Last winter, almost all the houses in Xujia Village were renovated, except for Jiang Zhi's and Xiao Man's houses, which did not have any construction started.
First, there's no time. The whole village has been working day and night for a month, and they can't keep going any longer.
Secondly, there is a lack of good residential land, which is the main reason.
Xujia Village originally had only about 20 households, but now 20 households have been built.
The remaining part of the homestead was occupied by Zhang Juntou's medical shed, which was later converted into a patrol camp.
After the post station was established, the patrol battalion moved back to Lihua Town, and the land that had been occupied was finally returned to Xujia Village.
Now it has become the homestead of two families.
With ample land and sufficient funds, they were able to build houses of standard size using bricks and tiles.
Grandpa Xiaoman's lifelong wish was to have a spacious courtyard and be surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Now, even his youngest grandson is getting a house and a wedding, and he's happy no matter how tired he is.
Jiang Zhi had no particular requirements about what kind of houses to build. In her opinion, these houses were all more comfortable than living in a high-rise building that looked like a box.
Most of the villages in Bavaria are scattered, with houses located between various fields.
Most of the houses in Xujia Village are single-family dwellings, with the house, the surrounding bamboo grove, and the courtyard forming a separate residential unit. Some houses are also located next to each other, forming a large courtyard.
Xiaomanye and Errui chose to build their house with the "Four Waters Returning to the Hall" design.
This is a tightly constructed courtyard house, with two houses adjacent to each other and connected by eaves and passageways.
Having experienced this for over two years, the two families have long regarded each other as one family, and they don't have to wade through mud when they come and go from house to house.
Building such a house naturally requires time and money, and it must be carefully constructed from the very foundation stones.
Two sets of "Four Waters Returning to the Hall" were being carried out simultaneously, with more than a dozen craftsmen and laborers, and Errui and Xiaomanye staying at the construction site every day.
Jiang Zhi didn't concern herself with the house repairs; her mind was on the pharmacy.
Because she needed to prepare new medicine, Tian Tao had already taken out the creeping privet, smartweed, and plantain from the warehouse as instructed in advance, weighed out the fixed proportions, ground half of the herbs into fine powder, and boiled the other half into a concentrated paste using the extraction method.
Then mix the powdered medicine into the liquid medicine, reduce the liquid until it becomes dough, and finally press it into tablets.
[For detailed operating procedures, please refer back to Chapter 120, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Dijin Tablets! No more filler words here.]
Jiang Zhi taught Tian Tao some small but crucial details and experiences, doing things step by step.
A busy but orderly day passed, and the pharmacy did not shut down that night. Sister Shi was so sleepy that she sat by the stove and dozed off.
Xu Genqing, who worked at the mill, left after get off work.
Wu Yang didn't leave. He couldn't really help with brewing the medicine, but he stayed because Sister Shi didn't leave either.
Sister Shi is a bit simple-minded. She keeps a close eye on her younger brother, Shi Houzi, at home. She follows him wherever he is, making sure he knows where he is.
Now, whenever she goes out, she follows Wu Yang around every day.
If she doesn't see Wu Yang for a long time, Sister Shi will get so anxious that she'll start to cry.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi only sighed: "That's what you call a clingy person. It's not necessarily a bad thing that fools have good luck!"
Jiang Zhi taught at the pharmacy for five days and temporarily made two kinds of medicine.
Two days later, the elderly Ma couple returned to work after their quarantine period ended.
With these two people joining, Tian Tao's workload was greatly reduced. She supervised the pharmaceutical production, managed the warehouse, and mastered the pharmaceutical formulas and proportions.
Furthermore, the pharmacy has extended its working hours.
The Ma family, who lived in the pharmacy, would start the fire an hour earlier and turn it off an hour later each day, so they could brew an extra pot of medicine.
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Repairing the house in the sweltering summer heat meant everyone was constantly drenched in sweat.
As Jiang Zhi's maid, Tan Shi now not only has to cook, but also do laundry for Er Rui and Xiao Man Ye.
She slept in the makeshift kitchen at night; she had no time to leave, and no reason to go looking for her child again.
