In the autumn morning, there is a hint of coolness.
The door of Room 6, Building 141, 15th Lane, Xincunfang City outside the Nancheng Gate opened, and Wang Jiangen walked out of the room.
Qiu Liang got into her body from the collar and cuffs.
I just got up from the warm blanket, and as soon as I opened the door, the heat on my body was taken away by the coolness in a blink of an eye.
He shivered a bit, walked to the door of Room No. 5, and tapped on the window lightly.
Room No. 5 was divided into two rooms inside and outside, separated by wooden boards.
Wang Jiangen's two younger brothers slept in the outer room, while his mother Wang Lianshi and his younger sister slept in the inner room.
The family finally lived in a solid and bright new house, and they were not afraid of flooding and rain in summer, and they were not afraid of cold wind blowing into the house in winter.
Wang Jiangen's family has moved into their new house for almost two months. Every time he stood at the door and waited for Er Gen to get up to fetch water with him, he still couldn't help grinning with pride.
Relying on his own hands, he allowed his family to live and work in peace and contentment and live in a new house.
He is a capable man.
Not to mention that in Room No. 6, his wife was sleeping soundly.
Last month, Wang Jiangen got married.
The mother-in-law kept her promise, he bought a house here, and agreed to the marriage there.
The door of Room No. 6 is still pasted with a big red letter of happiness.
Ergen got up, wiped his eyes, and didn't wake up.
"Follow me to fetch water, if you arrive late, you will have to queue again."
One well for ten houses is much more convenient than one well for hundreds of thousands of households in the past.
But still have to queue.
The morning is the peak of water use, and every household has to carry water to wash their face, cook and wash clothes. When I came back from work at night, I had to boil water to wash my hands.
Fortunately, each house has two bathrooms for men and women, as well as toilets for men and women, which is convenient for everyone.
The door of Room 1 in the main house opened.
"Old Uncle Li, you got up so early!"
Lao Li hummed, "It's not as good as you young people, Jue Qian. Your brother got up so early again, to fetch water?"
"Yeah! Before I go to work, I have to fill the water tank."
"Go quickly, I'm afraid you will have to queue again if you go late."
Lao Li is a mason, his ancestral craft, earns more than Wang Jiangen, and his work is easy, so he doesn't need to work hard.
That's why Lao Li was able to buy three main houses in one go, allowing a family of seven or eight to live and work in peace and contentment.
After a while, Lao Li's two sons also got up.
Seeing their father squatting under the eaves smoking dry cigarettes, the two brothers hurried out with buckets without washing their faces.
The two brothers Wang Jiangen came to the water-carrying courtyard. Sure enough, someone was earlier than them. Fortunately, there were few people, and it was their turn soon.
The two brothers went back and forth twice, and finally filled the water tank at the foot of the kitchen wall.
At this moment, the Wang family is all up.
Jiangen's daughter-in-law is boiling water, ready to boil hot water for everyone to wash their faces.
Wang Lianshi steamed the steamed buns she brought back last night in a steamer.
After thinking about it, he scooped up another bowl of thick noodles and prepared to add green vegetable leaves to cook a pot of noodle soup.
"Mother, scoop up one more bowl." Jiangen's daughter-in-law said.
Wang Lianshi frowned, wanting to say that Jiangen's daughter-in-law would not be in charge of the family. But she is a weak-tempered person, and she can't act like a bad mother-in-law.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say that food should be saved. The family managed to save some food, so they can't show off poorly.
But before she could open her mouth, Jiangen's daughter-in-law had already said: "Jiangen has been doing physical work all morning, and if he doesn't eat enough in the morning, he won't have energy, and it will hurt his body."
As soon as Wang Lianshi heard about the injury, he scooped up another bowl of thick noodles without any hesitation.
Jiangen's daughter-in-law laughed.
Now the four members of the Wang family are working to earn money.
Except for the Jiangen brothers, Jiangen's daughter-in-law and Wang Lianshi all found work in the textile workshop, earning daily income.
