Dress up as a farm girl and make a lot of money with space

Li Mingxia placed the plate of fried pork belly with leeks in front of Zhang, "Mom, our future will definitely be better and better. We can eat meat whenever we want!"

Zhang now had a blind and unconditional trust in Li Mingxia, and she immediately smiled when she heard this.

"Okay! What my eldest daughter said will definitely work! Our family will definitely get better and better!"

"Eat meat whenever you want!"

The next day, Li Mingxia began to study what he needed to prepare in order to repair his shabby thatched house and make it look presentable.

"We have straw, which is enough. There is no need to buy more. How much should we pay for bricks, sand, and wages?" Zhang and Li Mingxia discussed together while sitting on the kang.

Li Mingxia had already inquired about it. "The village chief helps to contact sellers for bricks and sand for building houses in the village. We should be no exception. Mom, you and I will go to the village chief later. The price will definitely be the same as others, so we don't have to worry about it."

Zhang nodded after hearing this. The village chief was quite caring towards their family. He would always be there to help mediate whenever there was any problem, so the blue bricks and sand were given to the village chief.

"What about the wages? How is the wages calculated?" Zhang asked.

Li Mingxia hadn't thought it through yet, so he said, "Let's ask the village chief later. Wasn't it the village chief who helped someone build a house a few days ago? He must know what the appropriate price is."

Zhang agreed, "You can't go to the village head's house empty-handed. You still have a pack of red date cakes that you bought last time in town. It just so happens that you haven't opened it yet. Take it with you."

"Take another two pounds of meat. We have it at home anyway. The only thing is that it doesn't look very good." Li Mingxia added.

Zhang nodded, went downstairs and started to prepare things. It was past noon nap time, so Zhang and Li Mingxia took the things and went to the village chief's house.

When he saw Zhang and Li Mingxia coming, the village chief thought that they had caused trouble again with the people in the Li family's old house. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Li Mingxia put the things in his hand on the cabinet.

The village chief smiled when he saw the strip of meat and a box of pastries that were obviously only available in town.

"It's ok for you two to come for a stroll, but you can't bring anything with you. Take it back quickly, or I won't be happy."

Although he said this, anyone could notice the smile on his face and the softened tone of his voice.

"Sanlang's wife is here? Xia Jie'er is this big now? Come on, have a glass of water." As he was talking, the village head's wife Dai came into the house with two bowls of water, "Try it, there's sugar in it."

Li Mingxia quickly took the bowl and said, "Thank you, Auntie. I came here today to ask the village chief to take care of something. How can you be so embarrassed to trouble me like this?"

"It's like this, village chief. Our family has just been separated not long ago, and winter is approaching. The thatched house is really..." Zhang took over Li Mingxia's words and told the village chief the purpose of their visit today.

When they heard about this, the smiles on the faces of the village chief and his wife became even bigger. Li Mingxia was more certain that the blue brick and sand business could bring benefits to the village chief. However, the practice of middlemen making a profit from the price difference has existed since ancient times. Li Mingxia didn't think it was a big deal, as long as he took the money and helped seriously.

"I'm sorry to trouble the village chief with this matter." Li Mingxia was very good at speaking polite words, which made the village chief smile.

"This is nothing. As the village chief, these are what I should do. The price of blue bricks and sand has always been that, but I calculated. Based on the quantity you just said you would use, I estimate it will cost at least three taels of silver." He was happy, but the village chief did not forget the situation of Zhang's family. He was a little worried that they could not come up with so much money and that their work would be in vain in the end.

Of course, Li Mingxia also knew the concerns of the village chief, and he did not show any displeasure. He took out three taels of silver from his purse and placed them on the kang. The village chief was startled by the shiny silver coins, and he picked them up and weighed them a few times.

"Thanks to Sister Xia, who worked in the town these days and sold a lot of food, we were able to collect enough money to repair the house. Otherwise, we don't know how we would have gotten through this winter." This was the excuse that Zhang and Li Mingxia had already thought of. There had been rumors about these things in the village for a long time, and hiding it from the village chief would probably make him unhappy, so it was better for them to say it directly themselves.

Sure enough, after hearing what Zhang and Li Mingxia said, the village chief and his wife both showed an expression of "so that's it".

"Your sister Xia is a capable woman. Whoever marries her in the future will be blessed. Drink some water. You must have a dry throat after talking for so long." The village chief's wife looked at Li Mingxia with satisfaction and pushed the water on the kang towards Li Mingxia.

"Have you decided how many people you want to hire and where to hire them?" The village chief put down the big pipe in his hand and asked.

Zhang nodded, "I've thought about it. If we want to hire someone to repair our house, we must hire someone from the village. First of all, the people in our village are honest and will not be lazy or slack in their work. Secondly, although the money is not much, we should hire someone from our own village, right?"

What Zhang said touched the heart of the village chief. The more he looked at Zhang and Li Mingxia, the more he liked them. They were good at chatting, efficient in doing things, and good at dealing with people. Who wouldn't like them?

The village chief felt more and more that the Li family would regret driving Li Mingxia and the Zhang family out of the old house.

"Your family is concerned about the people in the village, and the people in the village cannot be asked to do bad things. Besides, your family doesn't have a... Well, they usually work for ten cents, and I'll make the deal, eight cents a day, including a lunch. If you think this price is okay, just tell me how many people you need, and I'll help you arrange it." The village chief said immediately.

Li Mingxia said gratefully: "Thank you, Uncle Village Chief. I know that Uncle Village Chief is thinking about our family, but this is the first time we work with the villagers after separating from our family. We should do what we should do. I still give ten cents for a lunch, and everyone can just give more snacks."

After Li Mingxia and Zhang left the village chief's house, the village chief's wife couldn't wait to open the box of cakes. When she saw the two rows of eight neatly arranged reddish-brown red date cakes, she felt so delicious that she looked left and right but couldn't bear to pick up one and eat it.

"Boss, how much do you think Sister Xia and the others have earned? This cake looks quite expensive, it's really worth spending." The village chief's wife looked at it for a long time and finally put the box of cake away. She would let her son Mu Xiu take it to school to eat it in a few days. This is a good thing, it would be a waste if they ate it.