Chapter 491
As soon as Wang Zhong came back from outside pushing his bicycle, he saw bricks, cement, wood and tiles piled in the yard, as well as the brick house that was about to be formed. Several masons were doing the final work on the roof. Yan Jiecheng and the third uncle were helping underneath. Holding hands, Yu Li and the third aunt were cooking under the eaves. As the fireworks filled the air, the aroma of the food filled the entire front yard.

At this time, the third uncle had a smile on his face. Through his glasses, his eyes were filled with shrewdness and pride. There was no hint of sadness and helplessness caused by his children's unfilial piety.

Wang Zhongdao: "Third Master!"

"Little Wang is back!" Yan Fugui heard the voice and turned around to greet Wang Zhong with a smile.

"Who are you?" Wang Zhong asked, looking at the hut that was about to be completed.

Yan Fugui said with a smile: "Aren't we worried that there will be another earthquake later and we will have no place to hide? Your second uncle and I will work together to build a small house in the courtyard to serve as an earthquake shelter."

"Seismic shed?" Wang Chong burst out laughing: "Third uncle, do you think your house with brick and wood structure can be used as an earthquake shed?"

When Yan Fugui heard this, his expression changed: "Why not?"

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Then, is this earthquake shed for your own use, or is it for the use of the rest of us in the courtyard?"

Yan Fugui said seriously: "I built this shed. I bought the red bricks, wood and tiles with money. Of course, I use it at home."

"Yes!" Wang Zhong nodded and did not continue to argue with Yan Fugui. Instead, he parked his bicycle under the eaves and turned around and entered the middle courtyard.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ran Qiuye washing clothes by the pool: "Sister-in-law!"

When Ran Qiuye saw it was Wang Zhong, a smile appeared on his face: "It's Wang Zhong! Have you eaten?"

"Not yet, just got home!" Wang Zhong said.

Wang Zhong asked: "Where is Brother Zhu?"

Ran Qiuye replied: "He's cooking in the house! Do you have anything to do with him?"

Wang Zhong said: "It's not about the third uncle building that small house in the courtyard!"

Ran Qiuye nodded. When she came back from get off work just now, she had already seen it when she passed by the front yard. However, Ran Qiuye usually did not interfere in the affairs of the yard. Even if there was a general meeting in the yard, Silly Zhu would attend it. She usually They only take care of the children at home and don't care about things like going to the hospital.

But Ran Qiuye could more or less guess the purpose of Wang Zhong's visit.

"He's in the house!"

"Okay, you guys are busy first, I'll go in by myself!"

The front door was open. As soon as Wang Zhong entered, he saw Sha Zhu working in front of the chopping board. A piece of fat and thin pork belly was being cut into slices by Sha Zhu. Green peppers and garlic were also placed next to the chopping board.

"Twice-cooked pork?"

Silly Zhu raised his eyes and saw Wang Zhong: "Just in time, aren't my brothers and sisters taking Xin Yi back to the countryside? You can save yourself the trouble. Come here and let us have a drink!"

"Forget it, you know, I don't like the excitement very much. If you really want to drink, before Jingru and Xinyi come back, come to my house one day and let's have a good drink."

Silly Zhu knew Wang Zhong's temper and did not continue to persuade him. He just raised his eyes and looked out the window, which was in the front yard: "You are looking for me because the third uncle is building an earthquake shelter in the yard?"

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up and said, "Tell me, if everyone in our courtyard were like him and built randomly, would our courtyard still be a courtyard?"

"It was said that he was building an earthquake shelter, but no one could see his little thoughts. Didn't he just want to use the earthquake shelter as an excuse to build his own house in the Yan family!" Silly Zhu said angrily.

Wang Zhongdao: "This wind cannot last, let alone spread!"

Silly Zhu finished cutting the pork belly, put the meat on a plate, and replaced it with chili peppers: "What are you going to do?"

Wang Zhong spread his hands and said: "What else can we do? Let's hold a general meeting of the whole hospital! Let's all vote together, it's fair and democratic."

Silly Zhu nodded and said: "Then I will go find the uncle later!"

"No, you go about your business first, I'll just go and talk to the uncle!"

"also!"

At seven o'clock in the evening, someone from every household in the courtyard gathered in the front yard. Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong didn't know whether it was because of guilty conscience or something else, but they were especially quiet today and did not rush to speak before Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai did not waste time and went directly to the topic after saying a few opening remarks.

"The main reason we are having this meeting today is to discuss the matter of Lao Yan and Lao Liu secretly building houses in the front and back yards!"

