A little bit of meat.

　　The family of three finished their dinner at dark. As the day was much longer, they could save the trouble of lighting oil lamps for dinner.

　　Li Da said: “The soil can be thawed now, we can dig the hole tomorrow.”

　　”Okay, Dad.” Gu Zhao had no objection.

　　The whole family is quick-tempered and quick-witted. They do things as soon as they say they will, without any procrastination.

　　After washing up in the evening, everyone went back to their rooms and went to bed. It was no longer cold, so they stopped heating the bed and ran out of firewood.

　　After walking today and soaking their feet after dinner, Li Zhouzhou was worried that his husband’s feet would have blisters like last time. After asking carefully, his husband said no and looked like he was waiting for his praise. Li Zhouzhou felt soft in his heart and he really liked such a husband.

　　”My husband was awesome today.”

　　“I didn’t even get any blisters on my feet.”

　　Gu Zhao got into bed. He had used up too much energy today, so he didn’t really want to do anything. He was still young, so he had to be more restrained. It would be bad if it affected his sex life in the future. But he liked Zhou Zhou very much, and he knew that Zhou Zhou liked his childish look. He made such a fuss on purpose, which would make Zhou Zhou happy and let him hug him.

　　Now he was clinging to him, hugging Zhou Zhou like an octopus, with his head resting on his wife’s chest.

　　”It’s so cold, wife~”

　　Li Zhouzhou tucked the quilt in for his husband and said, “Husband, put your hand on my belly to warm it up.”

　　Gu Zhao raised his head with an innocent and pure look in his eyes, “Can I put it on my chest?”

　　Li Zhouzhou blushed, but he was happy in his heart and nodded. Gu Zhao happily put his head on his wife’s shoulder and put his other hand on his chest.

　　Men who act like a spoiled child have the best luck. Gu Zhao learned it.

　　The couple chatted and fell asleep soon. The next day, when the cock crowed for the first time, Li Zhouzhou wanted to get up, but his husband pestered him to lie down for a while, and then they got up together.

　　Li Zhouzhou lit a fire and cooked. Gu Zhao changed into shorts and went to the backyard to clean the chicken coop and pig sty. He took out some eggs and brought them back to Zhouzhou to show them his treasure, saying, “There are eight eggs today.”

　　We killed two chickens at home during the Chinese New Year, and now there are only seven left. Before, when it was cold, four or five eggs a day were considered great. Now there are eight, and one of them has laid two. I have to take good care of this one.

　　”Husband, please take a shower quickly. We will have dinner soon. The hot water is ready.” Li Zhouzhou said.

　　Before, Li Zhouzhou didn’t let his husband do these things, so he was the one who did the work in the backyard. Later, his husband said that doing some work would also help him exercise his body, so he did it in the morning when he had nothing to do.

　　I washed my hands and face and poured some water.

　　The family of three had breakfast, one egg per person. After the meal, Li Zhouzhou cleaned up the dishes, while Li Da went to the woodshed and carried the head to the backyard to dig a hole.

　　The Li family’s toilet is naturally a dry toilet, and the manure pit is left in the yard, not outside the courtyard wall. I heard from Zhou Zhou that someone in the village stole manure.

　　Gu Zhao: …

　　Everyone knows that manure can fertilize the fields, but the amount is not enough. Some families are more frugal, so they secretly carry a few loads of manure from other people’s houses to irrigate their own vegetable gardens. The people who have been stolen can’t make a big fuss over some manure, but they can’t bear it either. In the end, every household keeps the manure pit in their own yard.

　　The Li family’s toilet was in the backyard, in the corner by the back wall, far from the pigpen, and not close to it because it smelled bad in the summer. Now they just dug a pit next to it.

　　Li Da scratched his head and asked Gu Zhao, “How big is it?”

　　”Dad, I have no experience. You see, watering our ten acres of dry land is not something that can be done in one go, but it can’t be too small either. What do you think of this size?”

　　Li Da drew another circle and said, “Use it like this first, and run a few more times.”

　　Without saying anything, he started working. Li Da was naturally strong, and after working for a while, he became hot. He took off his padded coat and put on only a single layer of clothes. Gu Zhao wanted to help, but Li Da waved him away in disdain.

　　Leaving it here would hinder his work.

　　Gu Zhao went to boil water for tea and brought some water to his father so he could rest.

　　It took Li Da only one morning to dig such a big pit. In the afternoon, he took turns using stone hammers to tamp the ground around it. This required a lot of effort. After tamping it several times, the ground around it became smooth and solid, able to retain water.