Chapter 235 The Cao Family Was Too Careless

The villagers realized later that since Jiang Yu was being targeted by someone, other girls might be targeted as well.

The Cao family is too close to them, and they may not be able to defend themselves against them over time. They need to think of a permanent solution, but before that, they need to take care of the present first.

There are houses to build, herbs to collect, livestock and poultry to feed, and three meals a day to prepare... There is so much work to do and everyone is worried that one of them will not be able to take good care of it.

Unexpectedly, just one day later, I heard news from Lei Dafu: the Cao family didn't know what they ate wrong, they were vomiting and having diarrhea, everyone was lying in bed groaning, and they didn't even have the strength to get up, and they didn't know how many days they would have to wait.

When Cao Da got up to go to the toilet at night, he 'accidentally' stepped on empty space and broke his leg!

Boss Lei, who knows how to set bones, is unwilling to help. The Cao family members are suffering from diarrhea and vomiting and cannot get up. Cao Da can only endure it and wait for his condition to improve before going to the city to have his bones set and get herbal compresses.

It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, let alone a broken leg? Especially if you don't get timely treatment, I'm afraid you'll be left with a disability even after you recover.

The villagers were stunned when they heard it.

In other words, even if the Cao family wanted to take advantage of them, they wouldn't be able to do so in the short term?

And when Cao Da recovers, his legs and feet will be disabled, and his skills will certainly be much worse than before. Not to say that he will pose no threat at all, but at least the threat he poses will be much less!

Lei Dafu bowed and pleaded, "We are going to go hunting in the mountains tomorrow. I'll ask you to take care of the safety of my mother and sisters."

Boss Zhao, Hong Ming, Carpenter Guan, and the others stammered, "Sure, sure..."

The only members of the Cao family who had bad intentions were injured or disabled, so what danger could the women and girls of the Lei family be in?

Besides, the women and girls of the Lei family who grew up in the mountains can walk steadily on mountain roads with nimble hands and feet. When they go up the mountain to collect herbs, they only have to take care of them. Why would they need their care?

What Dafu said really made them ashamed...

After Lei Dafu left, Carpenter Guan asked in surprise, "Do you think Cao Da's 'carelessness' is true or false?"

"Need I say more? How could it be such a coincidence! All the members of the Cao family 'accidentally' got stomach upsets, and the biggest danger, Cao Da, even had his leg broken and is no longer a threat." Zhao Lao Er analyzed.

"Yes, it's clearly Brother Dafu and the others who contributed." Zhou Sanshan hurriedly expressed his attitude.

"The Lei family is really going to do something."

"Brother Dafu is really good! He knows how to do things in moderation, and he's calmer and more efficient than us."

Mr. Jiang and a group of old men looked at Lei Dafu as he walked away, their eyes full of deep recognition.

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With the previous experience of the Cao family as a lesson, the villagers unknowingly became more vigilant.

There are now six craftsmen in the village who are building stoves, kangs and fire walls. They arrived the earliest, but the ones in front, Shen Qing's house and the brush workshop, took more time to make the floor dragons. The ones later on were faster. Now there are still one or two left, and it is estimated that it will be done in three or four days.

Next are the four craftsmen who dig wells. The cost of the wells mainly lies in the craftsmanship and experience in site selection, rather than the physical work of digging the soil. After all, only if the site is chosen right can water be obtained, and if the site is not chosen right, even if you have more strength to dig the soil, it will be useless!

To choose a good location for a well, there must be a source of running water, a large soft space on the land, and the location must be slightly higher than the home. Once the location is determined, four people can start digging with professional tools. The well is dug quickly, and with the four of them working together, a well can be dug in one to one and a half days.

It will be completed in another three to five days.

A total of 28 bricklayers were invited, 18 of whom were assigned to build the house for Shen Qing, and the remaining 10 were divided into two groups, and started building the house according to the order in which the villagers drew lots.

There are thirty-eight men from outside the village. Mr. Jiang arranges fifty strong men to stay in the village on a rotating basis every day. They are assigned to three families to help build houses, and they are also responsible for monitoring and intimidating the outsiders.

In addition to the people on duty at the watchtower at night, eight more people were on duty. They patrolled the entire village in pairs, with four people responsible for the first half of the night and four for the second half - to prevent any restless outsiders from causing trouble.

By the fourth day, all ten craftsmen had finished their work ahead of schedule. Master Jiang paid them their wages in full and arranged for someone to drive them back.

Suddenly, there were ten fewer outsiders in the village, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. However, the people on night duty and patrol still did not dare to stop - most of the men in the Lei family went into the mountains to hunt, and the only ones left in the Lei family were the women and girls, so of course they had to be extremely careful!

On the sixth day, the men of the Lei family came back from hunting!

Unlike the last time Shen Qing took the women to the Lei family to buy, this time the Lei family sent the goods directly down the mountain and the villagers selected them first. After they had selected, they would go to the city to sell any leftovers.

When they passed by Cao's house, Mrs. Cao rushed out and stopped them, saying, "Mrs. Lei, we had stomach problems a few days ago and our family collapsed. We are weak and need meat to nourish us.

And because your boss refused to help, Cao Da's leg injury was so severe that he couldn't even get out of bed, let alone go to the city! He couldn't even go to the city to buy things.

You can leave all your rabbit meat, pheasant, etc. to us, and we can pay for them whole as you requested, right?"

Last time, she thought that the group of women in the village were just pretending to be rich and had no ability to buy everything, so they were waiting for Liu Cuihua and the others to come and beg her to buy it. But after waiting for a long time, they still didn't come, and then she realized that what they said was the truth!

This time, she stopped them in advance and told them that she didn't just buy the hind legs as she did in the past. They should be satisfied and have nothing to say, right?

Hearing Mrs. Cao's patronizing tone, the Cao family members were so angry that they almost laughed.

What do you mean by "their leg injury became serious because their father refused to help"? Why should they help?

She's weak and needs meat to nourish her. They're going to leave the rabbits and pheasants they hunted for her? How shameless!

Liu Cuihua actually smiled, and even had a hint of pride in her voice, and said, "I'm sorry, Shen Qing ordered these pheasants and rabbits in advance, so we can deliver them to your door."

Mrs. Cao stood there in a daze, pointing her bony finger at the other roe deer, musk deer, and wild sheep, and asked dissatisfiedly, "What about these? They can't all be booked!"

"Yes, now there are thirty or forty foreign men working at the foot of the mountain, doing all the hard labor. You don't understand, those who work hard need to eat some oil to have the strength;

Their families are all so busy that they have no time to go to the city, so they can only buy our prey. Fortunately, they are not picky and think everything they eat is delicious.

But it's different for you, Auntie. You have such a precious body, how can you keep eating our wild game and rough meat? We would be sorry if we scratched your throat. You should wait until your family is better and then go to the city to buy pork. "Liu Cuihua thought of what Mrs. Cao had said in the past when she disliked her family's prey, and she returned all of it.

Mrs. Cao stared at the plump rabbits and plump pheasants on the cart and swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.

How long will it take to wait before going to the city to buy meat?

She couldn't wait to eat meat.

Lei Dafu tightened his rough hands holding the basket, and his desire to go down the mountain became even more urgent.