What a cheating husband

On the day Chen Bi received the letter, he took all the money and rushed to Qingping County without saying a word.

The moment Chen Qing saw the girl, she secretly wondered if there was something missing in the letter?Otherwise, why did you just borrow 30 taels of silver and recruit the girl from the countryside all the way to the county seat?

With a sullen face, Chen Bi put the money into his arms, took out the house deed and said, "If it's not enough, I'll sell the house, I've already seen that bastard is unreliable..."

Chen Bi pursed her lips with reddish eye circles, sniffed and continued, "That's fine, my brother is not afraid of living a good life without him, and Abi is capable of supporting the family, so my brother is not afraid..."

Chen Qing felt warm in his heart, in fact, after a few days, the soreness in his heart had long since faded away, leaving him feeling rejoicing and a little unwilling.He didn't ask Chen Bi how he could see something was wrong from a letter, he hugged the girl vigorously, and said briskly, "The house is not for sale, and we have to move in after my brother pays off the money. From now on, it will be our home. "

"Well~ Abi will work hard to save money, and wait for my brother to come home..." Chen Bi curled her mouth, and the tears she suppressed fell on her chest, letting her brother wipe away the tears for her, and then she tried to smile He said, "Abi can cook a lot of dishes now. When my brother comes back, Abi will move over and cook for you every day."

"Silly girl, you and Zhuo Ping can come and live for a few days. My brother is busy paying off his debts, so I won't be afraid that I won't have the chance to eat your cooking in the future." The two brothers and sisters stayed together and neither of them mentioned this, they only talked about trivial matters at home. After noon, Chen Bi reluctantly bid farewell to his brother and returned to Wanjia by car.

Chen Qing opened the cloth bag and smiled knowingly when he saw that it was two sets of new clothes and a jacket. He picked up the cotton shoe covers and tried them on his feet.Abi's craftsmanship was improving day by day, and she was no different from those high-class embroiderers in the cloth workshop. Chen Qing was relieved for a while with a sense of accomplishment, before digging out the silver that the girl gave him.

Abi has been a child who knows how to live since she was a child. She is used to frugality and has developed the habit of hiding money. Therefore, she has saved 70 taels of silver in just over a year since she got married.With so much money, even Chen Qing couldn't help being surprised, maybe this girl gave him all the money at the bottom of the box.

Chen Qing's eyes became hot, and it was time to spend money, so he was not pretentious, so he set aside 20 taels for emergency, and went straight to a shop at the north gate with 50 taels of silver in his pocket.

After investigation in the past two days, there are two brick kilns in Qingping County. One burns mud bricks and the other sells high-grade green bricks. The kilns are both built outside the city, but each has a front door on North Street.

Chen Qing wants to build a greenhouse. Although he is very motivated, he suffers from lack of professional knowledge, so he can only imitate the stupid way of growing vegetables indoors in winter.

As for the greenhouses, Chen Qing had only seen film-covered greenhouses in his previous life, the kind where bamboo poles were simply inserted into the soil and bent into an arched shape and then covered with plastic film, but this kind of greenhouse is obviously not suitable for the moment.It is cold at night in winter and cannot be kept warm. Even if there is enough sunlight during the day, the temperature will gradually cool down at night. If you add quilts or straw curtains to keep warm, firstly, it will cost a lot of money, and secondly, Chen Qing can’t do it alone without the help of tools. Come.

As for the warm-winter greenhouses on slopes, one side of the wall needs to be covered, or they need to be dug deep into the permafrost. Now that time is tight, there is no time to break ground on a large scale. If the columns are not properly distributed, the snow is too thick and it is easy to collapse.Originally, there was a lack of equipment to measure the temperature, coupled with various restrictions, Chen Qing had no choice but to come up with a method of heating semi-underground and covering it with film.

Chen Qing has a lively mind and is not lacking in creativity. He planned to build a fire path with green bricks within a delineated area like laying a foundation, so as to heat up the soil layer at night, and then cover it with silk tarpaulin to keep warm in winter and remove it in summer. To dissipate the temperature, at most it is to spend some firewood, but it is guaranteed to feed the plants in the cold winter months.

It's just that the temperature is not easy to control, and if you think about it, you have to experiment a few times to find some experience.After ordering the required blue bricks, Chen Qing agreed to start construction tomorrow with the full promise of the shopkeeper, and then went out to find two coolies to negotiate wages.

Due to the sluggish business in winter, the shopkeeper finalized the deal with Chen Qing at a very low price. Although the consumption is not large, it is good to reduce the inventory and make new clothes for the whole family.

Green bricks cost 45 taels, and coolies earn 35 renminbi a day. Normally, 30 renminbi is enough to hire a strong laborer, but Chen Qing can’t provide lunch, so the extra 5 renminbi is used to bring his own dry food. Food expenses.

Early the next morning, two strong men brought their guys to Liangjia Village and dug a hole along a straight line within the area circled by Chen Qing.Fortunately, it was just winter, and the soil layer was not frozen yet, so it didn't take much effort. In the cold weather, they took turns digging with shovels and shovels, and after a while, the three of them were faintly steaming.

After working for a whole morning, Chen Qing let out a light breath to call the two to stop work, and went home to boil a pot of water and sit on the ground with the two men to eat dry food.

"Boss, I didn't say that, it's winter, why are you digging this field? A big hole is dug in a good field, and you have to fill it back when you plant in spring?" Zhuang said with a strong local accent. Han Geng asked straightforwardly. He saw that the owner lived in a big house, and besides, such a large area was not likely to be used for building a house. He couldn't figure out what to dig such a large foundation for, so he couldn't help asking curiously.

