Qinjiazhuang accepted the order for reed mats and originally thought it would take about ten days to complete. Unexpectedly, Qin Laoshuan came to tell him in just five days that everything had been completed.
"So soon?"
Qin Laoshuan smiled bitterly and said, "You don't know, when there are many people in the family, they work day and night and don't want to sleep at all."
"This is too much, don't exhaust yourself."
"This job is tiring for everyone. It's just staying up late. It's nothing. Everyone is afraid that they won't do enough." Qin Laoshuan didn't care.
Qin Huai forgot how hard-working people of that era were. During the autumn and summer harvests in the production teams, they could lose half their lives. That was truly tiring.
"Okay, uncle, wait here for a moment. I'll go find Director Mao."
Director Mao has come to ask about Lu Xi's progress every day for the past two days. Although he heard that everything is going well, he is still worried.
Suddenly, he heard that Qinjiazhuang had completed the task ahead of schedule, and he said happily: "I have been worried these days, afraid that I would not be able to make it in time. Now it is all right. I will take the car to get it back."
When Qin Huai's car arrived at the village, he saw the villagers standing at the entrance looking into the distance. Qin Laoshuan came down and frowned and said, "Don't stand there. Go to the community building and help count the goods and load the truck."
When the villagers saw the truck and heard what he said, they felt relieved.
Everyone responded to Director Mao, the big money sponsor, with a simple smile. Director Mao said, "Everyone is so enthusiastic."
Qin Huai said: "Everyone is thanking you for giving us this opportunity."
"I should be the one thanking everyone. Only by delivering on time can we avoid being criticized by our superiors."
Director Mao carefully inspected the reed mats and found that each one was made to the required standards. He said with emotion, "The quality of Qinjiazhuang is unwavering. Every one is so good."
The villagers were all pleased to hear this.
Qin Laoshuan personally checked the goods and loaded them onto the truck with Director Mao. Director Mao also paid the remaining balance and left in a hurry.
Qin Laoshuan also calculated the figures for each household and handed the deposit to Qin Huai, saying, "The accountant will go to my daughter's house, and you will be the one to pay the money."
Qin Huai witnessed the villagers' meeting in Qinjiazhuang again. Today, everyone had a smile on their face. It was time to distribute the money. To be honest, it had been a long time since people in the countryside had seen money.
The first person called was Grandma Gui. Her family had a small population and had always been at the bottom of the village, but this time she wove eighteen reed mats.
The bill is easy to calculate, eighteen mats cost 43.2 yuan.
When she took the money from Qin Huai, tears came to her eyes. With this money, it was enough for oil and salt for a year, and she could also buy some food to save for the winter.
There is no need to beg for food.
Qin Huai looked at her with a sad face and said, "Grandma Gui, when I came here, Xiaoyun asked me to tell you to come visit me in the city and have a meal when you have time. She misses you."
Grandma Gui said, "Okay, okay, I will definitely go."
She was Qin Xiaoyun's partner in begging. The two of them are not relatives, but they are better than family.
The second family was a large one, with eleven adults working, and they wove fifty mats.
The man in the house was called Qin Fengshou. After he took the 120 yuan from Qin Huai, he kept asking him, "Qin Huai, is this true?"
Qin Huai said, "Uncle, you are so happy that you are confused. The money is in your hands."
"I can't believe it. During the Spring Festival, the production team divided the work and our family couldn't get so much money. How could we earn so much in just five days?"
Families like his with many strong laborers were considered to have a good life in the village. At the end of the year, after deducting food rations, money borrowed from the production team, and public grain, they would only receive a few dozen yuan in a good year. They had never received such a large sum.
Qin Laoshuan said, "You've been worrying about not having enough money for your third son's wedding, haven't you got it now?"
"Isn't it? I really have to thank Qin Huai very much."
Qin Huai said, "Don't thank me. This is all your hard work. I didn't do anything."
"Without you knowing Director Mao, we would have no place to put our energy even if we wanted to work hard."
The whole village agreed with this statement. Qin Huai said embarrassedly, "Really, I really didn't do anything."
"This child is really good. He has a promising future but still remembers the villagers."
"Qin Huai has been kind and righteous since he was young."
"The child is good, but his parents suffered so much when they were young. They didn't have enough to eat and their legs were lame."
"Who says it's not true? Fortunately, the child has made great progress, his legs have healed, and he knows how to take care of the elderly. It's really not easy."
Then someone started talking about the bad things Li Lan and Qin Dashu did to Qin Huai when he was a child. They talked so much that Qin Huai's eyes turned red.
Those with a small family can earn more than 20 yuan, and there are four families like Qin Fengshou's family that earn more than 100 yuan. In the past, they were busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year and would not see any money, but now every family gets some.
Sister Hong and her mother-in-law also burst out with excitement. They actually knitted 21 pieces and took home 57.6 yuan.
She took the money and handed it to the old woman. The old woman untied her belt in front of the whole village and hid the money in her pocket.
Sister Hong must have been very tired, and her face looked pale. Qin Huai asked her with concern, "Sister Hong, you look pale, are you okay?"
Sister Hong shook her head abnormally and walked into the crowd without saying a word.
Before Qin Huai had time to talk to her, the villagers pulled him aside and started to express their gratitude.
A few elderly people in the distance looked at the crowd happily and said, "That's good! With this money, everyone's life will be much better this winter."
Looking at the villagers’ happy faces, Qin Huai also felt happy with everyone.
But this joy didn't last long. Suddenly, someone ran in and called him, "Qin Huai, come out quickly. Sister Hong has committed suicide."
Qin Huai's mind buzzed, and he grabbed him and asked, "What's going on?"
"I don't know either. She's dying and wants to see you. Come with me."
Qin Huai followed the man in a daze. Sister Hong was not at home, but lying next to a haystack behind the village. The man shouted, "Make way, Qin Huai is coming."
People automatically made way for her and rushed in to see Sister Hong looking pale and foaming at the mouth. She must have taken medicine.
Someone said, "Goudan, your mother is dying, and you don't even come forward."
Qin Huai turned his head and saw Goudan standing in the distance with a dazed look on his face and not coming over.
Qin Huai didn't have time to think about anything else. Saving the man was the most important thing. He hurriedly said, "Who has soap? Please go get a basin of soapy water and drink it down your throat."
Some people hurried home, and Grandma Gui said, "Qin Huai, his home is far away. Qin Fengshou has chickens at home. Ask someone to bring a bowl of chicken droppings over and have her drink it."
This is a local folk remedy for saving lives, and after a while, someone brought over a bowl of chicken shit soup.
Sister Hong refused to speak no matter what.
Qin Huai said, "Open her mouth and I'll pour it in."
People rushed to help, but Sister Hong was still conscious, but she clenched her teeth and refused to open them.
Qin Huai said, "Sister Hong, if you have something so difficult to think about that you have to commit suicide, Goudan is still so young."
Sister Hong knocked over the bowl of chicken shit in his hand and said, "Qin Huai, I want to ask you for something. You must agree to it."
"You tell me, I will definitely agree."
"Help me take care of Goudan..." When she said the last word, she suddenly coughed loudly.
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