The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

There has been a craze for pinching mugwort in the village. The old people and children who usually walk around the village have disappeared. It is quiet all the way. Almost every house is empty, and they all go out to pinch mugwort.

Patriarch Li took the ten women he had carefully selected to Shiliu's house in the east end of the village. If it was normal, someone would have to come forward to give him a good letter. What is this going to do? But there was no such thing today. It didn't last long. We arrived at Pomegranate’s house.

The father and daughter of Shiliu had just entered the house. Li Jihe used his feet to measure the homestead he had just bought. He walked around, feeling excited in his heart. When he entered the house, he told Mrs. Song about it. Well, Patriarch Li's voice sounded outside.

When he went out to welcome him, he saw that the patriarch had brought so many people, saying that they were the people who had been hired by Pomegranate to do the work. Li Jihe then remembered that his daughter-in-law had said that she was going to open a small workshop soon. This time, her daughter finally made it. What, he doesn’t know yet, so he can’t help but shout to Pomegranate to come out quickly.

As soon as Pomegranate got home, she hurried to the latrine. The smell was so strong that she had to cover her nose and do some mental work before she could brew it.

Originally, they had a new latrine, and they didn't have to feed pigs yet. The latrine was only used by a few people, and it was quite clean. But now that there are so many people in the carpentry workshop, just this latrine has to be used for dozens of times every day. No matter how many times I cleaned it, it looked like it was all gone. The main smell was overwhelming. It was still winter, and it would be even worse in summer.

She thought that if there was no rush before the house was expanded, she would have to build a fence first and move the workshop there.

When there are two more huts, my own hut will not be so useless.

There is also the new expanded house. She must draw a drawing and arrange it in columns. The wing room has a bathroom and a toilet with water pipes and flushing sewers. It will be more convenient to live in. She doesn't want to have to walk through two yards when she wakes up at night. , she doesn’t even like using the urine bucket, why is she making money? Isn’t it just to live a good life? This pastoral retirement life must also be exquisite and cannot be careless.

There was no money when this house was built, and she didn't have the right to speak as much as she does now, so I won't talk about it and will look at the renovation later.

Although she was a furniture designer in her previous life, she could barely draw pictures of home decoration designs.

The sewer pipes were troublesome, and that was the problem with the water pipes. She thought that since there were no plastic pipes, she would have to try ceramic pipes. After she was done with this period of work, she would draw the drawings first.

Hearing the call to her from the front, Pomegranate used straw paper to lift her skirt and left the hut, washed her hands before going forward.

"Grandpa Patriarch! You are here!"

Patriarch Li also smiled when he saw her, "Pomegranate, I picked out ten people for you and brought them over. Can you see if they work?"

The ten women also laughed at the pomegranate and called the pomegranate's name.

Shiliu saw that these women should all be called aunt and sister-in-law. In her impression, they were all hard-working, quick-witted, good-humoured, and good-natured people. Naturally, they were successful. Even if they were not, she couldn't say it to her face, right? They are all elders, and the patriarch knows it well and cannot choose a bad choice for her. What this brings must have been chosen by the patriarch after careful consideration.

"It's done!" At that moment, Shiliu also greeted people one by one, "Uncle Yuan, Aunt Chang, Sister-in-law Zhong, Sister-in-law Xiang! The salary of the patriarch has already been told to you, right? I will say it again, the salary is thirty Wen Yitian, like the helper in the carpentry workshop, works once every ten days. As for what he does, it is all work in the kitchen. You come early tomorrow morning, and we will make detailed arrangements then."

The women headed by Li Jiyuan's daughter-in-law Zheng all nodded their heads. The wages were thirty cents a day, which is the same amount as a day laborer in the city. As for kitchen work, their wives were used to busy work, so they were the best at it. But it’s all work that comes for free!
Moreover, the clan leaders have already said that they should do this work. If anyone is lazy and has too many thoughts, like the Wu family, who learned how to eat and then secretly cooked it and sold it for money. If they dare to do this kind of thing, they will keep it for them. They are not allowed to return to their natal family. No matter how unfavorable it is, they will have to kneel down in the ancestral hall. The clan has this right.

They know it's powerful, but they don't dare. With such a stable job and earning money, how can they think too much about it? Definitely do it well! After Zheng and the others agreed to come to work early tomorrow morning and left, Shiliu told Patriarch Li that their family had bought the two remaining pieces of land next to them.

"The middle area will not be moved for now, and the past area, I want to lay the foundation first, erect the wall, and organize the workshop. Now the big guys in the family are either helping apprentices at my house, or they are all busy. I'm trying to pinch Tian Ai. I don't think it would be in vain to bother the tribesmen to help me with this matter. I also have to calculate the wages. The same is thirty cents a day. Grandpa, the patriarch, please pick some people who are good at building houses. Don't be afraid of too many people. , hurry up and fix it as soon as possible, everything will be used——"

Chief Li was surprised when he heard that the Shiliu family had bought the only two remaining homesteads next to it, and he immediately became happy. No matter who bought the land to build a house, it was a matter for their Li clan, and he was happy!

This is good. The more territory and fields the Li family occupies, the more prosperity their Li family will have!

Hearing Shiliu say that he wanted to renovate a whole workshop and return it there first, Clan Leader Li also followed suit, "Building houses has always been a matter of helping others in the clan, so what kind of wages will be paid? This is a division of the clan, isn't it? There is no rule here to let the tribesmen help build houses and pay back wages! Just listen to me on this matter, Pomegranate. When everyone comes back in the evening, I will tell you to get in place, and let them prepare the land tomorrow! If you have this intention, put the two It’s a great gesture of kindness to provide them with a meal!”

The clan has its own rules and cannot be messed with. If a clan member gets paid for helping to build a house, with this starting point, who will build a house next time and will they be paid for it? Wouldn't that be a contradiction?

Therefore, we can’t let this head start.

When the clan builds a house, the clan members come to help. These are rules passed down from generations. They have to abide by the principles set by their ancestors and they can never go wrong.

Shiliu saw that Chief Li was determined, so she didn't say anything more. She just agreed, not to pay wages, and to provide better food.

With this settled, the clan leader went back on crutches.

Mrs. Song was very excited when she heard that their family was going to build a house again. While she was not busy with anything, she called Li Xiangli and Li Rongzhang, who carried a dustpan and a sickle, to go and clean up with her. Tidy up that homestead.

You can't be lazy in your own affairs.

Seeing this, Pomegranate hurriedly said, "I'm not busy with cleaning up the homestead. What we need to do now is to buy eggs."

The first batch required two hundred salted egg yolks, and it took two days to marinate them. She had to prepare some before it was too late.

In short, eggs are indispensable, regardless of whether they are eggs or duck eggs. The village may not be able to supply enough, so it is appropriate to collect them from outside first, so she plans to go to Tianbao Village in Houtou to buy them while it is still early.

When Mrs. Song heard what she said, her hand holding the dustpan stopped, and she turned to take the basket, "Okay, mother, I will listen to your arrangements!"

At that moment, Song, Shiliu and Li Rongzhang went to Tianbao Village together, while Li Xiangli stayed at home to prepare their own dinner.