After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Under Qin Yao's encouragement, Liu Carpenter, who was already excited, couldn't stand it anymore.

Ask Qin Yao if she is free, and the two of them go to those abandoned old houses together.

"I'm free now." Qin Yao finished the vegetable soup in the bowl, put down the empty bowl, stood up and waved to Carpenter Liu, "Let's go, I'll take you to see an abandoned house on the east side of the village intersection. !”

Qin Yao said while leading the way: "This place is large enough and has a great view. It is opposite our Liujiacun village and the stationery factory. It is close to the factory and your sunflower field."

Liu Carpenter's heartbeat was racing. Even before he saw the place, he already felt that this was what he wanted.

He looked up and saw, well, these were the two rows of mud houses under his sunflower field.

The owner's family froze to death in the house due to snow and ice the winter before last year. He had no children, no relatives, and no relatives. Naturally, the house was taken back by the clan.

Because this place is too far from the village well and there is only a thin mountain spring nearby, daily drinking water is very inconvenient.

The roof also collapsed under the weight of winter snow and was never repaired. It was left idle for two years and has now become a home for various small animals in the mountains.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the road up is not easy to walk. There is no bridge and you have to step on the stone beach to get there.

It's okay for them to come here and farm for a walk, but whenever it's time to harvest, they have to be very careful if they want to walk across the stone beach with heavy objects on their backs, otherwise they could slip and fall into the river. go.

Carpenter Liu shook his head, he was not moved anymore, he was heartbroken.

Seeing that Qin Yao was about to go up, he hurriedly called her to stop, "Ms. Qin, please come down. You don't have to go up to see. My sunflower field is here. I don't know how many times I have been there. I am more familiar with this place than you are. It is not the same at all." People can live there.”

Qin Yao was not surprised at all by Carpenter Liu's reaction, and still waved with a smile, "Come up first, come up and take a look, and listen to what I have to say to you."

"What else is there to say?" He has seen the scenery on the top of the slope. Every time he wants to hoe, he just hates that the slope is too high and can tire him to death.

However, Qin Yao insisted, and Carpenter Liu had no choice but to carefully walk across the stone beach, and then walked more than thirty meters to the flat dam where the abandoned house was located.

"Look." Qin Yao pointed to the river in front of her and the busy stationery factory opposite, "Isn't the village planning to build a water mill? Is the location planned to be in front of this rocky beach?

There is a natural high dam in front of the rocky beach. The water flows from top to bottom into this large rocky beach, and then turns from deep water to shallow water.

Of course Carpenter Liu knew that the gap here was the best driving force for the waterwheel. Nodding, "We are planning to build it here."

When the stationery factory has finished its order for 10,000 book boxes and has more time, the workers will start building the water mill, which is expected to be completed before winter comes.

Qin Yao said: "With this water mill, we now occupy the position closest to the water mill in the village."

At first, the villagers wanted to place the waterwheel in the pond next to the village well, so that it would be close and convenient for everyone.

However, after Qin Yao's actual measurement, he found that the river here was relatively flat and lacked power. After thinking about the future infrastructure layout of the entire village, he finally decided to move the water mill to the entrance outside the village.

This infrastructure layout was proposed by Qin Yao.

The village chief and clan chief never thought about the possibility of expansion of their village.

But one look at the stationery factory, which currently employs a hundred workers, makes expansion seem less impossible.

Qin Yao considered the problem of the future population increase in the village. The previous troubled times led to a sharp decline in the population, but now the world is at peace. The number of newborns born in the village this year has increased by 20% compared to the previous year. If this continues, the future population will definitely There will be a period of explosive growth.

As the population increases, the demand for housing will increase. Now that there is no real estate speculation, it does not cost much to build a house by yourself.

As long as the elders in the family are not extremely stingy, they will leave a room for the newly married children, so building an additional house is inevitable.

But now the villagers' houses are concentrated in one place, and there is no possibility of expansion in the future.

Just like Carpenter Liu's family, the house they live in now is not enough to live in even if it is renovated. Because the land is so big, and there are more and more children in the family who need independent houses.

"Look at the flat dam now, it's much bigger than the one you have now." Qin Yao suggested: "If the road is not good, just repair it. It's not difficult for you to build a wooden bridge."

"The key point is that there will be a water mill here in the future, it is close to our factory, and the site is large enough. Since it is an abandoned house, it doesn't cost much money to buy it. It's cheap!"

"Also, as a single-family household, your daughter-in-law no longer has to compete with the woman next door for the vegetable plot." Qin Yao joked.

Carpenter Liu still waved his hand, "What you said is extravagant, that's what you said too. Besides, my family doesn't like quiet, it just likes to be lively."

Qin Yao asked: "What if we build another teahouse and sell tea and melon seeds to make a living for the family?"

"You are the first family to enter the village." Qin Yao reminded emphatically.

Carpenter Liu didn't believe it at all, and waved his hand and refused three times, "You're talking nonsense! Impossible! No one would come to our countryside to drink tea!"

"Okay." Qin Yao smiled confidently, "Then go and regret it. The workers are going to work. Let's go back."

He turned around and jogged all the way to the stationery factory. It took less than two minutes.

Carpenter Liu sighed and did not wait for him. After all, his body and bones were not as energetic as those of young people. Carpenter Liu walked slowly and was extra careful when crossing the river. The water only reached the top of his feet, and he was very careful about his life.

But when he got home from work in the afternoon, Carpenter Liu couldn't help but think about the teahouse that Qin Yao mentioned earlier.

But how is that possible? Who among the villagers has the spare money to drink tea?

If Qin Yao were here, she would tell him: Can we be more courageous? Let people from outside come here specifically to drink tea.

"Sir, I have your greetings!"

The guard who had just returned from shopping in the city quickly walked into Qin Yao's house and found Gong Liangliao, who was holding his disciple practicing calligraphy in the hall, and respectfully presented him with an exquisite gold-painted flower post.

Gong Liangxiao tapped the table with his fingertips, reminding Liu Ji to concentrate on practicing calligraphy and not to look left or right.

Then he nodded to the guard and motioned for him to put down the flower sticker without even looking at it.

Liu Ji couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, don't you read your invitation?"

Gong Liangxiao frowned and glanced at him, feeling speechless.

But considering that he is his disciple and he is a country man, it is normal for him to be indifferent to people and etiquette.

Impatiently, he nodded to Qi Xianguan, who was practicing calligraphy seriously, "Come and explain it to him."

Qi Xianguan put down his brush, and Liu Ji looked at him curiously. His peach blossom eyes looked particularly affectionate when he concentrated on them, which made Qi Xianguan feel chills.

"Don't look at me." Qi Xianguan asked him to look away, and then said: "We are guests in your home now. We are guests. If we are polite people, we will not hand over greeting cards at this time."

"Such an impatient person must not be someone who sincerely pays homage to the teacher. They are just fame-seeking people who want to use the teacher's reputation to benefit themselves."

The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched slightly, as if he had been scolded! (End of chapter)