Chapter 1700: Chapter 1700: Prosperity 4
Zhang Yuejin was still making plans with his wife for next year when his three brothers-in-law started constructing houses.
Wang Zhenguo had discussed with his three sons; the second and youngest sons took over Xibao’s two residential plots, and each wrote a promissory note to Xibao for eighty yuan, with the promise of repaying the debt when they had the money. The eldest son, Wang Dachun, as the elder brother, ceded to his siblings, so the brigade approved a plot for him, and the money was deducted from the year’s work points.
Each of the three households built three brick-and-tile rooms and two mud-brick rooms on the east and west sides, spending almost the sa amount, with each family’s expenses not exceeding four hundred yuan.
This amount was their entire savings.
After constructing his new house, Wang Dachun had so money left to repay the brigade, while his two brothers each owed thirty to fifty yuan in wages. Fortunately, the debt was for labor costs, and they were willing to wait until the year-end profit distribution to settle it.
Wang Zhenguo was still around, and unless there was a pressing need for money, nobody would co to demand paynt.
Wanglou Brigade is developing better now, and with one family taking the lead in building houses, many others with so savings hurried to reconstruct their hos before the busy farming season. Those with better conditions built brick-and-tile houses, those sowhat worse built half brick-and-tile, and those with particularly poor conditions only built mud houses. They had no choice since the old houses couldn’t accommodate the whole family.
Xibao was focused, steadily advancing to junior high school. Although registered at school, he continued to learn from the elderly, gaining more knowledge as he grew older, requiring deeper understanding with increasingly complex subjects.
These elders were nearing the end of their lives, almost lying half in their coffins, eager to impart all their knowledge to Xibao.
Spring quickly passed, and sumr arrived; the entire Wanglou Brigade prepared for the sumr harvest.
The house construction paused, and Xibao’s studies also took a break.
By early June, the temperature in the South Sea had exceeded thirty degrees, with everyone sweating profusely.
By July, the temperature rose further.
Feng Qingxue, along with other military doctors who had been temporarily assigned, hadn’t received orders to return. When they weren’t at sea, so sat in clinics, while others trained this year’s newly enlisted dical soldiers; Feng Qingxue was part of the latter group.
Just back from the sea, Feng Qingxue hurriedly boiled water for a bath, changed out of her military uniform, and put on cotton and linen clothes.
She couldn’t tolerate the scorching heat, so in May, she spent money and industrial coupons to buy a tabletop fan with a solid steel base, which was very heavy. It stood on her bedside table, whirring loudly.
The washed clothes hung out on the bamboo rods by the window, and Feng Qingxue still felt sweaty.
Sitting on the bed’s edge with the fan blowing for a while, she heard soone knocking on the door.
“Doctor Feng, Doctor Feng, there’s a phone call for you downstairs!” A child said upon opening the door.
Each building had a phone in the reception area, and for half a year, she had used it to contact her family. As soon as she picked up the receiver, she heard Lu Jiang say angrily, “Your third uncle and aunt are bringing the kids to see you. Be aware.”
Feng Qingxue was taken aback, “How are they coming? It’s such a long distance and so hot to travel by train!”
“They flew!” Lu Jiang replied helplessly, “They are on vacation, right? They’re causing trouble at ho every day, unable to stay still for a mont. Their uncle and aunt took them to the Capital to visit relatives, but sohow they got aboard a plane going to the Southeast Military Region. I don’t know who instigated it; I suspect it was Erxiong. After three days, Coach Lu called to tell .”
Feng Qingxue exclaid in surprise, “So they must have arrived!”
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