Because the two sisters, Da Xiang and Xiao Xiang, would come over to see her every day.
With many people repairing the house, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tan could only ask a few simple questions about whether they were hungry or tired, and tell the children not to eat other people's food, to work diligently, and not to talk.
The two sisters were very obedient, and as expected, they would listen to her finish speaking without saying a word and then leave, leaving Mrs. Tan looking bewildered and helpless.
In contrast, Da Xiangxiang and Xiao Xiangxiang preferred to stay in the mosquito coil workshop, with the uncles, aunts, and other children their age, listening to their happy laughter and playful banter.
Although we had to eat at different people's homes each time, no one glared or cursed anymore, and we even got to eat meat.
Even her name sounds nice; everyone calls her Xiangxiang, not a money-loser or an ugly ghost.
The fact that the village chief didn't hire any villagers to repair his house caused a little discussion, but it quickly passed.
Tian Gui wanted to come and help with the work, but Er Rui persuaded him to go back: "Uncle Tian, the work in the fields is too heavy now."
Because my family is repairing our house, the Xie and Huang families, who were originally supposed to work with you, couldn't go. Now you and Uncle Genyou are doing even more work."
Tian Gui felt very apologetic. Everyone helped each other when repairing their houses, but when it came to Village Chief Jiang, no one contributed any work, which was really unreasonable.
Several households in the village have said this, and they really can't spare the time.
This year, the heat came early and the temperature was higher than in previous years. The mosquito coil workshops needed to rush to meet the deadline, and farm work also needed to be done in the fields. Everyone was too busy to help, and even the village chief was unable to do anything about repairing the houses.
Although Qin didn't come to help with the cooking, she would occasionally stroll around the construction site and see that the lazy Li Laoshi was indeed busy as a bee.
He could find water here and rope or pole there, and he was indispensable to everyone.
The villagers were unable to come and repair their houses because the mosquito coil workshop was indeed rushing to finish the work.
Now, the evenings are fully booked. When it's a turn for one machine, everyone in the family who can move around does it.
Just a few days ago, the same five merchants who had bought mosquito coils while selling grains returned and placed another order, and the quantity was quite large.
However, while orders came in, the supply of raw materials was clearly insufficient.
Making mosquito coils requires a lot of mugwort, camphor leaves, elm bark, and charcoal, which are only collected in Lihua Town. Relying on supplies from surrounding villagers is not enough.
With Xu Genqing's recommendation, Jiang Zhi authorized Wang Xiaoju, who was in charge of the mosquito coil workshop, to send her husband Xu Genbao and Xu Gensheng, along with another person, to purchase herbs.
Waiting for others to deliver goods to your door is too passive; sales staff still need to go down to the grassroots level.
Xu Genbao did not stay in town to wait; he had experience in going into mountain villages to fluff cotton.
Having spent several months in the mountains, he had some acquaintances there, so he decided to take people directly into remote mountain villages, ready to make a killing.
Jiang Zhi didn't personally oversee these matters; she had already selected capable assistants, so she didn't need to handle everything herself.
The matter of repairing the house was handled by Errui and Xiaomanye. Since it was their own house and they lived there themselves, the two of them discussed and agreed on how to do it.
And there's also one more kind-hearted person.
Xu Changming and Xiaomanye are cousins. Without his nephew's wife Jiang Zhi, who is known for her hurtful nature, he became more energetic.
He comes to the construction site every day to supervise the laborers, acting more like a foreman than even Grandpa Xiaoman.
The pharmacy was handed over to Xiaoman and Tiantao to manage. There were already established rules and operating procedures, so they just needed to follow them step by step.
The mosquito coil workshop is a village collective asset, managed by Wang Xiaoju and Xu Gensheng.
Leaving behind the busy and chaotic affairs of the village, Jiang Zhi returned to the mountain to continue making her own essence, the high-grade mosquito coil, Zangchun Fragrance.
Even if Errui doesn't return to the mountain, she wants to stay with Qiaoyun, who is pregnant.
This time, Jiang Zhi will be staying on the mountain for a long time, and Peiqi is probably the happiest person.
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