Fugui and his wife Li Jianmei were busy all over the place, and they were quick to do so. In a short while, they prepared a few hard dishes. Braised elbows, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried pork liver, braised eggs, mapo tofu, cold cucumbers, green pepper shredded pork, stir-fried potato shreds, three-fresh soup, stewed chicken with carrots, pickled pepper chicken feet, etc.

The whole room was filled with these delicacies placed on the table. Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shaoan were so hungry that they drooled. Even the old men Zhang Youcai and Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but wipe their mouths with their hands after seeing it. After all, it was the first time these delicacies were placed in front of their own eyes. It turned out that they had just thought of them in their dreams or in their minds.

Not only is the season getting better and better, but the dishes on New Year's Eve are also more abundant, and the wealthy family is suddenly filled with a strong New Year atmosphere.

The fragrant big white rice came to my nose, and the two dolls were clamoring to eat. Fugui touched the two dolls' heads with his hands and said, "Shaoping, Shaoan, I'm not going to eat on New Year's Eve today. We can only get on the chopsticks after my father sets off the firecrackers."

The two children asked in confusion: "Dad, why do we have to set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year? Our family has never set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year a few years ago. Why are we going to set them off again this year?"

"That's it. Our family is booming this year, so my father bought firecrackers to set them off. A few years ago, our family was poor, so it would be good to be able to feed you two boys. Besides, setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year is a rule passed down by our ancestors. This rule cannot be broken," Zhang Fugui said carefully.

The two dolls seemed to understand, but it had nothing to do with the two dolls. The food on the table made the two dolls so greedy. Although Shaoping and Shaoan had been together for several years, there was never a chicken or meat like this. In addition, it was rare to eat meat on weekdays, so there was a feeling that I didn’t know the taste of meat for three years. Therefore, looking at the table full of food, the two dolls kept drooling water flowing, drooling water everywhere, and they licked the drooling water from time to time to swallow.

Zhang Fugui washed his hands, took out a firecracker from his pocket, then took the match from his father Zhang Youcai and walked straight out the door. Originally, the firecrackers were set at the door of his house and lit them. But he thought that there was a madman Zhang Jianjun at home, so in order not to let the sound of firecrackers cause Zhang Jianjun to be uncomfortable, he walked down to the mud knot. When he saw that he was far away from home, he cut open the matches and lit the firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers resounded in the mountains and fields, revealing a kind of festiveness and a strong sense of reunion after a long time.

After seeing the firecrackers blowing, Fugui ran straight to his house. The family sat down lively and stood there, surrounding the table with water. The cold wind blew in through the decaying crack of the door, but there was no trace of chill at all. There was only warm family affection and a strong New Year atmosphere.

According to the customs of the village, visit relatives and friends on the first day of the first day of the year, and married women who go back to their parents' homes or worship the God of Wealth. They do not sweep the floor in the third day of the year, do not beg for fire, do not draw water, and do not leave their homes...

However, it was just after New Year's Eve, and it was the first day of the New Year to visit relatives and friends. It was originally a lively one, but Zhang Fugui did not shy away, so he mobilized all the young and old people in Zhangjia Village to prepare to pull rods to build a new brick kiln.

The villagers were not happy and they all clamored to ask for an explanation. Fugui said without hesitation: "What about the first and second grades of the lunar calendar? Do you still want to live a good life? Don't you think about how to eat meat in our Zhangjia Village this year, but we can't afford to build a house. I'm leaving this out today. If you want to build a house and get a salary, you will go with me to build a new brick kiln. Doing a day is two days of work. Who do you have to go with me?"

After hearing this, Zhang Erzhuang hesitated: "Brother Fugui, at least he has to go through fifteenth and start working on the sixteenth."

"I've thought about it for fifteenth! Then you can just live there! Don't come and tell me that I don't have a house or something," Zhang Fugui snorted and said in a muffled voice: "I'll leave this thing here today. If you want to build a house, come with me. Anyway, there are people in the brick kiln, so I won't care if you don't come. But don't cry and complain when there is no money in the bag." After Fugui finished speaking, he carried a hoe and walked towards the brick kiln.

Erzhuang felt a little unhappy after hearing this. After all, the master who burned bricks was his father-in-law Liu. Why should he be angry with Zhang Fugui? If he really couldn't, he could still burn bricks and get a salary when he went to other places. Da Zhuang was a few years older than Erzhuang. He knew everything in his heart, so he persuaded Erzhuang, "Erzhuang, don't be angry, your brother Fugui has his own ideas. Besides, your brother Fugui is capable, and maybe he can really lead the people in our village to build houses this year."

Erzhuang said angrily: "Bad, brother, just believe him. Didn't he delay the construction of the engineering team before? He didn't see any movement in the engineering team. Besides, I'm not unreasonable to Erzhuang, but I'm just the first year of junior high school and started working without getting rich this year. What's the point of saying this!"

