Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

When Xu Wenyan came back, Xiaoman was already standing in the yard with a few people.

"Xu Wenyan, here." Xiaoman waved to Xu Wenyan.

"Sure, you called me here so soon." Xu Wenyan gently pushed Xiaoman with his arm.

Xiaoman subconsciously hugged Xu Wenyan's shoulders: "There are a few more people on the way, waiting to talk together?"

"Well, it just so happens that I can calculate how many bricks I need."

With three walls and the bricks for building the house, it would probably take tens of thousands of bricks.

In fact, most people don’t have walls at home, but now they have to raise livestock, so they have to build one.

These forty people can make 4,800 pieces of rabbits to exchange with Xu Wenyan. Now we have chickens at home, and we can exchange them for chickens later when we are too busy.

Even if it were just one hundred and fifty horses in exchange for a pair of chickens, it would be worth it.

About quarter of an hour later, Zheng Liwei arrived with a group of people and everything was done.

"I called you all here today to discuss something with you. Since you were selected by Xiaoman and the second lieutenant, I will discuss this with you first.

My family needs bricks, and I would like to trouble you to make some for me. One hundred and twenty bricks can be exchanged for a big rabbit, and if you are lucky, it may even be a pregnant rabbit. "

Hearing Xu Wenyan say this, the people below immediately started chattering.

These more than one hundred bricks are neither too much nor too little. It is precisely because of this that Xu Wenyan set the quantity at a certain level.

If you can't finish it in one day, you can spend more in three or four days. This will give you a feeling of making money but not making much, and you won't lose money after all.

"Brother Xu, how big is this rabbit?" asked a man in linen clothes in the crowd. Judging from his physique, he was probably a farmer or a blacksmith.

"It's about the size of an adult rabbit, about five or six kilograms."

The man nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I think it's okay."

As a farmer, he naturally knew how precious the rabbit was. If it was rabbit meat, he might have considered it. After all, bricks are not that easy to make.

But these live rabbits are different. Xu Wenyan can give so many rabbits, which means they can be bred. One rabbit will give birth to ten, and ten rabbits will give birth to a hundred. As long as there is the energy to raise them, the rabbits will reproduce very quickly.

With him as an example, some undecided villagers felt that they were not at a disadvantage.

"I want one too, but Brother Xu, we don't know how to do it." Zheng Liwei's words awakened many people, most of whom had fled from the county or city.

Among these refugees, only a small number were from rural areas and knew how to use yellow mud mixed with straw to make molds.

"It's not difficult to make bricks. You should have a square wooden mold at home. That's used to make bricks."

In rural homes, the molds for making bricks are of fixed length and width. Almost every household has such a mold, as everyone needs to build a new house.

Especially after the children have separated, the whole family, young and old, have to get busy together.

"There is loess in the back mountain. Dig some and mix it with thatch segments. Dry it in the sun for a day. The proportion of thatch segments should not be too much or too little. I will make it on the spot in a while. You should learn it well."

As he said that, Xu Wenyan gave Xiaoman a look. Xiaoman went into the house and took out the mold. This was the one Chen Sanlin left last fall.

After picking up a basket of loess, Xu Wenyan began to stir it.

After making more than 20 pieces, these people had almost learned the basics: "I've said beforehand that I won't accept any that are unqualified. After all, I don't want to be taken advantage of."

"By the way, who among you can count and settle accounts?"

"Me, me!" Zheng Liwei raised his hand. He was originally an accountant, so this matter was a piece of cake for him.

Afterwards, another six or seven people came forward, all of them were quite old.

"When the harvest comes, you will be responsible for registering it for me, so that your family can make five fewer bricks."

After Xu Wenyan said this, many people in the crowd regretted their decision. They all came from the county town, and although they were not very good at math, they had no problem with simple counting.

At that time, they all thought that Xu Wenyan wanted to use them as free labor, and they didn't want to work more.

When they heard that they could take fewer bricks, several people raised their hands.

"Brother Xu, I can do the math, and counting a few hundred is no problem."

"Yeah, I can, too."

Xu Wenyan understood this kind of person, but he respected him: "We already have enough people. You can hurry up and do it when you get back today. I can start preparing things."

As soon as the crowd dispersed, Chen Sanlin and his friends came back carrying large and small bags. Naturally, these people saw the things in the baskets. There was dried rabbit meat in Xiaohu's basket.

This made them more determined to do this work.

"What's going on? Why are there so many people coming to our house?" Chen Sanlin walked to Xu Wenyan with a serious face.

Xiao Hu also hurried over to check if Xu Wenyan was injured: "That's right, are Brother Xu and the others here to cause trouble?"

Xu Wenyan smiled and said, "No, they are the employees I recruited. We need bricks to build a house."

Although we are using earthen bricks now, we will definitely be able to live in a better place when we have money in the future. We should take it step by step.

"That's good. I was scared to death when I saw a bunch of people walking out." Xiaohu then put down the backpack.

"Sister Dongmei, please sit down." Xu Wenyan could already see the sweat dripping down Wang Dongmei's forehead.

Wang Dongmei's belly was very obvious, and it was a bit difficult for her to sit down. Chen Xingjie hurriedly helped her sit down: "Alas, being pregnant really makes me uncomfortable."

"It's always like this. I'm going to cook first. You guys take a break."

Xu Wenyan plans to start preparing the materials this afternoon. It shouldn't be difficult to produce 5,000 bricks by himself.