Oh? Just one? That's it?
Cheng Qingyan felt that either Ye Lingyu had some mental issues, or she herself had a bit of a sleazy streak. Ye Lingyu's nonchalant attitude only made her more curious about Ye Lingyu's true thoughts.
Fortunately, Ye Lingyu doesn't have much of a thirst for knowledge, otherwise, if she kept asking her questions, she would have found it difficult to deal with.
This ambiguity seems quite nice.
After the new restaurant opened, Cheng Qingyan thought the food in her bowl smelled delicious! Who cared what Ye Lingyu thought? Weren't the vegetables and meat tasty?
It's delicious, that's all that matters. In the future, we should try to minimize the use of space and reduce its perceived presence.
Ye Lingyu is such a good liar; she's afraid that she'll be counting the money for others even when she's being sold out!
The village chief was quite concerned about repairing the house.
The next day, they brought two people over, saying they were there to see how the house should be renovated.
The carpenter also came over. As per Cheng Qingyan's request, he had already made a complete set of tables that could be moved over for use. Cheng Qingyan said there was no problem.
As for the cabinet that Ye Lingyu needs, it will need to be remade, and it will probably take three to five days to be delivered.
The repairman brought his tools that morning, and before the morning was even over, he had already fixed the roof.
No more sunlight streamed into the house from the roof, and the room suddenly became dark.
The drafty walls were repaired, and the room immediately became warm.
The stove won't be built until the afternoon; they need to go home for dinner.
After seeing the village chief and workers off, Cheng Qingyan ran back.
"Wife, what shall we have for lunch? I'm a little hungry~"
In just a few days, the once dilapidated house has been completely transformed.
The leaks have been patched up, the cracks have been repaired, the mattress has been replaced, a new pot has been added, and a stove will be built this afternoon.
As the place gradually began to resemble a home, Ye Lingyu looked at the person in front of her and wondered if this was someone sent by heaven to save her.
Seeing that Ye Lingyu did not answer, Cheng Qingyan tentatively called out again, "Wife?"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Ye Lingyu came back to her senses.
Cheng Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief: "Hehe, I was asking what we're having for lunch? And where should the stove be built? Is there any need for further modifications?"
Ye Lingyu looked at the cooking area and marked out a new spot on the east side of the kitchen.
"Let's build it here, with the big and small pots connected together, making it easy to start a fire."
Cheng Qingyan nodded. She didn't know anything about this, so she listened to Ye Lingyu.
She didn't understand, but cooking shouldn't be allowed to get the food cold, so she suggested spending some more time having the workers build half a wall and repair the kitchen roof.
These are things that will have to be dealt with sooner or later, so let's take advantage of the money and time we have now to resolve these potential problems. Afterwards, when we're busy in the fields, it might be difficult to find workers.
The two ultimately decided to have three and a half walls built into the kitchen to create a semi-open kitchen.
With the busy farming season approaching, there's no time to build the courtyard wall yet. We'll build it after we finish in the fields, and then it will feel more like a home.
Cheng Qingyan suddenly understood why some people would enjoy watching videos of tidying up a small courtyard.
In big cities, after a long day at work, you might not even want to lift a finger when you get home.
Watching videos of others renovating their courtyards and seeing their abandoned houses gradually transform into their ideal homes is both stress-relieving and satisfying.
There's probably some envy involved; who wouldn't want a little courtyard they love?
She planted flowers and vegetables little by little, and slowly planned to build this place into a warm home, which was both her home and Ye Lingyu's home.
Once the most basic living conditions are met, other things can be put on hold, and there's no need to rush.
The plan was simple, but putting it into practice took quite a bit of time.
It took three days just to build the stove and kitchen walls. During that time, Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu helped mix the mud, and some of the mud bricks were even pre-made ones bought from the craftsmen.
At this time, when building earthen walls or courtyards, the mud bricks used need to be mixed with mud, shaped, and dried.
It's not something that can be rushed out in a hurry, unless you have some mud bricks stored in advance.
These two craftsmen are father and son. They live in the west end of the village and not only help build houses for their own villagers, but also go out to build houses for other villages and towns.
Therefore, they often store some dried mud bricks at home so that any family in a hurry can use them and earn some hard-earned money.
So three days is really not much time to build. If you add the time to dry the bricks, it would take them at least ten days to half a month to finish just the bricks for their kitchen.
After all this was completed, the intense autumn harvest began.
The current emperor is benevolent and has abolished the autumn tax, resulting in abundant harvests and a prosperous nation. Anyone who honestly farms will not starve.
Like Cheng Qingyan's family, they were the only ones dragging the whole village down. This era was relatively kind to ordinary people; to put it bluntly, if you didn't do anything stupid, you wouldn't starve.
Of course, this is under the premise of favorable weather conditions.
On the day of the autumn harvest, Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu got up very early.
When I arrived at the field, many people were already busy at work.
Their family has two acres of land, and they don't know if they can finish harvesting in two days. After harvesting, they still need to dry the grains, thresh them, and then dry them again.
Before entering the warehouse, all we could do was pray that it wouldn't rain.
To ensure that the people can smoothly store their grain in the granary and have a bumper harvest.
Ye Lingyu had sharpened the sickle in advance and gave one to Cheng Qingyan before going to the fields to harvest.
This was the first time Cheng Qingyan had ever held a sickle in her life. She observed it for a long time, but it still felt awkward to use.
Looking at Ye Lingyu, half of the rice had already been harvested, while she hadn't even finished harvesting a quarter of it.
After Ye Lingyu finished harvesting a batch, she went to meet her and followed behind Ye Lingyu to learn how to harvest rice.
It turns out you have to grab several handfuls and cut them all at once. After bending over and cutting for a while, my back and waist started to ache. If I continued cutting, it felt like I was carrying a mountain on my back!
How did the spine become bent? It was crushed by the weight of a mountain!
Cheng Qingyan was too embarrassed to complain about being tired, and she didn't finish cutting in one go. Ye Lingyu had already cut three times.
Moreover, Ye Lingyu has never rested and has been constantly busy.
Cheng Qingyan only got the hang of it after harvesting more than half of the land.
Practice makes perfect; it really works.
When Ye Lingyu stopped to rest, she noticed that Cheng Qingyan seemed to have been busy all morning without complaining of being tired.
Watching her bend over to harvest rice, I couldn't help but smile.
Whether they are gods or demons, as long as they are willing to return to simplicity and suffer hardships with her in farming, that's good.
Around noon, the rice they had harvested earlier was laid out on the drying ground.
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