The brick walls of the old house are quite solid, but no one has lived in them for more than ten years. Some wooden pillars and doors were eaten by insects. Lin Yue and the others only briefly dealt with them.

Lin Zhiyu looked at the house carefully, thinking of his mother, but he was too young when his mother died, and his memory is very vague.

Yang Liu turned her head and looked at Lin Zhiyu standing in front of the window in a daze, his back a little bleak. She walked over and hugged him from behind, pressing her face against his back.

Lin Zhiyu held Yang Liu's hands, and the woman's warmth warmed his lonely heart.

Looking at the vegetable stalks that had been dried by the sun, Lin Zhiyu smiled and said: "When I first came to your village, you came back from the town to learn tailoring and walked in front of me. Then you looked back at me and smiled at me.

I was thinking at the time, how could there be such a beautiful girl with such a beautiful smile?"

Yang Liu thought carefully and didn't remember at all: "I smiled at you? Impossible, I rarely smile at strangers."

"Maybe I'm different."

Lin Zhiyu stretched out his arms and pulled Yang Liu to his body and embraced him: "I was preparing to take the college entrance examination that year. At that time, I thought that if I got into college, I would go to your house to propose marriage. But I didn't pass the exam. I didn't know at the time.

How sad. But you came to me and asked me if I wanted to live with you. You are such a brave girl."

He had always been an unfortunate man until that day when she came to him. Since then, he not only gained a lover, but also a family.

"Why did you have to come to propose marriage after passing the exam?" Yang Liu hadn't heard Lin Zhiyu say this yet, but he didn't believe it in his heart. If he didn't just run away after passing the exam, would he come to marry a country girl like himself?

"You are good-looking, and you are good at tailoring. Your family also loves you. There are many people from all over the country who want to pursue you. How dare I pursue you with such conditions? If I can get into college, then I will have confidence.

"

There was a knock on the open courtyard door, and the two quickly separated and walked out of the house.

The visitors were two middle-aged men in their forties, with honest faces. They asked with a smile: "Is your family going to renovate the house?"

Lin Zhiyu nodded and invited the two of them to come in.

The visitor introduced himself, his elder brother Nong Gaoquan and his younger brother Nong Gaohe both learned the carpenter trade from their father, but the younger brother later learned to be a mason and specialized in building houses for people.

After looking at the situation in the house, both of them admired: "This old house is really nice, with a high roof and flowers and birds carved on these beams. It must have been a wealthy family in the past."

Yang Liu didn't understand. He only thought that such a small house could be considered a big family. Nong Gaoquan pointed to the wall of the backyard: "The house over there should have been the backyard at first. It was probably sold to someone else after being partitioned."

Sure enough, although this wall has some age, it is different from the bricks on the walls on both sides.

The kitchen and toilet were demolished and built into a two-story building together with the backyard. Downstairs is the kitchen, toilet, and dining room, and upstairs is a large room for Yangliu's studio. The latest showers and ceramic squat toilets are installed in the toilets, and the sewers are dug.

The buried sewer pipes, wires, and lights were all replaced.

The house on the right side of the main room was converted into two children's rooms, with custom-made wardrobes, beds, desks, bookcases, wooden floors on the ground, and enlarged windows to increase the light and air circulation in the room.

The floor of the main room was laid with ceramic tiles, and the wood on the beams was completely renovated, pest-killed, and painted. Nong Gaohe said that the ceramic tiles had to be made to order at the city's ceramic tile factory, and the price was not cheap. Yang Liu only said that the price was easy to negotiate.

The master bedroom is divided into a bedroom and a study room, and all the furniture is made according to Yangliu's requirements. The floor is paved with wooden floors.

"We have to buy many materials from the city or even go to the provincial capital, so the construction period may be longer." Looking at the paper with the sketch on it, Nong Gaohe was both happy and a little embarrassed.

Most of the houses they build are very simple, and I have never encountered one with such detailed and high requirements.

"It doesn't matter if it takes a little longer, but the quality must be guaranteed." Neither Yang Liu nor Lin Zhiyu are people with ink. They paid a deposit on the spot and entrusted full authority to the farmer brothers.

It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when they left, but Zhong Zhipeng was still there. Lin Zhiyu greeted Yang Liu, and Zhong Zhipeng gave her five orders. The two went back and made some egg drop batter to fill their stomachs.

After resting for a while, the two of them did their own things, one was cutting clothes, the other was at the desk preparing lessons and correcting homework.

Lin Zhiyu's back was wet, but he didn't notice the heat at all. It wasn't until Yang Liu put a cup of tea beside him and picked up a fan to fan him that he came to his senses, took a sip of tea and said, "Don't worry about me.

, I see that you have taken a lot of orders, maybe you will be busy?"

"Let's cut it today. Just ask Liu Wenying to sew it tomorrow when she comes."

"Aren't you sewing faster?" Lin Zhiyu knew that Yang Liu worked quickly.

"Forget it, let's do it for her. I'll be happy and free, and she can make some money."

"Well, you might as well take it easy, there's endless money to be made." Lin Zhiyu is an open-minded person who values ​​family ties more than money.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Yang Liu stood up and opened the door, but there was an unexpected person: the young man named Xiao Gu next to Factory Director Liu.

"Hello, Sister Yang, I finally found you." Xiao Gu was very happy to see Yang Liu. He was actually older than Yang Liu, but he called her "Sister" to show respect.

Seeing that he was sweating, Yang Liu hurriedly invited him to come in and sit down and talk.

Lin Zhiyu also stood up to help pour tea and greet the guests.

Xiao Gu glanced at the crowded and well-organized room. A batch of cut clothes were neatly stacked on the table.

After taking a sip of tea, Xiao Gu explained the purpose of his visit: "Director Liu would like to invite Sister Yang to dinner. I wonder if you have time?"

It turns out that Xiao Gu came yesterday but failed. He also came twice today and finally found someone this time.

"When?" Yang Liu asked.

"Tonight at six o'clock, dinner will be served at Xinxing."

After looking at the time, it was only four o'clock, Yang Liu said that she would be there on time. Xiao Gu smiled and said, "I'll go back and talk to the factory director first, and I'll pick you up later."

Yang Liu refused: "There's no need to pick her up. I'll go there by myself. It's not very far from here."

Xiao Gu also knew it, so he nodded in agreement and then left.

"What does Director Liu want from you?" Lin Zhiyu heard Yang Liu talk about this man and knew he was an upright person.

"I don't know!" Yang Liu didn't know very well and could only make a vague guess: "Do you want to go with me?"

Lin Zhiyu said: "I won't go. I don't know her. It's very embarrassing to go. I'll pick you up later. I just have an article in my hand for Teacher Fang to read."

"Okay." After saying that, he started rummaging through the box to find clothes to change into.

In his previous life, Lin Zhiyu had always been Yang Liu's assistant. Lin Zhiyu would go back every time he entertained, even if he didn't liven up the atmosphere at all. Yang Liu knew that he didn't like socializing, but he would still go with him next time.

In this life, Yang Liu will not tie Lin Zhiyu to himself. He should have his own preferences and work, live the life he wants, and even achieve his own achievements, instead of becoming the man behind Yang Liu.
Chapter completed!