Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 743

In the town of Kirk, another group of new residents were moved here.

Henry looked at these new immigrants and couldn't help feeling a little worried. He was wondering if there were enough houses in the town.

When the residents of Lankeng Town were relocated here, there were still many empty houses in the town. Although they were all located deep in the underground shelter, they were at least places to live.

Even if it lacks furniture and daily necessities, at least it is a house that can accommodate a family and protect against wind, snow and cold.

But after the people from Lankeng Town moved in, people from three or four surrounding villages and towns moved into Kirk Town one after another, filling up all the empty houses in the town in a flash.

Now that more people are moving in, it's inevitable that people are worried that there won't be enough houses in the town.

Although some of the townspeople moved back to their homes on the ground after the snowstorm subsided, leaving some of the underground houses vacant, it was obvious that these houses were at most temporarily loaned to the relocated people, and they still had to find a place to live on their own afterwards.

As for Henry himself? He was assigned a one-bedroom resettlement house. Although the place was not big, it was his house.

This made Henry, who used to be not very fond of tidying up, become diligent and he kept his little house spotless every day.

Of course, a very important factor is that Henry no longer has to worry about his livelihood every day. The town has arranged a job for him. Although the work is still very hard every day, not only is the salary paid every Monday, but he can also receive a quota every day that is enough to fill his stomach.

And more importantly, the workers in the North only work 10 hours a day, and in addition to the prescribed rations, they are also provided with one meal.

Although not everyone can enjoy this treatment, at least for workers employed by the Northern Territory government, this basic treatment can be guaranteed.

This greatly changed Henry's life. Not only did it give him time to clean the house after get off work every day, it also allowed him to fill his stomach and have more energy to work.

Even during the time he had been in Kirk Town, Henry's belly, which originally had visible ribs, had become rounder and no longer looked like skin and bones.

This made Henry cherish his current life even more and eager to do more for the town.

He even thought that if there were not enough houses in the town to accommodate these people, he could squeeze in with one more person in his house.

However, it was obvious that since the decision was made to move people to this town, the issue of housing had already been considered. A huge machine that Henry had never seen before was transported to the town by the restored train and assembled in the underground shelter.

"What is that? It looks really big!" Henry asked his co-worker beside him while carrying a large bag.

Henry's current job is still a porter, similar to coolie labor, but compared to before, Henry loves this job and is very motivated.

Henry's co-worker took a look at the machine and said nonchalantly, "That's a tunnel boring machine, used to dig underground shelters. The underground shelters were dug out bit by bit with this thing."

As the worker spoke, he also carried a large wooden box on his shoulder. While walking forward with Henry, he continued, "It's just that Kirk Town is not big enough and there are not enough people. Otherwise, I heard that there is a machine like this permanently underground in those big cities or towns. Once there are not enough houses in the city, they will start the machine, continue to dig new space, and then build more houses!
I don't know if the bosses above will have any new arrangements with so many of you moving here this time. It would be great if they could keep this big guy here with us!
That way we can start it and dig more houses ourselves, so that when I get married I won’t have to squeeze into the small house we have now with Fanny.”

Listening to his coworkers talking about their life ideals, Henry couldn't help but feel envious.

He had also seen Fanny mentioned by his coworker. She was the daughter of the baker in the town. She was very beautiful and had dazzling golden hair.

The few times Henry and his co-workers met her before, she heard that Henry had moved here from another place and was living in poverty, so she gave him a lot of bread.

Although these are the leftovers from the bakery, they are still very valuable support for Henry.

This made Henry very envious of his coworker for having such a beautiful girlfriend, but he did not expect to find a beautiful girlfriend himself. He just wanted her to be hardworking and healthy.

After all, the worker's family also runs a grocery store, so they are a good match for the baker's family, unlike him who is just an ordinary bachelor.

So Henry didn't have any extravagant demands, he just hoped that he could maintain his current good life.

The two men carried the things and moved them to the designated location. After unloading the things, they turned around and walked back, but Henry was stopped before he had gone far.

"Hey, Henry! I remember you are single, right?" The person who called Henry was the town affairs officer. When Henry first arrived, he was responsible for registering Henry's identity, allocating him a house, and arranging a job for him.

Because of this, Henry respected the official very much. When he saw him calling him, he quickly greeted him: "Hello, official. Yes, I am still single. What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I just asked you if you want a wife?" The clerk spoke, saying something that surprised Henry.

"Ah?" Not only Henry, but even the workers beside him were surprised.

"What? Do you want a wife? There are quite a lot of people migrating here this time, and many of them are single. Considering the current housing shortage in the town, I am considering introducing some single girls and boys to the single boys and girls in the town so that you can pair up and save some trouble." The official gave a brief explanation and then asked Henry, "So do you want a wife? If you do, I will introduce one to you."

"Yes! But I don't have money! I can't afford to marry a wife..." Henry seemed very embarrassed.

Although he found a job soon after arriving in the town and was paid weekly, he had almost nothing when he first arrived in Kirk Town. There were many things he needed to buy, which meant that he had to spend money on everything and had very little money on hand.

"That's not a problem! I'll lend it to you first!" The worker quickly grabbed Henry and said he could help: "I saved some money and originally planned to use it to marry Fanny, but now we haven't been allocated a house, so I can lend it to you first."

"How can this be!" Henry didn't want the money. His co-worker was also going to get married, and he didn't want to affect his co-worker's marriage to Fanny.

"You don't have to pay, I will take care of this matter." The officer stopped the worker and said with a smile that he had a solution.

(End of this chapter)