There were educated youth who applied for homesteads to settle down in Xiangyang Brigade, but there were few like Gou Suisui who applied for homesteads within less than half a year of going to the countryside. However, since others had spent the money, there was no reason for them to refuse.
This is the collective income of the village.
Gou Suisui’s request is to repair the house as soon as possible.
It just so happened that winter was approaching and there was nothing to do, so Lin Mancang gathered about twenty young men to help Gou Suisui build a house.
The wage is fifty cents a day. According to Gou Sui Sui's request, the house will take a month to build, which means fifteen yuan per person, which is comparable to the temporary workers in the county.
As soon as Lin Mancang announced the details and talked about the wages, the village instantly became lively.
"Gou Zhiqing, would you mind giving the people who are hiring you a meal? If not, everyone will be happy to do it, but if you do, everyone will work even harder."
This is what the family members of those young and middle-aged people asked Lin Mancang to ask, and of course Lin Mancang also meant this.
But Gou Suisui lived in Lin A Niang's house. Lin A Niang might not be willing to let her cook for so many people at home, nor would she be happy to have so many people coming in and out.
This was something Gou Suisui hadn't considered. She thought for a moment, "Captain, you know it's not convenient for me to live at Lin A Niang's house. I can have a meal at noon and some vinegar tea and boiled water in the morning and afternoon. But I don't know the rules. I'll have to trouble you to find a few women. I'll pay for it."
Lin Mancang thought the same thing, and when he saw Gou Suisui, he felt that she was very sensible.
"Okay, then I'll arrange it for you. The dishes are all from home, so it won't cost you much. You won't need any tea, just boiling water. Your homestead is close to my house, so I'll cook the meals there. My wife will count as one, and I'll have one each from the village chief and the party secretary's families, and we'll find two more people. What do you think, Gou Zhiqing?"
Gou Suisui found this arrangement very interesting when he heard it, and laughed: "That's what the captain arranged, I'm only responsible for paying."
Well, you are really generous.
Gou Suisui didn't care about the wages of the cook, and took out five big unity banknotes and deposited them with Lin Qiyuan.
Lin Mancang refused, saying it was too much. Gou Suisui agreed to refund him the excess and make up the shortfall, and only then did he take the money.
Originally, Lin Mancang thought that Gou Suisui was a fool with a lot of money, but then he changed his mind and felt that Gou Suisui just trusted him, so he made up his mind to help Gou Suisui build a beautiful house.
Among the people Lin Mancang looked for was a man named Lin Daquan, who was about 40 years old and a carpenter. In his early years, he had helped people build houses with his master. He was literate, and what was rare was that he could understand the design drawings drawn by Gou Suisui.
The tasks of hiring people and cooking were handed over to Lin Qiyuan. Gou Suisui paid the money and had a conversation with Lin Daquan. After finding that he was a talented person, he gave up the matter of building the house.
Everyone in the village knew that Gou Suisui was going to build a house, and the people who were assigned the job naturally praised her again and again.
Those who were not selected as workers and whose families could not cook for them were of course secretly jealous of each other.
"Why can't my family be selected? Each person can earn fifteen yuan a month. There are so many men in my family, and they are all strong laborers. How come Lin Qiyuan is not as good as Tian Changguo as the team leader?"
The Liu family signed up for both building a house and cooking, but in the end they got nothing.
The family closed the door and murmured to each other, cursing Gou Suisui again and again, and sighed that it was stupid to let Liu Dajun make the matter a fait accompli beforehand.
I knew Gou Suisui was rich, but who knew she was so rich?
Zhou Lanying naturally also knew that Gou Suisui was going to build a house. She didn't dare to believe it at first, but when she learned that the news about the wages had leaked out, she naturally became even more jealous.
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