This sister-in-law was walking forward when she suddenly heard Han Li ask like this, her arm that was flicking as she was walking was obviously uncoordinated, but she quickly recovered, and said with a hearty smile.

"Brother, I really haven't heard the old people say this question about you, when my sister has time to go to the village to listen to the ancients, I will help you ask."

Han Li just smiled indifferently at this and stopped asking, he just wanted to hear more about this, as for whether she was the descendant of the owner of the carriage and horse shop, or which bearded offspring she had, it was none of her business, she avoided talking about it, and there was no need for her to be such a villain.

The sister-in-law took Han Li to the accounting room again, and asked after taking down a bunch of keys from the wall.

"Brother, these houses are almost the same, which one do you want to live in?"

"Sister, choose one for me by the way, I won't pick it."

This sister-in-law took the key and opened the northernmost room, Han Li walked in and took a look, this room was about six or seven square meters, it seemed that this fire kang should be connected to other rooms, but now it was just a partition wall added in the middle.

There are kang mats and kang tables on the kang, a small stove for burning wood on the ground, a basin on top of a basin stand, and the room is relatively clean.

"Brother, what will you eat in a while? If you use the big stove of Datong Shop to make it yourself, you only need to pay some firewood, if you eat other backyards have a special small stove, tonight there are fresh corn pancakes, garlic eggplant, dried radish pickles, ginger is not spicy, sauerkraut stewed vermicelli, if you want to eat, pay the money in the accounting office first. ”

"Sister, thank you, I'll go over and see later, but how much does our hot water cost a thermos."

At this time, there was the sound of a carriage entering the courtyard from the courtyard, and the sister-in-law spoke quickly.

"How expensive it is to buy ready-made hot water, you wait to go to the accounting office and ask me to buy five cents of firewood to burn for a night, and then rent a kettle for five cents, you can boil as much water as you want, even if you boil too much and take a bath, it will be with you, someone is coming outside, brother, you settle it first, I'll go out and have a look."

"Sister, you are busy first, I'll go over and pay later."

Han Li took the key handed over by this sister-in-law, and then put his travel bag and satchel on the kang, although the conditions of this place are also very simple, but the attitude is much better than those guest houses in the city, it is not the kind of cold words and rigid rules, at least there is a little more human touch in it.

Han Li took out a book and sat on the edge of the kang to look through it, and waited until there was gradually no movement outside, then locked the door and came to the accounting room to pay the money, retrieve the firewood and kettle, and after returning to the house to light the stove, he took the basin and kettle to the well on the other side of the courtyard to fetch water.

When boiling water, making tea, and washing faces, two more groups of guests came to the courtyard, but a group of people seemed to come on foot, is there anything different about this Sifang Commune?

After Han Li cleaned himself up, he took his lunch box and came to the accounting room to pay for dinner.

"Sister, I want two corn tortillas and a sauerkraut stewed vermicelli."

"Okay, I'll make you a note, and you can go to the stove in the backyard and get it yourself."

"Sister, I've seen several groups of people live in after a while, are you usually so busy?"

"How is it possible, the people who usually live in the hotel are very loose, today there are many people because it is going to snow, and those 'wooden gangs' who work in the mountains can no longer work, so they go down the mountain and go home and walk here to live when it is dark."

"Jungler? Wood Gang? What is this? ”

It may be that Han Lichang is more pleasing to the eye, and this sister-in-law said what she knew.

This is the case, the current management of population movement is relatively strict, but the corresponding construction of the state and the tasks assigned by the higher authorities must still be completed, which has caused a shortage of labor force in some places, and they can only secretly recruit migrant workers for the sake of the process and the task.

Some well-connected people take on this task, and they will recruit some people in the villages where the management is more loose, and some villages even put a clear price on going out to do this kind of thing, and the village will turn a blind eye to your behavior if you have to pay the village for a day of work outside.

Because both recruitment and work are carried out secretly, many people call this situation "field work".

In the case of field labor, it is relatively easy for ordinary peasants to get the money they said at the beginning, and the contractor does not dare to owe others what he does not pay, after all, this matter will not be seen in the light, and they are afraid that these people will make trouble and cut off their future financial routes.

But for those who have problems with their backgrounds, they can only rely on luck, and if you meet a contractor with good character, they will not lose your money when settling their wages.

However, if you meet a contractor with a bad character and a black heart, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

Because of these black-hearted contractors, when they were about to complete their tasks, they suddenly notified that their superiors would conduct an inventory of everyone, and all those with questionable identities would do so.

At this time, most people with a bad identity do not dare to gamble, at this time, let alone ask for money from the contractor, they often pack up their things and run away in the middle of the night when everyone is not paying attention.

