Zhao Hongbin emerged from the crowd of more than a dozen people and said, "Brother, I almost missed it. I was the last one to know about such a big thing."

If he hadn't happened to meet Old Man Li, he really wouldn't have known about building the house.

"I'll register you first." Li Mingqing said with a smile.

After a thorough count, there were sixteen people in total, and construction would officially begin the day after tomorrow.

I told everyone about the working remuneration, and after listening to it, more than a dozen people were very satisfied and left one after another.

"Come in and sit down?"

"Forget it, I'd better go back and clean up the vegetable garden quickly, and come here to move bricks the day after tomorrow."

After Zhao Hongbin finished speaking, he picked up the firewood and left.

When Li Mingqing returned to the room, he remembered that the sewing machine had not been taken out yet. However, he had to wait until the afternoon when Zhou Jiangang delivered the bricks and tiles.

When the villagers heard the sound of the tractor, they all came out to watch the fun.

When they saw the red bricks placed on the tractor, they realized that Li Mingqing wanted to build a brick house, and they all sighed for a moment.

It will cost a lot of money.

"Where do you think the Li family got so much money from?"

"Yeah, he bought a bicycle and built a new house. He's really rich."

"Do you think Li Mingqing is stealing something? How did he get the money to buy bricks after working for the past month?"

"Keep your voice down. If Old Lady Li hears you, she'll go crazy."

There are all kinds of opinions, just random guesses.

Old Mrs. Li listened nearby but couldn't say that her son was favored by the old immortal.

Fortunately, Li Mingqing had already thought of a reason for her.

"What are you old ladies talking about? My son saved a rich man at work, and the rich man gave him a sum of money to thank him. You also know that it was my son who brought Xu Dagou's wife back from the brink of death last time. It's my son's ability."

"How much money did the Li family give?"

"Anyway, it's just enough to finish building this house. It's not much. All the money was used to buy bricks."

Several people were skeptical, but they couldn't really find the rescued person to confront him.

Zhou Jiangang got off the car and said, "It will take two more pulls to finish. Brother Zheng specially left Wei Yong to pull bricks for you."

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Wei."

"You're the boss's friend, that's what you should do."

After Zhou Jiangang and Wei Yong drove away in their tractor, Li Mingqing was there collecting bricks.

The bricks were all scattered when they were dumped from the truck.

He had just cleaned up a few pieces when the three brothers Li Mingli came over to help.

"You really are doing great things quietly. You are actually building a brick house," Li Mingyuan said enviously.

"Yeah, it's a pretty good secret."

Li Mingqing listened to their teasing and said, "Dad and Mom just found out about it, but they didn't tell us when to start construction before they decided on a specific date."

"Okay, you are getting better and better now. Your sister-in-law will definitely scold me when you go back later," Li Mingfang said enviously.

This is absolutely the truth, and Yang Daya, who is outspoken, is determined to rant about it.

All the children in the village gathered here waiting to see the tractor, and many elderly people sat on bricks to watch the fun.

"Brother, just move the bricks next to it inwards. You don't have to stack them all neatly."

Li Mingqing saw that he was going to stack all the turns together.

"Fourth brother, do I have to watch here tonight?"

"No need. Bricks are so stolen that there's nowhere to put them. We can find out the truth if we investigate. Anyone with a good conscience wouldn't do something that harms others and doesn't benefit themselves. Theft carries a sentence of ten years in prison or even more."

The villagers had only a vague understanding of the law, and Li Mingqing's words frightened them.

Old man Li came over to help and just as he bent down, he heard Li Mingqing say, "Dad, you don't need to do it. Just take a rest aside."

"Your father is in very good health. Moving a few bricks is no problem for him."

"Dad, please don't do anything the next day, just supervise from the side."

It would be a real sin to get hurt if you work yourself to death at such an old age. When you are old, you should enjoy your life and if you can't sit idle, going to work can be considered as exercise.

Most of the elderly people in the village would earn work points even if they could not work any more, even if they had to sit in the fields.

I won't be idle until I close my eyes.

Mrs. Li and Sun Jiaxue are cooking. Several families will definitely have dinner together tonight.

"Sister-in-law, you and Fourth Brother are so generous that you actually cut such a big piece of meat. We are so lucky."

"That's right. Even during Chinese New Year, I wouldn't be willing to buy such a big piece of meat."

Sun Jiaxue said: "We won't eat it all at once. We'll use it for cooking while we build the house."

"That's quite a lot. I've never seen anyone build a house and provide both food and money. Even if they only provide food, there are still a lot of people coming. I just regret that I'm pregnant, otherwise I would go out to work and earn money," Yang Daya muttered.

"Even if you don't have a body, you don't have that much strength. It's hard for men to do it."

"How do you know if you don't try? It's just like you tried it."

As he was about to get angry, Mrs. Li immediately said, "Stop chatting and work faster. The workers are coming back soon."

Outside the wall, Wang Daguo and Wang Daya came to Li Mingqing.

The two were pushed out by Zhang Cuihua, especially Wang Daya. If Wang Daguo couldn't stay to work, she would have no dinner, even if it was just soup.

"Mingqing, my brother and I are here to help."

Wang Daguo smiled at Li Mingqing and the others. He was reluctant to come here. Working was too tiring. It would be better to lie comfortably at home.

"Are you sure you want to come and help? There's another load of bricks coming up soon. Please collect them."

"I didn't say I'd come to work today. Shouldn't I come the day after tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I didn't ask you to come over to work, but you came anyway. I thought you were just helping others for fun, without expecting anything in return."

After Li Mingqing finished speaking, he brushed the dust off his trouser legs.

Wang Daguo was furious when he heard this. "Who do you think you are? It's just building a few houses, and you really think you're worthless. I don't want to do it at all."

"Goodbye, I won't say goodbye. If you have the ability, go back and build a few houses."

"Who are you looking down on? Do you really think I have no money?" Wang Daguo said unconvinced.

Wang Daya, standing aside, nodded unconsciously. She really had no money.

It’s not that I don’t have money. My house looks like it’s about to fall apart and I haven’t repaired it yet.

Li Mingqing didn't want to argue with him and continued, "Whether you have money or not is none of my business, but please don't stand here and get in the way."

Old man Li advised: "Daguo, go back quickly. You have no experience and you can't even keep up with the pace as a laborer."

"Uncle, my brother is quite capable and will definitely be able to keep up."

Wang Daya tried her best to persuade Old Man Li, hoping that Wang Daguo would stay.

Li Mingqing didn't want a bad apple to spoil the whole barrel. How could someone who spent all day lounging at home be able to work hard and endure hardships?

"Wang Daguo, if you're going to do this, please sign a document."

"Fuck, who cares."

After saying that, he turned around and left, and Wang Daya didn't even try to stop him.

He was just here to make a living, so it was certain that he would be lazy and slack off. They actually asked him to sign a document, which was clearly a trick on him. Why didn't others sign a document?