Chapter 56: Scrambling to Sign Up
Xu Hexiao didn't know how Lin Qi was going to cut it. Seeing that Lin Qi didn't intend to explain in detail, he didn't ask and just followed her quietly.
"Let's start from here." Lin Qi stood still and reached out to the stones on the ground with her hands. At the same time, her special ability was activated, silently stimulating the inconspicuous weeds on the ground - cowgrass.
Bermuda grass is very common. It has a lush and developed root system and tenacious vitality. It is also known as the indestructible weed.
Under the influence of Lin Qi's level 4 ability, the ordinary weeds mutated. Although no difference could be seen on the ground, the roots underground multiplied rapidly. The roots were like billions of thin threads, constantly moving and weaving underground, looking for tiny cracks in the stones and drilling into them.
This is what Lin Qi meant by cutting, not with a knife, but with the roots of the plant.
Those roots may seem weak, but they are actually the most powerful. Those thin roots can break through every tiny gap. Even if there are no cracks in the rocks, they can drill into the boulders and make holes.
The roots of ordinary plants are already powerful enough, not to mention the mutated Berberis root system.
In just a few moments, the huge rocks underground were riddled with holes.
Xu Hexiao's guess was correct. The bottoms of several rocks were indeed connected to the mountain behind. These rocks were cut off by Lin Qi at a depth of four meters.
Lin Qi touched the stone without moving, and Xu Hexiao did not disturb her. He picked up the gravel on the ground by himself.
"It's okay." Lin Qi said suddenly.
The next second, Lin Qi grabbed the stone with both hands and lifted it up with force. The stone slowly rose from the ground, rising -
She stopped when the stone on the ground was more than one meter high. "This stone is fatter than I expected."
Lin Qi was talking to herself. When Xu Hexiao heard her voice, he turned his head and looked over, stunned.
"Are you pulling out radishes?" Xu Hexiao murmured.
Lin Qi raised her eyebrows, "This description is quite apt."
After she finished speaking, she grasped the stone with both hands again and continued to exert force.
In less than two minutes, the boulder completely left the ground. Lin Qi took two steps holding it, then threw it to the ground with a bang.
"It would be better if the stones were bigger. We can use them to enclose the yard and serve as a wall." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao suppressed the shock in his heart, tried to appear calm, and nodded slowly, "Yes, that's right."
Next, Lin Qi continued to "pull" stones from the ground and pile them up to form a wall. Most of these stones were very large, some were long and narrow, and some were round and fat. Just throwing them aside, without stacking them, the height was enough for the wall. It was just that they were of different shapes and could not fit together perfectly.
"That's not a problem. We can fill the gaps with some small stones and pour yellow mud there later." Xu Hexiao said.
Lin Qi nodded, "Okay."
Concrete and lime are used to build houses in the city, but in the countryside, the most commonly used material for building houses is yellow mud.
Lin Qi was responsible for clearing the big stones, while Xu Hexiao followed behind her to pick up the smaller stones. He piled these stones together and could use them to fill the gaps in the wall and build the foundation.
Under the moonlight, the two of them worked together to clean the stones on the ground at a speed that was somewhat eerily fast.
By the time all the big rocks were "removed", only two hours had passed.
"Your wall seems to have taken up the land outside." Xu Hexiao reminded him that the area inside the wall was exactly 714 square meters, and because the stones that Lin Qi brought up were too big, the wall made of stones was also very wide. The narrowest part was more than one meter wide, and the widest was nearly three meters wide.
"If they have any objections, they can come and move these stones away." Lin Qi said.
The girl's cunning eyes and a slightly rogue expression on her face made her look inexplicably cute in Xu Hexiao's eyes. He smiled dotingly and said, "That's right. If they have any objections, let them move."
"There's plenty of time. I have to go back to the cave." Lin Qi said.
"I'll take you there." Xu Hexiao blurted out.
"No need. Wait until you send me into the mountains before coming out. It will be dawn soon." Lin Qi refused. Seeing that Xu Hexiao was worried, she said, "Don't worry. It is difficult for humans and animals to hurt me at the moment."
"See you tomorrow then." Xu Hexiao said.
"Okay, see you tomorrow. I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow." Lin Qi waved at him, and in the blink of an eye, she was already dozens of meters away.
Xu Hexiao's pupils shrank slightly. What speed is this?
The next morning, Lin Qi came out of the mountains in the morning dew. She was dragging a wild boar in one hand and holding a basket in the other. In the basket was today's breakfast, as well as some meat and vegetables.
She put the wild boar in the new enclosure she had built yesterday, and then came to the cowshed with breakfast.
"I've already eaten. This is for Grandpa Xu and you." Lin Qi put down the basket. "In addition to breakfast, there are also dishes for lunch. Grandpa Xu, I'll leave my lunch to you."
"Okay, I'll send it to you when the time comes." Old Man Xu replied.
"Thank you very much. I have to go to the homestead now. You guys take your time eating." Lin Qi said, turned around and left.
Xu Hexiao watched her leave, feeling sad. He wanted to help her share her burden, but his status did not allow it.
She was a girl, but the burden on her shoulders was no lighter than his. In his interactions with her, he was always the one she took care of.
He has to grow up faster.
