Chapter 19: Building Construction
After Tang Yue left the captain's house, she went around to Uncle Li's house. The gate was wide open, and Tang Yue shouted directly, "Uncle Li, what's up? I want to buy a broom."
"Come in." Uncle Li's voice came from the backyard.
Tang Yue went in and got a broom, then said to Uncle Li, "Uncle Li, are the furniture ready? I'll give you the money when it's ready, and you can ask my uncles to help me deliver it to the new house."
"No problem. I'll send it over after breakfast. I'll give you the broom. For the furniture, you can just give me a dollar in addition to the deposit."
Tang Yue gave the money to Uncle Li, "Then I'll trouble your uncles."
Uncle Li lived alone. After his first son got married, he built a house on the residential land next door. All the yards in a row belong to them, and they looked like a wealthy family.
Tang Yue took a broom and walked towards the new home. When she got there, she started cleaning from the innermost storeroom. The floor was smeared with cement, and she swept from the inside out. It took her more than an hour to clean all three rooms and sweep all the garbage out of the yard. She picked up a bundle of firewood at the foot of the mountain and burned the kang. After burning it for a few more days to remove the moisture, she could move in.
When Tang Yue came out of the house, the uncles who were working had all arrived and divided the work, six of them built the wall, and one built the firewood shed.
Tang Yue thought that she had nothing to do today, and was about to go to the commune. She should buy some meat and bring it back. If she couldn't buy any, she could get it from the space. She had to go out anyway, and had an excuse to get something out of the space. Just as she was about to leave, the sons of Uncle Li came with furniture. She asked them to put the furniture in the designated place, and said she didn't care and would clean it when she came back.
Tang Yue returned to the dormitory, changed into clean clothes, put on a backpack, took some money, locked the door, and set off for the commune. It took more than two hours to reach the commune.
It was too late. The commune had run out of meat. I decided to go to the black market. I walked to a remote place, found the clothes I wore last time at the black market, put them on, and put on the same makeup. Done, ready to go.
I found the place where I met him last time. This time, the old man didn't even need to say anything. I just took out two cents and handed it over. Then I found the big brother from last time and asked, "Big brother, do you have any meat for sale?"
The eldest brother said: "I have a name, call me Liu Qiang, what kind of meat do you want to buy."
"It's all fine, but it's better if it has fat." Everyone prefers to eat fatty meat.
"Come with me."
This time, I went to the same small courtyard as last time. The boss was sitting there. "Brother, come on, do you have any goods today?"
Tang Yue didn't want to sell so many products, once a month was enough, "Brother, there is no product this time, I came here to buy some meat, but many people asked me if I would buy dried wild vegetables, I thought I would ask you before deciding, right?"
Tang Yue wasn't asking for anyone else. She felt it was a pity that no one was picking the wild vegetables on the mountain, so she would pick a few baskets every time she went up the mountain. Now there are several large bags of wild vegetables and mushrooms in her space.
"From now on, you can call me Brother Tiger. I accept it, but this thing is cheap."
Tang Yue heard this and said, "Then I'll keep them first. I'll sell them for money in winter. In winter, the only vegetables I have are cabbage and radish, and pickles."
Brother Hu's eyes lit up, "You are really smart. I am tired of eating radishes and cabbages in winter. I think you should change your taste."
"In winter, the price is a little more per pound, but the dried vegetables are not weighed, and one pound comes in a big bag."
Brother Hu thought about it and said, "Then it's one yuan per pound."
Tang Yue thought it was feasible and finalized the deal, planning to deliver it after it snowed.
Then I went to the back room and selected two pounds of pork belly. It was really expensive, two yuan a pound. After paying, I asked Brother Hu, "Is my oil barrel empty? If it is, ask your brother to help me deliver it to the place where I went last time. Next time I have oil, I will give it to you in a barrel."
"Okay, I'll send it right away. I can go with you."
Brother Hu was also quick and asked someone to bring the empty bucket over immediately.
After Tang Yue sent them off, she walked over to see if there was anyone around, and instantly put them into the space. She changed her clothes and touched up her face, and turned into the enchanting Tang Zhiqing again. She carried the two pounds of meat and prepared to go home. Halfway through the journey, she remembered that she had not bought a jar for pickling vegetables. What a mistake. She would buy one next time, or ask someone to bring it for her.
After walking for more than two hours, I saw the big tree at the entrance of the village. I carried the meat and went directly to the captain's house. When I arrived at the captain's house, I had just finished my meal. Suddenly, I felt that I was early and wanted to eat for free. I walked in without closing the door. "Auntie, come home. I'm coming in."
Aunt Guihua came out from the kitchen quickly, "Come in, where is my family?"
Tang Yue saw Aunt Guihua and said, "Aunt, I was thinking about not having meat. The uncles have been working so hard for so many days, how can they not eat some meat? I specially went to the commune to buy two kilograms of meat. I wonder if it is enough?"
When Aunt Guihua heard that I bought two kilograms of meat, she knew I went to the black market and quickly took it into the kitchen. "Don't go to that place next time. It's too dangerous. It's okay to eat some meat. I also bought other things. What's more, I bought you a chicken and a duck. By the way, this is the remaining money. Give it to you."
