Chapter 25 Reform and Opening (2)
"In the opposite direction, the reform and opening up is to take some things from home to the market to sell them. The money sold can be used to buy the guys they need," said Zhang Fugui.
The villagers in Zhangjia Village all heard it with relish, and some young students even licked their tongues from time to time. Zhang Erzhuang stood among the crowd and shouted, "Wealthy! After this engineering team was formed, this building must require bricks, sand, steel bars, and cement! My father-in-law, Old Man Liu, made a living by burning bricks in the early years. Can we burn bricks by ourselves? This way, the cost of building a house can be reduced. What do you think?"
After hearing this, Zhang Fugui looked happy and said hurriedly: "Okay, as long as you can convince your father-in-law to come to our village to build a brick kiln, then we will build a house faster. And now every household in this county has started to build a house. If we have our own brick kiln, we will not have to worry about not being able to sell the bricks. The villagers can also make some money by relying on their own strength."
Suddenly, the villagers in Zhangjia Village all smiled like flowers on their faces. The farmers who were originally uninformed became cultural people with ideas for a moment. The women in the village also expressed their true thoughts. Although they were not as powerful as the young men in the village, raising pigs and chickens was a problem for these women and men. They did it as soon as possible, and the young and old in Zhangjia Village were all busy.
There are all kinds of professions that are part of the engineering team, some are engaged in the breeding industry, and some are engaged in small vendors. There are only one person who is idle, and this person is Zhang Tianyou's brother Zhang Tianming.
Zhang Tianming dared not fight and fight like Zhang Fugui, the young generation, nor did he do some breeding like those women, nor did he get up early and go to the fields to sell his strength every day like those farmers. He just wandered around the village all day long. When he saw things obtained by others through his own labor, he would be anxious and always complain about the world. However, no one in the village paid attention to him and was busy with his own affairs.
Zhang Fugui returned home and secretly looked inside and outside the house. He did not see his father Zhang Youcai. He then relaxed his heart a little, took out the money of the rubbing Zou Zoubaba from his purse and handed it to the wife Li Jianmei.
Li Jianmei took the money from Zou Zoubaba and counted it carefully. She roughly counted the money. The amount was only a lot, and the total amount was 71.56 cents. She was a little anxious. After all, when Zhang Fugui was going to the county town, the money Li Jianmei gave Zhang Fugui was only 37 yuan in total. Fugui's back and forth trips to the county town, the cost of travel, food, and the things he bought for his family was estimated to be a little expensive, but the money was not only not reduced but increased, which made her confused.
She asked Zhang Fugui in confusion and said, "Fugui! Where did the money you gave me come from? Why is it more than the money I gave you before?"
Zhang Fugui put his index finger on his lips and said "You must not make a sound! This money was given to us by Uncle Wang, just to let our two babies learn it. Don't tell your father, otherwise your father will definitely be unhappy."
"Why don't you tell dad, you can't say anything?"
"This money was given by Uncle Wang. Our father and Uncle Wang are comrades-in-arms. Our father values the affection between this comrade. If you tell your father that this money was given by Uncle Wang, according to your father's temper, you will definitely give it back to Uncle Wang. After all, our father never takes advantage of others and would rather suffer losses by himself, so you must not tell your father that this money was given to us by Uncle Wang."
Li Jianmei, a woman, said silently after hearing what Zhang Fugui said. After all, if you want to live a good situation now, you will be inseparable from this money. In addition, the two babies have just started to study, which will cost a lot in the future, so she expressed her acquiescent intentions to not gossip about her father Zhang Youcai.
"Wealthy! You see, everyone in our village has something to do. I also want to go to Yanjia Commune to buy some piglets and chicks to breed them, and also add some income to our family. What do you think?" Li Jianmei said.
"Well, okay, no matter how you use this money, I will just ask, but I will only ask if I want to tell my father."
"Okay, I promise you."
After Zhang Fugui made a clear explanation, he prepared to leave to accompany Zhang Erzhuang to Liujia Village to find Old Man Liu. Although he handed the matter over to Erzhuang, he was always worried. After all, the matter of hiring someone should not be careless. If you can't invite Old Man Liu, there would be no hope of building a kiln and burning bricks. Therefore, he felt that he had to go with him in person. First, he had a relationship with Old Man Liu, and more or less had a relationship. Second, he had to take good care of such major issues as building a kiln and burning bricks. After all, the burned bricks must be built for the villagers. If the burned bricks are well, they can be sold to the county and allow the villagers to make some money.
This Liujia Village is not far from Zhangjia Village. Not long after walking out of the entrance of Zhangjia Village, you will walk around Yingshan for a short gravel road and arrive at Liujia Village.
Not long after Zhang Fugui and Zhang Erzhuang walked into Liujia Village, they arrived at Liu Laohan's house. Liu Laohan was leisurely and contented in the yard of his own house, basking in the sun. Zhang Erzhuang shouted to Liu Laohan, "Dad, Erzhuang is here to see you."
When Old Man Liu heard someone calling him, he stood up from the Grand Master's chair and looked up. When he saw Erzhuang, the corner of his mouth was filled with joy. Zhang Fugui followed Erzhuang. Old Man Liu teleported his eyes to see Fugui. He quickly smiled and said, "Erzhuang! Come and see why Dad brought Village Chief Zhang too."
