The poor girl from the 1970s was forced to kiss by the damp educated youth.

Chen Zhi took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and asked Xi Lang, "Are there any clean sheets and duvet covers at home?"

"Yes. I'll change it. You go eat your steamed buns first."

Have you eaten yet?

"have eaten."

Chen Zhi wasn't very hungry, but the steamed buns Xi Lang made were so delicious that she couldn't resist eating four.

Just as she was about to wash her hands, a dark shadow attacked from behind. Almost instinctively, Chen Zhi reached out and grabbed it, squeezing hard. A cracking sound rang out.

It seems she accidentally killed something.

Chen Zhi blinked, let go, and the thing in her hand fell to the ground.

The speed and ferocity of that attack made her feel like a stranger.

Not right.

When Xi Lang came out of the house and saw the things on the ground, a murderous glint flashed in his deep eyes.

Chen Zhi was still in a daze when Xi Lang came over, took her hand, and led her to the water tank, comforting her, "It's okay, you just touched something dirty, you can wash it off."

Xi Lang scooped water for Chen Zhi to wash her hands, washed them several times, and then dried her off.

"Is that thing on the ground a weasel?" she asked.

Xi Lang: "Hmm. This thing likes to come to the village to steal chickens."

Chen Zhi felt that the weasel wasn't there to steal chickens; it was after her.

"Want to raise chickens?" Xi Lang changed the subject.

Chen Zhi nodded, "Yes, we should raise them. We'll raise chickens to eat eggs."

Xi Lang: "Then let's raise two hens. I'll go and catch two hens in a couple of days."

Chen Zhi wanted to discuss with Xi Lang how to pick out the mother hen from a group of chicks, but she was getting sleepy and felt like she was about to fall asleep at any moment.

Xi Lang escorted her back to her room and told her to go to sleep first.

Chen Zhi wanted to speak, but as soon as her head hit the pillow, she completely lost consciousness.

Xi Lang gathered up her clothes and sheets that she had changed out of and took them outside to wash.

The moon was round and the moonlight was gentle; there was no need to worry about bumping into anything even without lighting a lamp. Xi Lang picked up the weasel carcass from the ground, threw it into the stove, and set it on fire.

The fire crackled and popped, and the smell of burning hair drifted on the wind to the neighboring educated youth settlement.

The educated youth were eating when they smelled this aroma and all paused in their eating.

Li Zhou'an: "What's burnt?"

He turned his head to look at the stove, but it was pitch black, with no firelight; it wasn't theirs.

Yang Wenyu: "It must have come from next door."

"Oh dear, could something be burning? I'll go check." Zhao Jinbao put down his chopsticks and hurriedly ran outside.

Zhou Zhengping: "Why don't we go take a look too? We're friends with Xi Lang now, aren't we?"

The remaining people glanced at each other but didn't move.

It wasn't until Li Zhou'an stood up that she said, "Let's go take a look."

Li Zhou'an and his group hurried out, only to find Zhao Jinbao standing motionless beside Xi Lang's vegetable garden.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Li Zhou'an asked.

"Shh-"

Zhao Jinbao pointed to Xi Lang not far away, his face showing a hint of fear.

Li Zhou'an and the others also looked up ahead, and the next second, their expressions changed.

Xi Lang is talking to himself again!

They desperately wanted to run, but they were also very curious. Seeing that Zhao Jinbao and Li Zhou'an showed no intention of leaving, the others stayed behind as well. They nervously swallowed, clenched their fists, and thought that if things went wrong, they would retreat immediately.

Xi Lang was surprised that something else had come after he had just burned the weasel's carcass.

"You beat up the young one, and now the old one comes?" Xi Lang sneered.

Under the moonlight, opposite him was a shadowy figure, vaguely resembling a human shape, but this "person" had a tail.

"It dares to covet my people, it deserves to die!"

"The law of the jungle prevails; you should understand this principle better than we do."

"You want revenge? Fine."

No one saw what Xi Lang did; they only saw a dragon of fire suddenly leap out of the stove and burst into flames in front of Xi Lang.

Zhao Jinbao and the others were startled again, their eyes widening in surprise.

Just then, a yellow shadow flashed through the darkness, its target being Zhao Jinbao and his group.

"court death!"

Suddenly, a black iron sword appeared in Xi Lang's hand, and he slashed down at the yellow shadow.

The piercing scream shattered people's eardrums. Before Zhao Jinbao and the others could even see what was happening, they covered their ears with their hands.

The next second, a burst of yellow mist erupted—

"receive!"

A yellow talisman flew out of Xi Lang's hand, and the mist was gathered and fell into the talisman.

"Awesome!"

Another flame.

The smell was awful, so Zhao Jinbao and the others ran away.

"Did you see what just happened?" Zhao Jinbao asked.

Zhu Yuan: "Weren't you the first one there? Did you see clearly?"

Zhao Jinbao recalled the scene and said regretfully, "I saw a fire dragon. But speaking of which, is Xi Lang having hysteria? What was he doing just now?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.

They would rather it be hysteria, so they could accept it a little better.

After a long pause, Li Zhouan said, "Try not to go to his place at night anymore."

The others nodded in agreement; that was their original plan as well.

Xi Lang picked up the weasel from the ground and threw it into the stove, scoffing, "Go reunite with your grandson."

He glanced up at the direction of the educated youth settlement, ignored it, and went to fetch water from the water tank to wash Chen Zhi's clothes and sheets.

