Chapter 123 Construction Begins
As the saying goes: Money is a man’s courage.
Wang Susu was so happy that the vegetables at home sold for so much money, but it was rare for her to let go.
After a while, I wrote most of the paper in the small notebook, densely packed with things I wanted to buy.
Chen Ling took a look. In addition to what he just mentioned, there are also two new sets of quilts and bed surrounds that need to be purchased. The last two lines say to buy some good fabrics and prepare to make some decent clothes for him. Buy him some clothes for tea, and buy him a few pairs of leather shoes so that he can wear them easily when he goes out to do some errands.
"Susu, write down whatever you want to buy. Don't keep buying it for me. I still have enough clothes and shoes."
Chen Ling saw on the paper that except for what the family needs, nothing else belongs to Wang Susu. , couldn’t help but remind him.
Wang Susu was stunned when he heard this, biting the penholder and blinking. After thinking for a while, she raised her head and smiled at him: "I really don't want to buy anything. I have food and clothing at home. When we get married, , I still have some fabric that my mother gave me. It has been packed in the box for two years. I can just take it out when I want to make new clothes. "
"That's enough fabric. Made some clothes.”
Chen Ling pinched her little nose and said: "It's not like our family has no money now. The leeks are relatively cheap today, and the sales are not too much. If we bring all the vegetables at home and sell them, it will cost two to three thousand yuan." We already have everything.”
“We don’t just earn one and spend two. When we can’t save any money, just think about how many eggs, duck eggs, and quail eggs we have piled up at home these days. It’s a lot of money to sell, so, my silly wife, our family is no longer what it used to be, and it’s time for you to buy yourself some new clothes.”
“Hmph”
“Just buy it.”
Wang Susu avoided his big hand, wrinkled her little nose and snorted at him. Thinking that her life was indeed getting better and better, her big eyes turned into crescents. .
Today is the 19th day of the seventh lunar month, which happens to be the day when the county town has a market. However, there is nothing for sale at these markets. After breakfast, the two of them walked around the county town for a long time, looking for various shops and shops. Only then did I buy all the things I needed.
It was almost eleven o'clock when we rushed home.
Mainly because they met Qin Rongxian and Liang Hongyu during this period. The old couple took them home and sat for a while. Before leaving, they wanted them to bring a few bags of rice and noodles. This was because they knew there was a shortage of food and were worried about them. When we were building a new house, we didn’t even have anything to eat.
How can Chen Ling want it? I have known the old couple for a long time. From the old turtle at the beginning, to the rice dumplings, and now to the rice noodles, every time I see the two old people, I always give them this and that, and I only have to take care of a few meals. Rice, some peanuts and vegetables, nothing else was said.
Thinking about it, Chen Ling couldn't help but feel ashamed. How could these two elderly people, who were neither relatives nor friends, just take advantage of two old people? He quickly pulled Wang Susu to persuade them to stop. Then I took advantage of the excuse to go to the toilet and sneaked into the kitchen to fill up two buckets of stream water, which made me feel a little more at ease.
"Actually, Uncle Qin and Aunt Hongyu are right. There is a shortage of food everywhere now. No matter in the city or in the village, everyone is worried about food. Let's prepare it in advance. Otherwise, after the house is built, the few bags at home will be lost. There’s not much rice and noodles left.”
Wang Susu obviously listened to what the old couple said and became worried about this.
"Indeed, it's time to stock up on some food. Let's wait until tomorrow when the vegetables are sold. I'll go around again."
Chen Ling thought for a while, except for what was distributed at home. The relief food is just a few bags of flour given by Chen Yingqiang, but there is not much left now. In a few days, people will come to build the house, and it will be basically eaten after a few meals.
So while rushing on the road, Chen Ling was thinking about finding a place to plant some wheat, rice, etc. in Dongtian these days. There are not many varieties. Just plant about half an acre at a time. After harvesting , just ask someone to peel the shells and grind the noodles, or you can do it yourself. The stone grinder in the backyard has not been used yet.
It's not a big deal.
......
"It's Fugui and Susu."
"Look, Fugui and Susu are back, they are fine."
"Uncle Fifth, what's going on?"
As soon as they got off the dam and entered the village, the bullock cart was surrounded by people, leaving Chen Ling and Chen Ling confused.
“What time do you go to catch the morning market at night?”
“It’s three o’clock, what happened?”
“Did you see a wolf on the road?”
Wang Laishun’s soy sauce-colored old face drooped, and his eyes were red, which showed that he had not slept well.
Hearing this, the young couple immediately understood what was going on. They looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
"I didn't meet him. I just heard a wolf howling halfway along the mountain road. What's wrong, Uncle Wu, has the wolf entered the village?"
"I didn't enter the village, but I did. If the dogs were barking at night and every household was noisy, maybe the wolf would actually get into the village."
Wang Laishun sighed deeply.
He raised his head and glanced at the two of them: "It's fine that you two are fine. Last night, my boss and Li Xian were frightened. I led people with torches to look for you on the mountain road several times. , and then I went to the market to look for you, but I didn’t see any of you. I thought something had happened to you two.”
Chen Ling was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly. The vegetables were sold too fast. Even if Wang Jusheng and the others came to find them, there would probably be no one left.
While they were talking here, Wang Jusheng and his wife came over in a hurry with two dolls. When they met, they punched Chen Ling first: "You kid, you scared me."
Wang Lixian also followed closely with his family. He walked up and took a look at the couple. Seeing that the young couple were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay. I told you last time at my house that this There are a lot of wolves in the mountains now, so don’t walk at night if you have nothing to do.”
Chen Ling responded, smiling and nodding to a few people, feeling warm in his heart.
