When he first arrived, Yao Baozhong was very restrained, he gave Xiuying all the grain, vegetables, and dried pickles he brought, and said with embarrassment, "Niece and daughter-in-law, I'm going to bother you during this time." ”

Because Pan Shiyao had just blown the wind on the pillow for Xiuying, Xiuying was more polite to the honest farmer in front of her, and shirked it twice, until Pan Yang spoke, she accepted everything from the food, and said with a smile, "A few days ago, Adada came over and brought food, and the food at home is enough, Uncle will live here with peace of mind, no need to be polite, you don't come, Shiyao has traveled a long distance, and I am still a little afraid of living in such a big place." ”

There are too few beds at home, Pan Shiyao applied from the unit and moved the original bed in his dormitory home, and now there are two beds on the left and one on the right in the west room, Xiuying spread the empty bed board, and asked Yao Baozhong to sleep on that bed at night, as for Pan Yang and Pan Shixun, father and son, they will sleep on the same bed.

Fortunately, the bed is still quite big, and Pan Yang's father and son can sleep on the same head, but Pan Yang still has some reluctance to sleep in the same bed with his second uncle, but he just slept for one night, and immediately drove Pan Shixun home the next morning.

Pan Shixun didn't want to go back to school, he had studied enough, and he was reluctant to leave.

Don't think Pan Yang doesn't know, Pan Shixun has been in the county for the past two days, he went out to hang out by himself during the day, it doesn't matter if he has no money, he went directly to the trade manager's department to manage Pan Shiyao, Pan Shiyao felt that he had been making money for so long, and he hadn't bought anything for his younger brother, Pan Shixun asked him for two or three yuan, and he gave it without hesitation. This can fatten Pan Shixun, take the pocket money given by his eldest brother, buy a movie ticket to watch a movie, this small county town is very novel to Pan Shixun, who has never seen the world, he wandered around the city for a day, oh yes, he also learned to smoke secretly

Seeing that Pan Shixun took her words as a deaf ear, Pan Yang made a blank face, and glared directly, "It's itchy, right, if you don't go back to school, I'll beat you now!" ”

Pan Yang's face was overcast, Pan Shixun felt scared, and hurriedly ate the breakfast made by Xiuying, so he reluctantly jumped into Pan Yang's donkey cart, and Pan Yang personally 'escorted' him to the bus station to take the car back to his hometown.

Pan Yang didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw Pan Shixun get into the car. Pan Shixun is a kid, Pan Yang is really not at ease, she used to hear her father talk about what happened when they were young, saying that her second uncle was beaten by her grandfather when she was a child, and later because she had to marry her second mother, her grandfather was half angry, although Pan Yang couldn't figure out the specific situation, but now that her second uncle has grown up, she should also pay attention to her second uncle, her second uncle is in his teenage years, and if he doesn't discipline well, he will learn badly.

If her second uncle learns badly, then what face does she have to go to see her grandfather

Pan Yang has been to Chengguan Village, when she used to go to high school, her good friend's family lived in Chengguan Village, and Pan Yang didn't go to her house to eat. From the county bus station to the west two miles of road is Chengguan Village, Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong two, one driving a donkey cart, the other driving a carriage, according to the address given by Tian Xugang and his father-in-law, entered the village, but casually looking for someone to inquire and touched the only brick factory in Chengguan Village.

Pan Yang's impression of the brick factory is still stuck in when he was a child, a long row of wheel kilns about ten houses long, except for a dozen or so one-person wide doors, there are no windows, all sealed, no matter the wind or rain, the outside of the wheel kiln is full of rows of neatly stacked red bricks, every day after school, there are many children hiding behind the red bricks to play cat and mouse

The current brick kiln is completely different from the wheel kiln in her impression, it looks like a big steamed bun from a distance, the flue is on the top of the kiln, it is not long, it is the width of four or five houses, there are not only red bricks outside the cave, but also green bricks and tiles, at this time the chimney mouth of the brick kiln is billowing smoke, the kiln workers are busy, the kiln factory is stepping on the mud, making brick molds, turning the sun, drying bricks, loading the kiln, making briquettes, drying coal, burning the kiln, each performing its own duties, busy is in full swing!

When the two of them first came to this place, their eyes were black, and they were a little confused for a while, and they didn't know who to ask to arrange for the bricks.