Chen Zhi slept until dawn. When she woke up, she was alone in bed. Apart from where she slept, the rest of the bed was cold. How long had Xi Lang been up?

Chen Zhi felt a little embarrassed. Would Xi Lang think she was lazy?

She's not usually like this.

Xi Lang had already prepared breakfast: a pot of rice porridge, egg pancakes, and a few freshly picked cucumbers. He had already eaten breakfast himself and was now shoveling soil on the hillside, then dumping the shoveled soil into the low-lying area.

That small slope has already been partially cleared away; it looks like it will be completely leveled today.

"Did you not sleep all night?" Chen Zhi asked.

"No, I only got up at dawn. I work fast." Xi Lang was afraid she wouldn't believe him, so he worked even harder. He could shovel a basketful of soil in almost a minute and carry it to the low-lying, rocky area opposite.

Those thighs, when they walk, are no different from others when they run.

Chen Zhi watched him work while washing up, and she also watched him while eating breakfast. She found it extremely pleasing to the eye.

If he worked this hard, he wouldn't have only earned seven work points.

After having breakfast, Chen Zhi came over to help. She was in charge of shoveling soil, while Xi Lang was in charge of carrying it away. It was a very tiring and strenuous job. Chen Zhi had done a lot of this when her family was building a house and digging the foundation, and she was so tired that she almost collapsed.

But now she's holding a shovel, shoveling one shovel after another, incredibly easily.

After half an hour, she didn't feel tired at all, and she didn't break a sweat.

Chen Zhi blinked, feeling that she could be even faster.

Xi Lang noticed that Chen Zhi was swinging her shovel faster and faster, and he had to speed up to keep up. Looking at Chen Zhi's energetic appearance, he thought that he could ask her about the bricks and cement tonight.

Today we shovel soil, tomorrow we dig the foundation, the day after tomorrow we build the foundation...

If all goes well, the house should be built in a month or two.

However, weeding and fertilizing the crops will take a few days and another month or so, so the house project will have to be put on hold.

Xi Lang thought for a moment and decided to build the bathroom first.

After a morning, the small hill was leveled, and a vegetable garden appeared in front of their house.

"It's still a bit short, we need to fill it in a bit more," Chen Zhi muttered.

"There's still soil left when digging the foundation," Xi Lang reminded him.

"That's right, let's dig the foundation this afternoon too. Have you thought about how you want to build the house? How wide and deep should the foundation be?" Chen Zhi had no experience.

Xi Lang was stumped. "I'll go ask the captain in a bit and borrow some more tools."

When digging the foundation, lines need to be marked on the ground with lime. However, we didn't have lime at home, only wood ash.

Another item appeared on Xilang's bill: lime.

Building a house requires lime, and Shi Xin should have connections; we should ask him about it later.

The two of them dug the foundation all afternoon, and before it got dark, they had finished digging it out.

Something just doesn't feel right.

Chen Zhi looked at Xi Lang, whose breathing was steady and who seemed completely at ease, and asked her question, "Why did you only get seven work points?"

"I'm recovering from my injuries." Xi Lang knew he couldn't avoid this. "I was seriously injured and it took me two years to recover."

I still make this mistake occasionally.

"Is it better now?" Chen Zhi examined Xi Lang's face. Before, it was pale and bluish, but now it was pure white, and it didn't look so creepy anymore.

"Okay, I'll try to get ten work points next time."

That's not what I meant.

Chen Zhi explained, "I was just curious."

"I wanted to earn ten work points myself." She didn't want others to laugh at her for marrying a man who could only earn seven work points; she wanted others to envy her.

After dinner, Xi Lang said he was going out.

Chen Zhi remained silent, pursing her lips as she looked at him.

Xi Lang noticed her displeasure and smiled as he ruffled her hair. "Go get some bricks and tiles. I'm planning to build a brick house."

Chen Zhi's eyes widened. A brick and tile house?

There are only a few brick and tile houses in their village now; everyone still lives in rammed earth houses with thatched roofs.

Is she going to live in a brick house?

Chen Zhi was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. She had never imagined that she could live in a brick house.

After the initial shock, a new question came to her mind: "Can you build a brick house?"

"Hire someone." Anyone in the village who knows how will do it. If no one in the village knows how, then have Shi Xin find a few people for him, and he'll pay for it.

Shi Xin waited for Xi Lang all night, but Xi Lang didn't come, so he waited in vain. Shi Xin plans to stop waiting and go to sleep if Xi Lang doesn't come by 10 p.m. tonight.

To my surprise, Xi Lang arrived at eight o'clock.

"The bricks, cement, and tiles have all been delivered. I didn't know how much you needed, so I delivered five truckloads of bricks, two truckloads of tiles, and one truckload of cement. I also found sand and lime for you, since you'll need some too. They'll arrive tomorrow." Shi Xin suspected that Xi Lang didn't know how to build a house, after all, the other party seemed to be out of touch with reality.

Xi Lang was surprised that Shi Xin had already taken care of it before he even had a chance to speak.

"Thanks, I really need what you suggested." Xi Lang thought for a moment, "Do you know any of the workers who built the brick houses?"

Shi Xin: "..."

It turns out his brother really doesn't know anything.

"I'll find it for you," Shi Xin said, as it was not a difficult task for him.

"Okay, I'll pay for the wages." Hiring workers from outside means that even if the village is busy and workers need to go to work, it won't delay the construction schedule.