Chapter 249: Build roads across mountains and bridges across streams
Li Xiang accompanied Jiang Caier at night and during the day. The two of them were almost always together. Jiang Caier seldom went home. She only went back once every morning, showed her face, pretended to have just got up, and then went to Li Xiang's house with the robot dog and her schoolbag.
Lunch and dinner were also eaten at Li Xiang's home. Li Xiang tried his best to take out all kinds of precious ingredients and cooked them for her in different ways. Then the two of them drank spiritual wine together and had a few sips. It was so comfortable.
Jiang Jianguo was quite emotional. He knew that the girl was outgoing, but he didn't expect her to be so ruthless. She stayed at someone else's house every day before they were officially engaged. But he also knew that Li Xiang was too popular. Luo Feifei, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui and other girls seemed to be eyeing him all the time. It would be bad if such a good son-in-law was poached by someone else. So, he let Jiang Caier go.
In addition, he learned from the class teacher that Jiang Caier's grades were far ahead. In several previous provincial joint examinations, she had always been the first in the province, far ahead of the second place. The class teacher laughed constantly on the phone, and Jiang Jianguo was relieved about Jiang Caier's grades.
After working hard for a month, what's wrong with taking a few days off? It's a good idea to combine work with rest.
Aunt Jiang was just a little unhappy. Usually when her daughter was not at home, she would just cook casually. The old couple could easily deal with the problem anyway. When her daughter finally came back, she would get up early every day and carefully prepare a large table of sumptuous dishes, all of which were her specialties. However, her daughter was not at home for three meals a day.
Jiang Jianguo laughed and said, "You, go to Li Xiang's house and see how delicious their food is. It's normal for your daughter to look down on you."
Aunt Jiang didn't believe it, so she went to visit Li Xiang's home during dinner time. When she entered, she was shocked to see a table full of delicacies from land and sea, many of which she had never seen before.
But she knew some of them, or had seen them in short videos on her mobile phone.
For example, the black gold abalone as big as a bowl seems to be abalone?
There were lobsters weighing several kilograms that couldn't fit on a large plate. There were also some huge crabs, which seemed to be king crabs. There were also some things like vermicelli, which smelled delicious, but they were definitely not vermicelli. Could they be shark fins?
Then stew venison and all kinds of strange sea fish that I have never seen before, but the ones that look delicious at first glance.
The reason why Aunt Jiang knew that the pot of meat was stewed venison was because Li Xiang had recently brought dozens of kilograms of venison to her house. She and her husband tasted some of it but were reluctant to finish it, so they pickled the rest and planned to save it for entertaining guests during the New Year.
Aunt Jiang: “…” She thought to herself that it was no wonder her daughter didn’t come home for dinner. In comparison, what she made was really too shabby.
"Aunt, you've come at the right time. Let's eat together." Li Xiang stood up and greeted her warmly.
Aunt Jiang shook her head repeatedly, turned around and walked away, saying, "I just happened to be passing by and came in to take a look."
Jiang Caier knew it well, so she smiled and said, "Mom, just eat something here, it's okay."
"I don't want to eat anymore. I can't finish all the food I made at home. Let's go, take your time to eat." Aunt Jiang waved her hands and ran away impatiently because she was afraid that if she walked slower, her saliva would flow out, which would be embarrassing.
As for Grandma Li Xiang, she ate less and finished her meal early, and went to play with Grandma San. The old lady was also considerate, leaving space for the young couple. So when Aunt Jiang came over, she didn't meet them.
Aunt Jiang expressed her feelings to her husband after she returned home. Jiang Jianguo laughed and said, "Last time I went there, Xiang'er also asked me to stay and eat, but I didn't eat and just ran away."
After all, as a father-in-law, he still has to maintain some dignity. It would be inappropriate for him to run over and eat the feast that his future son-in-law had carefully prepared for his daughter.
In fact, Li Xiang hoped that there would be more people and it would be more lively. He planned to have the two families eat together for the New Year's Eve dinner this year, and then let Jiang Caier be the lobbyist to persuade Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang to come over and cook together at his home. That way, there would be more ingredients to take out.
Li Xiang and Jiang Caier are not the ones who spend all day in love with each other. They also get down to work.
In the afternoon, Li Xiang took her to work in the mountains.
Li Xiang had almost finished the farm work at home, so he was thinking about tidying up the environment around the village.
For example, the mountains behind Lijia Village.
These hilltops are collective property. A long time ago, when there were many people in the countryside, the land was contracted out to each household. There are many paths on the hills, as well as some terraces and tea fields.
No matter whether the mountain is big or small, a road will naturally form if more people walk on it.
However, later all the young people went out to work, and the elderly people left behind in the village also grew old, so they went to the mountain less and less frequently. After being abandoned for more than ten years, the mountain was already overgrown with weeds, shrubs and thorns, and there were countless snakes, insects, rats and ants, making it impossible to set foot there at all.
