Chapter 39 Building a Brick House

After all, they were guests, and Lu Yaxi was the leader, so he had to tell Su Xiangyu about the situation Ye Xiangdong was currently facing.

"He graduated from Tsinghua University, where he studied chemistry, and the research direction of our factory basically follows that of Engineer Ye. But he refused to join the army. As a result, he won't get any honors for his research results, nor will he get the bonuses he deserves. I feel sorry for him, so I want him to join the army. Otherwise, he will just keep muddling along like this, doing the work but not getting paid, which is not a big deal. Comrade Xiao Su, tell me, am I right?" Lu Yaxi said.

Ye Xiangdong smiled but didn't say anything.

Su Xiangyu just smiled and nodded: "I will persuade him when I have time."

"That's right, you married Xiaoye just because his family conditions are good and his father is a high-ranking official. Let me tell you, Comrade Xiaosu, your father is not as strong as yours, and your father is not as good as yours. If you persuade Xiaoye to join the army, your marriage will not be in vain." Huang Liang said.

This statement was a bit harsh, as it was clearly saying that Su Xiangyu was paying for Ye Xiangdong's services because she was attracted by his family background.

Ye Xiangdong thought Su Xiangyu would be angry and was about to explain, but unexpectedly Su Xiangyu just smiled and was not angry at all.

"It's better to be a good person than to marry a good one. I'm the director of the first branch of Chaoyang Farm, and I'm a member of the fifth red category with a good family background. Doesn't Ye Xiangdong have to work hard to be worthy of my identity as the director?" she said.

Well, this sentence completely ignited Huang Liang.

Although she didn't leave the table because the fish noodles were delicious, her face looked depressed.

"Then why don't you move to the staff quarters of our chemical plant? Our conditions are better than those on the farm. If you move here, Engineer Ye will be determined, right?" Lu Yaxi said again.

Indeed, Ye Xiangdong is unruly and many of the things he is exposed to now are state secrets, but he is born undisciplined and refuses to join the army. Even the military court cannot restrain him. This makes it very difficult for Lu Yaxi. Once the state secrets are leaked, Ye Xiangdong will be shot and he will not be able to escape.

Su Xiangyu said: "Because I don't like the conditions here. Living underground, people are like rats."

"The dugout is warm and comfortable, what's wrong with that? Comrade Xiao Su, this is the situation in the border town. If you are unwilling to live in the chemical plant, I would begin to doubt your purpose of marrying Engineer Ye." Lu Yaxi and Su Xiangyu were arguing.

But Su Xiangyu did not give in at all: "Our farm is now preparing to build a brick house and pave the floor with bricks. We are currently trying our best to make bricks for this. You said that the dugout is good, but why don't you say that the dugout is damp? It's okay for male comrades, but female comrades will get eczema all over their bodies if they live in it for a few days. If they get rashes all over their bodies, they have to apply Ganlu Xuan Itch Water. After applying Ganlu Xuan Itch Water, the skin will become drier and drier, and every other day, the head will swell like a pig's head. I'm still young. Although I want to build a border town, I don't want to be like my sister-in-law, who is willing to live in this dugout. I have to build a brick house for my skin."

These words left Lu Yaxi stunned.

He originally thought that this female comrade had a good consciousness, but how come to her, nothing is more important than her skin?

She is very beautiful, with big eyes and fair skin, and she looks like a sunflower sitting there, but she is too immodest. How dare she say that appearance is more important than work in this day and age?

After all, he was a knowledgeable and cultured engineer. Lu Yaxi was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile: "Let's eat."

Of course, the meal was tasteless, just like a fart when visiting relatives. Lu Yaxi wished they would leave quickly.

But before leaving, Su Xiangyu suddenly turned around and said to Huang Ying in a condescending manner: "Your skin must have been dried out by applying the nectar. I have a kind of dermatitis cream produced in Shencheng. I often apply it when my skin is dry. If it doesn't work, you can try it."

What was packed in a wax-sealed box that originally contained Suhe Pills was actually the Nivea Allergy Cream that Su Xiangyu bought from the system. This cream was extremely effective in repairing allergies. The more severe the skin allergy, the more effective it was in repairing it.

Huang Liang was already unhappy because Su Xiangyu was too aggressive. Of course, gifts should be given when someone enters the house. If she gives gifts when someone leaves the house, the value of the gifts will be much lower.

But women have always been conquered by the skin of the other person, so although she was unhappy and disliked Su Xiangyu in her heart, she still accepted the "Pi Yan Ping".

After leaving Lu Yaxi's house, Mu Tie, a child, was worried about the adults, and looked confused: "Godmother, you didn't mention selling bricks to Director Lu, so why are we here like this?"

