Chapter 308

Actually, Wang An also knew that Mu Xueqing being able to say this today meant that Mu Xueqing had already considered this problem for a long time.

So seeing Mu Xueqing's expression, Wang An felt a bit unbearable.

Because Wang An understood Mu Xueqing's mood at this moment.

When a person wants to do something but is damnably stuck, it is damnably uncomfortable!

Wang An was making gloves while struggling in his heart: is it appropriate to do everything according to his own ideas?

The key is, it's his own wife; how could he not love her? After two lifetimes of longing, how could he not care?

Damn it, every single day, there's always some annoying thing!

Someone might ask Wang An: "You love your wife so much, why do you still cheat?"

Then Wang An would definitely tell him righteously: "Loving your wife and cheating are two different things!"

And after Wang An finished this sentence, he would glare at this person and continue smugly: "If you want to cheat, you still need someone to be with you!"

It must be said, Wang An's words are flawless.

At the very least, Wang An didn't take the initiative.

Soon, with the cooperation of the couple—one cutting and one stitching—all five blue sheepskins were consumed.

When Wang An came out holding a pile of gloves, less than half of the bricks on the trucks remained.

Hao Dayou's eyes lit up when he saw the gloves in Wang An's arms; he quickly stepped forward to take them and immediately distributed them.

It must be said that after everyone put on the fur gloves, the efficiency of the work increased greatly.

After a while, all the blue bricks on the trucks were unloaded.

Immediately after, the five drivers put on their four layers of clothes and drove the empty trucks back.

Of course, the gloves were also taken away.

And Hao Dayou and the remaining 5 workers stayed at Wang An's house.

However, before everyone had finished smoking a cigarette, 5 more walking tractors and four-wheeled tractors arrived.

After the drivers drove the vehicles into the courtyard, they went inside to warm up, and everyone had a chance to rest for a while.

Deer blood wine was arranged again; the drivers quickly recovered, and everyone had rested enough, so they went out together to unload bricks.

Only, 5 more pairs of gloves made by Wang An were offered up.

Just like this, a group of people cycled through the work of unloading bricks.

When the 5 walking tractors and four-wheeled tractors of the fourth batch arrived, everyone discovered that it was the first batch of people who had come in the morning.

That is to say, Hao Dayou had organized a total of 15 walking tractors and four-wheeled tractors, cycling back and forth to haul bricks.

With such strength, who would dare to say the brick factory has no money?

However, while chatting, everyone learned that most of these walking tractors and four-wheeled tractors were borrowed by Hao Dayou—or to be precise, rented.

It turned out that Hao Dayou used bricks to offset debts, getting this many four-wheeled tractors and walking tractors from the logistics departments of various units, while both the brick money and the transport fees went into the brick factory's treasury.

Anyway, in Hao Dayou's words, as long as the brick factory needs money, it must be paid with bricks; there is definitely no cash.

It must be said that Hao Dayou, the director of this brick factory, is definitely a responsible director; he really went to great pains to sell bricks.

At noon, Liu Guilan and Yao Ping, the sisters-in-law, went into the house to help Mu Xueqing cook.

And at this time, 120,000 bricks had all arrived, meaning that each of these 15 tractors and four-wheeled tractors had made 4 trips.

When eating, they also ate in shifts; anyway, whichever batch of four-wheeled tractors arrived, that batch of drivers would eat.

The food was also quite hearty; the staple food was two-grain steamed buns, and the dishes were bear meat stewed with sauerkraut and bear meat stewed with rabbit meat.

In this day and age, as long as it's a meat dish, it's a hearty dish; there's no problem with that.

There were too many people, so they could only eat stewed dishes, because in the countryside, you can stew a whole big pot at once.

Whether it was the drivers, workers, or family members, everyone drank a little wine, but what they drank during the meal wasn't deer blood wine, but sorghum wine.

Anyway, no one was dissatisfied with this food.

And everyone also discovered that these brick factory workers, drivers, including Hao Dayou, basically didn't eat much rabbit meat or sauerkraut, but all went for the bear meat. As soon as their chopsticks entered the basin, they were basically picking out bear meat.

It was clear that whether in the countryside or the city, everyone was damnably short of oil and fat.

Although the brick factory workers weren't so poor they couldn't afford meat, nor were they without meat coupons, meat in this era was truly scarce.

In the morning, each four-wheeled tractor and walking tractor made 4 trips, and in the afternoon, each vehicle only made three trips before the sky had already darkened.

However, 90,000 more bricks had arrived.

At dinner time, they couldn't eat properly; not only was there no time, but the drivers couldn't all arrive at the same time.

So Wang An discussed it with Hao Dayou and gave each driver and worker a *jin* of bear meat, which made the drivers, workers, and Hao Dayou very happy.

Of course, Hao Dayou was the director after all, so Wang An gave Hao Dayou 2 *jin*.

Don't underestimate the weight of this *jin* of meat; one must know that whether it's black bear meat or bear meat, it's basically all fatty meat.

Even if Wang An were to sell it, one *jin* of bear meat could sell for 35 cents, and with 15 drivers plus 5 workers, and one Hao Dayou, that's 21 people.

22 *jin* of meat could sell for 7.7 yuan; in this day and age, for 99% of people, that's not a small amount!

Just like this, everyone worked for 4 consecutive days, and all the bricks and tiles for Wang An's house had arrived.

Besides providing 4 noon meals, Wang An also contributed 88 *jin* of bear meat.

During these few days, Wang An also took the time to talk to Mu Xueli about his house's bricks and told Mu Xueli what the prices of these bricks were.

Most importantly, Wang An told Mu Xueli that after delivering his own bricks, he would deliver them to Mu Xueli's house.

Although Wang An didn't mention money, Mu Xueli brought the money to Wang An the next day.

It must be said that Mu Xueli is truly sensible.

On the fifth day, it happened to be Sunday, and Wang Yi was on holiday.

So Wang Dazhu and his wife, Wang An and his wife, and Wang Daliang and Wang Li, the father and son, drove the sled to Mu Xueli's house to help unload bricks.

In this era, 14-year-old children basically know how to do all the work at home, so Wang Dazhu and his wife were very reassured about Wang Yi leading the two little sisters at home.

And since Wang An and Mu Xueqing got married, it was the first time Wang Dazhu and his wife and Mu Hua and his wife had met.

Actually, this situation is normal in this era.

In an era that didn't allow for grand celebrations, getting married was a very simple thing.

And in this era, many people's marriages were really like child's play.

Although free love and freedom of marriage were advocated.

But it must be said that the vast majority of people's marriages were still decided by their parents, especially in poor, remote areas and deep in the mountains.

It was not uncommon for two people who had never met to get married in a muddled way.

Therefore, most people's marriages in this era were actually unhappy.

It's just that whether for the man or the woman, they just "made do" or "muddled through" for a lifetime.

However, what is very magical is that the number of people who divorced was very, very small.

When the in-laws met, they were naturally exceptionally affectionate; after unloading the bricks and tiles and settling the accounts, they had a good drink before Wang An and the others drove the sled home.

After moving bricks for 5 consecutive days, no matter who it was, they were seriously exhausted.

So Wang An told Mu Xueli and Wang Li to stay for a day before going into the mountains.

And because of the chainsaw, Wang Dazhu wasn't in a hurry to prepare timber, so he decided to wait until Wang An brought back some meat before going into the mountains to fell trees.

Thanks to good brother "Pa Qiang Jian Ke" for the tip, thank you, thank you.

(End of chapter)