Only after Li Xiang returned to the village did he go up the mountain a few times. Normally, the old people in the village rarely went there. They just strolled around the foot of the mountain, chopping firewood, picking wild tea leaves, and picking wild mushrooms.
Only the front mountain at the entrance of the village is relatively short and flat. There is a mountain temple on the top of the mountain, which is still worshipped there. Stone steps were built in the early years, so it is barely maintained.
Li Xiang has now awakened the "Earth's Evolution Record". Although it is still in the first form, it is quite easy for him to tidy up the barren mountains and build stone steps.
He took Jiang Caier and walked in the mountains, building the stairs one step at a time.
This is where he grew up and now he is the village chief, so he is particularly attentive to it.
Although there was snow on the mountain, he could not control the snow, but he could control the soil or rocks under the snow.
Two large hands, the size of washbasins and made of rocks and soil, reached out from under the snow. With a gentle push, they pulled the snow away. Under the control of his earth-based abilities, the soil and rocks turned into solid stone steps.
In less than half a day, the construction reached the top of the mountain. The steps were divided into several large "sections", with several platforms in the middle and some stone benches for people to rest. On the top of the mountain, a relatively large square was naturally "carved out" and a stone pavilion was built. In the future, a construction company will come to renovate it and make it into a mountaintop park, which can also be regarded as part of the scenic spot.
The project on the top of the mountain is quite large, and we were afraid that it would be discovered by satellites in the sky, so it was done at night. As for the stone steps, there is relatively little noise, and they are protected by trees and the mountain, so it doesn't matter.
Although the top brass now know of his extraordinary abilities, the people responsible for satellite monitoring may be ordinary staff who are not qualified to access such core secrets, so Li Xiang thinks it is better to keep a low profile.
He not only built stone steps on the mountain, but also repaired the roads between the mountains and built them according to the terrain. He also dug large ponds in suitable places in several valleys. With mountains and water, the spirituality was enhanced.
Jiang Caier used her own quantum computer to perform the best calculations and virtual modeling, and then activated the "mirage" property of the purple mirage armor to materialize the modeled "effects diagram".
She only opened this "mirage" to herself and Li Xiang. After that, Li Xiang's work became easy. He did not need to think about the design himself. He could directly manipulate the soil and rocks and compact them according to the "mirage".
One design, one construction, the couple works together to double the efficiency.
For those stone steps, he used the "Rock Armor Technique". This is a supernatural power that condenses rock armor for defense, but it can also be used to armor buildings and build stone steps.
The road surface hardened by his "Rock Armor Technique" is stronger than ordinary natural rocks, and it is also designed with anti-slip patterns.
In the past, building a mountain road like this would have required a lot of manpower and resources and was extremely hard work. But now, for Li Xiang, it can be done in just a few days.
His work was not in vain. After these few days of hard work, he gained a deeper understanding of earth-related abilities. His major natal rune, "Earth's Evolution Record," was shining brightly, and his proficiency level increased by at least 80%.
When it was first created, the mastery of this rune was only about 20%, and only a few supernatural powers such as earth escape could be used. Now, more than 60 kinds of earth-related supernatural powers can be used.
It is limited by the spiritual power in the body and the low-level form of this rune, so the power it exerts is not strong enough.
This rune, like the others, can be upgraded with achievement points.
However, this is a large natal rune after all, which encompasses almost all earth-related abilities. The number of achievement points required for each upgrade is astonishing.
After these days of mastering it, he had a general understanding that this great natal rune had nine major forms, and its power increased tenfold with each level increase.
Currently it is the first form, and just to upgrade to the second form, one million achievement points are required. Each time you upgrade a form, the achievement points will double.
Li Xiang's current achievement point account balance is only over 270,000, less than 300,000. If he wants to push it to the second form, he still needs more than 700,000.
He decided that after Jiang Caier returned to school, he would go out again to other countries to look for some achievement points and fill up the empty warehouse in the other dimension.
As long as you have supplies with you, you won't be panicked.
Li Xiang and Jiang Caier walked in the mountains, clearing paths when they encountered mountains and building bridges when they encountered streams. There were some winding streams in the valley, but they were all frozen, crystal clear, like jade belts, and the scenery was very pleasant.
Jiang Caier and Li Xiang are building their hometown together. Doing such a meaningful thing naturally makes them extremely happy. They hum a little tune, and their singing is playful and smart: "A flower~, a tree~, a house~, a road~, a mountain~, a river~, a boat~, and me~..."
Li Xiang's singing voice is also good, and he also sang a few lines, which is equivalent to a duet between a man and a woman. This is a love song in itself: "Go around the mountain~, wade across the river~"
Jiang Caier: "You've been pretending to pass by for three or five days, but you already have me in your heart. I want you to tell me now~"
Li Xiang chuckled and said, "I'll tell you now!" He hugged Jiang Caier and hid in the woods nearby.
"Brother is bad~"
(End of this chapter)
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