Zhang Hulan said, "Uncles, you can treat this place as your home from now on."

The five of them hurriedly asked, "How can this be so embarrassing?"

"It's okay." Zhang Hulan said, "To be honest with you uncles, I will need a lot of people to work in the future, so you guys can help me look after it. You are not eating my food for free, you all have things to do. In the future, you uncles will shine and work hard here, and when you can't move anymore, I will take care of you in your old age."

Yuan Gang patted his chest with his one arm and said, "My daughter, if you say so, then I will not be polite. Feel free to arrange any work for you in the future. Even though I only have one hand, I can do the work. I can use a hoe to dig the ground with one hand."

Zhang Hulan said, "Uncle Yuan, it's a waste of talent to ask you to dig the ground. I have more important things to do in the future and I need your help."

These veterans are the talents that Zhang Hulan needs. How could he let them dig the ground?

"No problem. Feel free to arrange any work for you." All five of them said, patting their chests.

The five people trusted Zhang Hulan very much because Wu Deyong told them that the person who asked them to work was the one who helped them find food a few months ago. Now that they knew that Zhang Hulan was the descendant of a soldier, they trusted her even more.

They are old and can still support themselves. They are worried about what to do when they can no longer move in a few years. They are not worried about having no food to eat, but that there will be no one to collect their bodies after they die.

They didn't have many friends in the village. The older people who knew they had fought in the battlefield respected them, but the young people in the village didn't respect them much.

Although the young people in the village all know that they once fought on the battlefield, they cannot empathize with what happened in that era.

Zhang Hulan was different. She had been influenced since childhood and grew up in an atmosphere where almost everyone admired and respected soldiers.

Without the soldiers defending the country in the front, there would be no lights behind us...

Zhang Hulan was delighted. "Okay, it's a deal then."

Then she said to them, "Uncles, I have to inconvenience you for now. I don't have any extra rooms here, so I will arrange for you to stay at my nephew's house for a while. I will arrange for someone to build a house right away."

Huang Zhong said, "Don't bother, we can just go back and live there during this period, we have everything at home."

"Uncle Huang, you, Uncle Xu, and Uncle Dong all have bad legs. It's too much trouble to run back and forth every day. My nephew's house is empty anyway, so you can stay there first."

"Then we didn't bring anything, not even a change of clothes."

Zhang Hulan said, "It's okay. I'll ask my dad to drive the donkey cart to take the uncles back to get their things."

"It's settled. I'll take you back to get your things." Old man Zhang immediately took the five people back to get their things.

At this time, a woman came and asked how many steamed buns she wanted.

Zhang Hulan asked her to go to Zhao Guoliang and ask how many people there were in total, and to give each person three steamed buns. She also reminded her not to steam the buns too small so that everyone could have enough to eat.

The woman quickly agreed.

Zhang Hulan then went to the wasteland to take a look. There were about 400 people in the village, divided into more than a dozen groups, working in various places in the wasteland. The scene was very busy.

Zhang Hulan found Zhao Guoliang and asked him to arrange people to build a few houses immediately.

Zhao Guoliang asked: "Where do you want to build it? What kind of building do you want to build?"

Zhang Hulan looked around and pointed to the middle of the wasteland and said, "Let's go there. We're going to build a road there, and the houses will be built on both sides of the road. Ten rooms will be built on each side, all single rooms."

Zhao Guoliang asked, "Build it into a single room? How can you live in a house like this?"

Zhang Hulan said: "They are all for bachelors to live in, one room per person. The kitchen will be built separately, and someone will be responsible for cooking."

Zhao Guoliang understood, "You want to hire a farmhand to work for you, so is this house for the farmhand to live in?"

"Yes. With such a large area of land, we will definitely need to hire a lot of people to work, and we have to arrange accommodation for them. Those veterans will live here permanently, so we have to build their houses as soon as possible."

Zhao Guoliang nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Zhang Hulan then said, "Uncle Lizheng, let brothers Yongquan and Yonggui take care of the land reclamation. I plan to build another house there."

Zhang Hulan pointed to the previous location near the back of the mountain and said, "That's it. This time I want to build a house with one entrance. You have experience in building houses, so I still ask you to help me. But my house is not urgent. First, renovate the two rows of houses, and then repair the road in the middle."

Zhao Guoliang nodded, "Okay. I'll make arrangements this afternoon."

There are more than a dozen rooms in the courtyard, which is more than enough to live in. When the three daughters grow up and get married, she will probably live alone, so it is not good to build too many houses.

She wants to find a son-in-law who will live with her, but it is still unclear whether she can get one.

If her three daughters grow up and have someone they like but the other party is unwilling to be a live-in son-in-law, she cannot force them to marry into the family.

As for Shanzi, she wanted to match Shanzi and Zhang Xinyao, but this was just her wishful thinking. The child would grow up and have his own ideas, and she would not impose her ideas on the child.

…

After Old Man Zhang sent Zhang Zhong and others to pick up their luggage and came back, Zhang Hulan temporarily placed them in Shanzi's house.

The five people were busy all the time. After getting the things back, they went to work.

Zhang Hulan asked the five people to help watch over and give some instructions, but all five of them did the work themselves.

At lunch time, Zhang Hulan invited Huang Zhong and four other people to her home to eat, but they all refused and ate steamed buns with the villagers.

At dinner time, Zhang Hulan called five people to her home for dinner and said that she had something to discuss with them.

Hearing that there was something to discuss, the five people nodded and went to Zhang Hulan's house.

Zhang Hulan introduced Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing, and then said to Huang Zhong and others: "My uncles, I am doing a small business. My elder brother and younger brother help me deliver goods every day, and the son of Zhao Lizheng also helps me deliver goods.

I would like to ask the three uncles to work with them to deliver goods. The work is not hard. Every day, we just need to deliver the goods to the restaurant, settle the bill with the restaurant owner, and then go buy some things back. "

Zhang Hulan continued, "To be honest with you, when I first started, some people wanted to take over my business. My brothers lacked experience, so I was a little worried.

"You uncles have all been on the battlefield. If someone follows you or something unexpected happens, you should have more experience than them in dealing with it. I wonder if you uncles are willing to do it?"

Huang Zhong said: "It doesn't matter whether I am willing or not. You can just make the arrangements, niece."