Yao Baozhong said, "Zhaoke quickly take out your order slip, whoever signs it, you can find whoever signs it, and you must be in charge!" ”

Pan Yang suddenly, hurriedly took out the order given by Tian Xugang and his father-in-law from the pocket of his clothes, the order in duplicate, the one in her hand was printed on blue paper, and the handwriting was blurred, but Pan Yang still understood that the signatory was a person named Wang Jiwen.

Pan Yang casually asked the potters who stepped on the mud in the kiln factory and asked him about Wang Jiwen.

The potter said, "Are you looking for the king's steward, have you seen the tiled house in front of you?" And there the king's steward was. ”

The two of them followed the direction pointed out by the potter, and went to the tiled house in the easternmost part of the kiln factory, where two men in their forties and fifties sat facing each other and played chess.

Pan Yang stood at the door and shouted, "Which one is Wang Jiwen, the king in charge?" ”

One of the men with a long face and small eyes turned his head and said, "I am, what's the matter?" ”

Pan Yang showed the order to Wang Jiwen and said to him, "We are pulling bricks to build a canteen for the county high school." ”

Wang Jiwen then remembered that he had made such an order, he glanced Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong up and down, and said without emotion, "Come with me." ”

The two of them hurriedly followed Wang Jiwen towards the kiln factory, Pan Yang looked around as she walked, she wanted to find out the way to open the brick kiln, and took the initiative to talk to Wang Jiwen, "Steward, this kiln factory is quite large, is it your collective or?" ”

Wang Jiwen turned his head, squinted at Pan Yang, and said expressionlessly, "Since you are pulling bricks, you will do your work well, and you have nothing to say." ”

Pan Yang, who was deflated, touched her nose, knowing that it was useless to ask what to ask from the man in front of her, so she simply closed her mouth, thinking that anyway, the days would be long in the future, and she would not be able to find any way for herself

Wang Jiwen led the two to a middle-aged man who was also forty or fifty years old, the man had dark skin, a full forehead and a spacious chin, and looked like a sturdy and strong man.

Wang Jiwen gave the order to Master Zheng and left, Master Zheng looked at the two of them, and asked the two of them in an old-fashioned manner, "Pull green bricks, how many bricks can you pull in one car?" How many times a day? ”

Yao Baozhong subconsciously looked at Pan Yang and asked her to decide.

Pan Yang said, "I can go back and forth twice a day, and one trip can pull 100 bricks." ”

Master Zheng pointed to a stack of green bricks in front of him and said, "We are not responsible for loading the car, you two load the car in order, I count, load a car and keep an account." ”

Loading the green bricks into the car is not an easy job, Pan Yang had the foresight to prepare two pairs of thick gloves and handed them to Yao Baozhong, "Brother Baozhong, bring gloves and do it again, otherwise your hands will grind blood blisters." ”

Yao Baozhong was not polite, took the gloves and began to do it, every time they sent a stack of green bricks to the car, Master Zheng reported on the side, "Five, ten, fifteen, twenty"

After the two cars of green bricks were installed, Pan Yang didn't have time to wipe the sweat beads on his face, and he was busy going to the account book to register.

Pan Yang glanced at the red bricks beside him, and asked Master Zheng as if unintentionally, "Master, you also burn red bricks, oh, and the tiles are also burned?" ”

Master Zheng didn't think much about it, so he said, "Of course, this kiln factory is shared by our production team, and we can expect it to bring us a good income. ”

Pan Yang smiled and asked more, "My second child is about to get married, and I want to build another house for him, but I don't know what kind of brick to build a house, master, can you tell me the difference between the two bricks?" ”

Master Zheng smiled, with pride on his face, and said, "Then you can be regarded as asking the right person, this green brick and red brick than the red brick, burning the green brick has one more process, that is, irrigation, after burning in the kiln for a day and a night, the fire is extinguished, a hole is opened in the top of the kiln, and the water is poured in, you have to hear a muffled sound of 'bang', this is the end of the matter, you don't underestimate this last process, but it's troublesome."

Master Zheng couldn't hold back when he opened the chatterbox, and talked endlessly about his experience, Pan Yang pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and when he was fascinated, Master Zheng suddenly stopped, sighed, looked at Pan Yang suspiciously, and said, "You are a brick puller, what are you doing so much, this is a secret, how can I tell you!" ”

Pan Yang couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart, I just took the lead, and you took the initiative to talk about it yourself.

