Chapter 850

On this trip to the county town, besides picking up the glass, Wang An also had to go to the brick factory to order another batch of bricks.

Because the situation now was that not only were Wang Li's family's bricks not enough, and Mu Xueli's family's bricks not enough, but even Wang An's family's bricks were not enough.

The first two families didn't have enough bricks because they were building their houses larger.

And for Wang An's family, it was because the yard was too big and the perimeter wall was too long, resulting in the bricks for the wall not being enough after finishing all the houses, livestock pens, and the fish pond.

One has to say, Wang An's family's new house was a huge investment.

Swaying and clattering all the way, Wang An arrived at the county town, and after clattering for a while longer, he arrived at the county brick factory.

This season was the peak season for building houses, so the business at the county brick factory looked quite good.

Because when Wang An came last time, aside from the bricks, tiles, and the factory director Hao Dayou, there wasn't a single worker to be seen.

Now, however, mule carts, horse carts, four-wheeled vehicles, and walking tractors were all parked in the brick factory loading bricks.

The main thing was that the dense piles of bricks and tiles Wang An saw last time had already decreased by nearly half.

The days for this brick factory could finally be considered to be getting better.

Parking the four-wheeled vehicle outside the yard, Wang An strolled into the brick factory.

Familiar with the road, Wang An walked directly to the office of the factory director, Hao Dayou.

At this moment, Hao Dayou's image was completely different from last time.

I still remember when Wang An came last time, Hao Dayou was wearing a torn padded jacket, his hair wasn't combed, his face wasn't washed, and the whole person looked disheveled, completely like the image of a sheep herder.

And now, although Hao Dayou was wearing work clothes, his body was very clean; one look and you knew he hadn't been doing any manual labor.

Seeing Wang An, Hao Dayou was naturally exceptionally happy and greeted him with a face full of smiles:

"Oh my, isn't this my little brother Xiao An? Hahahaha... Sit, sit, sit. It just so happens I got some good tea a few days ago; I'll fix you a cup to taste, hahahaha."

One has to admit, both are factory directors, but the gap in character is truly, damn it, a world of difference!

Compared to the brick factory director Hao Dayou in front of him, the cement factory director Bai Zhihong—to put it bluntly—can't even be considered a person, damn it.

Every single day he puts on such great airs, always acting in that high-and-mighty, cocky way; I don't know if he gets tired of acting like that every day.

Seeing Hao Dayou's enthusiastic appearance, Wang An also laughed loudly and said:

"It has to be my Brother Hao who treats me well, hahahaha. I've been missing you for a long time, and here I am, hahahaha..."

After Wang An finished speaking, Hao Dayou pretended to scan left and right and said:

"Is that so? Do you really miss me or are you just pretending? If you miss me so much, why did you come empty-handed?"

Just as Hao Dayou finished speaking, he burst into loud laughter again, "Hahahaha..."

It could be seen that Hao Dayou didn't treat Wang An as an outsider.

Although Hao Dayou said that, Wang An didn't have a single expression of embarrassment; instead, he said with a face full of smiles:

"I definitely couldn't come empty-handed; it's just that no matter what I bring, it can't compare to the sincerity of bringing my Brother Hao a big deal, hehehehe..."

Upon hearing this, Hao Dayou pointed at Wang An with his hand while pretending to be very serious:

"Alright, little brother Xiao An, with those words, you've opened two doors in your brother's heart. Why else would I say it has to be you, brother? You know what your big brother needs, hahahaha."

It could be seen that Hao Dayou was truly very happy.

Just like that, the two of them smoked, drank the "so-called good tea" Hao Dayou mentioned, and chatted simply for a while. And the reason it was called "so-called good tea" was that the tea leaves Hao Dayou took out were actually the kind of loose tea leaves sold at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Fortunately, these tea leaves weren't the kind of broken tea dust Hao Dayou used to entertain Wang An last time.

After chatting for a while, Hao Dayou took the initiative to say:

"Little brother Xiao An, you came this time, how many more bricks and tiles do you intend to get? You don't know, but now when I look at those bricks in the yard, it's truly damn annoying."

Wang An smiled and said:

"Before I came over, I saw that the County No. 2 Middle School had already started construction, right? The County No. 2 Middle School needs bricks, so they can't possibly still have to haul them from out of town, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hao Dayou immediately said with a face full of helplessness:

"They do need quite a lot of bricks and tiles, but they won't settle the bill now, damn it. They say they have to wait until everything is finished before they'll calculate the accounts. You tell me, what the hell is this every single day?"

At this moment, Hao Dayou was truly very annoyed; the fact that he was burning bricks all day but couldn't see any money was indeed annoying enough.

Hearing this, Wang An couldn't help but be stunned, blinked his eyes, and didn't know how to respond.

The main thing was that building a school was a government matter; how the government would coordinate and handle it, how would an ordinary commoner know about that?

Thinking for a moment, Wang An said again:

"Is there any progress on the government building? It should have been approved by now, right?"

Hearing this, Hao Dayou still said without a trace of joy:

"Yeah, it's been approved, but it's the same damn thing as building the school—you can't see a cent of money, sigh!"

To tell the truth, after hearing Hao Dayou finish, Wang An almost laughed out loud.

The main thing was that Hao Dayou's life as a factory director was truly miserable enough.

Whether it was building the government building or the school, the workload could be said to be quite significant.

But, he couldn't see the shadow of any money, and the key was that Hao Dayou still had to find a way to pay the workers' wages and such.

One has to say, nothing is easy to do.

However, although Wang An wanted to laugh, he held it back; the main thing was that if he laughed out loud now, it would seem really not quite right, and he would be more or less suspected of "gloating over others' misfortune."

Wang An took a sip of water and then comforted him, saying:

"Anyway, money is just a matter of time; that big government building can't possibly owe you money, right?"

Only then did Hao Dayou nod and say:

"Yeah, come to think of it, that's true. I'll just keep offsetting the debt year after year, and I'll get the money back bit by bit. Hmph, owing money definitely won't work."

Although Hao Dayou said that, Wang An suddenly discovered that things might really develop just as Hao Dayou said.

The main thing was that whether it was this era or later generations, where is the government not short of money?

Before Wang An could answer, Hao Dayou asked again:

"So, Xiao An, you haven't told me how many bricks you want to order this time?"

Because he had already calculated it at home, Wang An said without thinking:

"I'll take another 400,000 bricks, and then my younger brother and my brother-in-law, they each want another 100,000, so that's 600,000 in total."

Just as Wang An finished speaking, Hao Dayou said with a face full of smiles:

"Look at that, it has to be my little brother Xiao An who is reliable. If there were a customer like you every year, I wouldn't have to worry about selling these bricks, hahahaha..."

(End of chapter)