Build a house
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. After breakfast, Qin Wenli took Qin Shu and Niuniu to wait at the intersection early to receive their life-saving bag.
The shuttle bus drove towards them in the distance as the three of them waited.
Qin Shu jumped up happily and cheered: "Dad, it's the bus, the bus is coming!"
Niu Niu was infected by his emotions and also smiled happily, staring curiously at the big guy that was gradually approaching.
The driver slowly steadied the car, opened the front door, and pointed at the shelf with a smile. Qin Wenli quickly jumped up and took the bag from the shelf. He paid the driver, smiled and waved his hand, and couldn't wait to lead the two little ones home.
Seeing his happy expression, Hu Yufeng stopped what she was doing and walked over.
Qin Wenli carefully opened the cardboard box, and inside was a bunch of tied packaging bags, paper bags, and so on.
After Yang Xiu and Xizi passed it around and took a look, Hu Yufeng said with a smile, "What are you waiting for? Just pretend!"
The stone table at home was a ready-made battlefield. Qin Wenli brought over a plate of cooled fried dough twists. He and Hu Yufeng sat on each side and started putting the dough into the bag.
This is not a technical job, you just need to be extra careful when sealing it at the end, as it is easy for the seal to not stick tightly if your hands shake. The old lady thought she was capable of doing the job, and just as she came over to help, she was sent away by Hu Yufeng to make the fire.
The old lady wasn't angry either. Forget it, since they look down on me, I'll just keep making fire honestly.
There were two chopping boards in the room, one for Huizi and one for Xizi, and Yang Xiu's main dish was lao.
The only sounds in the whole yard were the rubbing sounds of plastic bags and the voices of three young people in the kitchen. Mixed with the fragrance that filled the yard, it made people want to have a sweet sleep.
Chen Xiulian couldn't help but bow her head as she looked at her son lying on the sofa.
Wenqing has been a smart child since he was young. Before he got married, he and his wife took care of all the problems. After getting married, Xueqin was treated even more dearly. She was spoiled and pampered. She would just stroll around with him every day, and he would do a lot of fancy things. At that time, she agreed to marry Liu Rong because she had a strong personality and could control Wen Qing. The result was that he was stunted and stopped hanging out. Instead, he just stayed at home and slept all day.
I had a trauma at the market the day before yesterday, and since I got home I've been dissatisfied with everything. But she was a little confused about what to do to make it look good. Anyway, it was impossible for her to go out and earn money. At this point, she was no longer willing to admit it, nor did she dare to say that Hu Yufeng's money came from illegal sources. She is almost 60 years old, and it is impossible for her to earn this hard-earned money by living in the open air and working in public.
Besides, she is already sixty years old, and it is hard to say whether she can live to seventy. Why should she earn this money? Leave it to Wenqing? Then why not let Wenqing earn it himself? Thinking of this, my confused mind of the past two days suddenly became clear. Yes, it’s time to let Wenqing go out and earn money!
Seeing that Liu Rong was not there, she hurried out of the room, her voice as low as a thief's: "Wenqing, Wenqing, come out..."
Qin Wenqing had just finished harvesting corn and felt uncomfortable all over. He heard his mother calling him. He pulled on his shoes, slowly stood at the door and stuck his head out and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Come here, come here and I want to discuss something with you..." Seeing his mother glancing outside the door from time to time, Qin Wenqing hesitated for a moment, but decided to obediently follow her to the main room.
As soon as he entered the door, he lay down on the empty sofa, with his hands behind his head, his legs crossed, and he was so leisurely that he was almost holding a piece of wild grass in his mouth.
Chen Xiulian couldn't help scratching her head. She couldn't even praise him against her conscience.
"Wenqing, you see the corn has been harvested. What are your plans next?" Chen Xiulian said gently, unable to praise or scold.
"I haven't thought about it yet, let me rest for a while..."
Chen Xiu Lian's luck: Take a break, take a break, this period of time has almost been a whole year of savings, why not take a break!
"I heard from your second aunt that Yang Xu's unit is preparing for winter road maintenance and is hiring 20 people a day. If you go, I'll talk to Yang Xu about it."
The highway section where Yang Xu works maintains the roads within the county every spring and autumn. Although it is called maintenance, in fact, the heavy work such as repairing potholes is done by machines, and the workers' work is very light, which is to use shovels to clear the weeds on both sides of the road. Yang Xu and his colleagues receive a daily subsidy of 40 yuan for field work, but these soldiers are unwilling to do the job. They only come for show during inspections, and usually they spend 20 yuan to hire someone.
Their Xiaogou Village is right next to the national highway. If Wenqing goes there, it's right at his doorstep. It's a very good job and a lot of people are vying for it every year. If Wen Li didn't have a serious business now and Qin Shengtian wasn't too busy, how could Hu Yufeng tell her this news.
Thinking of this, she looked at her son with particularly earnest eyes.
Qin Wenqing, however, had an indifferent expression: "No, I won't go. I'll just have to go back and forth every day to do the same work, and walk such a long way. What's the point..."
Chen Xiulian really wanted to sigh to the sky: What's so interesting about it? It's fun to fool around with other people's wives, but can you make money from it?
Chen Xiu Lian didn't want to talk, she just wanted to be quiet.
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"Wenqing, Wenqing, where have you been?" Liu Rong called out loudly when he entered the room and didn't see the man.
"He's lying in our room..." Chen Xiulian was so angry that she felt it was not enough and added: "Your second aunt said that the highway section will recruit people for road maintenance next month. I was talking to her..."
