Chapter 178 Qingxi Town

Chapter 178 Qingxi Town

After returning to the rented courtyard from the Xinghai City Government, everyone realized how hungry they were. With a smile on their faces, they heated up the food they had not eaten for lunch, quickly filled their stomachs, and rushed to the construction site to work the night shift.

The government gave us farmland and land for building houses, but building houses requires money! Without money to build houses, a whole family cannot sleep on the grass.

It is now June, and winter is only a few months away. Everyone hopes to move into their new home when winter comes.

Lin Zisu's family of four was starving, so they went home to make a simple dinner to fill their stomachs. After a day of hard work outside, everyone was covered in dust and sweat. The family of four was the same, and Lin Zisu could smell the stench of sweat on her body.

After returning from training in the morning, I hurried to inform everyone to go to Xinghai government before I had time to take a shower. I was covered in dust from running around, and the hot weather made me sweat, which made me even dirtier.

The two siblings cleaned up the kitchen, and Lin Zisu rushed into the bathroom of the RV and started washing clothes. After she stuffed the dirty clothes into the washing machine, she felt like she was alive again.

"Knock, knock, knock. Come out quickly after you finish washing! Ouch. I can't stand it anymore." Lin Xianwen knocked on the door outside the car and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Why are you in such a hurry! I'm coming!" Lin Zisu opened the car door and went to the yard to enjoy the natural breeze.

Shen Xianglan looked at the flying mosquitoes and said, "Turn off the lights! Light a candle and have some light. The insects are flying towards the lights!"

Lin Zisu: "Hang a mosquito-proof curtain at the door!"

"Where can I buy mosquito-proof door curtains?" Shen Xianglan looked at her daughter in surprise.

Lin Zisu: "How could there not be any? Tents have existed since the Spring and Autumn Period. It's just that the material is different! The ancients weren't stupid! Or we can make it ourselves, with a thin fabric with small holes, and a looser weave to make it thinner, that will be fine."

Lin Youcai: "There must be mosquito-proof tents. Just go to the fabric store and ask!"

Lin Zisu looked at her mother with shining eyes, "Mom, don't you know how to make mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent, mosquito coils and the like? We can make these and sell them! Small profits but quick turnover, the market will definitely be huge!"

Shen Xianglan clapped her hands and stood up. "Yes! If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten. We can go to the government and ask if we can rent a piece of land near Qingxi Town and build a small workshop to sell mosquito repellent products first."

Lin Youcai raised his hands and said, "Wife, I support you unconditionally! Let's go to Qingxi Town to look at the land tomorrow. You can walk around the area and then go to the government to ask."

The land management department of the Xinghai government gave the Xinghai school a list of people who came to register for land selection in the afternoon. The list included local people and non-local people who did not graduate from the junior class. The next day, the land management department would take these people to see the fields and land. These people did not have to go to school the next morning, and could just wait at the city gate of the place you chose.

As soon as it was daybreak, everyone had a simple breakfast and then rushed to the South City Gate to wait.

Lin Zisu was sitting on the right side of the mule cart and yawning, Lin Xianwen was sitting on the left side and yawning, and Lin Youcai was sitting in the middle driving the mule.

Lin Youcai: "Did you two not sleep last night?"

"I'm asleep! Isn't it too early to get up? It's boring to wait for people." Lin Zisu looked sleepy, but she was happy in her heart. She didn't have to go to training today. Hahahaha... After leaving Xinghai government yesterday, the two siblings went to the sentry post to report the situation. Su Ling waved his hand generously and approved it.

The weather was getting brighter, and the people who went to the city to go to school or work looked at the group of people chatting at the city gate with surprise and curiosity.

At 7 o'clock, two donkey carts came towards the south city gate. They went straight to the crowd, and the staff called out the names with a list. After calling out the names, the people got on the carts, and the two donkey carts led the way. Because many people did not have cars and had to walk, the vehicles in the team moved very slowly.

40 minutes later, Lin Zisu even checked the time. If she drove, it would only take her more than ten minutes to get to the city, which was indeed not far away.

The team arrived at the entrance of the town. There was a stone tablet on the side of the road with Qingxi Town engraved on it. The words were painted red, making them particularly eye-catching.

The team walked inward. There was a dirt road in the middle of the town. The road had been cleared and widened. On both sides of the road were low houses with wooden and bamboo walls. Smoke was coming out of the chimneys and dogs were barking non-stop.

When the townspeople heard the noise, some hurried out of their houses, some stood in the yard looking toward the road, and some walked directly to the road to stare at the procession. Children stood by the roadside, laughing and watching the excitement, and curiously looking at the people in the procession.

A middle-aged man walked towards the two donkey carts in front of the team. The donkey carts stopped and the staff on the carts said a few words to him. The man then walked beside the donkey carts and called two people to come and walk with him.

Lin Zisu leaned over to the old man and whispered, "It seems that the staff knows that middle-aged man?"

Lin Youcai lowered his voice and said, "It might be someone in charge of the town."

Lin Zisu: “Oh~”

The whole town is not very big, and the road in the middle of the town is not very long. It takes only a few minutes to reach the end of the town. In addition to the courtyards on both sides of Qingxi Town Road, there are many other courtyards scattered around.

The two donkey carts in front stopped, and everyone got off quickly and followed the staff's instructions and walked forward.

In the open space next to the yard of a house at the end of the village, several wooden stakes were driven into the soil and tied with straw ropes to enclose the area.

Staff member Xiao Zhu took out a loudspeaker and pointed at the numbers written in red paint on the wooden stakes and said, "See the numbers? This is the land for building houses. The size of the land is determined by the area marked out. The government has marked it out based on the terrain, and each family sent a representative to draw lots. Whichever piece of land you draw gets the land. The same goes for the farmland. Each family gets 3 mu of land, and whichever piece of land you draw gets the land!"

You can choose to give up! You can also go to Xingcheng government to register again, change the village, or go to other cities. If you want to stay in Xinghai City, but you are not satisfied with the place you chose in Qingxi Town, you can change to another village, but it costs money! You can re-select by paying 200 yuan. "

Another staff member came out of the donkey cart, holding a large wooden box, "Each household will send a representative to draw lots, and first draw the land for building houses."

Lin Zisu's family was the first to register. Her father, mother, and brother sent her out to draw lots for houses and plots of land. She stood at the front of the lottery line, rubbed her hands, reached into the wooden box with her right hand, stirred it, and took out a plastic ball, number 16.

Xiao Zhu picked up the loudspeaker and said, "No. 16, take the ball and go to the side to register."

More than 60 households finished drawing in a short while. Each of them took the ball to the staff to register, and other staff collected the ball. They put it back into the wooden box, reached in to stir it, and lifted the wooden box to shake it.

Xiao Zhu: "After drawing the land, it's time to draw the field number. The teams that draw the lots will draw in reverse order, starting from the back to touch the ball."

Lin Zisu came out of the line and asked Lin Xianwen to stand there. His family was the last one to draw the field ball.

A few minutes later, it was Lin Xianwen's turn to reach into the wooden box. He stirred it and randomly picked out a ball. He took a look at it, showed it to his family, and said, "Number 12."