Chapter 103: Marry a Rich Man
He would carry the yellow mud home whenever he had free time. Lu Mingjiang never left work empty-handed if it was on his way home, so it seemed like he was almost done.
He was more anxious about renovating the house than anyone else, so there was no need for Lu Minghai to give him instructions.
But what Lu Minghai said was not without reason. He had done what he was supposed to do, and the rest was left to the higher-ups. Even if there were any doubts to be investigated, they were the Zhou Mingqing brothers' business, and had nothing to do with him.
I'll just touch upon the matter of Zhou Shazi. If I say more, it will be a thankless task.
If you have that energy, you might as well think about your own things.
Once the seedlings are planted, there's the autumn corn to start with. Once that's done, it's time to weed the spring corn.
Lu Mingjiang found Lu Minghai and took advantage of the few days of rest to find some laborers in the team and worked hard for a few days to build the earth wall.
Lu Dongping asked the commune's driver Liu Dacai to drive a tractor and made two trips to bring back the tiles he needed.
Because the road was blocked, the tractor could only drive to Xihekou, and then people carried the goods to the Lu family yard one trip at a time in backpacks.
Under the scorching sun, the men were shirtless and sweaty, unable to even open their eyes.
June is really a season that makes people sweat. By the end of the busy month, the two houses of Lu Mingjiang's family were finally built.
Anyone who has done house repairs knows how annoying it is. Even if Zhang Hongying only cooks one meal every day at noon, she is still very busy. This is not to mention that with so many people coming here, if they have problems at home, all the work owed to them has to be paid back one by one.
The worst thing was that the food rations distributed before the New Year were limited. Although it was only for one week, with one meal a day, there were more than ten additional people, all of whom were laborers, so the food rations were decreasing rapidly!
Gao Xiulan comforted her: "This is a big deal, we can't waste money. You know we renovated the house before. No matter what, we have to make sure everyone has a full meal. Otherwise, who would be willing to help in such a hot day?"
Zhang Hongying also understood this logic: "I only dare to say this to you, sister-in-law. I wouldn't say this to anyone else. Dongping, that son of a bitch, has always had his own ideas. He only listens to you and his uncle. If you ask me, we can't rush to repair the house. It's all hard work. It would be better to do it when the winter comes and it's cooler. There's no need to rush to start now."
Gao Xiulan couldn't help laughing: "I'm already 24, and I'm just anxious! How can I get my daughter-in-law married if I don't fix this house?"
"So why don't people get married if they don't have a new house? There are only a few people of his age in the team who got married and renovated their houses. The most they get is a box and cotton for a bullet bed, and at worst, a piece of cloth for a set of clothes."
Gao Xiulan said, "Don't think like that. If you think like that, I, as your sister-in-law, will have something to say to you. This house and the furniture are all built in your house. Having another house, another pile of furniture, and then another family is a great joy. Dongping's ideas are big, but they are not wrong. He is a capable child. You also said that when he was a child, he was disobedient and you didn't care about him. Now you should turn a blind eye to him. After all, he is an adult and he can live his own life!"
"Besides, look at Wen Wan. She has everything perfect, including looks, personality, and family background. It's hard to find someone like her even with a lantern. As long as the two of you get married, you should just treat her like your own daughter. Her family is so far away, and she doesn't have any relatives or friends here. How can she not stick to you if you treat her well? If the couple gets along well and gets pregnant in a year or two, there will be another person in the family. You should just live your life with a positive attitude. No matter how you live, you're just going to live your life. Why think so much?"
Zhang Hong smiled and said, "Same pain as Chun'e? How could it be the same? I can scold or beat my own daughter, but not my daughter-in-law." Without waiting for Gao Xiulan to speak, she changed the subject: "How's Laiying? Is she still vomiting?"
"It's okay. It's getting better day by day. The complexion is better too."
Zhang Hongying nodded. "That's fine. She needs to be able to eat. Only when the adult grows well can the child grow well. If the vomiting stops, you can ask her to move around more. She'll have some energy so she can be more relaxed when she gives birth. From the Chinese New Year until now, there's a wall between us. If I don't go over, I won't be able to see her."
"She's a bit shy. I'll talk to her later."
The sun rose in the east and set in the west. After a group of hard work and sweat from the laborers, the Lu family's house was finally built. Lu Dongping felt relieved. The big thing was done. The remaining doors and windows just had to wait for the carpenter to finish them and send them over. He could find someone to help him install them.
Now there is another very important thing, which is the letter of guarantee he promised.
Saying it is one thing, writing it is another. Lu Gongping was lying on the desk in the Armed Forces Department, holding a pen and writing and drawing seriously.
Whenever he encountered a word he didn't know how to write, he would run to Lin Chenghai and ask, "Minister, how do I write it?"