The men who were working together wiped the corners of their mouths, secretly grabbed the strong man, and muttered in a low voice, "You can do whatever the boss pays for, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Both of them are coolies who come from other places to beg for a living. It is not easy to find a job to support themselves in the winter. If you ask something you shouldn't ask, if you mess with the boss, where can they find such a high-paying job?

Seeing that the strong man asked his companion in confusion, "Why are you dragging me?" Chen Qing couldn't help grinning, and replied straightforwardly, "It's nothing, it's not that I have nothing to do in winter and want to make a living. , you will know when the cover is over.”

Chen Qing was not afraid that the two of them would tell the story of the shed to the public, and he was wading across the river, and he was not afraid that someone would follow suit.It really costs a few hundred taels, even if the farmers want to learn, they don’t have so much money. The rich have the strength to build a bigger one, but those pampered rich lords will not be idle to do these farm work, more They don’t hesitate to spend money to buy some early adopters, but it is unrealistic to build greenhouses outside the city and hire people to plant them.

After lunch, the guys from the green brick shop drove the ox cart to deliver the bricks to the ground.Chen Qing drew a map for them to code up, and let the clerk unload the goods by himself.

Even if Chen Qing doesn't buy bricks for building a house, the foundation of more than 200 square meters is comparable to building a brick house.It took two days in a row for the man to deliver all the blue bricks, and he drove away from Liangjia Village after paying the final payment.

The news that Landlord Liang's house was going to break ground caused a lot of heated discussions in Liangjia Village. The villagers had nothing to do during the winter break, and the villagers gathered in twos and threes to watch from afar.Anyone with a good letter wanted to inquire, but seeing that the two long-term workers of the Liang family were not there, no one was willing to say hello to Chen Qing.

Li San and Wei Liang wanted to help but were rejected. Li San was also curious about what Chen Qing was trying to do. After asking the reason, he sent away the trustworthy villagers. Only then did the villagers of Liangjia Village know that Landlord Liang’s house was not for building a house. , As for the use of the debt-paying boy digging such a large foundation, everyone was only curious, and went home to continue to figure it out.

Chen Qing was busy compacting the pit, laying bricks and mud, and the three of them built a 10-meter-long fire path in half a day.If there are two more people, it will not be a problem to complete the work within 10 days.

"Boss, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to work when it's cold." The honest man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the boss with a frown.

Chen Qing thought for a while. He didn't have much money in his hand, only more than 40 taels of living money. If he didn't pay attention to the money, he could finish the work in a few days. After thinking about it, he said, "If the temperature drops tomorrow, I will go to the county to recruit another two day laborers"

"There are plenty of manpower in the village, so just call two people to help. How can there be a need to go to the county to hire someone?" The honest and upright man was only thinking about his employer, and he didn't even think that he was a short-term worker hired by the county. In the hometown, the general total.

The wages in the county are high. If you ask someone to help you in the village, you can give 20 Wen at most. If you have a little friendship, you don’t even need to spend money. How can a village waste the effort to help each other?

Chen Qing grinned at the other person, patted the strong man on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Understood, I'm just a long-term worker of the Liang family, and I don't have many acquaintances in the village, otherwise why would I invite you two to work?"

The strong fellow punched him helplessly, this idiot can't even see this!If it wasn't for working with him, he would have been rejected by his boss early in the morning.

"Uh... the kid from that family asked me yesterday if I need to work, how about I ask you?" The strong man scratched his head with a smile, and went to the nearest one just as he was thirsty after work yesterday. A family begged for saliva to drink.

The middle-aged man let them into the room to bring hot water, and said a few words casually, if he hadn't been stopped by his companion, he would have confessed the whole thing early in the morning.

"This is heavy work for us, what's the use of a little brother? Even if the wages are low, it's not worth it"

"What are you talking about? No one offended you and you gave me a mouthful of hot water to drink. How can we chew people's tongues behind their backs? That family is also raised by men, even if they are weaker, they are still men."

"Hmph~ How is his body worth a man's price? He'll be exhausted within half a day"

"Then... why don't you just pay less wages? Why are you talking black?"

Seeing that the man was in a hurry, Chen Qing hurriedly stopped the quarrel between the two, he didn't like to listen to that man's words, what's wrong with my brother's physical weakness?I can still do heavy work with my hands on my shoulders.

Although he didn't like to listen, Chen Qing didn't say anything. He didn't get along with Liangjia Village, and the villagers didn't have much contact with each other. Besides, if he found out that he was the younger brother of that family, it's fine. He works.

Liang Zijun couldn't talk to Chen Qing for several days, and the corner of his mouth was full of fire bubbles. He pretended to pass by and went in and out of the house, but he saw a neat back working enthusiastically. Disdain to take a glance.

Brother Yang didn't see Chen Qing for several days, and he was panicked in confinement, and asked Zixian a few times before forcing Zixian to show him.Liang Zixian also wondered what the three sisters-in-law were tossing about in the field. Can they still grow crops in the three acres of land in winter?

Liang Zijun was worried that there was no one to discuss with, and when his elder brother came looking for him, he only said that it made Chen Qing angry again, but he asked vaguely about what his wife would do with the fields in winter.

Seeing that the third younger brother didn't know about it, Liang Zixian became a little interested. This Chen Qing is a good farmer. If he can really grow crops in winter, it will give the farmers in the whole county a chance.

Liang Zijun saw Liang Zixian's obviously wandering thoughts, so he had to beg his elder brother to call him back and say something nice.Liang Zixian frowned and worried, the good days had not passed for a few days, and the younger brother made the donkey anxious again, so he had no choice but to ask Li San to send a message to Chen Qing, saying that Pingyang was boring and invited him to come over to relieve his boredom.