Chapter 64 Is this house habitable?
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As soon as Ding Lingzi said this, the whole yard fell silent. Finally, it was Sister Miao who broke the awkward atmosphere, "You haven't even looked inside the house yet, it's even more outrageous."
"What?"
Puzzled, Ding Lingzi got up and went into the house. When she saw what was happening, she couldn't help but exclaim, "What the hell is going on? Is this what you call work?"
When she came out and saw the village chief, Ding Lingzi wanted to say something, but in the end she gave the village chief face and said nothing.
After squatting down and pulling out a few weeds, Ding Lingzi finally stood up, still unconvinced. "Village chief, why can Li Qingzhu and his men get 10 work points for such a good job? This is a rip-off."
Miao's wife didn't expect Ding Lingzi to be unable to hold back and speak out. Village Chief Li was already very angry, and after being exposed by Ding Lingzi, he couldn't hold it in any longer and turned around and walked out.
Tang Shengkai and Li Qingyang had just discussed in the house how to repair the roof and how much straw would be needed. They came out to get the straw, but they saw the village chief walk out of the yard with his head down.
Mrs. Miao wanted to stop Village Chief Li, but then she thought that this was a good thing. She couldn't just pamper that family.
"What's the matter?"
Li Qingyang was a little puzzled. Mrs. Miao whispered what happened. Li Qingyang didn't say anything. He looked at Ding Lingzi and shook his head. Then he took Tang Shengkai out of the yard.
Tang Yue found it quite interesting. Who on earth is this Li Qingyang? Judging from his name, he is of the same generation as Aunt Miao's uncle. So, what's so special about him?
Tang Bei, Tang Nan, and Tang Dong paid little attention to the adults' conversation. Even though the roof leaked and the draft leaked, children seemed to be naturally adaptable to their surroundings. The three of them didn't dislike this place at all; instead, they felt at ease staying here because it was a safe place.
We hadn't worked for several days, and our hands were itching to weed, so we pulled the weeds quickly.
Lin Cuicui and her two sisters-in-law worked together to pull weeds. From time to time, they also helped her plan the yard, deciding where to plant some vegetables and where to build a chicken coop. Now they could raise two chickens.
Where can we plant two trees? Several people were chattering non-stop, as if they had known each other for many years, not just today.
The days are short in winter. After all this trouble, the sun was about to set and suddenly there was a bustling sound of talking outside the yard.
A few people stood up and looked outside the yard in confusion. The height of their courtyard wall was just right, neither too high nor too low. The adults standing outside the yard could not see clearly what was planted in the yard, but they could not stop seeing the people outside.
I saw Village Chief Li walking towards this side, followed by three young men who were walking slowly and in a somewhat sloppy manner, and a group of villagers following behind them, pointing and talking.
Village Chief Li walked a few steps and turned back to shout at the group, "Hurry up."
The leading young man, holding a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, said lazily, "Oh, Uncle San, I've already worked all day, and my arms and legs feel like they're no longer my own. I can't move any faster."
"Don't bother me. If you continue to mess around, all your work points for today and the previous few days will be reset to zero."
As soon as Village Chief Li said this, the two followers beside the young man quickened their pace. However, Li Qingzhu, the leader, remained at a leisurely pace.
"Uncle San, the work points have already been recorded. How can you clear them out? If you really do that, I'll have to go home and talk to my mom."
Village Chief Li was really angry this time. He pointed at Li Qingzhu and said, "It's no use telling anyone." Then he looked at the crowd behind him and said, "Aren't you just here to watch the fun?
Now that this family is here, you might as well go into the yard and take a look at the roof."
The two young men lowered their heads in shame, but Li Qingzhu remained unmoved and swayed slowly.
Some curious people behind them had already run to the front. When they entered the yard, they saw the dirt on the hands of Mrs. Miao and the others, as well as the weeds thrown on the ground. What else did they not understand?
"Has the weeds in this yard not been pulled out?"
Li Qingzhu stood at the gate of the courtyard with no intention of going in. He put his hands on his hips and looked in other directions, his toes tapping in and out.
The other two were rubbing their shoe soles on the ground a little embarrassedly.