"Erzhuang, you should also understand your Brother Fugui. I think your Brother Fugui is really good this year. Just listen to what I said! Look at you now have three kids, and this baby is still young, but when you grow up, how can you do it without a house? The reason why Brother Fugui does this is reasonable. Don't say anything else. You see, your Brother Fugui has been worried a lot since he started the brick kiln, but I know the salary he received, and the salary is twenty or thirty miles lower than that of my brothers."

After hearing this, Erzhuang remained silent and followed Dazhuang out of his house carrying a rake and hoe. The people in the village who did not join the bricks also joined in scatteredly. Only Zhang Banxian, who made a living by fortune-telling, returned to his own house and did not want to move.

After a while, those people followed Fugui to the brick kiln. Fugui looked at the people around him carrying labor tools, and with a muffled groan, took off his cotton jacket, swung his hoe and started working. The people behind him also started working.

When they first started working, they felt a little resentful, but when the brick kiln was built, they began to smile again when they started burning bricks, because they all knew that as long as the brick kiln started to burn, the money would come quickly. In addition, the words Fugui said to them before: "As long as you work hard, you can at least become a thousand yuan household in a year." This sentence has been rippling in their hearts, and only the beauty in their hearts is clear to them.

After the brick-burning people had not followed the brick-burning people to build a new brick-burning kiln, it became a labor force for the new brick-burning kiln. It turned out that Fugui felt that the brick-burning kiln was quick to make money, and everyone wanted to go in. However, there were too many wolves and few meats. In addition, the people in the brick-burning kiln were all villagers, so it was difficult to designate who could enter who could not enter. This was easy to offend people. In order not to offend people or ask villagers to find money, Fugui asked them to choose not to build a new brick-burning kiln. Those who came could become workers in the brick-burning kilns could receive wages. Even if they didn't come, they would be nothing if they saw people in the brick-burning kilns, they would not be smart enough to follow him to build a new brick-burning kiln. This is the reason, even if they talked about the King of Heaven.

The new brick kiln was built in almost half a month. It was just sixteenth day. Old Man Liu lit the first fire and the brick kiln began to burn. The texture of the bricks burned was very good. People who built houses and built houses in the county came to hear the news and lined up to get the bricks out.

Those in the village who did not participate in the construction of the new brick kiln saw the brick kilns burning in the brick kilns. The bricks were pulled out one by one, and the banknotes were rumbling. In less than a month, the income was actually overturned.

Those in the brick kiln who had received their wages before and now only received their wages looked at the money in their hands, and their faces were prideful. They were all glad that they followed them to build a new brick kiln, otherwise they would not have these pleasing money in their hands.

After receiving their wages one by one, they got off work from the brick kiln and rushed home. From time to time, they touched the banknotes in their purse with their hands, for fear of sliding out of their purse.

Those in the village who did not participate in the construction of the new brick kiln looked at their wages and pursed. Some thought it was 10 or 20 yuan, while others thought it was 20 or 30 yuan, so no one talked about it.

One of them, who received the salary, revealed some news from his mouth. He said that he received more than 70 yuan, which made those who were so arrogant that they gritted their teeth and stomped their feet. They all felt regretful, complaining about why they couldn't build a new brick kiln at that time. However, no matter how much they complained, it was useless. Even if they wanted to find someone to reason, there was no place to say it. After all, Zhang Fugui said it straightforwardly in front of the whole village. Now it's useless to regret it. After all, there is no regret medicine in the world.

After Zhang Banxian, who had been sleeping at home on the first day of the New Year, heard the sound of the wind, his heart hurt! It hurts as if he had lost several thousand yuan, and his intestines are even more regretful. He said that he really regrets it.

However, Zhang Banxian thought about it and thought that others had no place to reason, but he had helped the Fugui family more or less. Otherwise, if he could have such a good life, Zhang Banxian himself thought that if he had been calculating for half a lifetime, he would not have lived a life of life. But now, the Fugui family has indeed fulfilled his fortune, so he thought about relying on this little thing to find Fugui, and walking around the back door to see if Fugui can give him a small meal and let him join the brick kiln to burn bricks.

It was not too late at night, Zhang Banxian came to Zhang Fugui's house hiding like a thief. Fugui knew the purpose of Zhang Banxian's trip, but no matter what, it was from the same village, and it was not easy to keep people from thousands of miles away, so he received Zhang Banxian with a smile.

Zhang Fugui snorted, "Banxian, is there anything wrong with you coming to our house?" Zhang Banxian said with a smile: "Fugui! Look, the situation in our village is getting better and better now, especially the brick kiln is even more prosperous! So...so I think..."
Chapter completed!