Chapter 247: Every failure brings wisdom, this is the experience just accumulated

After the date was set, Chen Huihong and Chen Hui split up into two groups to tell the people from the second team who were going to work the date and time.

They can do their own things these days.

Wait until the second day of the Lunar New Year when the groundbreaking ceremony is held, and arrive a little earlier than the auspicious time.

Then we went back to Lin Jiao's house, had dinner, and prepared to go to Dasa Village together.

This time, as he would be away for several days, Chen Hui did not ask Chen Xiaoqiao to borrow a bicycle.

Pushing their own carts, several people walked towards Dasa Village.

After returning to Dasa Village, Wu Shuisheng went to Wei Jianjun's house to confirm whether to go out to sea tomorrow.

Chen Hui gave the bicycle to An Wenjing and asked her to go home with Chen Huihong first.

"Brother Chen Hui, where are you going?"

"I'm going to look for Lao Si. We had originally agreed to go look for him after the rain stops, but it's been several days now."

After saying this, Chen Hui trotted away.

On the way, I met Wang Guihua, who was carrying a basket full of dried fish and didn't know where she was going.

He just pretended not to see her and passed her by on the way to Wu Si's house.

Wu Si was still very unhappy because Chen Hui had stood him up for several days.

After hearing what Chen Hui said about the past few days, he became even more unhappy. He jumped up from the steps in front of the house and asked, "Are you just going to let it go?"

"Yes! Look how broad-minded I am. I am kind to others and have a good heart!"

Chen Hui has heard the same question too many times in the past two days.

At the beginning, he would explain and analyze the situation and comfort his fellow villagers who were eager to speak up for him.

By the end, I was numb and had to go straight to the flattery stage.

"Bah! Such nice words are useless!"

"Then who will help you build the house? Who will help you with the accounting?"

"Those people in the production team can only do rough labor, right? Have you found carpenters and plasterers?" Wu Si asked.

Chen Hui shook his head. "There's no rush for this. I'll go to the town or county and look for it. By the way, you seem to know a lot about it, right?"

"That's right, I have first-hand experience, it's hot!"

"Come on, come on, I'll take you somewhere." Wu Si patted the dirt on his butt and walked out while speaking.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Chen Hui followed him out puzzled.

"One of my dad's friends is also working on a house. He just finished the frame and foundation."

"I heard from people in the village that the master they hired is quite good. Let's go and ask around."

As Wu Si walked, he explained the situation to Chen Hui.

"Oh?"

Having ready-made homework to copy can save you a lot of trouble.

Chen Hui was also very interested. He followed Wu Si and soon arrived at the house Wu Si mentioned.

"Is your father's friend quite rich?"

Chen Hui looked at the main structure of the house in front of him that had been completed.

The house is very large, three stories high. The main floor is made of bricks, leaving a very high and wide space to be used as a gate in the future.

"It's not like he's very rich. I heard from my dad that he owed a lot of money to buy a house."

"The main thing is that he only has one son, and he hasn't thought about dividing the family property in the future. This house is for two generations to live in, so it has to be bigger."

Wu Si said this and took Chen Hui to another house not far away.

It is very common to build your own house and live in the home of a neighbor or relative in the same village for convenience.

"Aunt Xianhong, is Uncle Dashan here with you?" Wu Si asked as he walked in.

"Oh, the kid from Jianhua's family!"

"He is, but he probably doesn't have time to talk to you right now. Someone is here to ask for money, and they are chatting inside."

Zhang Xianhong was mending the fishing nets outside the door. When she saw Wu Si coming, she looked up and smiled.

"You want money?! Who's in such a hurry?"

Generally speaking, if you borrow money to build a house, you will at least wait for the house to be built, and then ask for it a year or two later. After the main structure is completed, there are still many places to spend money.

If you come to collect the debt at this time, it’s better not to lend it.

"The bricklayer said he still hasn't paid half of his wages, so he came back for the second time."

"I advised him to just do some simple work on the house, but he wouldn't listen." Zhang Xianhong shook his head, expressing his incomprehension.

"Bricklayer? That's perfect."

Wu Si said this, said hello to Zhang Xianhong, and took Chen Hui into her house.

The two men sat at the square table and chatted face to face.

The mason grumbled to himself that there had never been such a situation before, where the wages were not paid after the work was done.

Wu Dashan must have been scolded for a long time, and complained quietly: "Then your wages are so much higher than others."

"Our wages are high, but they didn't become high halfway through!"

"When you came to the county to see me, I explained the wages to you clearly."

"Also, our wages are high, but we do a good job and are quick, so one worker can do the work of one and a half others."

The middle-aged man couldn't hold it anymore, stood up from the stool and said excitedly.

"Hey! Uncle!"

At first, Chen Hui just felt that the voice of the plasterer sounded familiar.

After listening for a while, Chen Hui saw him stand up and he suddenly remembered.

The conversation between the two was interrupted. The middle-aged man turned around, looked Chen Hui up and down twice, and then he remembered.

He said with a smile: "Brother! Why are you here?"

"Yeah? You guys know each other?"

The two people looked like they knew each other but also not very familiar with each other, which confused Huang Miao.

"The last time he took a bus back to the county town, we happened to be in the same car!" said Chen Hui.

"Brother, he is you."

The plasterer looked back and forth between Chen Hui and Wu Dashan, asking with his eyes about their relationship.

"I'm here to see you. If you have something to do, just go ahead and we'll wait for you at the door."

After Chen Hui finished speaking, he winked at Wu Si and the two of them left together.

The mason left soon without getting paid.

Looking at Chen Hui, he was a little confused. "Brother, how did you know I was here today? What's the matter with you coming to see me?"

"I'm building a house, but I haven't found a carpenter or a mason yet."

"I heard that this fellow villager's family has good workmanship, so I came to him for an introduction." Chen Hui explained briefly.

The provincial mason uncle thought that I had some strange intention.

"Oh, that's how it is!"

"You can ask me to build your house, but I have to be frank with you."

"My brother and I are going to work together, and our wages will be 50 cents more per day than others in the market."

"Also, we have to pay you every day you work. If you don't pay us one day, we won't come the next day."

This last one is obviously the social experience that has just been accumulated.

"Um"

"One plasterer is not enough, so it's no problem if two people work together. It's not a problem if it's 50 cents more expensive and paid per day."

"As long as the wages are worthy of the craftsmanship." Chen Hui said thoughtfully.

"Brother! Come here, follow me!"

The plasterer greeted and took Chen Hui to Wu Dashan's house.

He took out a flashlight from the tool bag, shone it on the bricks on the wall and the tiles on the roof, and spoke to Chen Hui in a flash.

Seeing Chen Hui's look of being indifferent to different trades, he waved his hand and said:
"Well, we two brothers will work for your family for two days."

"If you think it's okay, we'll continue! If you think it's not okay, we'll pay you at the normal price and you can find someone else to do the rest of the work!"

(End of this chapter)