Lin Wanwan then found Manager Qian and asked him to help build a house in Shili Village.
Shopkeeper Qian couldn't help but yell at her, "I have so much work to do here! Grandfather, can you please forgive me?"
Lin Wanwan quickly added some tea to his cup and handed it to him.
"Manager Qian, please have some tea to calm down. I have some high-quality tea leaves and will send them to you later! I also have the latest dishes. Please try them. Really, I swear, this is the last time I will ask you to do urgent work. From now on, I will inform you in advance and see how you can arrange your time!"
"Humph! You still have some conscience! All right! What kind of work?"
"Just build a new house. It doesn't have to be too big. It just needs to be big enough for 15 or 16 people, including the kids."
Shopkeeper Qian breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of tea and said, "Well, that's not bad. It won't delay my work."
“There are also several rows of chicken and duck coops.”
"What the hell? You asked us to build a chicken coop and a duck coop for you! You girl, are you really looking for trouble with me?"
Lin Wanwan quickly took out the blueprint and showed it to him. "Don't worry! This is not the chicken coop you imagined. Look! The long houses in this row need nests for laying eggs, and wooden frames for easy cleaning. The smaller ones need to be made into ground fire dragons. If it's not complicated, I will just find someone to do it. I really don't trust others to do this, so I can only come to you!"
Shopkeeper Qian studied the drawings for a while before finally agreeing. Lin Wanwan paid him a deposit of fifty taels and the construction would start tomorrow. She also wanted to build a big house like this with a fire dragon next to her house, so Shopkeeper Qian agreed as well.
The last batch of furniture was delivered these few days. She brought all the people who had bought furniture before to the village, arranged for them to stay, cleaned the house, and moved into the small building with Xiaobai. She wanted to invite her sister-in-law and others to live in with her, but Li Yuying refused to move in, saying that she couldn't sleep and it was not as comfortable as living in her own home. Lin Wanwan didn't force her.
They live on the second floor, which has a large master bedroom, a study, and a smaller bedroom that's perfect for Xiaobai. They can move to the first floor when he's older.
The scenery on the second floor is very good, with mountains and water. When you have nothing to do, you can lean against the window, drink a cup of tea, and read a book. It is so comfortable.
The purchased land has already been reclaimed by people. Due to insufficient manpower, many more people were hired, and now almost half of the land has been reclaimed.
Lin Wanwan also led every household to collect feces, and then piled them on the ground to make compost, which is the simplest way to make fertilizer.
As soon as Sister Yuying came back, she scolded her, saying that she was not doing her job as a shopkeeper, but was burying shit in the fields every day, and her body was stinking! She smelled her body and it did smell a bit, but for her vegetables, corn, potatoes, and peppers, it didn't matter!
The village head was a little curious about her practice, why didn't she bury the manure, but piled it there and covered it with soil. Lin Wanwan told him that this would allow the crops to absorb nutrients better. Put straw, rice bran or hay and leaves into the manure, pile it on the ground, cover it with soil and water, and wait for one or two months for it to ferment. If it was cow manure, it would be faster.
Lin Wanwan then told him about the dry and wet composting methods of cow dung. The village head decided to try it with her. She readily agreed and told him the benefits of composting. If someone didn't want to use it, they shouldn't force it. They would know the pros and cons of doing so in the future.
She was present during the entire process of building the Earth Fire Dragon House. She asked the craftsmen to cover the blue bricks with a thick layer of mud to achieve the best thermal insulation effect. She also opened a row of windows, as big as possible without too many patterns, to ensure that the house was particularly bright, and bought the best window paper.
When the weather gets cold, we cover the windows and doors with a layer of quilt and use it as a greenhouse. We also make rows of wooden frames inside the house to avoid wasting any space and make rational use of it.
In this way, vegetables can be grown in the winter and the seeds can germinate, and some of her more delicate flowers can also be cultivated.
The greenhouse in Shili Village is similar to this one, but it does not need so many windows. It just needs to let in light and ventilation. The temperature also needs to be maintained stable so that chicks and ducklings can be hatched.
When the county magistrate learned that she had built another strange thing, he brought people to their village.
The head of the village called Lin Wanwan to the water mill room and introduced the water mill to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate looked at the pounded rice in the stone mortar and said excitedly, "It's amazing! It's really amazing! You can pound rice with water? This water mortar is amazing! If that person knew, he would be very happy!"
Lin Wanwan smiled and said, "Sir, my water pestle can do more than just pound rice. Come over here, you can see there's also a water mill. Grinding things is even more labor-saving, and the water wheels that drive them are under the water. As long as the stone gate is lowered at the water inlet of the river, the water will stop flowing into the river, and they will stop turning. It will also be convenient to repair and replace them later."
"Yes, it is true. The water flows along the end of the river and then flows back into the river. It is really wonderful!"
As he looked at it, he sighed again, "What a pity, there is a severe drought in the northwest, and there is a shortage of water, so this thing can't be used..."
Seeing his concern for the people, Lin Wanwan said, "If there is no water, there are ways to get water. You can use wind power. A windmill can also drive the millstone."
The county magistrate suddenly turned his head and looked at her, his eyes full of light.
"Are you serious? Can it really be made with a windmill? Is it the same as this water mill?"
"Sir, don't worry. We use stone mortars a lot here, so of course the people in the north use stone millstones!"
He slapped his head and said, "Yes, I was so happy that I lost my mind. The weather is dry and windy in the northwest, and they grow wheat, so of course they use more stone mills to grind it."
"How about this, sir? I'll go back and think about the blueprints today and send them to you later. How do you think?"
The county magistrate laughed heartily and said happily, "If you come out and do all the wrong things, I will definitely reward you! And not just me, someone else will reward you!"
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