Knowing that Aunt Guihua was really worried about her, she hurried to comfort her: "My uncle has been very busy recently, but I just don't feel anything else, and it's not as solid as meat. Don't worry, Auntie, I won't go next time."
Aunt Guihua was relieved when she heard Tang Yue promise not to go next time.
"Aunt, do you want my help?"
"No need for you, go and take a look at your new house, they have prepared it for you. If there are no problems, your uncle will settle their wages. Your secretary's aunt Qiuju will come over to help later."
Tang Yue was relieved to hear that she didn't need to help. Her cooking skills were not only good, but also delicious. The taste was all thanks to the seasonings. When she asked me to go and look at houses, she thought that it made sense. After looking at the houses, I could go home and get some money.
After leaving the captain's house, Tang Yue went directly to the new house. The door was not locked. She opened the gate and found that the yard had been cleaned and all the scattered bricks were gone. The uncles were really diligent. They opened the house and checked every room. They also went to the backyard to check the firewood shed and toilet. Everything was fine.
There is a drying rack in the front yard, the kind that can hold a few dustpans. The front yard is very large, so I plan to buy two more drying racks and ten dustpans. If they still can’t hold all the clothes, I will put them in the space warehouse first.
Tang Yue looked around and was quite satisfied. She was ready to go back to get the money. She took out a lock from the space, locked the door, and returned to the dormitory. The other educated youths were chatting in the yard. Zhang Mei saw Tang Yue coming back and said, "You're back."
Tang Yue saw her and greeted her, she responded and went into the house. Tang Yue saw Zhang Mei and remembered the first time she went to the black market, she met Xu Kai and Liu Xiao, but the seven of them were divided into several small groups. Looking at the watch, it was less than two o'clock in the afternoon, so she prepared to go to the brigade headquarters to borrow a cart to pull the firewood over.
After borrowing the cart, we first put the large bundles of firewood in the woodshed onto the cart one by one. The cart was not big enough, so we could only carry a few bundles at most, and we had to tie them up with ropes, otherwise they would fall off along the way. We locked the door and pushed the firewood to the new house. From a distance, we heard Zhao Yingying say, "How stingy! They have to move several bundles of firewood around, as if we would need them."
Tang Yue 꺳 ignored them. The more she paid attention, the more cocky she became. After pulling for an entire afternoon, 꺳 finally pulled all the firewood in the shed over. The firewood shed on the new house's side was even bigger, and 꺳 had filled less than one-third of it. She would have to continue working hard to fill it up. Come on!
After returning to the educated youth point, he boiled water to take a shower, washed his clothes and hung them in the backyard to dry. He took out the change he had from the space. The original 8 yuan plus the 5 yuan from the black market last time made 13,000 yuan. The change he had was almost used up. He put the 10,000 yuan in the cabinet of the dressing table in the bedroom, took the 100 yuan with him, and put the remaining 29 yuan on the table of the dressing table in the space. He took the money and walked to the captain's house.
When they arrived at the captain's house, the uncles were all there, and the village cadres were also there. After settling the total bill, Tang Yue hurried over and asked, "Uncle, is the money enough?"
The captain nodded and said, "Originally it was not enough. You rented a house at the Youth League Center and paid a month's rent. After deducting the month you lived there, the remaining money was used as a supplement. I left you ten yuan. Since you deducted one month's rent, you can live in that room until August 20th.
Tang Yue heard that there was still money left, "Uncle, did you forget about your wages? You didn't take care of this house, so you still have to pay me. Don't say you don't want to take it, otherwise I will be embarrassed to ask you for help next time."
When the captain heard this, he knew that Tang Yue was afraid that he would not accept the money, "Then use the remaining ten yuan as my wages, and don't give me more, otherwise I don't want these ten yuan."
Tang Yue was a little embarrassed, "Uncle, that's too much."
The captain quickly interrupted Tang Yue and said, "Stop talking, ten dollars is more than enough."
Tang Yue had no choice but to plan to send more gifts in the future.
After a while, Aunt Guihua called for dinner. There were guests at home, and women were not allowed to sit at the table. There were too many people and it was hard to squeeze in. Tang Yue followed Aunt Guihua and Aunt Qiuju to eat on the kang in another room. Aunt added a little bit of each dish. Aunt's cooking skills were really good. At the dinner table, Tang Yue asked Aunt Guihua, "Aunt, I plan to buy a few jars to pickle pickles for winter. Who should I ask to bring them?"
"The big jars for pickled vegetables are one yuan each in the commune. How many do you want?"
Tang Yue thought, at least I need one, normally a baby will finish the whole jar in six months, so I asked her to bring one. She gave her aunt 5 yuan, and she took it and sent it to her home in a few days.
After dinner, I helped my aunt clean up and washed the dishes. It was already dark, so I went straight back to the educated youth point, entered the room, locked the door, and went to the backyard to take a look. I forgot to feed the chickens today, so I grabbed a handful of rice from the space and threw it into the chicken coop as a snack for them. Then I went into the bedroom, locked the door, and entered the space.
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