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Chapter 45: You really need to press it (please read it later)
The mountain road is full of twists and turns, and a horse will die if it runs to the mountain.

Xu Ye and his companions concentrated on their journey and did not rest much along the way.

It takes four or five hours to go to the county town, so they rarely go there.

This time, it was mainly because Heihuling was relatively close to the county seat.

"It would be great if we had a carriage or a bicycle, so we could get back to the village faster." Zhang Sanbao wiped the sweat from his face.

To be honest, he didn't dare to think about these things before.

But after following Xu Ye into the mountains twice, he dared to do it.

In the past, he and his father would go into the mountains to hunt some game, eat the meat and store the skin.

At the end of the year, the income is at most thirty or forty yuan.

But it’s different now. It only costs thirty or forty yuan for two trips.

As long as you work hard, won’t you be able to afford the bike in a month?

He felt that a better life was waving at him madly.

If anyone dares to destroy it, he will be the first to go up and chop him up.

"Yes, there will be bicycles and houses. In the near future, many people will be able to drive cars and live in small houses."

As long as we entered the 1980s, life would get better and better, become more and more hopeful, and enter a stage of rapid development.

Even if it began to stagnate in later generations, it would still be a tremendous change for now.

After hearing Xu Ye's description, Jiang Ruyue couldn't help but feel longing.

That kind of life seems so beautiful just thinking about it.

"Will there really be a day like that?" Zhang Sanbao couldn't help but doubt.

Nowadays, many people can’t even get enough food to eat, so how can they have money to build a house or buy a car?

There are only a few cars in the county.

Moreover, learning to drive is not an easy task.

I spend all day digging for food in the fields, so how can I have the time to learn how to drive?

If I go to study, who will farm the land?

"There will be a day when our country is the greatest country. It will catch up with Europe and America in a very short time and live a wonderful life like them."

Xu Ye has experienced this before, and was pushed forward along with everyone else.

Hearing Xu Ye say this, Zhang Sanbao felt full of energy and walked a little faster.

It was a little after one o'clock in the afternoon when they finally arrived home.

The door of the Li family was closed but not locked.

Locks are rare these days.

Some are used to lock cabinets or something, not to lock the front door.

Pushing the door open, Xu Ye and Jiang Ruyue saw Li Qian playing in the mud.

"Little girl, Uncle Ye."

Seeing Xu Ye and Jiang Ruyue opening the door and coming in, Li Qian shouted excitedly and ran to them quickly.

Xu Ye put down his things and rubbed her little head.

"Where are your aunt and younger aunt?"

This time when he went to the county town, he didn't buy any candy or anything like that.

"They've gone to work."

"There's still food in the pot. My aunt said you would be back today, so she asked me to keep it warm. Come and eat quickly." As she said that, Li Qian prepared to serve the food.

Children at this age start doing housework and taking care of children early on, and they can help out at home without doing too much work.

Some boys aged seven or eight have already gone to the mountains to collect firewood.

When they grow up a little, they will go to collect firewood and cut grass.

Only a very small number of people can go to school because there is a severe shortage of labor.

"We can do it ourselves. We've already eaten some sweet potatoes on the way." Jiang Ruyue would never let a child do this and hurried to the kitchen.

Xu Ye went to wash his face. The road was dusty all the way back. He had to pat the dust off his body before washing.

Jiang Ruoan loved Xu Ye, and half of the sweet potato rice he left was white rice.

There was no need to guess, he knew that Jiang Ruoan and Li Qian must be eating pure sweet potato rice.

My family is still poor and we can’t afford to eat white rice every day.

After lunch and a short rest, Xu Ye and Jiang Ruyue went to the brigade to buy river sand.

He wanted to build a blacksmith's furnace, a bathroom, and a toilet, so he had to have river sand to mix cement.

Digging by himself was a waste of time; he could have used that time to build a brick wall.

Xu Ye first bought one dollar's worth of sand, and he and Jiang Ruyue carried it back home in several trips.

Then, Jiang Ruyue joined in mixing the cement.

This was a very new thing for her.

In order to save cement, Xu Ye also added some yellow mud.

It’s not that Xu Ye didn’t want to buy more, but the purchasing station gave him a ticket for two bags of cement.

Without the ticket, he had no way to buy cement.

Cement tickets are in short supply, and the purchasing station is willing to give two bags, but that's only because of the golden cat skin.

The yellow mud here has better viscosity, and after mixing with sand and cement, it has sufficient viscosity and strength.

After mixing, Xu Ye made a simple wooden plastering trowel using wooden boards and nails.

When he went to the county town, he wanted to buy a set of bricklayer's tools, but he didn't have a ticket.

All of these things require tickets.

He also checked the black market, but those tools were not for sale.

When he went to buy a watch, he also wanted to see if there were those tools or cement.

Unfortunately, none of them had what he needed.

But he just built a wall first, and a wooden trowel was enough.

When you need to use cement to plaster the walls and floors, think of a solution.

There are always more solutions than problems, Xu Ye is still relatively optimistic.

Xu Ye built the bathroom in the room inside the kitchen because he wanted to demolish this room.

In addition, prepare to bring water in from behind the house.

Isn’t there a half-meter-wide canal separating the Li family and the Fan family? That’s because there is a small waterfall in the mountain behind them, and the water flow is quite strong.

If there is a water pipe, the water can be brought back so that there is running water at home.

The source of that water is a mountain spring and the water quality is very good.

If there is a generator, it can be installed under the waterfall, which can drive a small hydroelectric generator for use by several households.

Of course, they certainly can't afford it right now.

"Xu Ye, can this bathroom be used at night?" Jiang Ruyue couldn't help but ask when she started laying bricks.

"That's definitely not possible. After laying the bricks, we have to wait for a few days before applying cement on the surface."

"I'm going to make a shower. It's too inconvenient to fetch water by myself."

Nowadays, most people take cold showers, and taking a hot shower is a luxury.

"Oh, I want to rub your back and give you a massage tonight." Jiang Ruyue said with a blushing face.

Give me a back rub and massage?
Are you trying to rub my back?
Xu Ye didn't even want to expose her.

If they usually take a shower in the yard, Jiang Ruyue cannot help Xu Ye rub his back.

If someone sees you, something might happen.

Jiang Ruyue finally mustered up the courage, and Xu Ye didn't want her to fail.

So, he looked at her flushed face and said, "You can still have a massage. I do have a little backache these days and really need a massage."

"Okay!" Jiang Ruyue suddenly became happy and put down her little hands that had nowhere to put.

(End of this chapter)