Chapter 26 Chapter 26 1st update

When Shen Shaoyuan took back the 300 yuan, even though the document stated that he would have to make up the working days, Shen Moer still said on the spot that she wanted to approve the foundation and build a new house. Even later Zhou Mancang helped to complete the formalities. In fact, Shen Shengli didn't think that Shen Shaoyuan and his daughter could really build the house.

Building a house is not something that can be accomplished simply by having money. Not only is it difficult to collect materials, but you also need people willing to help with the work.

Even when Shen Shaoyuan asked his grandson to come and tell him the day of starting work, Shen Shengli was still secretly looking forward to the show. Even if their first and second wives could make up for the working days, what about the rest of the work? Could Shen Laoqi do it all by himself?

Who would have thought that he would actually arrange it.

After the work started, Shen Shengli heard that the Chen family, Cai family, Yang family and other families had gone to help, and even the Shen clan had gone to help. In his heart, he felt that these people were really meddling in other people's business. Especially when he heard that Shen Shaoyuan's family treated other helpers with delicious food, but ignored the meals of their two families, he was so angry that he smashed a bowl at home.

It was also at this time that Shen Shengli truly realized that his seventh brother was really different.

But even if he had a few dollars in his hand now and got along well with several families in the village, so what? His mother was married off from a poor mountain village, and his wife was a refugee from famine. Neither his maternal and paternal families could help him. For something as important as building a house, could he really rely on outsiders?

Apart from anything else, without the five people from their two families, the construction period would be delayed by who knows how many days.

This is when the weather is good. If the weather is bad and it rains for a while, it would be a question whether his house can be built before the autumn harvest.

Shen Shengli felt that if they gave up the task, even if Shen Shaoyuan's house could still be built, it would at least not be as smooth and satisfactory.

It also let Shen Shaoyuan taste the feeling of being upset.

But Shen Shaoyuan didn't get furious or angry as he thought. On the contrary, he smiled and asked, "What about the work days you owe my family? What will you use to pay it off?"

Shen Shengli wanted to say, "Fuck your mother, you've already sent my grandson to the police station, why should I still pay this bullshit labor day? !"

As a result, Shen Shaoyuan seemed to not want him to answer at all. After a short pause, he continued, "This is not difficult. Your two families have more laborers, so you must earn more work points. It just so happens that Moer and I have fewer work points, so we get less food."

"Captain." He looked at Zhou Mancang, "How about this, the brigade will help convert it directly into work points or food. It just so happens that I have borrowed food from the brigade before, so you can use it to offset some of it for me. If there is more, you can give it to us next time we distribute food, and if there is less, you can deduct it from us next time we distribute food."

Zhou Mancang was also speechless about the first and second wives of the Shen family.

These brothers, uncles and nephews have caused so many troubles, including stealing food, introducing unreliable people who want to make the whole family rich, and stealing bricks in the middle of the night. Not only do they cause trouble to the team, but they also bring discredit to the team.

Their Yangliu Brigade used to have a very good reputation, but it has really fallen into disrepair recently.

A few days ago, Zhou Mancang went to the commune for a meeting. The captain of the Songshu Brigade thanked him and said that it was thanks to the Yangliu Brigade that they had a lot of things to do and they were able to disperse their firepower. Otherwise, with the noisy Liu Yinshuang in their brigade, the Songshu Brigade would have been at the top of the list of embarrassing brigades for a long time.

Zhou Mancang felt that he was not here to express gratitude, but to hurt his heart.

After all, although Liu Yinshuang was noisy, she didn't do anything that was harmful to the world. At most, she did something a little weird. Their team was different. Stealing food from orphans and widows, and looking for her mother's family to eat her niece's extinct family, these were not good things to hear.

Zhou Mancang briefly recalled these unpleasant experiences, and immediately agreed to Shen Shaoyuan's proposal: "Okay, it's completely reasonable to use work points to offset the working days. I'll talk to the accountant later."

Seeing that things were not developing in the direction he expected, Shen Shengli became anxious: "No, why should we use work points to offset it? He is an uncle who is so cruel that he sent his nephew to the police station. Why should we use work points to offset it for him?!"

Shen Yongjun also said: "We asked our son to come and help out of brotherhood. Although Xiaohong and the others made some mistakes, he shouldn't be so heartless as an uncle. If he is so heartless, he shouldn't want us to help him."

