The person standing closest to the Zhao family's gate heard Huang's words and realized it was a misunderstanding, so he sent a representative, a man from the Zhao clan.
Zhao Qiang scratched his head.
"Aunt Qian'er, please don't mind us. We just heard that you were hiring, so we brought our own tools."
"There were a lot of people, and we apologize for startling you. Aunt Qian'er, is there any work assigned today?"
Hearing Zhao Qiang's words, Huang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that they're not troublemakers. If they were, no matter how strong she is, she wouldn't be able to withstand a relentless barrage of attacks.
Besides, we're all from the same village and clan; it wouldn't be good for anyone if we hurt or maimed them.
"Okay, since you're already here, you can help me dig the trenches for planting thorn vines today. Who can go and call Qian San over? You can all work with him today."
"As for how well you've done your work, just compare it to Qian San's."
Qian San was one of the nine people Huang had previously bought. He was honest, straightforward, stubborn, and strong.
Therefore, Huang decided to use Qian San as a reference point.
With a benchmark in mind, anyone who wants to cut corners or take advantage will have to think twice. Nobody's money grows on trees.
As for who will supervise the construction, well, Zhao Jinfa has been brought up again.
Although Huang once again singled him out as a supervisor, Zhao Jinfeng was still very happy.
Firstly, my cousin's family relies on me, and secondly, all the villagers have work and money to do, which means the village is about to become wealthy.
That evening, Zhao Qingyan placed the thorn vines she had dug up from the deep mountains around the perimeter of her family's land.
After several days of searching, I still couldn't find enough thorn vines.
Since they couldn't dig up enough thorn vines themselves, they had to rely mainly on buying seeds and purchasing from other sources. In addition, the Zhao family was going to order a large number of fruit tree seedlings, so Zhao Family Village had been quite lively lately.
Some quick-thinking individuals set up tea stalls at the entrance of the village.
A bowl of coarse tea costs one penny. After delivering the goods, I can sit down here, have a bowl of tea to rest my feet, and eat the dry food I brought from home. It's quite worthwhile.
The village entrance has also become a gathering place for exchanging information.
What's the news from Zhang Village? What farming experience does Li Village have? A cow in Xi Village gave birth to twins...
A wide variety of things; there's nothing you can't imagine that you haven't heard of.
The Zhao family's hilltop is also being planned and constructed.
First, you need to traverse the entire mountain to determine which trees need to be preserved.
Those trees need to be transplanted, and we also need to determine which areas will be the focus of development and which projects will be implemented.
For example, if some places are rich in mushrooms, then preserve them; if some places have good bamboo growth, then preserve them; if some places have densely growing fruit trees, then select the best-growing ones to keep.
They dig up any that look crooked or misshapen.
Zhao Qingyan wandered around her own mountain for more than half a month.
Finally, the location for building the house was determined. After searching through a large number of books, it was decided that not only should trees be planted on the hilltop, but also an area should be designated for raising chickens.
As for chicks, some were bought from Granny Ji in the village, and others were found to be hatching eggs from the eggs stored in the space.
The old house now has many empty rooms, and there's even a kang (heated brick bed).
I asked the village carpenter to make several wooden boxes, each about 15 centimeters high, 1 meter long, and 60 centimeters wide.
Find a straight, cylindrical piece of plastic sheeting in the space—the kind that's uncut in the middle and open at both ends. Place it in the wooden box.
Add warm water and cover it with a small cotton blanket. Find a thermometer in the storage space to ensure the temperature is around 38°C, then arrange the selected hatching eggs in order on the water bag.
Check the temperature every few hours and then flip the egg over.
If the temperature is too low, just heat the kang (a traditional heated brick bed) a bit more.
Seven days later, we started candling the eggs to ensure they were capable of hatching. The rest, which couldn't hatch, were given away. Our family wouldn't eat them anyway.
21 days later, a group of furry babies were born.
It's yellow and especially cute.
Mrs. Huang was exhausted from hatching these chicks.
The results were also encouraging; Huang hatched more than a thousand chicks at once.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingyan had given her a book on how to hatch and raise poultry and livestock before she went up the mountain; otherwise, Huang would have been overwhelmed with so many furry creatures.
While Zhao Qingyan was running around on the mountain, the overall plan for the mountain area was finalized.
The house was built halfway up the mountain, not as a brick or tile house, but a wooden house.
It's environmentally friendly, simple, and beautiful.
The mountain is divided into zones: orchards, livestock pens, timber yards, mushroom farms, terraced fields, and more.
Yes, Zhao Qingyan decided to build terraced fields on the mountain.
This makes good use of space. These terraced fields are not planted with anything else but high-yield crops, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.
Of course, some are also preparing to plant tea trees.
To ensure the smooth progress of the construction, Zhao Qingyan drew up an overall plan and marked every location on the mountain.
Anyone who can read and write can arrange things reasonably according to the planning map.
When Zhao Qingyan handed the planning map to Zhao Jinfa, the old man was stunned.
"Girl, let me catch my breath. Did you do this? How do you know what's on the mountain?"
"Haha, Grandpa, I've been living on the mountain for the past two weeks and haven't come down at all."
I've walked all over my family's small hill, which covers more than a thousand acres, so of course I know exactly what's on it.
Please help organize people to repair the road up and down the mountain.
The road up and down the mountain needs to be wide enough for two horse-drawn carriages to pass through, just enough to get to the location where the houses are to be built.
Then the roads in the other sections only need to be wide enough for one horse-drawn carriage to pass through.
As for the road construction materials, let's use mainly sand and gravel; that will save us a lot of money.
Zhao Qingyan's last words were so pitiful that Zhao Jinfeng almost fainted.
Pointing at Zhao Qingyan, he laughed and scolded.
"You little devil! Putting aside the cost of materials, just the labor alone will cost you at least several hundred taels, or even more, with all this trouble. And you still say you're saving money."
Are you the kind of person who's frugal?
Tell me, what other requests do you have? For example, do you want some steps to be built along the road leading up the mountain from your house? That would make it much easier to walk up and down.
To drive the horse-drawn carriage back and forth, you have to take the winding roads, otherwise it's too steep.
"These steps are much shorter if you walk up and down them."
Zhao Jinfa was older and had more life experience, so Zhao Qingyan was quite receptive to his advice.
Besides, even with the addition of that one more road up the mountain, it doesn't seem to have increased the budget by much.
As for the size and style of the house to be built on the mountain, Zhao Qingyan did not make the decision on her own. She planned to go to town to discuss it with everyone and try to meet their requests, whether they liked anything or what they needed.
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