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Chapter 144
"Then what do you plan to do, first prepare the land or build the house first?"

The old branch secretary looked at Wang Zhong and asked.

Under the candlelight, the old party secretary's old face with ravines and criss-crossings was very clear, and another puff of smoke gushed out from his mouth and nose.

The horse shouting water next to him was not to be outdone, he took a smoke pot that was only half the length of the tobacco rod in the old party secretary's hand, stuffed it with shredded tobacco, lit the shredded tobacco with a candle, and then began to puff.

But he also looked at Wang Zhong curiously.

"Of course the house is built first!" Wang Zhong replied without thinking.

Just at this time, another strong wind blew up outside, blowing dust and whirring noises, and the old branch secretary's mood of shouting for water with the horse was even heavier.

After coming here, after personally experiencing the timing and situation here, the two of them also understood Li Dayou's move back to Yongquan Village a little bit more.

When the wind blows, you open your mouth, and you get a mouthful of sand.

Sleeping in the ground all night, when I woke up the next morning, half of my body was buried in the sand.

Wang Zhong continued: "I have made up my mind. I will buy bricks from the nearby brick kilns first, build the house, and then take over the water splash. As for the brick kiln, I will make plans after Director Zhang has news."

"Earth embryo houses are easy to live in too! If you don't want to build a brick house, it will cost you a lot of money!" The old party secretary reminded.

Wang Zhongdao: "Since we want to build a house, it must be done step by step. Even if we want to modify it in the future, it will only be modified on the basis of the original one, without the trouble of tearing down and rebuilding."

"Besides, if money can solve a problem, then it's not a problem!"

As soon as these words came out, the old branch secretary and Ma Huashui both choked up at the same time.

"You coward, don't dare to say this outside, be careful of getting beaten!" The old branch secretary said angrily.

Wang Zhong smiled: "Uncle, when the time comes, you call Uncle Dayou and Shui Wang over, call Uncle Shui to bring Debao, and call all the folks from our village who came to Diaozhuang this time. I help and build the house."

"As for wages, a worker in the market now costs about 90 to [-] yuan a month, which is almost three yuan a day. I will add one yuan to everyone, and it will be calculated as four yuan a day, but it is only limited to helping me build a house. time."

"Four yuan a day?" The old branch secretary shook his head repeatedly after hearing this: "After that month, isn't it 120? It's too high, too high!"

Xihaigu is a well-known backward and impoverished area across the country. The common people usually don't even have enough to eat, let alone money.

In the original plot, Debao took Gawa and the others to run out of the mountains. When they fled outside, Gawa's mother saved ten yuan, but Gawa took five yuan away.

The deposit is only ten yuan. It is conceivable that the wages and prices in the entire Xihaigu area are not much higher now.

"At present, the folks have just come here, and here is the situation again. If the wages are raised higher, the enthusiasm of the folks will be higher. At least, let them see a little hope! They have a bright future and are willing to stay."

The old branch secretary didn't speak, and took two more puffs of cigarette in silence.

Although Ma Huashui also felt that it was high, but Wang Zhong's words made him unable to refute.

He himself also wants to earn more money, fix the land earlier, and pick up the house.

Ma Huashui thought for a while and asked, "Over at the brick kiln, if Director Zhang fails to report, what do you plan to do?"

"Director Zhang can't do it, so I'll do it myself! It's just a small scale!" Wang Zhong said calmly.

Wang Zhong had already thought about this matter, Director Zhang's side is just a free move, it will be the best if it can be done, it doesn't matter if it can't.

"Anyway, I can resell it to the villagers at the cost price first, let the villagers build the house first, let's not talk about those from other villages, just the folks from Yongquan Village, I can give it to everyone first. Put the brick money first, we will set a deadline and pay it back slowly.”

"no!"

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, the old party secretary immediately objected: "How can I let you advance money! No way!"

