1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 204 Having Many Children is a Debt

Chu Xue had actually prepared herself for the fact that she couldn't dig a well here, since the place she chose, although at the end of the village, was on higher ground: "If we dig a well in this location, wouldn't it have to be a deep well?"

The man laughed: "No need, I've checked, it should be able to reach the water at most eight or nine meters."

Seeing that Chuxue still had doubts, she explained, "Although your house is located on high ground, there is a mountain behind it. It happens to be an anticline, and that location is most likely to be flooded."

Once the location was settled, the man told Uncle Liangzi and the others some things to note: "That's basically it. We'll be staying at the construction site by the reservoir for the next two weeks. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, just come and find me. My name is Tao Sujun."

Chu Xue knew that mentioning money might offend people, so she asked Liu's mother to go back to the old house in advance and bring over a few jars of the mushroom meat sauce she had made earlier: "Thank you so much for making this trip. We don't have much to offer at home. This is the mushroom meat sauce I made the day before yesterday. Take it with you and add a spoonful when you eat noodles. It goes very well with rice."

Tao Sujun did not refuse and accepted it with a smile: "Then I will accept it. I left in such a hurry that I did not prepare anything. Even if I am not used to the food on the construction site, this meat sauce will help me get through the workday. Thank you so much."

Chu Xue smiled and said, "Anyway, the reservoir isn't far from our village. If you've finished eating, you can send someone over, and I'll make some other side dishes for you. I'll make sure you can keep going until we finish our work."

Looking at the generous first snow, Tao Sujun thought to himself: No wonder that guy was in such a hurry to ask him for help; it seems he really cares about this girl.

After sending the people away, Uncle Liangzi prepared to mobilize his troops to start digging.

Chu Xue called out to him, "Uncle Liangzi, the house, the slope protection, and the embankment are all finished. I'll pay all the workers who did the work before this first. After all, we won't need as many people to dig the well next. Everyone has a hard time, and I'll feel at ease once I get the money."

Some people were overjoyed when they heard what Chuxue said.

After all, many families can't afford to pay the wages immediately after building a house, and it's common for them to owe money.

Actually, the wages weren't much. After all, apart from the bricklayers and their own laborers, the others who helped build houses in the village were either people with good relationships in the village who came to help or to repay favors. Those were all debts of gratitude, so there was no need to calculate the wages.

It wasn't that Chuxue didn't want to give, but the rules couldn't be broken. However, she had already discussed it with her parents, and they would steam some pure white flour buns and sugar buns and send a few to each family as a thank-you gift.

That evening, Chu Xue got a letter of introduction from the village secretary. She got up early the next morning, ate a quick bite, and left the village; she had to catch the early morning bus to the city.

That way I can catch the afternoon train back and won't have to spend the night in the city.

During the time she was building the house, Chu Xue would go up the mountain when she wasn't busy. Occasionally she would bring back a rabbit or a chicken for a treat, but to avoid unnecessary trouble, she didn't bring them home often. Most of them were thrown into the mountain in her space.

Thinking that once we move to the new house, we won't have to be so careful anymore. After all, it's a detached house, far from other people's houses, so even if we eat something nice, we won't have to worry too much.

During her trip to Beijing, she also wanted to exchange the goods in her storage space for some necessary receipts.

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Beijing Bearing Factory Staff Quarters
Zhang Yurong got up early in the morning; "Mom, where are the fish that Yancheng brought back a few days ago?"

For a moment, Madam Fu didn't know what to say, but this matter couldn't be kept secret any longer: "Your second brother came back yesterday and said that your second sister-in-law is pregnant again."

Zhang Yurong wasn't stupid; she understood immediately: "How long have you been pregnant? You can't stand the smell of fish when you're newly pregnant, so why did they take it all away?"

Madam Fu coughed lightly: "This isn't the place where they went to the countryside. It's not far from the North Suburb Farm. I asked him to send some over to Yan Yan."

Okay, I see.

Mother Fu knew she shouldn't let her second son take it all, but he said the preserved fish was quite rare and he wanted to give it away as a gift or try to get it back. What could she, as his mother, say? It's true that having many children is a burden.

Zhang Yurong knew that saying more would only upset her mother-in-law, so she decided to back down: "It's alright, Mom. I was just asking casually. They're already in difficult conditions in the countryside, so it's only right that they take more with them."

(End of this chapter)