As Liu Guiyong and the others walked along the road, they couldn't help but start discussing it.

“Dad, that Chen Xiaomi is a good person! She’s nothing like what others say about her,” Liu Wen said.

Liu Guiyong and others came from Dawan Village, which is next to Dashi Village. Some people from Dashi Village also married into Dawan Village. Chen Xiaomi's matter caused quite a stir, and you can find out about it with a little inquiry.

Because it was a bit strange that Chen Xiaomi invited them, Liu Guiyong went back and inquired about it. After finding out, he roughly understood why Chen Xiaomi hadn't bargained.

After some thought, the group decided that they could still take the job. No matter how capable Chen Xiaomi was, she still had two children at home, while they had five! If Chen Xiaomi didn't pay them on the same day as agreed, they could simply quit.

However, after a day of interaction, Liu Guiyong found that the situation was much better than they had imagined.

Chen Xiaomi was very friendly, and Lu Lin was very generous. He cooked such a big pot of porridge for them, with vegetables and meat, and the wages were high. As agreed, he paid them on the same day. It was just that the road was a bit far, but there was nothing that could be done about it.

Xiao Dali scratched his head and said, "That porridge was delicious."

Previously, Xiao Dali had followed Liu Guiyong to build a house for a wealthy family. As an apprentice, he only earned fifteen coins a day, with a meal provided at noon, but it was just coarse rice porridge, which was not enough to fill him up, and his stomach would be empty again soon after eating.

Compared to others, Chen Xiaomi is far too kind.

Adding burlap to the porridge made it taste surprisingly good. Xiao Dali suddenly thought that after he finished working for Chen Xiaomi, he could go to the mountains near Dawan Village to dig some up and eat them.

Xiao Dali thought the villagers of Dashi Village were really stupid! They actually pushed away such a good thing.

Chen Xiaomi bought a lot of bricks from the brick factory, and two apprentices helped transport the bricks.

The villagers were wary of Chen Xiaomi, but they were not afraid of the two apprentices in Chen Xiaomi's family.

"You two, working at Chen Xiaomi's house!" a villager greeted the two brothers as he approached them.

Xiao Dali nodded.

"Did you know? Chen Xiaomi's sister is no ordinary person..." the villager said mysteriously.

Xiao Dali said "Oh," because he had already inquired beforehand and wasn't particularly curious about Shuang'er, whom the villagers said was not simple.

What does it matter to them what kind of person Chen Xiaomi is? As long as they get paid, that's all that matters. Before, Xiao Dali had also worked for wealthy families. The money was agreed upon beforehand, but when it came time to settle accounts, they would always find fault with something and try to lower the price.

Chen Xiaomi was different. She had good food, was paid promptly every day, and rarely interfered with her work. She was confident in her abilities.

And that kang (heated brick bed) at the Chen family's house—that's a really nice thing. If I could learn how to use it, I'd have another skill to learn in the future.

However, they had only been working for the Lu family for a few days, so it was not appropriate for them to inquire about the kang (heated brick bed) from others.

Seeing that the two brothers weren't interested, the villagers became anxious. "You've heard of Chen Xiaomi, right? That twin has incredible strength; he's even killed a tiger. He also beats people indiscriminately. The Chen family had no choice but to separate him out. Aren't you afraid?"

Xiao Dali glanced at the villagers and said, "We're just doing work for others. The employer's business is none of our concern. As long as they're willing to pay, that's all that matters."

Xiao Dali thought the villagers of Dashi Village were making a big fuss. It was just Shuang'er, wasn't it? Although he had killed a tiger, the tiger might have already been dead, and he had just dragged it down from the mountain.

Seeing that Xiao Dali and Xiao Dashi were unyielding, the villagers shook their heads and walked away, disappointed in their lack of progress.

The Xiao brothers worked for Chen Xiaomi for three days and encountered several villagers who came up to them with questions. Many people looked at the two brothers with pity, which left the two brothers speechless. After a while, the two brothers got used to it.

Lu Lin was fully aware of the villagers' actions, and he was relieved to see that Liu Guiyong and the others had not backed down.

Of course, if Liu Guiyong and the others really didn't want to continue, he wouldn't mind; he could just pay more and hire someone else.

The villagers of Dashi Village originally thought that the group of people would only be able to work for Lu Lin for a few days before giving up, but they actually managed to stay.

At this time of year, many people are idle and want to find work. There are more people than jobs these days.

Sometimes, people would wait all day in town, but no one would come to work. But since they had to walk so much further, they were bound to eat more. After a few rejections, some people became unhappy.

Several villagers subtly inquired about the wages of Old Liu and the others, and were immediately astonished.

Knowing that even some of the younger helpers earned 20 coins a day, and the old master earned 40 coins a day, many people felt somewhat depressed.

Chen Xiaomi's wages were higher than those of ordinary families, and she also provided a meal.

Many families in the village lack land, so how could such a good opportunity be given to people from other villages? Lu Lin didn't feel uncomfortable at all and used the village head as a shield, telling people that the village head said everyone in the village was busy and no one wanted to do the work.

Many villagers were eyeing the money for the work, while others were interested in how the kang (a heated brick bed) was made. Without a reason, it was difficult to ask Chen Xiaomi how the kang was made. However, if one went to work for Chen Xiaomi, not only would one earn money, but one might also learn how to make the kang.

A few days later, several people came to the village head's house and said that Chen Xiaomi was from another village, which was inappropriate.

This kind of thing should be done by asking people in the village. It's not like there's no one in the village. The village head shouldn't have pushed the matter aside without asking the villagers, giving the benefit to people from other villages. Zhang Jin was furious.

Zhang Jin figured that given Chen Xiaomi's reputation, even if he had offered to find someone to build a house for her before, no one would have been willing to go. But now that they saw the money being made by people from other villages, everyone was unhappy.

After Liu Guiyong and his colleagues worked for Lu Lin for six days, several villagers came to them and said that the village head had made a mistake. They asked why no one in the village was willing to work for them, and that there were plenty of people in the village who would help with building houses.

Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi discussed it and selected six villagers from those who came to help with the work.

The house repairs have already been done by Liu Guiyong and others, but Lu Lin still wants to build a donkey shed and expand a few chicken coops and goose sheds. There's still work to be done.