Chapter 61 Regret
Lin Qin watched silently and gave Liu Yaya a wink.
The little girl understood what he meant and deliberately broke a duck egg. Lin Yi kept nagging her for a long time, so she had to cook another one.
There's just something for everyone.
Chen Wenjun ate a boiled wild duck egg and took the opportunity to go to Shanglin Village.
When he came back, he also brought Lin Qingxiang and Lin Shaojun with him.
After a while, trucks carrying red bricks, cement, sand and gravel arrived one after another.
Chen Wenjun and his wife and Lin Qingxiang and his son hurried over to help unload the goods.
The things were first piled on the shore and then sent to Nanyu by fishing boats.
At this time, many boat people saw it. Some of them recognized Chen Wenjun and asked in a loud voice.
Chen Wenjun responded loudly, "Building a house!"
He didn't say much, but the news that Chen Wenjun bought land and built a house spread at the fastest speed, and everyone suspected that he had made a fortune.
Chen Yongding came back from the street and told his whole family about this.
"Wenjun is going to build a house. I heard that Guoxing Hotel bought a big fish weighing nearly 20 kilograms and sold it for 40 yuan!"
Zhou Shuifang paused and looked at him, "What do you mean? Are you saying that Wenjun caught this fish? When I asked his wife yesterday evening, she said that he didn't catch anything!"
"Did you ask that this morning?" Chen Yongding looked at her with amusement.
Zhou Shuifang was speechless for a moment.
They returned to the port last night, but Chen Wenjun’s fishing boat did not come over, which means this is possible, and it is very likely!
Chen Yongding sighed, "Yesterday Wenjun said he couldn't build a house without money, but today he bought cement and red bricks. Isn't that making money? And I guess he made a lot of money, otherwise he wouldn't be able to buy so many materials at once."
Zhou Shuifang's face gradually became awkward as she listened. She regretted selling the fishing net to Chen Wenjun and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself several times.
I held it in for a while, but couldn't hold it in anymore.
"Why don't we go and ask and see if they were caught with the net I made."
Grandpa Chen, who had been silent the whole time, was immediately furious when he heard this. "Why are you asking? What do you want to do by asking? The things have been sold, and the money has been collected. Were you not very happy yesterday? Now you regret it and ask for it back. It will be embarrassing if it gets out!
Besides, Wenjun wasn't the only one who used the big fishing net to catch fish yesterday, so why didn't other people catch big fish? Do you really think that the big fish caught with this net is ours?"
Zhou Shuifang was scolded so much that she had nothing to say. She turned around and continued to work in a depressed mood.
Chen Yongding looked at Grandpa Chen and said, "Dad, should we help Wenjun build his house?"
Before, they had no money to lend to others, so it was useless to ask. Now that the materials have been purchased, they cannot give money, but they can contribute their labor!
Grandpa Chen shook his head. "If Wenjun came to ask us to go, we would definitely go. Why would we go if he didn't ask us to? We have to be paid for our work. Do we want to go and embarrass him?"
It would be fine if they were just helping for one or two days, but if they really want to help, they have to keep helping. It would be inappropriate not to pay them, and they would feel embarrassed to accept the money even if they are paid.
Also, they have never built a house, so they might end up making things worse if they went there.
All of Chen Yongding's thoughts were denied, so he stopped talking about Chen Wenjun's affairs and turned to talk about the arrangements for shipping.
After a heavy rain, the water level rises, and this is the best time to travel by boat.
At the same time, Chen Wenjun and others, who were being talked about by everyone, were busy until dark before they delivered all the materials to Nanyu.
Several people looked up at the sky and saw a sky full of stars. They knew without thinking that tomorrow would definitely be a sunny day, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Qingxiang said: "I will bring the master worker here tomorrow morning. We will measure the dimensions and start laying bricks."
Lin Yi rubbed his hands excitedly, "Okay, okay! How early tomorrow?"
Seeing his impatient look, Lin Qingxiang pondered and said, "How about we set off at five and arrive before six?"
"become!"
After Lin Qingxiang and Lin Shaojun left, Lin Yixing hurriedly found Lin Qin and said, "You have to buy some snacks tomorrow morning and treat the workers well. You have to make them satisfied."
Chen Wenjun said immediately, "Then I'll buy some shrimp cakes and fried dough sticks. Dad will cook a pot of tofu and fish soup, steamed rice, and a pot of water snails with soy sauce for lunch tomorrow. How do you think?"
Lin Yi thought about it carefully and smiled even more. "Not bad, not bad. This is good."
Tomorrow is the official start of work, and this table can be regarded as a banquet for the craftsmen who are working. Only after everyone has eaten well will they work seriously.
After the three of them finished discussing, they turned around and found that the two children were drooling, and they burst into laughter.
Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun got up around four o'clock the next day.
It was almost five o'clock when the two of them pushed the cart to Xiatian Vegetable Market.
People are very busy now and many of them are setting up stalls.
Lin Qin first bought some freshly fried dough sticks and snacks on the street, and then went to a nearby store to weigh out two kilograms of bulk biscuits.
When it’s almost time, head back.
When she got on the fishing boat, Lin Qingxiang and his son also came with the skilled worker Zhang Yongquan.
There was another person beside Zhang Yongquan, named Lin Zhiqiang, who was his apprentice.
All four of them were carrying work tools.
When Lin Qin saw this, he quickly got off the boat to help.
Lin Yi was responsible for greeting Zhang Yongquan.
Zhang Yongquan has been working as a laborer for many years, but this is the first time he has gone to the island to work for the boat people. When he got on the boat, everything he saw was new to him.
Lin Yi took out the snacks that Lin Qin bought to entertain everyone. "I'll trouble you, Master Zhang, for the next few days. We are boat people. We are not as wealthy as others. We can only buy materials according to the money we have. We may not be able to build it all at once."
Zhang Yongquan nodded, indicating his understanding. "It's the same in the village! Some families can still build a house for half a year. Anyway, just come and tell me when you're going to start the work, so I can make arrangements. It's just a coincidence this time. We just finished the last job and were planning to take a break for two or three days. What a coincidence! Qingxiang came to find us!"
"That means we are destined to be together!"
Lin Yi, who has always been tongue-tied, has become eloquent this time, which shows how much he values building a house.
Lin Qin and her two children listened quietly by the side. She gave each of them a biscuit, and the two children sat there obediently without making any noise.
Wait until Lin Yi arrives at Nanyu with a bamboo pole.
Zhang Yongquan and his team reached the shore as quickly as possible.
When seeing this large area, Zhang Yongquan's first reaction was the same as Lin Qingxiang's, which was to repair the gap.
Lin Yi quickly pointed to the stones beside him and said, "We have collected a lot of materials and dug the foundation. Today we will do it ourselves."
He can’t build a house, but can’t he build a small wall?
Zhang Yongquan nodded with satisfaction.
When he arrived at the place, he first climbed onto the concrete floor, jumped on it several times, and then hit it a few times with a sledgehammer to test its solidity.
Seeing that the base was in good condition, Lin Qingxiang said proudly: "We used rocks from this mountain, which are much harder than red bricks. This foundation will be fine for hundreds of years!"
(End of this chapter)
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