Female-to-male: I live on farming

Although many people came to sign up, there were not that many people needed for road construction, so in the end only those who were tall and strong were selected to stay.

The roadbed clearing process doesn’t take long either. They just need to clean the road and then use gravel to level and compact the potholes.

As for the rest of the project, it will be handled by the military.

Previously, Qin Ke had suggested that Liangzhou implement the military farming order.

The so-called Military Farming Order is to allow idle troops to open fields and grow crops in local areas of garrison. This can greatly reduce the army's expenditure, and at the same time solve the problem of insufficient food and fodder when the army is on expeditions, as well as the problem of idleness in the army when there is no war.

However, for Liangzhou, some of these points are of little use. The most important thing is to reclaim wasteland and increase the arable land.

This kind of road construction work is just the right thing to bring them over. Not only does it save labor costs, but their work efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary people.

So Qin Ke took turns to pull the troops stationed in Liangzhou to build the road.

Of course the most important thing is to save money!

Despite this, the road construction project is still proceeding in full swing, but due to the lack of modern cement trucks and other equipment, the progress of the project cannot be compared with that of the modern period.

Fortunately, in this era, labor costs are relatively low, and a large number of cheap labor can be invested in engineering construction, which can barely make up for part of the slow progress caused by technological limitations.

Qin Ke is the person in charge of the road construction, and this matter is of great importance, so he needs to keep an eye on it at all times.

He then resumed his previous time for clocking in at work, and basically went out at the same time as Lu Youqing every day, and returned home before dark.

He was always covered in dust and dirt when he returned home, but he was obviously used to such work intensity. The only person he felt sorry for was his daughter.

Fortunately, children's memories are not that good. Even though she was not used to her parents not being at home at first and always cried, there were many people at home to accompany her and comfort her. In addition, they were always around her on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, so she gradually forgot that her parents could not be with her.

In June, they were forbidden to approach Crescent Moon since it was just born. They were only allowed to enter the inner courtyard after Crescent Moon was full moon.

After being raised by Qin Ke for a long time, they have become somewhat intelligent and know that they should be as gentle as possible when approaching the crescent moon.

Yueya also likes them very much. She enjoys playing with them every day.

Yueya didn't mind that her parents couldn't always be with her, and she slowly got used to it. But it turned out that the one who minded was Qin Ke, who didn't want to be forgotten by his daughter.

Lu Youqing does have time off, and during that time, she can spend time with Yueya and cultivate the mother-daughter relationship.

"Ma'am, I'm back."

Qin Ke's voice arrived before he even showed up.

"Look at the dust on your body. Go and wash it off. The hot water is ready."

Qin Ke always came back at about the same time, so the people in the mansion calculated the time and boiled hot water in advance so that he could take a bath immediately after returning home.

But before Qin Ke was about to take a bath, Lu Youqing suddenly smiled and said mysteriously: "When you come out, I have a surprise for you."

Hearing this, Qin Ke became absent-minded while bathing. Something that even his wife called a surprise must be very important.

Qin Ke was so curious that he took a shower very quickly this time and ran out without even drying his hair.

"It seems that I shouldn't have told you in advance. Look at your hair, it's still dripping with moisture. The weather is getting colder, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" Lu Youqing rolled her eyes at him in reproach and picked up a dry towel to wring his hair.

Qin Ke explained with a wry smile: "Isn't this just curiosity?"

Lu Youqing didn't indulge him and refused to tell him what the surprise was in advance. She wiped his hair dry before tapping his forehead and said angrily, "Just wait patiently!"

After saying that, he went to the next room and came back soon holding Yueya. It was already winter now, and the room was warm from the charcoal fire. Yueya was wearing a crimson brocade dress.

The little guy was humming in Lu Youqing's arms, his little hands moving around dishonestly trying to grab something, and bubbles were coming out of his mouth.

Qin Ke looked at the mother and daughter in confusion.

"Come here, Yueya, call me daddy." Lu Youqing held her and coaxed her patiently.

Qin Ke stared at her in disbelief, his eyes wide open and his ears perked up, afraid of missing anything.

"Err, eh, eh, eh..."

Lu Youqing was not annoyed. He still looked at his daughter in his arms tenderly, patted her back gently, and whispered softly, "Good girl Yueya, call daddy. Daddy is here."

"Yueya, Daddy..."

She taught patiently over and over again, her eyes full of expectation and love.

Finally, under the expectant gazes of the two, Yueya spit out the little finger in her mouth and called out softly, "Dad... Dad."

The pronunciation is not accurate, but it is soft and friendly.

At that moment, it seemed as if time had stood still. Both of them were stunned, and then a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

"My dear daughter, Daddy is here." Qin Ke hurriedly took the little ball from Lu Youqing's arms, kissed Yueya's soft cheek, teased her for a while, then turned around and asked, "Did my wife teach you this?"

There was uncontrollable emotion and joy in her words. He thought she would first teach the child to call her mother.

But on second thought, if Qin Ke were to teach, he would probably teach Yueya to call her mother's name first. After all, she was the one who gave birth to her after ten months of pregnancy.

Hearing Yueya calling daddy today, I guess her madam has been teaching her privately for a long time.

Lu Youqing nodded, her eyes fixed, as if there were gentle waves swaying gently, and she asked with a smile: "Why? Don't you like it?"

"I like it. Of course I don't like it." Qin Ke turned his head to look at the soft and fragrant ball in his arms, and said earnestly: "Hey, Yueya, after you learn to call daddy, we will learn to call mommy next. Come, learn from daddy, mommy~"

The answer he got was a small hand pressed against his face.

It was obvious that she was unhappy and dissatisfied with the fact that they always made her learn these names.

"Okay, don't force her. Yueya is still so young." Lu Youqing took the angry Yueya over.

Yueya, who was originally waving her fists and showing her teeth, instantly became obedient when she was in Lu Youqing's arms.

"She was hungry, so I took her to nurse."

……

After a warm moment at night, the two chatted. Lu Youqing adjusted himself to a comfortable position and asked curiously, "How is your road construction going? It's almost winter, so it might be difficult to start construction."

"There is strength in numbers. Besides, we only need to repair the route designated by Your Highness, and it will be completed before the snow falls."

"That's good. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to go out and repair roads all day in such a cold weather."

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