Upon hearing this, Su the carpenter's eyes widened slightly.
He was only interested in various woodworking and construction projects, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.
Unexpectedly, Lin Mo actually...
Is this a generous offer in response to us?
Split the profits equally?!
Su Xiaoxiao, who had been silently supporting her father, now widened her beautiful eyes.
He looked at Lin Mo in disbelief.
"You...you've been drinking?" Carpenter Su asked incredulously.
"When did I ever like drinking?" Lin Mo waved his hand with a smile, his eyes darting around at Su Xiaoxiao.
"No matter how much I, Lin Mo, have ever messed around, I'm not into that kind of thing."
"My mother told me to be mortal enemies with gambling and drugs, and I'll listen to her."
Carpenter Su could sense something was off about those words, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
"If you agree, then let's start working on it once your leg injury has healed."
"I'll cover all the costs, from hiring labor to buying this and that."
"Once things are established, you can stay and manage them, and we'll split the profits equally."
This is clearly a money-making scheme.
Old Su learned Confucian ethics from a young age, and when Su Xiaoxiao was born, he used those same principles to educate her.
At this moment, neither of them could utter a single word, even though they were already feeling attracted to each other.
"It works!"
Aunt Su suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but after waiting for a long time, neither the father nor the daughter let out a fart.
She quickly interjected and readily agreed!
"We'll take turns keeping watch with your uncle. I used to be the one who did all the household accounts; I'm a master at it!"
Aunt Su enthusiastically declared that she was capable of taking on this task, while inwardly cursing the father and daughter for not knowing the hardships of life and not caring about the accounts.
They've got such a great opportunity to make a fortune right off their backs, yet they don't even know how to seize it!
We still have to make the decisions!
"Brother Lin."
As soon as the matter was basically settled, Miao Qingsong and Miao Wang jogged over.
As soon as Miao Wang ran up to Lin Mo, he launched into a righteous and impassioned speech:
"If you ask me, those villagers really went too far. They actually hurt the village chief's feelings over just five cents!"
"Exactly! They have no sense of loyalty whatsoever. Don't they even think about who opened up this path to wealth for them?"
"Xu Zhenting clearly saw that the village chief and Brother Lin had opened up this road, so he took advantage of his connections in the county to do this halfway and directly steal the money."
"That's outrageous!"
The villagers are generally aware of Xu Zhenting's situation, but each family has different priorities, with most wanting to earn more money.
At this moment, it seems that only the two of them can resist the temptation of money and still be loyal.
To be honest, I feel quite pleased that he could see through the situation and say those things.
If the village chief could listen to this, he would probably feel a bit better.
"Well, it's all like this now. The villagers didn't do anything wrong by not going against money, after all, every family is poor," Lin Mo said with a smile, casually mentioning his two childhood friends:
"It's nothing. You two seem like such hotheads. Is loyalty more important than food?"
Miao Qingsong has his own principles.
Others can only see the money, but not the reason why the money came about; he can see it.
If everyone only cared about money, wouldn't that be too hurtful and unfair?
"Xiaoxiao, go and count how many fire bricks are left over there."
"Huazhi, go home and get some white thread and a measuring tape."
At this moment, Su the carpenter had no intention of going home to recover from his injury; instead, he dragged his injured leg and was about to get to work.
Lin Mo smiled knowingly and turned to his two childhood friends, saying:
"Well, our shop is going to be renovated. From now on, this place won't be a wooden shed anymore, but a large brick hall the size of an auditorium."
"Once it's built, the villagers can sit by the fire and watch TV in this brick house, which is as big as an auditorium."
“At the same price as before, thirty a day, you two will assist Su the carpenter, and ask Ah Jun and his family to come and help as well.”
“Okay!” Miao Qingsong and Awang immediately nodded in agreement, then turned and ran off.
One ran to call for help, while the other ran to lend a hand to carpenter Su.
The land next to the Lin family's house was originally Lin Mo's homestead. He could use this land to build a new house after he got married.
Now that it's been turned into a grand auditorium, what about our new house...?
fine!
When building now, the ground needs to be leveled and the foundation dug.
We can build a second floor then!
Alternatively, you could renovate or rebuild the old house and courtyard!
But right now—
As the area around the store quieted down, Chen Xin, who was terrified of seeing Xu Zhenting, also crawled out of the store's warehouse.
Lin Mo didn't want to sleep on the same kang (heated brick bed) with him, so he had to make do in the newly built shop for the next two days.
He could have gone home long ago, but he wouldn't leave. I have no idea what he's thinking.
"Go and collect the clay, thirty yuan a day."
"good!"
Chen Xin was just waiting for a job that would pay, and seizing the opportunity to show his face and make his presence felt.
It came in a flash.
The once quiet area around the shops has become bustling again.
Meanwhile, the village chief was tidying up the last of the pine nuts he had collected at home, which amounted to only about a thousand catties, 80% less than the promised amount.
His older brother, Wu Mancang, saw that he had only brought over such a small amount of odds and ends in his sidecar tricycle, and sure enough, he started to berate him.
"If your head isn't that big, why are you wearing such a huge hat? What are you bragging about?"
"You've got to do what you say, right? What do you mean? You advertised five thousand, but only paid one thousand? Are you kidding me?"
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