Mo Yunxiao and Chen Niang also said that they had a few taels of silver that they could use.

"I have 150 taels here, maybe 100 taels short. It would be better to prepare 300 taels, that way we'll have more money."

Yun Yuniang estimated that her daughter could no longer be viewed as an ordinary person, and she was willing to listen to her opinions on these important matters.

Xiao Li took out a 500-year-old ginseng from her spatial storage and handed it to Mo Qingshan, saying, "Father, sell this tomorrow, and you'll have money."

She still didn't want to touch those gold and silver jewelry, after all, she needed to find a way to get them.

"I dug it up from deep in the mountains."

Yun Yuniang and Mo Qingshan had no doubts; if someone could grow watermelons, what else was impossible?

The house-building project was decided. Since things weren't too busy yet, we hired villagers to build it. We don't pay villagers for building houses; they just help out when other people are building houses. It's always like this, they keep switching jobs.

The ginseng sold for 800 taels of silver. It didn't fetch a high price in the small town, otherwise it would have been even more. However, it was still a huge fortune.

With the money, Xiaoli suggested buying the hill behind the house to raise chickens, as the backyard was large enough to grow vegetables. Mo Qingshan and his wife agreed, and after making detailed plans, they entrusted the matter to Mo Qingshan.

The village chief felt that the back hill was all rocks and couldn't be planted with anything, except perhaps some trees. Therefore, he sold it to Mo Qingshan as a barren hill, along with the land from the back hill to the house, and gave it to Mo Qingshan's family for only 500 taels of silver. The two of them went to the town government office that same day to complete the land deed.

The house was built quickly, in just half a month, and Xiaoli's family moved to her third uncle's house temporarily. They were provided with one meal a day at noon.

Every day, Xiao Li would drag back a wild goat or a water deer from the mountain, and occasionally a roe deer or a muntjac. The villagers believed even more that Xiao Li had found ginseng.

When the main beam was being raised, Mo Qingshan, Mo Yunxiao, and Chen Niang carried it up, leaving all the onlookers astonished. They hadn't realized that the Mo family was so powerful.

After the roof was laid and the house was left to air out for a few days, they moved in. Xiaoli also ordered some furniture from Mo Qinghe, a carpenter in the village, and moved in on the day of the move.

Looking at the bright new tiled house, it was spacious and clean, much better than the mud house.

Everyone chose a room, even Xiao Jiu'er. Looking at the room her older sister had arranged for her, she wasn't scared at all. And with her brother right next door, she felt completely safe.

"What incredible luck! Everyone else can't find ginseng, but this little girl can. Humph!"

"Lingzi's mother, don't be so sour. People taught you how to raise rabbits back then, but you still couldn't get them to work. Not everyone can have this kind of good fortune."

"That's right, with those snares, they can catch prey every day. You try it yourself."

Although some people were jealous, there were also many reasonable people.

"Some people, don't forget that on the day the roof beam was raised, they were people with real skills."

The plump aunt remembered this incident and was startled. She quickly shut her mouth and looked at the bright, spacious brick house. She was no longer jealous.

Xiao Li smiled and poured water for the aunties and older women at the door, secretly adding some spiritual spring water to the auntie who had just spoken up for her.

Ever since he showed off his skills during the roof-raising ceremony, the village children have been amazed, and some even came to him to become his apprentices.

At Xiao Li's prompting, Mo Yunxiao said that there was a wooden house in a valley on the mountain, where they found a martial arts manual, which his whole family practiced.

If anyone wants to become Mo Yunxiao's apprentice, they should do so. Of course, they will have to pass an assessment. Xiao Li always remembered that her brother-in-law had a martial arts dream; with so many disciples in the future, he could go and roam the martial arts world.

After a week of training, those with perseverance all became Mo Yunxiao's disciples. Those without perseverance slunk home.

With this group of free laborers—no, apprentices—the pebble hill behind the mountain was quickly cleared up, leaving only some small pebbles untouched. The larger ones were all picked up and used to pave the middle of the front yard, creating a pebble path. It's a pity there weren't enough pebbles; otherwise, it could have led directly to the main road.

With everyone gathering firewood, they could fence off the entire back hill and plant thorny bushes below it. The whole hill was now under their control. Xiao Li wasn't worried about the plants failing to survive; every night she would run around the hill and water them with spiritual spring water, and none of them would fail to live.

All the trees on the back hill were cut down; the large ones were sold, and the small ones were used as firewood. Then, beautiful red maple trees, ginkgo trees, and osmanthus trees were bought, and they were planted one by one according to a carefully planned layout. Several years later, you can come back and see for yourself...

We bought chicks and released them into the hillside behind the village. We built several sheds and water troughs there, fed them regularly every day, and the chicks would go back to their nests to sleep when it got dark. We didn't have to worry about them at all.

The land at the foot of the mountain has been prepared. Xiao Li even brought Xiao Jiu out and nurtured the land properly, just waiting to plant vegetables. This will have to wait for Yun Yu Niang to make the plan, since growing vegetables is not Xiao Li's forte.

Very well, this land will be handed over to Yun Yuniang.

Once everything is ready, spring plowing begins, a busy season.

Looking at the tidied-up back hill, the village chief suddenly felt a bit cheated and lingered at the door for a long time.

That evening, Mo Qingshan went to the village chief's house.

After such a long period of investigation and consideration, Xiaoli felt that leading the whole village to prosperity was the safest option.

The power of clans in this era cannot be ignored. Mo Family Village is such a village. Except for a few families who fled famine, everyone else is related by blood or marriage.

Not to mention, the village has a pretty good atmosphere; most people are kind and there aren't any truly wicked people. There might be minor misdeeds, but they're not a big deal.

After planning, the backyard was planted with bok choy, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cucumbers, winter melons, pumpkins, green beans, scallions, radishes...

Xiao Li also secretly transferred some seeds into her space and planted them. Just thinking about having sweet and sour scrambled eggs with tomatoes and refreshing cucumber salad soon made her happy.

"Master, come quick! Little Black's baby is about to be born."

Xiao Li suddenly heard Xiao Jiu calling. She quickly went over. Xiao Hei put its nest on the tree next to Xiao Yuan's nest. Xiao Yuan runs up the mountain all day and is not in the space at the moment.

"Crack... crack..." The sound of hatching slowly rang out. Xiao Li quickly called out to Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui in her mind, asking them to come quickly. At the same time, she also rushed up the mountain. It's better for the parents to be by the side when the child is born.

Two eagles flew over from the foot of the mountain. Xiao Li put them into her spatial storage and waited by their nest.

After another ten minutes, both baby eagles successfully hatched, cautiously crawled out of their shells, and stood up unsteadily.