Chapter 191 The workers are back!
In the past few days, many people who worked outside have returned to Shanbei Village. As the New Year is coming to an end, everyone listened to the advice of their elders at home and received their wages in advance and came back.
At the moment, Ye Zhen was walking on a country road, and he didn't recognize the few people he passed by.
But that doesn't stop Ye Zhen from being sweet-talkerish. No matter whether he knows them or not, he calls them big brother, big sister or little sister.
There were more people busy in the fields. When I got home, Grandma Ye had just seen off a group of people and the table was piled with gifts.
"Grandma, what are these?" Ye Zhen leaned over to take a look.
Grandma Ye said with a smile, "These are all specialties brought back by the boys and girls from your uncle's family. They sent them to you specially to thank you."
Ye Zhen chewed a piece of beef jerky, which was said to be brought back from the northwest. Shanbei Village is indeed a migrant worker village, with people traveling all over the country, and its specialties are full of local characteristics.
Ye Zhen took a quick look and thought whether it was expensive or not was not a big deal, but the significance of carrying it back from so far away was completely different.
Grandma Ye was still talking, "You can't buy these online. They are all locally produced, or they are made by themselves and brought back. You can't buy them anywhere else!"
Time passed quickly in the blink of an eye. Mr. and Mrs. Ye had nothing to do, so they handed over the construction site supervision to Uncle Ye and his friends and returned to the village.
I haven't been home for a while, and many girls and young men from the village have returned.
Dad Ye was greeted a lot on the way back, and the two of them moved here specially when they returned home.
"Mom, don't take this with you." Ye Zhen was helpless. He had had this cabinet since he was a child. After so many years of tossing and turning, the paint on the bright red cabinet had peeled, the copper locks on it were broken, and a lot of the corners were damaged. Even though Ye's mother had protected it well, it still attracted bugs and mice, and there were many holes of all sizes on it.
It’s okay to put some bowls and chopsticks there normally, but why should you bring them with you when you’re moving?
This style of painting doesn't fit at all.
The cabinet is bulky and not as light as the new furniture.
One is modern with new Chinese style, and the other is with local characteristics, which Ye really doesn't want.
But Ye's mother was reluctant to part with it. "This is your mother's and my dowry. It has been in our family for more than 20 years. Can't it be used again after some repairs?"
"Mom, look at how far this can be repaired?" Ye Zhen pointed at the holes gnawed by rats.
Three out of the four corners of the cabinet are scratched by rats, which shows how rampant they are!
Ye Zhen counted on his fingers, "To repair this cabinet, we need to find new wood, right? The bottom needs to be cleaned up, and the paint that has fallen off needs to be repainted, right? The lock needs to be replaced, and the door needs to be reinstalled."
At last, Ye Zhen waved his hand and said, "If I have the time, I can buy a new one. The money is almost worth it." In the past, it was the craftsmanship of old wood carvers and old craftsmen. Now, old craftsmanship is valuable.
Ye's mother was shocked. She didn't care about spending a lot of money, but just wanted to save money. "Forget it, just pack up the leaves. It's a souvenir after all."
She has many other great qualities, one of which is that she listens to advice.
After dealing with Ye's mother, they moved things faster. Then Grandma Ye came to take her ancestral big vat, and she was still very confident about it.
"This jar has been here since your great-grandmother. It was used as a kitchen water jar before. Later, we used it to pickle sauerkraut and kimchi. Don't forget it when we move to a new home. It's not broken. It will look nice if we grow some lotus and fish in it."
Well, it was beyond Ye Zhen’s expectation that Grandma Ye didn’t bring other old bottles and jars.
Take it with you. Take it all with you.
It took only one day to move, plus a thorough cleaning of the new home, and by that evening the whole family had moved into the new home.
"You know what, although it's a little far from the village, this house is so beautiful." Dad Ye was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
He and Grandpa Ye worked hard all their lives to build a new home. Ye Zhen then approved a piece of land to build a bigger and better house. Whose daughter could be as successful as his?