"Old Yi, why are you building a house privately? We are building an earthquake shelter to avoid another earthquake. We have no place to hide." As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Yan Fugui stopped and retorted immediately.

Liu Haizhong's reaction was a little slow, but he immediately agreed: "Lao Yan is right, we were building an earthquake shelter."

"Second uncle, third uncle, come on, your little thoughts are just like no one can tell!" Xu Damao unceremoniously exposed their excuses.

"Xu Damao, what are you talking about!" The two of them suddenly became anxious, and the grumpy Liu Haizhong almost slammed the table.

"If you don't want others to know, you have to do it yourself!" Wang Zhong continued: "Third uncle, the earthquake shed is an earthquake shed, but can this house you built be the same as the earthquake shed?"

"It wasn't a few days ago that the outer wall of Jia's house in the middle courtyard collapsed. Did the two gentlemen just forget about it?"

On the night of the last earthquake, when the first wave of earthquake struck, one side of the outer wall of Jia's house collapsed. Fortunately, Wang Zhong shouted in time, and everyone came out in advance, and no one was injured. After the earthquake, the elder still took the lead. Several neighbors in the yard who knew how to lay bricks helped re-build it.

"During the earthquake, we don't even dare to enter the house. Aren't we just afraid that the wall will collapse and the house will collapse and hit people? If everyone is like you two and builds what you call an earthquake shelter in front of their house, what will happen if there is an earthquake next time? Next, when the house collapses, where will the hundreds of people in our courtyard go to hide? If someone is hit and injured, who will be responsible?"

"You said the bed is just a bed? If it's so easy to collapse, then why doesn't the earthquake shelter we built collapse?" Liu Haizhong is a dog now, and he will bite whoever he catches.

Wang Zhong said: "The earthquake shed is built with wooden frames. Can it be the same as such a heavy brick wall? Otherwise, why would we run out of the house when there is an earthquake? Why don't we hide inside the house?"

"Who knows!" Liu Haizhong muttered.

Silly Zhu also followed: "I think what Wang Zhong said makes sense. Second uncle, third uncle, there are dozens of families in our courtyard, hundreds of people. If everyone is like you two, this courtyard will still be left." How much will it rain? If that earthquake happens again, where will we hide?"

If it were normal, not many people would believe Wang Zhong's words, but it has only been more than a week since the earthquake. Every household, large or small, has suffered varying degrees of damage. The ground is shaking, and the house may collapse at any time. The feeling of the house collapsing was still before his eyes, and the neighbors naturally took Wang Zhong's words to heart.

"Dear neighbors, since we don't agree, I propose to vote. If you agree that the third uncle and the second uncle will build this so-called 'earthquake shelter' in the courtyard, please stand on the west side. If you don't agree, please stand on the east side."

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, the neighbors looked at each other. After a moment of eye contact, they all made decisions.

Although it is good to have an extra room, compared to the safety of the whole family, everyone has a weighing scale in their minds.Among the dozens of people attending the conference, except for Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong, no one stood in the west.

"Second uncle, third uncle, the result is already obvious, we don't need to say any more!"

Erliang's face was livid, especially in his bangs. He waved his hands and turned to leave, but was blocked by Shazhu.

"Second uncle, don't leave in a hurry. You haven't said what to do with your half-built house yet!"

"Brother Zhu, look at what you said. The second uncle and the third uncle are two of the three elders in charge of our courtyard. How can we still be unreasonable and take the place that should belong to the collective?"

Things like haphazard construction will grow like weeds in the wind, especially in this large courtyard, and even reach the point of being out of control.

However, the signs have not emerged yet, and it will be possible to curb it for a while. All Wang Zhong can do is to restrain the random construction of the neighbors in the courtyard as much as possible.

But Wang Zhong also knows that there is no way to prevent this kind of thing. Yan Fugui just made an opening. Now in this courtyard, there are many large families crowded into several houses. When the children were young, It doesn't matter, but when the children get older, there must be some boundaries between boys and girls, and there must be enough private space between children and parents.

Especially boys, they have to marry a wife and have children...

Not to mention anything else, the Jia family in the middle courtyard now only divides the north-facing part of the main hall into an independent room, and uses wooden boards to build a simple bed for Bangjian to live temporarily. As for Xiaodang and Sophora japonica, To this day, I am still huddled on the big kang in the south room with Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang.

If in a few years Banggeng has found a partner and wants to marry a wife, the house will definitely not be enough to live in. Qin Huairu will definitely have to find a way to live in it, and maybe he will follow Yan Fugui's old path.

However, what Wang Zhong did today has completely offended both Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong. However, even if it had not reached this time, Wang Zhong was not afraid at all.

