When Yang Qinglin returned home, he talked to his wife about building a house with his daughter, and his wife immediately said: "The things we have experienced in this life have made us understand, what do people want to live? Isn't it just that we have a comfortable nest and can live peacefully and healthily?

"What you say is reasonable, you discuss it with our daughter-in-law, start with it, you take care of the children at home, I have helped my daughter build the house these days, and it has also saved our family a worry. Yang Qinglin felt that the daughter-in-law should be said by the wife, after all, there is something to say between women.

"You can rest assured about this, our daughter-in-law here is a reasonable and understanding person, since she entered our house, what thing does not depend on you!" The wife's words made Yang Qinglin feel that his daughter-in-law was really hard to find in the world, her son was not at home, and she was at home and outside the house, so that the whole village envied her.

Early the next morning, Yang Qinglin walked to the wharf by the river, the wharf is less than a mile away from Yangliu Village, through a rice field, on the embankment, he saw an open land on the second beach under the embankment, about two or three acres of land, this is the wharf called by the village people, there is a protruding part on the bank of the river in the open field, there is a platform slightly higher than the second beach, a small crane is parked on the platform, the boat that pulls sand or stones is docked there, and the sand or stones can be unloaded on the open land through this crane and piled into a small hill. Although the wharf is very simple, most of the sand and gravel used to build houses in these ten miles and eight towns come from this small wharf. It is said that this small wharf has increased the income of Yangliu Village a lot every year.

Yang Qinglin walked straight down the lane leading to the wharf, because it was too early, there was no one on the wharf, he paced around the wharf, only to see a middle-aged man coming down from the river embankment, and shouted to him from afar: "Isn't that Uncle Yang?

Yang Qinglin heard the shout, followed the voice, and came down to Bao Er, who drove the crane here, and saw him running downhill while waving his hand.

"What's the matter, I can't come here to see if I don't build a house?" Yang Qinglin replied to him unceremoniously.

"Yes, yes, of course. Bao Er said that the person had already stood in front of Yang Qinglin, handed over a cigarette, and with a "squeak" struck a match and lit it, Yang Qinglin took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile: "It's almost the same!"

"What's the price of sand and gravel this year?" Yang Qinglin asked with a puff of smoke.

"Hey, Uncle Yang, you don't know, this year has risen by at least one-third compared with last year, there is no way, now there are more houses, it is such a price, now the goods shipped by the ship, immediately someone wants, basically there is no left, unlike when you built a house last year, it was the ship parked on this dock for three days, and it may not be possible to find the goods, but now the goods have to wait for the ship to come, and they have to book in advance." After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed to the sand dunes piled on the pier and said: "Look at this pile of sand, this is the goods they ordered three days in advance, and it is estimated that they will come and pull it away in a while, I am afraid that they will miss the car that pulls sand, so I came here in advance, otherwise I will have to sleep again!"

"I also want to order a boatload of sand and a boatload of stones, how many days will it take for the goods to arrive?" Yang Qinglin didn't expect this sand and stone to be so popular, and he had to book in advance.

"If you want, after all, we are a village, we can give priority to care, and it will take two or three days, now it is a boatload of sand a day, and a boatload of stones every other day, if you need it urgently, the sand from the day after tomorrow will be given to you first!" Bao Er's tone was a little vague.

"Don't think that I built a house last year and came to joke with you, I'll set a boatload of sand and a boatload of stones at the time you said, the sooner the better, and send it to Xiaowangzhuang." Yang Qinglin said seriously.

"If you give someone what you want, then wait a few more days!" Bao Er said tentatively.

"What's the matter, let me wait, there are no outsiders in Xiaowangzhuang, I helped my daughter's family enter, he will start construction in the next few days, so I came to you early in the morning, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a hurry." Yang Qinglin's words made Bao Er dare not slack off, this Uncle Yang's daughter Xiuhua is two years older than him, and she helped him a lot when she was a child, and now this sister has sand and gravel at home, so she naturally wants to enjoy the treatment of the same village.

"Okay, don't worry, we will deliver it in a few days, then make sure that it will be sent to Xiaowangzhuang the day after tomorrow, and you can wait for our car to deliver sand and gravel in Zhuangtou!" Bao Er's affirmative tone reassured Yang Qinglin.