Although they don't get a penny, they eat for free when they work here, so they can be regarded as reducing the burden on the family in disguise, and they don't have to suffer from the eyes in the village, so they will still choose to join the next time they have this kind of work.

As for the "wood gang", it is even simpler, this is the task of harvesting timber issued by the forestry bureau in the county.

Every autumn and winter, such tasks will be issued, and sometimes when the task volume is relatively large and the time is relatively tight, they will find some people to help with the work, which is also called "field work".

However, the job of taking over the Forestry Bureau not only has better food, but also guarantees wages, but not everyone can go, and it is generally some neighbors, relatives and friends of internal employees.

Han Li had been shocked by this news at this time, he didn't expect that there was really something new here, if he didn't come out for this trip, how would he know this, this sister-in-law said again.

"Brother, you are lucky today, there are four people from the county troupe who came to stay in the hotel just now, they are all going to various communes to perform two-person turns, if you want to see it, just go to the house of Datongpu after eating."

"They can also take on outside jobs?"

"It's not, they always need to rehearse the show in normal times, and at this time, someone happened to be around, and after listening to it, they took the initiative to return the money, which is not a problem when it comes to the horizon."

"This is also a secret rule?"

"I don't know much about this, but it is said that there are many people from the commune's literary and artistic propaganda team who can be named in the troupe, so that it is convenient for them to perform and move back and forth in various communes.

But these people are all masters who are not loved by their grandmothers and uncles, and the commune needs them to take care of food, money, and prizes when they perform programs, but except for the two captains, the others usually have no salary, and it is impossible for the county troupe to pay them salaries.

But then again, even if they are all regular workers of the county troupe, they can earn back the money for accommodation and meals after a rehearsal, and even make money, who is happy to put this matter on them, after all, no one will think that the money is too much and burns their hands, brother, right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, sister, what you said is reasonable."

It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, Han Li once again felt that it was worth it for his trip today, and it was even more worthwhile to live in this carriage and horse shop in the Sifang Commune, otherwise he would only have to go to the theater in the county or city if he wanted to hear the two of them, and people didn't perform every day, so he had to catch the opportunity if he wanted to see it.

Han Li took the corn pancakes and sauerkraut stewed vermicelli from the small stove in the back and went back to his house, but he put the lunch box on the stove, took out some meat sausages from the decomposition space and stewed them for a while, and only started eating them after the aroma of the meat overflowed.

Han Li was eating inside the house when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside.

"It's getting down, what Lao Liu said is really right, it's really snowing this day."

This guy's mouth is somewhat of a crow's attribute, and before his noisy words have fallen, the lights in the room suddenly go out.

"Zhenzi, what's going on?"

"It's just that the meal hasn't been eaten yet, why is it suddenly dark."

The shouting of those who lived in the hotel was all over the place, and then the voice of the sister-in-law came, but at this time her voice was very loud.

"What's the noise? Have you never seen a power outage or what? It's also a big man, one by one, you know how to call blindly. ”

"Zhenzi, it's too dark, I'm afraid, or you come over and give me courage."

"Hahaha yes, Zhenzi, we won't be afraid if you come over.

"Fuck off, light the oil lamp on the windowsill yourself, if you want candles, come and spend money to buy them, you can't stop your mouths when you eat, and if you make any more noise, I won't let anyone enter this gate when the one comes today, and it will be useless for any of you to say it then."

"Don't, Zhenzi, I rushed to your place and stayed here thinking about this."

"What? What's that? ”

"I'll tell you."

At this time, Han Li knew that the sister-in-law's name was Zhenzi, and there were a few people who were very familiar with her today, but in the end, it wouldn't be a trick, right, that is, the legendary Da Kang?

Han Li took out the flashlight from the decomposition space, lit it on the table, and began to continue eating, and after a while, the sister-in-law came over.

"I said brother, why is this room different, it turned out to be a flashlight, but how expensive the battery is, go to the accounting room and buy a candle to light it."

"Thank you, sister, I'm going to go over and buy candles after eating this."

"Okay, at that time, it is estimated that the two-person transfer will also start, and you just need to make one less trip."

The sister-in-law, named Jane, went out after saying that, but she didn't react until she got to the courtyard.

"It smelled so fragrant in the house just now, it definitely wasn't the smell of pork, and I don't know what kind of meat this kid put in it."

Han Li finished his meal without hurrying, washed the lunch box with hot water, filled his enamel cup with water, and sat on the stove with a kettle full of water, before locking the door and walking towards the accounting room.

(End of chapter)