Before he could even savor the aroma of the bear meat, Lin Chaosheng immediately began to eat.
Halfway through the meal, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Liang Fu hurriedly went out to open the door and saw Captain Wei standing outside with a group of people.
"Chaosheng, I've brought you the bonus!" Team Leader Wei called out to Lin Chaosheng as he walked inside.
Lin Chaosheng reluctantly put down his chopsticks and stood up to greet Team Leader Wei.
Wei handed him a thick envelope. "Isn't this amount a bit too much?"
“That’s right,” Captain Wei patted Lin Chaosheng on the shoulder. “It’s six hundred yuan in total, not a penny more, not a penny less. Do you want me to count it again?”
"How much? Six hundred?" The Lin family was shocked; they had never seen so much money before.
Lin Chaosheng looked incredulous. He knew perfectly well how much six hundred yuan was in this day and age.
So he cautiously asked Captain Wei, "Captain Wei, are you sure you're not mistaken? Six hundred yuan is no small sum!"
"I just took some men to the market and sold the black bear's skin, paws, and meat. Meat prices aren't cheap these days, especially for such high-quality black bears!" Captain Wei explained.
By this time, people in the village were already loudly announcing that Lin Chaosheng had won a 600 yuan bonus, so everyone rushed to Lin's house to see what was going on.
After hearing Wei's explanation, some people felt dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to say anything and could only roll their eyes openly.
Seeing the dissatisfaction on some people's faces, Wei made a veiled attack, saying, "Gentlemen, do you think Lin Chaosheng got a lot of money by risking his life for these six hundred yuan?"
No one dared to say anything; they all looked at each other.
“If anyone else wants this 600 yuan, they can go up the mountain and hunt down a big bear. I’ll bring my men to sell it and pay them right away!” Captain Wei said seriously.
Upon hearing this, some people immediately fell silent.
Yes, how could they possibly take down a big black bear on their own?
Most of the onlookers were envious, but powerless to do anything about it, so they all dispersed and went home to cook their share of bear meat.
Lin Chaosheng looked at the six hundred yuan with excitement, pondering how to spend it wisely.
Zhao Shufang advised Lin Chaosheng from the side, "You should hurry up and deposit all this money. If it stays at home and is targeted by troublemakers, we'll all be in danger."
“Mother is right. So many people saw it just now. What if someone had bad intentions?” Liang Mei also advised.
After careful consideration, Lin Chaosheng decided to take his whole family to the supply and marketing cooperative for a big shopping spree the next day, and then deposit the money.
"How about this, we'll go to the county supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to buy what we want, and then I'll deposit the money."
"No, no, I don't need to buy anything," Zhao Shufang said.
Lin Shanhai hurriedly waved his hand, "Your mother and I are already this old, having enough to eat, drink and wear is enough for us, you young people can go."
Lin Chaosheng gave Liang Mei a wink, and Liang Mei quickly pulled Zhao Shufang aside and said, "Oh, Mom, but I want to go see the clothes for the baby in my belly tomorrow. If you don't go, who will help me choose?"
Seeing this, Lin Shansheng quickly advised Lin Shanhai, "Also, Dad, we're planning to get a new boat. What if something happens to us?"
And so, under the combined efforts of Liang Mei, Lin Shansheng, and the others, Zhao Shufang and Lin Shanhai were finally persuaded.
"Tomorrow, I'll just buy my parents' things without telling them first. They're so afraid of wasting things, they'll have to use them even if they don't want to." Lin Chaosheng chuckled to himself, already having made his plans.
"You guys are all so good with your mouths, hurry up and eat, it won't taste good if it gets cold for a while." Zhao Shufang was also secretly looking forward to it.
After everyone finished their lunch quickly, they went to prepare lunch for the workers.
The efficient Zhao Shufang brewed one jin of wine, stewed the vegetables in another large pot, and was also steaming the steamed buns and corn.
Seeing that the dishes had been cleared away, Lin Chaosheng decided to go and check on the progress of the new house construction, and also call the workers back for dinner.
He loaded the dandelion water that Zhao Shufang had just boiled onto the donkey cart, along with a few bowls, intending to take it to the workers.
As soon as I arrived at the new house, I saw the workers building walls non-stop.
"Everyone, stop what you're doing and come have a drink of this dandelion water!" Lin Chaosheng called out as he put the buckets off the donkey cart.
Everyone thought Lin Chaosheng had something to announce, and they all looked at him with suspicion while drinking water.
"We'll head back in a bit and get ready for dinner!" Lin Chaosheng said.
Everyone was very happy and quickly finished the water in a few gulps.
"Thank you all so much for your hard work these past few days. My house is the result of everyone's hard work," Lin Chaosheng said gratefully.
"Hey, stop talking about that!"
"You give us two meals a day, and you make sure we're well-fed. What reason do we have not to work?"
"Yes, and sometimes Aunt Zhao would even give us a few steamed buns to take home for our families!"
"That's right! When it's hot, you even cook all sorts of cooling things for us. Your whole family treats us so well, how could we not work hard?"
The workers expressed their gratitude in a cacophony of words, and Lin Chaosheng was deeply moved.
Zhao Shufang quickly prepared lunch for the workers, adding extra minced meat to each person's meal.
Everyone was extremely grateful, because each of their families had actually received roughly the same amount of bear meat, and the Lin family hadn't received much more, but they still gave everyone a piece.
They had nothing to repay the Lin family with, so they could only try their best to build and sturdy the Lin family's house as quickly as possible.
Lin Chaosheng sensed that the Lin family now enjoyed popular support and felt that the house would be completed soon.
So after lunch, he discussed with everyone what kind of furniture they should find a carpenter to make.
However, Zhao Shufang and the others had never seen any nice furniture before, and they all agreed that ordinary furniture would be fine.
Lin Chaosheng then planned to ask Lao Tang to draw some furniture designs for his family to choose from.
"Old Tang, I'm here to ask for your help again!" Lin Chaosheng shouted at the door.
When Old Tang heard that Lin Chaosheng had arrived, he warmly welcomed him inside.
"Brother Lin, what do you want me to do for you this time?" Old Tang asked with a smile.
“My family just built a new house, so we can’t use the old furniture anymore. I’d like to ask you to design some furniture styles for me. I’ll take them to my family to choose from first, and then I’ll ask you to make them for me,” Lin Chaosheng explained.
Upon hearing that this was a big business opportunity, Old Tang hurriedly pulled out a few sheets of paper and began to draw.
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