Liu Shihu said that furniture would require wood, and he would call a few young men to help go up the mountain to cut it down. Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu were busy building the house first, and would come to help after it was finished.

Liu Yang was in charge of fixing the water pipes, while Liu Guang, Liu Lu, and the others followed him up the mountain to collect (or chop) firewood. The family needed to stock up on more firewood.

Liu Yao and Liu Yun help with cooking and chores at home. No one in the village has time to come and help these days.

Those who have houses are busy repairing them, and those who don’t have houses are also anxious to dig foundations and build houses. Once the villagers have finished their work, they will be invited to come and help.

Liu Shiliu and Yang Nianhua also live at the end of the village, not far from them, about 60 zhang (200 meters). They bought an acre of land and also want to rebuild their houses.

Liu Daling said that Village Chief Lin had a large empty yard that could be used for the workers to live in first, and that no rent was required. Liu Daling put down two taels of silver and left.

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At the hour of Mao, the ox-cart maker arrived with his tools pulled by an ox-cart and a group of people packing their bags on foot.

Liu Shinan first took them to the large courtyard where they lived to put their luggage. This morning, the two elders had already taken Liu, Li and others to pack up in advance.

Niu Gongshen brought with him 60 people, 10 of whom were villagers from other places and could be asked to do some basic work.

They are all down-to-earth people. They put down their things, packed up some wood ash, and started laying out the lines according to the drawings and the owner's requirements.

The rest of the people dug along the lines of the ash, some digging holes, some clearing away stones and weeds.

A few people used ox carts to transport sand and gravel from the unattended sand fields to fill the foundation. In this dynasty, yellow mud, lime, sand, and boiled glutinous rice were mixed together to form mud.

Rich families would add boiled glutinous rice or egg whites and mix them together with yellow mud and lime, while poor families would just mix yellow mud with lime and sand.

There is glutinous rice in Liu Yuhan’s space. There is also glutinous rice in this dynasty, but not many people sell it.

In order to make the house more solid, we will try our best to provide any materials needed.