Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Ye Chao did not leave in the end, but stayed at Xia Shengsheng's house and continued to call Xia Shengsheng "mother".

He felt particularly happy at this moment, with his mother, sister, and brothers and sisters.

The villagers asked about Ye Chao's background, and Xia Shengsheng only said that he was a relative from her mother's side, and that her parents were not around, so she was temporarily fostered for a period of time.

As for why she was called mother, no further explanation was given.

He also told Doctor Zhao not to tell anyone about Xia Shengsheng picking up Ye Chao from the mountain, so as to prevent the villagers from speculating about Ye Chao's identity.

With the introduction of craftsman Chen, Xia Shengsheng invited two well diggers to dig a well in the front and back yards.

The well in the village is 30 meters deep, which is considered a deep water well, but Xia Shengsheng felt that it was not enough, so he asked the well digger to increase the depth of the well to 80 meters.

Although it is troublesome to dig, you must choose the right location, otherwise such a deep well will easily encounter huge rocks and cannot be dug further.

But if we succeed in digging two wells this deep, it will be of great help in dealing with future droughts.

The old craftsman is worthy of being an old craftsman. After several days of exploration, the well digger finally found a suitable place to dig a well.

In order to shorten the construction period, Xia Shengsheng also hired a group of people in the village to help dig wells and do hard work.

Now, there are a total of forty-five people working in the Xia family, including the craftsmen and the well diggers.

A cook was also added, who was Mrs. Zheng's daughter-in-law. She worked very efficiently, but she was a bit of a chatterbox, but she had no bad intentions.

Just after work started this morning, an annoying person came to Xia Shengsheng's house.

"Oh my! Look at this spendthrift. Even if he had a little money he wouldn't do this.

How much would such a big project cost? It wouldn't work without someone to help keep an eye on it.

"Boss, Zhongsheng, Zhonghui, go and help your second aunt. There are so many workers, and there is no one to take care of them! We have to be the ones to take care of them."

In fact, Old Lady Liu had heard what was happening here from Xia Shengsheng a long time ago.

If Village Chief Ma had nothing to do in the past two days, he would have come to take charge.

She didn't dare to come over. Today, she specifically asked Liu Zhonghui to secretly inquire about it. Village Chief Ma went to the town to do some work, and it was uncertain when he would be back today!

While Xia Shengsheng has no one to support him, he has to make some money.

Liu Yaozong folded his arms, raised his head, and walked proudly into the working team.

"Look at what you're doing. The dirt isn't even mixed, and you dare to build a wall like this?"

"Ouch! How expensive are those blue bricks? Be careful, don't you see there are cracks on them? Do you believe I will deduct your wages?"

"And you, Er Gouzi, bring me a chair. I need to sit here and keep an eye on you guys to prevent you from being lazy and playing tricks."

Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched Boss Liu bossing people around and finding fault everywhere. Some of those who wanted to get angry suppressed their anger.

After all, the work they do is considered the work of the Liu family, and it is not easy to offend people from the Liu family.

If they offended someone seriously and were not required to work, they would have nowhere to turn to for justice.

The wages here are so high and the working period is long. You can work for about a month in a row. It's not like in the town where you may find a job today and have no work tomorrow.

And the food is not bad. Every day we eat a mixture of coarse grains and fine grains. The most important thing is that there is meat in every meal, and eggs from time to time. It is very greasy!

Boss Liu's two sons saw that everyone was shocked by their father.

He also followed Boss Liu's example, finding fault everywhere. He knew nothing, but supported others' work everywhere, disrupting everyone's rhythm.

Craftsman Chen didn't know these people, nor did he know how they were related to Xia Shengsheng.

But the people in a village must have some relationship.

So I didn't go up and confront him head-on, but asked Ma Laoer, who was more familiar to me.

"Who are these people? Aren't they just making trouble? Do you want us to work?"

Ma Laoer briefly explained the relationship between Old Lady Liu and Xia Shengsheng.

Xia Shengsheng was not there, and his father had also gone to town.

He couldn't just ignore it, so he stepped forward and said, "Aunt Liu, Big Brother Liu, if you want to give orders, you have to ask Miss Xia's opinion first.

Besides, everyone has a clear division of labor, and you come here to mess things up and affect everyone's work!"

Before Boss Liu could say anything, Old Lady Liu, who came over with a swagger, spoke first.

"Is it necessary for you to be so loud here? This is my daughter-in-law's home. Who is my daughter-in-law? She is from my Liu family.

What? Do we, the Liu family, have to follow your orders when building a house?

Don't take it as our fault that we don't know how to count. Or I'll fire you all. There are plenty of people who are willing to work, and even more who are obedient. You'd better think carefully.

Boss, take my two grandsons and watch them work. I'll go to the kitchen to take a look."

Old Mrs. Liu swaggered towards the kitchen.

No one dared to say anything, and no one dared to stop her.

After all, what Old Lady Liu said was right. This was indeed her daughter-in-law's home. No matter how she came here to give orders, it was their family's business and it was difficult for everyone to refute her.

Boss Liu looked at everyone and they seemed to be angry but dared not speak out.

It was even more excessive when he sat there, ordering people to pour tea and fan him the next.

His two sons did the same thing, showing how annoying they were to the fullest.

Old Mrs. Liu started yelling as soon as she entered the kitchen.

"Oh my! You spendthrifts, putting so much meat into the pot. It's really not costing you any money, don't you feel bad?

Take it out quickly, how many pieces of meat are there? I'll take the rest back.

I have to take good care of this for my dead second son.

Otherwise, I don’t know how bad this family would have been.”

Widow Wei had always been tolerant of the villagers because she was raising the child alone, and she did not dare to refute at this time.

Old Mrs. Zheng’s daughter-in-law is named Rourou, and she lives up to her name.

She was not like Old Lady Zheng, who was never harsh in her words and had never suffered any loss. Her character was relatively cowardly, and she would not say a word when faced with such things.

But Ma Da is different. She is not the type to be outspoken, but she always speaks her mind in the village and dares to speak out about unfair things. After all, she has her father-in-law's support behind her!

But she had to have a point. Village Chief Ma was a reasonable man and he would not take sides even with his own family.

"I really treat this place as my own home. We were hired by Sister Xia, so naturally we listen to her orders.

Sister Xia prepares all the ingredients to be cooked every day.

If Aunt Liu wants to take advantage of me, just say it directly. Why bother talking about other things?"

Old Lady Liu didn't make a fuss when her thoughts were exposed, but instead became even more arrogant.

"Humph! I knew you were good at talking but I didn't expect you to be so good at it.

It’s not up to you to decide whether you take advantage or not.

Even if I take away everything in this room, I will just regard it as my daughter-in-law's filial piety to me, and you don't need to interfere."

After saying that, he took a basin and scooped out all the meat from the pot himself.

I also saw the eggs prepared in the kitchen and put them all in.

There was still half a bag of flour, which he carried on his back.

I looked around again and found that there was nothing else except the cabbage and potatoes stewed in the pot.

Only then did he walk out satisfied.

Xia Shengsheng should be thankful that she put most of her things in the inner room.

Otherwise, if they were all taken away, I’m afraid that Old Lady Liu’s waist would be hurt.