Ma Huashui also took it seriously and said: "The old party secretary is right! We have accepted your kindness, but this matter, you can't do it like this, and your money didn't come from the wind. Building houses, land preparation, everywhere It is a place to spend money, if you open this hole, everyone will come to you to borrow money in the future, what will you do at that time? Borrow or not?"

"Yaoshui is right, you can't let you pay for this money! You can't open this hole!"

Seeing the resolute faces of the two, Wang Zhong smiled, feeling quite relieved, and didn't insist anymore.

Under the illumination of the candlelight, the three discussed for a long time before leaving.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhong went to the brick kiln in the town, negotiated a price, and bought 3 yuan of bricks.

I ran to Xingqing City and ordered a batch of reinforced concrete, sand, and various types of wood.

On the third day, reinforced concrete, sand and wood were all sent to the town one after another.

There is no road to the immigrant village, and the trucks are too heavy, no one dares to go, and Wang Zhong didn't force them to unload all the things in the town.

At the same time, Director Zhang also received news, but unfortunately it was not ideal. The leaders recognized the method proposed by Wang Zhong, and they were willing to provide convenience to a certain extent, but this convenience has a certain limit.

The general meaning is that the government is now vigorously developing the Diaozhuang District for immigrants on the Yuquanying side, and most of the human, material and financial resources have been invested in it, and there is no extra capital investment.

But the government supports the common people to start their own businesses and provides more job opportunities for the villagers who immigrated to Diaozhuang.

The meaning is already obvious.

Wang Zhong was not in a hurry to work on the brick kiln, but was busy on building his own house first.

The homestead was planned with the approval of the government, and Wang Zhong's family had more than an acre and a half.

There are strong winds and sandstorms on the Gobi Desert, and there are also sandstorms. Not to mention the high-rise buildings, even building tiles is a bit difficult, and the strong wind can blow away the tiles!
However, these are easy to deal with. The sloping roof is cast on-site with cement mortar, and when the tiles are covered, they are fixed with cement like bricks, so they are not afraid of the wind.

So the key is to have money. As long as you have money, many difficulties are not difficulties.

Coincidentally, what Wang Zhong lacks most now is money.

The 18 yuan from selling the bracelets was given to Wang Zhong before he came here, and the manuscript fee has now risen to several thousand yuan per month, all of which are Wang Zhong's confidence.

There was an old branch secretary and Ma Huashui to help, so it was not a problem to find someone. After all the materials were transported to the town, on June [-], Wang Zhong led Ma Huashui and Li Dayou, along with several folks from Yongquan Village. Folks in an immigrant village have already pulled donkey carts, ox carts, and carts to help Wang Chongyun with materials.

Dozens of people, more than [-] cars, and several immigrant villages next to them also called a lot of strong laborers. Everyone worked together, but it took a full three days to get all the building materials that Wang Zhong bought. Transported back to the immigrant village.

On the homestead side, the old branch secretary also led people to dig Wang's important foundation according to Wang Zhong's request.

[-] centimeters wide and [-] centimeters deep, criss-cross, and the bottom is tamped several times with a wooden hammer.

With the experience in Yongquan Village back then, the old branch secretary is quite familiar with it. Wang Zhong’s wages are four yuan a day, which is higher than the wages of working in the town and nearby farms. I sold my strength.

Although the preparatory work has been done, there is still a while to start construction. The most inseparable thing for concrete is water, but now the Diaozhuang immigrant area is most lacking of water.

The old branch secretary dug two 1.5-meter-deep, three-meter-square rectangular pools, and spread a layer of red mud on the bottom and sides without cement. After drying, they became two natural water storage pools.

It took another few days to buy water and transport it.

On June 26, everything was ready, and the construction of Wang Zhong’s new home officially started. A circle of ground beams was poured with reinforced concrete, and bricks were laid on the ground beams.

The folks have never touched a reinforced concrete house, and they don't know how to fix it. Watching Wang Zhong sprinkle water on the beams and columns for maintenance, and watching the excess water flow into the ground, they all feel distressed.

