At this time, Li Erlang saw his sister coming out of the kitchen and waved to her. Li Xiaomei walked to her second brother.

Li Erlang said to his sister, "I'm not home during the day, so please take care of your sister-in-law for me! We're all family, so if you need anything, just talk to Yan'er!"

Li Xiaomei nodded heavily.

After a busy day, the few of them washed up and went to bed early.

Over there, Old Man Li was lying on the bed thinking about what his granddaughter had just said. It would have been great if this granddaughter was a boy. He couldn't help but feel sorry!

Mrs. Wu felt the old man tossing and turning beside her, and after a while, she sighed and scolded, "Why are you sighing so much? Are you going to sleep or not?"

Old Master Li turned over and sat up, patting his wife's arm. "It's a pity that the second girl isn't a boy. If she were a boy, he might have brought honor to the family!"

Mrs. Wu watched the old man grow more and more excited as he spoke, and she turned away in anger, ignoring him.

Early the next morning, Li Erlang heard knocks on the door and hurriedly opened it. He found a man standing at the door. This man was Zhou Dalang.

Zhou Dalang was standing outside the door in embarrassment, holding two big silver carp in one hand and a string of crucian carp in the other.

Seeing Li Erlang appear in front of him, he hurriedly handed the fish over and stammered, "This fish is for you... Thank you, Miss Li, for your help yesterday!"

Li Erlang refused, "Brother Zhou, that's nothing! You can't do that!"

When Li Yan heard the sound, she hurried out to check, only to see Zhou Dalang and her father standing in front of the door pushing and refusing the fish. Zhou Dalang looked anxious, and seeing that Li Erlang still didn't take it, she hurriedly threw the fish in front of Li Erlang's feet, turned around and ran away with big strides!

Li Erlang shouted several times, but the man ran faster and faster!

"This guy!" Li Erlang said helplessly.

Li Yan walked over to her father and looked at the fish on the ground: "In that case, please accept it, and we will take care of Uncle Zhou's business in the future!"

Li Erlang had no choice but to take the fish back home.

At this time, Li Xiaomei had already prepared breakfast and brought it out. Seeing the fish in the father and daughter's hands, she asked, "Where did you get the fish so early this morning?"

Li Erlang recounted the story about the fish Zhou Dalang had just brought him.

After finishing his breakfast, Li Erlang told Li Yan to listen carefully to what Old Man Li said and then hurried to the county government office. There were a lot of documents in the county government office that needed to be sorted and excerpted, and he had to finish them quickly so that he would have time to look through the classics.

After finishing her breakfast, Li Yan said goodbye to Li Xiaomei and went to the next room.

At this time, Mr. Li was eating breakfast. When he saw the second girl coming over, he quickly drank the porridge in his bowl, wiped his mouth with his hand, stood up and said, "Let's go!"

Old Master Li walked in front with his hands behind his back, and Li Yan followed behind him and came to the foot of the barren mountain.

The grandfather and grandson walked for a long time near the barren mountain all morning. Looking at the lush green mountain in front of them, Master Li said, "Let's build the house here. The terrain is flat and the mountain is behind us. Building a wall from here can connect to the mountain and directly cut off other people's way."

Li Yan looked around and thought this place was indeed good. She would dig a few cellars in the mountains nearby and hide some food there. The concealment would be much better than in the village.

After deciding on the location for building the house, Li Yan asked, "Master, when do we start construction? I don't think it's enough to rely on just the few people at home!"

Mr. Li had the same idea, but hiring someone would be a considerable expense.

The second family has already spent a lot of money to buy this barren mountain, and I'm afraid they don't have much savings now.