Chapter 44 Surprise

Since the tile factory started paying their wages, the workers' enthusiasm for work has been significantly improved. They all work very hard. After all, it is really hard to find such a high-paying job. No one wants to lose this job that can change their destiny.

Deng Shirong has been very busy recently. He is responsible for the food and drinks of twenty to thirty people every day, which is not an easy task.

Of course, with more than twenty young and strong men helping with the work, the progress of building his house was very encouraging. The foundation was dug in just two days, because it would take twenty-one days to lay the bricks. The young and strong men were not idle either, so they went up the mountain to cut pine trees, which were used to make beams.

In Shuangwang area, more than 95% of the households use pine wood to make beams.

Nowadays, paint is rarely used when building houses in rural areas. In order to prevent the beams from being damaged by insects, people use the traditional method passed down from their ancestors and put the cut beams at the bottom of the river to soak them. The longer the soaking time, the better.

As early as two years ago, after his eldest son turned eighteen, Deng Shirong began to cut down a lot of pine wood for soaking.

But at that time, we didn't expect to build so many houses at once, so the prepared pine wood was obviously a little insufficient, so we had to let the young and strong people go up the mountain to cut it.

There is not enough time to soak the pine wood if we cut it down now. Fortunately, Deng Shirong is not the only one in Naye Village who has soaked the roof beams in advance. Many families who plan to build new houses in the next few years have also cut down pine wood in advance and soaked them.

Now that other people have no plans to build a house, Deng Shirong can exchange the newly cut pine wood for the pine wood that others have soaked in advance. He still has some face.

Soon it was July 21st. At 6:28 in the morning, after the brick laying and firecrackers were set off, the construction of Deng Shirong's house began.

By this time, the summer vacation has passed unknowingly, and my sons will start school tomorrow.

In the evening, when the family had finished bathing and were chatting in the living room, Deng Shirong took out a stack of money from his pocket, counted out 25 yuan from it, handed it to his second son and said, "Yunheng, this is your tuition and two weeks' living expenses. You only have two semesters left in your high school career. I have already told you everything I should say. If you don't get into college, you can only come back to do hard labor. Only if you get into college can you live the life you want."

Deng Yunheng took the money and said firmly, "Dad, I understand. I will work hard and will not let you down."

Deng Shirong nodded, counted out another ten yuan, handed it to his third son, and said, "Xiaosong, use this money to pay tuition, and the extra money will be your pocket money. You are about to start your junior high school life. The two years of junior high school are very important. They determine the path you will take in the future. You must work hard."

Schools at that time were not very standardized. For example, the school in Naye Village not only had an elementary school, but also a junior high school. The junior high school was not abolished until a few years later.

The tuition fee of Naye School is not fixed. It may be more this semester and less next semester. It depends on the school's financial income. Because schools at that time had side businesses, the school also set up labor classes for this purpose, allowing students to help the school with work, so that part of the tuition fee can be reduced.

Deng Yunsong took the money and nodded in response: "I understand, Dad. I will study hard."

Deng Shirong counted out two eight-dollar bills and handed them to his fourth and youngest sons, and said, "It's the same with you two. I guess you won't understand if I tell you about the future now. Anyway, I've already told you about the rewards for the midterm and final exams. If you want money to buy snacks, study hard."

Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng took the money and nodded.

Deng Shirong thought for a moment, then counted out two more two-dollar bills and handed them to his two daughters, saying, "Ah Zhen, Ah Zhu, this is your pocket money. As a girl, you should have some money on you."

Deng Yunzhen and Deng Yunzhu both took the money with surprise, obviously not expecting their father to give them so much pocket money.

Deng Yunzhu's face turned red with excitement.

Even though Deng Yunzhen was already 18 years old, she couldn't hide the smile on her face. Even the red envelopes given by her father and other relatives during the Chinese New Year did not add up to more than two yuan. Now her father suddenly gave her two yuan in pocket money, which was a huge surprise for her.

Seeing his two daughters so happy, Deng Shirong felt that the four yuan was really worth it. He smiled and said to his eldest daughter, "Ah Zhen, Yunheng will go to school tomorrow. It will be a waste of time if he walks. You can ride a bicycle with him. After you send him to school, you can have some noodles or something at the commune and then ride back by yourself."

As soon as these words came out, Deng Yunzhen and Deng Yunheng couldn't help but feel happy.

Deng Yunzhen was happy because she had never been to Songshan Commune in her life, so of course she wanted to go and see it.

Needless to say, Deng Yunheng was very happy. He had studied at Songshan High School for a year. The most annoying thing was walking to school with his luggage and rice on his back. It took more than three hours, which was almost like doing hard labor.

Now, he can ride a bicycle to school, which is not only fast but also does not require him to carry so many things. It would be strange if he is not happy!

After that, the father and son chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest.

After lying back on the bed, Deng Shirong began to think about how to make connections with other people.

Now the pork braised pork and other things in the system space are consumed very quickly because there are too many people eating every day. Even with all kinds of fish, shrimps, eels, snails, frogs and other things to help support it, the pork braised pork has been consumed nearly one-third of the time before the construction of the house really started.

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If he had no more income and all the meat in the system space was consumed, he would have to use real money to buy it, which would be uneconomical.

There are many young and strong people of marriageable age in the village, but after thinking about it, Deng Shirong found that none of these marriages could compare with that of Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying. Some of them have been quarreling for half their lives, some have divorced in their forties or fifties, and some have not quarreled or made a fuss but have been poor for decades.

Deng Shirong naturally didn't want to help arrange such a marriage.

After thinking for a while, he still had no clue. Deng Shirong realized that it was because he had too few resources. There were only a few people available for matching. It would not be feasible for a matchmaker to have such few resources. It seemed that it was time to go to other teams and collect more information on eligible men and women.

As for cooking for the workers, he could leave it to his eldest daughter. After so many days of teaching, his eldest daughter's cooking skills had improved a lot. Although she was still far from being comparable to him as a father, there were few people in the village who could match her.

The eldest daughter is in charge of the cooking, and she has two or three people to help. Deng Shirong only needs to prepare enough meat in advance every day, and he can be free from the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)