Lin Chenghai glanced at him and always felt that he was a little weird recently: "What's the matter?" He didn't know what this kid was doing in the past few days. He suddenly became studious. Every time he saw him, he was writing something there, and kept asking how to write this word and that word.
"It's the one that makes people angry."
Lin Chenghai looked at him in confusion: "Angry? Who did you make angry? Your father or your little girlfriend?"
"What did you mean by making someone angry? I just suddenly thought of this word, but I don't know how to write it. Come on, Minister, give me some guidance." As he said that, Lu Dongping put the pen into his palm and took a piece of cigarette wrapper.
Lin Chenghai wrote the word for him stroke by stroke. He picked it up and looked at it several times: "Re? Is this how you write Re? It doesn't look like it."
Lin Chenghai said, "Don't believe me? If you don't believe me, then don't ask me if you can't write again. Go back and ask your partner."
He definitely couldn't ask that. He had to make a draft, then copy it down carefully, and then show it to the little girl, so that he would show his sincerity.
He was busy here and at home. He started weeding in the fields and had to work early in the morning and late at night. This was the same for every production team and every family. But because Lu Dongping asked for it early, Lu Mingjiang followed his instructions and went to find a carpenter early, and started making the doors, windows and furniture early.
It wasn't far away, so after I finished making it, I found a free time at noon and asked someone to help deliver it.
I had just arrived at the yard after school in the afternoon, and before I could even enter the house, I heard Lu Donglin excitedly shouting, "Sister, sister, the furniture my brother made is ready and has been delivered."
Wen Wan took off her pockets and put them down before going over. As soon as she entered, she saw that the room was full of things. It was obvious that they had just been delivered and there was no time to clean them up.
When Lu Mingjiang came back from work, he called her and told her: "These were all Dongping's ideas. In addition to the bed and the box, he also wanted a desk and a wardrobe. These things are not popular in our mountain area, but he is very capable and still made them. We have no shortage of wood, but we don't have any ready-made ones. We have to wait until August to cut them. So the carpenter used the wood he had at home first, and then cut them down again when he has free time in the autumn and return them to the owner." In addition to these, a new eight-immortal table was made and equipped with several chairs.
At noon, when they came to deliver the things, they carried a long string of things. Wow, many people came to watch the fun in the scorching sun. They had just renovated the house and put in so much furniture. No one in the entire Xihe Brigade was so generous.
Is Lu Dongping planning to marry a rich girl?
Of course, these were all gossips behind the scenes, and no one would be so foolish as to bring them up in front of the Lu family. After all, Lu Dongping seemed easy to talk to, but his personality was that he had a tendency to turn against people without warning.
Some people are envious, some are jealous, and some are confused.
When the furniture was carried up, Chen Xiuping had just washed a large basket of clothes in the ditch under the scorching sun and saw with her own eyes the passers-by carrying the things into the Lu family yard.
She stood there for a long time before dragging her legs back.
She was in her twenties, but looked like she was in her thirties or forties. After a busy month, she became thinner than before, with not a pound of flesh on her face. Her eyes looked particularly protruding, like straw, and seemed like they could be blown away by a gust of wind.
She didn't know when these days would end. They were all outsiders, and she was just like the rotten grass by the roadside.
If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being stupid and blind!
The carpenter only helped to make the products. After the furniture was delivered, it had to be painted, and this had to be done by herself. Lu Mingjiang left it to Wen Wan to decide what color to paint it, since it was going to be used by her and Lu Dongping in the future anyway.
Wen Wan agreed.
She had never noticed these things, but the furniture in her house was all made of natural wood, and it seemed like something was painted on it, but she didn't know what it was.
Whether it was a house or furniture, they were all big things related to marriage. Lu Dongping was much more proactive than her. Before she could even bring it up, Lu Dongping approached her and asked, "Want to go to the county town on Sunday?"
"Okay, it's been a while since I've been there." She wondered if she'd be as lucky as last time and find another chance to find a bargain. It would be great if she could. With the new house built, it was inevitable that she'd have to clean up, and a cloth was essential. Most importantly, she wanted to bathe in the bathhouse again. For the past few months, she'd just boiled some hot water and wiped herself, but she didn't feel the comfort of a bath at all.
"I need to go look at paint. I asked last time. There are red and green. The doors and windows must be painted, and the furniture must be painted too. What color do you like?"
Wen Wan had been to the commune and the county town, so she naturally knew what kind of green and red he was talking about. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Doors and windows, they can be painted red, but I think furniture looks good in its natural color. Red and green are not attractive, and it feels very tacky."
Lu Dongping understood: "Then I'll get some tung oil. I want the color I have now. I'll apply a layer of tung oil. It's said that it can prevent corrosion and make the paint shiny."
Wen Wan had never heard of it: "I don't understand it either, just watch and see!"
Lu Dongping turned around and looked around, but no one was there. He took out the papers he had been working with all afternoon from his pocket.
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