The army came running in a hurry, panting.
"What's going on? Dajun, didn't you go next door to buy straw? Why are you back now?"
Da Jun beat his chest and stamped his feet, "Where's my...father?"
Everyone pointed to the location of the new house.
"Measuring the foundation over there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man felt a gust of wind blowing, and the army almost crawled forward.
Everyone was extremely surprised and stopped what they were doing to watch what was happening here.
"Dad... Dad... something bad has happened!"
The village chief's hands trembled, and he looked at the sweaty army and shouted, "Speak properly!"
"Dad, there's a plague in Mi County!"
"Clang" the piece of wood fell to the ground.
The village chief panicked for a moment, then made a quick decision, "Notify the elders to hold a meeting!"
So, the decision-making group started another meeting, which of course included Tang Youyou and Old Man Tang.
"What should we do? Dajun, quickly repeat the situation."
Da Junli's face flushed. "I just went to Mi County today. Before I entered the city gate, I saw a group of people gathered there. I went up to take a look. It was a disaster victim, foaming at the mouth. I listened and found that the symptoms were the same as ours at that time."
Old Man Tang frowned, "What's next?"
Da Jun shook his head. "When I left, a group of soldiers came over and everyone dispersed. I seemed to vaguely see a doctor treating the patient!"
An elder of the clan sighed, "What can we do? We've only built three adobe houses, and we don't even have enough straw, and now there's a plague!"
The elder of the clan stroked his beard and said, "Now that the disaster victims have arrived in various parts of Nanzhou one after another, I'm worried that we'll have new people coming in!"
They don't want outsiders to come in. After all, people's hearts are hidden, and it is easier to get along with people who know each other well.
"That's right. Although we are cured, that was just an accident by Doctor Xiong. Most people haven't had it, especially the children. What should we do?"
The village chief thought for a few breaths before saying, "Don't panic. I'll go to the county government office tomorrow to investigate. However, the most urgent task right now is to build houses. From tomorrow on, everyone should stop clearing the land and focus on building houses!"
An elder echoed, "Yes, there are still thirty-three houses. If we can make the adobe quickly and everyone works day and night, we can finish building them in seven or eight days!"
Old Man Tang nodded slightly. "That's right. Let's divide the work more clearly. This way we can go faster. But what about this straw?"
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Even though they had brought back some of the people in the past few days, it was still far from enough.
Tang Youyou solved everyone's dilemma with one sentence, "Use the tiles, and use the rest of the grass to build the toilet or kitchen!"
Anyway, her family uses tiles, and they will have to use tiles sooner or later, so the sooner she uses them, the sooner she can enjoy them.
Everyone's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed again immediately.
"I wonder how much silver this tile costs?" The elder of the clan was a little embarrassed.
"Yeah, I still scraped together the money for the homestead last time!"
Old Man Tang glanced at his daughter and pinched her.
She understood instantly and scratched her head. "Well, I'll go to the county government office with the village chief and ask Master Li to lend it to me, maybe it will be okay!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked shocked.
"No, he is my advisor after all, how can you say that?"
These words were said by the village chief. He didn't want to embarrass Tang Youyou. This little favor couldn't be used up by a group of them.
Tang Youyou waved her hand, "Then we'll go tomorrow, and pick the tea leaves from the mountain and sell them!"
After saying that, without even looking at everyone's shocked expressions, he stood up and left.
"Sister Yu, bring a clean backpack and two more people, let's go up the mountain to pick tea!"
When Yu heard this, she dropped her hoe without saying a word and ran towards her.
The village chief whispered to Old Man Tang: "Brother Tang, does your niece know how to make tea?"
The latter scratched his head and said, "I don't know either!"
Everyone: Are you his biological father? You don’t know anything?
Tang Youyou's voice came again: "Dad, weave more winnowing baskets!"
So, a large group of people ran madly up the mountain.
"Gather them all?"
"Well, it's already early August. If we don't pick them now, they'll be old!"
"Fortunately, we all carried backpacks."
Tang Youyou suddenly remembered something and asked, "Do we have an iron pan? This thing can't be exposed to oil!"
"Yes, yes, yes... a lot of them are useless and are almost rusted!"
Finally reaching the tea plantation, she waved, "Come here, everyone! Look carefully! We only want these tender buds! Don't take the thick stems at the bottom; they're bitter, and most importantly, you can't sell them for a good price!"
"Oh my god, no wonder this thing is so expensive, it's a delicate job!"
"Sister Tang, you know so much!"
The corners of her mouth curled up. "Hurry up and pick them! We have to finish picking all of them today. We have to stir-fry them tonight. Our roof tiles depend on them!"
Hearing this, everyone stopped laughing and started picking fruits seriously.
It is true that there is strength in numbers. After a quarter of an hour, half of the backpack was already full.
Tang Youyou picked up the basket and said, "You guys pick them first. I'll go back and study this tea frying!"
Everyone: After all this time, you don’t know how to fry?
Facing everyone's surprised looks, she felt a little embarrassed, "Ahem... Fried rice and fried tea are both fried, so they should be the same, right? You just pick them!"
Everyone: How can that be the same? Sister, you are really not an ordinary tiger.
Yu looked at her from behind and laughed, "Let's try our best. Even if we can't sell it, we can still drink it ourselves. It's worth it!"
Everyone nodded, that made sense.
Before going down the mountain, Tang Youyou cut down two more large trees and carried them down the mountain.
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