Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

As Chen Yongqiang led Yang Dahai and Qin Shan toward the kitchen, Tianlang silently crawled under the tractor, guarding the family's newly acquired asset.

The twin sisters from the Qin family went to the stove to help Lin Xiulian cook.

Chen Yongqiang, Yang Dahai, and Qin Shan, the three men, sat around the small table in the kitchen.

"The foundation for the brick kiln has been leveled these past two days," Yang Dahai said, taking a drag of his cigarette before getting down to business.

"We also sent two people to learn brick-making techniques at a kiln in the next town. They'll be back in a few days."

Chen Yongqiang still felt uneasy after hearing this: "Learning the technology is one way, but we also need to figure it out ourselves. What if they hold back something, or we don't learn everything? That could delay the brick kiln's progress."

He has everything ready, except for the red bricks.

If the village couldn't produce enough fuel, he planned to go directly to the next town to buy some, determined to move into the new house before Lin Xiulian gave birth.

Yang Dahai nodded: "That makes sense. If you're free tomorrow, how about we go check out the venue together?"

Chen Yongqiang was just giving a heads-up; he had already offered enough support by saying so much.

If the village's brick kiln really can't produce bricks, then we'll have to buy them from somewhere else for now.

"Okay, I'll go check it out tomorrow." Chen Yongqiang also wanted to see for himself how the brick kiln was progressing while he was away from the village these past two days.

After chatting for a while, Qin Liping brought the dishes to the table one after another.

Chen Yongqiang picked up his chopsticks and smiled, gesturing to Yang Dahai and Qin Shan: "Let's eat and chat."

Qin Shan picked up a piece of food and ate it: "Yongqiang, can your tractor plow the fields too?"

"Yes, you can remove the rear bed and replace it with the matching plow blades. It will be fine for tilling the land," Chen Yongqiang asked when he bought the tractor.

"That's great! It will save us a lot of effort." Qin Shan's face lit up with joy.

"However, the snow hasn't completely melted yet, and the ground is still frozen. We'll wait until the ground softens before we start cultivating it."

He actually had other plans in mind; for now, he wanted to make money by running a transport business with a tractor.

We can hire people to work on our few acres of land. Labor is cheap now, and the money a tractor earns in a day can hire a lot of people to do the work.

During the meal, Chen Yongqiang brought up another matter: "Village chief, I was planning to build two thatched huts on that open space over there as a temporary measure. Now these mud-brick houses have to be demolished."

"You really are a man of action. I understand. You decide on the location yourself, just don't take up any of the village's public land." Yang Dahai was quite reasonable.

Halfway through the meal, Liang Meie arrived. She first shone a flashlight on the newly bought tractor in the yard. Chen Yongqiang was capable, and she was happy for him.

Liang Meie walked into the kitchen with a smile and saw several people eating: "The village chief is here too."

Chen Yongqiang greeted her, "Sister-in-law Mei'e, you've come at the perfect time! How about we have a drink together?"

Liang Meie was straightforward and unpretentious. "Yongqiang, it's a joyous occasion that you bought a tractor today! I won't stand on ceremony; I'll just share in your good fortune!"

With Liang Meie joining them, the atmosphere at the dinner table became much livelier.

Yang Dahai drank a few cups, and seeing that it was getting late, he got up and went home first. If he stayed any longer, his wife would start nagging him.

Liang Meie did drink a few more cups with Chen Yongqiang, but with so many people present, she didn't dare to go too far and kept her words and actions in a measured manner.

The TV series on TV had ended, and the neighbors gradually left.

After a noisy night, only Chen Yongqiang and Lin Xiulian remained in the house.

Chen Yongqiang lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) and hugged Lin Xiulian, saying, "I'm afraid you'll have to make do for a while and live in a thatched hut for some time."

Lin Xiulian leaned closer to him: "A thatched hut is still our own house. As long as it can shelter us from the wind and rain, that's enough."

Chen Yongqiang lowered his head and kissed Lin Xiulian's neck: "I will build the new house as soon as possible so that you can live in a comfortable new home."

He still remembered the night Lin Xiulian first came to seek refuge with him; it was raining outside, and the house was leaking inside.

From that moment on, he wanted to build a decent new house.

Through my own efforts, this long-held wish is finally about to come true.

The next morning, after getting up, Chen Yongqiang prepared to go and check out the village's brick kiln so he would have a better understanding of the situation.

But the news that he bought a tractor spread like wildfire throughout the surrounding villages overnight.

Many villagers from other villages heard about this novelty and wanted to come to Shimen Village to see this rare iron object for themselves.

But at this moment, Chen Yongqiang had already appeared at the construction site of the brick kiln at the entrance of the village.

Yang Dahai was also present. Upon seeing Chen Yongqiang arrive, he walked over and pointed to the venue to introduce it:

"Now we've leveled the site, decided on the location for the kiln, and built a simple thatched shed next to it to temporarily store the tools. We're just waiting for the bricks to dry and the kiln to be completely dry before we can try lighting it."

"Brick firing looks simple, but if any step goes wrong, the entire kiln of bricks could be ruined." Chen Yongqiang walked over and looked at the earthen kiln that the villagers had built themselves.

However, seeing how well the villagers were doing, Chen Yongqiang couldn't keep pouring cold water on their efforts.

Now, only time will tell.

Chen Yongqiang and Yang Dahai chatted for a while by the brick kiln.

The village's old accountant rushed over, panting, and said:

"Village chief, the commune just sent word that our village needs to hurry up and collect our fertilizer quota for spring planting!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Dahai's expression immediately turned serious.

He knew that fertilizer was the most important thing for spring plowing in the village, and he was about to arrange for a donkey cart to transport it when he suddenly remembered that Chen Yongqiang had just bought a tractor.

"Yongqiang, you don't have any other important work to do today, right? Come with me to the commune compound and bring back the fertilizer."

Previously, the work was done collectively, but now production is contracted to individual households. However, fertilizer still needs to be allocated according to how much land each household has, and it is brought back and then distributed.

Chen Yongqiang didn't respond immediately. He definitely wouldn't do it for free.

Just as he was hesitating, Yang Dahai spoke up: "Don't worry, in previous years, we always paid people to use donkey carts to pick it up."

Before the land was distributed, the village paid for it. Now that the land is contracted to individual households, the transportation costs are shared equally among each household, calculated per mu (unit of land area).

Upon hearing that there was money to be made, Chen Yongqiang agreed: "This is a big deal for the village, so I'll go with you."

In any case, this was the first job Chen Yongqiang got after buying the tractor.

"I'll go back and bring the tractor over."

When Chen Yongqiang returned home, Yang Dahai discussed with the village's old accountant, "How much should we pay Yongqiang for the freight this time?"

The old accountant mentally calculated: "Last year, we used a donkey cart, making five or six trips back and forth to finish the load, and we were paid twelve yuan in total. Yongqiang's tractor is strong; he can probably finish it in one trip. I think ten yuan is a good offer."