The first meal after work started brought tears to the eyes of all the workers.

They had never eaten so much rice at home before, nor had they ever enjoyed meat and eggs so heartily.

The pork cracklings smell so good! The eggs in the egg drop soup are plentiful and smooth. Shuiqing said this is their work meal, and they get to eat it whenever they're at work.

They never rested at home before. During the busy farming season, they were busy from morning to night, and during the slack season, they were busy both inside and outside the house from morning to night. But they had never felt so fulfilled and satisfied with any of those jobs as they do today!

I never knew it felt so good to earn money through work. I was no longer worthless. I never knew it was so joyful to be able to eat with my own hands. I was so happy that I felt like I could fly!

Originally, they came to work at the medicinal herb factory just to earn money. After a meal, they were upgraded to working at the medicinal herb workshop, which became their core business. Medicinal herbs were the most important thing to them!

Around noon, the men who had gone out to carry bricks and tiles returned. More than thirty carts were fully loaded, and the bricks and tiles were unloaded and stacked at the herbal medicine shop.

After everyone went home and had lunch, they all set off again with their empty carts.

Shuiqing felt that the men in the village were getting more and more hunched over, and she was a little uncomfortable with it!

She sat on the railing of the covered walkway, chatting with Aunt Wu, Xu Ting, Fan Xiang, and technical advisor Qin Yilin: "I remember last time we could only make one trip a day, how come we made it back by noon this time? After lunch, we even rushed over again and made two trips a day."

The bricks and tiles are very heavy, and it's not worth the trip if you only carry a small amount. So the strongest men in the village go there, but even for the strongest men, two trips a day is quite a struggle.

You should know that these men had just finished planting potatoes, and after the houses were built, there was still winter wheat to harvest. They also occasionally went to the prefectural city to sell rabbits. They basically didn't rest until mid-October.

She couldn't stand the intensity and density of the work anymore!

That's incredibly dedicated.

Aunt Wu was in charge of the rough washing. Her hands didn't stop moving as she skillfully scraped off the softened mud, and she even managed to chat: "Hey, they're exchanging labor with donkeys. The donkeys are working hard and not slacking off, so shouldn't they also work hard? Otherwise, they'll be outdone by the donkeys?"

Donkeys are so useful that everyone is planning to borrow them again next year to plow the fields. If you want someone to lend you something, you have to repay it. If they don't work hard, they will be the ones who suffer if Shuiqing's family doesn't lend them the donkey next year!

The most important thing is that it's shameful. A tree lives for its bark, and a person lives for their reputation. If they don't lend money to any of their families, they won't be able to hold their heads up in the village.

Fan Xiang, the youngest daughter of Master Fan, continued with an innocent expression: "I heard my father tell my brothers to work hard and not to be lazy, saying that once the herbal medicine shop is built, the school can be built."

Once the school is built, all my nephews and nieces will be able to read and do arithmetic. Even if they aren't chosen to be accountants, it's still good to be literate and know numbers.

My older brothers worked incredibly hard; even my sixth brother, who isn't married yet, was so excited he wanted to finish building it overnight!

Sixth Brother said that although he is not married yet, he will have a wife soon, and then have children. He needs to plan ahead for the children!

The schoolhouse is built and won't run away. With Brother Fan Er teaching the village children, their Shanshui Village will get better and better in the future.

Xu Ting bluntly stated, "I think it's also because of the previous payment. Of course, people won't work as hard if they're paid by the day."

After saying that, she bit her lip shyly and lowered her head.

It seems her father and third uncle were the ones who made money last time; she's truly ashamed.

Shui Qing smiled indifferently.

The atmosphere was great, with everyone speaking freely. She wouldn't make a big deal out of someone's unintentional remark and create an awkward situation.