All the stones in the homestead have been cleared away, leaving only some weeds and saplings. However, these did not pose a problem for Lin Qi. It only took her a few seconds to make the weeds and saplings disappear without a trace.
In the morning light, Lin Qi dragged the wild boar and walked towards the captain's house step by step.
The sun hadn't risen yet, but almost everyone in the group was up, and very few people slept in. So many people saw a strange scene: a slender girl holding a fat wild boar. The girl was holding the pig's trotter, and the 200-pound fat pig was almost weightless in her hand. She looked relaxed and at ease, and people mistakenly thought she was holding just a piece of paper.
Before Lin Qi arrived at the captain's house, someone knocked on the captain's door. When Lin Qi arrived at the captain's house, the captain had already opened the door and stood at the door, looking at Lin Qi and the wild boar in her hand with a look of astonishment.
"I brought the wild boar. Have you found the person for me?" Lin Qi asked.
The captain had an illusion that the scene at the moment was like he and Lin Qi were doing some shady deal. If he said no, Lin Qi would cut him with a knife.
"I found them. I found ten people, and sixteen more came to sign up. The deputy captain found eleven people, making a total of thirty-seven people. Now you are dragging a pig over, and more people will definitely come to sign up soon." The captain looked at the wild boar and swallowed.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had eaten pork.
"Let's weigh the pig first. Remove the viscera and the pig head, and divide the remaining weight of the pork by two. The number of people we recruit today is based on the weight of the pig," said Lin Qi.
"Captain, what do you mean by this? Two pounds of pork for a day's work?" someone asked.
"That's right. You'll get two kilograms of wild boar meat for one day's work, but meals are not included," said the team leader.
hiss!
Wild boar meat!
Two kilograms a day, so much!
They worked in the brigade, and they could barely earn 50 cents a day, while pork cost 60 to 70 cents a pound, and they needed meat coupons. Even if they had money and coupons, they couldn't buy meat if they didn't go to the meat stall early to queue up!
"Captain, I want to sign up!"
"Me, I want to sign up too!"
“My son and I both want to sign up!”
“........”
All team members present must sign up.
"Quiet--" the captain shouted, and when everyone was quiet, he said, "You better think about it, this is work for Lin Qi, if you are lazy--"
"We must do a good job!" A team member interrupted the captain.
"That's right. For two kilograms of wild boar meat, we're willing to work from morning to night," said another team member.
"We will never be lazy. We don't have the guts to do that." The team member laughed at himself and glanced at Lin Qi who had an expressionless face beside him.
"Okay." The captain agreed, "Then wait until I finish weighing and see how many more people we can recruit."
After removing the pig's internal organs and head, the remaining meat and bones weighed a total of 180 kilograms.
"Two kilograms per person, that means ninety people. Excluding the thirty-seven people who have already signed up, we still need to recruit fifty-three people. Come and sign up now, first come first served." The captain shouted.
The next second, the captain was submerged in the crowd.
Fifty-three people may seem like a lot, but in fact, it is not enough to go around.
"Don't be discouraged if you didn't get a chance to queue up today. You can all go and open up new land and earn work points just the same way," said the team leader.
"We don't want work points, we want to eat meat." The team members shouted.
"Here are pig offal and pig heads. Come to the canteen to eat the pig-killing meal tonight." The team leader said again.
"We want to eat wild boar meat!" the team members shouted even louder.
The captain rubbed his brows and said helplessly, "Today it is these people, tomorrow it will be your turn."
"Captain, you are wise!"
"The captain is the most fair!"
"Captain, I'll sign up first for tomorrow's session!"
"And me!"
“.......”
The pork was distributed to the ninety people on the spot. The ninety people took the pork home and had breakfast. Then, without any delay, they quickly went out to work.
As they said, whether it was for the two kilograms of wild boar meat or because they were afraid of Lin Qi, they did not dare to slack off and worked very hard until it was completely dark, then they finished work and went home.
In just one day, they made the mud bricks needed for three houses.
"The mud bricks need to be dried, so we will make mud bricks today." The team leader explained to Lin Qi.
Lin Qi hummed, "What about tomorrow?"
"We will dig the stones from your homestead tomorrow." Speaking of this, the team leader had a headache. How should we dig those stones?
"The stones have been dug out." Lin Qi said lightly.
"What?!!!" The captain looked incredulous.
Lin Qi was too lazy to explain, "You can come with me to take a look."
Ten minutes later, the team leader followed Lin Qi to her homestead with a flashlight.
Looking at the rough, wild, and thick wall, the captain's eyes widened, "Are those the stones underground?"
"That's right." Lin Qi said, and walked into the wall first. "The stones have been taken away, and the ground is bumpy. Please watch your step."
The captain looked at the large holes and the huge rocks and asked in amazement, "How did they get these out of the ground?"
"I pulled it up with my hands." Lin Qi said seriously.
"Haha." The captain sneered, "You take me as a fool."
Lin Qi: “….”
The captain knew he couldn't get any information out of him, so he changed the subject and said, "There are too many holes here that need to be filled. First dig out the foundation, then fill it in. Which corner do you plan to build the house in?"
"Right in the middle." Lin Qi said, farther away from the wall. Even if someone climbed up the wall, they would not be able to spy into the house immediately.
"Okay, tomorrow I'll have someone come to dig the foundation for you, lay the foundation stone, and fill in the potholes." said the captain.
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