Chapter 42: Unrivaled

The next day, more building materials arrived in the village, and the clearing of the homestead had already begun.

Shen Qingyue set up shop early the next day. She really couldn't handle the house business, so she decided to leave professional matters to professionals.

Chen Mei wanted to stay and watch but was afraid that she would be too busy to run the stall, so she had to go out first.

Early in the morning, when I arrived, I saw Lu Yifei and the people from the hardware factory waiting there.

Shen Qingyue knew what was going on as soon as she saw them.

Lu Yifei said: "Oh, your lunch box is really delicious."

Shen Qingyue said: "Forty boxes are not enough."

Lu Yifei said, "That's not enough. Some men have big appetites and can eat three boxes by themselves. Get me a hundred boxes today."

The guy from the hardware factory next door said, "I want 300 boxes too." Then he added, "For ten days straight, 300 boxes a day."

Lu Yifei seemed afraid of leaving him behind: "Me too."

Shen Qingyue said: "OK."

Then he started taking out lunch boxes and packing them quickly.

Four hundred boxes in total. Even if the two sisters worked quickly, it would still take them a long time. They collected over a hundred yuan in the morning.

There was no time to take a break. As soon as the bell for lunch at the steel plant rang, they saw someone running towards their stall!

As if stimulated by someone else's running, the people behind also started running.

Shen Qingyue was busy again.

The other stall owners kept watching Shen Qingyue and the others selling their goods. Even when they were selling their own goods, they had never had such a good time.

How come they can find such a good business that everyone is lining up to give them money?

After finishing her work, Shen Qingyue still had to go to the recycling station to buy chicken feet.

Xiao Liu from the recycling station is now very enthusiastic about Shen Qingyue. The frozen chicken feet that they have stockpiled in their recycling station for a year were all bought out by Shen Qingyue in just a few days.

Today, I sold the last 300 kilograms of chicken feet to Shen Qingyue, and emptied several of them out of the freezer.

Two ox carts pulled them back.

I just arrived at the village chief's house to unload my things.

Aunt Dahua said, "Hey, you have started laying the foundation for your house." She didn't expect it to be so fast.

When Shen Qingyue heard this, she said, "I'll go over and take a look."

Chen Mei had been thinking about it all day. She heard they were starting to build a house, so she decided to go too.

Wherever I went, I found that there were quite a lot of people there, half of the village had come.

Seeing Shen Qingyue, he said, "Did you ask outsiders to help build this? How much did it cost?"

Shen Qingyue said: "Two thousand yuan."

As soon as the words fell, the people present gasped one after another.

The villagers said, "Why spend so much money? If we hire our own people to build the house, it won't cost much."

Shen Qingyue smiled but said nothing.

The villagers are not professional house builders, so they build them carelessly. New ones are fine, but after living in them for three to five years, they have to be patched up.

Houses like Zhou Jinbao's are all inherited. The houses he built are beautiful, spacious, well-lit, and of high quality, and can be lived in for a lifetime.

Besides, the reason why it was so much more expensive than other houses was mainly because Shen Qingyue asked to dig a well and sewer in her yard. It wouldn't be much cheaper to hire villagers for such a large project!

Although the people present felt that Shen Qingyue spent too much money, when they saw the truckloads of bricks, sand, cement, and even steel bars, they knew at a glance that the house must be of good quality.

Zhou Jinbao saw Shen Qingyue coming over and said, "Let's lay the foundation first today. We'll come in the morning and leave after dark. We can catch up with you and finish the project in a few days."

Shen Qingyue said: "Okay."

Zhou Jinbao felt a little embarrassed and said, "There's just one inconvenience, and that's the food. Now that the steel bars and other things have been transported here, someone has to watch over them every day. We've been delayed on the way back to eat. I heard from the villagers that you make boxed lunches. Can you make more each time? The amount should be deducted from the final payment!"

Shen Qingyue said: "Okay, I'll make porridge for you tomorrow morning."

When the people present saw the strong young man, their eyes lit up, and some of them wanted to learn some house-building techniques.

Some people looked at these guys and wanted to introduce their daughters to them.

Shen Qingyue looked around for a few rounds and then went back. She still had to prepare tomorrow's meal.

The news that Shen Qingyue was going to spend two thousand yuan to build a house reached the Shen family.

The Shen family didn't even have a good dinner. They couldn't understand why Shen Qingyue seemed to be assisted by God as soon as she separated from the family.

He also acquired the village chief's land and hired someone to build a house with steel bars. The specifications were far superior to those of the houses in the village.

Zeng Juhua said, "They must have made money from their business." She was a little annoyed. If she had known that Shen Qingyue had this ability, she would not have been against her.

Uncle Shen also regretted it: "It would be better not to split up the family. If Shen Qingyue doesn't want to get married, then she doesn't have to. As long as she can make money, that's fine."

Such a big house, if it was used as a wedding house for his two sons, they would be able to marry a fairy.

Uncle Shen couldn't help but complain to his mother, saying, "Mom, why are you still grabbing soybean oil? Compared to the house, it's nothing."

Just for such a small profit, crying and wailing is simply shameful, like taking off your pants and grinding in circles.

Xu Xiuzhi was also unhappy and said, "Who knew that this little girl could have such great luck. It's just a house, right? We can build it too. We can buy bricks these days. I don't believe that our whole family can't compare to that little girl."

This sentence gave the Shen family some encouragement. Yes, they also built a house.

When the new house and the old house are connected, the momentum will instantly increase.

Influenced by Shen Qingyue, they had previously only wanted to build a house worth one thousand yuan, but now they were building a house worth two thousand yuan. They were determined not to let her outdo them.

The next day, the Shen family couldn't wait to announce to the villagers that they were going to build a house. However, the villagers didn't react much.

This made the Shen family wonder why no one was envious, jealous or hateful about such a big thing.

After finding out more about it, he got angry again!

The villagers heard that Shen Qingyue made millet porridge and boiled eggs for the workers early in the morning.

Even the pickled vegetables were steamed radish with soy sauce. The porridge wasn't watery at all, and watching the workers eat made the villagers salivate.

Everyone praised the Shen sisters for being so open and honest even though they were girls. I heard that they even left a lot of food for them at noon.

Most of the villagers have eaten the pig intestines made by Shen Qingyue. I have heard that Shen Qingyue’s other dishes are also delicious. But I have never eaten them!

Hearing that Shen Qingyue had left some food for these workers, they all became greedy and wanted to help with some odd jobs to earn a meal.

The Shen family never expected that such a big undertaking as building a house could not compare to a meal cooked by Shen Qingyue.

Uncle Shen was a little annoyed: "What's wrong with these people? Haven't they ever seen food?"

Isn't it just cooking? They did it anyway, to draw everyone's attention away from Shen Qingyue.