This child has a high IQ, but very low EQ. Can't we see what's going on?

However, after taking just two steps, the child heard the sound of tinkling and clanging coming from Lu Yaxi's house.

Now he has to go and eavesdrop on some conversations secretly.

"Buy bricks and build a brick house. If you don't build a brick house, I won't stay here anymore. Being exposed to radioactive chemicals every day is harmful enough. I don't even dare to have a child with you, and I'm worried every day that you will get cancer from radiation. Now you can't even protect your skin. How can I live?" This is Huang Liang's voice.

Then came Lu Yaxi's voice: "The factory is short of funds. We need to deliver goods to Lop Nur, but we have only done 200 experiments. We dare not deliver the goods."

"I said that you, Lu Yaxi, are a pushover. The number of experiments is not enough, so why don't you let the engineers work overtime to complete it quickly? If you want to work overtime, I will be the first to help you. Why don't you work overtime?" Huang Liang said.

Lu Yaxi looked at his wife's face and raised his hands: "Work overtime, overtime, I will work overtime tonight, okay?"

Mu Tie stood there and listened for a long time. Seeing that Su Xiangyu and Ye Xiangdong had already left, he ran back and said, "They were arguing, and Uncle Lu was still shouting for overtime."

Su Xiangyu touched Mu Tie's head and said, "Your Aunt Huang is in charge of finance, and Uncle Lu is in charge of production. If they work overtime, they can get benefits, and if they get benefits, they can make money. In three days, if your Uncle Lu doesn't beg us to pull bricks, I will be your puppy."

"No, I'm your watchdog." Mu Tie immediately retorted.

When they were about to go back to the dugout, Yanyan happened to jump on the steps at the door of his dugout. Mu Tie ran over immediately and said, "Yanyan, come here. I have something delicious for you."

Xiao Yanyan has eaten everything before, and she didn't even turn her head: "No wonder!"

"Instant noodles, you really don't want to eat them?" Mu Tie said, carefully taking out a handful of instant noodles from his pocket.

It's not like Xiao Yanyan hasn't eaten instant noodles before, so of course she wouldn't eat this. She even locked the door of her house.

"Since Yanyan doesn't want to eat it, I'll leave it to Xiaoyueba. Xiaoyueba must have never eaten instant noodles." Mu Tie said regretfully.

This little scumbag has been two-timing since he was young and even finds a backup for himself. He is really amazing.

However, Ye Xiangdong looks a little unhappy today.

He kept shouting that he wanted to have a wedding night. Su Xiangyu had been married three times and was very open-minded about love. Since they were married, she certainly had never thought of using sex as a threat to threaten Ye Xiangdong.

In her opinion, sex is necessary for a harmonious relationship between husband and wife.

Therefore, in order to do a better job and fearing that Ye Xiangdong would not take any measures, she specially bought long-term contraceptive pills from the system, just to take measures to protect herself.

But she had already arrived at the chemical plant and was planning to sleep in the dugout tonight, but he didn't take any action or show any expression. This really hit Su Xiangyu hard.

Thinking back to her previous life, when she was in her thirties, she went out. Even though everyone knew that she was married, she still had a large group of followers following her.

What's going on with Ye Xiangdong?

Could it be that she has no feminine charm in front of a big guy?

Instead of asking her to boil water or find a basin to wash her face, he pulled out his protective mask and orange protective suit from the cupboard and began to inspect her.

Engineers at chemical plants have to wear chemical protective clothing when they enter the work area, after all, they are exposed to harmful chemical products.

If there are any damages on the chemical protective suits, their bodies will come into contact with harmful substances, which will cause physical damage, so the clothes must be carefully checked before wearing.

"I'm staying here tonight." Su Xiangyu said, leaning against the table deliberately. People in the border town were all wearing bulky clothes without any curves. She was wearing fleece warm clothes underneath, so of course she was wearing less, but at least her curves were acceptable.

Ye Xiangdong looked up and smiled, but didn't say anything.

Because it was her first time staying overnight, it was like her girlfriend staying overnight in the men's dormitory. Even Mu Tie was very excited: "Didn't you hear? She's going to sleep in our dugout today."

"Su Xiangyu, if I had known that you were so career-oriented, I would never have taken the file with me to marry you." Ye Xiangdong looked up at Su Xiangyu again, gritted his teeth, and went back to flipping through his chemical protective suit.

Seeing Mu Tie also looking up at him, Ye Xiangdong said helplessly: "Because the raw materials needed by Lop Nur cannot be obtained by them working overtime, and their experiment itself still has loopholes. If I work overtime to help them, the data will be out tomorrow, but if I don't help, they will need at least another month."

