Three days later, under the guidance of a Feng Shui master invited by Aunt Guixiang, they worshipped the fields, burned yellow paper, and set off a string of firecrackers. Under the expectant eyes of the villagers, Shen Qing shoveled the first shovel of soil with a shovel, and the starch sausage workshop in Lantang Village officially started.
Shen Qing had seen many people in big scenes, but he felt uncomfortable being stared at expectantly by the whole village, so he shoveled the soil with restrained hands and feet. Then, someone started to make a noise, and the crowd burst into warm applause.
The applause was very sincere, and most of the villagers were beaming with joy, even more so than the New Year celebrations a few days ago. The workshop hired a lot of people, and almost every household benefited. Not to mention the ten cents a day, just the two meals were enough to make people extremely satisfied!
Qin Yingzi couldn't bear to give up the ten-cent daily wage, so with the help of Aunt Guixiang, she took on the cooking job. Shen Qing gave her a lot of money, which was more than enough for one meat dish and two vegetable dishes for each meal, a big bowl full of food, and enough steamed buns made of three-grain flour. You can save the leftover vegetables and take them home, but you can only take as many steamed buns as you eat. Fortunately, it was just after the Chinese New Year, and most families were not short of oil and water. Except for those whose families were really in a difficult situation, I didn't see many people bringing their own pickles and steamed buns to take home the good dishes.
Because Miao's family ran a tofu shop, Qin Yingzi was very savvy and ordered a lot of tofu from Miao Xing's house. After a lot of rounds, a small part of the money finally returned to Shen Qing's pocket. The first day's meal was stewed chicken with potatoes and chestnuts, frozen tofu and cabbage vermicelli, and braised radish and vegetarian chicken. Although two chickens were only three or four yuan in the bowls of twenty or thirty men, the dishes were large in quantity and tasted good, and everyone gave them thumbs up.
Some people have already thought about what to eat in the evening. Qin Yingzi didn't mind the hassle and suggested: "How about stewing pork ribs with sauerkraut? And stir-fry shredded potatoes with dried tofu, and a pork bone and radish soup." There are no fresh vegetables in winter, so we can just eat cabbage, radish, and potatoes in turn.
Shen Qing took a look around the construction site. Everything was in good order. Everyone was working very hard. Everyone who saw him had a smile on their face. The men chosen by Aunt Guixiang were all quick and hardworking. No one was lazy or slacking off. After looking around for a while, Shen Qing went back to his own yard.
Taking advantage of this auspicious day for the groundbreaking ceremony, Shen Qing's family also laid tiles today. However, Shen Qing's own yard was not allowed to be filled with the men from the village, as there were too many people and too many hands. Lian Ershu, Lian Shi, and Zhao Shitou could lay the tiles in one day.
Uncle Lian and his son Lian Shi are of the same generation. They don't talk much, but they are very practical and meticulous in their work.
Zhao Youdang looked around and came up to Shen Qing, handing him a pile of written deeds. These were the deeds of the starch sausage workshop issued by the village, indicating the ownership, all in Shen Qing's name. Zhao Youdang thought about it and still felt it was strange, so he asked Shen Qing when no one was around: "Brother Qing, this starch sausage workshop is such a big thing, why don't you come to see it?" He held the deeds in his hand and wanted to hand them to Shen Qing, but seemed hesitant: "Such a big workshop is in your name, does your Excellency know?"
Shen Qing snatched the deed from his hand and looked through it carefully. Now Shen Qing could recognize a few simple characters, and it looked pretty good. If it didn't work, he would take it back and ask Song Kaiji to recognize it for him again. Song Kaiji had another benefit. In the future, Shen Qing didn't have to be a blind man anymore, and he didn't have to worry about others fooling him with words. He folded the deed carelessly and put it away, saying, "We think this workshop is a big industry, but things we dare not even think about are just a drop in the bucket in the eyes of the noble. The noble has so many industries. If a small workshop needs the noble to come and see it in person when it opens, how tiring would it be?"
Zhao Youdang couldn't help but smack his lips when he heard this. He saw with his own eyes that his wife and son had handled forty or fifty taels of silver. How could they not take this seriously? In Zhao Youdang's mind, the nobleman's nobility was further enhanced.
