Chapter 024 The army is the foundation of one’s life
We had a very typical Beijing breakfast, but because of the rain, we couldn't go out to play. Even though it wasn't raining too hard, it was uncomfortable to be soaked in the rain.
In desperation, Cheng Shijie took Cheng Jiayue, Cheng Jialong and Xiang Hui to Joy City.
"You spend money randomly again!"
“Money earned is spent!”
"You have to save some money to live your life!"
"Money is not saved, it is earned. No matter how much you save, five to six thousand yuan a month, how much money can you save in a year?"
Cheng Shijie plausibly said: "Instead of trying to save money, it is better to try every means to make more money!"
In Joy City, Cheng Shijie and his son and daughter played catch dolls.
Cheng Jialong and Cheng Jiayue each spent fifty yuan, but they caught nothing.
Cheng Shijie swept another fifty yuan: "Honey, come here!"
Xiang Hui waved his hand: "This is a trap, you can buy ten of them for one hundred and fifty!"
"It's just a game, look how happy the children are!"
Xiang Hui disagrees.
"Dad, come and catch me!"
Cheng Shijie personally exited the game. He knew the principle of the claw machine. This was set in advance by the computer program. In order to stimulate the interest of the players, it would increase the gripping power with a certain probability.
For the same fifty yuan, Cheng Shijie caught three dolls.
"Dad is so awesome!"
"Dad is so awesome!"
Cheng Shijie distributed the captured dolls to Cheng Jialong, Cheng Jiayue, and Xiang Hui.
Then, the family went to the children's playground.
Cheng Jiayue and Cheng Jialong had a great time inside.
Cheng Shijie thought of taking advantage of the Wuqiao mutiny to get some antiques from the late Ming Dynasty, as well as some copper coins...
There is a problem with the origin of these things and they need a cover.
Cheng Shijie looked at Xiang Hui and said, "My wife wants to discuss something with you!"
"What?"
"Is it the scrap collection station at the south end of Baihua Road not far from our community?"
Xiang Hui nodded and said, "I know, I've sold scraps several times!"
"Old Wu is not in good health and wants to move the scrap collection station!"
Cheng Shijie said: "I want to take over the scrap collection station."
"received?"
Xiang Hui was slightly startled: "Who did you take over? No matter how bad it is, you still need to occupy one person. You need to go to work, and I need to look after Jiayue..."
Cheng Shijie had already thought about the personnel issue: "Isn't there a mute in your hometown?"
"What a mute, that's our uncle!"
"Oh, yes, our uncle!"
Cheng Shijie said: "My uncle can't speak and is illiterate. He usually lives on two acres of land in his hometown and is hungry and full. Let's take him over. He can do most of the work at the scrap collection station!"
"He's not good either. He doesn't know how to do arithmetic, so why won't he be tricked to death by others?"
Cheng Shijie said: "If he can't do it, what about culture?"
Wen Wen, surnamed Jiang. He was an orphan adopted by Cheng Shijie's grandfather Jiang Feng. He was born with polio. Although he has grown into an adult, his left and right legs are similar to those of a baby.
Although Jiang Wenhua never went to school, he learned a lot of culture by himself from Cheng Shijie's grandfather. Because of his disability, he could not find a job, so he could only make a living by repairing household appliances with Jiang Feng.
However, as the era of barbaric development of the home appliance industry comes to an end, all major brands of home appliances have after-sales services, and the quality of the appliances is getting better and better, and the home appliance repair business is getting worse and worse. Of course, not everyone is bad. As long as you use deception and abduction without conscience, you can still make a lot of money.
But Jiang Wenhua was very upright and would never be like others. He charged two yuan for electronic components that cost only a few cents, because the price had not increased for more than ten years, and now he could not even pay the rent.
"If that's the case, then that's fine!"
Xiang Hui thought for a while and said, "Let Uncle Mute do the work and Uncle Wenhua will take care of the accounts. If I have time, I will keep an eye on it!"
“Whether the scrap collection station makes money or not, it doesn’t actually matter!”
Cheng Shijie said: "Grandpa is getting older and older. If it weren't for Uncle Wenhua, he would have retired long ago!"
I discussed the scrap collection station with Xiang Hui and played with my children until noon. When the weather cleared up in the afternoon, I bought a ticket and went to the Tianqiao to listen to a cross talk.
But unfortunately, there are no famous actors, they are all ordinary students.
In this way, Cheng Shijie took Cheng Jiayue to see the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Oceanarium, the Forest Park, the Ming Tombs, and most of the large and small scenic spots in the capital, until Professor Chang came back.
Accompanied by Xu He and his wife, they came to the Armed Police Hospital for examination. According to Professor Chang, Cheng Jiayue’s condition was that the sooner the surgery would be better, but it was difficult to find a heart source suitable for Cheng Jiayue. Nowadays, most domestic organ donation methods are adopted. Resistance attitude.