Someone had already entered the house and, taking advantage of the setting sun, just saw a little light shining through the roof. The person smacked his lips and said, "If the moon is bright, we can save the trouble of lighting the lamp."
The people who followed in couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. But these people are really messing around, aren't they ruining everyone?
Village Chief Li stared at Li Qingzhu, "Li Qingzhu, do you have anything else to say?"
Li Qingzhu remained unmoved. "Uncle San, we have completed all the work you asked us to do according to your requirements. What else do you want to ask me?"
"I asked you to do this? Is that what I asked you to do?"
"Yeah, I'm pulling the weeds in the yard and fixing the roof. Aren't I already doing that?"
"Is this what you did?" Village Chief Li was really furious.
Li Qingzhu was not happy with this. "What's the matter? Uncle San, isn't my work good enough? What did the roof of this house look like originally? There was no roof at all. We carried the wood down from the mountain one by one.
We laid the straw there bit by bit, is there anything wrong with that?"
Village Chief Li's hands were shaking with anger. "Is this how you put up a roof for someone else? It's full of holes?"
"Hole? That's impossible. We were very careful and thorough when we were laying the paving. We checked it thoroughly after we finished laying it, and there weren't any leaks at all.
Besides, Uncle San, didn’t you check the work in the end? If it’s not up to standard, you can’t stop us from working, right?
"you?"
Village Chief Li was furious. He was busy those days, as was the entire production team. Li Qingzhu offered to help fix the roof, promising to do it properly. He asked the village chief to give them full work points.
He thought the child had finally grown up and looked like a human being. He gladly agreed and repeatedly urged him to do his best. They had made a good promise.
When he finished his work, he said he wanted to come over to check, but Li Qingzhu said, "Uncle San, if others don't believe you, how can you not believe me?
Don't worry, I will take care of everything for you and make sure those people will be satisfied.
Besides, if your nephew is doing the work and you go over to check it out, my brothers will definitely think I have no authority. How embarrassing would that be for me?
Don't worry, Third Uncle, I've taken care of everything for you, just put your mind at ease."
As a result, he softened his heart and believed it. But what is going on now?
Angry, Village Chief Li grabbed Li Qingzhu's hand and went into the house.
"Have you finished laying it out? Now that you've finished laying it out, look at what's all this?"
Li Qingzhu lazily let Village Chief Li pull him into the house, which looked much the same as when they finished renovating it. He looked up at the rooftop. Hey! Those little dots of light were actually quite pleasing.
"Hey, Uncle San, look how bright this room is. We did a really good job."
The village chief slapped Li Qingzhu on the head. "Don't you see the holes in the roof? How can you live here?"
Village chief Li was really angry. This kid was such a scoundrel.
Li Qingzhu was too lazy to bother with the village chief, nor did he want to be held by him. He swung his arm and shook off the village chief's hand.
"A hole? What does it have to do with me? It was fine when we finished repairing it. It's broken now, that's our problem now. How about you give us three more days of work points, and then we can come over and fix it."
Village chief Li felt difficulty breathing and pointed at Li Qingzhu in anger. Perhaps because he was so angry that he lost his mind, he unconsciously took two steps back.
Tang Shengkai, who had just returned carrying some straw, happened to hold him up. Seeing so many people in and out of the courtyard, Tang Shengkai didn't want to make things worse as soon as he arrived, so he helped Village Chief Li up.
"Uncle Village Chief, forget it. I'll just get some rest with Brother Li. Don't be angry."
"no."
Before Village Chief Li finished speaking, Li Qingzhu continued, "That's right, you should have put more straw when you were mending it. I don't know if it's because the wind is so strong here that the roof, which was just mended, is leaking again.
Or maybe the feng shui here is bad?"
Village Chief Li's face turned green. Tang Shengkai turned around and looked at Li Qingzhu and smiled, "Feng Shui? Little brother, it seems you are quite superstitious."
After saying that, he smiled at Li Qingzhu.
Li Qingzhu's face darkened. He spat out the dogtail grass and looked at Tang Shengkai with a half-smile. He took a few steps forward, almost touching Tang Shengkai's face. "What did you say? I didn't understand what you said just now, young master?"
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