Chapter 939 Chase Shop
The Lai family has many siblings, and they run a small food stall in town, which keeps them quite busy.
During the busy farming season, Lai Jinhai would usually go to Shangshi Village to help his father-in-law, Lu Dasong, with some work. Now it seems that Cuihua has sent him here to help repair the house.
Cuihua, this eldest cousin, truly lives up to her reputation as the eldest granddaughter of the Lu family.
When they saw Shu Yu's carriage stop in front of the mansion, the villagers of Shangshi Village who were resting stood up in a flurry and peered over.
They each had a small bowl of water in their hands. In this sweltering heat, Ying Dong would never allow them to travel so far without even a sip of water.
As Lu Erbai got off the mule cart, the first thing he saw was Liang Wangsheng standing at the far corner. Looking at his much thinner figure than before, he felt a pang of sadness.
He reached out and patted Lai Jinhai on the shoulder, then called to Fan Dabao and the others, "It's hot outside, don't stand there, come in and sit for a while."
Everyone was carrying bundles, and upon hearing this, they followed Shu Yu and Lu Erbai into the mansion.
Just looking at the house from the outside, I thought it was incredibly big, but now that I've walked around the screen wall and looked up, I realize that my imagination was still too narrow.
Is this really a three-courtyard house?
Some of them had worked in the three courtyards of wealthy families, but none of them were as good as the house in front of them.
The crowd murmured among themselves, marveling: "The Lu family has really prospered. Lu Erbai almost went bankrupt trying to find this daughter. Maybe even heaven couldn't bear to see it anymore and is now compensating them. It's truly enviable."
Besides the servants of the Lu family, there were also Engineer Zheng and the group of day laborers who had arrived yesterday inside the mansion.
These people started working yesterday, and when they saw Lu Erbai coming over, they just waved and greeted him before getting back to work with great enthusiasm.
The villagers of Shangshi Village, seeing this, knew they couldn't be outdone, so they immediately rolled up their sleeves and joined in.
They're here to work, not to visit.
Lu Erbai quickly stopped them, pointing to the bundles on their backs, "No rush, put your things down first."
As he spoke, he led them to the back room.
The doors and windows of several rooms in the back building were broken, but the materials were delivered yesterday and some workers were hired. Lu Erbai led his men to repair the doors and windows and clean up the rooms.
However, the conditions were naturally limited; they were all communal sleeping areas.
He stood at the door of one of the rooms and said, “This is where we sleep at night. We’ve been working for quite a while, and although there are rooms available, many are not yet repaired, so we’ll have to squeeze in for now. There are about three rooms like this, so you can discuss which one to stay in.”
“It’s already very good.” He Ping walked around the room and said, “When we worked for other employers before, the rooms weren’t this big. They were small, shared dorm rooms with at least ten people living in them. It was hard to even turn over.”
But now they have three rooms, which can be divided among eighteen people, with six people living in each room, which is quite spacious.
The others nodded in agreement.
Lu Erbai laughed when he heard this. That's true, he had had similar experiences before.
"Okay, if you need anything later, just let me know. If I'm not available, contact Engineer Zheng or Ying Dong."
Everyone agreed, and they quickly decided which room to stay in. Then they put down their bundles and went to work.
Seeing this, Lu Erbai could only assign them tasks.
(End of this chapter)
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