Starting Construction!

The old man coughed awkwardly and said: "No, I was choking, grandpa is fine!"

Qibao looked at her eldest brother again and asked: "Is the eldest brother choking as well?"

Uncle Xu scratched his head and said: "Yes, uncle also choked!"

In order to relieve the embarrassment, the old man said: "Let's go back. The materials and workers for road construction are probably here now!"

Qibao had finished her work and had no objection. She told the shopkeeper and left the barbecue restaurant and got on the carriage to go home.

When the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw large slabs of stone slabs and rammed earth piled everywhere on the ground.

The old man took Qibao out of the carriage. Qibao saw that there were some new faces everywhere that she had never seen before. 

The village chief called the old man back and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother, all the materials have been delivered, but they haven't been finished yet. I can only deliver some every day. It also saves effort to deliver it to wherever the shop is. And I just counted more than 100 strong laborers. I recorded it all! There are a few people there who have done road construction work before, and I think they are pretty good, so I plan to let them guide others in their work!"

The old man said: "The village chief's arrangements are very good. I feel relieved when the village chief is here. How about we start letting them work now?"

The village chief said: "Sooner rather than later, I plan to let them start working now! They are more anxious than us. They probably think that if they work one more day, they can get one more day's wages!"

The old man said: "Good, then we'll leave it to the village chief to make the arrangements, Laoer, you'll run more errands for your uncle the village chief, and if you don't have enough silver, you'll go home and get it, got it?"

Xu Laoer nodded and agreed, and together with the village chief, he began to organize these men to start working.

The old man returned home with Qibao. When Mrs. Wang saw them coming back, she asked: "How was it? Will Leshan Pharmacy take it?"

The old man said proudly: "What? Don't you even believe your precious granddaughter? Shopkeeper Hong not only accepted it, but it was too little! Let us send more next time!"

Mrs. Wang was also very happy and asked: "How much does one cost?"

The old man replied: "I'll scare you to death if I tell you. I sold them for two taels of silver each!"

The mother-in-law and daughters-in-law sucked in their breath as they listened, Qibao said that she could make 20 to 30 pieces in one pot, and it didn't take a lot of effort and one was sold for 2 taels of silver! Is it so easy to...... Make money. Indeed, it is not easy for them to make money, but for Qibao, it is too easy!

Mrs. Wang picked up Qibao, kissed Qibao on the face and said: "Our Qibao is the little fairy who attracts wealth. Look, they just went out for a while and earned hundreds of taels!"

The old man took out the money and handed it to Wang. Wang took the silver and said to Qibao: "You are the most capable of making money in our family. Now we need money. When the roads are repaired and the family expenses are reduced, you can keep the money you make from making pills and use it as a dowry. Do you understand?"

Qibao said: "Grandma, I'm still young and can't spend money. How can I save for a dowry? I have private money of my own, so grandma can just take it with ease!" There are still five thousand taels in Qibao's space, which were collected from the former Yipinxian. She got it from inside and haven't spent a penny yet...

Mrs. Wang said: "Qibao, this belongs to you originally, just do as grandma said!" Then she turned to Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li and said: "Let me say this, you two aunts don't object, right?"

Mrs. Zhang said angrily: "Mom, what are you talking about? Is this the kind of person your daughter-in-law is in your eyes? Qibao is also my niece and the only daughter of the Xu family. Can I still wish her a good life in the future?"

Mrs. Li also exclaimed: "Yes, Mother, this was originally earned by Qibao herself with her own ability, I couldn't have done this even if I had a blackened heart!"

Mrs. Lin quickly comforted her two sisters-in-law and said: "Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, don't be angry, it's only right that Qibao earns money to honor her aunts, Mother just said it casually!"

Mrs. Zhang said: "How can we be angry? We just feel so humiliated..."

Wang laughed and said: "I don't usually see you two like this. Okay, I don't know who you are yet, so I'm just asking casually. If I make your favorite eggplant dish for lunch, I can take it as an apology, right?"

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li burst out laughing. One of them took one of Wang's arms and walked to the kitchen. Mrs. Zhang also said: "Mom, you have to do what you say, we want to eat now, mom will do it now!" Wang replied with a smile: "Okay, okay, mom will do it now, I guarantee that you two will eat enough!"

The few people left standing there were a little dumbfounded. Mrs. Lin was still worried that her two sisters-in-law would be angry with her mother-in-law. Just now she was aggrieved, but now she's a devoted mother and daughter?!

Xu Dabo also grinned straight from the side, this woman's heart is really a needle under the sea! It's impossible to understand.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang made a large plate of eggplant dishes at noon, and Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li praised the deliciousness.

Xu Dabo rubbed his hands together and said: "Mother I want to eat braised pork, will you do it?"

Wang's eyes widened and she said: "What are you going to eat? So many dishes are not enough for you? If you want to eat meat, buy it yourself!"

Uncle Xu shrank his neck and did not dare to speak. He picked up an eggplant dish and started to pick up the rice in the bowl without raising his eyes. The food was even more delicious.

Seeing his elder brother defeated, Xu Laoer was in an exceptionally comfortable mood, his elder brother could often rely on himself as an elder brother to instruct him from time to time, and now he only felt permeable, and he could eat two big bowls of rice.

After dinner, the old man asked Wang to boil some tea and send it to the man who was building the road.

The mother-in-law and daughters-in-law were busy boiling water again. It took a lot of water to drink for so many people. Zhang even found a few clean and unused wooden barrels, poured the boiled water into it, and asked uncle and others to deliver it.

Qibao followed along, and as the Xu family carried the water to their destination with a whimper, Second Uncle Xu yelled: "Everyone, take a sip of hot water from the dry food you just ate to quench your thirst!"

The three sisters-in-law placed the coarse porcelain bowls they had brought on the ground, poured the tea into the bowls with gourd ladles, and distributed them to the workers.

Qibao's sharp eyes saw her second aunt discussing with a man, and after a closer look, she rushed over to him. 

"Uncle Fugui, why are you here too?"

It turned out to be Li's brother, Li Fugui. When Li Fugui saw Qibao, he touched her head and said: "Yes, I have nothing to do at home, so I came over to work and find something to do!"

The old man also came over and asked: "Fugui, why don't you come to Xu's house when you are here? We don't even know that you are here too. Why don't you go home for dinner at noon?"

Li Fugui replied: "I didn't let Wenxiu say it, just because I was afraid of troublesome uncle, and because everyone was here to work, I can't have special treatment either. Others will feel unbalanced after seeing this, and it will be difficult for your family to do the same. Therefore, my mother specially prepared pancakes for me, so don't worry, uncle!"

The old man nodded and spoke: "The in-laws are thinking about us, then come to uncle's house for dinner at night after work, and sleep at my house at night, there are plenty of rooms in the house!"

Li Fugui shook his head and said: "I'm afraid my parents will worry if I don't go back, so thank you uncle for your kindness!"