Chapter 307: Mu Xueqing's Thoughts

After drinking the wine, in a short while, all 11 people had recovered.

Just from the fact that their mouths were no longer crooked when they spoke, one could see that the efficacy of this deer blood wine was truly potent!

And one by one, they were so hot they couldn't stand it, and started taking off their coats one by one.

What surprised Wang An and the others was that the reason these 11 people had become "balls" was that each of them was wearing more than 3 coats.

These five drivers were each wearing 4 coats.

One must know that coats in the Northeast are already quite thick; it is normal to feel cold wearing one, and there is nothing wrong with wearing two.

But wearing 3 is no longer a question of whether it's cold or not; it's like the whole person has crawled into a pile of quilts, and it's difficult to even move.

A pile of quilts is a stack of bedding on the *kang* cabinet, very thick and also very heavy.

15 minutes later, Hao Dayou said: "Brothers, it's time to work; the next batch of brick deliveries will be here soon."

After Hao Dayou finished calling, the workers filed out.

In the Northeast, whether it is a four-wheeler or a walking tractor, as long as it is started in winter, if it is to be used for the whole day, it will absolutely not be turned off in the middle.

Even if refueling, it is poured in while the engine is running.

Because if you dare to turn it off, it might not start again for the whole day.

Saying it won't start for a whole day might be a bit of an exaggeration, but wanting to start it again is definitely not just ordinarily difficult.

Because the four-wheeled vehicles and walking tractors of this era are purely water-cooled, meaning pure water is added to the radiator; in winter, hot water must be added to start them.

But if the engine keeps running, the water in the radiator won't freeze; if it is turned off, the water in the radiator will soon freeze into a block of ice.

In this situation, starting it is definitely impossible, and it is a stroke of luck if the radiator isn't frozen and cracked.

And after this vehicle is used, the water in the radiator must be drained in time, otherwise, there is an 80% chance the radiator will be frozen and ruined.

Therefore, although the drivers and workers had gone inside, all the walking tractors and four-wheelers were still "da-da-da-da..." sounding.

In this era, the probability of seeing motor vehicles in the village is simply too low.

So when everyone came out, the area around the brick trucks was already surrounded by children and adults from the village.

These people were not here to help unload bricks, but were simply curious about the four-wheelers and walking tractors.

Whether adults or children, they were all touching and feeling the four-wheelers and walking tractors, but they were just touching them and doing nothing else.

To say that these people were all just watching the fun would be wrong; at the very least, Wang Dashu leading Wang Yong and Wang Gan, the three of them, and Wang Daliang's couple and Wang Shun were here to help.

Actually, only at this time can one see what is called "a family."

"A family" means that although there might be conflicts at ordinary times, when there is work, they automatically step forward to help without being called.

"A family" means that even if there are real conflicts at ordinary times, when fighting with outsiders, they will grab their weapons and go up without hesitation.

Because in the countryside, one must huddle together for warmth; a life of fighting alone is definitely very difficult.

Seeing a group of people coming out of the house, Wang Dashu's couple, Wang Shun, and Wang Daliang's family of three all crowded over.

After chatting for a bit, the six of them joined the brick unloading team. Seeing these six people come to help, Mu Xueqing had a good eye for things and turned back to the house to bring out all the gloves Wang An had sewn.

The six people looked at the gloves and were amazed.

Fur gloves look very simple, but they actually have a lot of technical content, and if there were no sewing machine, they wouldn't be very simple to sew.

Hao Dayou looked left and right and suddenly asked: "Brother, where should these bricks be unloaded? In the courtyard?"

Wang An looked and felt that unloading them in the street wasn't safe; in this era, if someone passing by takes a few bricks, you have no way to deal with it.

Even if they take a few in front of you, just saying they are short a few bricks for building a chicken coop, you have no recourse.

And so Wang An said: "Drive all the vehicles into the courtyard; unload them in the courtyard."

Following Hao Dayou's order, the drivers drove all the four-wheelers or walking tractors into the courtyard with a "da-da-da-da..." sound.

Then everyone worked together to start unloading the bricks. Hao Dayou and the 11 others, Wang Dashu's three, Wang Daliang's family of four, Wang Dazhu's couple, and Wang An, plus Mu Xueli.

A total of 22 people, 5 brick trucks, averaging 4 to 5 people per truck; 10 workers were moving them out on the trucks, and Hao Dayou, Wang An, and the other 12 people were stacking the brick piles while unloading.

Just while unloading the bricks, Wang An discovered that the 11 people, including Hao Dayou, were all wearing mittens.

Mittens are truly warm, but they are also truly in the way when working, because except for the thumb, the other four fingers are all bundled together.

So although these 11 people had brick tongs, the efficiency of unloading bricks was not high at all.

Of course, this problem was not only discovered by Wang An; actually, everyone discovered it.

Because the speed of the people on the trucks moving the bricks couldn't keep up, causing the group from the Wang family on the ground to be anxious, but they could only watch.

Seeing the gloves worn by the Wang family, Hao Dayou discussed with Wang An:

"Brother, I see the gloves you are wearing are quite comfortable for working. Do you have any more? This speed is too slow."

Wang An thought for a moment and said: "There should be a few more pairs, and if not, making them now is also in time. I'll go get them for you."

Then Wang An called out and turned back to the house.

It was just that after Wang An entered the house, he was stunned, because Wang An discovered that Mu Xueqing was cutting fur.

Wang An said with a smile: "Wife, do you have X-ray vision? How did you know that we were short of gloves for working outside?"

Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An and said: "What X-ray vision do I have? I just felt that the kind of gloves you make will be useful sooner or later, no matter what work is done."

Wang An laughed and sat down in front of the sewing machine to start sewing the gloves.

Wang An doesn't let work delay talking, so while making gloves, he told Mu Xueqing about the slow brick unloading outside.

Just as he was talking, Mu Xueqing suddenly said:

"Xiao An, I heard on the radio that the country is going to open up individual businesses. Our family has a sewing machine now; I want to make clothes, gloves, hats, and such to sell. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Wang An was shocked, because Wang An had never thought that Mu Xueqing would have the thought of doing business.

Although Mu Xueqing is a junior high school graduate, in this era, her educational level is not low.

But no matter what, for a rural girl to be able to think about this matter is also very visionary.

Wang An knows how to do business, and he even knows how to do big business, but Wang An didn't have the slightest thought of doing business.

And Wang An had decided from the day he was reborn that in this life, he would absolutely not do business!

However, his wife had the budding thought of doing business.

What the hell is this supposed to be??

Although Wang An could forcefully forbid Mu Xueqing from doing it, and Mu Xueqing would definitely listen and not do it.

But Wang An believed that it was better to persuade her slowly.

After all, Mu Xueqing is pregnant now; even if she started now, it is estimated that there wouldn't be much development.

So Wang An pretended to be very troubled and said: "The cloth coupons for buying cloth now are really not easy to get. Our family doesn't have much cloth; we can't make many clothes, right?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Xueqing paused, obviously a bit disappointed, regretful, or perhaps unwilling and sad.

Anyway, the expression made one feel that Mu Xueqing at this moment was very unhappy, but Mu Xueqing didn't say anything.

Although Wang An knew that starting from the end of 1983, cloth coupons would be completely abolished.

But in reality, starting from the end of this year, cloth coupons would already be equivalent to nothing.

Because textile factories everywhere are producing large quantities of cloth; the whole of China is not short of cloth at all.

If it can't be sold, why the hell do we need coupons?

Thanks to good brother "Climbing Wall Swordsman" for the tip, thank you, thank you.

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