Then they winked with Wang Susu, and the two of them grabbed two handfuls of candy bars from the bag and distributed them to the little kids in the crowd, causing them to cheer.
Only then did people notice what was on the bullock cart.
"Oh, Fugui has made a fortune. He sold vegetables and came back to haul half a cart of stuff." "No, he has made a fortune. Let's go, let's go to my house for a drink today noon. "
Chen Ling greeted with a smile.
"Drink whatever you want, your kid is still the same as before and can't save any money."
"Why is money so hot?"
"Haha, my fifth uncle can't stand it anymore. You should save your money to get rich. Just wait until your family builds a house and take good care of us."
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"This is not easy. Once the vegetables are sold out, we will build a house. Then we will have meat for every meal."
"Good guy, I dare to say this, It seems like your baby is really mad.”
Most of the villagers had become familiar with Chen Ling by now, and they kept laughing and joking as they rushed home. When they were about to get home, Chen Ling invited him again, but no one was willing to go. The wolf made trouble last night. I didn't even sleep well, and I was just about to have lunch to catch up on my sleep. I didn't have the energy to go to his house for a drink.
So after the two returned home, they had a hasty meal and took a rest.
When the weather got cooler in the evening, I sent some food to every household that had come to help before, as a small gesture.
In the next few days, Chen Ling originally planned to go selling vegetables alone, but after Wang Susu went there, she also wanted to go with her. There was nothing busy at home recently, so she was alone. It's okay to stay at home, so I just took her with me.
The remaining vegetables were sold six times in total. The two of them had breakfast every day and rushed to the city. After selling, they saved the money and could get home by about ten o'clock.
In the first two trips, Chen Ling came to bargain with others, and Wang Susu followed the accounting. Later, when she got familiar with it, she became interested and helped Chen Ling. The two asked for prices, and they cooperated very well. It was really better than In the past, Chen Ling claimed that his daughter-in-law had been led astray by selling more money.
Wang Susu smiled after hearing this, but she never tired of it. Not only the vegetables, but also the eggs, duck eggs, and quail eggs at home were all processed.
In the end, including the 15,000 yuan from selling eels, the money in the passbook turned out to be more than 60,000 yuan.
My little daughter-in-law was so dizzy, she felt like she was in a dream.
“If I hadn’t followed him there every day, I wouldn’t have believed that the vegetables from our three acres of land and two baskets of eggs and duck eggs could have been sold for so much money.”
"Yes, even if we are in a situation like this year, if we want to sell it at this price in the future, we will never have the chance."
"That's okay, that's enough."
The little daughter-in-law is easily satisfied, sitting on the bed holding her bankbook with a happy smile on her face.
Then he calculated the accounts on his fingers and told Chen Ling that it would not be a problem to feed seven or eight children with this money.
I just didn’t expect that these words made Chen Ling angry. He took off his shoes and climbed into the mosquito net. It would be good to have seven or eight babies, but the husband had to come out before talking.
"Oh, no, I haven't eaten the rice yet."
"If you don't want to eat, there is something more filling than rice."
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After Chen Lingmei After working hard in the evening, I have accumulated more than 20 bags of wheat in Dongtian.
When he went to the city to sell vegetables, Wang Susu reminded him not to forget to buy food, but she asked him to find an excuse to delay it. In fact, the food in many food stores and even food stations was not very good. They were all mixed with old grains and sold at extremely high prices. They all wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. How could Chen Ling spend the unjust money?
After selling the vegetables, I went to the city again and then came back with a cart full of wheat.
Under the influence of his thoughts, Dongtian can be dehydrated and squeezed dry, and wheat can be ground into flour without drying, which is more convenient. I just put it at home and stocked up. When the rice and noodles at home are finished, I can grind the noodles and use them as needed.
The vegetables were sold out, the food was prepared, and the next step was to build a house. However, before Chen Ling had time to tell anyone, he just went to the city engineering team to ask a few words, and the village was in a panic.
"Fugui is building a house. Fugui is starting to build a house. If you have nothing to do at home, hurry up and help."
"Come on, come on, damn, this kid has been working all day After helping this house and going to that house, other people's houses were built and moved in. He was not in a hurry, and I was thinking about it for more than half a month. "
"What the hell, I think you're not thinking about getting rich and building a house, but you're thinking about going to his house to earn money."
"Haha, it's all there, it's all there."
The seventh month of the lunar calendar On the twenty-eighth, a large group of people rushed to Chen Ling's house after breakfast. The yard was full of people.
"Shui Wazi, Dajiang, Lao Zhu, you two go to the backyard to demolish the wall first. I will go to Lihui's house to drive the donkey cart over. We will cut down the two trees in the backyard later, otherwise we will start to fight. It’s quite troublesome to live.”
“Uncle Dazhi, Uncle Fugui has a bullock cart at home.”
"It's not enough. Besides, the cow raised by your rich uncle has a bad temper. He won't work without him. It's too much of a delay."
Chen Dazhi gave instructions, and the two brothers Chen Ze and Wang Lishan started to work. Went to the backyard to tear down the wall.
Wang Lixian led another group of people to demolish the old house in the backyard. This time, the two of them were in charge. Except for Chen Guoping, they were the eldest in this generation, especially Wang Lixian who was still building. I have been on the team for nearly ten years, and my words can be convincing.
"Fugui, Fugui, did you borrow the saw?"
"I borrowed it, which tree should we saw first?"
Chen Ling drove the bullock cart to Chen Sangui's house and pulled a big saw back. The trees in the front yard were fine and didn't need to be touched much. The two old locust trees in the backyard were out of place. This time, his own house also needed to be repaired. If the dam is left intact, work will be severely affected, so we have no choice but to cut it down.
(End of this chapter)