Chapter 100 Bad News
"How can you build such a good house even if I give birth to a son?"
The woman shouted unconvinced.
The looks of these two couples are quite matched. Xu Seng is not short, but his lips are not long. It looks like a hare lip, but it is not split.
In this way, the whole face shape makes people feel surprised.
His wife’s facial features are fine, but she has a birthmark on her face. It’s still black.
The entire left side of the face was not affected except for the eye. The rest became black.
He and Ye Wancheng were just growing up. They had a good relationship when they were young.
It’s just that we haven’t been together for decades, so the affection has faded away.
In addition, he gave birth to three girls in a row, while others gave birth to three sons. This made him feel jealous.
As time goes by, although the two of us can see each other occasionally, the taste has changed.
Originally, his homestead could be sold to the Ye family, but he chose not to sell it.
But I didn’t expect that Mr. Ma would come forward and directly fill up the open space at the entrance of the village.
He really didn’t dare to say anything about this. After all, it was paid for by his own money.
The Ye family will build a house tomorrow. Logically speaking, whether it is because the two of them grew up together or because he is now the Party Secretary of the brigade, the Ye family should go out of their way to call him once.
But now no one from the Ye family has come.
He was getting more and more angry! He was the brigade branch secretary. In fact, he could have prevented the members from helping during working hours.
But he really didn’t dare, because that would be a big taboo. In a rural environment, one is weddings and funerals, and the other is building a house. People from the same clan must participate!
Even if you go and do nothing! But you must stay there. Otherwise, if you do something in the future, people will not support you.
But he already has an idea. He will definitely not let them build the Ye family’s house so happily!
That night, people were sleeping soundly. The house suddenly shook a few times.
Some people woke up, and some people didn’t know at all. Then they were speechless all night.
Early the next morning, people came to the Yejiafang base one after another.
Mr. Ma divided the work among the people. The Xu family had a lot of bricklayers. There were more than a dozen of them. There were six houses in total, which was equal to two people occupying one room.
It is much faster to build a wall with bricks than adobe. It is lightweight. Building a wall with thick adobe is really tiring.
The foundation is not particular, it is basically just sand, cement and bricks. In those days, there was no such thing as floor beams and column angles.
All the walls can be built with bricks. Not to mention not strong. There were many buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There was no cement at that time. Have you ever heard of anyone whose house collapsed?
After the foundation is built, the rule here is to lay a layer of reeds on the wall. This is because the soil here is more likely to produce salt-alkali.
However, this was rejected by Ye Yuze a long time ago. Because the foundation is covered with reeds, the foundation is useless.
It is completely formed into two parts with the house above.
So, when digging the foundation, Ye Yuze asked someone to put plastic sheeting in the foundation trench so that the moisture in the soil would not corrode the wall.
They are all our own people, and it is not because of the wages. Therefore, the construction progress is very fast. By the time of lunch, the wall is already as high as one person.
The food for lunch was stewed in two large pots. Grandma Ye Yuze was so calm that she didn't notice and put another ten kilograms of meat into the stew.
The angry grandma chased Ye Yuze with a broom for a long time, but failed to catch up.
While eating, men, women, old and young all came with bowls.
This is also a rule. Not only the workers have to eat. Even the women and children have to eat together.
However, the amount given by adults and children is different.
It is natural that the host family is not in a good position. It is up to Mr. Ma’s wife, Grandma Ma, to serve the dishes. Whatever is given is what is given. If there is not enough to eat, you deserve it.
Of course, this is just a description. No one will not keep others fed. They are just on guard against those who eat and take away.
Those who work are certainly not counted among these people. They have enough care.
Two buckets of vegetables were placed on the construction site, plus a large frame of cornmeal pancakes.
The vegetable was juicy with oil, and there was a layer of fat meat on top. It made people drool. Not to mention eating it, they had never seen such a thin meat dish.
Add tofu and vermicelli. They wanted to swallow it all with their tongues.
Mr. Ma took a big spoon and knocked on the iron bucket. "My master is very kind and righteous. You must also show kindness and righteousness to others. Not only must you work fast, but you must also work well!"
A group of people responded to Mr. Ma noisily. Then they picked up the spoons and put vegetables into their own bowls.
Then they all squatted on the ground and started eating loudly. I guess I didn’t even taste it after half the bowl. They ate too fast.
Seng Xu and his wife were sitting on the kang with gloomy faces. On the kang table were several pieces of pickles and sorghum flour pancakes.
Although his family has more food than others, it is only enough to eat enough. It is impossible to eat well.
After all, there is a big difference between the cadres of that era and the officials of later generations.
His eldest daughter took a big bowl and went out. This was really not what they ordered.
The little girl is used to eating whatever her family has to do. So when she saw something delicious, she took a bowl and went there. Because she was only nine years old.
Grandma Ma frowned when she saw it was her.
“Xiao Feng, did your father ask you to come and fetch food?”
Grandma Ma is also an upright person. She is not afraid of Monk Xu.
Xiaofeng shook her head. "Grandma, I took out the bowl myself after smelling the aroma."
Grandma Ma shook her head. If her father had asked her to come, she would not have given it to her today!
However, when the child came out on her own, she really couldn't bear to not give her a spanking.
So Grandma Ma gave her a ladle and asked her to go. It was just half a bowl of food!
Xiaofeng returned home happily.
“Dad, Mom! There is meat, eat it quickly!”
Seng Xu’s brows suddenly knitted together. He picked up the bowl and was about to throw it to the ground.
His wife grabbed it and said, "What are you doing? The child has delicious food brought to you. You still have the nerve to throw it, right?"
The wife put the bowl on the table, invited the three girls to eat together, and stopped talking to Xu Seng.
Everyone rubbed their bellies after the meal and couldn't drink any water. It was really not easy to have such a full meal in those days.
After a short rest, everyone got back to work.
At this time, Ye Yuze's grandmother and her family were in a panic because the news was being broadcast from the small speaker in the house.
It turns out that Tangcheng suffered a huge earthquake. The entire city was razed to the ground in an instant.
PLA officers and soldiers and medical rescue teams from various places are rapidly gathering towards Tangcheng.
Grandma instantly collapsed on the kang and couldn't move. She calmed down a little. She put on her shoes and started walking home.
Ye Yuze quickly grabbed her. "Grandma, there was an earthquake over there. There must be no traffic. How are you going back?"
Grandpa is relatively calm. When he was young, this old man traveled from Shandong to Guandong and went to Northeast China.
Later I went to Tangshan from Northeast China. I experienced all kinds of storms.
Chapter completed!