Shen Qing added: "As for the land deeds and house deeds, they are all in my name... don't ask too much. There are so many things in that mansion, how can we villagers understand it? This is the noble's intention, I don't understand it either."
Shen Qing has learned his lesson now. Just like when he went to the pawnshop, he made up a lie that he thought was flawless, but it was still discovered. It would be better to leave it vague and let the listeners guess. Zhao Youdang really started to think about it. Could it be that someone from a big family wanted to buy private property without being known by the family?
Or maybe I heard that officials cannot get involved in business, so they can only sign the business to their relatives or subordinates. Since they are officials, they are not afraid of not being able to get it back. Could it be that the nobleman that Qing Ge'er hooked up with was actually an official?
Thinking of this, Zhao Youdang looked past Shen Qing and towards the workshop that had just started construction, with a little more awe in his heart.
Shen Qing didn't know what Zhao Youdang was thinking, but looking at his expression, Shen Qing felt that he should be very satisfied with his guess. He put the material in his expanded yard and planned whether to build a few more rooms during the slack season.
The Liu family's courtyard originally had room for a wing room, but it had not been built. If Song Kaiji and Zhang Sujuan were brought here, the house would not be big enough for them.
The two mothers should each have a room, right? They come from two different eras and never knew each other before. They probably have nothing in common. It is not a good idea to force them to live in one room just to save space. Then Miao will stay in her current room, and the west room, where Shen Qing lives now, will be used as a kang for Zhang Sujuan to live in.
If we build wing rooms, we should build them on both the east and west sides. Shen Qing and Song Kaiji will live in the east wing when they get married. When they have a baby in the future, the west wing will be perfect for the child to live in. I think it won't take many years...
Shen Qing was planning the future beautifully in his mind. Thinking of this, his face was burning hot all the way to his ears. He had heard from the old man that it was difficult for him to have children with his body. The healing power of the end times could cure everything. He wondered if he could be treated?
It gets dark early in winter, and the construction site next door finished work early. However, Shen Qing's house had a new tiled roof and there was a lot of dust in the house. He was busy cleaning and delayed cooking. When he finished, it was already dark, and the two of them were hungry.
Miao was trying to cook, Shen Qing waved his hand and pulled her to sit down. After a little thought, he took out some snacks he bought in the county town from his space. He had put them in his space and planned to bring them to the end of the world for Song Kaiji to taste. Since Shen Qing figured it out and made up his mind to take Song Kaiji here to spend this life together, he wanted to buy a portion of anything delicious and useful he saw on the street for Song Kaiji.
Miao was surprised to see a pile of food on the table. Fortunately, Shen Qing had told her about the supernatural powers in the end times, such as space, water spraying, and healing... After calming down, Miao was filled with joy: "Qing'er, have you also awakened that supernatural power?"
Shen Qing shook his head. When he came back from the apocalypse, he didn't tell Miao that he had obtained the space at first, because he hadn't figured out how to deal with his relationship with Song Kaiji at that time. If he really wanted to break up, Shen Qing was still considering sending the space back. But now he didn't have these concerns, so he told Miao about the space: "This was given to me by Song Kaiji, it seems to be something he passed down in his family, and his mother has been wearing it all the time." He took out the jade pendant and showed it to Miao.
Miao didn't quite understand, but she had heard from Shen Qing that not everyone there had superpowers. If this thing had the same effect as superpowers, wouldn't it be even more precious? She was very curious and asked Shen Qing to put the thing away a few times to see how new it was. Then she said with satisfaction: "This Xiao Song treats you well, and he gave you such a valuable thing. When do you plan to pick him up?"
Shen Qing pinched a roasted mutton bun and handed it to Miao, but Miao waved her hand. She didn't like mutton made by outsiders because it was smelly. This was because she was becoming picky because she was living a good life. Shen Qing didn't mind it, so he broke it open and ate it, "Tomorrow, I'll go over before dawn tomorrow."
The business of the starch sausage workshop is on the right track. He has also entrusted the county town with the Golden Tooth Man. He doesn't have to worry about the road and farm construction. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people will come to start the work. The shops in the city are also looking for tenants.
