Chapter 646 Announcement of good news
As soon as you enter the kitchen, the warm and humid air filled with the rich aroma of noodles and vegetables hits you in the face, instantly enveloping you.
The kitchen is not big, but it is tidy and tidy. The flames in the stove are jumping happily, illuminating everyone's faces.
He Yushui stood in front of the stove, wearing an apron, her hands covered with flour, and was skillfully rolling out the dumpling skins. The dumpling skins in her hands were like magic, becoming thin and round.
Aunt Cheng was helping to make dumplings. The dumplings she made were of different shapes, but they all had a strong taste of home.
Wang Jianguo and Zhao Shuzhuo had already been sitting at the dining table, surrounded by everyone.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on them like spotlights, their eyes full of anticipation and curiosity.
We just need to wait for them to speak, unveil the mystery of this trip, and start a wonderful story-sharing session.
The warm winter sun shines through the window of the kitchen in the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative, casting mottled light and shadows on everyone's expectant faces.
The fire in the house was burning brightly, and the water in the pot was bubbling, as if it was eagerly urging something.
He Yushui stood by the stove with his hands covered in flour. From time to time, he rubbed the sweat on his cheeks with his elbows, but his eyes kept glancing at Wang Jianguo and Zhao Shuzhuo, and the movement of making dumplings in his hands unconsciously slowed down.
Aunt Cheng sat on a small stool nearby, chopping leek and egg filling attentively. The "clacking" sound made by the knife hitting the chopping board seemed to become the background music of this highly anticipated drama.
Other staff members of the supply and marketing cooperative helped to place the dishes and chopsticks, while others added firewood to boil water. Everyone seemed to be busy with the work at hand, but their eyes always drifted towards Wang Jianguo involuntarily, full of curiosity and eagerness.
Wang Jianguo looked around and saw that except for Liu Erzhu who was on duty in the front hall, everyone else had arrived.
Everyone sat together, all eyes focused on themselves. Those eyes were sparkling with desire to know the answer, like the bright stars in the night sky.
He sensed the burning anticipation and knew that everyone was waiting anxiously, so he stopped keeping everyone in suspense and cleared his throat. His resounding voice broke the brief silence in the room:
"Our trip to the city was a long one! Including the journey, it took about ten days."
"We encountered various problems along the way. Sometimes the tire burst, and sometimes we encountered a heavy snowstorm that delayed our trip. But fortunately, we finally got back safely."
As he spoke, he paused slightly, glanced at the crowd, and seeing that everyone was listening attentively, he continued.
"Our mission this time is arduous. In addition to replenishing the supply and marketing cooperative, we also have two great things to share with everyone."
When they heard the words "great happy event", their eyes instantly lit up like light bulbs and their spirits lifted.
Some people even straightened their backs unconsciously and leaned forward, for fear of missing any details.
Seeing this, Wang Jianguo raised his lips slightly, his eyes full of pride, and deliberately slowed down his speech and said with a stronger tone:
"This first thing is something that will benefit our entire village and even the entire farm."
He paused again, keeping everyone in suspense, and looking at everyone's impatient expressions, he continued:
"That is, after our hard work and careful investigation by the top leaders, they decided to build another brick factory here in Jianye Farm!"
"Wow!"
There was a burst of exclamations in the crowd, and everyone began to whisper and talk.
Wang Jianguo raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then explained in detail:
"This brick factory is different from the one in town. The brick factory in town mostly supplies bricks to some large-scale construction projects. It is difficult for ordinary people like us to buy bricks from there."
"But this brick factory we are about to build is different. Its bricks can be purchased by ordinary people!"
As he said this, an excited smile appeared on his face and he gestured with his hands.
"That is to say, as long as ordinary people have money, they can also buy bricks and build brick houses!"
"In the past, most people lived in mud houses. When it rained, the house would leak and it was not warm in winter."
"Now that we have our own brick factory, we can have more hope for the future!"
After Wang Jianguo finished speaking, no one reacted for a while. Everyone looked at each other, as if they were wondering if they had heard it wrong.
After a moment's silence, a buzz of discussion gradually began to rise among the crowd.
Master Yu, who is nearly 60 years old, put down his chopsticks with trembling hands, his eyes slightly moist, and his voice choked with sobs:
"I have lived most of my life looking forward to living in a brick house. Now it is finally possible!"
The young wives held hands with each other, their eyes sparkling with longing, and chattered about:
"We can build a beautiful brick house in the future. I want to plant flowers in the yard and build a grape trellis..."
The young men are eager to try:
"Once the brick factory is built, we will go and help, and try to live in a new house as soon as possible!"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the kitchen was as warm as a burning fire, and everyone's face was filled with yearning and expectation for a better life in the future.
In this remote Jianye Farm, the lives of generations past and present seem to have been frozen in time between the soil and straw.
Dilapidated mud and straw houses are scattered around the vast fields, like traces of vicissitudes of life on the earth.
Whenever it rains, the house is filled with the sound of "tick-tick-tick". Raindrops pass through the sparse straw on the roof and create small puddles on the dirt ground.
In winter, the biting cold wind whistled in through the cracks in the walls, making people in the house shiver even if they wrapped themselves tightly in quilts.
Normally, everyone looks at their own houses with helplessness and sighs in their hearts. If someone can finally find a few wooden boards and repair the roof to make it solid and prevent rainwater from leaking, they will become the envy of the whole village.
Neighbors would come to learn from him, their eyes full of desire and yearning, as if those pieces of wood carried all the hope of life.
In such an environment, living in a brick house is simply an unattainable dream for people on the farm. It is a luxury that only city dwellers in their imagination can enjoy.
The brick houses where city dwellers live are tall and sturdy, warm in winter and cool in summer. Every time someone from the village comes back from doing business in the city, they describe the appearance of those brick houses.
The listeners would reveal deep envy in their eyes, but then they could only shake their heads helplessly, thinking that those things lived in two different worlds from their own.
At this time, the news brought by Wang Jianguo was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.