Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 673 Hearing about the carriage shop

When the sister-in-law was walking forward, she suddenly heard Han Li ask this question. Her swinging arms were obviously uncoordinated as she walked, but she recovered quickly and said with a hearty smile.

"Brother, I have never heard this question from the elders. When I have time to go to the village to listen to ancient stories, I will ask you specifically."

Han Li just smiled indifferently and stopped asking. He just wanted to hear more about this. As for whether she was the descendant of the owner of the carriage shop or the descendant of the bearded man, it was none of his business. She avoided it. There is no need to be such a bad guest if you don’t talk about yourself.

The sister-in-law took Han Li to the accounting room again, took down a bunch of keys from the wall and asked.

"Brother, these houses are all similar inside. Which one do you want to live in?"

"Sister, please choose one for me by the way. I won't choose."

The sister-in-law took the key and opened the northernmost room. Han Li walked in and took a look. This room was about six or seven square meters. It seemed that the fire pit should be connected to other rooms. Now it is just added in the middle. Just a dividing wall.

There are Kang mats and Kang tables on the Kang, a small wood-burning stove on the floor, and a washbasin on top of a washstand. The room is also relatively clean. Generally speaking, the conditions in this commune are pretty good. .

"Brother, what do you want to eat later? If you use the big stove in Datongpu to cook it yourself, you only need to pay for some firewood. If you want to eat other meals, there is a special small stove in the backyard. Tonight, there will be fresh corn pancakes, garlic eggplants, and dried radishes. Pickles, spicy ginger, and sauerkraut stewed vermicelli. If you want to eat, go to the accounting office and pay first."

"Sister, thank you. I'll go over and have a look later, but how much does our hot water cost per thermos bottle?"

At this time, there was the sound of a carriage entering the yard, and the sister-in-law said quickly.

"It's so expensive to buy ready-made hot water. You can go to the accounting office and buy me five cents of firewood to burn for one night, and then rent a kettle for five cents. You can boil as much water as you want, even if you boil too much. It's up to you to take a shower. Someone is coming from outside. Brother, you can settle down first while I go out and take a look."

"Sister, please be busy first, I'll go over and pay the money later."

Han Li took the key handed over by his sister-in-law, and then put his travel bag and satchel on the kang. Although the conditions of this place were very simple, the attitude was much better than those of the guest houses in the city. It was not that kind of place. The cold words and rigid rules at least have a touch of humanity in them.

Han Li took out a book and sat by the kang to read it. He waited until there was no movement outside, then locked the door and went to the accounting office to pay the money, get back the firewood and the kettle, go back to the house and light the stove, and then took the The washbasin and kettle went to the well in the yard to draw water.

While we were boiling water, making tea, and washing our faces, two more groups of guests came to the courtyard, but a group of people seemed to be coming on foot. Is there anything different about this Sifang Commune?

After Han Li tidied himself up, he took his lunch box to the accounting office and paid for his meal.

"Sister, I want two corn pancakes and one sauerkraut stewed vermicelli."

"Okay, I'll give you a note, and you can pick it up from the stove in the backyard."

"Sister, I saw that several groups of people have moved in within a short time. Are you always this busy?"

"How is it possible? Usually there are very few people staying in the hotel. Today there are so many people because it's going to snow. Those 'wooden gangs' who are doing field work in the mountains can't work. It's dark when we go home and walk here. To stay.”

"Field workers? Wooden gangs? What are these?"

Maybe it was because Han Li was more pleasing to the eye, so this sister-in-law told him what she knew.

It turns out that the current management of population mobility is relatively strict, but the corresponding construction of the country and the tasks assigned by superiors must still be completed. This has resulted in a lack of labor in some places. For the sake of progress and tasks, they can only secretly Recruit migrant workers.

Some well-connected people have taken over this task. They will recruit some people from villages with relatively loose management. Some villages even have a clear price tag for going out to do this kind of work. If you work outside for a day, you will have to pay for the work in the village. No matter how much you pay, the village will turn a blind eye to your behavior.

Because both recruitment and work are done secretly, many people call this situation "outdoor work."

In the case of fieldworkers, it is relatively easy for ordinary farmers to get the money they originally agreed to, and the contractors do not dare to refuse to pay what they owe others. After all, this matter is not visible to the public. They are afraid that these people will make a fuss and interrupt their business. future financial opportunities.

But for those with questionable backgrounds, they can only rely on luck. At this time, if you meet a contractor with good character, they will not pay you less when settling wages.

However, if you encounter a contractor with bad character and evil heart, you will have no choice but to consider yourself unlucky.

Because of these black-hearted contractors, when they are about to complete the task, they will suddenly notify that their superiors will conduct an inventory of everyone, and all those with questionable identities will be investigated.