At the beginning, the owner promised that the recruitment would give priority to the members of the family who bought the house, and this was fulfilled.
There are six people in the family, four of them work to earn money.
This day is looking better.
It should be better to eat better every day.
Ding ding dong dong.
The entire Xincunfang City was filled with the sound of pots and pans.
The smell of fireworks is everywhere.
There are quarrels, contradictions, comparisons, and conflicts.
With several families living under one roof, conflicts are inevitable.
In addition to these, there are also delicious steamed buns and hot noodle soup.
At this time last year, they were a group of refugees who might die at the root of the city wall at any time.
Everyone in the world regards them as plagues, and the government only has gruel once a day to help them hang their lives.
This year, they have already lived in a new house, three meals a day, and meat.
Life did not abandon them.
The earth-shaking changes are like a dream, not real enough, but real enough.
The house I live in is not fake, nor is the hot soup and steamed buns I eat.
The day is turning toward the sun and is striding forward.
It will get better and better in the future.
"I'm stuffed."
Ergen wiped his mouth, hurriedly followed his eldest brother Wang Jiangen, and went out to work.
Wang Lianshi and Jiangen's daughter-in-law also hurriedly put down the dishes and prepared to go out.
Although the start time of the textile workshop is later than that of Wang Jiangen, the place to start work is far away, in the industrial area. Out of Fangshi, you have to walk a long way to get there.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cleaned up and went out with cloth bags.
Cleaning the dishes, kitchen, laundry and cooking, these housework are left to Sangen and Siniu who are still young.
The Wang family went out, and the Li family who lived in the main house also went out.
The other three families followed suit.
In a blink of an eye, the huge house fell silent. Only the old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot go out to work are left.
After finishing their housework, Wang Sangen and Wang Siniu locked all the cupboard doors, and then went out to collect firewood with their backs on their backs.
It was mid-morning, and Xincunfang City was very quiet.
The two brothers and sisters walked out of Fangshi through the west door and headed towards the mountain.
In the distance, I saw several carriages approaching.
The two siblings stood on the side of the road consciously.
"Wow, what a tall carriage."
"There must be noble people inside."
"Probably to buy a house."
"Shall we live in the same place with the nobleman in the future?"
"The nobles live in the city. They may be passing by."
Gu Jiu raised the curtains of the car and looked at the siblings on the side of the road.
The little girl has bright eyes, and she looks like a smart little girl. As for the elder brother next to him, he looked stupid.
Gu Jiu smiled at the siblings.
"Avalokitesvara."
"She smiled at us, hehehe."
"Empress Guanyin is so beautiful."
Little Wang Siniu's eyes widened, for fear of missing a picture by mistake. For the first time, she has an intuitive feeling of beauty and ugliness.
"Are these children going up the mountain to collect firewood?" Gu Jiu asked.
There are many children like the brothers and sisters of the Wang family on the side of the road. They are all walking up the mountain with their backs on their backs.
Ma Xiaoliu waited by Gu Jiu's side, he nodded in response, "They all go to collect firewood. Children from poor families are already in charge of the house, such a young child can't work in the construction site workshop, but he can't be idle either."
Gu Jiu looked up the mountain, "These hills will be developed next year. At that time, there will be no firewood for them to pick up. The coal factory should step up efforts to promote coal stoves and briquettes as soon as possible. The briquettes are even cheaper. It doesn't matter, the key is to change everyone's living habits."
Ma Xiaoliu took a small notebook and wrote them down one by one, and handed them over to Eunuch Deng, who would take care of them.
Gu Jiu added: "Regarding the production of coal stoves, there are many craftsmen among the refugees, we can take the initiative to open up the technology and encourage more refugees to actively join in commercial activities.
In fact, even if the technology is not open, once a simple coal stove is put on the market, it will soon be imitated.
