After dinner, the village chief arrived with a dozen men. "Mu Zhiqing, have you chosen a place?"
"We want to build it to the back of the yard and then open the back door." Mu Ziwei smiled and took the lead to greet them. This was something the three of them had discussed. In fact, it was just behind the housing for the male and female educated youth.
After finding a good spot, Meng Zhiyu continued, "Village Chief, we still have work to do, and we're not very skilled at cooking, so the three of us decided to either give them a pound of brown sugar and five eggs, or find someone to help with the cooking."
The village chief asked more than a dozen people who were building houses, and they all said they needed things. "As for wages, just pay them according to the level of others."
Li Qingqing, who was following nearby, listened carefully to the various expenses, calculated them, and thinking about the commotion of the past two days, she made up her mind and said, "Uncle Village Chief, I also want to build a small house, and add me in."
The village chief naturally had no objection. He was just a errand boy, and he had nothing to do with setting the rules. "Okay."
Li Qingqing chose the left side of Meng Zhiyu and then started construction.
After the other educated youth went to work in the afternoon, Meng Zhiyu continued to study and recite. In the afternoon, he carried a basket on his back and walked towards the back mountain, wondering if he could find some more raspberries.
After walking around and finding nothing, Meng Zhiyu put down the backpack and sat under a big tree to rest.
Suddenly, she saw a furry thing beside a calf-high bush. It looked like a rabbit. Meng Zhiyu grinned with joy and laughed silently, "Wangcai, do you have a slingshot?"
When she was a child, she grew up in the countryside with her grandparents. She went to the river to fish, climbed trees to find bird eggs, shot birds with a slingshot, and played all kinds of games.
"Yes, there are low, medium, and high levels. Which one do you want, host?"
Meng Zhiyu stared at Maorongrong closely and asked, "Can a low-level person beat a rabbit?"
"Of course you can. It can be used on anything from ants to wild boars. It's a system product, so the host can use it with confidence."
After getting the slingshot, the merchant also thoughtfully gave him fifty stones. Meng Zhiyu took out a stone, pulled the slingshot tight, squinted his eyes and aimed at the exposed part of the furry head. With a "whoosh", the furry fell to the ground.
Meng Zhiyu climbed up excitedly, feeling that he was still as vigorous as ever. He grabbed the animal by its fur and lifted it up, only to find that it was not a rabbit at all, but a rat.
She remembered what her grandparents had told her when she was a child: there was a kind of mountain mouse that was about the same size as a wild rabbit and had delicious meat.
Meng Zhiyu looked at the huge rat in his hand and couldn't help but think of the annoying rats that gnawed furniture everywhere in his previous life. He couldn't muster the desire to eat it.
After thinking about it, he posted it on the mall. The price automatically showed 100 gold coins per pound. Meng Zhiyu was stunned. "Why is this rat so expensive?"
"This rat will become extinct in the future, so the price will be higher." Wangcai replied.
Meng Zhiyu nodded. Isn't this just because things are rare, they are valuable? However, "Wangcai, the future you are referring to is the 2000s."
Wangcai paused for two seconds before replying, "Host, I can only tell you that this is not the 21st century you lived in."
Although Meng Zhiyu was curious, he knew that he would not get the answer, so he continued to search the outermost area with his backpack. Meng Zhiyu found a short wild peach tree that was full of fruits.
Meng Zhiyu picked one, took out a kitchen knife from the space, cut it open and took a bite. He immediately frowned and said, "It's so sour."
No wonder there are so many peaches but no one has picked them yet. It turns out they don’t taste good.
Meng Zhiyu suddenly thought of the jam her grandmother made when she was a child, and decided to go back and try it. She picked the peaches and put them into the space, and knocked down the ones she couldn't reach with a stick.
After going down the mountain, Meng Zhiyu made a fire and cooked. Before Li Tingman and the others left, they left their dinner food for her and asked her to help cook.
Mu Ziwei even took out a thick sausage and asked her to add a dish. Meng Zhiyu cooked porridge in one pot, steamed buns in another pot, and stir-fried vegetables in another pot. She planned to make a cold dish and stir-fry sausages and cucumbers.
Zhang Qingwan also carried a basin to wash vegetables and cook, but she would snort at her from time to time. Meng Zhiyu was speechless.
"Host, do you want Wangcai to play a song for you that only we two can hear?" Wangcai was still so considerate.
"Okay, okay, just sing a cheerful song." Meng Zhiyu nodded happily and responded.
"Hi, the joyful gongs and drums beat out the joy of every year, the beautiful dances bring joy every day, and the sunshine paints today red..."
Meng Zhiyu listened to the song and felt very motivated while cooking. She hummed along with the rhythm from time to time, which made Zhang Qingwan look at her secretly.
Wangcai was also very happy. He would set off two small fireworks from time to time to express his happiness.
During dinner, Li Qingqing shared the gossip she had heard, "Didn't we go to Goudan's house to buy mats before? The man we met was Zhou's father, who the aunties said was sent to the hospital. Zhou Songbai, who picked us up that day, was his third son."
"Those aunties also said, 'Don't be fooled by Zhou Songbai's tall stature and strong build. He's actually just good-looking but useless. He can only get five or six centimeters a day at best. Some capable aunties can get more than him.'"
Li Tingman slowly drank the porridge in her bowl. After Li Qingqing stopped, she slowly said, "Xiaoyu, be careful of Li Lian'er tomorrow."
"Well, okay, did she give you a hard time today?" Meng Zhiyu was stunned for a moment before reacting. Xiaoyu was calling her. It was the first time since she was a child that someone called her like that. Her grandparents only called her by her nickname, Chongchong.
"He said some words that deserved a beating." Li Tingman said indifferently.
Meng Zhiyu nodded. In fact, she was not afraid of direct confrontation, but she was afraid of being played tricks behind her back, which was hard to guard against.
After dinner, the uncles who were building the house also came with their tools. Uncle Wang San took the lead. Li Qingqing and Li Tingman washed the pots and pans, then boiled some hot water to give to the uncles who were working.
"Ding Dong, host, the Chinese medicine for dinner is ready."
Meng Zhiyu poured the Chinese medicine into the bowl behind the person, smelled the bitter smell of the medicine, pinched his nose, closed his eyes, and gulped down a few big mouthfuls. Then he poured a bowl of water and drank two mouthfuls to wash it down again.
But my nose was still filled with the smell, and it didn't feel better until I ate two small black plums.
As soon as the alarm clock rang at 10 o'clock in the evening, she ended her studies for the day and finally got a thatched hut made of a few thick wood and hay. The inside was also very simple, with only a stove, two gas stoves, and a faucet.
Meng Zhiyu tried it and found that there was water in the faucet and the pot was powered, but the wires were connected to the ground and he didn't know where they were connected to.
"Host, this little thatched cottage can be upgraded. As long as you work hard, you can upgrade it to the level you rented, or even higher. Moreover, this water is not ordinary water. It is water drawn from a spiritual spring. It can repair physical injuries and beautify the skin."
Wangcai was worried that the host would feel disappointed and lose the motivation to work hard after seeing such a shabby kitchen, so he quickly comforted and encouraged her.
Meng Zhiyu did not feel any psychological gap. After all, these were not there at the beginning. No matter what he got, he was only surprised.
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