The speed of the large number of people is really fast. It only took half a month to cover the tiles.

On the day when the tiles were built, Wang Zhong went to the town to buy a sheep, stewed the mutton and yams, and invited all the villagers who came to help. , had a nice meal,
After the house was built, Wang Zhong returned to Tangyongquan Village. He rode a motorcycle with Splash and traveled hundreds of miles to Jintan Village.

The resettlement village where Wang Zhong and others live is called Jintan Village.

Looking at a lonely brick house in front of him, it is surrounded by half-person-high walls, and the courtyard door is made of wood, similar to the half-open door of the farm.

Is this our house?Shuihua stared blankly at the house in front of her, and couldn't believe her eyes.

The key is that there is only this lonely courtyard on the entire Gobi Desert that stretches as far as the eye can see.

There are only three main houses facing north and south, but they are all very spacious. The central hall is the largest, and the two sides are slightly smaller. The roof is covered with tiles and fixed with cement.

Shuihua pushed open the courtyard door and walked into the courtyard. There was also a layer of red bricks on the ground in the courtyard, which was slightly higher than the outside. The construction waste had also been cleaned up. It was made with the help of the folks.

"I left the roofs on the east and west sides without tiles. When the surrounding trees are planted to block the sandstorm, we can build ladders up to enjoy the shade in summer and the sun in winter."

"The water cellar has also been completed. It is just outside the Westinghouse. It is surrounded by three-story red bricks and the roof is made of reinforced concrete. I also specially bought a water press machine. In the future, if you need water, you don't need to use buckets. It's up!"

Wang Zhong smiled and said to Shui Hua unhurriedly.

"It's still the same as at home. To the west is the kitchen, warehouse, bathroom and toilet. To the east, I have made two wing rooms. When we settle down here, I will take over the old man and we will have a child together." , a family of four, it's just right to live here!"

There is an open space between the east side of the main house and the wall, which is about the same size as the side of the water cellar. Wang Zhong surrounded it with red bricks to form a flower platform. A small sapling half the height of a person was planted.

On the Gobi Desert, there is basically nothing, except for one, the land is sparsely populated, and the terrain is also flat. The homesteads allocated to each household are much larger than when they were far away in the ravines.

The three main houses have wooden windows and glass windows.

The wooden door was closed, with only a keyhole exposed.

Wang Zhong took out the key, twisted it twice, opened the door, turned around and took Shui Hua's hand to go in.

Shui Hua stood at the door and didn't move.

"What's wrong?" Wang Zhong turned around and looked at the water flower in doubt.

Shuihua said: "I want to visit the place where you lived during this time!"

"What's so interesting!"

"I want to go!" Shui Hua still stood at the door, looking at Wang Zhong firmly.

Wang Zhongzhan smiled: "Okay!"

Wang Zhong led the water flower and walked towards the area of ​​Diwowo without riding a motorcycle.

In Jintan Village now, there are only a dozen families in total, and the houses that have been built are only Wang Zhong's family. It is a lonely house on the endless Gobi Desert.

When we got near Diwowo, we gradually saw people.

"Splash?" Seeing the splash, the old branch secretary was a little surprised, but more happy.

"Just came here?"

"Yes, Uncle!" Shui Hua greeted the old party secretary with a smile, "Are you still used to staying here?"

"What's wrong with it!" The old branch secretary also showed a smile on his face: "You can still make money here!"

"I will give you Wang Zhong's supervisor. He pays me four yuan a day. After half a month, I have earned almost 100 yuan. If I continue like this, in a few months, my family will be able to build a house. !"

The old man didn't build the brick-and-concrete house of Wang Zhong's family, so naturally the cost was not as much as Wang Zhong's.

Moreover, the old party secretary did not earn money alone, and Li Dayou, Shui Wang, and the three grandparents and grandchildren went to battle together. In the half month since Wang Jianjian housed, the three of them earned more than 200 and nearly three Hundred wages.

