Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

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When I heard the sound of the car, I thought the bricks had been delivered again?

The result was a cartload of coal.

Sitting in the passenger seat was Chen Weiguo, a purchasing agent from Jingxi Coal Mine.

"Comrade Liu Guozheng, you lived up to my expectations. Five tons. This truck is five tons. Where do you think it should be unloaded?"

This is really an unexpected surprise. I didn't expect that they actually got five tons, which is three tons more than I expected. It seems that the demand for pork in this coal mine is very high!

After finding a good place, Liu Guozheng and Erlang went up to unload the truck.

There was no other way. Apart from the driver and the purchasing person, there was no one else following the car. Liu Guozheng also did not plan to call Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to join him, as they would be delayed by running back and forth.

He picked up a shovel and started to unload the bricks. When he got off the truck, Liu Guozheng saw that the truck from the brick factory had arrived at the entrance of the village.

"Comrade Liu, this coal is 15 yuan a ton, five tons is 75 yuan, and I still have some money on me, but I don't know how many wild boars I have."

"Hold on."

Liu Guozheng made two trips and loaded two processed whole pigs onto the car.

"Purchaser Chen, how about these two weighing 400 kilograms?"

As he spoke, he washed his hands in the puddle nearby.

"Okay, that's great. We're the ones who got the upper hand."

Even though there was no weight, Chen Weiguo, who often went into the mountains to collect things, did have some good eyesight. He had never seen such a big wild boar before, and it was processed well, so he estimated that 400 kilograms was just a little lower than 400 kilograms.

"Okay, then just give me another 265 dollars."

Liu Guozheng had already calculated the account in his mind and did not mention the other bills. He decided to talk about it next time when he had the chance. It would be bad if he did not have some money on him. Don't wait until the bricklayer wants money instead of meat, then you will be at a loss.

"it is good."

Just count the money and hand it to Liu Guozheng.

"Comrade Liu, can you kill wild boars every day?"

Chen Weiguo asked hopefully.

"Why, do you still want to eat meat every day?"

Erleng suddenly interrupted at this time.

"Haha, Purchaser Chen, you only need to come once a month."

You still have to continue doing business, but not too frequently. You can never make enough money, and the time to make big money will come later.

After listening to Liu Guozheng's words, Chen Weiguo felt relieved. Once a month was enough. He wouldn't have to worry about the mission in the future. Any kind of meat would be fine, even a pheasant.

"Okay, and this is the certificate issued by our mine. Comrade Liu, keep it well to avoid any problems in the future."

Chen Weiguo took out a note from his pocket, handed it to Liu Guozheng, got in the car and left.

I took the note and saw that it said: In order to respond to the national call and the assistance policy, five tons of coal are specially approved for Hope New Village to use for the winter. It was also stamped with the official seal of the coal mine, and then there were the signatures of more than one of the mine leaders.

"Not bad, not bad, that's very thoughtful."

Don’t underestimate this little note; it can be very useful at critical moments.

"Brother Zheng, let me see it quickly. I have never seen so much money in my life."

Erlang kept rubbing his hands, feeling a little excited. It was more than two hundred yuan. He couldn't even imagine that he would see so much money one day.

"Where are you going, kid?"

"The brick truck is here again, let's get to work."

He put the money into the storage space and stopped looking at Erlang’s resentful eyes.

"Comrade Liu Guozheng, these guys are the masters who built the house."

"These two are bricklayers, Master Wang Fugui and Master Wang Mantang, and the two next to them are carpenters, Zhang Youfu and Zhang Youcai."

"Four of you, this is Comrade Liu Guozheng from Hope Village, please chat."

After giving a brief introduction to the few people, Chen Yuanshan went to help unload the bricks.

Liu Guozheng took a look at the four people. They looked ordinary. Their clothes were patched up with patches. They were not tall, had dark skin, and their faces had wrinkles left by the years. They had firm eyes, and they looked like ordinary people from the Xia Kingdom.

"Masters, let's not talk about politeness, let's talk about wages first."

"The skilled workers get two dollars a day, and two meals a day."

"As for wages, you can choose between money and wild boar meat. Of course, you can also take money for everything."

"What do you think?"

After hearing what Liu Guozheng said, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief. It was exactly as Wang Zhenguo and Zhang Mazi had said, so they felt relieved.

"Boss, we have no objection to this."

"Yes, yes, this salary is already very high."

"Yeah, that's right."

"We have no objection. We are just waiting for you to decide what to do."

The four of them expressed their satisfaction, saying that the wages were very high, and on a monthly basis, they were comparable to those of a seventh-level worker.

It is the slack season for farming now. Apart from those who work for the commune, there are still many people who are idle.

"Come, four masters, take a look."

He led the four men to the foundation and continued, "The house needs to be 20 meters long, 5 meters wide, 3.3 meters high, and have 37 walls. How many days do you think it will take to complete it?"

"hiss....."

The four of them were really shocked.

This is considered quite extravagant for building houses in rural areas.

Nowadays, most rural houses are built with adobe, and even in the suburbs of the city, not everyone can live in a brick house. Especially with the 3:7 wall, five rooms will cost tens of thousands of bricks (too lazy to calculate), what kind of family is this, even the commune secretary's family would not dare to build like this.

"Boss, this 37-meter wall requires too many bricks."

The shorter Wang Fugui spoke.

"Bricks are not a problem. What I am more concerned about is whether it can be built before the beginning of winter."

After listening to Liu Guozheng's words, the four of them discussed it and Wang Fugui said, "It's more than a month away from the beginning of winter. If there are enough people, it won't be a problem, but the cost will be much higher."

"Ok!"

Liu Guozheng thought about it for a moment, then continued, "Money is not a problem. You can find the people. After all, you know more people than I do."

"That's no problem, but Comrade Liu, how are the laborers calculated? When I look for someone, I need to let them know."

It was still Wang Fugui who asked.

"Worker, you only need one piece of meat every day. You can choose to ask for money or wild boar meat."

In Liu Guozheng's opinion, this price should not be low. If the work is done well, each person will be given two more kilograms of meat when the work is completed.

"Oh, by the way, find two or three more female comrades to be in charge of cooking. You four can discuss this with them."

This can be considered a benefit for the four of them. Needless to say, the four of them will definitely not forget their ladies when they return.