Although Su Xiangyu didn't know much about the chemical industry, she knew about Lop Nur, where all the domestic atomic energy experiments were conducted.

And atomic energy depends on the chemical industry.

"Then why didn't you help them before?" Su Xiangyu has always known that the atomic energy experiment was the most important scientific project in the country in the 1970s. After all, during the Cold War, atomic energy was essential to defeat the United States.

How could he be so passive and unpatriotic?

Ye Xiangdong snorted coldly, picked up his chemical protective suit and walked away. Before leaving, he suddenly turned back and saw Mu Tie jumping on the kang. He glared at him, and Mu Tie immediately lay down and pretended to be dead.

"It's not that I don't want our country to develop, or that I don't want our atomic energy industry to fall behind the United States. I love this country and this land more than anyone else. But do you know where this chemical protective suit of mine came from? I got it from Russia. This kind of chemical protective suit can truly protect against radiation, while most scientists in our factory wear domestically produced chemical protective suits, which is equivalent to running naked in radioactive elements. What's the point of me being able to wear one? I hope the organization will equip all scientists with this kind of chemical protective suit, because in my opinion, no research results are more important than the lives of scientists. I don't participate because I want to protest against this senseless sacrifice." Ye Xiangdong said.

In the 1960s and 1970s, when the nuclear industry was just developing, it did very poorly in the field of chemical defense.

And the organization must have its own rules. After all, Sino-Russian relations are tense right now, and it is difficult for the organization to get chemical protective suits from Russia.

Therefore, Ye Xiangdong is a very smart person, but people who are smart and calm, rational and sober are outliers in this era.

If Ye Xiangdong was willing to compromise with the organization now, it was because he was forced by Su Xiangyu.

"Hey!" Su Xiangyu suddenly shouted.

Ye Xiangdong held a protective mask in one hand and a chemical protective suit in the other, and looked back at Su Xiangyu.

"What time do you finish overtime tonight? I'll wait for you." Su Xiangyu said.

Ye Xiangdong licked his lips, and a glimmer of happiness flashed across his dejected face: "I will try to finish it in five hours. You take a nap first and take care of your body. I tell you, I am ten thousand times better than Feng Mingxun."

But in fact, he said five hours, but eight hours passed and he didn't come back until morning.

Apparently, still busy working in the lab.

Su Xiangyu was in a hurry to go to work, but Mu Tie refused to leave. Su Xiangyu had no choice but to ask the system to buy a pair of low-quality underwear for three yuan from the night market, and only then did she coax this guy back to the farm.

Back at the farm, Su Xiangyu had to command a group of male educated youth to build brick houses for the college students from the capital who were about to arrive.

This work was done by Wang Hongming, and the drawings were revised by Su Xiangyu herself.

When we heard that college students from the capital were coming, we found that they were very different from the girls in the art troupe. The enthusiasm of the educated youth was beyond words. Brick houses were easy to build, and in just five days, the bricks were up and the only thing left was to cover the roof.

Su Xiangyu also asked everyone to build a new gate using the red bricks they produced.

On the Gobi Desert, under the blue sky and green fields, there is a beautiful red gate. Not to mention the educated youth on the farm were happy to see it, but that day, Su Xiangyu also saw Huang Liang wandering around the gate.

Need I say more?

Although she was still jealous of Su Xiangyu in her heart, she had long been envious of her red brick house.

Su Xiangyu saw it all, but she just smiled. People have motivation when they have desires. Huang Ying likes brick houses so much. When she returns to the chemical plant, she will argue with Lu Yaxi and ask him to build brick houses for the chemical plant as soon as possible.

Wouldn't she have a huge sales channel then?

"Xiao Yueba, you've never had instant noodles, right? I'll give you some instant noodles, okay? But you have to sweep the floor of our room for me at night." Mu Tie stood in front of the brand new office building, twisting his little butt and said.

Xiaoman followed Yu Lei and were walking four pregnant sows with round bellies.

Although this girl is a little fat and chubby, she is a very hardworking girl. Half of the credit for feeding and herding pigs goes to her.

Xiaoman picked up a handful of instant noodle crumbs and put them into her mouth, squinting her eyes and saying, "Delicious, delicious."

"Then go and clean up for me." Mu Tie said.

Xiaoman, chewing instant noodles, went to clean up for Mu Tie happily.

Mu Tie was basking in the sun, feeling particularly good. It felt really good to be able to get a little girl to work for him with just a little bit of instant noodle crumbs.

The brick selling business exceeded most people's expectations. After seven or eight days, the county government actually ordered another truckload of bricks, so Su Xiangyu earned another 150 yuan.

However, she still needed 200 yuan to buy seeds. What should she do?

The chemical plant's experimental project is said to be very successful, but they have not received the payment yet. They will not come to buy bricks if they don't receive the payment. Where will the 200 yuan come from at this time?