Liu Rong was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect her mother-in-law to take the initiative to talk, and then pretended to be indifferent and said coldly: "Oh, this is a good thing..."
"It's a good thing, Wenqing is not going..." Chen Xiulian was a little discouraged. Look, Liu Rong is so unreasonable and everyone knows it's a good thing.
Liu Rong was stunned, then walked quickly into the main hall. After a while, he pushed Qin Wenqing out and stood in front of Chen Xiulian and said, "Who said not to go? Let's go. We'll both go..."
Chen Xiulian looked up in surprise, "Really? If you want to go, I'll risk my reputation to talk to your second aunt..."
Qin Wenqing said nothing, Liu Rong nodded firmly: "Go..."
Chen Xiulian instantly regained her energy.
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In Lao Qin's house, four boxes of fried dough twists are neatly placed on the shelves in the main hall.
Qin Wenli clapped his hands, gathered up the remaining bags, thought for a moment, and called Hu Yufeng:
"Mom, there is something I want to discuss with you..."
"you say……"
"Shall we build a building in the yard to store fried dough twists?" Qin Wenli said with a smile.
"I was just about to say this. It's okay, but I was thinking about adding the operation room as well and building them together." The supply quantity is small now, and the kitchen at home can still handle it. If the quantity increases in the future, it will conflict with the family. Moreover, Hu Yufeng always felt that it was more hygienic for everyone to do their own work separately.
Qin Wenli's eyes instantly lit up with surprise. He had thought of this, but he was thinking about the family's financial situation and had not prepared to mention it separately. He did not expect his mother to bring it up directly. He nodded yes repeatedly.
"Then we have to push down this wall, build a row like this, and then expand the yard outward..." Qin Wenli pointed to the place to his mother according to the plan in his mind, and Hu Yufeng nodded.
"This is just what we think. We need to find a fortune teller to take a look in person..." Hu Yufeng is still quite superstitious. Every year during the Chinese New Year, we have to find a fortune teller to "settle" us, not to mention building a house, which requires guidance from an expert.
Qin Wenli nodded and said, "Then I will go find Zhao Yinyang tomorrow." Zhao Yinyang was the most accomplished person among them. Sure enough, Hu Yufeng nodded with satisfaction.
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Early the next morning, Qin Wenli drove a tricycle to pick up Zhao Yinyang.
The old man got out of the car and slowed down, then took out a compass and walked around, stopping and starting. Qin Shengtian followed closely behind him and gave instructions. Qin Wenli, who was being instructed, took four wooden pegs and pushed them into the ground according to the instructions of Yin and Yang. The direction was thus determined. Because the wall needed to be demolished, the front door of the house also had to be repositioned, and Zhao Yinyang gave some pointers.
Everything was ready except checking the date, so Qin Shengtian invited the old man to sit on the kang again. He took out an old almanac, flipped through it and chose a good day for breaking ground - September 12.
Hu Yufeng was very satisfied with the date chosen. It was now the sixth day of September, and there were still six days left, which was enough time to prepare bricks and materials.
After having dinner at Old Qin's house, Qin Wenli respectfully sent the old man back.
"Wenli, talk to Wenzheng tonight to see if he has time. We should let him take over our building. It would be best if he can provide both the labor and the materials." Qin Wenzheng is a clever man. As soon as he came out of prison, he began to study various skills, from laying bricks to build houses to tailoring and making shoes. It is precisely because of this ingenuity that he was able to start from just two broken clay pots and now own a house and a car.
Qin Wenli responded happily. Why wait until night? He would go find his elder brother to settle it right away.
Hu Yufeng couldn't help but chuckle at his rare display of emotion, then she remembered something and added, "Let's out the meal too. It'd be best if Lanhua could cook it. We're too busy at home to take care of it..."
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Today is another good day to set up a stall, and it is also a good day for Qin Wenli and Hu Yufeng to go on their second expedition.
Seeing Qin Wenli coming back with a smile on his face, Hu Yufeng asked, "What do you mean?"
"My eldest brother said that if he has time, he will finish the work he is doing tomorrow and find someone to move bricks. My eldest sister-in-law also agreed to do the cooking."
Hu Yufeng was also very happy. Qin Wenzhen is a reliable person. If he outsources everything, he won't have to worry about it anymore.
"Then pack up and go!"
After dropping Yang Xiu and the other two off at the market, Qin Wenli and Hu Yufeng drove towards Caiping.
They analyzed it yesterday afternoon. Yangqiao is sandwiched between Shangguan and Caiping, and the terrain is long and narrow. People from this township probably go to the two big townships next door to go to the market. Then let’s go to Caiping first today. As long as we take Caiping, Yangqiao will become dispensable.
From Shangguan, after crossing a mountain, climbing up a ridge, and scaling a hilltop, you will arrive at Caiping Township, which has 10 villages under its jurisdiction and is extremely large in area.
This was Hu Yufeng’s first time here, and her first feeling was that she had arrived at the edge of the sky. It’s true. After climbing up the slope, you will see a straight street stretching forward in front of you, and then disappearing into the mountains and forests in the distance. There were endless low mountains in front, behind, and on both sides. Hu Yufeng couldn't help but think of the famous poem: "I will climb to the top of the mountain, and look down on all the other mountains." Of course, the earthen mountain under her feet cannot be compared with the famous Mount Tai, but the feeling is very similar. Just standing here makes me feel open-minded.
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