Lin Guangde stopped and took a sip of tea, then continued: "As for the green bricks, I thought about it seriously last night. The quality of the bricks produced by the brick kiln in our village is really not good. Even the county town repaired the city wall a few years ago.
They have all used bricks from our village!”
"However, this is all in the past! Now, the brick kiln has ceased fire for many years, and the kiln has been abandoned. If you want to re-ignite the kiln, you have to repair the kiln first, which is a lot of money!"
"But, Xiaoxu, you also know that people's lives are miserable now! They don't have enough to eat, so who has the money to buy bricks? How many bricks can you use to build a workshop? Build a kiln for these bricks
Ignition? Not cost-effective!"
"So, Xiaoxu, you'd better listen to your second uncle's advice and build a workshop with adobe and thatch!"
Lin Xu pondered for a moment and asked: "Second uncle, whose property does this brick kiln belong to now?"
"Hi! When I was in office in Kochi Prefecture, he was planning to rebuild the city wall and needed a lot of blue bricks. I don't know who heard someone say that although the soil here is not suitable for growing food, it is suitable for burning bricks, so he allocated money to build this brick kiln.
.In those days, our village relied on this brick kiln and indeed lived a good life for several years!"
"But then it didn't work. First, Kochi County was transferred away from Gangneung, and then there was war on the border. Taxes were getting higher and higher. There were always bad years. People's lives became more and more miserable, and no one could afford bricks anymore.
!”
"This brick kiln was abandoned and now it is ownerless."
Speaking of this, Lin Guangde shook his head repeatedly!
"Then let's do this. I'll pay to repair the kiln and re-ignite it!"
Lin Xu said.
Lin Guangde continued to shake his head: "Xiao Xu, I just said that it is not cost-effective for you to spend money to repair the kiln just for the few bricks used to build the workshop!"
"Besides, if you want to build a kiln first, bake the bricks, and then build a workshop, how long will it take? But using adobe and thatch is different. Everything is ready-made, and everyone can do it right away.
Get to work!"
At this point, Lin Guangde sighed softly and said earnestly: "Xiao Xu, you also know that life in our village is so difficult this year! There is a lack of supply, and many families are about to run out of food! Even I, the old village chief, have
, we can only cook two meals a day! Everyone was so happy when they heard that you wanted to recruit workers, take care of the food and pay the workers, and they are eagerly looking forward to you starting work as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, a playful smile appeared on Lin Xu's lips.
He knew very well that what the old village chief said just now about rebuilding the kiln was not cost-effective. They were all excuses. He didn't have to pay for it anyway. Whether it was cost-effective or not, it had nothing to do with him.
It would be too time-consuming to bake bricks first and then build a workshop. This is what the old village chief worries about the most!
Because among those who are anxiously looking forward to the start of construction, there must be his old village chief!
He has already thought of a way to deal with this.
"Second Uncle, how many men in our village want to work, or are there men who can work?"
Lin Xu asked.
"Everyone counts, they all want to work! Who wouldn't be jealous of such a good thing! Our Linshan Village is also a big village around here. With a large population, there is a large labor force! Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, all those who can work are
A man must have at least a hundred numbers!"
Lin Guangde thought for a while and said.
"If we build an adobe and thatched house, we can indeed start construction immediately, but the work will only last a few days. When it is completed, everyone will have no work to do. Besides, there are too many people to build a house with a hundred or so people.
The house is completely unusable!”
"That's true..."
Lin Guangde also thought about this problem, but he felt that no matter what, he still had to start work first. If Lin Xu just got a fever and was unwilling to do it in a few days, wouldn't it be a waste of joy? This chapter has been completed!