Instead of letting those merchants make money, it is better to make money with refugees who are skilled and willing to endure hardships. The local people in the capital, anyone with skills can also participate. By the way, it will be popular for the opening of the first batch of houses in the second phase at the end of the year. "
Ma Xiaoliu recorded all the points that Gu Jiu mentioned.
After finishing the recording, he asked, "Does Madam have any other requests?"
Gu Jiu smiled, "Go to Xincunfang City to take a look first. It's the first time I've come here after it's built here."
The carriage circled around the wall, and finally entered Xincunfang City from the south gate.
There is a porter at the gate.
Men over the age of 50 were recruited from the refugees to form a guard team and work as porters to ensure the safety of the city.
In the future, when the second phase of the project is completed, similarly, men over the age of 50 will be recruited from among the owners of the second phase to form a security team.
The home of the members of the security team is in Fangshi, Xincun, so it is natural to be concerned about the safety of Fangshi.
If Ma Xiaoliu hadn't brushed his face, the concierge would have almost blocked the carriage from entering.
Just kidding, when recruiting and training, the manager repeatedly emphasized that strangers must be identified before they can be admitted.
Who dares to neglect their duties, beware of losing their jobs.
For the sake of their jobs, these were originally older refugees, but now the villagers of Xincun are very serious when they are on errands.
Old man Hu put the carriage in and chattered to the people around him, "Do you think the person sitting in the carriage is the boss?"
"Why did the master come to us?"
"This is the owner's property, is it strange for the owner to come here?"
"Maybe it's not the owner, but a big client. I heard from my son that there are a few more shares in the project..."
"shareholder!"
"Yes, it is the shareholder. The name is very strange."
"Tell me, what are shareholders?"
"It's a partnership to do business. Everyone contributes money. Those who contribute more money are the bosses, and those who contribute less money are shareholders. No matter what happens, they just pay dividends."
"As soon as you say that, I understand. Are there many shareholders on our side?"
"Of course! I heard from my eldest nephew that the people in the palace are struggling to become shareholders."
"Oh, the relationship between the master and the master is really tough enough, even the empress in the palace can only be a shareholder."
"That's right! Otherwise, the boss can settle tens of thousands of us in one go, and return us to our hukou."
"Now we are also from the capital."
"Hey, we are also from the capital."
Is it good to be a native of the capital? Maybe in the past, these refugees couldn't tell whether it was good or not.
But if you ask them now, they will all say in unison that it is good to be a native of the capital.
At the feet of the emperor, it is different from the hometown. The biggest advantage is that there is no exploitation of any kind.
Even if some people find it difficult to leave their homeland, they can only abandon their homeland and take root in the capital city where there are more opportunities for their livelihood and for their families to have enough to eat.
Moreover, the children in the family do not miss the disaster-stricken hometown.
In the impression of the children, the hometown is dusty and there is never enough to eat.
How can a poor and remote hometown compare to the prosperous and attractive capital.
Children are more adaptable than adults.
The adults have not yet changed their identities, and cannot forget the local consciousness engraved in their flesh and blood.
The children have consciously brought me into my identity as a native of the capital, and they have long forgotten the dusty hometown in their memory.
Gu Jiu got off the carriage.
She is dressed plainly today.
But with her status, even if she is dressed in the simplest way, walking in Xincunfang City is the most eye-catching existence.
The elderly and children watched her from a distance, but they didn't dare to approach her.
Ma Xiaoliu and the others all knew each other, and those guards were also familiar. There is no less dealing with each other on weekdays.
The usually high-ranking steward Ma is now serving respectfully and respectfully by the side of a beautiful little woman.
Could this be the boss? Or other nobles
Gu Jiu walked in Fangshi and even visited a house.
good!
The house is made according to the blueprint.
The quality of the project is very good, the design is reasonable, but the density is too high.
This is also impossible.
The cost is high and the price is low, so the density can only be increased.
Gu Jiu asked Ma Xiaoliu, "How many people have moved to new houses? How many people are left in the shack area?"