This time, Shen Shaoyuan didn't even need to say anything. Zhou Mancang responded to the two shameless people first: "You signed a document in black and white, and you signed it yourself. Since the brigade has made this witness, we can't let you default on your debt. You can either use it to offset your work points, or use it directly to offset the money when you settle the accounts at the end of the year. There are only these two options!"

These two people must not be allowed to default on their debts. Now that there is an incident of stealing bricks, Zhou Mancang knows without thinking how bad the reputation of the brigade will be. The brigade’s already bad reputation must not be made worse.

Neither Shen Shengli nor Shen Yongjun expected that the captain would stand so firmly on Shen Shaoyuan's side this time, and their faces suddenly became very ugly.

Shen Shengli sneered: “Okay, since you don’t care about losing five laborers, we don’t care about a few work points either.”

He was a smart man and knew that with the captain's words, they couldn't get out of this debt, so he simply didn't bother to argue and instead acted as if he didn't care.

Shen Shaoyuan ignored the two brothers and said to the people watching the excitement on the village road: "I am still short of five laborers. If anyone needs to spare some time, please help me. My family will provide two meals. The food is not to be said to be very good, but I guarantee that you will be full. In addition, when there are weddings and house building in the future, my father and I will definitely repay this favor. I may not be very good at work, but I can definitely help run errands and buy things."

As soon as he finished speaking, several strong men jumped out from the crowd.

"It's just building a house, nothing else is possible, rural people have absolutely no problem doing hard labor."

"I'll be satisfied if I can have two full meals. Uncle Shen won't hide it from you. There's not much work to do in the fields these days, and I've never had enough to eat at home. Hahahaha, just don't look down on me for being able to eat later."

"The foundation has been laid, and the walls have been built a little bit. The most difficult work has been done. We are taking advantage of it if we come here to work now!"

"I have laid earth bricks in previous years and have long wanted to try laying blue bricks. I finally got the chance."

"Me, me, me, add me in, hey, you're not as fast as me!"

Well, in the blink of an eye, all five people were there. The few people at the back who were eager to try but had not made up their minds at the moment regretted it immediately when they saw that all the people were there after just a moment of hesitation.

In fact, only the people of the old Shen family are still blinded and cannot see the situation. Because other people in the village have had little contact with Shen Laoqi and his daughter in the past, they are more likely to accept the changes of Shen Laoqi and his daughter than those of the old Shen family. Naturally, it is easier for them to understand that the father and daughter are different now, and their future life will only get better and better. It is not a loss to have a good relationship with them.

Why did Shen Shaoyuan say that he couldn't do the work but could help run errands and buy things?

He is a worker in a kiln factory now. I heard that he is highly regarded by the factory leaders. So if anyone wants to build a new house or buy tiles in the future, wouldn’t it be convenient to find him?

He has been in the commune for a long time, so he must know some capable people. Maybe when there are other things in the future, we can ask him for help?

So although Shen Shaoyuan's words were obscure, in fact, those who really understood would understand them as soon as they heard them.

Of course, some people would think about this in their minds, while others did it purely for the sake of having two full meals. They had all heard that the meals his family prepared were very good, with occasional meat, and even if there was no meat, there would be scrambled eggs or something, without any ambiguity.

Shen Shengli, who originally wanted to see Shen Shaoyuan's joke, now looked so ugly that it could not be described.

He glared at the five men who showed up, then turned and left.

This was the first time in his entire life that he had been slapped in the face so hard. If he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

The other members of the Shen family's eldest branch quickly followed. Two people from their family had been trapped this time, so they had to go home quickly to discuss and see if there was any way to get them out.

Shen Yongjun glanced at Shen Shengli's slightly hunched back and said, "Forget it, let's go back too."

He had originally thought that with the boss's cleverness, he would be able to get some skin from the seventh brother, and then he would just need to follow behind and reap the benefits. However, he didn't expect that in the end it would be the boss who got slapped in the face.

Tian Fang's eyes were red: "What should I do with my eldest grandson? Why is he so unlucky to be born into your Shen family and meet such a heartless uncle..."

Shen Yongjun frowned irritably and repeated in a cold voice: "Go home first!"

It would be fine if we didn't talk about this, but if we did, Shen Yongjun would want to slap Tian Fang twice.

If she hadn't instigated Cao Mei to steal food, how could so many things have happened later?

Even if she hadn't instigated Wang Jinbao to meet Shen Moer, how could the relationship between his family and the Wang family have become strained? If it hadn't been strained, at least now they could ask Wang Jinbao's brother-in-law who worked in the commune to find some connections and say hello to Min Bing.

