Chapter 683

With the masons eating meat every day, they worked with great energy. Half a month later, Sister Yuanchun's house was completed, the heated brick beds were built, and the well was dug. Only the courtyard wall remained, but unfortunately, the weather turned against them as the first snow of the year began to fall. Looking at the snow-covered landscape outside, Sister Yuanchun said to Father Wang, "Dad, let’s wait until spring to build the courtyard wall. You and my older brothers shouldn't go to collect mountain rocks today; with all this ice and snow, the rocks are buried and hard to find, and even if you found them, you wouldn't be able to haul them back." The family had already stored enough firewood for the winter. Father Wang and his sons had decided the night before to go up the mountain to collect rocks to help Sister Yuanchun build her wall.