Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 47 Disappointment

After a while, under the expectant gaze of Li Guoqiang and others, Xu Guangfu suddenly frowned, then shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, it's not possible to build a house now!"

After saying that, he immediately continued to explain without waiting for Li Guoqiang and others to ask further questions: "In fact, I just thought about it carefully, and I think if you want to build a house by yourself, there should be no problem in principle."

"However, you may not know that if you just came here, if you want to build a house here, you usually have to wait until the ground thaws in April or May of next year. Otherwise, the ground is frozen hard and you can't dig it even if you use a shovel to dig it!"

"Speaking of which, we are hibernating here right now! If we want to go out to work in the fields, we have to wait at least several months, so you don't have to worry about not being able to adapt."

"In addition, considering that you have just arrived here and cannot work for the time being, the brigade will first give you half a year's worth of rations on credit. When you start working next year, the rations will be deducted from your work points."

"As for vegetables and meat, you'll have to figure it out on your own."

Having said that, Xu Guangfu did not continue speaking. He pulled out a pipe from his belt and started smoking silently.

When Li Guoqiang and others heard these words, they all showed a look of disappointment, and then couldn't help but think about it in their hearts.

Although they don't have to worry about food for the time being, they will have to pay back these rations with work points in the future.

Moreover, food alone is not enough, we must at least find a way to get some vegetables.

Even if you get the vegetables, you still have to consider the issue of making a fire and cooking.

After thinking about it, Li Guoqiang suddenly came up with an idea. He thought he could consider giving his food rations to the family he was staying with, and then use some money to eat with them.

However, he immediately hesitated again.

Because this will easily lead to problems of eating more or less, or giving more or less.

If he eats too much and is given too little, he will definitely be unhappy. But if he eats too little and is given too much, he will feel at a disadvantage.

In addition, how should the wages be calculated for the person who cooks for him every day?
By the time he thought about it, he was so confused that his head was about to explode.

This is also the main reason why he asked if he could build the house himself in the first place.

It would be easier if you could have your own house.

However, it is a fact that we cannot build houses now. No matter what, we have to wait until April or May next year.

The only good news is that they don't have to work in the fields for the time being and can spend the first few months in peace and stability. This is much better than those who went to Caiyunzhiding, northern Shaanxi, Jiang Province and other places.

Thinking of this, Li Guoqiang's mood instantly improved, and then he suddenly thought of a good person to stay with.

"Captain, can I stay at your house?"

After these words were spoken, Shao Ruian, Liu Jianjun, Shang Xiuzhen, Xu Wanling, Wang Zhiyong, Zhao Dabao, and Zhang Chunyan all felt nervous, and then pricked up their ears in annoyance.

Xu Guangfu paused slightly in blowing out the smoke ring, then turned his head and looked at Li Guoqiang with a smile on his face.

"Young man, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. It's not that I don't want you to stay at my house, but there are too many people in my family and we can't accommodate you anymore. Why don't you wait until you get back to the team and ask other people?"

"It's okay, thank you for your concern!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then quickly waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

Then, he immediately turned his attention to the driver, Lao Sun. But before he could ask, Lao Sun suddenly said something.

"Don't count on me. I live in the stable, and there's no place for you to stay!"

Li Guoqiang: “.”

Originally, he just thought that instead of staying at the homes of ordinary farmers, it would be better to suffer a loss and stay at the homes of Xu Guangfu and Lao Sun, two relatively powerful people in the production team. This way, at least it would be easier for him to integrate into the life of the village.

However, the result disappointed him greatly.

Fortunately, he is not the kind of person who gives up easily, and he quickly adjusted his mentality.

At the same time, Shao Ruian and others breathed a sigh of relief, as if they wanted their friends to live well, but were also afraid that their friends would live better than them.

After what happened, coupled with the fatigue caused by the long journey, no one was in the mood to talk anymore. Only the sound of the wheels turning kept echoing in their ears.

This went on for more than two hours. When everyone's hands and feet were stiff from the cold wind, the donkey cart finally passed through a large wooden gate and arrived at a very quiet mountain village.

At this time, Li Guoqiang and others also perked up unconsciously, looking around constantly, with a hint of curiosity and longing in their eyes.

Unfortunately, it was already nearly one in the morning, and the pitch-black night mercilessly blocked their view.

They could only rely on a lantern hanging on the front of the donkey cart to barely see the environment within a radius of more than ten meters.

Not long after, the donkey cart stopped in a large yard surrounded by an earthen wall.

Afterwards, Li Guoqiang and others got off the donkey cart at the call of Xu Guangfu, and walked towards the three adobe houses in the yard.

But Old Sun didn't wait for them to enter the house. He waved his whip and drove away in the donkey cart.

In response, Shao Ruian and others thought that Lao Sun was in a hurry to go back to sleep, but Li Guoqiang, who had seen some videos in his previous life, knew that Lao Sun was worried about the donkey and wanted to let the donkey go back to the stable to rest as soon as possible.

To put it bluntly, perhaps in Lao Sun's eyes, all of them together are not as important as that donkey.

After all, there are so many people in this village, and it doesn't matter if there are a few more or a few less people, but if the donkey is gone, many things can't be done.

"Old Xu, you're back!"

As soon as everyone walked into the room on the far left, a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties came out of the middle room, lifted the door curtain, and then greeted Xu Guangfu while looking at Li Guoqiang and others.

"Well, wife, hurry up and get some hot water to warm up these children. They have been outside in the cold wind for more than two hours at night. Don't let them get frozen."

Xu Guangfu nodded, and then immediately gave an instruction to his wife, Tian Guihua.

"Hey!"

Tian Guihua agreed, then walked to the stove and opened the lid of the pot.

As a burst of white steam rolled up, everyone saw that a large pot of sweet rice soup had already been cooked in the pot.

(End of this chapter)