Chapter 291 If you want to get rich, build roads first
Chen Peiqiong knew someone in the army and realized that she hadn't seen Wang Shijin and others for a long time. In her free time, she went to inquire about Wang Shijin and others' news.
After asking around, I didn't get any information, including the specific location and progress of the dungeon.
"It seems that the higher-ups are intentionally blocking this information. They may be afraid that someone will go to the underground city to cause trouble!"
Xia Xiaoman felt that what Chen Peiqiong said made sense. The two previous times they built underground cities, one was destroyed by a private base, and the other time they had a fight with local villagers right after they started. Now that they were building underground cities for the third time, they had to block the news to prevent people from causing trouble.
Chen Peiqiong didn't get any news about the underground city, but she did get another thing. "Xiao Man, I heard that they are hiring people to repair the road. If you work for 8 hours, you can get 20 points. Didn't you advise me to save more points last time? I plan to help repair the road after work."
"Build a road? Which road?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"It seems that they started from the garrison to build a road connecting with the neighboring provinces and cities. The neighboring provinces and cities are also building roads."
If you want to get rich, build roads first. This is a saying passed down by the older generation, and it makes sense.
Now that cities all over the country have been severely damaged by the earthquake, if they want to restore their former prosperity, they need to build roads first so that cities can trade with each other. Of course, the most important reason is that only with convenient transportation can the materials for building the underground city be better transported.
Nowadays, materials are in short supply, and it is impossible to use mud or asphalt to build roads as before. The road construction required above is to clear the rocks and dirt blocking the road and make a muddy road that can allow vehicles to pass.
"I heard that the task of building roads was arranged by the capital, and every city needs to build roads. There are three cities adjacent to Fucheng, and we only need to build three roads. We only need to build half of these three roads, and the remaining half will be built by the neighboring provinces and cities."
"But even so, the workload is still huge. I heard that the authorities are planning to force every household to send one person to repair the road."
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "I'm the only one at home. If I go to repair the road, who will look after the house?"
Chen Peiqiong explained: "Families like you with only one person can choose whether to go or not. But for families with several people, one of the young and middle-aged people must be selected to go to build the road, which is a bit like the corvée in ancient times."
Xia Xiaoman felt relieved after hearing this, "When will the road construction start?"
"I heard that we have to wait until after the Lantern Festival, which is the day after tomorrow."
Hearing Chen Peiqiong talking about the Lantern Festival, Xia Xiaoman was a little dazed. In the blink of an eye, another year had passed. This should be the fourth year after the natural disaster.
After coming to her senses, she said, "The time chosen by the higher-ups is quite coincidental. The busy farming season has just ended and every household has harvested a lot of food."
Chen Peiqiong nodded in agreement, "Yes! At this time, every family has surplus food, and there is not much work in the fields, so it is a good time to build roads. If it were a month ago, we would have almost starved to death, so how could we have the energy to build roads."
As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden door of the yard banged. Xia Xiaoman glanced at Maodan and saw that he was lying on the ground without moving. He guessed that it was someone he knew, so he walked over and opened the wooden door.
Zhou Qiuyang stood at the door. Seeing Xia Xiaoman coming out, he said with a smile, "Xiaoman, are you free tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow? Is there anything you need my help with?"
Zhou Qiuyang smiled and explained, "No, I want to invite you to a banquet. Chen Ya and I are getting married tomorrow. If you are free, you can go over and be a witness."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned. "You are getting married? So sudden."
"It's not too sudden. Chen Ya and I have been together for two years, and it's time to settle down."
Although the living conditions now are not as good as when I lived in the city, they are more stable than before.
In the past, he often took people out to fight and kill, and he worried every day whether he could come back alive from the next mission. That’s why he didn’t dare to settle down with Chen Ya, fearing that he would die one day and ruin Chen Ya’s life.
Compared to before, it is more stable now. As long as you stay at home and farm honestly, you can guarantee a life of having enough food and clothing.
She would definitely go to Zhou Qiuyang's wedding. Xia Xiaoman asked about the specific time of the wedding and promised to go tomorrow and prepare a gift for the newlyweds.
After seeing Zhou Qiuyang off, Xia Xiaoman went back to her room and found a somewhat faded gift box. The gift box was the size of a palm, and she opened the lid, took out a bunch of family planning supplies from the space, stuffed the gift box full, and then closed the lid with satisfaction.
She was sure that no matter who gave her a gift tomorrow, it would not be as useful as hers. After all, apart from her, there were probably few people in the entire floating city who could come up with this thing.
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The next day was the Lantern Festival, and it was also the day Zhou Qiuyang and Chen Ya got married.
The wedding was scheduled for 11:30 and the banquet started at 12:00, trying not to waste everyone's time. Xia Xiaoman arrived half an hour early, and Zhou Qiuyang's family members were busy setting up the venue.
Marriage is the most important event in life. Even if materials are scarce, we must find ways to make it look decent.
Li Yu'e asked Lingxu to help someone with dexterity to fold the dried cassava leaves into small flowers and insert them into the gaps between the mud bricks on the wall. Some were cut into the word "囍" and pasted on the walls and doors.
There are pieces of thick wood neatly placed at the door, and we will sit next to these pieces of wood for the meal.
Locusts have devoured the forest, so these thick logs are hard to find. I don’t know how Zhou Qiuyang and his team found so many logs.
Li Yu'e, who was busy washing vegetables, saw Xia Xiaoman and shouted, "Xiaoman, come over and help!"
Xia Xiaoman thought Li Yu'e wanted her to help wash the vegetables, so she went over and picked up the sweet potato vines to wash them. Li Yu'e took the sweet potato vines away from her and said, "You don't have to wash them. Can you help me see if Lingling and Axu are back?"
"There weren't enough chopsticks at home, so I asked them to go to the mountain to pick up some branches instead. It's been so long and they haven't come back yet. I don't know where these two bastards went to play."
Xia Xiaoman responded, got up and walked out. After searching for a while, she found the twins stacked in a pyramid.
The twins were standing outside a group of people watching the fun. Because they were not tall enough, Wen Xu carried Wen Ling on his shoulders and let Wen Ling explain to him while they watched.
"What are you watching? You're so focused that you didn't even care about your brother Ayang's wedding?"
Xia Xiaoman's voice suddenly rang out, and Wen Xu was startled and almost dropped Wen Ling.
Wen Xu put Wen Ling down and said with a wry smile, "Sister Xiaoman, why are you here?"
"If I hadn't come, your brother Ayang's wedding would have been delayed by you two. Come back with me quickly!" Xia Xiaoman pinched the back of one of them's neck with one hand and forced the twins back.
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