At this time, most people with bad status do not dare to gamble. At this time, let alone asking the contractor for money, they often pack up their things and run away in the middle of the night when no one is paying attention.

Although they don't get a penny, they eat for free while working here. This reduces the burden on their families in disguise, and they don't have to face the glare of the village. So next time they have such a job They will still choose to join.

As for the "wood gang", it's even simpler. This is a task assigned by the county forestry bureau to harvest timber.

Such tasks will be issued every autumn and winter. Sometimes when the task volume is relatively large and the time is tight, they will find some people to help with the work. This situation is also called "field work".

However, taking a job in the Forestry Bureau not only provides better food, but also guaranteed wages, but not everyone can go there. It is usually the neighbors, relatives and friends of internal employees. Han Li was already shocked by the news. He didn't expect that there was something new here. How would he have known about it if he hadn't made this trip? At this time, the sister-in-law said again.

"Brother, you are lucky today. There were four people from the county troupe who came to stay at the hotel just now. They all go to various communes to perform duets. If you want to see it, just go to the Datongpu room after dinner."

"Can they also take on outside jobs?"

"That's not the case. They usually need to rehearse the program. At this time, someone happened to be nearby. After listening, he took the initiative to return the money. This is not a big deal."

"Is this also a secret rule?"

"I don't know much about this. It is said that many people from the commune's literary and art propaganda teams can name themselves in the theater troupe, which makes it easier for them to perform performances and move back and forth in various communes.

But these people are all the uncles who don’t love them. The commune needs them to take care of food, money, and prizes when they perform. But except for the two captains, others usually don’t get paid. The county troupe It's even less possible for Bian to pay them.

But then again, even if they are all regular workers of the county theater troupe, they can earn back the money for accommodation and meals after one rehearsal, and even make a profit. No one will be happy to leave this matter to them. After all, no one will be dissatisfied with money. It’s too much and it will burn your hands, brother, don’t you think so? "

"Yes, yes, yes, sister, you are right."

Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Today, Han Li once again felt that his trip was worth it, and staying in this carriage shop in Sifang Commune was even more worth it. Otherwise, if he wanted to listen to the duo, he could only go to a theater in the county or city. Go, and they don’t perform every day, so if you want to see it, you have to catch the opportunity.

Han Li took corn pancakes and sauerkraut stewed vermicelli from the small stove at the back and went back to his room. However, he put the lunch box on the stove, took out some sausages from the decomposition space, put them in and stewed them for a while. The meat was fragrant. Start eating after it overflows.

While Han Li was eating in the house, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside.

"It's starting to rain. What Lao Liu said is indeed true. It really snowed today."

This guy's mouth was somewhat like a crow. Before he could finish his noisy words, the lights in the room suddenly went out.

"Zhenzi, what's going on?"

"It's just that I haven't finished eating yet. Why did it suddenly get dark?"

Those staying in the hotel were shouting together, and then the voice of the sister-in-law came over, but her voice was very loud at this time.

"Why are you making such a fuss? Have you never seen a power outage or something like that? All the old men know how to make noises."

"Zhenzi is so dark that I'm afraid. Why don't you come over and give me courage?"

"Hahaha, that's right, Zhenzi, we won't be afraid if you come here.

"Go away, light the oil lamp on the window sill by yourself. If you want candles, come over and buy them. I won't be able to stop your mouths even if you eat. If you keep arguing, I won't let you enter this door when that one comes today. When that time comes, whoever comes It’s useless to say anything.”

"Farewell, Zhenzi. I came to your place and settled here just because I was thinking about this."

"What? What is that?"

"let me tell you."

Only then did Han Li find out that the sister-in-law's name was Zhenzi. There were a few people who seemed to be very familiar with her today, but the last one she was talking about couldn't be a joke, right? It was the legendary Big Kang?

Han Li took out a flashlight from the decomposition space, lit it, put it on the table and continued eating. After a while, the sister-in-law came over.

"I asked, brother, why is the light in this room different? It turns out to be a flashlight, but the batteries are expensive. Go to the accounting office and buy a candle to light it."

"Thank you for remembering me, sister. I plan to go over and buy candles after eating this."

"Okay, the two-person show will probably start by then, so you just have one less trip to make."

The sister-in-law named Zhenzi went out after she finished speaking, but she didn't react until she reached the yard.

"The smell inside the house just now was so delicious. It definitely didn't smell like pork. I don't know what kind of meat this kid put in it."

Han Li finished his meal in a leisurely manner, washed the lunch box with hot water, filled his enamel cup with water, sat on the stove with a kettle filled with water, then locked the door and faced Go to the accounting office.

(End of this chapter)