In less than twenty minutes, almost all the workers had finished eating, and one after another they went to the new homestead to continue working.

People who work in rural areas are generally very conscious. Except for necessary rest, they try to seize the time and work proactively so as not to embarrass their employers. Everyone is an acquaintance. Too much procrastination makes their faces look bad.

But as I said before, it’s about the same, not everyone, because there are still four people who haven’t finished eating, sitting there huffing and puffing and eating with great enthusiasm.

It was the four members of the Luo family.

Xu Laosi watched silently. There is a saying in the countryside that urges work but not food, so he did not say anything. However, he was thinking in his heart that each of the Luo family members might be reincarnated as ghosts.

?You don’t seem to eat slower than others?

Watching helplessly that the four of them finally finished eating, Xu Laosi quickly called them over.

Over there, Liao Qing is already arranging for people to stir the sand and gravel, then pour it into the dug foundation and prepare for tamping.

The tamping hammer uses the stone roller used in the dojo. It is erected vertically, tied with two thick wooden sticks to form a tic-tac-shape, and then eight people are used to lift it high, and then lower it, and so on, with the help of its

The weight will pound the loose soil into a solid state. This is tamping.

Doing this work is quite laborious. The stone roller alone weighs at least more than 100 kilograms, so it is not impossible for young and middle-aged people to do it.

In order to ensure that everyone acted in unison, Liao Qing chose a man named Chen to sing Dapeng tune. This man surnamed Chen was usually eloquent. He had also sung this kind of ditty before and was proficient in it.

After everyone was ready, the man surnamed Chen began to lead the singing loudly, and everyone followed suit.

(Chen) There’s a ramming! Everyone joins in: Hey, oh, hey!

(Chen) Go north! (He) Hey, hey, hey!

(Chen) Build a new house! (He) Hey, hey, hey!

(Chen) Take a bride! (He) Hey, hey, hey!

(Chen) Entered the room! (Together) Hey, hey, hey!

(Chen) Don’t wow wow! (Together) Hey, hey, hey!

(Chen) It’s in the house! (He) Hey, hey, hey!

(Chen) I have a lover! (He) Hey, hey, hey!

…

When she sang a certain line, maybe it was an illusion, but Xu Jiaojiao seemed to see Liao Qing, one of the bearers, look at her quickly.

hehe.

Everyone sang a line to the tune and then hit it with a rammer. The people present listened and worked happily, and Xu Jiaojiao also pursed her lips and smiled, thinking it was quite interesting.

Most of these little tunes are randomly made up on the spot, and sometimes they even include some pornographic jokes, but as long as they are not excessive, no one will mind.

It is also very necessary during the tamping process. It can not only keep everyone moving in unison, but also boost people's spirits and bring some joy to the laborious and monotonous work.

After the foundation was tamped firmly, bricks were laid and walls were built on top.

But it's getting late now, I just woke up, the sun is about to set, and I have to continue tomorrow.

…

After dinner, the workers all left one after another. Liao Qing and Xu Laosi saw off the guests and made another appointment to come back tomorrow morning.

Everyone had almost left, and Xu Jiaojiao was about to help pack things when she suddenly heard a cry of "oooh" not far away! Then someone said "ah".

At this time, the sky was almost dark, and there were many shadows. Xu Jiaojiao took a closer look, but it turned out that the four Luo family members who were walking at the end were suddenly blocked by Xiao Hei, and Sister Luo was scared to death.

Dun sat on the ground.

What's going on?

Xu Jiaojiao was confused, and Liao Qing and Xu Laosi also came over.

"Xiao Hei! Why are you scaring others?" Xu Jiaojiao shouted.

"Meow--" Xiao Hei waved his tail, but did not move away.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Sister-in-law Luo waved her hand, "I was accidentally frightened by it, you go and do your work, it's okay!"

Xu Jiaojiao took a step forward: "Let me help you up!"

"No, no, no!" Mrs. Luo said quickly, turned over and stood up, but unexpectedly, two things fell out of her pocket and rolled to the side of the road.

Xu Jiaojiao took a closer look and saw that they were actually two meatballs!

Xu Jiaojiao:......

"Oh, hehe..." Sister-in-law Luo smiled sarcastically, "Oh, what, our kids are greedy, I'm thinking about bringing two back to give them a taste..."

"Are you afraid there are more than two?" Xu Laosi stared at her pocket.

The coat that Mrs. Luo wears is a men's jacket, and it is shabby, but it has pockets. This is actually a common practice for poor people. Just have something to wear, and don't pay so much attention.

Her pockets were bulging at the moment.

"Hey, that..." Sister-in-law Luo naturally understood and wanted to say something else, but Xu Laosi interrupted her.

"My family hired you to work and paid wages." Xu Laosi said with a straight face, "Although we are relatives, taking two meatballs is nothing, but you are taking too much, right? Besides, we are

The housework isn’t finished yet!”

"Yeah, forget it...hehe." Mrs. Luo had no choice but to retreat to the table, hold up her pocket, and pour out all the dumplings in her pocket. There were more than twenty.

Xu Jiaojiao had a dark look on her face. She didn't even put it in the package. Can she still eat it?

Xu Laosi didn't care about this. Meatballs are made of meat and flour. They are relatively expensive items. It would be a waste if they were thrown away.

What he cared about was another thing. He watched Mrs. Luo finish shaking her pockets and then stared at the other three people.

The Luo brothers lowered their heads and did not move.

Sister-in-law Luo said "Oh" and turned around, pouring out a bag of fried lotus root slices as well...

It was dark, so I couldn't see the expressions on the faces of these four people, but I could imagine it.

Liao Qing rubbed his nose and walked away silently.

Xu Jiaojiao didn't know what to say.

After emptying their pockets, the two daughters-in-law said, "Hey, brother-in-law, let's go..." and hurriedly chased after the Luo brothers.

Xu Laosi waved his hand wordlessly.

Even after walking far away, Xu Jiaojiao still vaguely heard their conversation.

"It's you, you insist on letting me pretend, you insist on letting me pretend, now you've made a big fool of yourself..."

"You said you're a bitch, what's the use? A cat scared you, otherwise what could have happened? You would have pretended to go home..."

After a long time, Xu Laosi turned to Xu Jiaojiao and said, "Sister, I want to ask you something. Don't tell mother about this for the time being."

"Why?" Xu Jiaojiao asked subconsciously.

Xu Laosi sighed, "Is it easy to start a business? I... Anyway, wait for me to think about it for two days, how about it?"

"Okay." Xu Jiaojiao nodded. Anyway, this is not a big deal. Fortunately, Mrs. Xu Zhang is not here, otherwise, there might have been a big trouble.

By the way, Xiao Hei is really worthy of Xu Zhang's liking, he is very intelligent and extremely clever.

…

The next day, the workers arrived early, had breakfast, and officially built the wall.

The walls are made of blue bricks, and the adhesive is glutinous rice mortar.
Chapter completed!