I traveled through time and space and encountered a famine, and I became a hermit.

The Gu family had no idea what was happening outside.

Today, the peaches in the valley are finally ripe, and the farmer and his monkeys picked the peaches.

Basket after basket of goods were transported back home.

It happened to be seen by the square-faced man who came to look for Gu Ji, who was amazed.

After returning, he said to his companions: "You don't know, the fields of the Gu family are cultivated by one person and his monkeys."

"Is there such a strange thing?" the round-faced man asked in surprise.

"I saw it with my own eyes. The monkeys were carrying a basket of peaches each and delivering them to the Gu family. How could this be fake?" said the square-faced man.

"Oh my! Could it be that the monkeys in this valley have become spirits? They can even work?" said the round-faced man in surprise.

"Not only that, I've seen the meat we eat every day. It's all hunted by tigers and wolves." The square-faced man said enviously.

"You can tell that the Gu family is really capable. Not only can they make the wild beasts listen to them, they also found this valley before anyone else. Now they live like gods. Everyone in the valley owes them something. They have to listen to their arrangements and live like local emperors." The square-faced man said sourly.

“Second brother, wasn’t it the Gu family who rescued us? They also took us in.” said the round-faced man.

"Didn't you see that the Gu family and the Duan family knew each other? They were there to save the county magistrate's family, and we were just there by the way."

"Besides, this valley has no owner. They came here first, so it belongs to them? Besides, the food we eat now is from them, but it is loaned to us and we still have to pay it back in the future. How can this be considered sheltering? In my opinion, this valley should belong to the capable."

The thin-faced man who had been silent said, "Okay, I think you have won a few duels recently and you think you are invincible. Stop saying these things. Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall and there are always people out there."

The square-faced man shut up angrily, "I'm not joking. I won't say any more, I won't say any more." After that, several people continued to work on their tasks.

With the experience of building brick kilns, building cement kilns is much easier.

In the past few days, a batch of cement has been successfully fired and enough bricks have been stockpiled. Gu Ji then directed everyone to dig the foundation and build the house.

The houses that Gu Ji planned for each family were all two- or three-story buildings with courtyards. If there were maids or servants, they could add a few rooms in the courtyard for them to live in.

The area of each household should be adjusted appropriately according to the population.

It is not known when Weng County will be rebuilt. Now that the population in the valley has increased and more food is needed, we will use the modern architectural knowledge we have learned to make use of the space above and minimize the occupation of arable land.

Fortunately, everyone likes this style of house.

After everyone dug the foundation together, the bricklayers brought their own selected people to build the house.

Gu Ji led everyone to cut wood and bamboo, and was busy setting up a large waterwheel on the other side of the waterfall. They then used bamboo to make pipes to bring water into the residential area.

The Duan family had maids and servants following them, and the male member Duan Shuhuan also did the work himself.

Mrs. Duan and Mrs. Duan had some free time, and they often came to Gu's house to play. After a few times, Jiang and Duan found that they had the same hobby, both liked embroidery, so they often got together to discuss.

Gu Fu has recently been learning embroidery from her aunt.

Sitting in the pavilion of the stone building, looking at the beautiful lotus flowers in the pond and smelling their fragrance, I felt an extraordinary sense of tranquility and leisure in my heart.

On the small table next to the embroidery frame, there was a plate of lotus-shaped cakes. The top cake was missing one or two petals. Next to the cakes was a set of exquisite small tea sets.

A little jade-carved figure was sitting in front of an embroidery frame, carefully sketching something.

She was wearing a red gauze dress, which made her already white and smooth skin look even fairer and more delicate. Her black hair was braided into a bunch of small braids, tied behind her ears, and her look was elegant yet a little naughty.

A huge tiger, now like a well-behaved cat, snuggled at the girl's feet.

Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Duan walked down the stairs slowly together.

Arriving behind the serious girl, the two looked at the painting, "Fuer, didn't you tell your aunt that you wanted to paint lotus flowers? Why did you draw a picture of a tiger sniffing a peony instead?"

When Tiger Daju heard that he was there, he immediately raised his head and looked towards the embroidery frame. When he saw the outline of the tiger, a big smile appeared on his face.

"Aunt, it must be Daju who has influenced me. When I saw it, the picture of tiger sniffing peony came to my mind." After Gu Fu stood up and greeted, he put the blame on Daju with a look of grievance.

Jiang looked at her niece, smiled helplessly, shook her head and said, "Okay, doesn't Auntie know you yet? No matter what you embroider, just use the needlework Auntie taught you correctly."

"I understand, aunt." Gu Fu said softly.

Madam Duan watched the little girl's behavior and chuckled, "Your daughter is really well-raised. Her demeanor and behavior are not much worse than those who were raised in a pile of gold and jade."

As soon as Mrs. Duan finished speaking,

Gu Fu smiled mischievously and said, "Thank you Aunt Duan for the compliment. The love and care of the elders in the family are more nourishing than gold and jade. That's why Fu'er was raised so well."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Duan smiled and stroked her pigtails, saying, "You are such a good talker, child." Jiang was also looking at Gu Fu with a kind face.

The days passed quickly as everyone in the valley was busy.

The second floor of everyone's house has been built, and the day of finally raising the beam has arrived.

Everyone went to find Mr. Gu and asked him to pick a day for the house.

With the perpetual calendar on his phone, it was no problem for Mr. Gu to choose a date. He looked at it behind people's back.

The auspicious day will be chosen three days later.

Everyone was very happy with this day. Raising the beam was a big event and every family wanted to make proper preparations.

So he borrowed peanuts, candies, and a handful of copper coins from the Gu family. He also begged the Gu family brothers to write couplets for him, and Gu Fu also sponsored a few strings of firecrackers.

Early in the morning on the day of raising the beam, Mr. Gu specially prepared some things and brought his whole family to watch the beam raising.

Everyone was in high spirits and tidied everything up. Couplets were posted on both sides of the door. The altar provided by the Gu family was moved around in turn for worship.

The craftsmen worked in two shifts, installing the main beams for everyone from house to house and setting off firecrackers.

After the installation, the craftsmen untied their bags and took out peanut candies and copper coins from them. They went through every house in this way, and the ceremony was completed.

Everyone was having fun making noises and laughing, and at this moment everyone felt like they were reborn.

Although only one month had passed since the disaster, after going through the baptism of labor and reconstruction, it seemed as if the pain had been settled over the years and buried deep in the hearts of the people.

A group of people are no longer sad and crying on a daily basis. Although it no longer affects everyone's positive life, it will be remembered forever in their hearts.

Commander Wang, who had been searching outside for half a month, had to return to the imperial city to report with full of confusion and helplessness.

In the past half month, although the imperial court also sent secret agents to Longcheng to investigate and even tried to retrieve the body, the rebel army was well prepared and failed to succeed.