He should have gone over long ago. But Shen Qing had never been involved in anything related to love before. Although he and Song Kaiji had been together as a couple for a few days before, he was still an ancient boy after all. The environment he grew up in and the etiquette of the era made him a little unsure about how to talk about "love" with Song Kaiji. He felt shy just thinking about it.
But secretly in his heart, he was looking forward to talking about "love". He had seen Chen Jiaqian and her husband get along, Ge Bingbing (not irritable version) and Sun Cheng get along, and even Zhang Sujuan and Li Aiguo get along. The way people in that era talked about love was very different from that in Anping County.
Although they may be shy, most of the time, their love is generous, frank, and even passionate. Unlike here, there are many rules and people are afraid to act.
The women there are not like the women here, who value reputation and purity above all else. Shen Qing is a little envious and a little yearning for them.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
Shen Qing looked up at the moon in the sky. It was getting closer and closer to the fifteenth day. The moon was no longer a half-circle with a missing piece. Like Shen Qing's heart, it was slowly becoming full. He quickened his pace and headed for where Song Kaiji was.
The base gate is busiest at 6 or 7 o'clock. Teams that need to leave the base for missions leave early in the morning, and teams returning late also rush into the city in the little morning light. The convoy waiting for inspection at the city gate is very long.
Shen Qing followed far behind and actually saw their team's car. Ge Bingbing and Song Kaiji were sitting in the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat, and there was someone else in the back, who seemed to have just returned from a mission all night.
He wanted to go forward but was a little nervous. While hesitating, he saw someone knocking on the car window. Song Kaiji pressed the glass and soon started arguing with the other person.
Shen Qing stopped. The man seemed to have had a grudge with Song Kaiji and the others. His voice became louder and louder, and his spit flew. Shen Qing saw Song Kaiji frowning impatiently, and stopped arguing with him, but waved at Ge Bingbing.
The next second, a blade of ice as thin as a knife flew past the man's neck and cut off a small tuft of his hair.
The man covered his neck and looked at Song Kaiji in disbelief. But Song Kaiji stopped looking at him, and the car window went up again. The man hesitated for a moment, and finally left in dismay.
There was something a little different between Song Kaiji and when he left. Shen Qing watched the whole process coldly, his breathing a little hurried. He seemed to leave when Song Kaiji was at his most vulnerable: Li Aiguo had just died, Zhang Sujuan was seriously injured, and when he left, Song Kaiji knew clearly in his heart that Shen Qing might not, or even very likely, come back.
He didn't know whether he had any role in Song Kaiji's changes. But when he saw Song Kaiji's cold face just now, he secretly felt a little excited besides his uncertainty.
He sat there without moving a finger. With a gesture, Ge Bingbing suppressed the person who provoked him.
Carrying kindness instead of force. Song Kaiji seemed to have grown into what Shen Qing originally hoped he would become.
Shen Qing still didn't show his face. Song Kaiji was always like an enthusiastic puppy in front of him, grinning, clumsy, and attentive, but never like this. He wanted to see more of what Song Kaiji looked like when he carried him on his back.
Perhaps because he had been working on a mission all night, his eyes looked a little tired, not as starry as when he was in front of Shen Qing; his lips, which were always smiling, were slightly pursed, making him look a little serious, but also with a little bit of the majesty of a superior.
They passed the test quickly, but when they arrived at the downstairs of the rented building, only Song Kaiji got out of the car. Song Kaiji walked upstairs with long legs, and the car slowly moved towards the inner city. Shen Qing looked at the back of the car driving away in confusion, but turned around and followed Song Kaiji.
The door was closed. Shen Qing took a deep breath and then knocked out the code they had agreed on.
The sound of tables and chairs being overturned was heard in the room, and then the door was opened. Song Kaiji almost bumped into Shen Qing and held him tightly in his arms. The force was so great that Shen Qing almost couldn't breathe.
Song Kaiji buried his face in his neck, completely without the coldness just now, and his tone was full of grievance: "I knew you would come back, I knew you couldn't bear to abandon me."
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