Leaving the wharf, Yang Qinglin found Yang Zaixing's house last year, Yang Zaixing was not at home, and heard his daughter-in-law say that he got up and left before dawn these days, saying that he went to Hu Liji, which is more than ten miles away from Yangliu Village, to build a house, and he can only come back after dark every night. Yang Qinglin sighed, feeling that this material was better prepared, but this person was not easy to find, and he suddenly became anxious.

Yang Qinglin left Yang Zaixing's house, and it was already time for breakfast, so he pondered as he walked: "Where can I find the construction team? If we can't find the foreman's construction team within two days, it will be equal to zero, and all the other materials are dead, only people are alive, hmph! Can this big living person still suffocate urine to death?"

When Yang Qinglin returned home, his daughter-in-law was dressing the child, and his wife was serving food in the kitchen.

"How do you have the heart to go shopping? I went to the wharf, looked at the sand and gravel, and then went to Yang Zaixing's house to contact the person who built the house, but the materials were well prepared, and it was difficult to find a living person!" Yang Qinglin replied helplessly.

"You only think about building houses in our village, and there must be neighboring villages, so why don't you go and inquire?" said the old companion.

After being reminded by his wife, Yang Qinglin suddenly thought of the Yu Parts Factory in Gaozhuang across the river, when he built a house last year, when he went there to set the ash board, the boss reminded him that if he couldn't find a house to build, he could contact him, he could help find it, Yang Qinglin thought of this, and said something casually, but his wife didn't hear it clearly, and asked: "What are you muttering there? Hurry up and eat, what do you want to do after eating?"

Yang Qinglin didn't respond, so he sat in front of the board and picked up the rice bowl, almost grabbed the rice in his mouth, then wiped his mouth, and rode out without saying a word.

Although it is only separated by a river from the Yu Parts Factory, but to the other side of the river, it is necessary to detour the bridge that has five miles away from the village, so that it is necessary to walk at least ten miles more, when Yang Qinglin came to the Yu Parts Factory, the boss here is busy loading people, and when he sees Yang Qinglin coming, the boss Yu thinks he is ordering, so he stepped forward and said: "Brother, what do you want to order?"

"Do you remember me? My house is on the other side of the river, when I ordered here last year, you mentioned to me that you know a lot of foremen who build houses, and now I want to build another house, do you see if there are any foremen available?" Yang Qinglin said, handing Boss Yu a cigarette.

"You're looking for me, many of the people who come to me are foremen, I'll help you ask. After Boss Yu finished speaking, he shouted to the middle-aged man who was watching the loading in front of the tractor: "Lao Guan, after you finished building the current house, have you taken over the work below?"

The middle-aged man turned around, looked at Yang Qinglin, who was standing in front of Boss Yu, and said, "There are two looking for me, because the road is too far, I am wondering whether to go or not?"

"You see that there are people looking for someone here, do you think it is appropriate?" said Boss Yu.

"In which village?" asked Lao Guan.

"Xiaowangzhuang, it's not far from here. Yang Qinglin replied.

"Okay, this one is closer to us, then take it, and I'll push those two later. Lao Guan readily agreed.

Yang Qinglin listened to Lao Guan's words of agreement, and immediately came to his senses, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and handed over a cigarette.

"Make an appointment about a day, and I'll meet you then. Yang Qinglin was afraid that he would change his hexagram again temporarily, so he said that he would set a good day.

"Not counting today, four days later, we will see you in Xiaowangzhuang Village, you leave my name, if I can't see you at that time, it's convenient to ask!" Lao Guan said and took out a small notebook from his arms, Yang Qinglin noticed that there were a lot of small characters densely written on it, Yang Qinglin couldn't recognize a few words, but he felt that this Lao Guan's knowledge was much greater than his own.

"Mu Zhen, when you go to Xiaowangzhuang School, you can just ask Mu Zhen's family, and I will wait for you there. Lao Guan took out a ballpoint pen and wrote down the words "Xiao Wang Zhuang Mu Zhen four days later", and then wrote a few words in a circle.

"What about the price?" Yang Qinglin asked a little uneasily.

"With the market, this year's price is expected to rise, our wages are the same as last year's price, not a penny, when we meet and chat. Lao Guan's response reassured Yang Qinglin.

Yang Qinglin, who rode back from the Yu Parts Factory, felt relieved, in his opinion, the foreman to build a house means that the house is close in front of him.