Fugui and his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei were busy with each other, this hand and foot were quick, and after a while, they made a few hard dishes, and on the dark wooden table, there were braised elbows, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried pork liver, braised eggs, mapo tofu, cold cucumbers, shredded green pepper meat, shredded potatoes, three fresh soups, stewed chicken with carrots, pickled pepper and phoenix feet, etc.

The whole room was filled with these delicacies placed on the table, Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shao'an, the two dolls, were so hungry that even Zhang Youcai and Zhang Tianyou, the two old men, couldn't help wiping their mouths with their hands after seeing them, after all, these delicacies were placed in front of their eyes for the first time, and they were only thought of in a dream or in their minds.

This is not only getting better and better, the dishes of the Chinese New Year's Eve are also richer, and the rich family is suddenly full of strong New Year's mood.

The fragrant white rice came to the nose, the two dolls clamored to eat, Fugui touched the heads of the two dolls with his hand, and said: "Shaoping, Shao'an, it's not usual to eat in the thirtieth Chinese New Year's Eve today, and after Dad puts the firecrackers, we can move the chopsticks." ”

The two children asked puzzledly: "Dad, why do you want to set off firecrackers for the New Year, our family has never let off firecrackers for the New Year in the past few years, why do you want to set them off again this year?" ”

"That's it, our family is having a prosperous life this year, so my father bought firecrackers to put them, a few years ago, our family was poor, and it would be good to be able to feed you two boys, and besides, this New Year's firecracker is a rule handed down by our ancestors, and this rule can not be broken", Zhang Fugui said carefully.

The two dolls seem to understand whether they understand or not, but this has nothing to do with the two dolls, but the food placed on the table can make the two dolls hungry to death, although Shaoping and Shao'an have also passed a few years, but there is no time like this There is chicken and meat, plus it is rare to eat meat on weekdays, so there is a feeling that I don't know the taste of meat for three years, so looking at this table full of food, the two dolls have been flowing with hala water, flowing everywhere in their mouths, and from time to time licking the hala water with their tongues to swallow in their stomachs.

Zhang Fugui washed his hands, took out a firecracker from his pocket, and then took the match from his father Zhang Youcai and walked straight out of the door, originally the firecracker was put at the door of his house and ignited and exploded, but he thought of a madman Zhang Jianjun at home, so in order to prevent the sound of firecrackers from causing Zhang Jianjun's discomfort, he went down to the mud, and saw that when he was far away from home, he opened the match and lit the firecracker, and the sound of firecrackers resounded in the mountains and fields, revealing a kind of festivity, a strong reunion after a long absence.

Fugui saw that after the firecrackers were blown up, he went straight to his home, the family sat and stood lively, surrounded the table with water, and the cold wind blew in through the rotten door, but he didn't feel a trace of chill at all, and some only had warm family affection and a strong New Year's flavor.

According to the customs of the township, the first day of the new year goes to visit relatives and friends, the woman who marries on the second day of the new year goes back to her parents' house or sacrifices to the god of wealth, and the third day of the new year does not sweep the floor, do not beg for fire, do not draw water, and do not leave the house.........

However, just after the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it was the first day of the new year to visit relatives and friends, which was originally lively and lively, but Zhang Fugui did not shy away from it, so he mobilized the whole village of Zhangjia Village to prepare to pull the pole to build a new brick kiln.

The people in this village were not happy, they were all clamoring to ask for an explanation, Fugui said from his mouth without hesitation: "What is the first and second days of the first and second junior high school, do you still want to live a good situation, don't look at our Zhangjia Village every household can afford to eat meat this year, but we can't afford to build a house and build a house, I will leave it here today, if you want to build a house and build a house, and want to get a salary, you will fucking go with me to build a new brick kiln, and do two days of work, who of you will go with me?" ”

Zhang Erzhuang hesitated a little after hearing this: "Brother Fugui, at least you have to finish fifteen, and you will start working at sixteen." ”

"I've thought about it for fifteen! Then if you want to pass, you can pass! But don't come to me when every household can build a house and build a house, you come to tell me that I don't have a house, no house or something", Zhang Fugui "snorted" and said in a sullen voice: "I'm here today, if you want to build a house, come with me, anyway, there are people coming to the brick kiln, and we don't care if you don't come, but don't cry and complain when you don't have money in your bag." After Fugui finished speaking, he took the hoe and walked to the brick kiln.