Master Zheng was vigilant, and then no matter how Pan Yang asked, he kept his mouth shut, with a businesslike tone, seeing Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong strangled the frame car with hemp rope, he hurriedly drove them away, and muttered in his mouth, "Grandma has a leg, I have never seen such a ghostly and clever"

After leaving the kiln factory, Yao Baozhong couldn't help but ask Pan Yangdao, "Zhaoke, you ask so much, are you really going to build a house for your second child?" ”

Pan Yang didn't hide it from Yao Baozhong, and said bluntly to him, "Brother Baozhong, I'm going to build a kiln factory too, are you interested in working with me?" ”

Open a kiln factory, that is a big capital, not only to the capital, but also to have enough people to work, aside from other places, only in their township, there is no kiln factory at present, now if you want to build a house, either go up the mountain to blow stones, or go to the town kiln factory to pull bricks

If you can really drive it, it is indeed a good way

Yao Baozhong said, "I naturally want to do it, but I'm afraid the cost is not enough."

Pan Yang smiled, "Don't say that you are not enough, I am not enough, so I pulled you into the shares, if the two of me together are not enough to open the capital of the kiln factory, we will pull others into the shares." ”

"Stake?" Yao Baozhong heard this word for the first time, and said with novelty, "What does it mean to be a shareholder?" ”

Pan Yang patiently explained, "To put it simply, we will build a factory according to the money to distribute the future income in proportion, and whoever pays more will have the lion's share and who will have the right to decide."

Pan Yang explained all the way, Yao Baozhong listened to it ignorantly, but he understood one thing, that is, as long as he did it, he was not afraid that he would not be able to make money!

Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong ran back and forth, and it was noon in a blink of an eye, and when the green bricks were unloaded, the two stored the donkey cart and carriage at the county high school guard, Pan Yang handed the doorman two peony cigarettes and asked him to help watch at noon.

After a morning of physical work, Pan Yang was already hungry. Xiuying had already cooked lunch at home, she steamed three bowls of rice with the rice sent by Pan Yang, cut air-dried meat and fried a plate of Chinese cabbage, and then burned a pumpkin soup, she estimated that it should be enough for three people

Afraid that there are not enough vegetables, Xiuying cut another plate of salted dried radish, and ate the most delicious rice with rice, the city is not as good as in the countryside, every household has grown home-cooked vegetables in their own fields, and now there are two more people, and you have to spend some money to go out every day to buy vegetables, if you eat like this every day, Xiuying is a little reluctant.

Xiuying steamed three bowls of rice, Pan Yang was tired all morning, and it was not an exaggeration to say that she was so hungry that she could swallow a cow, not to mention that three bowls of rice were eaten by three people, she could eat all three bowls of rice alone, not to mention Yao Baozhong, who had a larger amount of rice than her, she was not full, how good could Yao Baozhong be?

Look at that honest and unspoken crop man, after eating, he can only drink pumpkin soup one by one, why do you keep drinking soup? Because you can only fill up with more liquid to satisfy your empty stomach!

Pan Yang, who was half-starved, suddenly had a feeling of anger in her heart, she endured it and didn't send it, but called Xiuying to the hall after dinner, handed her twenty yuan, and said, "You take this money, you have to spend money on oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, you take it for the family." ”

Xiuying waved her hand again and again, but did not answer, and said to Pan Yang, "Ada, don't give it to me, I have money, and Shiyao's salary will be handed over to me for collection." ”

Having said that, Pan Yang still insisted on putting the money on the table of the Eight Immortals, and said to Xiuying, "You are pregnant, don't always think about saving money for Shiyao, take the money to buy some good ones, and fry two more vegetables in the future, there is no shortage of money to buy vegetables at home." Cook more rice, and if you can't finish this meal, you feel that it's a pity to throw it away, so I'll keep it for the next meal. ”

Xiuying naturally heard the meaning of Pan Yang's words, and Ada's blame her for burning less rice at noon

Xiuying hummed, took Pan Yang's money, and when she cooked again in the evening, she dug up two scoops of noodles, all of which were combined into large pieces of noodles, half of which was used to make flatbread, and the remaining half was used to make hand-rolled noodles.

This amount of food is more than half of the noon, and now she can be sure that not to mention three people to eat, even four people can eat enough!

When Pan Yang came back from work in the evening, she first beckoned Yao Baozhong to sit under the eaves of the porch to rest, she went to the kitchen by herself and twisted her head, seeing that Xiuying was still busy, she baked five flatbreads and made most of the noodles by hand.

Pan Yang couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, her daughter-in-law is quite transparent, and she can understand a little.