Lin Chaobei drank one more bowl of chicken soup than Lin Chaonan, which was the consequence of Lin Chaonan taking the opportunity to snatch the chicken neck from Lin Chaobei.
After eating and drinking their fill, and because they didn't have to pay taxes during the disaster year, and the wheat harvest was over, they were temporarily free again, and they slept soundly the next day.
The other crops in the field were wilted by the sun, but the clan chief and elders sat together for a day to discuss it and finally decided to give up.
Yue Jiuyue forbade the three brothers from going to Xishan Village to buy water alone, which was tantamount to giving up the remaining crops, instantly diminishing the family's joy after the wheat harvest.
Their sadness didn't last long; it was worn away by the exhaustion of building the wall.
For laborers like Lin Chaodong who didn't know how to do masonry, all they could do was move stones and mix mud. They usually didn't get the chance to mix mud, so they could only move stones and bricks. A brick weighed about fifty pounds and a stone about one hundred pounds. By the end of the day, even a donkey would be exhausted. They had no time to think about anything else and would fall asleep on the table before they even finished their meal.
When they saw that Yue Jiuyue's family had started building a wall, those who had been making money by breaking stones and selling them to them were immediately dumbfounded.
So, another opportunity to make money has passed?
Some people, unwilling to give up, came to their door and asked the three Lin brothers:
"Do you still buy stones?"
The three brothers all answered:
"receive."
Some people thought Yue Jiuyue's family had stopped buying stones, so they went to the three brothers to ask:
"Are you still hiring laborers? Three to five coins a day is fine!"
The three brothers immediately went back and told Yue Jiuyue.
Upon hearing this, Yue Jiuyue exclaimed, "What a great opportunity! How could I possibly turn down such cheap and strong laborers? I have to recruit them!"
As a result, the construction team for building the wall grew, led by a dozen or so "professional" old bricklayers who had signed a guarantee, and quickly built the wall.
The courtyard wall, which was over a thousand meters long and three meters high, was built in less than ten days. However, it wasn't covered with thorns or broken tiles as Yue Jiuyue had described.
First, there aren't that many broken tiles or bowls; you can't just buy tiles and bowls and break them on purpose, can you? Second, there weren't many thorns left when we dug up medicinal herbs last year, and the thorns on the new branches that sprouted from the soil this year aren't hard enough yet.
So, Yue Jiuyue, who hadn't left the village since last winter when it got cold, had no choice but to go back to her old ways—pretending to run into someone while out and then buying something.
She had a legitimate excuse for going out this time; she needed to have two large gates made, the kind that could easily fit a horse-drawn carriage or an oxcart.
"Mom, there's not much work to do at home anyway, I'll go with you! I can even give you a ride on my bike!"
Lin Chaobei tried his best to gain the right to go out with Yue Jiuyue.
"Why don't you just stay home and rest for a couple of days? What's wrong? Aren't you tired of carrying stones back and forth these days? If you're really bored, there are still three hundred acres of land waiting for you. Go and clear the wasteland."
Lin Chaobei was completely speechless after hearing Yue Jiuyue's words.
Reclaiming wasteland?!
No, no, no, he'd rather go back to his room and sleep soundly!
Lin Chaobei gave up, and the other two who were eager to try also lost their enthusiasm.
If they were going to towns or county seats, they could still find some motivation. But if they were going to reclaim wasteland, they would instantly feel aches and pains all over their bodies, and become so weak that they couldn't even lift their arms...
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