"Yue girl, you go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about us." The village chief said seriously.
Seeing Li Mengyue go to pick up Master Ma, the village chief turned his attention to the person who had the biggest disagreement.
"I know exactly what you're thinking. I've already decided to let Yue lead the search for water in the mountains. Those who don't want to go, get lost. But let me be clear: the water diversion is successful. As agreed yesterday, whoever doesn't go won't have their fields watered. Even if the fields don't yield a single grain, the money you save from selling locusts during this time can buy more food than enough to last until next autumn's harvest."
The village chief's words were indeed unreasonable. The young man, who had previously disagreed, suddenly changed his expression and immediately expressed his opinion.
"Village Chief, look at me. When have you ever opposed your decision? I don't know about others, but I will definitely go."
"Get out of the way, you're the only one who can talk. I don't know who was jumping around the most happily just now."
"Hey, didn't I just listen to Wang Lai's wife's nonsense?"
"Tsk, you're about to get married, but you still don't have your own opinion. You just listen to some woman's nonsense. Let's see if there's any girl willing to marry you after your reputation gets out."
Li Mengyue was passing by with Master Ma and happened to hear this conversation. She said nothing and went to the chosen place with Master Ma.
Anyway, it is impossible to go up the mountain today, so it is also nice to attend the groundbreaking ceremony at home. There is no water anyway, and she is not the one who is anxious.
When Village Chief Li saw that Li Mengyue didn't greet him, he thought to himself that something bad had happened and glared at the person who spoke. He said that the person was really not capable of doing anything but causing trouble. He didn't even see that the Li family was busy, but he went to help.
"Village chief, why are you glaring at me? I didn't say anything wrong."
Seeing that people were still a little confused, the village chief felt tired. Forget it, it was all his fault. He was old and shouldn't bother with young people.
So he raised his foot and walked towards Li Mengyue.
"Girl Yue, here, this is your share of the money." Village chief Li took out ten copper coins and handed them to Li Mengyue.
Li Mengyue looked at the copper coin and took it without refusing. She then asked her three younger brothers to bring out tables, chairs, benches, paper and pens so that she could write down how much each family contributed, so that she could repay the favor when the other family built their house.
In fact, before yesterday, she didn't know that the villagers had to pay a share of money when their family built a house. It was only after her mother told her three younger brothers to help at home and keep a record of the share money.
She then realized that building a house here was a big deal, on par with weddings and funerals.
When it comes to such a happy occasion as building a house, people from the same village will all give some money, no matter how much, just to have the fun.
The village chief paid his share of the money, and the other villagers also handed their money to Minghao. Mingyu and Mingxuan were responsible for keeping records.
Finally, the time of noon arrived. Li An lit the firecrackers. Mrs. Li took out the food that had been prepared long ago and distributed it to the villagers who were watching the fun. Each child received a piece of crispy candy. Many people were surprised by the generosity of the Li family.
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