The captain was also dizzy from the noise, and the weather was so hot that he almost got heatstroke. "Yes, yes, yes, you should all listen to Chaosheng and talk about your own strengths one by one."
The women then formed a long queue, and Lin Chaosheng sat in front of them, registering their conditions and names one by one. It took him quite a while to finish.
“We only need ten people, but now there are more than fifty!” Lin Chaosheng shook the roster he had just compiled and looked at the team leader and Village Chief Lü with a helpless expression.
The brigade leader took the list and looked at it carefully. He patted Lin Chaosheng on the shoulder and said, "It's alright. Leave the rest to us. I'll have our production team help you select people!"
“Yes, Captain Wei has a lot of helpers, and they are all smart and capable. You can rest assured to leave it to him,” Village Chief Lü chimed in from the side.
Lin Chaosheng looked at Village Chief Lü and the brigade leader with gratitude, "That's really too much trouble for you. You've helped me with so much, I don't know how to repay you!"
Village Chief Lü and the brigade leader exchanged a smile. "This isn't us helping you; it's you helping the whole village!"
“This is what I should do. I can’t just live well myself while the people in the village continue to suffer. Besides, I’ve lived in this village for so many years and have a very deep bond with everyone,” Lin Chaosheng said.
He wasn't entirely against his conscience when he said that. After all, many people in the village had helped his family. Even if some people had hurt them, if everyone could get rich together, his family wouldn't be resented by too many people.
Village Chief Lü and the brigade leader were deeply moved by Lin Chaosheng's words. Their eyes reddened, and they nodded repeatedly to Lin Chaosheng, saying, "If only everyone in this village had your awareness."
Lin Chaosheng gently patted Village Chief Lü and the brigade leader on the shoulder, "Don't worry, our lives will get better in the future, and there won't be so many arguments. Right now, it's just that everyone is too tired from life."
After Lin Chaosheng finished speaking, he looked at the sky outside and said, "I have some things to take care of at home. I'll leave the rest to you two!"
Afterwards, he bid farewell to Village Chief Lü and the brigade leader and left the production brigade.
Then he went straight to Tang the carpenter's house. His new house was almost finished being built these past few days, and he was ready to move in when the time came. So he planned to see how Old Tang was doing with the furniture so he could give Old Tang his payment.
Lin Chaosheng knocked on Old Tang's door. "Old Tang, are you home? It's me, Lin Chaosheng!"
Upon hearing this, Old Tang immediately opened the door for him and warmly invited him inside, saying, "You're here to look at furniture, right?"
Lin Chaosheng patted Lao Tang on the shoulder, "You really are a modern-day Zhuge Liang who can predict everything!"
Old Tang burst into laughter, "Alright, stop praising me. Come and take a look at your furniture."
After saying that, he opened another room in his house, which already contained four large beds, a large dining table and eight dining chairs, as well as three bedside tables.
Each piece of furniture was exquisitely crafted, and Old Tang specially painted it with a dark red lacquer, making it look understated yet sophisticated.
Lin Chaosheng walked closer and took a closer look, and found that every piece of furniture was made exactly like the blueprints. He couldn't help but admire Old Tang's craftsmanship.
"Old Tang, these things of yours could really fetch a lot of money if you put them out to sell. Tell me, how come your craftsmanship is so good?"
“What’s the big deal?” Old Tang began to reminisce about the past. “Back when the famine hadn’t come yet, my craftsmanship was even more renowned. Now I’ve become quite rusty, and the furniture you’re making isn’t even the most perfect one.”
Lin Chaosheng was shocked: "Don't be modest anymore. With your skills, some people in the county would pay a lot of money to hire you!"
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. When are you planning to move these furniture?" Old Tang asked.
Lin Chaosheng thought for a moment. The exterior of his house was basically finished, but the interior walls hadn't been painted and the cement floor hadn't been laid yet. However, after these were completed, it would take at least a week to ventilate the house.
Therefore, he could not give a definite answer, and could only say: "At the very least, it will be three weeks later, and at most four weeks later."
Old Tang had anticipated that it would take him so long, so he didn't urge him any further. "It's okay, just move it for him when you have time. There's hardly anyone here anyway, so I can keep it for you for a long time."
Lin Chaosheng quickly expressed his gratitude, then said goodbye to Lao Tang. He planned to go to the county to buy some paint and paint everyone's houses their favorite colors.
As soon as Lin Chaosheng got home, he immediately shouted, "Everyone, tell me quickly, what color do you want for the walls?"
Lin Shanhai and Zhao Shufang came out upon hearing the noise. "What color are the walls? Aren't they all white?"
Liang Fu quickly shouted, "Can we choose the wall color? I definitely want pink!"
Seeing this, Lin Shansheng quickly shouted, "Then I'll go with black! I'm a grown man, I don't want any of those fancy things!"
He was immediately slapped by Zhao Shufang, who said, "Is black auspicious? You can't choose black!"
“Yes, brother, black isn’t a lucky color. Why don’t you choose another color?” Liang Mei advised.
Lin Shansheng scratched his head helplessly, "Then, then I'll take the blue one."
Zhao Shufang and Lin Shanhai exchanged a glance. "Let's stick to white walls. We're both getting on in years, so let's not go for anything fancy."
"No, Mother, how about I get you a beige one?" Lin Chaosheng asked.
Zhao Shufang and Lin Shanhai had never heard of off-white before, so they quickly asked, "What's off-white?"
Lin Chaosheng once again forgot that he had traveled back from the modern era, so he explained, "This off-white color is a slightly yellowish white, which makes the room feel warmer."
Seeing this, Zhao Shufang and Lin Shanhai agreed, saying, "Alright, then we'll do as you say and make the walls white."
After Lin Chaosheng made a note of it, he asked Liang Mei, "Wife, what color do you want for the walls?"
After thinking about it carefully, Liang Mei said, "Then I'll take the green one."
"Why is that?" Lin Chaosheng asked, puzzled.
Liang Mei replied, "Because when our baby is born, he/she will be more comfortable sleeping in such an environment."
Lin Chaosheng thought to himself that it made sense. In his modern life, many people said that looking at green things was good for the eyes. If this little kid looked at green things from a young age, his eyesight would definitely be better.
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