Hearing these voices, Wang Guihua sneered: Just you wait and see! After a while, they were all stunned.

It took a whole day to finally move all of the Qiao family's belongings to Qiao Qiqi's place.

Her and Qin Huai's house was not big to begin with, with only one room, while the Qiao family's house had two rooms, one on the east and one on the west, so after moving their things over, there was simply not enough room in the house.

Qiao Qiqi asked Zhang Qing to temporarily build a wooden shed in the garden to shelter her from the wind and rain, and put some inexpensive items there for the time being.

That evening, Qiao Qiqi went to see Wang the carpenter again to ask if he had any timber for building a house. Although the Qiao family had some, the house had been lived in for so many years that the wood was no longer good.

Since she had already decided to build a new house, Qiao Qiqi planned to replace everything with new and high-quality items.

"Yes, that should be enough. If it's not enough, I'll go up the mountain tomorrow and cut some more to make sure it's sufficient." Carpenter Wang readily agreed and even took Qiao Qiqi to the backyard to see what was already in the house.

Qiao Qiqi didn't quite understand either, but before coming, she had heard Qiao Weiguo talk about which type of wood was the most durable, and now Wang the carpenter was saying the same thing.

Qiao Qiqi felt reassured and ordered the timber, and also asked for a few large round logs to use when going up to the roof.

“Okay, I’ve prepared everything for you. Just have Zhang Qing hitch up the donkey cart and come pick it up in three days.”

"There's one more thing I'd like to ask for your help with. My parents are building a house, but they haven't found a construction team yet. You often supply timber for people's houses, so do you know which construction team in the area is the best?"

“I do have one. He’s in the fifth team. He built several houses for our team before. I went to see them, and they were built quite well. I heard he’s related to our Captain Su. You should ask him; he’ll definitely know.”

Having obtained what she wanted, Qiao Qiqi immediately rushed to the Su family.

Upon hearing this, Su Shangjin immediately knew who it was.

“His name is Daqiang, and he is indeed a relative of mine. I’ll ride my bicycle to ask him for you first thing tomorrow morning and have him come and take a look at your house.”

Qiao Qiqi immediately beamed with joy, "Okay, then I'll trouble you. I'll go back and wait for news. If you bring the person tomorrow, take them directly to my parents' house. We're going to demolish the house tomorrow, and I'll have to supervise the work there all day."

"No problem," Su Shangjin readily agreed.

The next morning, the group went to the Qiao family's house and began to demolish it.

Zhang Qing helped find three laborers, and the group worked quickly, turning the entire house into ruins in less than two hours.

The group began to go inside and pick out anything usable, including yellow mud, which had been mixed with water when the new house was being built and was still usable.

So what really takes time isn't tearing down the house, but collecting these things.

While everyone was distracted, Qiao Qiqi added one-third of the spiritual spring water to the water vat and scooped it out for everyone to quench their thirst and replenish their energy.

Seeing that the workers were tired, they even brought out some sponge cakes to treat them.

"Oh, Miss Qiao, I've been doing this job for over 20 years, and this is the first time I've met someone so generous. We wouldn't even dare to eat this sponge cake at home!" a worker said with a smile.

Zhang Qing leaned close to Qiao Qiqi's ear and said, "Sister-in-law, why did you bring out such good things for the workers to eat? You could have just brought a few cornbreads."

"It's alright. They're eating well, so they'll naturally work harder. Besides, I've been so busy these past few days, I haven't had time to steam corn buns!" Qiao Qiqi stuffed a steamed egg custard into his hand. "So just eat without worry, and after you're done, help me supervise the work."

Now that she had decided to build a house, Qiao Qiqi wasn't going to be short of a few dollars.

But she's not a sucker. Those who think they can take advantage of her generosity should stay away from her!

"Sister-in-law, if you don't have time, I can ask my mother to steam a few batches and bring them over." Zhang Qing still felt sorry for her. Everyone had gone through hard times, and even now, few families could afford to eat chicken cakes on a regular basis, so Zhang Qing really couldn't bear to part with them.

"It's alright, you need to eat well to have the energy to work." Qiao Qiqi patted Zhang Qing on the shoulder, then walked over to the group and gave each person two chicken cakes. "Everyone, eat as much as you want. You need to eat well to have the energy to work. As long as you work hard, I won't treat you badly."

"Definitely!" The workers all smiled broadly at Qiao Qiqi's generosity.

As they were eating, another person walked in through the courtyard gate. It was Qiao Qiqi's second uncle, Qiao Xishan. "Sister-in-law, why didn't you tell us about such a big thing as building a house? If the villagers hadn't told us, I wouldn't have known."

Lin Chunying smiled. "We had enough workers, so we didn't call you. Besides, Jiao'e said you twisted your back a while ago. How are you now? Are you better?"

"It's much better now, it hasn't hurt for the past few days." Qiao Xishan said, and seeing a lot of yellow mud in the yard, he went in to help pick it up.

Qiao Qiqi quickly went over and said, "Second Uncle, please have two pieces of sponge cake first, and we'll work together in a bit."

"No need, I ate something at home before coming over, you guys eat." Qiao Xishan and Qiao Weiguo were of the same personality, both honest and straightforward, and they started working without saying a word.

Zhang Qing finished eating quickly and continued working.

After everyone finished eating, they finally managed to pick out the wooden planks and yellow mud from the left and right sides before noon. Next, it was time to throw away the garbage.

Qiao Qiqi and Lin Chunying had already started cooking lunch at the makeshift stove in the yard. Just as they started, Liu Jiao'e arrived with Gou Dan and Daya. "I can't help with building the house, but I can help with cooking. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Wash the vegetables, chop the vegetables." Lin Chunying didn't stand on ceremony. With so many people, making a big pot of food would indeed require some work.

Gou Dan went to play with Daya and also helped with whatever he could.

Everyone is busy.

Zhang Hongyan arrived in the middle of the process, asking, "Can I help with anything?"

The courtyard was bustling with activity. After dinner, Daya was sleepy, so Liu Jiao'e took Daya and Gou Dan back to sleep, and Zhang Hongyan also went back.

Daqiang arrived in the afternoon; he hadn't finished a job at one place that morning, so he went to help him wrap things up.

After the two parties agreed on how the house would be built, Qiao Qiqi only made one request: "Since you've built it for me, you absolutely cannot go to anyone else's house in between. I need to build two houses in a row, and both houses must be completed before the snow."

When Daqiang heard that there was another one, he immediately frowned.

"Even if we don't delay, these two houses will take at least two months to finish. It's already October, and it'll probably snow by the end of November, so it's unlikely we'll be able to finish them."

"So, I need your help to work overtime. Don't worry, I won't shortchange you on your wages. I believe you also want to work more before the New Year and earn more money for the holiday, right?"