Before the Ke family's excitement had subsided, the village committee's loudspeaker blared out.
The village chief's trembling yet unusually enthusiastic voice rang out: "Attention all villagers of Luofeng Village! Please hurry and bring your stools and benches to the village committee for a meeting..."
He kept repeating it five or six times before turning off the loudspeaker. He and the village secretary each lit a cigarette and excitedly discussed the future.
The villagers had nothing else to do, so as soon as they heard the loudspeaker, they all carried stools and folding chairs, bringing their families to the village committee.
They all asked what was going on, but the village chief and the others kept their mouths shut, only saying, "We'll tell you when everyone's here. Anyway, it's good news, just wait and see!"
With a group of nephews around, Ke Meiyu still sat with the old lady in the best seats in the front row.
Qin Yuanjiu was called to the front by the village chief to co-chair the meeting.
When the villagers had gathered around seven or eight, the village chief lavishly installed batteries in a handheld loudspeaker, turned it on for a test, and loudly proclaimed, "This morning, Comrades Qin Yuanjiu, Ke Meiyu, and Ke Qingyi, along with I, went to several places to finalize two things—no, to be precise, three things!"
“Every single one of these matters is related to the interests of every villager in Luofeng Village!”
As everyone eagerly awaited his arrival, he took a deep breath and continued, "The first thing is what we talked about before: building sheds for poultry and livestock."
"Comrade Qin Yuanjiu suggested that with the help provided by the commune, we could borrow large machines from the machinery factory to help us dig and mix the soil, and then we could make bricks ourselves to build the house."
The villagers were very curious and couldn't help but chatter amongst themselves, wondering if making bricks was really that easy.
But considering that Comrade Qin Yuanjiu has the skills, it doesn't seem impossible.
In this way, they can save a lot of supplies.
"The second thing," the village chief said with a smile, keeping everyone in suspense, "I guarantee I'll make you jump off your stools!"
"Village chief, are you suggesting we get money in return for what we save?"
"We're not greedy for money, how could we be so pathetic as to jump up for a few cents?"
"What exactly is the village chief? Tell me quickly..."
The village chief coughed softly, suppressing his excitement, and said loudly, "Comrade Qin said that our village has excellent clay, he has solid skills, and everyone has a lot of strength. The commune has also provided material assistance."
"Why don't we take this opportunity to replace everyone's houses with brick and tile houses?"
The words "blue brick and tile house" came as a thunderclap from a clear sky, startling many people into jumping up.
They looked at the village chief and then at Qin Yuanjiu, who stood to the side like a pine tree, and couldn't help but say, "Village chief, Comrade Qin, we're timid, you're not joking, are you?"
"Brick and tile houses, those were only for landlords in the past. How could we possibly afford to live in them?"
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