Chapter 108 There Are Still Some Bad-Intentioned People
Everyone in the Gu family joined in the brick-making process. After Gu An gave instructions here, he asked Afeng to teach everyone here while he went over there to lead the Chen family's servants to work.
I originally thought of wrapping the bricks with a layer of coating once they were finished, but later I felt that this was too troublesome.
Why not just build an earthen wall there first, and then apply a thicker layer of mud inside and outside after the wall is built, so that it will look like an earthen wall when viewed from the outside.
Mainly, this will make the house stronger.
In the afternoon, everyone was building earth walls, and the next day they started laying the foundation.
Gu An made all the necessary arrangements and led everyone to work.
On the other side, Gu Xiaoxi, Chen Qinian and others went up the mountain.
Because of the legend of a blind bear on the mountain, almost no one goes there. After going up the mountain, I found that there are dense trees and many medicinal herbs.
"What a great place!" Chen Qinian felt like he was letting himself go.
Gu Xiaoxi also thought this was a good place. As soon as she went up the mountain, she saw a lot of medicinal herbs. The resources were much better than those on the two mountains in their village.
So she dug as she walked.
Although Chen Qinian had no interest in these herbs, he would go over to help when he saw Gu Xiaoxi squatting down, and then ask a few more questions, such as what kind of herbs are these and what are their uses?
Gu Xiaoxi took the trouble to talk to Chen Qinian, thinking that maybe this guy would be useful someday.
Seeing that the little girl was willing to talk to them, Chen Shiliu listened very carefully. People like them who practiced martial arts would get injured at any time, so it would be a good thing to know more about pharmacology.
They spent the whole afternoon wandering around a forest at the foot of the mountain. In the afternoon, they shot two pheasants and put them in their backpacks when they returned.
"In addition to the pheasant, there are also some wild vegetables and wild mushrooms. I finally have a source of food for the stew tonight." Gu Xiaoxi was in a very good mood as she looked at the harvest in the backpack.
Chen Qinian suddenly remembered what his second uncle had told him. His second uncle said that there were many people going with them, and he would send someone to the town to buy vegetables during the day, so there was no need to worry about having no food to eat.
However, he didn't say much. He just asked his men to get the job done.
Not long after, they returned to Gu An's residence. Seeing his men busy working there, he and his Sixteenth Uncle went over to help.
Gu Xiaoxi went to the kitchen to cook for everyone.
When she came to the kitchen, she found several bags of fine grains, half a pig and a basket of vegetables and mushrooms, which were more than enough for her to cook.
In that case, let's make soup with one pheasant and save the other for tomorrow.
She has plenty of ingredients for stewing soup, so she can make a good medicinal meal.
At this time, after listening to Chen San's narration, Chen Qinian realized that there were still too few people working, and his brows furrowed.
Chen San knew his master must have this concern, so he had already thought of a solution. He spoke out his idea: "Tomorrow morning, have everyone widen the beds in our four rooms and put them together. It's cold, and a large bed can squeeze four people into one room, so there will be more people working."
"Your idea is good. I will reward you greatly when you get back." Chen Qinian was very satisfied with this idea.
"Then tomorrow when I go shopping for groceries, I'll go to the city and bring the person over," said Chen San.
"Let's do it this way. When you go to the city, bring more food. Especially cakes and pastries. We were in a hurry this time and didn't bring anything for the children." Chen Qinian instructed.
Originally, he was planning to buy a lot of things, but the night before he came, something went wrong with his uncle Sixteenth and he was delayed. He only finished his business in the early morning and came here in a hurry.
"Don't worry, young master. I will do as you say." Chen San said respectfully.
It was getting darker and darker when Gu Xiaoxi finally finished preparing dinner.
There are a lot of people here tonight, so Gu Xiaoxi can only take care of the people in the yard first.
After arranging the meal in the yard, she carried the pot to the construction site.
Even for the servants' meals, she cooked the same dishes and ate with them.
The pheasant was stewed into soup and everyone could have a bowl.
The wind was very strong at the foot of the mountain, so a large shed was built at the construction site and everyone ate in the shed.
After dinner in the evening, Gu An and the workers worked for another hour before going to bed.
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After three days of this, Gu Dongming and his colleagues ended their business of selling sugar-roasted chestnuts and came to help with the work early in the morning.
Fortunately, Gu An and Gu Feng had accumulated a lot of blue bricks before, otherwise, there would not be enough bricks for so many workers.
Now with the addition of Gu Dongming and others, the brick-laying speed can be much faster.
After the fourth day, you can start taking medicinal baths. The medicinal materials for the first day do not need to be changed. By the second day, the medicinal materials for the medicinal bath require two prescriptions, which is more complicated.
Just as she was busy making medicinal soup for Chen Qinian, some villagers came over.
The villagers looked at the busy crowd over there and wondered how long it would take for Gu Xiaoxi's new home to be built.
The most important thing is to know if they need help so that they can make a living?
The weather is good today, Gu Yuntian carried Gu Yunhai to the yard to bask in the sun. Seeing those people appear, Gu Yuntian guessed the purpose of their visit?
"Uncle Yunhai, how is your leg healing?" a villager asked.
"I know it hurts, but I can't get out of bed. Why are you here?" Gu Yunhai replied and asked deliberately.
hehe……
The villagers all smiled, and someone said, "We're all from the same village. We just wanted to see if anyone needs help at the creek."
“I don’t think so. They brought more than a dozen people with them. Not only did they come, they also brought food.
Now, apart from these tiles, which cost some money, everything else is free.” Gu Yuntian told them the situation.
He did this in the hope that they would understand that Gu Xiaoxi's family had no money, and they were able to build the house only because the patient's family had some money.
After hearing this, someone immediately asked: "Bringing so many people to help, is this patient's illness very serious?"
"I heard from his family that he is indeed very capable. They have consulted many doctors before but none of them could cure his illness. Otherwise, why would they be willing to spend so much money to hire someone to build a house in Xiaoxi?" Gu Yuntian said the explanation that he had discussed with Xiaoxi.
"No wonder!" The villager who asked the question just now nodded after hearing it.
Gu Xiaoxi was making medicinal soup in the kitchen when she heard voices outside. She knew that the villagers couldn't help but ask about what was going on.
She listened to their conversation with her ears perked up, and when she felt it was about time, she walked out of the kitchen.
"Oh, it's my brother coming over." She wiped the dust off her face and walked over.
"Xiaoxi, how are the houses over there being built? There's a big wall around it, and we can't see them!" the villager asked curiously.
All right!
These people have been staring at their house. Gu Xiaoxi felt that it was a good thing that the old patriarch had reminded them before, otherwise they might be in big trouble. After all, there are still people with bad intentions.
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