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The matter of the new house has been finalized, and the next question is how to renovate the house.

The whole family is in high spirits.

Since we brought back so much beef tonight, we simply invited the whole family to have a meal together.

This act of holding a family dinner in the name of the youngest house makes old lady He very happy.

Because it shows that He Qiang loves his family, and it also brings honor to her as an old lady.

Old lady He chose to let her youngest son take care of her in her old age with the idea of helping him. But now they are living a prosperous life, that is because the old lady had foresight!

The help back then has now become a harvest. The better the youngest house is doing, the more it shows how wise the old lady's decision was back then!

"Mom, I will also contribute part of the money to renovate the old house this time." said the eldest son He Aiguo.

The second son He Jianguo also echoed:"The old house is where you live, and we can't let the third son pay for it all. We, as brothers, will also contribute a part."

Grandma He did not refuse, but subconsciously looked at He Qiang.

He Qiang understood the actions of the two uncles very well.

This was obviously also to maintain family affection.

This kind of thing does not matter how much money they contribute, but whether they have the heart to do so.

So He Qiang also gave face and said to the two uncles:"Uncle, second uncle, how about this, each of you contributes 50, and make up the number of 100, and the rest will be given to my dad, how about it?"

The two families breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

He Qiang wanted to build a brick house for the old house!

The cost of bricks alone would be hundreds of yuan.

Even if the family could pay part of the labor, they still had to hire a master.

In addition to the cost of blue bricks, other building materials would also cost a lot.

Not to mention sharing the cost among the three families, even if they were asked to pay 10% each, they couldn't afford it.

Now that He Qiang said that each family would only pay 50, the expressions of the people in the two families relaxed.

This year, the output of the lacquer tree forest and the kudzu root field is enough to pay this money.

In addition, the young ones in the family are arranged to smash melon stones every day, and they earn a lot of money every day. Even if they pay this 50 yuan this year, it is obvious that they can have a good year.

Old Mrs. He sat in the main seat with a satisfied look on her face. Seeing her good grandson being so considerate of her relatives, she became more and more satisfied with him.

"You two uncles can't just sit around doing things perfunctorily just because He Qiang is taking care of you."

Mrs. He made no secret of her preference for He Qiang and said,"The family needs people to help, and Qiang Waer's family is renovating their house, you have to go and help, otherwise I think you don't have time to stay here and eat meat."

Upon hearing this, He Aiguo immediately promised,"Mom, Qiang Waer is my nephew, how can I not help him? Let alone renovating the house, I'm busy now helping the third brother look after the fish pond and fertilize his field!"

"Yes, mom, we have been helping the third brother a lot with carrying water, working in the fields, and chopping wood recently. Xiaohui (He Jianguo’s wife) has also been helping Xiaohua a lot."

He Jianguo also hurriedly talked about his family's recent contributions.

Old Mrs. He nodded, affirming their recent performance.

He Yongjun also happily said to He Qiang:"It is well deserved for your uncle and second uncle to come to this meal today. They have helped us a lot recently."

He Qiang nodded in agreement.

Fertilizer in rural areas costs money!

In an era when farmers cannot afford or buy chemical fertilizers, they have to find ways to make compost themselves if they want a good harvest.

Since He Qiang has become more and more successful, the first and second wives have used their own fertilizer to fertilize He Yongjun's fields.

"You can go to Sun Jifa's house to buy some fertilizers in the future, so that you don't have to take care of the crops too carefully and you can still have a good harvest. You should enjoy your life, and let us young people work hard in the future!"

He Qiang said.

He Yongjun listened to his son's words, and didn't refute his lofty ambitions. Instead, he whispered:"Your father can still work, and it is no problem to go to the fields. Just go ahead and try. If you can't, we can still farm."

He Aiguo was tempted by fertilizers.

He had never bought them before because he couldn't buy them.

Later, after Sun Jifa's store opened, there were potash fertilizers and urea, but he continued to use farm manure because he had no extra money.

"We can try chemical fertilizers in the future. Although they are expensive, they can increase production a lot."

He Jianguo's eyes were full of expectation.

He Yongjun didn't care. He mainly wanted to ensure that his family had a guaranteed income and could not leave the granary empty. Otherwise, the income from breeding at home would be higher than his income from farming.

