought so many bricks, two carts could not carry them all, so they had to do it again.

They would send the boat home first. Xu Han, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest would wait for them here. After they transported all the bricks back, Xu Han would put the boat into the space when no one was paying attention.

The three of them waited for nearly half an hour before they returned.

Then they loaded the truck. After that, the Taoist priest followed them and left first, while Lu Chuan and Xu Han stayed behind to clean up the mess.

"Okay, let's go back too."

"Well, it feels like the road has become much wider. The weeds around it have all been cleared away, and it looks brighter."

Xu Han pointed to a place and said, "Yes, you see, this place should have been newly padded."

"This is pretty good. Although it's still not very easy to walk on, at least cars can pass through. When the house over there is built, I will bring them here to repair it properly."

"Well, I'll repair it when the time comes. There will be many places where I can use the car in the future! If the road is not good, it will definitely delay my time."

"Don't worry, I've got it in mind."

As the two of them chatted, they couldn't help but speed up, and soon they caught up with the group.

After returning to the valley, Xu Han and Lu Chuan no longer cared about the bricks and tiles. They left it all to the servants. They could handle it themselves and there was no need to watch them do everything.

Xu Han said, "Lu Chuan, let's go back first. Ze'er and Mu'er must be waiting for us at home."

"Well, let's go back first." After Lu Chuan finished speaking, he gave Wang Lin a few more instructions. After everything was arranged, he came to Xu Han, picked up the backpack on the ground, and the two walked home together.

When they got home, Ze'er and Mu'er had just finished school. When they saw Xu Han coming back, the two children rushed out quickly.

Ze'er shook Xu Han's arm and said, "Mom and Dad, you are finally back? Did you buy us some delicious cakes when you went to the county town this time?"

"Hahaha, you little greedy cat, how could your cakes be missing? They are all in the backpack. Here, take a look for yourselves."

Xu Han put the backpack on the ground, and the two little guys squeezed over and started to dig out the snacks they wanted to eat from the backpack.

"Mother, I want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake, can I have it?"

Xu Han took it with a smile, opened it and said, "Okay, I'll open it for you. Can you give one to Da Hu and Er Ni as well?"

Ze'er took two cakes and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll deliver it."

After saying that, he ran out. Mu'er didn't eat the pastries, but chose to wait for her brother to come back and eat them together.

Xu Han didn't care about them. After taking out the pastries for them, she went back to the room and put the remaining snacks away.

Today's lunch was made by Dan Niang. It was all simple home-cooked dishes, nothing special.

In the afternoon, Lu Chuan went with them to build a house. Xu Han had nothing to do at home, so she went to the backyard to peel corn kernels.

After nearly half a month of hard work, the house on the other side of the valley was finally built.

That afternoon, Xu Han was also helping with the finishing work in the valley.

Xu Han looked at the house in front of her and said with a smile, "Now the house is completely built. I will spend another day tomorrow to build the stove in the kitchen. It will be ready for use after two days of drying."

Dan Niang agreed, "Hahaha, this kitchen is really grand. Not only is the space large, but it is also paved with bluestone slabs. It is clean and bright. In the future, even if more people cook, they will be able to stand and sleep."

Xu Han said, "It is quite big. Considering that there are so many people here, the kitchen was specially built a little bigger. The kitchen here is twice as big as the kitchen in the old house. Even if there are a few more people, it is completely enough."

"Yes, after the stove is built tomorrow, we can start harvesting sweet potatoes, and then we will plow the soil and plant winter wheat. There are so many things to do!"

Xu Han looked around and said, "Well, clean up the house this afternoon so you can sleep separately tonight. After squeezing together for so long, we can finally free up a room."

Ma Pozi said, "That's what we planned. The rooms have been divided up now. The kangs in the house have been built and are dry. Once the rooms are divided up tonight, everyone can move in."

Xu Han smiled and said, "Okay, you guys move in first, don't worry about the furniture, just be patient and do it slowly when you are free after this busy period."

Zhou replied, "Some time ago, the master had them make a few tables and chairs, and they can be used for now.

As long as everyone has a place to sit, there is no rush for other things. We don’t have that many clothes anyway, so we can just find a place in the house to put them.”

"Okay, you just need to pay attention to these things, I won't worry about it. But now you don't have a yard where you live, so you must remind them to close the door tightly when they go to bed at night.

It is better to be safe than sorry. After all, we all live deep in the mountains, so we can’t be careless.”

Mrs. Zhao smiled and said, "Hahaha, ma'am, don't worry! The dogs at home are very smart. As long as there is any movement outside, they will bark non-stop. During the time we have lived here, we have been able to survive thanks to their alertness."

After hearing this, Xu Han instructed again, "That's fine. We still have a lot of sheep bones left over from last time. Dan Niang, you can cook them and feed them to them one day.

Sometimes they hunt for food, whether it's bamboo rats or something else, as long as they hunt it, give it to them, and remember to cook it thoroughly."

Dan Niang replied, "Hey, Madam, I remember that the things they hunted were always kept for themselves. Don't worry about that."

Xu Han continued, "Well, the sweet potatoes will be harvested soon. We planted a lot of potatoes this year, just to feed the dogs at home.

It's time to harvest the new potatoes, so you don't have to save the leftover potatoes for them. You should plan accordingly and feed them all the old potatoes before the new potatoes come off.

Even if there aren't enough, it doesn't matter. The potatoes are almost grown. We can just dig them up in the ground when we're done. We mustn't let them starve."

"Yes ma'am, I remember."

After Xu Han made all the arrangements, she ignored them and walked around the valley, watching them clean the room and move into the new room smoothly.

After everyone had packed up their things, it was time for dinner. To celebrate their move today, Xu Han made a big pot of clay pot chicken, which was also a fulfillment of her promise to eat new cornmeal pancakes.