Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

It was afternoon and Liu Guozheng, who was resting by the fish pond, saw Li Dabao running towards him excitedly with a bucket.

"Brother Zheng, look what I got."

"Dabao, what good stuff did you get?"

Liu Guozheng stood up and saw that Li Dabao had brought a bucket of fish, including crucian carp, grass carp and the like. None of them were big, about the size of a little finger.

"Oh, good job, Dabao did a great job."

Then, he took the bucket and poured it into the fish pond.

Li Dabao was anxious: "Hey... Hey... Brother Zheng, why are you still pouring into the water?"

"Why, you want to eat such a small fish?"

As he was speaking, all the small fish in the bucket were poured into the fish pond.

"Brother Zheng, small fish tastes better when fried until crispy. It tastes amazing."

"Haha, Dabao, your idea is very good. Let me ask you, have you come back to buy oil today?"

"No."

"Come on, tell me, how do you fry dried fish without oil?"

"Don't we have lard?"

"You're so bold. That little bit of lard is not enough for your meal."

"Hehe, forget it, let's just keep it!"

Li Dabao felt a little embarrassed because he was only thinking about eating and didn't consider the issue of oil.

"Dabao, where did you get this little fish?"

If Li Dabao hadn't brought back a small fish today, I would have almost forgotten that there are no fish in the fish pond yet. I will ask my clone to get a batch of fish in the second world in the evening.

"this.."

Li Dabao hesitated, not knowing what to say.

"what happened?"

This is so strange, could there be some hidden secret behind this thing? Liu Guozheng was a little confused.

"Hey, Brother Zheng, it's like this."

“…”

Li Dabao sighed and told what happened on the way back.

It turned out that Li Dabao and Zhang Long bought the things as planned, and when they were passing by Yongding River on their way back, they met three children blocking their way.

The guy in the lead knelt down in front of the tricycle. Zhang Long was the one riding the tricycle at the time. Anyone else would not have been able to react in time and would have been run over.

The child kowtowed several times and begged Li Dabao to take them in.

Then he wanted to give all the small fish in the pottery jar beside him to Li Dabao.

Seeing that Li Dabao was in a difficult situation, the little boy said that as long as he took in his younger brothers and sisters, fed them, and kept them alive, that would be enough.

After the little boy finished speaking, he held back his tears, turned around and ran away, fearing that Li Dabao would say the word "unwilling".

In order to get Li Dabao to take in his younger siblings, the older brother cried and wanted to leave alone to leave the opportunity for his younger siblings.

The younger siblings were reluctant to leave their brother, and they cried and shouted as they chased after him.

The three of them cried so miserably that it was heartbreaking to hear them and smell them.

Li Dabao softened his heart and asked Zhang Long for his opinion.

But he didn't know that Zhang Long looked like a human on the outside, but was actually a robot on the inside. He just followed orders and could learn independently, but he couldn't understand human emotions.

When Zhang Long expressed his opinion, Brother Zheng told him to listen to Li Dabao.

Li Dabao was unsure whether Liu Guozheng could accept three children.

In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore and agreed to take all three of them with me.

"Brother Zheng, please, just give me a place to live."

"Brother Zheng, I don't want the wages. Just treat it as food expenses for the three of them."

Li Dabao clenched his hands, very nervous, his face full of anticipation. He was also afraid that Liu Guozheng would not agree.

"Ugh."

Liu Guozheng sighed, what a miserable life!

"Let's go and have a look."

Neither agree nor disagree.

"Zheng Ge" x2

Erlang and Laosan hurriedly brought the three children over.

Before Liu Guozheng could say anything, he heard three plops.

The three little guys knelt directly in front of Liu Guozheng.

"Uncle, please, let us stay."

"We can work."

“We don’t eat much.”

The first impression the three children gave Liu Guozheng was that they were smart. First, they stated their demands, which was that they hoped to stay; second, they stated that they would not eat and drink for free, but would work to earn food; third, they further stated their advantage, which was that they ate less.

Liu Guozhi saw expectation, anxiety, and gratitude in their eyes. The grateful gaze was on Li Dabao.

The second impression is about appearance, which can only be described as skinny.

The clothes they were wearing couldn’t really be called clothes. They were just rags picked up from somewhere and wrapped around their bodies in a mess.

It was full of mud and smelled fishy. It must have lived by the river for a long time.

I just don’t know how these three little guys caught the fish without any tools.

At the same time, Liu Guozheng was also glad that the three little guys were lucky and nothing happened to them.

That's the Yongding River. Even though there has been a drought in the past two years, the water flow is still quite large and you could be washed away if you're not careful.

"Erlang, go boil some water and take them to wash."

"Find some clothes for them to change into. And ask Comrade Li Xiujuan to measure their sizes and make two sets of clothes for them."

Since you are here, just stay. It's not like you can't afford to support them. You can let go of one sheep or a flock of sheep.

"Old Three, go make some bone soup, cut some lean meat, and cook it vigorously until it's tender. When they've finished their bath, let them drink some. Don't drink too much at once."

"Okay..Okay, Brother Zheng."

Erlang and Laosan led the three little ones and left happily.

"Thank you, Brother Zheng."

Li Dabao finally let go of his worries.

"Yeah." Liu Guozheng nodded, and then asked, "Dabao, have you bought everything for today?"

“I’ve bought them all.”

"Brother Zheng, I took the wild boar directly back to our factory."

Li Dabao replied.

"It's up to you, as long as you think it's appropriate."

It doesn't matter who the wild boar is sold to, so it's better to sell it to textile factories. It would be even better if it can help Li Dabao make further progress. At least he won't have to worry about fabric in the future.

Thinking of this, Liu Guozheng asked casually: "Dabao, have you ever thought about taking it a step further?"

"I haven't thought about it. I'm not cut out to be an official. As long as my salary can be raised by one level, I'll be satisfied."

"However, the promotion to a higher level will have to wait until after the New Year."

Liu Guozheng finally understood that the people he had come into contact with were, in the words of later generations, people who had no desire to make progress.

"Well, you decide for yourself."

"If necessary, please tell me in advance."

This is good, at least he is free and doesn't have to worry about so many things. This way Li Dabao will have more time to stay here and help, so Liu Guozheng doesn't have to go out to purchase things by himself.

Li Dabao said gratefully: "I understand, Brother Zheng."

"Okay, we've been busy all day, let's take a break."

They just got a few bricks and sat down.

"Li Dabao? Why are you here?"

As soon as I sat down, I heard Chen Weiguo's voice.

"Chen Weiguo?"

I saw Chen Weiguo riding a rickshaw with a bag slung over his shoulder. The bag was bulging and it seemed like it contained a lot of things.

"Hello, Purchasing Manager Chen."

Liu Guozheng greeted him.

"Hello Comrade Liu Guozheng, I got some good stuff today, shall we make some together?"

After parking the car, Chen Weiguo took out a bottle of Fenjiu and a bag of something unknown from his bag.