I have been farming since I crossed over.

A group of people returned to Uncle Wu's house. My aunt-in-law had already prepared dinner. Seeing that Yang Mingxi and the large group of people who had gone out had returned, she invited them to start eating.

The only adult male in the Wu family now is Uncle Wu. The rest are about ten children, all of whom are under the age of twelve, and the youngest is eight years old.

When it was time to eat, they divided the table into two groups. The children sat at one table, Yang Mingxi and Yang Mingyu accompanied their grandmother, and the six aunts and uncle sat at another table. Then the meal began.

There were five half-sized bowls on the dining table, one bowl of stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts, one plate of mapo tofu, one plate of chicken nuggets, one plate of cabbage soup, and a dish of cold shredded lettuce. The staple food was a large bowl of rice.

Yang Mingxi looked at the food at her grandmother's house, and then looked at her cousins who were also eating slowly and leisurely, as if they were used to the dishes on the table. Yang Mingxi sighed. The food at her grandmother's house was really not on the same level as the food at her own home.

After dinner, everyone sat together and chatted about family matters. Yang Mingxi looked at her fourth and fifth aunts, both of whom were about five months pregnant, and said, "How are you, aunts? Is the baby well behaved in your belly?"

My fourth aunt and fifth aunt both said they were in good health and had no problems.

Second aunt Liu said sourly, "Xi'er, you don't know, your grandmother hoped that the baby in their belly would be a girl, and she took good care of them, so how could there be anything wrong with them?"

Yang Mingxi smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not something that Grandma can do alone. It must require the help of you aunts to take care of two heavy aunts."

Old Mrs. Wu's face turned serious and she said, "Second son's wife, you have nothing to do, right? Isn't it your turn to feed the pigs today? Go to work quickly and don't embarrass yourself here."

Second aunt Liu glanced at Old Mrs. Wu, stood up and left.

Old Lady Wu said to Yang Mingxi, "Your second aunt is a little narrow-minded, but she's not a bad person. She just doesn't think much when she speaks. But with your second uncle around and you, the young man, taking care of her, it's not a big deal."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Grandma."

Old Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "I'm not hard-working. It's your aunt who's hard-working. She has a good temper and manages the household, so she suffers a lot." She looked at the other daughters-in-law and said, "Fortunately, the others are all good, otherwise this family would have fallen apart."

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "As the saying goes, when a tree grows big, its branches split, and when people grow up, their families separate. There's truth to that. There are advantages to being apart, and there are advantages to living together. My uncles are all so old now, it would be best if they could live happily together, but if not, then being apart is also good."

Old Lady Wu poked Yang Mingxi's head and said, "You've said all the nice things and all the truths. You've left us speechless."

The other aunts also echoed and laughed continuously.

After chatting for a while, Yang Mingxi asked her aunts to do something and stayed with her grandmother, as she had to go back in the afternoon.

Mrs. Wu glanced at the other daughters-in-law and said, "Go and take care of your own things." She then pulled Yang Mingxi and said, "Xi'er, why are you in such a hurry to go back? Why don't you stay at grandma's house for a few days?"

Yang Mingxi stood up and said goodbye to all the aunts, then started chatting about family matters with Old Mrs. Wu, Uncle Wu, and Aunt Wu.

First of all, let's talk about the division of the family. Yang Mingxi still said the same thing as before. The division will be more beneficial to the development of the family. Although more people may be required to do labor, if each family can become richer, they can just pay money directly.

The second thing is to send the children to school. The Wu family and the Yang family are similar. The older generation learned some words by chance and then passed them down from generation to generation. In fact, the children have never been to school, which is not conducive to the development of future generations.

Both Mrs. Wu and Uncle Wu said they would consider it. Then they talked about Yang Mingxi's family.

Uncle Wu, Old Lady Wu, and Old Five Yang all had the same idea: to buy the land first and then build the house. If the harvest was good, they would sell the first season's rice and then build the house. However, if the wasteland was bought by someone else, the loss would be severe.

Speaking of building a house, Yang Mingxi discovered that the Wu family's house was actually a brick and tile house, which made Yang Mingxi very envious.

Uncle Wu explained that the materials alone for his house cost over 70 taels, with the rest being built by his family. The main expenses were bricks and tiles, which, while cheap, were used in large quantities, leading to high costs.

Yang Mingxi blinked. Bricks and tiles seemed to be fired, right? This shouldn't be difficult. Maybe I could try it myself.

Yang Mingxi asked, "Uncle, aren't you mainly in this business? Have you ever thought about providing a one-stop service?"

Uncle Wu looked at Yang Mingxi and said, "What do you mean by one-stop service? When we build a house now, we contract out everything except the materials, including the furniture."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "When I say one-stop service, it means including bricks and tiles. You can provide everything needed to build a house yourself. That's what we call one-stop service."

Uncle Wu shook his head and said, "This is what your grandfather thought before. Your grandfather can build houses, so he asked your second uncle and I to learn how to build houses. Your third uncle learned how to make bricks and tiles, your fourth uncle learned how to be a carpenter, your fifth uncle learned how to use stone tools, and your youngest uncle learned how to make porcelain. Then we can turn it into an assembly line operation." After Uncle Wu finished speaking, he looked at Yang Mingxi.

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Grandpa's idea was to provide a one-stop service, so why didn't it work later?"

Uncle Wu said, "Your third uncle didn't learn it. They weren't allowed to know the essence of the art. After five years of study, they returned home without having mastered it. They tried to make bricks themselves, but your third uncle's bricks weren't hard enough and broke easily, making them completely unusable. The same thing happened with tiles; they couldn't withstand the weight, so they gave up."

Old Mrs. Wu continued, "The fourth son has learned well, thanks to his father-in-law's generous teaching. However, stone is more expensive to use for building houses, and many families can't afford it. He mainly carves doorposts, stone lions, and the like. It was only after the fifth son married Li that his father-in-law taught him well. Now his carpentry work is quite respectable."

Uncle Wu continued, "Your uncle's porcelain craftsmanship wasn't very good. At best, he could make bowls, basins, and jars. So the assembly line your grandfather envisioned was broken, and it became what it is today."

After listening to this, Yang Mingxi felt that there was a chance. Her uncle had the foundation, and she herself had some experience. If it didn't work out, she could search in the space. Maybe she could help her uncle complete her grandfather's assembly line work.

Yang Mingxi thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, if we can get these materials ourselves, how much will it cost to build a house? It's as big as yours now."

Uncle Wu thought for a moment and said, "If you provide the materials yourself and build your house, we'll help you build it. We only need to provide food. There won't be any other expenses. Five taels of silver can definitely take care of it."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "After the grandpas finish their work this time, you all should come to my house, especially my third uncle and my youngest uncle. I think I might know where their problem lies. If we try a few more times, we should be able to succeed."

Uncle Wu opened his eyes wide and said with a smile, "Mom, Xi girl is really our lucky star. I'm going to go to Dad tomorrow and tell him the good news so that he can be happy too."