90s Little Struggle

Chapter 154 Building a New Home

"I know, now our family sells one stewed pig's head and ten stewed chickens every day, and the next day we sell stewed pig's trotters and stewed chickens together, and most of the time they can be sold out."

After Zhao Laosi finished speaking, he picked up the marinated chicken nuggets, took away the prepared batter, and went outside to prepare fried chicken for sale.

Xiao Hong admired this dedication.

Standing in front of the frying pan in this hot summer can really make people sweat profusely.

That's why she didn't want to start the catering business at the beginning. People are too hard, and they are reluctant to spend the money if they ask them to hire people.

Even if she opens a restaurant in the future, she will definitely hire people, and she only needs to collect money.

However, if I am not here, I have to find a reliable person to take care of me in the store so that I can rest assured.

One buys vegetables, the other collects money, and at the same time is busy with chores in the store.

Wu Julan was carrying a basket of overripe tomatoes: "I'm going to take these tomatoes and share them with the neighbors."

Xiao Hong was very curious: "Where are there so many tomatoes?"

"Your uncle sent it, and there are still many in the kitchen." Wu Julan was very calm: "Now there are so many water spinach, leeks, cucumbers, tomatoes and beans, they don't even have time to eat them, so they are all used to feed pigs and chickens!"

Xiao Hong laughed when she heard this: "I didn't expect the pig's food to be so good? Why don't they sell it?"

Grandma Zhao also came in, and sighed when she heard her words: "At this time, there are a lot of vegetables, and people in the nearby countryside use wheelbarrows to sell them every day. You can't sell them for five cents a catty, and you don't bother to take the rest back. , it’s all for nothing.”

After finishing speaking, he sighed again: "It's really not easy for us farmers to make money from farming. It would be great if we could sell them."

Xiao Hong didn't like it when she heard it, but for a while, she couldn't think of a good way.

Xu Xinning came in from the outside, took out a bottle of soda from the freezer, opened it with the bottle opener hanging on the wall, and drank it all in one go.

Speaking of which, it is indeed a good thing to have a freezer. Their store now also sells iced beer and soda, which is also a means of attracting customers.

Coincidentally, Xiao Fang also repaired the fish, washed his hands and came in. Seeing that his head was covered with sweat, his white T-shirt was slightly wet with sweat, and his sun-burned face, he asked in surprise: " Where have you been?"

"I followed my dad here to see the progress of building the house." Xu Xinning was a little excited: "When will your foundation start?"

The foundations of the two houses were approved together.

Now more and more shops are opening here, and new vegetable markets are also being built, so the foundation here is even more popular.

Zhao Laosi was able to go so smoothly this time, and it was really because of the help of Director Xu that he was able to buy the foundation again.

No matter what time it is, people are obsessed with houses.

What's more, this year's rent has doubled compared to last year, which shows that more and more self-employed people want to get a share.

He also gritted his teeth and spent 4000 yuan to buy four foundations.

It's heartbreaking to say the least, last year they bought this house that hadn't been built for a few years, and it was only 500 yuan.

Now if I want to build the house again, it will cost at least several thousand, which is so expensive that it makes people feel distressed.

This time they wanted to build a three-story building, but Zhao Laosi and the others didn't have enough money, so they made up their minds to go to the bank for a loan.

But Xu Xiushan and the others had earned a lot of money in the past few years, bought eight stores without blinking an eye, and then hired people to start digging the foundation.

When Xiao Hong heard Xu Xinning's words, she was also a little curious: "You guys are about to build a floor, right? Are you using perforated panels or prefabricated panels?"

Most of the newly built buildings in the town in recent years are of brick-concrete structure.

Brick walls are load-bearing, and floor slabs are generally prefabricated perforated panels. The prefabricated panels rest on the brick walls, which greatly enhances the structural integrity and much better seismic performance.

But if it is a perforated plate, then build up to two layers.

"Then I really didn't pay attention." Xu Xinning was stopped by her question, and simply said: "Why don't we go and have a look together?"

Xiao Hong saw that the time on the wall clock hadn't reached 10:30, so she put her younger brother who had fallen asleep again in the cradle, covered him with a coat, and told Grandma Zhao that she went out wearing a straw hat .

When she walked over, she found that there were already a dozen houses on both sides that had dug their foundations or were laying bricks.

Of course, Xu Xinning's family has the most foundations.

She didn't know anything about building houses either, so she just followed Xu Xinning and heard him ask the contractor, knowing that they all used better prefabricated panels.

Now most people are hard-working, just like plasterers and small laborers working in the sun, with a towel around their necks, and their work is very exciting.

Xiao Hong asked the contractor curiously: "Uncle, do the masters go home to eat or are you in charge?"

"Our family is not from the town." The contractor has only just pulled up his team to work, and he doesn't have a solid capital yet. When the boss leaves, he will go to work on top.

They said that they don't pay much attention to food: "It's hot now, we all brought food, and it's good to eat when it cools down at noon."

Xiao Hong's heart moved, and he said, "Uncle, we are the one who sells stews in front of us. If you are willing, we will provide dishes for one yuan per person, so that you will save trouble."

The contractor looked at her suspiciously: "Why are you lying to me? Factory manager Xu invited me to eat before, and it cost three yuan a dish!"

"I'm his daughter, and I just think that my uncles are working hard too, so I want you to eat better."

Xiao Hong couldn't bear to feed the vegetables grown by his uncle's mother to the pigs, so he really came up with a good idea for a win-win situation: "But the dishes are simple, just stir-fried peppers with eggs, fried beans with shredded pork, and loofah soup with eggs. What do you think of serving two big bowls of rice by yourself?"

This is meaty and eggy, and Bao Gongtou was very moved when he heard it: "Can you make the decision?"

If a meal for one yuan can really be done, they will definitely be willing, not to mention the trouble of bringing the meal, and the food will not taste good when it is cold.

"It's definitely possible." Xiao Hong is very confident: "Let's talk about it now without proof. When you go to the store, I will ask my mother to make you a dish. If you eat it and think it's okay, let's discuss it carefully. Is it done?"

"That's fine, I'll definitely go later." The head contractor agreed without hesitation, anyway, he won't lose money no matter if it works or not.

Xiao Hong hurried back to let her mother cook.

Xu Xinning has been listening on the sidelines, and only asked her when she went back: "One yuan for a meal, you need oil, eggs and shredded pork, are you really not going to lose money?"

He suspected in his heart that Xiao Hong's sympathy flared up because of seeing them working too hard, and he said this.

Xiao Hong walked home and explained to him by the way: "There are twelve of them, and the meal costs 12 yuan. We don't charge for vegetables, at most one catty of meat, half a catty of oil, or two catties of eggs. It's only five dollars."

Xu Xinning really couldn't believe it: "You can still make money?"

(End of this chapter)