Chapter 188 Wealth breeds envy, leading to underhanded tactics.
With many people, there is great strength. In just one day, the wall was already built several hundred meters long.
It's easy to imagine that the wall surrounding the Lin family's 800 acres of wasteland was quickly completed.
However, this was the first time I'd ever heard of someone building a wall around such a large piece of wasteland. Even those who weren't invited to work came to join in the fun.
Because there were so many people, Lin Dayou felt that feeding them was a problem, so he simply included the cost of lunch in their wages. This would make things easier for them and also allow the villagers to earn a little more money.
The villagers were naturally happy to accept Lin Dayou's proposal and all agreed with it.
Lin Dayou now only needs to be in charge of the meals for the team of craftsmen, so he is much more relaxed and has been busy at the new house.
Meanwhile, Zhao Minghui's house construction is also underway, but because Lin Ruoxi demands perfection, their progress is naturally not as fast as that of building the wall.
In the evening, after Lin Dayou paid the villagers their wages, Zhao Minghui pulled him aside to have a private conversation.
"Brother Dayou, based on my years of experience building houses, let me give you a little heads-up." Zhao Minghui saw that only his group of brothers remained in the Lin family, and only after realizing that they were all on his side did he kindly give Lin Dayou a heads-up.
“Your family is now the richest in the village, so I think it would be better if one of you stayed here tonight.”
You know, the gap between your family and the rest of the village is huge, and not everyone wants you to be well. People might get envious and do something to your house; you never know…”
Given the lavish hospitality from the Lin family, Zhao Minghui confided all the strange things he had encountered while building houses for others, hoping that Lin Dayou and his family would have a clear understanding of the situation.
"Thank you for reminding me, Master Zhao. I really didn't think of that if you hadn't mentioned it." After hearing Zhao Minghui's words, Lin Dayou broke out in a cold sweat.
Although he was very sincere to everyone in the village, there were a few villagers who looked down on him and with whom he had a complicated relationship.
For example, there are elderly people with deep-seated grudges against their family, and some villagers who steal chickens and dogs, and have bad character.
He hadn't paid attention to these people before, but now, with Zhao Minghui's reminder, Lin Dayou has started to take them seriously.
"You're welcome. I only did this because I can't bear to keep you in the dark, since your family is so honest and kind."
These past few days, while we've been building your house, people have been coming up every now and then to subtly ask about the start-up capital needed to build it, which is why we thought we'd ask you to keep an eye out for it.
After all, one should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others; it is always good to be more careful. Zhao Minghui chatted with Lin Dayou for a while before leading his team back to the place Lin Luoxi had prepared for them to rest.
Zhao Minghui originally planned to finish his work during the day and then rush back to his assistant at night, but Lin Luoxi felt that this was too troublesome, so she simply asked the whole village to help build a simple temporary house for them to stay in.
The main purpose is to make things easier for Zhao Minghui and his team, so they don't have to work so hard and can have enough time to rest every day, allowing them to focus wholeheartedly on building the house.
Zhao Minghui naturally knew Lin Luoxi was anxious, so he didn't refuse again. Instead, he was very grateful to Lin Luoxi for thinking of them so much, and secretly made up his mind to build Lin Luoxi's house into the most beautiful one.
“Honey, Master Zhao is right. Why don’t you and our son go and keep watch over the new house tonight to prevent anyone from causing trouble?”
Lin Wangshi felt that since Zhao Minghui had spoken his mind to them, he must have seen many similar things.
Not wanting anyone to put anything on their new house or do anything to it, they simply sent Lin Dayou and Lin Wenqian to guard the new house.
"Okay, whatever you say." Although Lin Dayou lived in the countryside, news was not easily disseminated there, and he had heard that some malicious people might tamper with or put something on other people's newly built houses.
Even without Lin Wangshi saying anything, he had already decided to go to the new house tonight and keep watch until the new house was completed.
After seeing that Lin Dayou had agreed, Lin Wangshi turned around and went back into the house to start packing Lin Dayou's things.
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"Dad, did you hear anything?" At this moment, Lin Wenqian, who was already lying on the makeshift wooden bed in the new house, heard a faint sound coming from his new house.
I could hear Lin Dayou's heavy breathing; he must have been exhausted during the day to be sleeping so soundly in a place full of mosquitoes.
Fortunately, Lin Wenqian was a light sleeper, and he also overheard the conversation between Lin Wangshi and Lin Dayou that night. He didn't dare to close his eyes and sleep much all night, for fear that someone might have tampered with the house that his family had been looking forward to for so long.
In a half-asleep state, I heard several chaotic footsteps coming from around my new house.
Seeing Lin Dayou lying beside him like a dead pig, Lin Wenqian quickly reached out and shook him awake.
Seeing that Lin Dayou was half-awake, Lin Wenqian quickly whispered in Lin Dayou's ear that there were people in the new house.
Upon hearing this, Lin Dayou, who was about to drift back to sleep, instantly woke up and opened his mouth to say: Who's coming...
Lin Wenqian, quick-witted and agile, covered Lin Dayou's mouth and whispered a warning in his ear not to alert the enemy.
Lin Dayou's mouth was covered by Lin Wenqian, and his gaze also fell upon the full moon in the sky, finally reminding him where they were.
"Uncle Dayou, Brother Wenqian, please be quiet, someone is coming."
Just as the father and son were helping each other up, wanting to see who was staying up all night and causing trouble at their new house, they heard a third voice.
It was quite scary late at night, and it gave Lin Dayou and Lin Wenqian a real fright, making them want to scream.
Seeing their actions, Xie Hanchuan quickly intervened, covering one of their mouths with one hand to prevent their noise from scaring away the people outside.
"Don't speak, it's me, Xie Hanchuan." Xie Hanchuan sensed the two people trembling with fear and quickly spoke up to identify himself.
Thank goodness, thank goodness, it's not a ghost.
When the father and son heard that the voice belonged to Xie Hanchuan, they finally relaxed, turned their heads, and glared fiercely at Xie Hanchuan.
"Did you hear anything?" the screaming boy asked cautiously.
"What's that sound? I didn't hear it." A lazy, unsettling voice came from outside the new house.
When Xie Hanchuan saw the Lin family father and son glaring at him fiercely, he was about to explain when he heard two sharp, piercing sounds coming from outside the bridal chamber.
"It's that bastard! I'll go out and kill him!" Lin Dayou clearly recognized the voices outside, and his anger surged instantly. He shoved Lin Wenqian aside and was about to rush out to fight the people outside.
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