"Dad, Brother Fugui misses you, so he won't force himself to come with me to visit you," said Zhang Erzhuang.
Zhang Fugui smiled and said, "Erzhuang said it to you. We just want to visit Uncle Liu. Don't blame him for disturbing Uncle Liu's rest."
"Look at what you said, you come to the old man's house to see me. I'm not too happy yet, so why would you blame me?" said Old Man Liu.
Old Man Liu took out two wooden benches from home to greet Zhang Fugui and Zhang Erzhuang. At first, the three of them were uncomfortable talking about family matters casually. However, after saying this for a long time, they didn't say the point. Zhang Fugui was a little anxious. After all, the people in the village were honest and couldn't hold back anything, so they just vomited something when they wanted to.
Old Man Liu has lived for most of his life, and he can understand the worldly style more or less clearly. He saw that Zhang Fugui was a little uneasy and said with a smile: "Does Village Chief Zhang have something to say to the old man? We are all farmers and fellow villagers in the country. If you have anything, just tell me directly. Old Man, I am also a straightforward person. I know that this is in my heart and feels uncomfortable."
Seeing that Old Man Liu was so generous and was the same type of person as him, Zhang Fugui responded with a smile: "Uncle Liu, this is the case. Our Zhangjia Village has just formed an engineering team and wants to build a house. I heard Erzhuang say that you made a living by burning bricks in the early years, so I thought about coming to your Uncle Liu to see if you can ask Uncle Liu to go to our Zhangjia Village to guide the construction of kilns and burn bricks."
This old man Liu is also a real person. He said one thing, two things, and he was not vague. He said to Zhang Fugui with a smile: "Erzhuang said it to me, it's not that old man, I'm not bragging, I don't know how old man Liu is capable of building kilns and burning bricks. The brick hearts I burned from the old man are burning, but the brick hearts are not as black as some people burn bricks. However, I haven't been working for many years. This technical work is more or less unfamiliar, and I'm afraid I have the heart but lack the ability to do it! "
"Uncle, you are humble. Everyone in all the villages knows that Uncle Liu's bricks are the only skill in burning bricks. As long as Uncle, you promise to go to our Zhangjia Village to build a kiln and burn bricks, you will agree to you any conditions you have," said Zhang Fugui.
"I won't refuse the old man because of Village Chief Zhang's despise of the old man, but the old man needs some capital to build kilns and burn bricks."
"As long as Uncle Liu goes to our Zhangjia Village to build a kiln and burn bricks, we will make up all the money for you. Even if I am rich, I will make up for you."
Old Man Liu thought that Zhang Fugui was a more realistic person and spoke loudly, so he agreed to Zhang Fugui's sincere invitation.
The old man Liu promised to build a kiln and burn bricks in Zhangjia Village, which made Zhang Fugui very happy because he knew that he had finally taken this step. This step was one step closer to leading the villagers to make the situation better, which made him feel excited.
The afterglow of the sunset slowly subsided. Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shaoan, the two dolls, came home from Qilong Town Primary School on the first day. Along the way, the two dolls were carrying shoulder bags sewn by the wife Li Jianmei overnight. The school bags were filled with books and some paper and pens. The heavy shoulder bags made the shoulders of the two little carrot heads sour.
Although these two dolls are twins, they were only half an hour away from birth. However, Zhang Shaoping, who is a brother, is more mature and steady than his younger brother Zhang Shaoan. On the way home from school, Zhang Shaoping took his younger brother Zhang Shaoan to run around the mountains and alleys from time to time, and stayed on the banks of the Tianshui River to play. The two brothers walked across the Tianshui River and came to Yingshan, and walked from Yingshan to Zhangjia Village.
The two dolls were younger, so they took a step smaller. When they reached the entrance of the village, it was dark. Zhang Renyi, who lived at the entrance of the village, saw the two dolls jumping into the village with their schoolbags, and then smiled and shouted, "Shaoping, Shaoan, how did you brothers come back from school this first day?"
The two dolls responded with a smile: "Grandpa Renyi, of course we came back."
"Silly kid, how could grandpa not know that you two came back? What grandpa wants to say is that you can find your way home?"
"I can find it. In the morning, our father took my brothers and I remember it clearly along the way," said Zhang Shaoping.
"Faced with it", Zhang Shaoan continued.
"Okay, okay, okay, you can find your way home on the first day of school. It seems that your brothers will definitely be able to study well. By the way, grandpa has prepared the meal. Come in and put down your schoolbag and prepare for dinner!"
Two babies walked into Zhang Renyi's house and threw their schoolbags away, then hurriedly sat on the dining table. Zhang Renyi used a bowl to serve two bowls of big white rice and handed them to the two babies. The two babies ate the meals placed on the table with chopsticks.
Zhang Renyi was a little scared when he saw the two dolls eating, so he said anxiously: "Slow down, be careful to choke, don't worry, there is still something in the pot, although grandpa doesn't have any good food for your brothers to eat, this big white rice is enough."
Chapter completed!