Su Xiangyu wanted to take 200 out of the system, but the system did not allow her to use the money in the system for the development of the farm, otherwise her reward would be deducted.

"Why don't we just plant corn this year? Corn seeds are cheap, and we'll have money left over for pesticides." said Wang Zisheng, the grain keeper, as he counted on his abacus.

Wang Hongming said: "Anyway, we are raising chickens and pigs now, so we have enough tasks to fulfill. Otherwise, we should not pay too much attention to the land and just grow some corn."

This is Wang Hongming's short-sightedness. Raising chickens requires feed. Where does the feed come from? It has to come from the ground.

That is why all-round development is important.

But just when Su Xiangyu was worrying about where the money would come from, Feng Yueba suddenly pushed open the office door and came in.

"Feng Mingmei is here and is talking to Mu Tie. Mu Tie..." Feng Yueba paused halfway through his words and suddenly exclaimed.

"What's wrong with Mu Tie?" Everyone in the office stood up.

After all, although little Mu Tie was self-righteous and arrogant, in this farm where there were few children, he was the only little happy pill that the educated youth could grab and pinch his cheeks and rub his little butts when they were tired.

It turned out that Feng Mingxun finally called his second sister Feng Mingmei and reported Mu Tie's affairs to Wulan Farm.

Like mother, like daughter. Moreover, Feng Mingmei accepted money from others. She had to give it to them or give them money. Otherwise, if one child was engaged to seven or eight families, she had to make it whole for them.

So she jumped on the company bus, changed cars in the capital, and headed straight to Chaoyang Farm.

After coming here, she certainly would not confront Su Xiangyu head-on like Mei Gancai did. She chose the gentle strategy of talking to Mu Tie. She didn't know how she persuaded him, but just now, Mu Tie agreed to Feng Mingyan and was willing to go with her.

After the child agreed, he went into the house to pack his things.

Feng Mingmei and Mei Gancai were waiting outside Su Xiangyu's little room, chatting and laughing, but no one showed up for a long time. When they kicked the door open, Mu Tie sprinkled out a handful of copper powder.

This made Feng Mingmei very angry, but luckily she had prepared an umbrella and avoided getting her face sprayed with bronze powder.

According to Feng Yueba, at this moment Mu Tie's butt was about to be beaten to pieces by Feng Mingyan.

"Let's go quickly. We have to persuade Director Feng to release the child." Wang Hongming said.

Su Xiangyu stood up, but hesitated for a moment.

"Hurry up, Director, and go and persuade Director Feng. It's just a child. Just let him apologize. Don't let Director Feng really hurt the child." Even Wang Zisheng, who had always been in love with Zhu Lin, felt that Feng Mingyan's behavior was a bit unkind.

But at this moment, a little guy came running from a distance, with black oil dripping from his head. One of his shoes had fallen off, and he was hopping on his two feet, rushing towards the office.

Wang Hongming chased after her and stopped Feng Mingmei, whose braids were already loose.

Mu Tie took advantage of the situation and ran into the door. He didn't go anywhere. He turned around and pounced on Su Xiangyu's back. He didn't dare to touch Su Xiangyu's butt with his dirty head. He stood behind her, breathing heavily, with fierce eyes and clenched fists.

"Mu Tie is a murderer, executioner, Soviet revisionist, and the son of an American spy. He has not only committed murder, but he is also our key reformee in the Ulan Agricultural Factory. Su Xiangyu, don't harbor bad elements, otherwise you will be going against the organization!" Feng Mingmei was indeed a level higher than Mei Gancai. When she came, she raised her hands and shouted slogans directly.

It was just the time when the educated youth were getting off work, and they were seen walking in in groups of three or four from outside.

Mu Tie's father was indeed a traitor who stayed in the United States and refused to return.

After Feng Mingmei called this out, Mu Tie basically couldn't survive anywhere else, let alone on the farm.

"Manager, don't confront the old lady head-on. She's used to pretending to be dead." Regardless of the fact that he was Zhu Lin's boyfriend, Wang Zisheng hurriedly said to Su Xiangyu.

Obviously, he was also afraid that Su Xiangyu would blackmail the old lady who was sick but not yet dead, Mei Gancai.

Who knew that Su Xiangyu took a deep breath, went out with a smile on her face, and called out "Aunt Mei" enthusiastically.

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"You are here to pay back the money, Aunt Mei. You don't know that all the educated youth in our farm are waiting for you to give me the two hundred yuan." Su Xiangyu grabbed Mei Gancai's hand enthusiastically and refused to let go even if she died.

Since she is here, Su Xiangyu will not let her leave today unless she pays back the money.