I exchanged a few words with the old branch secretary, who was busy going to the field, so he didn't say much.

The couple walked into the den where Wang Zhong lived. At this moment, the den was empty, except for a bed made of several planks and a pair of dry thatch and corn stalks inside. nothing else.

Even though it was daytime, it was still a little dark in the den. Shuihua sat on the wooden bed, scanned the surrounding situation, then turned to look at Wang Zhong who was sitting next to him, interlocked his fingers, held it even harder, and turned sideways. Head, leaning on Wang Zhong's shoulder.

"The house is also built, so what are your plans next?"

Faced with Splash's question, Wang Zhong explained his plan to build brick kilns first and help the villagers build houses first.

Shuihua agreed with Wang Zhong's idea very much, and said on the spot that Wang Zhong didn't need to take care of his own land. Wang Zhong only needed to fix the brick kiln and leave all the work in the field to her.

How could Wang Zhong let Shui Hua do the work alone, and immediately smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about the things in the field, you, just help me with the logistics with peace of mind! "

Shui Hua raised her head, looked at Wang Zhong and said, "But the land must be cleared, and if it is cleared one day earlier, crops can be planted one day sooner!"

Wang Zhong walked up to Shuihua, raised his hand and scratched her Qiong nose, and said with a smile, "My silly daughter-in-law, we don't need to do this kind of work by ourselves."

"Do you want to ask someone to clear the land?" After more than a year of marriage, Shuihua gradually got to know Wang Zhong, and immediately guessed what Wang Zhong was thinking.

Wang Zhongdao: "Our family is not short of money, what we are short of is a large-scale land, what we are short of is time, and what we are short of is strength. What the folks who come to Diaozhuang need most is money. They have time and strength. I have to go around to find a place to work to earn money.

That being the case, why can't we all get what we need?
In this way, we can free up time, and the folks can also earn money. Anyway, the folks have to prepare the land themselves, and by the way, we will reorganize the land for our family, and it will save them from going to the town every day, and go to the state-owned farm next door. run! "

"Wouldn't it be too much money if we hired everyone?"

Li Laoshuan has no skills. Before Shuihua married Wang Zhong, her family was a well-known poor household in the village, and she had to rely on government relief food every year to survive.

Li Laoshuan is also unreliable. Shuihua is far more sensible than his peers since he was a child. He digs grass to herd sheep, grows corn, and yams. He is known in the village for being diligent and capable.

It is precisely because of the hard life of childhood that Shuihua has developed the habit of thrift and thrift.

If you hire everyone, it will cost a lot.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "What a stupid daughter-in-law! That's not how the accounts are calculated, just listen to me and slowly calculate for you!"

Shuihua looked at Wang Zhong and pricked up his ears.

Wang Zhongdao: "Now I write novels, and I can earn 2000 yuan a month. When it is more, I can earn more than 3000 yuan. If I wait another half a year, my book will be serialized. After it is published and sold, the income will only be more, not less. But if I go to the town to work for others, how much do you think I can earn a month?"

"More than 100?" Shui Hua stuck out her tongue and understood what Wang Zhong meant.

Working part-time by myself costs more than 100 a month. If I hire someone to prepare the land, it is about the same price, but if I use the time to write a book or do other things, I will only earn more, not less.

"First of all, our family does not lack the money to hire people. Secondly, the villagers will not be able to afford so much money to buy bricks for a while. When we burn the bricks, we can sell the bricks first. They asked the villagers to work in the brick kiln to pay off the debt, so I can ask them to help us clear the land, which is also to pay off the debt with work!"

"Now our house has been built and we have a place to live. As for you, you will be responsible for helping me manage the logistics and finances. You can't let me do all these things by myself!"

"If we get this done, wouldn't it be more meaningful than creating a few acres of land?"

