"Sisters-in-law and aunties, are you saying you're planning to come to my house to work?" Lin Weiming scratched his head, understanding what they meant.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The women immediately beamed and nodded, saying, "That's exactly it!"

“Think about it,” the women said eagerly. “If you ask people from other villages to do the work, it will take time and effort to travel back and forth. Besides, they are outsiders, so why would they want you to do it well? Why not ask my husband to do it for you? He’s an honest man and would never cut corners. You can trust him.”

"Yes, yes, and your Lin girl too. She's not like other girls. If people from other villages find out, it'll be so dangerous! Our village is better than other places now, we can't let outsiders know!" A clever person immediately brought up Lin Wanyue's matter.

The fact that no news of Lin Wanyue has leaked out of the village is thanks to the village head's repeated and strict orders, which have kept them from speaking out.

Liu Junlan nodded, agreeing with their point.

What if we call in any outsiders and they accidentally reveal Wanwan's affair?

If anyone else tries to do the same thing as Zhang Cuihong and Yu Dong, she'll have nowhere to turn for help.

The villagers knew each other well; even if the monk ran away, the temple couldn't hide.

"But ladies and aunties, even though my family is building a house, we don't need that many people," Lin Weiming said with a smile.

Many hands make light work.

But now more than a dozen families have come running over, which is really too many.

"Oh, Weiming, why are you being so formal? Your uncle is hardworking and honest, you can't go wrong by asking him to help you."

"Weiming, as you know, my family recently had a baby. So I'm asking your brother to come and help out. He only needs ten copper coins a day." Immediately, someone started to compete.

Those nearby immediately became anxious upon hearing this.

Based on the current market rates, one can earn fifteen copper coins a day by working.

This woman is quite willing to go to great lengths to work for the Lin family!

"Seven copper coins will suffice from my family!"

"My son has three copper coins!"

As the prices kept dropping, some people backed down.

"Fine, fine, so this is how you play the game?" A woman gritted her teeth and said in a clear voice, "We're all from the same village, why are you talking about money? My husband and I will come over to work for your family tomorrow, no pay! Just a meal will do."

"You don't want a single copper coin? That's too much of a loss for you!" The other women, already fed up with the intense competition, couldn't help but ask loudly.

How can you work for someone for free without taking a single penny?

If they had known it would be like this, they would have been better off not coming!

The woman then laughed, straightened her back, and said with some pride, "Anyway, we can't go hunting in the mountains these days, and there's not much work in the fields. We're just idling at home anyway. Come help out at the Lin family's place. Even if you don't earn any copper coins, you don't have to eat for free at home."

Food is very precious, so saving even a little bit is good.

Upon hearing this, the woman fell into an eerie silence.

It seems... there's actually some truth to it?

At home, we eat our own food, but at the Lin family's house, we might even get to eat meat.

Liu Junlan and Xue Fu are not demanding people. If they come to work, they will definitely be able to eat these good dishes.

Suddenly, the number of people willing to work for free increased dramatically.

“Count me in! I’ll come with my husband tomorrow. I’m just lazing around at home anyway, so I’ll come and help out,” the woman said with a smile.

“Then I’ll come too! Let’s work together and get it done faster.”

…

Even Lin Weiming and Liu Junlan never expected things to develop this way. They didn't even have to pay the workers to build their house.

If they had known, they should have built the house sooner! Why live in this dilapidated house and endure days when it rains heavily outside and drizzles inside?

However, they also knew that although the villagers were originally quite good, they would not have wasted their efforts to work for the Lin family for free if it weren't for the good life brought by Lin Wanyue.

...

The next day, the entire Ning'an Village was bustling with activity.

The men and women of the village wielded hoes and dug out the foundation of the Lin family's land.

The excavated soil and stones were not wasted. The mud was mixed with water and then stomped on to make it even softer. Straw was added to increase its toughness and hardness.

Wooden boards were cut into small rectangular boxes to shape the clay.

In late summer, the sun is scorching hot. Just a few hours of exposure to the sun will turn these mud lumps into mud bricks.

These mud bricks were naturally incomparable to the reinforced concrete that Lin Wanyue had seen, but at this time, those who could afford to use mud bricks were already considered to be among the better-off families in the village.

Lin Wanyue, with her hands behind her back, walked around the unfinished house like a little supervisor.

"This is my and Grandma's room, this is the big pot, and the little study..." Lin Wanyue rambled on as she walked to the northernmost part of the house. The room wasn't big, but Little Pink Butterfly liked it as soon as she came in.

"Is this the vegetarian room you mentioned?" Little Pink Butterfly asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Lin Wanyue nodded.

Actually, the room was quite a pleasant surprise for her.

She never expected that her father would prepare rooms for both Little Pink Butterfly and Laifu.

Although it's said that I'll be sharing a room with Grandpa Lin, it's convenient for ancestral worship and offerings.

"This place is shady, not so sunny, I like it! If you could bring your water tank here too, I would like it even more." The little pink butterfly looked around the small room again and again, and inexplicably felt a sense of belonging.

After she returned, she told Laifu about the matter of the vegetarian room.

"Oh?" Laifu immediately slipped into the yard. "Really? I want to go and see too."

"No way!" Lin Wanyue immediately ordered them to stop.

That was a great place she specifically chose!

The house hasn't been built yet. If we let Laifu run wild there, it's uncertain whether the house will ever be built!

In order to finish building her new house as soon as possible, Lin Wanyue refused to let Laifu go there early.

"Hmm... I'll eat less sugar lately, just let me go see him. That ugly guy went, and I haven't even seen him yet." Lai Fu was itching to go, and if Lin Wanyue hadn't stopped him, he probably would have already run over there in a flash.

“You need to be careful. If ICBC gets into danger, then you can forget about living in the new house!” Lin Wanyue shook her head firmly.

"Hehe, I was just kidding, don't take it seriously, I'm going back to the rooftop to sunbathe now!" Laifu jumped back onto the rooftop, a fawning smile on his face.

He was afraid that Lin Wanyue would abandon him, a ghost, and only take Little Pink Butterfly to live in the new house; that would be a huge loss for him!