"Buy early and enjoy early! I'll buy some back later, and you guys can use it later."

In fact, He Qiang didn't buy fertilizer because he thought it was unnecessary.

After all, the rice output had no effect on his family's food supply, and he could even pay the"public grain" with his own money every year.

But the older generation, after all, are people who have suffered a lot, and they are obsessed with"savings."

They are all afraid of famine, natural disasters, and accidents, and they can only feel at ease if there is surplus food at home.

Money alone can't make them feel at ease.

After all, money will depreciate and goods will increase in price.

Only the real grain piled in the warehouse can be real.

"Well then, I will repair your house recently. Anyway, the lacquer trees have been cut almost this year, so I can let the younger ones go to collect the melon stones. Your brothers will come to help you build your new house when the time comes!"

He Aiguo also expressed his opinion.

His nephew is so generous, and he, as an elder, can't just take advantage, right?

He has to have the right attitude!

He Jianguo also expressed his opinion:"Xiaoyong, don't go to collect lacquer recently, and fix Qiangwaer's house first! Call your friends to help, and we will provide them with meals. They usually brag so much, and now it's time for them to help."

Yu Li, who was sitting on the side, heard this and subconsciously wanted to express her dissatisfaction.

Her man was...���He went to learn to drive a tractor, so he didn't take care of the lacquer forest and the kudzu root field. Although he gave He Liang a share because of his brother He Ming's honesty,

Yu Li was still very dissatisfied.

Although Yu Li became more honest after being beaten, the nature of calculating in her heart was still there.

"You have been busy learning to drive recently, and you also have to make money by beating melon stones. How can you have time to help your brother repair the house? The road construction will only take a while. After that, where will you go to make money? You have to wait for several years for Qiangwaer to buy a tractor for you to drive. How can we live like this?"

In the end, Yu Li did not dare to sing a different tune in front of him, but just whispered to the man.

He Liang frowned at that time.

In fact, He Qiang had talked to He Liang recently. If he couldn't buy a tractor in the short term, he would find him a driving job.

Technical jobs have always been popular. He Liang was also very dissatisfied with his wife's vision of only eyeing the small amount of money of one cent per pound of melon stones.

Recently, he always regretted why he had to marry Yu Li because of her appearance.

The family depends on him, but his wife is shallow-minded and can't manage the household.

Every time he heard her say these"empty words", He Liang felt annoyed.

"You are the only one in the family who doesn't suffer any loss. Look at how much better off those who suffer losses are than you? You only see small gains."

He Liang scolded Yu Li in a bad mood, and was obviously very dissatisfied with his wife's mischief again.

Yu Li's face turned red after being scolded by He Liang, but she didn't dare to get angry.

With He Qiang's current prestige, Yu Li couldn't count on her brothers from her natal family to support him.

Moreover, she was racking her brains to let her husband ask this cousin for some money-making skills!

She was dissatisfied only because her husband didn't get as many benefits from He Qiang as the eldest and the third brother.

"You said you can't bring any money home every day, am I wrong? Qiangwaer is so capable, at least ask him to find you a way to make money!"

Yu Li said dissatisfiedly

""Woman, you know nothing! He doesn't owe me anything, how can you say that?"

He Liang said impatiently.

Yu Li's face darkened and she lowered her voice and said,"Your eldest brother and third brother can get lacquer tree forests, why do you have nothing but to learn tractor and still owe a lot of debts? Does he dislike you, his second brother, so much?"

When these words came out, He Liang was stunned.

At this time, he really regretted marrying Yu Li, this idiot, more than ever.

He Qiang really disliked his second brother, so what was the reason, don't you, as his sister-in-law, know it clearly? You actually ask me?

Isn't it because of you, this idiot, that the relationship has become like this?

Thinking that He Qiang was really estranged from him because of Yu Li, a woman, He Liang felt annoyed.

Everything was really caused by this idiot.

I shouldn't have married her just because she was pretty!

"Why are you silent? Speak up! What's wrong with you, the second oldest brother, speaking to your younger brother? Is the family still going to eat? The eldest brother and his family can still eat meat with their father, but we can't even see a hair after this meal! If you don't feel sorry for me, you should at least feel sorry for the children!"

Yu Li urged dissatisfiedly.