In Shuihua's big green eyes, there was a light of admiration, and he no longer struggled with worries. He smiled on his face and said, "Okay, you are in charge, I will listen to you!"

There is another reason, although he is a bit reluctant to hire someone to pay for the land preparation, but facing Wang Zhong's concern, Shuihua is also secretly happy in his heart. The separation lasted for nearly a month, and the newlyweds have only been married for more than a year, and they are still sweethearts. When adjusting the oil, Shuihua inevitably had some thoughts in her heart.

If you follow Wang Zhong and manage logistics and finances for him, then you will spend more time with Wang Zhong.

"By the way, when I go back later, I will stew the mutton. In the evening, I will call my uncle and Uncle Shui to my house for dinner, and discuss with them about the brick kiln!"

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zhong rode his motorcycle and rushed to the land that Director Zhang had applied for on the edge of the town. Ma called water and the old branch secretary, and after the fight, he led dozens of young men and came to help with tools.

Wang Zhong signed a contract with everyone, and they still paid four yuan a day for eight hours of work, which can be settled daily or monthly!It is also possible to directly use labor to offset the account first, and then burn the bricks, and use the cost price of the bricks to deduct the cost of the bricks.

Both the old branch secretary and Ma Huashui chose to settle the account directly, and the others basically chose to settle the account every day.

Half a month later, the three large brick kilns were officially completed, and one month later, the first furnace of bricks was officially fired.

All of a sudden, dozens of villagers who came to immigrate Diaozhuang were busy.

Three months later, the old party secretary’s family first started to build a house. The walls were all made of red bricks, and the cost of reinforced concrete for the roof was too high. After discussing with Li Dayou, the old party secretary and Li Dayou chose to use the old-fashioned earth embryo house to cover the roof. You can change it later when you have money.

There are also three main rooms, a side room, a kitchen, and a dry toilet.

The main money is spent on labor, wood and water.

Wang Zhong gave the money for the cement, and it was considered as a reward to the old party secretary. He didn't want to see the old party secretary work so hard.

Although the old branch secretary didn't say anything, he secretly kept this feeling in his heart, and often whispered it in the ears of Li Dayou and Shui Wang, asking them to find ways to return Wang Zhong's favor in the future.

Before winter, Wang Zhong and his fellow villagers stopped for almost a day. There were piles of bricks piled up, and bricks were fired in one kiln after another. The brick kilns also started to make profits when the old branch secretary started building houses. .

Of course, this is inseparable from Director Zhang's help from Zhong Hanxuan to help contact buyers and open up sales.

After winter, the soil layer is frozen. At this time, it is time-consuming and laborious to dig out the soil to make billets, and it also affects the quality. After winter, the remaining work is firing.

Time passed quietly in the busyness, and it was the Spring Festival at the beginning of [-] in a blink of an eye.

In two and a half years, on the endless Gobi Desert, low bungalows have been erected one after another. Under the unified planning of the government, although each household looks very simple, the whole village looks neat and tidy. Preface, a series of flat and wide roads can lead to the gate of every family.

The brick kiln business has already been on the right track, and its production capacity and scale are catching up with the big kiln factory near Xingqing City.

In addition to working in the past two years, the folks are busy with land preparation, sifting out sand and gravel, buying soil from dozens of miles away, transporting it back, and filling it in the field.

The land that has just been prepared is not fertile enough to grow wheat. We can only plant crops such as corn that do not require high soil quality. This year, some plots have already been harvested.

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At Wang Zhong's house, holding a bowl of hot tea, the old branch secretary just took a sip.

"What!"

The old branch secretary stood up from the kang, his face was full of astonishment, and he looked at Wang Zhong in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"I want to contract another [-] mu of land to grow grass, goji berries, grapes, and raise Tan sheep!"

"A hundred acres of land?" The old branch secretary raised his index finger: "Are you kidding me!"

"One hundred acres!"

"Your brick kiln factory is running well, and you ran to raise some Tan sheep."

