A leisurely life with Lingquan

Chapter 16 The Old House
Li Xi looked around the house. There were four rooms, three bedrooms and one hall, two small rooms on the left, a big room on the right, and the main room in the middle. The house was not small, but it was empty inside. There are a few small cabinets for the bed, a wooden table and two chairs in the main room, and there is no other furniture, some of which are broken and shapeless.

"Ah Mu fell and hurt himself, his mother was also sick, all the scattered valuables in the house were sold, and now... ah." Looking around, the village chief sighed a lot.

Come in and see that Li Xi is actually quite satisfied in his heart. This is much better than that broken thatched house. The house is so big, and it is the only property of Zhao Mu. Or the ancestral house should have been taken care of by the village chief all the time, a fool It is not easy not to be cheated of the house by someone, and I am very grateful to the village chief in my heart.

"It's already very good." Nodding, Li Xi smiled: "I will take good care of it."

Hearing what Li Xi said, the village chief was also very satisfied. He swept the ashes on the table and put down the things in his hands, and then said: "You take these food first, and if you need anything, go to my house and find me. How can I tell you?" He's also Amu's uncle, who knows how to help, I just want you to live a good life in the future."

"Don't worry, Second Uncle... the house is also very messy, you should go back first, and after I fix it, I will go to see you with Brother Zhao." It seems that it should be the husband or the husband-in-law. Well, but Li Xi really couldn't call out.

The village chief didn't care either. Li Xi was impressed by how readily he accepted the reality. He thought that there were still things waiting at home, so he didn't procrastinate now, and left after a few more instructions.

As soon as the village chief left, Li Xi and Zhao Mu were left in the room. They stared at each other for a while, but Li Xi looked away first and blinked. If she felt that she was not moving, this guy would definitely keep staring at her. After dragging a chair and sitting down, she began to think about what to do now.

In fact, there is no need to think too much. Once you have a place to live, you should get everything in order. Just now, when you look in the house, the large room on the right is really empty, except for a few low cabinets. After getting off, there were two beds in the two small rooms. Although the boards of the beds were broken a lot, at least they could sleep, and she and Zhao Mu could sleep separately.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Xi also got a score, tore off the broken curtains of the house, tore a piece and threw it to Zhao Mu, saying, "Okay, now let's start cleaning, and clean the house so that we can live more comfortably in the future."

How could Zhao Mu understand these words, but seeing Li Xi holding a rag and a wooden basin, after thinking about it, he followed suit. In short, Li Xi did what he did.

Zhao Mu's house is actually pretty good, and there is a well in the yard. Just now Li Xi was afraid that he would go outside to fetch water and come back with the basin. When he went out, he saw the well and was so happy. Looking inside, the well water is very clear, but there are some dead leaves floating on it, which is not a problem.

There was a wooden barrel tied with a rope by the well, and I lifted it with difficulty. It was really heavy. I thought it was solid wood, and I thought it was fun to think about it at this time. In the well, holding the rope and fiddling with it, Li Xi didn't dare to lift too much water at a time, it's one thing not to be able to lift it up, don't take her small body down, but even half a bucket of water is enough for her to choke.

A hand came out of nowhere, and as soon as she grasped the rope that Li Xi was struggling to pull up, she felt the weight in her hand lighten, and then the half bucket of water that she had worked so hard to slowly move up, followed by A kind of rapid speed was brought up.

Tilting his head, he saw Zhao Mu standing beside him without any surprise. He is currently lifting the wooden bucket in the well with one hand, and the expression on his face shows no effort at all. It's not too much, and for some reason, Li Xi has an indescribable feeling, worship?Well, it doesn't count.

No matter how the water was brought up, Li Xi looked at it, and waved the half bucket of water directly: "Take it to the house and start cleaning."

Zhao Mu was very obedient, and nodded obediently, then walked briskly into the house with the bucket in one hand, followed by Li Xi, who squinted his eyes, rubbed his chin and thought, "This stupid big guy has a lot of strength. of."

It is obviously unrealistic to clean the whole house. Li Xi picked two small rooms to start. He always has to make a good place to sleep at night. There is no furniture in the house and it is easy to clean. The original broom let Zhao Mu sweep away the dust on the walls and ceiling of the room. Anyway, he is tall and he is most suitable for this kind of work.

After all the dust was swept away, the utensils in the room were wiped clean with a cloth soaked in water. Li Xi moved and Zhao Mu followed without saying a word. If she ordered something, she must do it quickly. People work together to complement each other.

It didn't take long to clean the two rooms, and it was finished by noon. Not only that, but the main room was also cleaned, and the rest was only the big room, but Li Xi didn't want to care about it for the time being. Okay, just put some sundries in the future.

After finishing these, the two people were also hungry. They shared a bowl of porridge in the morning, and now they are all hungry and flattened.

Rubbing his belly, Zhao Mu saw that his face was also wrinkled, and smiled lightly: "Let's go cook."

Fan should have understood, Zhao Mu nodded vigorously: "Eat."

"Understood, it's time to eat." Smiling again, Li Xi opened the grain bag sent by the village chief, and found that there was not only half a bag of brown rice in it, but also a small bag of cornmeal that was placed separately, and the rest was some oil and salt Vegetables are really what I need most at this time.

The kitchen is in the yard. I saw this when I was fetching water just now. I asked Zhao Mu to take the things and they went to the kitchen.

The kitchen was also dirty and empty, without even a cupboard, but a few dishes were placed on a table for cutting vegetables.

Of course it can’t just be used like this when it’s so dirty. Li Xi regretted that he should have cleaned the kitchen first, but now he had no choice but to ask Zhao Mu to carry another bucket of water. The two of them worked together to clean the edge of the pot and fill it up first. Stomach is tight.

A pot was covered upside down on the pot table, it was rusted and obviously it can’t be used now, even if it needs to be used in the future, it has to be brought to the blacksmith to make it again, pull down the big iron pot and replace the small pot that Zhao Mu originally brought Putting it up, the big pot hole can't fit it, but the small one on the side can. Presumably he got the pot from here.

(End of this chapter)