Grandpa Ye stood with his hands behind his back and looked around the floors. He hired someone to design all the decorations in the house. Needless to say, the aesthetic taste was good and the price was there.
The plants in the flower beds, lawns and orchards outside were all moved from the mountains by Ye Zhen bit by bit, and a large piece of spirit stone was placed in the pool.
The water was misty, lotus flowers were swaying, several huge lily trees were in bloom, and the whole house was brightly lit.
"Should we have a house-warming party after we move?" asked Ye's mother.
After they finish building a house, they usually choose an auspicious day to invite friends, relatives and neighbors to have a meal together to celebrate the completion of the house, so it is also called Yuangong wine.
"Will they notice it if we call them over to eat?" Dad Ye pointed at the tall flower trees outside. He couldn't tell what these trees were called at all. The lotus flowers growing on the trees were glowing, which did not look like anything from the mortal world.
With Ye Dad’s poor vocabulary, he could only say “beautiful” in a dry way!
If he were to ask someone to come, he would be heartbroken if anyone tried to pick one.
"This is easy. We can either set up a few tables in the old house since the yard is big enough. Or we can wait until my company is built and hold the party in the cafeteria there. It's spacious and bright, and not far from the village." Ye Zhen suggested.
"This is good. It saves us from having to do it again when the company is finished." The key is to save money.
Mother Ye had no objection, and Grandma Ye and the others listened to Ye Zhen even more.
The house-warming party will be postponed until the company is finished.
A dreamless night
The next day, the village chief turned on the radio again and called the villagers to a meeting, still in the big square at the old place.
After people from each family arrived one after another, the village chief stood on the platform with a loud speaker, and the audience was filled with young men and women who had returned from work.
"Hey! Ye Huan, you've been in the village for so long, do you know what kind of meeting is going to be held?"
The person being questioned was a girl who had just returned a few days ago. She had a low level of education and had gone out to work with other people in the village as soon as she became an adult.
She could have worked for another month this year as the factory had many orders at the end of the year, and she could have gone home after working another month of day shift. But suddenly she received a call from home, urging her to come back quickly.
Her parents on the other end of the phone kept talking about how much money they had earned from farming this year, but she didn't believe it at all. Her parents asked her several times to go back and help farm, but she always evaded the question.
How much money can you make from farming? Her parents have been farming all their lives, but they still live in the countryside, right?
The world outside is rich and colorful. Her parents may have earned a few hundred dollars and tasted the sweetness, so they want her to come home.
"Mom, I'll be back in a month. I'll buy you and Dad some new clothes this year."
"Come on! Keep that little money for yourself. Your father and I have made a lot of money this year. We plan to build a new house next year. We are busy this year. The potted plants in the village need to be moved. We are short of manpower. You should come back quickly. There is no point in being nostalgic about those little things outside. You might as well work in the village for a few days."
The girl felt that she was hallucinating. Before she could say anything, her mother interrupted her again. Her tone was full of joy and even pride:
"I told you to come back sooner rather than later, but you still didn't believe me. Ye Huan has opened two acres of land to grow strawberries, and later opened several acres to grow watermelons. Now he can buy himself a house in the county town!"
The girl was shocked. She knew Ye Huan and he was the same age as her. How could he buy a house?
Why doesn't she believe it?
You have to know that she works day shift and night shift in turn, and she can't save tens of thousands a year after paying for her own food and expenses. No matter how cheap the houses in the county are, they will cost at least hundreds of thousands.
"Come back soon. Next year, you can open up a few plots of land and grow strawberries with the villagers. Then you can save enough for your dowry and buy a house. You will also have the confidence when you get married."
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She could no longer hear what her mother was saying. Feeling confused and expectant, the girl listened to her parents and went home early.
At first, some villagers called and told the children about it, but no one believed it.
In their impression, Shanbei Village is remote and poor, where express delivery cannot be delivered. They have to run to the town, and it takes an hour to walk to the nearest primary school, and they have to get up before dawn. It has been less than half a year since they left, and suddenly they are told that they can buy a house in the town or county?
Why does this sound like a fantasy?
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