But Wang Zhong said: "Uncle, don't get excited, let me tell you first!"

"Excavating soil and burning bricks is good, but the threshold is too low, the technical content is not high, and there are many people who know it, so the competition is huge. Among other things, the big kiln factory next to us is several times larger than ours. , more and more people will come to Diaozhuang in the future, and a single brick kiln will definitely not be able to support so many folks, so we have to think of other ways."

"Besides, clay is needed to burn bricks, and if the clay is burned into bricks, where will there be so much soil for us to grow crops in the future?"

The old branch secretary sat back on the stool, not as excited as before.

Wang Zhongdao: "Yanchi Tan sheep are well-known all over the country, and even state banquets have been held many times, and our place is close to Xingqing City and Baolan Railway. If we raise the sheep, we won't worry about selling them at all!"

"And here, no matter the climate or various conditions, it is very conducive to the growth of Tan sheep."

"What about the goji berries and grapes?" Although the old branch secretary's tone was stern, there was also a lot of concern and worry in his words.

"I have done some research before, and the climate here is very suitable for the growth of goji berries and grapes. If they are really grown, the quality will definitely not be bad."

"Anyway, I have time now. If I do it, the folks who come to Diaozhuang in the future can learn from it and make a living!"

The old party secretary was still a little worried: "You are doing a good job at the brick kiln now, so you have to raise Tan sheep, grow grapes, and grow wolfberries! You are a human being, not a fairy, and your energy is limited. With so many things, you How come you are so busy!"

"Uncle, I'm not stupid! If I run all three ways by myself, I'm sure I'll be too busy!" Wang Zhong said with a smile: "I've already thought about it. Over at the brick kiln, Uncle Shui and the others have also learned it now." It's almost there, I don't need to keep an eye on it all the time, let Uncle Hua Shui take care of it first in terms of technology."

"Besides, isn't there still you here!"

Hearing Wang Zhong's words from the bottom of his heart, the old branch secretary was silent for a moment, sighed, shook his head, and said helplessly, "You young people like to make troubles, so go make troubles! I'm old, I can't move anymore!"

"Uncle, you are only over 60 years old, how can you be old!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

The old branch secretary sighed, and had no choice but to take Wang Zhong: "How do you think I can help you? This is not Yongquan Village, and my words don't work as well as in the village!"

Jintan Village is an immigrant Diaozhuang Village. Among the 24 Diaozhuang households, only ten are from Yongquan Village, and the rest are from other villages. The old party secretary has a high prestige in Yongquan Village, but others can Not necessarily.

"Whether it's in Jintan Village or Yongquan Village, uncle, you are in my heart, that's all!" Wang Zhong said with a thumbs up.

"You bastard, don't flatter! Talk about business!" Although the old party secretary was stubborn, there was a benevolent smile on his face full of gullies.

Wang Zhong laughed and said, "If I'm busy here or the brick kiln, wouldn't there be a person in charge?"

"Didn't someone call for water!" said the old branch secretary.

Wang Zhongdao: "Uncle Hua Shui is now the technical backbone of the kiln factory, and he is busy directing everyone to burn the kiln!"

The old branch secretary said: "So you want me to go over and take care of the kiln for you?"

Wang Zhongdao: "Uncle has sharp eyes, you really can't hide anything from you!"

"For the sake of our folks in Yongquan Village and Jintan Village, Uncle, you can't leave the picky ones alone!"

"Your mouth, you kid, the dead can tell you alive!" The old branch secretary looked helpless against Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong looked at the old party secretary who was already graying, and he was relieved. In the past two years, the old party secretary has not been idle for a moment in order to build a house and land. He is only in his 60s, and he is as old as an 80 year old old man.

That back, which was barely straight at first, is no longer straight anymore.

Wang Zhong didn't want the old party secretary to be like the original book. He heard that planting trees can prevent wind, so he dug a hole and planted trees in obscurity on the way to the village, and finally fell ill.

(End of this chapter)