The source of the heart must rely on fate. If you are an adult, then the adult body organs are mature, and a thirty-year-old body can be replaced with a fifty-year-old heart. However, Cheng Jiayue is young, so the choice of heart source is too small, and it is more difficult to source the heart.
This consultation further confirmed Cheng Shijie's determination to go abroad to treat Cheng Jiayue's condition.
After playing in the capital for half a month, I finally embarked on my return journey.
Cheng Shijie entrusted an agency to apply for a medical visa to a beautiful country. The most important thing was that he had to buy the house on the second floor. The process of buying a house was not a tortuous one, because the community was an old and dilapidated community and there was no demolition plan, so it was easy to buy it.
After Cheng Shijie bought the house, he changed the locks on the room on the second floor. From then on, this was his private space.
Cheng Shijie was very busy, busy talking to Lao Wu about the transfer of the scrap collection station, and went to his hometown again to pick up Uncle Mute and Uncle Wenhua.
Uncle Wenhua's side didn't go well either, because he didn't want to leave Cheng Shijie's grandfather.
Cheng Shijie took his grandfather and Jiang Wenhua over.
Lao Wu finally agreed to the transfer for the sake of money. This scrap collection depot covers an area of about 16,700 square meters. There are actually four two-story buildings that can accommodate people.
After completing the arrangements for future generations, Cheng Shijie couldn't wait to return to the late Ming Dynasty.
When I came to the Zuo Qianhu Institute of Dengzhou Guard again, the entire Qianhu Institute had almost changed. The gaps or gaps that could have allowed a person to enter or directly push a cart in and out had disappeared, replaced by a two-foot-long gap. Surplus walls.
The city wall is still being reinforced and raised, and the entire Qianhusuo has become a huge construction site.
"Greetings to Mr. Senhu!"
Cheng Shijie saw that Qianhusuo not only gained popularity, but also had the flavor of human fireworks. Now Qianhusuo finally looks like what a city should look like. Brand-new warehouses, stables, wells, and smooth roads.
"Lord Qianhu, you are back!"
Zhang Ruyi reported to Cheng Shijie on the project progress and food expenditure during this period. Only then did Cheng Shijie discover that Zuo Qianhu was proficient in all aspects except fighting.
For example, the repair work on dozens of large warehouses in Qianhusuo has been basically completed. The roofs, doors and windows have also been repaired and replaced. Most of the furniture for the originally empty Qianhu House has been completed.
Touching the smooth and mirror-like tabletop with your own hands, these newly built tables, chairs, cabinets, beds and other furniture all represent the hard work of these craftsmen.
"During this period, the Qianhu Office employed more than 1,800 workers every day, from the initial number of more than 1,800 to more than 9,000 now."
"Why so many?"
"I heard that thousands of households here are working for food, and the military households that ran away in the past would rather be punished than come back!"
This era is not like later generations, where there are too many places to work. As long as you don’t lack hands and feet, it’s not too difficult to find a job. The only difference is more money and less money. If you can’t find a job with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, can you still find a job with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan?
But it was different in the late Ming Dynasty, because there were no factories, let alone wages. If you wanted to find a job that could take care of food, people might not want you. This was because there were too many refugees available.
During the time that Cheng Shijie returned to his later generations, Zuo Qianhu changed a lot, and Cheng Shijie didn't have to worry about it at all. There were already three more kilns here, specializing in the production of bricks and tiles to replace dilapidated houses.
Because many doors and windows need to be replaced, there are more than 40 shade drying rooms here. Because the trees that have just been cut down are wet wood, they can neither be used as doors, windows, nor furniture, so they need to be dried in the shade. But drying wood in the shade takes time.
As a result, Zuo Qianhu's drying room appeared.
The drying room is like a fire pit in the Northeast in later generations. The heat generated by combustion can quickly dry the moisture in fresh wood. This way, you can quickly obtain usable wood without worrying about dehydration, cracking or deformation of the wood.
There were more people working. Although most military households were accustomed to going barefoot, bare feet were prone to injuries and delayed earning money. Many military households asked their mothers-in-law to make shoes and socks. More than 300 women worked overtime to make shoes and socks. The shoes and socks that came out were in short supply.
After listening to Zhang Ruyi talk about the changes during this period, he couldn't wait to watch the army. No matter how prosperous Qianhusuo was, it was nothing but the army. Only the army was the foundation of his life.
When Cheng Shijie saw his army and recalled the feeling of seeing the national flag guard, he frowned slightly.
The gap is too big.
There is simply a difference between cloud and mud.
Cheng Shijie realized the seriousness of the problem.
"gather!"