Shen Yongjun originally thought that he had married a smart wife, who had taken good care of everything at home and outside over the years. But recently he suddenly discovered that smart people can be really fatal when they do stupid things.

The people from the second branch of the Shen family also left.

Shen Shaoyuan didn't pay any more attention to them. It was a hot day and the morning time was very precious. They had already wasted a lot of time for these two shameless families, so he quickly arranged everyone to work.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Chen Moer also took an enamel basin and went to the well to wash the vegetables.

Although the weather was hot, the water from the well was refreshingly cool. Shen Moer was thinking about things while washing vegetables, and she washed for a long time without realizing it.

Suddenly a voice rang out beside me: "If you keep washing, the vegetables will be cooked."

There was a hint of mischief in the clear voice.

Shen Moer came back to her senses, looked up and saw that it was Fu Mingze, laughed, and teased: "Fu Zhiqing, you are lazy and sneaked in front of the host?"

Fu Mingze picked up the iron bucket beside him and gently threw it into the well. The bucket floated up and down on the sparkling water. Fu Mingze flicked his wrist and the bucket finally sank. With a gulp, the bucket was now full of water.

"I wanted to pour a bowl of water, but there's no water in the thermos and the water in the tank is almost gone." Fu Mingze said as he exerted a little force with his hands and lifted the bucket from the well.

Shen Moer glanced at him and saw that his fair and lean arms were slightly bulging due to the effort, and a string of crystal sweat beads hung on the sides of his smooth and clear cheeks. She couldn't help but ask: "Building a house is very hard, can you bear it?"

He obviously looked very poor, and logically speaking, he should have come from a poor family, but for some reason, he looked like he had never suffered any hardship.

Shen Moer thought about it and finally attributed the reason to his strong scholarly air.

Perhaps it is because he has read too many books, so inevitably he has a strong bookish air. In addition, he doesn't like to talk to people, so he looks naturally aloof. People will think of those scholars who are accompanied by poetry and books all day long, which gives people the illusion that he must not have suffered much.

Well, that makes sense.

Fu Mingze gently placed the bucket on the ground and said, "Want to wash it again? Pour out the water."

After Shen Moer emptied the water in the enamel basin, he added clean water and threw the bucket into the well again. Only then did he answer her question: “It’s okay. Uncle Shen and the others didn’t let Jiamin and I do too much heavy work.”

Otherwise, let alone him, Zheng Jiamin would be the first one who couldn’t bear it.

Another bucket of water was brought up, and Fu Mingze glanced at the vegetables that Shen Moer was washing. They were obviously almost clean and did not need new water.

Logically, he should have picked up the bucket and left quickly, poured the water into the Shen family's water tank, then lit a fire to boil a pot of water, and then hurried back to the new house to work, otherwise it would really seem like he had deliberately run out to be lazy.

But my feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and I couldn't pull them up for a long time.

Maybe he stood there for a long time, Shen Moer looked up at him in surprise, Fu Mingze's heart skipped a beat, and before Shen Moer could speak, he asked first: "How did you catch up with me last night?"

His question was confusing, but Shen Moer immediately understood what he meant. She and her father were alone, while the other side had three strong young men. Even if they were in the village, it would be very dangerous to chase after them rashly.

Shen Moer couldn't say that she was good at fighting. Even if she couldn't win, at least she had the confidence to escape.

She thought for a moment and said, "You know, my family is actually very tight financially. We didn't have any savings before. My father threatened his life to get back 300 yuan from my uncles. So the money for building a new house is not that abundant. So many bricks are worth a lot of money."

In fact, it was not considered as deceiving Fu Mingze. If the treasure house was left out, her family originally only had fifty cents in savings, plus the three hundred yuan she took back later. It seemed like a lot, but after building the house and buying some things, there would probably not be much left. So many bricks were indeed an important fortune for her family.

Fu Mingze was silent for a moment. He had actually guessed this was the case. After he went to the countryside, he realized the extent of the material shortage in the countryside. He also knew that some members would fight for a cabbage, let alone six baskets of bricks.

"I actually..."

I wanted to say that if the money and bills were not enough, he could actually borrow some first, but I kept saying this and never said it out loud.

He couldn't expose himself.

To no one.

This is what our elders repeatedly warned us about before we went to the countryside.

Looking at Shen Moer's clear, watery, black and white eyes, Fu Mingze felt an inexplicable shame in his heart, and said with a stiff upper lip: "Financially, I am actually very tight, so I can understand your and Uncle Shen's feelings... But no matter what, life safety is the most important."