Xia Hua nodded, "Okay, then come to Taoyuan Village to find us tomorrow morning. It's best to come early, not before dawn. Don't bring any half-grown children. If anyone tries to cheat, we won't accept anyone from the whole village."
“We can find people not only in your village, but also in other villages, and if all else fails, we have refugees.”
"Alright, alright, ladies, please rest assured, they will not. They are all honest and law-abiding people."
"It's settled then. You can arrive tomorrow morning. We'll be leaving now." After saying that, An Shuyi pulled Xia Hua away.
The workers have been found, and we can start work tomorrow. However, the road is a bit difficult to manage, as it's all dirt road.
"Huahua, do you know how cement is made?"
Xia Hua nodded, "I know, but it's too troublesome. Although we only need four kinds of things, we don't have the tools to make them. Besides, it's really difficult for you to do it now."
"If you wait a few more years, I can still make it for you." Looking at Shushu's dejected look, he couldn't help but chuckle. "Of course, it's not like there's no way."
An Shuyi looked at her in surprise, "What method?" Seeing that she remained silent, she angrily grabbed her, "Huahua, tell me quickly, what method?"
“Calm down,” Xia Hua said, pulling her hand down. “I just looked at my shop. They sell cement and sand. We just need to unpack them one bag at a time. We can use them, and once the workshop is running smoothly, I’ll make the cement. Then no one will find out.”
"Anyway, when the villagers come, they'll just think that the cement is a mixture of glutinous rice and clay, just a bit darker, and they won't think too much about it. As for the clansmen, they're even more at ease; even if someone asks, they won't say anything."
She was also surprised when she saw it. It was one thing for the mall to sell cement, but it even had sand. She had to admit, it was quite impressive.
"Huahua, your shopping mall is amazing! It even has cement and sand. Now we can turn all the roads into cement!" An Shuyi said happily.
“No!” Xia Hua looked at her. “We can pave cement roads in the village, but we can’t do it outside the village, even if it’s just a short section.”
“We can build a wall here, leaving a gate. We can make the wall high, level the road outside, and then start paving cement inside to create a road.”
“The village is very flat. Apart from the roads, our houses are located in the middle, and the rest of the land is used to grow crops, so there is more land.”
Actually, after all this, the village isn't small at all. It looked small before because there was no land, just because there were pieces of land here and houses there, making it look messy. Plus, it was surrounded by mountains, which made it seem small. If it's done properly, it could be called a paradise.
An Shuyi nodded, "Then let's do it the way you said, Huahua. But can we build a bigger house? I have a two-courtyard house here. It looks pretty good on the blueprints. I like it."
“If you like it, then we’ll make it a two-courtyard house. There are more than 20 households here, and we’ll make each one the same. Give me the blueprints, and I’ll find some wood to lay out the foundation tomorrow.”
An Shuyi sighed, "Make them all the same? This is a two-courtyard house, where would they get so much money?" Although she wanted to make them all the same and make the place more beautiful so that she would feel better living there, no matter how capable the clansmen were, they could not possibly build a two-courtyard house.
Xia Hua said helplessly, "Don't worry, once the workshop is built, let them work hard to earn money. Then we'll take a share, we'll take the lion's share, and they'll take a smaller share. We're all clansmen, so we can let them live in mud houses while we live in brick and tile houses."
"We've already helped them this far, so I don't mind helping a little more. From the moment we arrived here, we've already tied them to the same boat. Since we're going to fight the female lead, let's fight big. We'll also raise the children in the clan. Those who should study will study, those who should go into business will go into business, and if none of those work out, let them learn other skills."
An Shuyi looked at her in surprise. She never expected that Hua Hua could be so capable. She admired her so much. Before, all she thought of was to let the clansmen take a cut and send their children to school.
That's about right, but when you compare her ideas with Hua Hua's, she still doesn't think enough or have a long-term perspective.
"Huahua, you're amazing! I admire you."
Xia Hua looked up and smiled, "You haven't seen many sides of me yet! Just wait and see how I show you what I'm capable of."
An Shuyi laughed heartily, instantly transforming into a little fangirl, "Sister Huahua, you're amazing, so incredible! I'm so proud of you!"
The two laughed and joked as they returned to the village. When they arrived, the place where they had rested the night before was no longer overgrown with weeds and looked much better. The two went to find Village Chief Lin and explained everything to him, since someone would be bringing materials tomorrow, and villagers from Xinglin Village would also be coming to repair the road.
"Sisters-in-law, isn't this a bit too fast? We don't have that much money."
Xia Hua glanced at him and said, "What are you worried about? Don't worry, you don't need to pay for the road repair. Tomorrow you will be responsible for arranging the villagers of Xinglin Village. Some will be responsible for digging the road, some for building the wall, and some will be assigned to break down the large stones piled up in the village into smaller ones to be used for the foundation."
“You remember, the wall was built right at the entrance to the village. There are mountains on both sides, so the wall has to be built higher. If we don’t have enough bricks, tell me again.”
Village Chief Lin was dumbfounded. He thought the road repair was acceptable, since everyone would be using it eventually, but why build walls? Where did they get so much money?
"Sister-in-law, repairing the road is fine, but building the wall...!"
Seeing Xia's glaring eyes, he was too frightened to say anything.
"Do exactly what I say. Later, I'll send two people from each household over to make ice blocks tonight and earn money. From now on, this ice block business will belong to the village. Each of you will take 10%, and the rest will be mine and Huahua's."
"Of course, each family must send two people to work in order to receive this one-tenth of the silver. If no one comes, there will be no silver. Of course, if you don't want to share the work, you can also get thirty coins a day. You can ask the clansmen and see what they say."
"This... Sister-in-law, the ice business originally belonged to you, how did it become the village's? Isn't this just giving away money for nothing...!" Village Chief Lin was so frightened that he shut up again.
This Sister Xia is too fierce. She didn't even let him finish speaking. Isn't this just giving them money for nothing? They insisted on following the two sisters-in-law because they were capable and resourceful. They believed that if they encountered any difficulties, the two sisters-in-law wouldn't abandon them. But they didn't want to take the sisters-in-law's money for nothing.
Seeing that he was too scared to speak because of Hua Hua, An Shuyi could only say, "Just do as your sister-in-law Xia said, hurry up and arrange the people, and bring your own basin. Once the ice is made, we can sell it tomorrow, and we won't be short of money."
Village Chief Lin was helpless. Of course he knew that he would get money after selling the ice, and the ice wouldn't go unsold. After all, the weather was so hot now, and he had never seen ice sold in Jinnan City.
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