Chapter 128: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 128

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In previous years during the Spring Festival, Wang Dashan, Wang Erhai, and Wang Xiaohua, the three brothers, could only look longingly toward other people's rooftops, watching others set off fireworks.

Deep down, they all longed for the day they could set off fireworks with their own hands.

And this year, they finally achieved it.

Wang Zhanggen not only bought large fireworks that are set off on the ground, but also bought many small fireworks that can be held in the hand.

The three brothers held the fireworks high, feeling the spray up close, all showing incomparably brilliant smiles.

The joyful time of the Spring Festival passed quickly.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan had to hurry to recruit mud workers; they also needed to hire two big workers and one small worker.

Small workers were easy to find—any normal person could do the job; the most important were the big workers, especially skilled big workers, which were truly hard to find.

During these few days of the Spring Festival, Wang Zhanggen had already started going door to door to look for them.

But after searching for several days, he still couldn't find suitable ones.

There were originally few mud workers in Shanggou Village; everyone was eager to work in the city, and very few stayed home to do mud work.

So after searching here and there, they truly couldn't find a suitable candidate.

No choice but to go to other villages to look as well.

So now, just after the New Year, the couple split up to go to other villages to inquire.

As a result, after searching for several days, they still hadn't found anyone.

Seeing that the day of the Yuanxiao Festival Festival Festival was drawing near, Zhang Zhongtian's construction site was about to start work; if they still couldn't find big workers, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Wang Zhanggen began to complain to Li Xiulan:

"I told you not to take this project at first, but you insisted on taking it; now look, we can't find big workers, and we have to do it ourselves—there's no way we can deliver to Zhang Zhongtian on schedule!"

Li Xiulan also looked worried about this, feeling very impatient inside:

"What's the use of telling me these things now? The situation is already like this; we need to find a way to hire people quickly. Why are there so few people doing mud work? Why does everyone like to go work outside? Mud work doesn't earn less than working outside!"

Li Xiulan truly couldn't understand it.

Doing mud work in the hometown—more money, less work, close to home—isn't that good?

Must they all swarm into the city?

"You don't understand this!" Wang Zhanggen spoke the truth: "Staying home, others will look down on you, thinking you have no ability; those with ability all go to the city to develop, and only those without ability develop at home. So doing mud work at home, others look down on you—it's shameful!"

Wang Zhanggen was speaking the truth. This year during the Spring Festival, as he went door to door looking for big workers, he wasn't mocked openly or secretly a few times. When he said he had earned over ten thousand from two projects, others still looked down on it, thinking this money was hard-earned and unstable; if he couldn't get projects, he'd have to drink the northwest wind. Unlike working in a factory in the city, where you don't have to worry about wages all year—very stable.

Wang Zhanggen explained to them the various benefits of doing mud work at home, telling them mud work was very free, but no one believed him.

Wang Zhanggen could only smile helplessly about this.

Actually, he himself felt deep down that indeed only those who couldn't make it in the city would come back to do mud work—just like himself; he couldn't make it in the city, had struggled for so many years without saving a penny, and was finally caught by the Joint Defense Team and locked up in Zhangmutou.

That dark past was like a brand, permanently branded into his Wang Zhanggen's life.

"If we can't find people near Shanggou Village, let's go to the town! Tomorrow is market day; why don't we go to the town tomorrow to look!"

Li Xiulan said such a sentence at this time.

Wang Zhanggen said resentfully:

"Would people in the town be willing to come to our Shanggou Village to work? Running back and forth every day—how troublesome would that be?"

Li Xiulan said:

"As long as the price is right, surely someone will be willing to come work! Our house was previously done by mud workers from the town; it's just that later the project was abandoned, and they went back!"

Wang Zhanggen was stunned, recalling in his heart the days he worked in the town with Lin Dajun and Zhou Hongwei. The reason he had run to Dongguan to work before was because Lin Dajun had taken on his family's project; he didn't know how to face Li Xiulan, so he chose to escape.

Li Xiulan still doesn't know about this matter to this day!

Wang Zhanggen felt this secret was best kept rotting in his heart, never letting Li Xiulan know for a lifetime; otherwise, they'd probably argue again.

"I don't want to go to the town; you go yourself!"

Wang Zhanggen said this in a lukewarm tone.

Mainly because he was afraid that if he went to the town, he'd run into two women he had previously been involved with.

Those two women had caused him considerable psychological harm; he didn't want to see them again.

Also, he didn't want to argue with Li Xiulan over this matter again.

Although there was no longer any love between him and Li Xiulan.

But this family still had to be maintained.

"If you don't go, fine—I'll go by myself!"

Li Xiulan didn't insist that Wang Zhanggen go with her.

She planned to find Niu Chunsheng and have Niu Chunsheng help make introductions; Niu Chunsheng had wide connections and should be able to help her find reliable mud workers.

She was afraid Wang Zhanggen would come along, see her going to find Niu Chunsheng, and then be unhappy and give her a cold face.

Early the next morning, after Li Xiulan finished the housework, she took the Small Four-Wheeler alone to the town.

Just like when she used to visit Niu Chunsheng, she bought some fruit at the market, then went to see Niu Chunsheng.

"Chunsheng, happy New Year!"

Li Xiulan arrived at the New Era Restaurant, and Niu Chunsheng happened to be watching the shop here.

There were many customers in the restaurant, lively and bustling.

But Lin Xiaofang's figure was nowhere to be seen.

"Sister-in-law Xiulan, happy New Year! Come in and sit!"

Niu Chunsheng welcomed her warmly.

Li Xiulan casually asked, "Where's your wife? Why don't I see her?"

Niu Chunsheng said:

"She's at home raising the children; she rarely comes to this restaurant side anymore."

"Oh, oh, I see, that's good too..." Li Xiulan handed over the fruit she had brought, "Chunsheng, my husband and I recently contracted a construction site to do it ourselves, but we can't find a suitable mud worker. Your connections are broad; see if you can help me find one. It would be best to find a skilled mud big worker like Dajun Shu..."

Niu Chunsheng smiled and replied, "I'll help you ask around these few days... Why did you bring fruit over? I have fruit here; the restaurant brings in not a little fruit every day, and we can't finish it!"

"I want it, I want it. Bringing some fruit over, etiquette is still needed. Otherwise, let me first give you a red envelope, counting it as an introduction fee..."

Li Xiulan hurriedly took out the red envelope she had prepared in advance.

Niu Chunsheng busily refused:

"This really isn't necessary! I can accept the fruit! I really can't accept the red envelope! What are you taking me for! We're all friends!"

Li Xiulan, however, stuffed it into him: "You must take it. You've helped me so much. I'll come find you again on market day in a few days. I'm waiting for your good news!"

After Li Xiulan stuffed the red envelope into Niu Chunsheng, she hurriedly left.

Niu Chunsheng could only smile helplessly at this.

After Li Xiulan left, he opened the red envelope to look, and inside actually there were two hundred yuan.

To Li Xiulan, this was absolutely a large sum of money.

Niu Chunsheng knew Li Xiulan attached great importance to this matter, so he decided to help her look for people properly over the next few days.