Shen Qingyu laughed too: "Let's all get rich together!"

Some people were intrigued and hurriedly asked, "Are there any other ways to make money? Mr. Shen, can you take us with you?"

Shen Qingyu smiled and said, "I'm planning to make a lot of braised meat and offal, and I'm going to ask a few quick-witted aunties to help with washing and chopping. Anyone interested can go find Uncle Village Head!"

Everyone immediately became excited.

I've never suffered a loss while working for Shen Qingyu's family.

Not only do they pay high wages, but you can also get paid anytime.

Shen Qingyu smiled again and said, "After everyone finishes working in the fields in a few days, I'd like to tear down the thatched hut and rebuild it, a two-story brick and tile house..."

The crowd became excited again.

Once these brick and tile houses are built, each person can earn at least one or two taels of silver!

This way we can buy more grain!

"Mr. Shen is so generous!"

Everyone started shouting again.

Shen Qingyu descended the mountain with a smile.

In just three days, the irrigation canal was dug. Although nearly half of the farmland was still upstream of the old canal and couldn't be irrigated by the new canal, it might save some of the land and at least prevent them from starving.

Everyone took turns irrigating their own fields to save the rice seedlings.

After they finished their work, they all came to Shen Qingyu's house to report for duty.

The roof, beds, cabinets, and other furnishings of the two-story brick and tile house have been completed. The three rooms upstairs are for Shen Qingyu, Xiao Yunqi, and their three children.

The three rooms downstairs housed Cheng Ping, Shen Dasong, Wen Che, and Xiao Taohua, a mother and her two children.

The three-room bungalow that was built before is now being used to grow bean sprouts.

Shen Qingyu lay leisurely by the window, with peach blossom glutinous rice wine beside her, taking sips every now and then.

I could hear a great deal of noise coming from downstairs.

The main theme is a carefree life!

The men and women were talking loudly, discussing grain prices.

"These days, coarse grains cost fifteen coins a pound! We can't afford to eat rice, we can only drink porridge."

"Yes, back then, fifty coins a day could buy ten catties of mixed grains. Now it's less than four catties!"

"These days... let's live frugally..."

Everyone sighed, busy with their work and talking at the same time.

Shen Qingyu heard this and her heart stirred.

She turned and headed straight for the village head's house.

The village head's crops had been salvaged, and he was exhausted, so he was resting at home. When he saw Shen Qingyu arrive, he immediately put on a big smile.

"Qingyu is here? What good news has she brought this time?"

Shen Qingyu chuckled and whispered to the village head...

By the afternoon, explosive news had spread throughout the entire village!

From this day forward, those who go to Shen Qingyu's house to work can choose to receive either fifty copper coins a day or five catties of mixed grains a day.

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this!

Now, coarse grains are selling for fifteen coins a pound outside. When you calculate that... only a fool wouldn't want coarse grains!

So everyone ran to Uncle Lizheng's house, wanting to do work for Shen Qingyu.

The village head was quite generous; as long as the person was of good character and had decent skills, he would arrange it.

With so many people, the house that would normally take twenty days to repair was completed in just ten days.

Shen Qingyu then ordered everyone to build the walls higher, rebuild the gate, and pave the ground entirely with bluestone slabs...

A well-proportioned and comfortable traditional courtyard house has been completed!

When it was time to settle accounts, those who had come to do the work all took a lot of miscellaneous grains back with them.

It weighs between twenty and fifty kilograms.

If we make porridge, it will last for quite a few days!

In this way, more than half of the families in the village will not starve.

As for those who never did any work at Shen Qingyu's house from beginning to end, Shen Qingyu couldn't do anything about it.

They either lack skills or have bad character.

How can we help someone like that?

Shen Yusong squatted in the village head's house and refused to leave: "You don't want me to work at Shen Qingyu's house, and you won't let me do anything else. Just tell me, what are my family members going to eat?"

The village head shrugged: "Don't you have land? Go farm it!"

Shen Yusong shrugged: "When we came back, your rice seedlings were almost heading! How are we supposed to plant them?"

"Even if you don't plant rice, you can plant some sweet potatoes or potatoes, carry water to irrigate them, and you won't starve to death, right?" The village head didn't care.

Shen Yusong hadn't farmed for seven years, so why would he want to farm again after he came back?

That's just laziness!

Lazy people have no status in the village and are looked down upon by everyone.

"I don't care! You're the village head and the clan chief, you can't just watch me starve to death, can you?"

Shen Yusong simply started to cheat!

The village head was so angry he couldn't speak, his hand trembling as he pointed at Shen Yusong: "You...you're hopeless!"

Having failed to find a way to make money, Shen Yusong returned home dejectedly, clutching the three coarse grain buns given to him by the village head.

"What's wrong? Is there any way?"

Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen immediately looked at Shen Yusong.

Shen Yusong slammed three multigrain steamed buns on the table: "What can we do? Right now, the only place in the whole village where we can make money is Shen Qingyu's family. But they're clearly not giving me a chance."

Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen's mouths watered at the sight of the multigrain steamed buns, and they each grabbed one and started eating.

After eating three steamed buns, the three of them felt even hungrier!

"No! I'm going to find her!"

Hunger makes people bold.

The eldest aunt finally couldn't hold back any longer and got up to walk towards Shen Qingyu's house.

The new house was finished, but Xiao Yunqi hadn't returned yet. Shen Qingyu was listening to the three children reading and thinking about Xiao Yunqi when a wail suddenly broke out outside the door.

"Qingyu! I know I was wrong! Please, give me a way out!"

"Qingyu! Open the door..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone banged on the newly built wooden door.

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