"Enough, shut up! If you could shut your stinky mouth, there wouldn't be so much trouble!"

He Liang couldn't control his temper and yelled directly.

This shout made Yu Li stunned.

The whole family was watching, and Yu Li was completely embarrassed.

Old lady He sat in the main seat, looking at the quarreling young couple, not only did she not help Yu Li, but she scolded her with an unhappy face:

"If you want to quarrel, get out and quarrel!"

Yu Li's face turned blue, and she wanted to get up and slam the door and leave.

But Grandma He said slowly:"If you want to leave, take the children with you."

The two little ones were dumbfounded.

The banquet was about to start, how could they eat beef if they were kicked out.

He Xuewu got angry and shouted at Yu Li:"Mom, I want to eat meat!"

Yu Li trembled all over, and finally had to sit in her seat with her inner anger.

He Yongjun whispered to He Liang:"Xiaoliang, what's the matter?"

He Liang felt that he had no face to face his third uncle, and lowered his head and whispered:"Women are shallow-eyed, third uncle, don't worry about it, I will give her a good lesson when I go back."

He Aiguo on the side sighed.

He looked down on Yu Li as his daughter-in-law back then. If He Liang hadn't insisted, this marriage would have been impossible.

Yu Li's family also took a fancy to Grandpa He's relationship and tried their best to promote it.

As a result, now it seems that the family is really living an uneasy life

"You've been learning to drive a car lately and you don't have any work to do. It's not a good idea to let Qiangwa find you a job."

He Yongjun also knew He Liang's situation.

What else can rural women do to gossip?

It's nothing more than jealousy.

And the He family knew the temper of Yu Li, the married daughter-in-law.

She couldn't stand any loss, and she couldn't stand others taking advantage of her.

"Dad, actually today when we talked about blue bricks, I just remembered that we can actually start a business to make blue bricks!"

He Qiang expressed his idea.

This immediately excited everyone at the table.

"Hmm! ? Can we open a brick factory and make green bricks ourselves?"

He Yongjun's eyes lit up.

Green bricks are so popular that they are hard to find. So there is no need to worry about sales. You can make money by making them.

"Why not? The reason why we didn’t build a brick factory before was because the road was not good and the transportation cost was too high, but the problem is that the road is being repaired now. When the time comes, can’t we just sell the bricks to people from other villages in the township, not to mention those far away? We can make money by using our horses and mules to sell them!"

He Qiang analyzed the situation to his family.

When everyone listened and thought about it carefully, they felt that it was indeed the case.

They didn’t think about selling to people from other villages in the township before because everyone was poor at that time.

The problem is that this time the troops came to repair the road, and the surrounding villagers can help take on the work on different sections of the road, and making melon stones is a source of income.

Moreover, because of the household contract responsibility system, everyone’s pockets were filled with money.���It is more bulging than before, so the spending power must have increased.

When the He family thought that the biggest sales problem had been solved, they all started to think about it.

"The problem is how do we make blue bricks? We don't have the technology!"

He Aiguo looked worried, as if his wealth was about to slip away.

He Qiang laughed,"Uncle, blue bricks are not as difficult to make as you think. The technical problem is not a big deal. The main thing is whether you are willing to do it!"

In fact, after the reform and opening up, there were more and more brick factories that made blue bricks, especially various township enterprises, which were quite numerous.

And He Qiang later learned that in fact, in 1978, there were already self-employed businesses that started to operate. Some of these blue brick factories were privately run, and they often went to the countryside to rent fields to collect raw materials!

Blue brick firing does not require such a high furnace temperature, and the raw materials are even more silt in the fields! There is actually no threshold for these things, it all depends on whether you have the courage to enter the industry!

In fact, in many cities, some brave people have already started small businesses. Some big bosses in the catering industry in later generations may be setting up stalls somewhere in the city to sell tofu rice!

Why do people say that the early days of opening up were an era of barbaric growth?

Because at that time, the bold ones were fed to death and the timid ones were starved to death. Many of the first batch of businessmen who tried crabs were even second-rate people and gangsters who were hated by people before!

Therefore, the business world of that era was in chaos, and it was really that those bosses were not rule-abiding people! If the rule-abiding bosses really became the mainstream, it would be after they took a leave of absence and went into business.