Chapter 15 No need to look up to the breath
"Counting you, our village now has eleven households. Everyone knew about this when registering the household registration."
Old man Chang scratched the ground with a branch.
"There is no village name yet. I think the area at the foot of the Hexi Mountain is good for building houses. Everyone lives together, so it's easy to help if there is anything."
More than thirty people surrounded the city twice.
The head of the household is on the inside, and the family members are on the outside.
Liu Yaoyao silently took out a pen and paper from the shoulder bag she was carrying, and started drawing along with Old Man Chang's ideas.
"Nowadays, every household is facing difficulties. What do you think about this house?"
Liu Yaoyao raised her head and looked around, then lowered her head and began to think about her dream house.
Oh, God knows how much she wants to have her own little yard, the kind with two entrances.
There are flower beds, lotus ponds, green plants, acacia trees...
"Let's build thatched houses first. Although there is water here, it's too late to grow food now."
"We spent a lot of money to buy grain, and we didn't have much left at home, so we built a thatched house."
"We are the same. The city here is very dangerous. If you build a good house, you might be harmed by those thieves."
Liu Yaoyao raised his head and said hesitantly:
"We live in such a remote place and the place is so small, why would people come here?"
There was silence, Old Man Chang chuckled, waved his hand and explained:
"You can't say for sure. In difficult years, the thief's beard from Xiliang will always go north."
Liu Yaoyao nodded, spread his arms and said:
"If you don't need to borrow money from me to build a house, you can work for me and pay daily, and you can choose money or food."
Upon hearing this, Old Man Chang said:
"As a fellow villager, according to the rules, you only need to provide food."
"No." Liu Yaoyao stood up:
"The most valuable thing is manpower, and the least valuable thing is manpower, but those who work under me will not suffer any loss."
"Of course, the premise is that the person also does a solid job."
Although he is a small person, his momentum at this time is extraordinary.
"Today I'm making fungus soup. Let's all join in the fun. Before my house is built, I have to ask everyone to help me build a thatched hut. Likewise, I will provide food and money."
Everyone looked at each other, and Old Man Chang was the first to shout:
"Okay, I'll find this manpower for you. Don't be discouraged if you don't get the job. Yaoyao still has to build a house."
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A simple earthen stove, the curling smoke, and various fungi are mixed together, and after cooking with seasonings, it becomes delicious.
The clay pot on the other side contains clay pot rice, bacon, eggs, and cabbage.
Liu Yaoyao put her hands on her hips and looked at the old man Chang who was demarcating the territory for each family, as well as the yellow mud thatched cottages that were gradually taking shape, and took a deep breath.
Not surprisingly, she will live here for a long time.
Liu Yaoyao took out the small notebook sewn together with thread from her small shoulder bag and started writing and drawing again.
When Old Man Chang came over after allocating places, he saw a dark-skinned man with a dark head.
“Still painting your yard?”
Old man Chang spontaneously sat on the stone slab, stretched his neck and sniffed the delicious mushroom soup, tilted his head and asked.
"No, I'm writing a plan. I want to open up wasteland and plant exotic seeds. It is said that the yield is very high."
"Did you get it from that... young master?"
Liu Yaoyao looked up at him, pursed her lips and smiled:
"That's right. If Grandpa Chang is willing to plant it, I can share some seeds with you, or you can plant it when I harvest it."
She is such a complicated little girl that is hard to see through.
Chang Baiqing couldn't help but think.
"Okay, if your kind is enough, please share some with me."
Liu Yaoyao giggled:
"Grandpa Chang, why are you so polite? From now on, we will be in the same village. I am young, so I will have to rely on your help in the future. I will be able to speak better if I have more interactions."
"You ghost elf."
Chang Baiqing laughed at her obvious plan, but the laughter was accompanied by a rumbling stomach.
Liu Yaoyao stuffed the notebook back into the bag, stood up and filled a bowl of soup from a bamboo tube.
"Grandpa Chang, what are your plans when the house is finished?"
"Earn money to buy food."
Chang Baiqing drank the soup with a smile, one mouthful after another, his head was covered with sweat, but he looked very happy.
"This time we left our hometown, we took out all the coffins. If we don't make money to buy food, we can escape the drought, but we can't survive the winter."
"The men go out to work, while the old, weak, women and children are at home clearing wasteland and growing vegetable fields."
"There will be no taxes for the first three years of this land reclamation. You only need to make enough to get by on your own, so as not to bankrupt your family and fortune by paying taxes later."
Liu Yaoyao just smiled and said nothing. She was afraid that everyone would be rushing to open up wasteland.
As long as sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn are grown, as long as the payment is not ten to ten, it will be enough for them to squander.
"Grandpa Chang, if you want to make money, just come to me. I happen to need someone."
Chang Baiqing's movements when drinking soup:
"Yaoyao, what do you want to do?"
Liu Yaoyao knew that this old man was smart, but he didn't expect that even the way he spoke was so useful to her.
"I want to do a lot, Grandpa Chang. As long as you all follow me wholeheartedly, I will ensure that everyone can live a good life."
The little girl slapped her chest loudly, but Chang Baiqing hesitated.
Why is it that when you make a promise, it's not as reliable as when you kept a serious face?
"Yaoyao, why don't you come and listen?"
Liu Yaoyao counted on her fingers:
"Grandpa Chang, you are reluctant to buy bricks and tiles. We can burn them ourselves or even take them out."
"After clearing the land, I want to build a greenhouse to grow winter vegetables. I will definitely make a lot of money by then."
"Well...it's still hot now, so we can make popsicles and sell them..."
Liu Yaoyao looked up at Chang Baiqing:
"Grandpa Chang, there is so much I want to do."
Chang Baiqing nodded silently, he could see that this girl wanted to shake things up.
"Yaoyao, we don't want to talk about these things outside. We have to keep the key skills in our own hands."
Chang Baiqing is worried, this girl is obviously very clever, why is she so careless now?
But he didn't want Liu Yaoyao to look at him with a look that clearly said "Why are you so stupid?"
Chang Baiqing had a lump in his throat.
"I'm so young and only one person. How can I accomplish so many things? Of course I have to have someone to help me. Wouldn't it be better to use someone who has a direct interest in me?"
Chang Baiqing had seen a lot of nastiness and said bluntly:
"But what if that person took advantage and betrayed you?"
Liu Yaoyao stood up and put her hands on her hips and laughed:
"Grandpa Chang, am I afraid of this? If I can come up with these, I can come up with more. All fools know that there are more benefits to cooperating with me."
That being said, the most difficult thing in the world is the human heart.
Chang Baiqing sighed:
"Yaoyao, I know you are smart, but your wisdom will hurt you. If someone is targeting you, I don't know how to protect you."
Liu Yaoyao approached Chang Baiqing and said seriously:.
Chapter completed!