After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 96
Everyone in the Liu family in the courtyard had already heard the commotion. Qin Yao walked into the open door, and Mrs. Zhang greeted her under the hall.

"Come here and sit down, why are you coming out at noon? Don't you stay at home for a while?"

Qin Yao has always kept the fat and water out of the field, Carpenter Liu is in charge of the waterwheel, and she is in charge of making two large stone mills and one stone mill. It is really busy for one person.

When I came to the main room, I didn't sit down, but propped up the pole in my hand to explain my intention.

"Carpenter Liu and I are going to build a water mill for Xiahe Village. I am short of manpower. Big brother, second brother, and younger brother. Do you have time to grind stone mills with me these few days?"

Qin Yao added: "One person pays 35 Wen a day, without meals. It's a labor-intensive job. I don't want someone to use it at home. I'll come and ask you first. If you don't have time, I'll go to another house to look for it."

My cousin also has several cousins. Last time her family built a house, they were particularly willing to work hard.

The three brothers were still embarrassed, but He and Qiu had already smiled in surprise.

He said: "It's empty, there is no work in the field right now, let your elder brother go with you!"

Qiu then gently pushed Liu Zhong's arm, Liu Zhong scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I'll go too."

Needless to say, Liu Fei had already gone into the utility room to get a pole and hammer. Fully equipped, he stood in the courtyard and asked loudly: "Sister-in-law, where are we going to carry the stones?"

The old man Liu just realized from the high salary of 35 renminbi a day, and hurriedly said:
"They're all my brothers. If you're talking about wages, you just need to give them three meals."

Liu Bai and Liu Zhong also said: "As long as we have food to eat." They almost got their tender arms pinched by their wives.

Qin Yao looked at the old man Liu with a funny face, "Father, my brothers will settle the accounts clearly, as much as we should, and time is tight, so let's get busy first, and today is half a day's wages."

After all, he asked the eldest brother and the second brother to take the tools, and led the three laborers away.

Liu Fei was as happy as a fool, "Sister-in-law, don't think I'm not strong, but I'm strong, you don't need to cherish me, I will definitely work hard for you."

Liu Zhong was still embarrassed for questioning Qin Yao's method of growing rice last time. Qin Yao took the initiative to ask him: "Second brother, do you know where the most big rocks are around us?"

Liu Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed to the distant mountain solemnly, "It's hard to find big ones in the river, so we have to go to the mountain to dig."

"Success, you know you lead the way." Qin Yao readily gave up the front seat.

Liu Zhong strode in front, and Liu Bai walked side by side with him. The two of them discussed which mountain to go to.

It is actually the easiest way to get the stones, the difficulty is how to transport them back, so the closer to the main road, the better.

Liu Bai paid more attention to details, and asked Qin Yao, "The place where the stones are taken is not far from Xiahe Village, and it would take a lot of trouble to move them back to our village. Otherwise, we can just take the stones and build a shed on the side of the road. It can be polished directly to Xiahe Village at that time, and it can save some trouble."

Moreover, the stone is heavy, and it is not afraid of being moved away when it is placed on the side of the road.

Most people who have nothing to do would just steal a stone mill and forget about it. People who don't need it think it takes up space.

Qin Yao had planned this way from the beginning, and when Liu Bai proposed it, she nodded in agreement.

Walk for more than half an hour from Liujia Village to Xiahe Village, and you will arrive at the place where the stones are taken.

It is a rocky mountain, with no grass growing on it, and the bottom is covered with gravel that has been blown by wind and rain.

There are obvious traces of excavation on the stone wall. This is a place where several nearby villages often come to collect stones.

The quality of the stone is not bad, it is enough to make a grinding disc.

Qin Yao needs two millstones with a diameter of [-] centimeters, and a cylindrical stone mill with a diameter of [-] centimeters and a length of one meter.

One afternoon, the four of them were selecting materials. They used colored pink stones from the river to mark out good places to start, and circled several areas.

Today there is no time to dig stones. After choosing the materials, Liu Bai and Liu Fei cut down trees, Qin Yao took charge of moving them to the main road, and built a simple tree shed with Liu Zhong to provide shade from the sun and rain.

After finishing the work shed, the four of them returned home with the setting sun.

They each had a night's rest. At dawn the next day, Liu Fei ran to Qin Yao's door, knocked on the door, and called Qin Yao up.

Seeing the young man's positive energy, Qin Yao gnawed on the meatloaf that Liu Ji had made last night, holding a small pottery jar filled with steamed buns and vegetables in her hand, shaking her head and sighing: "It's so energetic."

He and Qiu got up early in the morning, cooked breakfast for the three brothers, and packed lunch for them.

However, the combined jobs of the three of them are not worth the small earthen jar in Qin Yao's hand.

In the past, when everyone ate together, they only saw Qin Yao eating one bowl after another, and did not intuitively feel the gap between the amount of food.

Today, when I saw the small pottery jar, my eyes widened.

"Don't look at me like that, is it an exaggeration?" Qin Yao raised her eyebrows and asked while carrying her lunch - a small pottery vat.

The three Liu Bai brothers nodded in unison, it's really exaggerated, isn't it!
But when we arrived at the destination and started to work, seeing Qin Yao holding up the pickaxe and knocking down more than ten centimeters with one hammer, I felt that it was reasonable for her to eat so much.

All day long, the valley was filled with the sound of banging gold and stone, which sounded quite rhythmic.

Every time Qin Yao looked up and saw the muscles in his arms bulging and the three Liu brothers working hard, he couldn't help but think, they obviously have the same father, but why are the sons born so different?

Did Liu Ji pick it up?

No, there is absolutely no such possibility. Although the four brothers are not the same mother, old man Liu has strong genes and looks very similar.

Maybe Liu Ji looks more like his mother, so his facial features are particularly superior.

From a closer look, Liu Bo and Liu Zhong both look pretty good, and Liu Fei is a little inferior, but if you take it out alone, he is also a handsome guy.

Qin Yao was thinking about all kinds of random things in her mind, but it did not affect the efficiency of Qin Yao's work. She first chiseled off a huge stone, and then went to help Liu Fei.

The young man looks thin and has a lot of strength, but the stone-cutting mainly depends on skill, but he is too young and easy to be impetuous, knocking a stone and knocking himself angry.

Fortunately, with Qin Yao's help, he slowly found the correct rhythm, and before the sun set, he carved out a relatively complete boulder.

The stone that Liu Bai and Liu Zhong chiseled together was relatively large, and it was only half completed after one day of chiseling. Tomorrow, with another day of hard work, the stone can be chiseled out.

It took four people two days to carve out a large stone, two medium stones, and a smaller one.

I only need three, and I have one extra just in case.

There are four heavy boulders in total, two logs are used as the base, one is used as traction, the stones are put on it, the logs are rolled to the side of the road one by one, and finally the rope is used to hang it on the road.

This process, because of Qin Yao, a strong man, is much easier than chiseling stones.

She can even lift the smaller spare boulder by herself, weighing nearly a thousand catties, and throw it directly onto the road at a brisk pace.

The three brothers of the Liu family were stunned and could not come back to their senses for a long time.

Suddenly I can understand why the third child has become so obedient.

(End of this chapter)