Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 908 - 890. Don’t go, don’t go

Chapter 908: 890. Don’t go, don’t go

Song Tan was well-intentioned, but as soon as the news spread, the workers refused to cooperate.

"I’m not going, I’m not going..."

"I’m not going either..."

"I think I’ll just go home; I haven’t been home since March!"

Everyone was unanimous, and even Old Xu was stunned.

"What’s going on with you all? Usually, you’d be reluctant to go home early and want to take on another job till the end of the year. Now, there’s likely work with the road construction nearby, why aren’t you willing to work?"

Old Xu thought to himself, "You think the wages are too low, right?"

The road construction indeed involves messy work, and the wages aren’t high, but don’t they provide meals? Earning something is better than nothing.

After all, people come to the construction sites to make money.

Old Xu thought he was being considerate, yet the workers still shook their heads, especially Zhou Dayong who only joined in October.

He’d only been working for a month, but because of his good performance, it was already decided that he’d continue working with Old Xu next year.

Plus, due to working overtime this month, he earned over ten thousand yuan! It was tiring, but he ate well, slept well, and even looked healthier and fleshier—he wished all jobs next year were like this.

Now, he spoke quite bluntly:

"That section’s contractor is cunning, and it’s hard to say how he got the job. He claims to provide three meals, but everyone’s wages are lower than before."

"And the meals... Old Xu, let me show you the photos—"

He flipped through his phone one by one.

"Look, this was taken by my cousin."

"The day before yesterday we had potatoes fried with potatoes, yesterday it was stewed potato chunks, today it’s cabbage with tofu..."

It’s lucky that they don’t do much physical work at that section. Otherwise, with such meals, walking for three days straight might make you feel faint.

Old Xu: ...

Honestly, when Old Xu first started as a contractor, wasn’t this the kind of food everyone ate at construction sites?

It was tough, but still manageable.

"This looks quite greasy and rich..."

As a fellow contractor, Old Xu struggled to defend his colleague.

"What are you talking about!" Workers aren’t fools: "When cooking, the food is stewed until done, and just before dishing out, oil is poured and tossed around, making it look oily."

With such meals, eating two big bowls still leaves one weak during work, feeling nervous and shaky; it just doesn’t keep you full!

It’s nothing like the canteen up the hill with Master Jiang—every meal has abundant meat and vegetables, well-balanced between meat and greens. Even if there’s no large meat dish, there would be dishes with shredded meat.

You can have light dishes when you want, or meaty dishes when you crave them.

Not to mention, there’s always soup with every meal, from seaweed egg drop soup, tomato soup, to loofah egg soup, pumpkin soup; even old preserved beans can be scooped out for making soup!

And don’t get me started on dishes like spare ribs with corn, radish stewed with meat, winter melon with cured ribs...

Just the variety in soups is this vast, and wages are paid promptly. Everyone eats well and is healthy, wallets bulging... After getting used to luxury, who can go back to the food provided for road construction!

Upon hearing this, Old Xu felt a clench in his heart.

Oh no! The conditions were too good this year; it’s going to be tough managing the team next year.

His mind is agile, so he quickly suggested: "Alright, then if you don’t want to do it, buy your ticket early and try to get a similar time slot. I will take care of arranging transportation to the station for everyone in the village."

Go home, eat your family’s food first, and then you’ll realize that a meal like Lao Song’s family is truly a once-in-a-decade luck!

After all, culinary skills vary from person to person in each family, ingredients can be good or bad, and if the chef is even slightly busy or negligent...

Hey! It’s not that Old Xu looks down on everyone’s cooking skills back home, it’s just that he’s traveled all over, sometimes scouting for projects, and he’s always looking to make everyone satisfied and happy with food and utilities...

But craftsmanship and conscience like Master Jiang’s, he really hasn’t encountered before!

After all, even Master Qian can’t easily boast about his skills when eating at Changleju!

As for next year...

Old Xu thought to himself, how could he not know how challenging it is to get the paperwork sorted for building the three small apartment blocks that Lao Song’s family had built on the mountain?

Lao Song’s family is definitely planning a big game!

Soon it’ll be easy to drive some township enterprises, no big deal at all.

When the time comes, everyone in the village will be wealthy. With the quality and layout of Lao Song’s family’s houses here, how could he not get big projects? And wouldn’t small ones be even easier to land?

If he could suddenly pick up projects for three to five households, and then come to the village using Lao Song’s family’s popularity to construct a group housing scheme or something, the development of the whole area across ten miles and eight villages would be imminent...

Tss!

Old Xu has reached middle age, could he also encounter such incredible fortune?

Thinking this way, Old Xu became even more confident. Turning his head during the meal, he asked Song Tan: "For setting up a water heater, air conditioning, and moving in furniture at your house, do you need someone to oversee it?"

He understands the basics of house construction and initial decoration, but he lacks in these meticulous details. If he wants to take on such projects in the village in the future, he would have to actually get his hands on it once...

Isn’t this a great opportunity!

Song Tan pondered a bit: "But there’s no money in that!"

Old Xu generously waved his hand: "Why bring up money? That would be embarrassing! Anyway, I have to wait here for my old man’s house to be built..."

Find time to chat more with Zhao Fangyuan. Not to mention other things, she has to be involved in future home construction, renovation, furniture, and appliance procurement!

Speaking of which, Zhao Fangyuan is really good at bargaining! Not less than her drafting skills!

Old Xu calculated his plans crisply, but Song Tan delegated the management of the house entirely to Zhang Yanping.

About her cousin, to tell the truth, she dragged him back because he looked physically strong enough to plow the fields.

But in actual practice...

Simply put, tasks involving physical labor, Zhang Yanping would be exhausted after just a bit of effort. But if it’s just about thinking and talking, he could handle a thousand tasks!

Song Tan mused, then suddenly asked, "Brother Yanping, how about I allocate a house to you too? Otherwise, when you talk about love matters, what if you feel shy with too many people at home?"

Zhang Yanping laughed: "You really care, huh? Sure, give me one."

Having a house or not is not important. What matters is to have a place to hide in case his mom comes over someday.

Not just him, Wu Lei and Xin Jun also got a share. After all, even if Song Tan’s home is liberal, having an extra room is always a good precaution.

It was then Qiaoqiao suddenly raised her hand: "Can we allocate one for Aunt Lianhua, too? Her husband treats her poorly, so in case they argue when he comes back, she’d have a place to stay."

Qiaoqiao gestured: "Having a place to stay during a fight is essential, otherwise it’s miserable in heavy rain, like in the TV show my mom watched yesterday."

That sister argued with her boyfriend, he told her to leave, she ended up dragging her suitcase in the street under the rain, crying and getting soaked, so pitiful!