Ma Xiaoliu hurriedly said: "There are still half of the houses in Fangshi that have not been sold. Those refugees are really poor, with a large number of people in their families, so they really have no money left to buy a house. There are still some people who are thinking about going back to their hometowns." , refused to buy property in the capital. Half of the shack area has been demolished."
Gu Jiu nodded.
The demolition progress of the shanty town is okay.
But she is not satisfied with the housing sales situation.
What a joke if you don't buy such a good house.
Have these refugees got water in their heads
Believe it or not, she is now opening these houses for sale, and they can be snapped up in minutes.
At the beginning, Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci was very optimistic about the houses here, and bought them wantonly, planning to become a charter company.
"Didn't Lao Deng take any measures?"
"Eunuch Deng said that winter is coming soon, and the weather is very cold. The follow-up demolition opportunities will not be done until the beginning of spring."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Old Deng's worries are justified. After reading this, go to the market. Arrange someone to call Eunuch Deng, I have something to tell him."
Gu Jiu got into the carriage, left Xincunfang City, and walked towards the market along the half-built stone road.
The newly built market is like a benchmark outside the Nancheng Gate, so it was named Nanchengmen New Market.
After several months of rushing work, a long market has been completed.
Various shops have also opened one after another.
In the market, people come and go, and the popularity is very strong.
The most prosperous is always the meat shop of Sihai Commercial Bank, which takes the low-price and high-quality route and occupies the best position in the market.
More and more people come here to buy meat dishes every day.
Not only the housewives in the capital city, but also the peasant households in the ten miles and eight townships, and even second-tier, third-tier, and fourth-tier dealers in agricultural products who came from all over the country.
They seem to regard the butcher's shop of the Four Seas Trading Company as their upstream wholesalers, and they pull goods from the butcher's shop by cart after cart.
These traffickers, in a short period of time, have become the most annoying people among housewives, bar none.
"Why is it crowded! The price of vegetables in the capital is so high, it's because of you people."
"Get out, get out, all the traffickers."
"A big man and a woman are crowded together. Do you want to lose face? Be careful that the old lady will report to the police to arrest you."
These are scenes that happen every morning.
Vendors and housewives compete for meat and vegetables, which seems to be the first shot of the day when the market opens.
The traffickers also realized that going on like this is not the answer.
Crowding together with hundreds of housewives to buy meat and vegetables is not only inefficient, but also unpopular.
So the traffickers simply thought of a trick. They drove over the night before and spent some money to stay in the newly opened inn in the market.
In the early hours of the morning, when the butcher shop opened to receive the goods from the villagers, these dealers got up one after another.
Before the housewives of Tianming arrived, they bought the meat and vegetables they needed from the meat and vegetable shop of Sihai Commercial Bank, and pulled them to the capital city, county town, and various places.
Of course, during this period, there are bound to be quick-witted businessmen who use their brains to try to borrow chickens to lay eggs.
These people vainly wanted to stand at the entrance of the meat shop of Sihai Trading Company and buy cheaper meat dishes directly from the farmers who delivered them.
As I said before, in order to gain the trust of these rural farmers, Er Zhuang led his people and spent several months in the countryside, going from village to village.
Er Zhuang and the others have suffered a lot, and only then have they achieved the popularity and reputation of the Four Seas Commercial Butcher Shop.
It is undoubtedly a dream for these businessmen to think that they can gain the trust and cooperation of the peasants by guarding the door of the Four Seas Trading Company's meat and vegetable shop. It is also negating Er Zhuang's efforts.
The peasants are as always vigilant and on guard against strangers.
However, there are also some quick-witted peasants who do business with these businessmen.
It was fine at first, then something went wrong.
Either the price was lowered, or the money received was not good enough, or even privately minted coins were received.
What's more, the fresh meat and vegetables in the house were dropped by someone without paying attention, turning them into rotten meat and rotten vegetables.
So, one early morning, at the entrance of the Sihai Trading Company's butcher shop, there was a scene where the peasants besieged the dealers of agricultural products.