Dressed as a cute kid with a farm: Pick up a brother to farm

"Looking for us?"

Meng Huaishao was puzzled. Was it necessary to mobilize so many people to find them?

Ye Yaoyao then remembered that she forgot to tell Meng Huaishao that, including the time he had been unconscious, they had already been in the mountains for a day and a night.

"You fainted yesterday, and then there was an earthquake, so we didn't go back."

"The village seemed to be affected as well. They couldn't find us, so they prepared to go up the mountain to look for us."

"So that's it!"

After listening to Ye Yaoyao's story, Meng Huaishao lamented that he had been in a coma for so long, but was also moved by the villagers' loyalty and righteousness.

Everyone suffered from the disaster, but they were able to go up the mountain together to look for people as soon as they had everyone settled.

It would be a lie to say that I am not impressed.

Especially when he saw the group of villagers, who obviously quickened their pace after seeing him and rushed over here in a large wave, Meng Huaishao felt as if a stream of warm water was flowing through his heart, making him want to cry.

"Xiao Meng, you guys are back?"

"How's it going? You're not hurt, are you?"

"Is Yaoyao injured? Is she frightened?"

Meng Huaishao was completely overwhelmed by the concerned words from all the people. He tried hard to retract the warmth in his eyes, smiled and shook his head.

"Yaoyao and I are both fine, we are not injured!"

"How's things going in the village? Is there anything wrong?"

"I'm glad you're all okay!"

"Just take care of yourself. You kids don't need to worry about the affairs of the village!"

"Everyone is fine!"

Everyone chattered for a while, and Meng Huaishao was not ready to go home.

Especially after hearing that his thatched house had collapsed and only the wall was left, he followed the villagers into the village.

At this time, he couldn't find a place to live, so he might as well follow the villagers and live in a makeshift shed.

Along the way, Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao witnessed the miserable mess in the village with their own eyes.

Most of the houses in the village had mud walls and thatched roofs, and many of them collapsed during the earthquake.

No one dared to live in the remaining houses that were still standing, for fear that they would fall asleep in the middle of the night and be buried without knowing it.

No one knows if, if there is a next time, it will happen in the daytime as luckily as this time.

At least during the day, most people are outdoors.

Even if you are at home, you still have time to go out.

Therefore, for safety reasons, everyone in the village simply moved to the large drying yard and lived in sheds.

Of course, we don’t live in sheds all the time.

After a simple settlement, the village chief convened another villagers' meeting.

The central issue is the reconstruction of homes.

This time, most villagers’ houses were damaged and no one dared to live there unless they rebuilt them.

The current idea is to tear down and rebuild on the original site, or to build houses in a concentrated area in the village.

Demolishing and rebuilding will be more troublesome because the workload is large and there is a shortage of manpower.

Centralized house construction can be arranged together, whether it is hauling materials or building houses, all work can be done in an assembly line, which is more efficient.

Forget about asking people from the surrounding villages for help, their situation probably isn't much better.

Therefore, the main labor force for building the house this time is still from this village.

The only consolation was that the busy farming season was over and they had time to build a house.

Well, there is also money to buy materials...

Tear down the original house, purchase some materials, hire people, and then you can build a new house.

Regarding the issue of building houses separately or collectively, we discussed it for a long time. Everyone had their own opinions and each had its own advantages.

Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao, on the other hand, prefer to tear down and rebuild on the original site.

Because they are people with secrets, and if they live close to everyone, they are afraid that one mistake will expose Ye Yaoyao's true identity and the secrets of the farm.

Compared with these two points, Xiaoqing and Xiaobai are minor problems.

Then, things don’t always go as planned.[Note 1]

After discussion, the villagers decided to build houses together.

Use the village wall as the courtyard, choose a site in the center, and build houses next to each other.

When distributing houses, they were divided according to the location of each family’s fields.

If two people choose the same place, the destination will be decided by drawing lots.

After selecting the location, one group of people purchased materials as needed, one group of people demolished the old house, and another group of people dug the foundation.

Once everything is ready, we will officially start building the house and strive to complete it in time for the autumn harvest.

Although this plan was rushed, it was finally unanimously agreed upon by all the villagers.

Only Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao lowered their heads, with painful expressions on their faces.

From now on, when they eat chicken at home, the neighbors next door can smell it...

They went to the farm to eat chicken, but they were afraid that the neighbors would knock on the door and they wouldn't be able to find it...

All in all, it's all tears!

In short, the wonderful and unexpected life seems to be gone.

But while waiting for the village to demarcate the land, Ye Yaoyao felt that it seemed pretty good.

Because every household is a detached house!

Although they were built together and have similar styles, there is at least 50 to 60 meters between the two houses, and they also have large yards.

Of course, the size of the house is calculated based on your own needs and funds.

This time, when renovating the house, except for the materials taken from the old house, all the materials need to be purchased by myself, or I may find a way to get them from the mountain.

Every household has to contribute food, and if there is not enough, the village will make up for it.

Although Meng Huaishao and Ye Yaoyao are strong, their parents don't allow them to get involved in repairing the house, so they can only provide more food.

Anyway, they don’t have much of anything, but they have a lot of food!

Moreover, thanks to Meng Huaishao's deep cellar, the grain could be stored in large quantities, so now they no longer have to hide it.

Because when the villagers dug up the house to look for someone, they dug out the cellar...

Of course, nothing in the cellar was moved, but everyone knew about Meng Huaishao’s Tuntun rat nature.

Therefore, there was no objection to his request to pay more grain in exchange for labor.

The newly built shed was not wide, so Meng Huaishao did not move his belongings from home over.

He only took Ye Yaoyao, Xiaoqing and Xiaobai home to pack up their things and pile them in the corner of the house that had not collapsed.

Then just pack up your clothes and quilts.

As for the things in the kitchen and cellar, he left them untouched except for the supplies that needed to be handed in.

During the period of building houses, everyone in the village ate from a big pot and there was no need to cook on their own.

“It feels like eating in a cafeteria after a long time.”

Ye Yaoyao was holding her bowl, which was filled with the food that Meng Huaishao had queued up for her.

"What is a cafeteria?"

“It’s a place for collective eating!”

Ye Yaoyao pointed to the long queue.

"Just like this, food is provided in one place and everyone lines up to scoop up food to eat!"

"By the way, most canteens are very cheap. Some canteens are similar to restaurants, but the prices are higher!"

Meng Huaishao listened, blinked his eyes gently, and said with a smile: "Then our 'canteen' is better. We only need to provide food, and we don't need to pay money."

[Note 1]: Ming Dynasty: Liu Bowen: "How can I live up to everyone's expectations? I just want to live up to my conscience."