The old village chief was not a really hard-hearted person. When he heard her say that, his eyes were full of expectation.
"So what are you going to do with our village next? The able-bodied men are performing mediocrely, but it's the elderly, children, and women who are able to earn money and even replace the able-bodied men. I've never heard of this before!"
What on earth is the Wen family going to do?
Do they really want to plant medicinal herbs extensively? If you calculate it this way, just planting medicinal herbs seems to be a good combination of labor and women.
"Uncle, we weren't just bragging when we said we wanted to cultivate medicinal herbs. Back when we were on the road, our Wen family had already discussed and researched this, and we've found that growing medicinal herbs is feasible.
Not only do we need to grow medicinal herbs, but we also need to turn the land our Wen family bought into a fish pond to raise sea fish, and we also need to hire people to clean the land and take care of it.
We can hire villagers to help us with our land, but every family has bought land, and it would be difficult for them to clean the land themselves.
After all, washing the floor is no easy task. Instead of this, why not all of us work together? Once one family is done, we can move on to the next. Let's pool our labor and build up our village. We can then see if we need to dismantle the collective division of labor system..."
Every system is tailored to the current situation. Now that they've just moved here, the most important thing is cohesion and unity.
Only in this way can the villagers unite when someone targets them.
Also, Xiushui really wants all villagers to have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.
Otherwise, even if the Wen family lived well, they would still be hated by the villagers...
She didn't want to be a great bodhisattva who could solve problems, she just wanted to make everyone's life a little better to the best of her ability.
Next, the people of Linji Village, formerly Houshan Village, entered a busy period.
Building houses, quarrying stones, cutting wood, clearing wasteland and planting medicinal plants.
Regardless of whether they are adults or children, everyone must participate in the labor.
It would be fine if they just had to work, but they also had to train and study as usual in the evening. Logically speaking, the elderly are tired after a day's work and should not dance or exercise.
But now that the environment has stabilized, I have to stretch my muscles even if I am tired. According to Grandma Qi, if I don’t dance to the singing, my body will feel as stiff as a dead bone.
When cutting down trees, if the villagers saw beautiful peach trees, pear trees, or various fruit trees, or even some beautiful vines, wild trees, big rocks, etc., they would move them to their doorsteps.
Even though this house is currently just a foundation, the villagers are all excited when they see the one-story and one-basement courtyard that has been completed ahead of schedule.
Since joining the team, Xiao Xu has been living together with Wen Changhei and Old Man Li.
When the three of them got the house deeds at the land, it turned out that Old Man Li was the head of the household, with a son named Wen Changhei and a daughter named Xiao Xu.
Well, this is also an extra favor from the Kingdom of Liuhua, allowing people who escape famine to form a family of three.
An account cannot be opened with just one or two people; at least three people are required to open an account. Even if you don't have a household registration, you can still open an account.
As for whether a family has multiple surnames when registering their household registration? No matter, only the household registration number is recognized.
Because of this reason, some families with few children simply merge their accounts with some people they like and put them into one account.
Of course, if you don't merge your accounts, you won't get the relief food, tax exemptions, or anything like that. You won't get the free three mu of land per household.
Wen Changhei carried the wood back and carefully placed a small tree as tall as a person aside.
When Xiao Xu saw it, she hurried forward and picked it up with a smile.
"This is a two-year-old apricot tree. It's not easy to find such a tree nowadays.
It's just right. I'll plant it in the back corner of our yard. When the house is finished, I'll find a good place for it. I remember grandma loved eating soft apricots.
"I remember that you like to eat it, so I'll give it to you when it bears fruit."
The former sister-in-law and brother-in-law, now the brother and sister were both laughing. Old man Li looked at them like this and his face was full of smiles.
Afterwards, he looked at Old Lady Li with a sad face.
"Dad, I'll make some black noodle dumpling soup for lunch. I found some wild vegetables in the mountains, and Third Aunt said it tastes pretty good if you boil them together with some water."
"Okay, daughter, you go and cook. Daddy doesn't pick and choose what he eats."
Little Xu smiled slightly and looked in the direction the old man was paying attention.
She shook her head. Some people and some things, once missed, are missed. She could understand why Grandma Li didn't want to bother with Old Man Li anymore.
Because she thought about what happened between herself and Wen Changding, if Wen Changding regretted it and came to her, would she forgive him as others expected?
I was afraid that she would be so nauseous that she wouldn't be able to eat or sleep. It was really because of everything that man had done that she would think of it every time she saw him.
Forget about forgiveness, it's good enough that she didn't eat her alive. So she could empathize with Mrs. Li.
As for Old Man Li’s regret for being late?
To be honest, she felt that this was all his own doing.
When he was at home, if Mr. Li had paid more attention to his family and loved his children more, could he have lived like this?
But she didn't hate the other person either, because she had been incompetent and had schemed before, so even though she knew the other person was wrong, she wouldn't hate others too much.
Living together like this is a good thing for everyone. She doesn't have to be bullied because of her widow status, and they don't have to worry about washing clothes and cooking.
"Dad, I heard today that Zhou Changchun is going to take the exam for next year, and Lin Qiufen also said that he will move to the city in the future."
"Oh..." Old man Li responded, paused for a moment and opened his mouth again.
"My dear, can we make a deal? Let's not mention this person anymore. Don't mention this person to me anymore."
Seeing that Old Man Li's tone was calm, unlike his previous angry look when Widow Lin was mentioned, the brother and sister were stunned for a moment.
Wen Changhei and Old Man Li are nominally father and son, but in reality, all three of them know that they are just living together.
Therefore, Wen Changhei and Old Man Li still get along with each other as if they were living together as before.
"I say, old man, you're not angry now...when you hear about Widow Lin. You know, you used to get angry whenever I mentioned Widow Lin.
Now that you see others living a good life, you feel balanced in your heart? Tsk, you old ghost are really magnanimous. "
Xiao Xu also nodded, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly at Lin Qiufen's good skills.
Ever since Lin Qiufen hooked up with Luo Zhiyuan, everyone who settled in this village had to work and earn work points. But Widow Lin didn't need to.
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