After hearing this, Er Zhuang was more or less unhappy, after all, the master of burning bricks was his father-in-law Liu Laohan, why should he be angry with Zhang Fugui, if he really can't go to other places, he can also burn bricks and receive a salary, how many years older than Er Zhuang, this person understands everything in his heart, so he persuaded Er Zhuang, "Er Zhuang, don't be angry, your rich brother has his own ideas, besides, your rich brother is capable, maybe he can really lead the people in our village to build houses and build houses this year." ”

Er Zhuang said angrily: "Bullshit, brother, just believe him, didn't he still delay the formation of the engineering team like that before?" I haven't seen any movement in the engineering team, and I'm not unreasonable when I talk about Erzhuang, but it's only the first year of junior high school today, and I started working before I was moisturized this year, what kind of saying is this! ”

"Erzhuang, you also have to understand your rich brother more, I think your rich brother can really do it this year, just listen to what I say! Look at you now have three babies, this doll is still small and nothing, but when you grow up, how can you do it without a house, the reason why your rich brother does this is also reasonable, not to mention anything else, you see that your rich brother has been worried about it since he engaged in the brick kiln, but you and I know the salary he receives, and the salary is twenty or thirty miles lower than that of my brothers. ”

Erzhuang was silent after hearing this, and followed Da Zhuang out of the house carrying a nail rake and hoe, and those people in the village who did not join in the burning of bricks also joined in scattered, only Zhang Banxian, who made a living as a fortune teller, went back to his own house and didn't want to move.

After a while, those people followed Fugui to the brick kiln, Fugui looked at the people around him who were carrying labor tools, snorted, took off the cotton jacket on his body, picked up the hoe and began to work, and the people who followed followed also followed.

At the beginning, the two of them were more or less resentful in their hearts, but when the brick kiln was built, they began to smile again, because they all knew that as long as the brick kiln began to burn, the money would come quickly, plus the words that Fugui said to them before: "As long as you work hard, you can become a thousand-yuan household in a year", this sentence has been rippling back and forth in their hearts, and the beauty in their hearts is only clear in their hearts when they burn bricks.

This did not follow the brick burning to build a new brick kiln after becoming the labor force of the new brick kiln, the original rich feel that the brick kiln is fast, everyone wants to go in, but this wolf has more meat and less meat, plus the people in the brick kiln are all people in the village, and it is not good to specify who can enter and who can not enter, so it is easy to offend people, in order not to offend people but also let the village people find money, rich and noble let them choose whether to come to build a new brick kiln, and they can become brick kiln workers with wages, If you don't come, even if you see the people in the brick kiln receiving wages later, you don't have to say anything, who made him not smart and follow to build a new brick kiln, the reason is such a reason, even when it comes to the king of heaven and Laozi, it is also like this.

The new brick kiln was built in almost half a month, this day was just sixteen, Liu Laohan lit the first fire, the brick kiln began to burn, the brick texture of the burned out is resounding, ten miles and eight towns and those people in the county who built houses and built houses all heard the wind, and they all lined up to wait for the bricks.

Those in the village who did not participate in the construction of the new brick kiln saw the brick kiln burning in full swing, the bricks were pulled out one by one, and the banknotes were brushed, and it was only less than a month's work, and the income actually doubled.

Those in the brick kiln who have received wages before and those who have only received wages now looked at the money in their hands, their faces were beaming, and they were all glad that they had come to build a new brick kiln in the first place, otherwise how could they have these banknotes in their hands that looked pleasing to men.

After receiving their wages one by one, they rushed home after getting off work in the brick kiln, and from time to time touched the banknotes in their purses, for fear of slipping out of their purses.

Those in the village who did not participate in the construction of the new brick kiln saw that their purses were bulging with their salaries, some thought it was one or twenty yuan, and some thought it was twenty or thirty yuan, and no one talked about it.

One of them received a salary from the mouth revealed a little news, he said that he received more than 70 yuan, which can make those people angry is gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, one by one remorseful, complaining about why he failed to follow the construction of a new brick kiln at that time, but no matter how much he complained, it was useless, even if he wanted to find someone to reason, there was no place to say, after all, Zhang Fugui said it directly in front of the whole village at that time, and now it is useless to regret it, after all, there is no regret medicine in the world to buy.

Zhang Banxian, who has been lying at home and sleeping a lot since the first day of junior high school, heard the wind, and the pain in his heart was so painful! It hurts as if he has lost thousands of dollars, and his intestines are even more regretful, and he says that he really regrets not being at the beginning.

However, Zhang Banxian thought about it and thought about it, and felt that others had no place to reason, but he had helped the rich family more or less, otherwise he would have had such a good life, Zhang Banxian himself was thinking about calculating the life of half his life, but now the rich family has indeed fulfilled his own fate, so he thought about relying on this big fart to find Fugui, go to the back door, and see if Fugui can open a small stove for him, and let him also join the brick kiln to burn bricks.

It was not a big night, Zhang Banxian came to Zhang Fugui's house like a thief, Fugui knew the purpose of Zhang Banxian's trip, but anyway, it was also a village, and it was not easy to refuse people thousands of miles away, so he received Zhang Banxian with a smile.

Zhang Fugui snorted, "Half Immortal, is there something wrong with you coming to our house!" Zhang Banxian said with a smile: "Rich! You see that the situation in our village is getting better and better, especially the brick kiln that is even more prosperous! So...... So I wanted to ........."