I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

The next morning, Ye Ze went to the vacant lot after breakfast. The craftsmen who were building the house had come to work early. After ten days, the three-story courtyard of Ye Ze's house had taken shape, and the craftsmen were working hard. With the help of Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Er, there was no need for Ye Ze to keep an eye on it all the time.

On the other side, a few old men were talking to Shouhou and the others. They were so excited after working with Ye Ze for the past few days. It was not just about making money, but more importantly, Ye Ze made them see their own value again.

Seeing Ye Ze coming over, several old men hurried forward and asked, "San'er, is there anything else you need us to do?"

"We have plenty of energy. Just tell us what work you need."

"If you need more people, we have a few old friends who would like to come and work with you..."

Ye Ze touched his nose and thought, "So these are the only old guys under my command?"

I was thinking of taking a break for the winter, but now I don’t have to take a break anymore.

"It's getting cold soon. If you guys think it's okay, let's make charcoal. Build the kiln first, and then go up the mountain to chop wood. The more the better. If anyone wants to make money with us, just come. Once the charcoal is made, I'll find a market for it."

"Okay, that's good, but...how do we burn the charcoal?" It seems simple enough as Ye Ze said it, but the key is that they don't know how!

Ye Ze was going to teach them a method of making charcoal in an earthen kiln. He immediately found paper and pen and started drawing a blueprint of the earthen kiln, while explaining the details of each step to everyone.

Soon the old men understood what was happening. They didn't expect Ye Ze could make charcoal, and they didn't expect him to tell them the method so easily.

"Brother Ze, how can you come up with this idea?"

Ye Ze: "How can you burn it if I don't tell you?"

"..."

Since Ye Ze was willing to continue to help them make money, the old men tacitly chose to keep the method of making charcoal a secret. They said nothing more and continued to dig clay and make adobe bricks. There were not many adobe bricks left.

Seeing that the old men all understood, Ye Ze said, "Go and see who wants to join us. The older ones can make adobe bricks, and the younger ones can go up the mountain to chop firewood. I'll charge them by the pound."

"to make!"

The skinny monkey listened for a long time but didn't hear the boss mention him, so he asked hurriedly: "Boss, what about us?"

"Aren't you the chief stewards? Just continue to be your chief stewards. I'll leave the job of burning charcoal to you two."

"Okay!" The skinny monkey started to show off again.

Goudan: "And me! I'm also the chief steward!"

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At home, Old Lady Ye was sitting in the yard watching Daya learning to walk. Ye Qiulan was sitting at the door of the main hall, knitting. Occasionally, she would look up and see her well-behaved daughter, and smile knowingly. Life was so good. She seemed to have returned to the days before she got married, when the years were peaceful and comfortable...

Before Ye Qiulan could sigh too much, the sharp voice of the woman outside the door suddenly brought her back to reality:

"Ye, are you planning to spend the New Year at your parents' home?! Which daughter-in-law is like you, staying at her parents' home for half a month?"

From the moment she entered Liushu Village, Old Lady Zhang kept shouting as she walked, as if she wanted everyone in the village to know about this.

The Shen family members who followed Old Lady Zhang to watch the fun all had expressions that looked like they were enjoying a good show.

The Ye family's recent behavior has made them extremely jealous. They are teaching the Ye clan members how to collect herbs, buying the stone bricks they collected, and exchanging them for food at a low price...but they don't get any of these benefits!

We ask you to live in the same village but you treat me differently. Your daughter deserves to be bullied by her in-laws!

Most of the Ye family members have jobs, and only the elderly, the weak, women and children stay at home.

Some people couldn't stand it any longer and started arguing with Old Lady Zhang: "Oh, so there are still people alive in Lan Zi's in-laws' family? I thought they were all dead!"

The old woman next to her immediately responded, "That's right. Everyone saw how sick Daya's child was the day Lan Zi returned to her parents' home. Why didn't you, as a grandmother, tell her to take the child to see a doctor? The child is fine now. Why did you come to our Liushu Village to make trouble? Do you really think that there is no one left in our Ye family?!"

Old Lady Zhang: "Who said I won't take the child to see a doctor? Ye was too hypocritical and insisted on going back to her parents' home. How could I stop her? Who would have thought that she would not leave after she came back? Who knows what she was thinking?"

"Our Lan Zi has a hard life. What can she do? She just wants to let the child be free for a few more days. Look at Daya, how thin she is. She looks like a baby who is not even one year old. How pitiful..."

Old Mrs. Zhang glared at the old woman who was speaking, and just as she was about to reach out to knock on the door, the gate of the Ye family's courtyard was opened by Old Mrs. Ye from the inside.

The one who opened the door was Old Lady Ye, followed by Lin, Chen, Meng, and Zhao Li, all with angry looks on their faces.

The two old ladies looked at each other. There seemed to be fire in Old Lady Ye's eyes as if fire was about to burst out, and she stared at Old Lady Zhang angrily.

Old Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but feel a little weaker when she was stared at by such a look, but when she thought that Ye Qiulan was her daughter-in-law, and that she, as a mother-in-law, personally came to pick up her daughter-in-law and took her home, it was giving enough face to the Ye family, and she felt more confident.

"My dear relatives, where is Qiulan? Please let her come out and go back with me. Whose daughter-in-law can stay at her parents' home for half a month? She is too ignorant. I am here to pick her up today. Where is she? Please let her come out?"

Old Mrs. Ye was almost laughing at her words, her clenched fists were shaking: "Why let her out? Go back to your Zhang family and continue to work like a slave for you?!"

Zhang Dongsheng: Why do he think the two mothers look like they are about to fight?

Zhang Dongsheng was afraid that his mother would say something unpleasant again, which would make his mother-in-law angry. If she didn't let Ye Qiulan go back with him, it would be bad. So he quickly stepped forward to smooth things over:

"Mom, mother-in-law, let's go sit down inside and talk slowly. After all, this is a matter between Qiulan and me, and Qiulan should come out and explain it to me." Anyway, Zhang Dongsheng didn't believe that Ye Qiulan would not go back with him! It must be that Old Lady Ye wanted to embarrass them on purpose.

Old Lady Ye snorted coldly: "Bah! What can my Lanzi say to you, a man who can't even take care of his own wife and children!"

Old Lady Zhang pushed her son away and said angrily, "What do you mean by that? You don't want Ye to go back with us? Then I will ask someone to write a divorce letter for my son to divorce her immediately!"

Of course, Old Lady Zhang didn't really want Ye Qiulan to go back, she just wanted to use this to control the Ye family. Ye Qiulan was a woman who couldn't get married, and she was allowed to marry her son without even asking for a betrothal gift. Would she dare to be divorced?

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