Chapter 24 The House is Built
Shen Jiale went to work normally during this period. He went to the town to buy vegetables every now and then, and disguised himself to sell some food. He occasionally came to check on the progress of the house.
Lu Mingfeng also built a small kitchen next to the house and set up a stove.
After the road was dry, Shen Jiale prepared to go to the black market.
The two rooms for the educated youth were built first, and after the walls were dry, the educated youth moved in. Jiang Haoran was particularly happy.
Everyone thought he was so happy because he finally moved out of the cowshed.
Only Wang Yanhong knew why Jiang Haoran was so happy.
Seeing that the wall of Shen Jiale's house was about to be built today, Jiang Haoran went to visit and gave his opinions.
If you don't know, you might think it's his house.
Gou Wa looked at Jiang Haoran and thought this educated youth was really funny. When his house was being built, he never came to help once. Why are you so happy about building someone else's house?
He told his younger brothers and sisters to take good care of it and not let anyone damage it.
Shen Zhiqing said that tomorrow they would sprinkle candy and peanuts at the beam raising ceremony, and the three siblings had been looking forward to it.
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At night.
People have fallen asleep.
Shen Jiale pretended to go out, holding a flashlight for lighting. After leaving the village, he took out an electric car from the space and rode away.
When he was about to reach his destination, he put the electric car into the space and walked to the black market.
Unlike what he had seen before, the black market at night was not brightly lit, but it was also bright everywhere.
There were two people guarding the entrance. The guards saw that she had nothing in her hands and thought that she was just doing a small business and there was no profit to be made, so they let her in without making things difficult.
Shen Jiale walked around inside. The place was quite large, and each stall was far apart. There was a piece of cloth on the ground with the things to be sold on it.
Someone came to ask about the price, and the deal was made if it was suitable.
Shen Jiale also found a place to sit down, spread a piece of blue cloth, took out a piece of pork from her arms and put it on the cloth.
The stall owner not far away saw it and asked, "It's just a piece of meat, weighing only one pound. Isn't it better to keep it for yourself?"
Shen Jiale smiled at the stall owner and said nothing.
Someone came to ask about the price, and Shen Jiale pointed to the price marked on it.
The man thought the price was okay, so he paid and took it away.
Shen Jiale took out another piece of meat from his arms and put it on the cloth.
The stall owner said, "You are quite cautious despite your young age."
In this way, Shen Jiale sold 10 portions of meat, earned 15 yuan, and then packed up and left.
Not long after, a short old man appeared at another stall, sold 100 kilograms of rice, earned 50 yuan, and then packed up.
After a while, in a more remote corner, an old lady was selling eggs, and she left after selling a basket of eggs.
After changing his identity six times and earning 200 yuan, Shen Jiale decided to quit and returned to his original appearance. He went to the food stall and bought 2 kilograms of candy and 2 kilograms of peanuts.
When he left, the guard said, "Little brother, you can sell meat directly to us in the future. We will give you the same price and save your time."
Shen Jiale said, "Okay, I will come to you next time when I have something good."
After leaving the black market and checking that no one was following him, Shen Jiale rode his electric bike back.
After counting all the money, he now has more than 500 yuan in his hand.
With this money in hand, he is not afraid of encountering any unexpected situation and being helpless.
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When the beams were raised, all the children in the village came to the educated youth institute.
Shen Jiale prepared a string of firecrackers. As the firecrackers rang, Gou Wa scattered peanuts and candies from the beams.
Seeing the children happily grabbing the peanuts and candies on the ground, Gou Wa shouted, "Gou Ya, Goudan, take it!" He
continued to scatter peanuts and candies in the direction of Gou Ya and Goudan. The two little guys were very excited, and their pockets were bulging with the snacks they grabbed.
The children next to them also picked up a lot, and even adults joined the team to grab candies. The scene was very lively.
After the roof was built, the house was completed. Next, the mud was evenly applied to the inside and outside of the wall. When the wall was dry, it could be moved in.
The house was built for 20 days. Now it is finished, and the wages should be paid.
Shen Jiale gave Lu Mingfeng and Gou Wa 10 yuan each, and Gou Ya and Goudan half a pound of sorghum candy each.
The two boys thanked him happily, then ran home with the candy bags.
Gou Wa returned home excitedly with 10 yuan in his hand and handed the money to his mother.
Gou Wa's mother patted her son on the shoulder, looking at her son who was taller than herself, she felt very proud.
"My son is great, he can earn money to support the family at such a young age."
Gou Ya and Goudan squeezed to their mother's side and asked for caress.
Gou Wa's mother was not stingy and kissed both of them on the cheek: "You are all the best! You are all my good children!" When
the villagers knew that there was a wage for building a house, they did not dare to ask Lu Mingfeng, and came to ask Gou Wa.
Gou Wa suddenly became the focus of everyone. Surrounded by a group of aunts, he felt uncomfortable and ran away with his brothers and sisters in each hand, leaving Gou Wa's mother to deal with everyone.
When they heard that Gou Wa's wages were 10 yuan, everyone was stunned.
At the end of the year, they only earned 4.2 cents per work point, and earning 10 work points a day was only 42 cents. Gou Wa calculated that he could earn 50 cents a day, which was more than an adult laborer.
Someone asked Gou Wa's mother: "Your Gou Ya and Gou Dan also went to work, how much were they paid?"
Gou Wa's mother said they were paid a pound of candy.
"That's too little, you have to ask Shen Zhiqing to pay them."
Gou Wa's mother rolled her eyes and said: "What kind of work can these two children do? They just play behind their brother, and they are fed. I don't have the nerve to ask them for money."
Someone said: "That's right, the food for three children is saved, and it's earned."
Thinking of how the three brothers and sisters of Gou Wa had become rounder in their skinny faces after they went to help build the house, everyone felt a little regretful.
Why didn't they let their own children help out? Otherwise, they could have a full meal every day.
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Lu Mingqi and Lu Yongfu also felt regretful. They sat at the table in silence.
If Lu Yongfu hadn't stopped Lu Mingqi from building the house, the 10 yuan salary would have belonged to their family now.
But it was too late to regret.
When Lu Mingfeng came back, Lu Bailing presented two candies in the same way as he presented a treasure and said, "Brother, I also grabbed two candies today. I'll give you one and mom one."
Lu Mingfeng took out a handful of candies and gave them to his sister, "Shen Zhiqing also gave me candies. You can have them."
Lu Bailing happily took the candies and put them in her pocket, "Brother, you're so nice!"
Lu Mingfeng added, "I'll take you and mom to the town to play tomorrow, and then buy some meat dumplings to eat."
"Great!" Lu Bailing clapped her hands excitedly.
Lu Mingqi looked at his brother and sister's joy and said, "Mingfeng, Bailing, it's been almost a month. Mom should have calmed down. Let's ask her to come back and live with us."
Lu Yongfu had eaten the meals made by his son during this period and had eaten enough. He took out the money from the box and handed it to Lu Bailing.
"Some of it was spent on ordering furniture and beds. Give these to your mother and find a date to go to Zhou's house to set the date."
Lu Bailing went into the house and handed the money to Liang Qiaoli, who turned away angrily.
Lu Bailing advised: "Mom, Dad has admitted his mistakes. The money was not less than the furniture. For the sake of my eldest brother's marriage, please forgive Dad."
"Did he admit his mistakes? Don't think I don't know. He just heard that we are going to buy meat dumplings tomorrow. They are glutinous."
"Mom, could it be that you want Dad to buy meat and go to uncle's house to make dumplings?"
Liang Qiaoli thought about it and thought it was really possible. She quickly took the money.