Tao Zongwang is really miserable. It seems that he has encountered a problem. The final payment for building a bridge has not yet been settled. The contractor is afraid of this. He really makes money when making money, but once the final payment is owed, it will be a life. The workers want money, but the hard-earned money will not be given to others. However, the foreman cannot get the money and has no choice. It is really hard to suffer when he is caught between the two ends.

Chai Lin and Chai Meng returned five or six miles away. In a small village on the roadside, there was a butcher who sold meat. Two pork hung on the meat rack, and there were many cabbage, green onions, peppers, and bay leaves and cinnamon.

Chai Lin checked that the meat was good, the fat meat had four fingers thick, the lean meat was also rosy in color, and the pork was not filled with water.

The boss said, "Don't worry, this pig was killed in the morning, absolutely fresh."

Chai Lin asked: "Boss, how do you sell this pork? I plan to order all these two fans and use them on the bridge repair site in front."

When the boss heard that there were so many things, he was so happy that his face was full of fat and smiled.

"You sell fifteen cents per pound, and you will have thirteen cents for you in batches. I'll drive a car to deliver it to you, so you won't be able to get it." said the butcher.

After weighing it, the weight is not light. Two hundred and twenty kilograms of meat will be at least three hundred kilograms of pigs. The butcher's family has a donkey cart and pulled the pork. Chai Lin bought more than a dozen cabbages, green onions, peppercorns, and large ingredients together.

When Tao Zongwang saw Chai Lin coming back, he was a little surprised and said, "Brother went to buy some cooked food, why did he ask the butcher to come to a donkey cart?"

Chai Lin smiled and said, "We can't let the workers in the big and small numbers watch. We work on a construction site, so I bought two fans of pork and more than a dozen cabbage and green onions. We can have a good meal together and work together."

Tao Zongwang shouted and said, "Brothers, come on, let's eat meat at noon today, and the pork stewed cabbage is very good."

The workers were happy and worked harder.

Life on the construction site is hard, and it is good to eat radish, cabbage and rice. Which foreman is willing to give you meat? The workers are very happy to hear that there is something delicious.

Tao Zongwang's eyes were sore, and tears came down, and he said, "The Lord Chai came to me from afar. It should be my treat, which will cost you money."

Jiang Jing said: "We Tao Bartou have been living a frustrated over the past few years. It's fine if we don't work outside. When we go back, our wife will wear it. We have been working on this bridge for three months and we have only paid half of the wages. It's not enough materials, and the workers' wages have not yet been settled."

Tao Zongwang wiped his tears and said, "Old Jiang, why are you pulling those things? Come home and bring your jars of good wine. Ou Peng, you cook deliciously, ask a few workers to help you stew the meat."

"Okay, I'll go get the wine." Jiang Jing went home.

Ou Peng came over and saw it and said, "So much meat costs 200 to 300 kilograms, more than 60 people, and several kilograms per person. I'll cook, so you can see."

Chai Lin said: "Okay, if you do it, let's have some drinks together."

Although Ou Pengsheng's big and thick ones are actually good at cooking, he arranged for workers to get the well water and wash the table. The butcher was very good, and he helped to divide the large pieces of meat before leaving.

Cut the meat into large pieces of about two or three taels, and stew it together with a large pepper stock.

Chai Lin and Tao Zongwang chatted together. It turned out that Tao Zongwang was in a down-and-out place in this mall town. He was penniless and got sick again. He almost died. Fortunately, he met a local big family named Huang Laifu. He paid for the treatment and saved Tao Zongwang, and then arranged for Tao Zongwang to work as a long-term worker in the Huang family.

Seeing that Tao Zongwang was strong and skilled, he had good farming and construction, and had only one daughter named Huang Ying, Huang Laifu recruited Tao Zongwang as a son-in-law. The first one or two years were still good. The couple was harmonious and the family was happy, but they had no children.

Huang Laifu died of illness. Tao Zongwang worked on the construction site all year round, so Huang Ying took charge of the family and treated Tao Zongwang like a servant. So Tao Zongwang has been living a frustrated and uncomfortable life in recent years, so don't mention it.

The meat was stewed in a big pot until noon, and the meat smelled for several miles. Ou Peng said: "Brothers, the meat is ready, let's prepare and start eating."

Ma Lin said: "Why haven't that boy Jiang Jing come back yet? He is reluctant to let go of a good bar."

I heard someone say, "Who is talking about me behind the scenes? I'm not walking slowly with a load."

Jiang Jing came with a dozen jars of wine, five kilograms per jar, and a total of dozens of kilograms of good wine.

Ma Lin smiled and said, "I've been saying that I've done so much, so I've gone to help."

Tao Zongwang said: "Today I have the glory of the owner of Chai Manor, let the brothers have a good meal, let's start."

"Okay, eat."

Tao Zongwang first made a table, put two bowls of meat and two bowls of wine. This is toast the gods of the land and mountain. In fact, it is a ritual or culture. There is nothing wrong with doing auspicious things on the construction site.

There was also a table in the tent, including Chai Lin, Chai Meng, Tao Zongwang, Ou Peng, Ma Lin, and Jiang Jing, six people at a table, and the other workers were not treated so well. Each of them sat down with a bowl of meat fire, eating and chatting.

Chai Lin asked: "Zongwang, I think the bridge is quite large, dozens of feet long, the river water under the bridge is turbulent, and the cost of building a bridge is not low."

"My brother doesn't know. Although there is a lot of water in the river now, rice is mainly grown here. In summer, the river water is irrigated into the fields, but there is no water. However, this bridge is indeed very troublesome. It took five months. There were hundreds of people in Liujiazhuang to assist in the early stage, and it was completed." Tao Zongwang said.

Chai Linshen agreed that it was a very painful thing to do engineering in an era without machinery. One hundred people can do a day of work faster than an excavator for half a day.

"Brother Zong Wang has worked hard, but why is the final payment back again?" Chai Lin asked.

Tao Zongwang put down his wine glass and said, "This Liujiazhuang owner is a good person, and it is not intentional that he cannot pay the final payment. This Liujiazhuang is so big, with more than ten miles of land, with tens of thousands of acres of tea mountain and millions of kilograms of tea. Every year, through the big merchants in Chang'an, they are sold to the Western Xia, Tubo, and the Western Regions countries. However, from last year to this year, wars between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty have started again, and small frictions have continued, and the trade routes are mid-level. The Liu family's tea is piled up like a mountain, and they are almost worried, so the final payment of 1,000 or two will not come for a long time."

As he was talking, he suddenly heard the workers outside talking.

Hulala brought five or six people, and a middle-aged man wearing silk arrived with several Zhuang Dians.

"The Lord Liu is here."

"Hello, Master Liu."

The workers greeted the middle-aged people one after another.

Tao Zongwang said: "This is Master Liu Zhuang, I guess I'm here to have something to do."

Tao Zongwang came out and said, "Master Liu, have you eaten? I just cooked some meat. Come and eat some together."

Master Liu smiled and said, "I came here just by smelling the fragrance, but I just ate it and I really can't eat it."

Master Liu's eyes were sharp-eyed. Seeing Chai Lin and Chai Meng and his eyes were full of eyes, he asked, "Zong Wang, are you here?"

Li Xiao Read novels for a long time. Tao Zongwang said: "My brother in my hometown is the owner of Chaijiazhuang, Cangzhou."

"Oh, so that's it. Good Master Chai," said Master Liu.

I have read the novel for a long time. "Hello, Master Liu."
Chapter completed!