The next day, Mu Qingli heard that she had exchanged enough adobe bricks, and she could start building the house today before the autumn harvest.
Fu Hongzhou, Bo Chuyan and their colleagues also began to pull the red bricks to the foundation one tractor at a time.
Now, when building a house, workers have to be paid 40 cents a day and have to provide them with a meal. Mu Qingli thought that cooking was not very convenient, and decided to increase the wages of the builders by 10 cents so that they could solve their own food problems.
The construction workers were all overjoyed when they heard they were going to get a ten-cent pay raise. Who would spend money on eating out these days? It would be better to convert it into cash.
You have to know that in their village, a full day's work is only worth 40 cents, which is neither good nor bad. In poor villages, a full day's work is only worth 25 cents, and in villages with better economic conditions, it is worth more than one yuan. Mu Qingli raised their wages by 10 cents, which is more than what they earned from a full day's work.
Mu Qingli discussed the layout of the house and the price of the beams with the construction team leader, and also instructed them to dig a drainage ditch. The most feared thing about adobe houses is flooding. The roof also needs to be kept in good condition without leaks, and the eaves must be extended.
"Fu Hongzhou! Bo Chuyan!" After Mu Qingli discussed with the leader of the construction team, she ran to Fu Hongzhou's foundation to discuss with the two men.
"What's the matter?" Fu Hongzhou asked with a cold expression.
"How about we convert some of the remaining banknotes into red bricks? I want to use red bricks as the foundation of the house! I want to use red bricks as the foundation of the wall, otherwise, it will be dangerous when it rains continuously." Mu Qingli said with great anticipation.
Looking at their truckloads of red bricks, I felt a little envious.
"Then why don't you build a brick house? If it's because of bricks and tiles, I'll help you find them!" Fu Hongzhou's tone remained unchanged, but there was a bit more humanity in his voice.
"No, I won't build a brick house. This is enough for me to live in!" Mu Qingli waved her hand to refuse. Three brick houses, plus a woodshed, toilet, and paving, would cost hundreds of dollars, right? I won't do it. A mud house will be warm in winter and cool in summer, and it will save money. How great!
Finally, Mu Qingli got a hundred yuan worth of red bricks, and only used them to build the foundation, and the rest to build the wall. Finally, with the construction boss's promise that she would be satisfied, Mu Qingli went to work leisurely. It happened that Fu Hongzhou and Bo Chuyan also had to go to work, so the three of them went together.
When Mu Qingli went to work, many people had already arrived. Today, Zhang Yawei, Wang Shuhui, and Feng Mei had all learned their lesson and were all wearing long sleeves, long pants, and cloth shoes. Chen Shengli did not make things difficult for them and arranged the weeding work as normal.
Seeing Mu Qingli, Fu Hongzhou and Bo Chuyan coming together, many girls were jealous. You know, how could these two most outstanding male educated youths in the educated youth point come together with that female educated youth.
You know, Fu Hongzhou was rude to any woman, whether she was a villager or a female educated youth, and he never paid much attention to her. As for Bo Chuyan, although he was not as indifferent, he also kept his distance.
After everyone's work was divided, it was Mu Qingli's turn.
"Mu Zhiqing, there are enough people weeding. You can go dig ditches with the other male educated youth!" Chen Shengli said to Mu Qingli.
The villagers and educated youth who had not left yet looked at Chen Shengli with different expressions. The old educated youth who disliked Mu Qingli, as well as Zhang Yawei, Li Jiaojiao and others, all looked at Mu Qingli with gloating expressions.
"Captain Chen, are you sure you are not seeking revenge for someone personally?" Mu Qingli said coldly to Chen Shengli.
"Captain Chen, don't go too far!" Fu Hongzhou looked at Chen Shengli coldly and said something shocking.
He actually spoke up for Mu Qingli, which made Zhang Yawei so jealous that she was about to burst into flames.
"Fu Zhiqing, why do you say that? Mu Zhiqing, what grudge do I have against you? I know you don't want to do it, but someone has to do the revolutionary work. We can't tolerate your hedonism!" Chen Shengli said sanctimoniously and seriously.
"What if I don't go?" Mu Qingli stood there with his hands folded and said proudly.
"Mu Zhiqing! If you don't go to work, you won't have enough food when the rations are distributed!" Chen Shengli said threateningly.
"I'm not afraid!" Mu Qingli was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
Let her go and work with the male educated youth. It seems that Chen Shengli went to bed with Widow Li again last night and was influenced by Widow Li. She could not forget the vicious look in Widow Li's eyes yesterday. Did she see that she gave Wu Dahua a basket of mushrooms and thought that she hated Wu Dahua because she was on good terms with her?
"Lili, don't be afraid. You don't have to go to work. I will support you. It's not good for a girl like you to work with male educated youth!" Mu Qingfeng said to Chen Shengli with a bad look.
"Okay, brother, you should take it easy at work. We won't starve even if we don't go to work! I'll stew a rabbit for you to nourish you today!" Mu Qingli said sweetly and crisply.
This made the people around him feel bad. Look at what they were saying! If they didn't go to work, they wouldn't starve and they would have meat to eat. They went to work every day and had to eat coarse grains and vegetables. They were all hungry and couldn't eat enough! Mu Qingli pulled a wave of hatred and then went up the mountain leisurely.
This made Chen Shengli's face turn pale and blue. He could not control the other person by using the employment as an excuse. The other person did not care and was rich. Now he felt a little regretful. He saw that the brother and sister were not easy to deal with, and Fu Hongzhou spoke for her. This was an educated youth with a background. He could not help but blame Widow Li in his heart and glared at her secretly.
By the time Wu Dahua found out, half the morning had passed. She was so angry that she twisted Chen Shengli's ear and started scolding him.
"What do you want to do? Let a delicate and tender female educated youth go digging ditches with a male educated youth? You just ate their mushrooms yesterday, and you act like a big boss when you hold the rice bowl, and you curse your mother when you put the rice bowl down, right? Did some shameless slut whisper in your ears?" Wu Dahua cursed fiercely, and glared at Widow Li who was not far away with a bad look.
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