Fan Zhijian led a group of people, hauling a large cartload of firewood over.

When Gu Hanping came out after hearing the commotion, he saw Fan Zhijian and his men unloading goods.

"What is this?" Gu Hanping asked, very curious.

Fan Zhijian laughed and said, "This is a batch of firewood from our agricultural machinery factory, originally intended for making parts like lathe front panels. However, this batch has been sitting for too long and some of it has rotted. Yunyang mentioned wanting some, so I had it brought over."

He didn't mention Gu Yunyang's help.

That matter is very confidential, and it's not appropriate to say much about it.

He didn't tell anyone about the point of doubt that Gu Yunyang had raised. He went back and searched around there himself and found the item.

This is a confidential technical document from a shipyard in Guangzhou, which Zhang Yuanxi brought out and was preparing to hand over to his subordinates.

Fan Zhijian was also puzzled. Why would they steal something when the shipbuilding technology in China was not advanced?

Perhaps it was to gain an understanding of the current state of shipbuilding technology in China?

I don't know what it's for.

But once the item was found, neither Zhang Yuanxi nor his subordinate had anything to say.

What awaits them is the punishment of the law.

Gu Yunyang helped, but didn't get involved in the whole affair.

Fan Zhijian was naturally grateful.

It just so happens that Gu Yunyang said he needed this batch of firewood, whether he wanted it for burning or something else.

Fan Zhijian didn't care.

Gu Hanping looked around and said speechlessly, "What's the use of dragging some firewood that's about to rot here?"

Although it hasn't rotted yet, there are already signs of it.

Gu Hanping had no idea what this thing was used for.

Fan Zhijian shrugged: "I don't know either, but he did me a favor."

He'll keep the firewood if he finds it useful.

If it's useless, I'll just burn it as firewood later.

I'll buy him something else to thank him.

Gu Hanping shrugged; he had no idea what Gu Yunyang wanted the firewood for.

Fortunately, Gu Yunyang would not waste his efforts.

Since he wants it, let's leave it for now.

"It's not going to be used for roof beams. This firewood would have been good for making furniture. But it's rotten now, so it's not suitable for making furniture."

He couldn't guess; he had initially thought it was because the house was finished and they would be moving in soon.

Furniture will be needed then.

However, this firewood cannot be used to make furniture.

Fan Zhijian didn't know either: "I don't know, but he wants to build a house?"

Gu Hanping pointed to the hillside: "They've already started digging the foundation. It should be finished today, and we can start building tomorrow. This afternoon, I'm also planning to have someone fetch some river sand from the river to mix with the lime and cement. By the way, the cement and tiles were delivered this morning. It should be finished in about ten days."

Fan Zhijian thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll send them a five-drawer chest."

These days, many families require their children to have thirty-six legs when they get married.

This five-drawer chest has four legs.

It's not easy to collect a complete set of furniture.

Not every family in Dongshan Village has a complete set of thirty-six legs.

The whole set would cost over a hundred, wouldn't it?

Even if they go up the mountain to cut down trees and gather firewood themselves, they still need to pay wages to do carpentry work, and it's difficult for them to save up enough money.

After discussing it for a while, Fan Zhijian had someone put the firewood at the educated youth settlement and asked, "Where did Yunyang go?"

Gu Hanping shrugged and said, "He went to the city. I heard that the city asked him to provide some technical support, but I don't know the specifics."

Gu Hanping was very careful not to reveal the specific reason.

Fan Zhijian was taken aback: "Going to the city to provide technical support? No way? I was hoping to ask him for help."