Chapter 64: Going to the Brick
and Tile Factory When Wang Lianhua and Xifeng arrived, Shen Meng and Xie Jing had already eaten with their children. They arrived late and were too shy to leave.
If you were to help with work, you would definitely leave early, but if you were to go to someone's house for dinner, you just couldn't move. The two of them didn't want to bring their children over, after all, Shen Meng had said in advance that she would make pig's trotter soup in the evening. It would be inappropriate for them to go alone, but it was inappropriate for them to bring their children with them.
At night, Yaoyao and Gaogao would cling to their mother and hold her tightly. Daqing and Erqing would run out to play with Mingyang and other children after dinner. Today was the first day of school. Daqing was the only one in the third grade. He looked taller among the children. Even Mingyang was more polite to him. After all, his mother said that going to school would cost a lot of money.
They gathered together, holding branches and writing and drawing on the ground in the yard. Mingliang even acted like a little teacher and asked Shen Meng to learn from him.
The original owner had attended a literacy class before and knew a few words, but not many. Shen Meng thought that she would ask Mingyang and others to teach her what they had learned every night. After a long time, she would go to the county town to buy two books to pretend, so that when she showed her talent in the future, she would not be suspected.
"They are all playing!" Xifeng said happily while holding Gao Gao. She also pulled Wang Lianhua.
The latter held Yaoyao and did not say anything, with an unnatural expression on her face.
Shen Meng quickly stood up and moved stools for the two of them, "Hurry up and sit down. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Why are you here just now?"
"The children are making a fuss, haha." Wang Lianhua said embarrassedly. Xifeng wanted to laugh but was glared at by her.
Shen Meng looked at their expressions and knew that they were probably embarrassed again. She chuckled and went to the kitchen to bring out the hot pig's trotter soup in the pot.
"Drink it quickly. It's been kept hot for you. It has soybeans and kelp in it. It's the best for women. There's also the sauce I made. It's a little spicy. Can you eat it?"
"Yes, yes, yes. I like spicy food. Oh, I can't smell it from outside, but it smells really good when I'm close."
Shen Meng served them all a bowl, including Gao Gao and Yao Yao, and also gave each of them a small piece of vegetable python.
"There's a lot of meat on this pig's trotter, so the two kids are eating some. The vegetable python is made of cabbage and vermicelli, so my sister-in-law and Xifeng are eating one too." She had asked Daqing before, and they also had cornmeal cakes and soup.
"We've already eaten, didn't we say we'd drink a couple of sips of soup? If you hadn't told us during the day, we wouldn't have come over at night."
"Who said it wasn't? There are kelp, soybeans, and meat in your pig's trotter soup. How come there are so many of them? Xiao Meng, you can't do that. If you do that, we won't come next time."
Shen Meng laughed and said, "Yes, yes, I have something else I want my sister-in-law and Xifeng to help with. Hehe, the private plot has been cleaned up, and now is a good time to sow seeds. I asked someone for some vegetable seedlings and fruit trees, and I started planting them. I can do these slowly by myself, but I want to build a fence around the private plot, and I want Brother Yongjun to help." Xifeng took
a sip of the meat soup and was satisfied. There was a little person jumping in circles in her heart. After listening to Shen Meng's words, she immediately put down the bowl.
"Hey, forget about building a fence. My second sister-in-law and I will help you plant vegetables after work tomorrow. You should stop working with your body. We can do it together later."
Shen Meng nodded and agreed very readily.
Xie Jinghao was watching and laughing. Her eldest sister-in-law must have had this idea in mind. When she heard Daqing talk about his own dinner, her sister-in-law's expression was not right. It was obvious that she felt sorry for her two sisters-in-law and was afraid that they would not accept the benefits, so she thought of this idea. Now she can see her eldest sister-in-law's character clearly.
The next day.
After the family had breakfast, Shen Meng sent Lu Mingkai to Xie Jinghao's place and asked her to help look after the children. She had to go to the county town. She had planned to buy a bicycle before, so she had to put it on the schedule as soon as possible, otherwise it would be inconvenient to do anything.
She rode Uncle Guai's ox cart all the way to the county town, found a deserted place, took a Feige brand bicycle from the space and rode to the brick factory on the edge of the county town.
The brick factory was very busy. Although it was already autumn, the men working there were still shirtless, panting and moving bricks and pulling clay. When Shen Meng arrived on her bicycle, several ruffian men whistled at her.
"Did you see that? There's a woman coming over there. She's very pretty."
"Keep your voice down. Didn't you see what she was wearing? That red plaid fabric is not cheap. My wife has been thinking about it for a long time, but I didn't buy it for her. She might be a relative of a leader. If she offends him, she'll be punished."
"What? I just said a few words. Can it cost her a pound of weight? Besides, she's a woman. She doesn't stay at home well, but runs to where there are many men here. Maybe she's not a good woman."
Kong Wenxiang passed by several rickshaw workers with a book of accounts in his hand. He listened to the idle chat and put his hands behind his back.
"Do you still want to do it? Why are you making up stories about female comrades? What kind of place is this? This is a brick factory, a serious place. What can they do here? It's for the bricks in your hands. Is it to smell your sweat?"
The factory director caught them talking nonsense. The people who were just discussing quickly shut up.
Kong Wenxiang looked at the man who said "not a good woman" for a long time before turning around and walking away.
The brick factory was extremely profitable. Generally, those who wanted bricks had to have connections, but they were still put off until after the New Year. He was worried every day. Some workers were good, but they just slacked off. They were paid such high wages every month, and they only had one meal provided by the factory. He was really angry, but he couldn't fire them. If he could, he would have fired them long ago.
After talking about the workers, it was time to go and see the female comrade who had caused a lot of discussion at the brick factory.
When he arrived, he saw the guard at the door talking to a female comrade. Looking from a distance, he saw that she was indeed a pretty female comrade. A woman who came all the way to such a place must be because the man at home couldn't support the family, otherwise he would have made his wife tired.
"What's going on?"
"Hello, Director. This woman is asking about the price of green bricks and black tiles. I told her the price. She came from the Lujia Village production team. It's so far away. She has come all the way here. We can't just kick her out!"
The guard said this carefully, fearing that his behavior would make the director dissatisfied.
Shen Meng looked at Kong Wenxiang, his eyes flickered, and then he smiled at him.
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