Unevenness Troubled Him More Than Scarcity
When summer came, more than a dozen families moved in. Once they learned about the situation here, they envied the village's uniform brick houses so much that they promptly bought bricks and tiles on credit and built homes first, planning to find work afterward and pay off their debts.
Wang Yue didn't mind. Even if people left, the houses would remain. He now effectively had a small brickworks and a construction crew, and he didn't think they should simply wait around. So he went to Zhang Shucheng, who was in charge of the resettlement villages.
Zhang Shucheng was very grateful to Wang Yue, a capable man from Yongquan Village. Several people had left other resettlement villages, but the residents of Jintan Village, where Wang Yue lived, had stayed put. They had even built houses within half a year, making it much easier for Zhang Shucheng to bring in new people.
He hurriedly invited Wang Yue into his office, poured him a glass of water, and asked happily, "Wang Yue, what can I do for you?"
Wang Yue didn't beat around the bush. He said seriously, "Here's the situation. The people in the village who work at my brickworks are idle now. I was thinking we could plan out the houses in advance and build them all to the same design, so that new resettlers would have somewhere to live as soon as they arrived."
Zhang Shucheng hesitated. "But what if some people don't want to live in the brick houses you build?"
That was exactly what Wang Yue had been waiting for him to ask. He smiled and said, "Here's what I have in mind. Sorry to trouble you, but please approve a large plot of land for me. Of course, I'll cover the