Yan Fugui has been calculating all his life and has almost no connections. On the other hand, Liu Haizhong, although he has a bad temper and is an official fanatic, is a seventh-level fitter after all and has taught many apprentices. A few are doing well.

But as far as Wang Zhong was concerned, that was all.

If you really reason with these two people, they will definitely come up with a lot of nonsense. They just want to build the so-called "earthquake shelter" to give their house an extra room.

However, Wang Zhong directly attacked them with a move that would kill them first and then show them off. He took advantage of everyone's fear of the earthquake and took the path that Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong were going to take, blocking their escape route.

Although the two were reluctant, they did not dare to risk public outrage and continued to keep the house that had occupied public property. They had to demolish most of the house. Fortunately, it did not take long to build and the cement mortar was still there. It was not completely stabilized and the red bricks were completely removed easily.

When Wang Zhong went to Qinjiagou in Changping to pick up Qin Jingru and Wang Xinyi, it was already mid-August, and the smell in the house had long since dissipated. Qin Jingru's belly was a lot bigger, and Wang Xinyi was also exposed. Got a dark circle.

"Dad, you are so awesome. Our kitchen should look nice! Is this still a kitchen?"

After staying in the countryside for a long time, when he suddenly returned home, Wang Xinyi couldn't help but admire the clean and well-designed kitchen that Wang Zhong had tidied up, and looked around in the kitchen with a novel look on his face.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Your father and I have many powerful abilities!"

Time passed by half a year, and it was winter in the blink of an eye. Qin Jingru's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she was about to give birth. Qin's mother came to Wang Zhong's house a month in advance, and lived in the same house with her granddaughter Wang Xinyi, taking care of the mother and daughter's daily life, and preparing to serve them. Qin Jingru confinement.

On the night of January [-]th, the family was eating dinner around the table. Qin Jingru suddenly frowned, took a breath, paused for a long time, then raised her eyes and looked at Wang Zhong: "My amniotic fluid seems to have broken. "

Wang Zhong quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks, picked up Qin Jingru and carried her into the back room.

The conditions in hospitals these days are really not that good. Instead of trusting those doctors, it would be better for Wang Zhong to do it himself. Anyway, he has everything he needs at home.

This was how it was when Wang Xinyi was born. Qin's mother was already used to it, so she hurriedly sent Wang Xinyi: "Go and call your aunt over!"

"I'm going right now!"

Wang Xinyi didn't dare to delay. He immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran out of the door.

The Jia family and Qin Huairu's family were also having dinner. The family was talking about Qin Jingru and asking Qin Huairu about Qin Jingru's due date.

"Auntie!"

"Auntie!"

"My mother gave birth!"

"Grandma asked you to come over and help!"

Wang Xinyi didn't even bother to knock on the door, he broke in directly, opened the curtain, and said anxiously.

"You're giving birth now?" Qin Huairu didn't dare to delay, and immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks: "Xiaodang, Sophora japonica, you also come with me to help!"

The mother and daughter did not bother to finish their dinner and hurriedly followed Wang Xinyi to the front yard.

Once there were more people, there was no need to worry about being overwhelmed. Wang Zhong was in charge and was always paying attention to Qin Jingru's situation, so nothing went wrong.

Ran Qiuye and Yu Li also had an aunt, and He Yuyu also came over to help.

Perhaps it was because of Wang Xinyi's birth that Qin Jingru's pregnancy took a little longer, but the birth went extremely smoothly. The baby was successfully delivered at [-]:[-] in the evening. The delivery was in order, and the mother and baby were safe.

A loud cry of a baby broke the peace in the courtyard, and it was hard for many people to fall asleep that night.

"Is it a son or a daughter?" Although she was already a little exhausted and extremely weak, Qin Jingru still forced herself to ask Wang Zhong, her somewhat soft eyes full of expectation.

Wang Zhong smiled and replied: "It's my son!"

Qin Jingru breathed a sigh of relief, and then a smile appeared on his face.

After cutting the umbilical cord and confirming that everything was normal with his son, with no illness or pain, and no congenital disabilities, Wang Zhong handed the still crying son to the mother-in-law next to him, and then Wang Zhong checked Qin Jingru's condition.

Qin Jingru thought about her son and asked, "How is my son?"

Wang Zhong comforted him softly: "Don't worry, I have checked everything. My son is fine and there is no problem."

"I want to see my son!" Qin Jingru braced herself.

Qin's mother carried the newborn baby, who had already calmed down after cleaning and swaddling, to the bedside and put it into Qin Jingru's arms.

Qin Jingru hugged her son with a satisfied smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)

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