Making mud bricks is a time-consuming and laborious project. In the past, people would make a few in their spare time and accumulate them little by little. Now, they have to make enough at once to build a house, and the whole village does it together. The scale is quite impressive.
A few days later, the floodwaters finally receded completely, and only the rushing water could be heard in the West Canal, just like after a summer rain in previous years. The water flowed somewhat rapidly, and then gradually became calmer day by day.
October 11th is an auspicious day for breaking ground.
On this sunny day, with a gentle breeze, everyone in Linjiagou Village except the elderly, the infirm, pregnant women, and children came out to start building houses.
The adobe bricks were prepared for almost a month, and every day of that month was sunny. Although the prepared adobe bricks might not be enough to build a courtyard, with the stones that were not washed away by the flood, it was more than enough to build a few main rooms.
The three Lin brothers naturally had to help. This was just the way things were in the village. They were all from the same village and the same family. Their family was already attracting attention even though nothing was going on in their lives. If they didn't help, they would really be seen as outsiders.
The village also received grain from the county, plus a lot of wild vegetables, wild fungus, and wild mushrooms that had been picked during this period, so they were able to at least fill their stomachs.
The village was bustling with activity, but Yue Jiuyue didn't want to face Liu Shi's various problems or negative emotions at home, so she carried a hoe up the mountain by herself.
Xiao Man'er wanted to come along, but Yue Jiuyue didn't agree. She was going to work and didn't have time to keep an eye on Xiao Man'er. If she bumped or hurt herself, she didn't know if Liu Shi and Lin Chaodong would hold a grudge. She herself would definitely feel uncomfortable. So she simply stayed by herself, which saved her trouble.
Yue Jiuyue's efficiency was very low. After ten days of work, all the houses in the village had their roof beams raised, but she had only tidied up two acres of land. Yue Jiuyue was so frustrated by what she saw.
Even so, it was the result of her secretly cheating. She bought two two-pronged and three-pronged hoes from the mall, which made digging much easier than using the old-fashioned hoe.
According to custom, a feast is held to celebrate the raising of the roof beam. Since the whole village is building houses together and raising the roof beam on the same day, a continuous feast is held on the day of the roof beam raising, using grain allocated from above, and the whole village eats together.
"Ptooey! Grandma, I want to go home, the food here is no good!"
At the table where the women and children were sitting, Xiaoman suddenly spat her food onto the floor, grabbed Yue Jiuyue's hand, and cried out that she wanted to go home to eat.
Yue Jiuyue frowned when she saw the little girl. If this child wasn't not her own, she would have given this brat a good spanking!
Before coming, because Liu was pregnant and could not participate in the grand feast for raising the roof beam, Yue Jiuyue had not originally planned to bring Xiaoman'er, as she did not like taking care of other people's children.
But Xiaoman made a promise that she would behave well, and with Lin Chaodong and Lin Chaobei speaking on her behalf, she repeatedly told Xiaoman to be obedient and not to be impolite, so she reluctantly brought the child with her.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it was served, all that bullshit guarantee was fed to the dogs!
"Little girl! Don't waste food! You must finish all the food in this bowl!"
Yue Jiuyue put on a stern face and spoke in a very unpleasant tone.
Cherishing food and eliminating waste is a traditional virtue passed down for thousands of years in her world and country. Modern people are practicing the "Clean Plate Campaign." How could this ancient girl say that the food was not good?
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