I have been farming since I crossed over.

The houses in Qianhuang Mountain are shaped like an inverted D, and the other houses built on top of it seem to surround the three-story courtyard.

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "How many main courtyards are you going to build? It looks like they're not finished yet."

Lu Jintang nodded and said, "At least 14. I have 12 brothers, plus mine and my parents', so at least 14."

Then he turned to look at Tang Jiahang and said, "Do you want to leave one for your mother, in case she has time to come and live here?"

Tang Jiahang shook his head and said, "My mother probably doesn't have time to come over. If my uncle wants to reserve a place for my mother, then I'll come and stay when I have time."

Yang Mingxi was surprised to hear this. They were actually uncle and nephew? They looked about the same age.

Lu Jintang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll reserve some for you and also for my elder sister. I think they'll be useful."

Tang Jiahang shook his head and said, "The other families probably won't need it, so let's not waste it."

The group looked around as they walked, but it was still almost a wasteland. The entire Qianhuang Mountain was similar to Changshan Village, both of which were basins. The surrounding mountains were all gentle slopes, and behind the gentle slopes were steep mountains.

Yang Mingxi looked like she was looking at a farm filled with the fragrance of rice. If all the rice here were planted with rice, one season's rice would probably be enough to feed ten villagers of Changshan Village for a year!

Tang Jiahang looked at the wasteland in front of him and said, "Why don't you clear some land to grow rice? And there's also a vegetable garden. The grandmas will be here soon. Do we have to go out to buy food every day? That's too inconvenient!"

Lu Jintang patted his head and said, "I didn't think about it so much. I was busy building the house. They really have to buy vegetables and food every day recently."

Tang Jiahang looked at Yang Mingxi, then at Lu Jintang, and signaled to Lu Jintang with his head that with Yang Mingxi around, they could cultivate some land to grow crops.

Lu Jintang shook his head and said with a tearful laugh, "We don't have enough manpower! Look at how many people I have here now? About fifty, four builders, and eight coolies to help with the construction. Six more are digging the foundation, one is buying food, one is cooking, and the remaining thirty or so are all transporting supplies. Now that we've bought bricks in Changshan Village, we can save half the people on transporting supplies. It just so happens that Miss Yang's family is planting rice seedlings, so we've all been transferred over to help."

Yang Mingxi only then realized that this was how Lu Jintang saved money by sending people to his family. Their own vegetable garden had not even been cultivated, but he transferred people to help them reclaim wasteland. How could he repay this favor?

Tang Jiahang listened and shook his head. "How did you gather these 50 people? Then gather another 50 or even 100 people. You're not that stupid! Grandpa and great-grandfather have so many soldiers who have retired due to injuries. We can recruit them all and save the money we have to provide them with aid every year. You'll also have helpers."

Lu Jintang glanced at Tang Jiahang and said, "You're the only one who's smart, the others are all idiots. I've already arranged for people to notify them. Singles can come directly here, and those with families will definitely need some arrangements. One group should arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and another group will follow your grandparents."

Yang Mingxi listened to the conversation between the two and roughly guessed Lu Jintang's background. Soldiers and generals who defended their country were really amazing. Not to mention in ancient times when it was a time of absolute competition, even in modern times with high technology, soldiers were still awe-inspiring.

Yang Mingxi looked at Lu Jintang with starry eyes and smiled, "Bring back all the mules and manpower you lent us tomorrow! Our old cows are enough. Let's go and see how to cultivate your land. First, open up a part of the land, and I'll help you plant the rice seedlings. Then we can open up the rest and plant the rice directly when the time comes."

Yang Mingxi turned around and looked at the gentle slope connecting to Changhu Lake. "First, cultivate the rice seedling field, and then cultivate this gentle slope. Just like how we cultivated my family, there should be a lot of bitter melon seedlings left. I can transplant them to your family when the time comes."

He turned around and looked at the large expanse of wasteland below the gentle slope and said, "We'll reclaim all of this and turn it into paddy fields. When the time comes, we can plant rice."

Lu Jintang followed Yang Mingxi around, watching and listening to her arrangements, feeling warm in his heart.

Looking at these two people, Tang Jiahang suddenly felt that it was nothing wrong for his uncle to find a village girl. Perhaps the Lu family now needed such a master to lead the Lu family out of the current predicament.

After walking around and looking at a few more places, Yang Mingxi suddenly patted his head and said, "I forgot to mention that the houses you built are too close together. You should build them more dispersedly. This will make it more convenient for farming and can also be used for sentry duty."

"Oh, you know all this!" Lu Jintang gave a thumbs up and said, "We have considered it, so those houses haven't been built yet."

"Yeah, I'm just reminding you." Yang Mingxi said.

They walked and looked around, and talked a lot. As the sun was setting, Tang Jiahang prepared to go home, and the others dispersed and prepared to go home for dinner.

The next day, Uncle Wu and his group came back and brought all the livestock with them. Yang Mingxi returned all the mules from Lu Jintang's house and asked the mules that pulled tiles to reclaim wasteland. He put the roof aside for the time being while he discussed the tile-making matter with his third uncle.

The division of labor is still the same as before. The fifth uncle makes the tile molds, the others make the tile blanks and dry them in the shade, and the third uncle is responsible for firing them.

When Uncle Wu San had fired two more kilns of bricks, Yang Mingxi took Yang Mingyang and Yang Mingyu to Qianhuang Mountain to help with the rice fields.

Two days later, Yang Mingxi took out a large amount of rice that had already sprouted. With the help of Lu Jintang and others, Lu Jintang's family spread the seedlings over 50 acres of land, and reclaimed another 10 acres of land as a vegetable garden, which they also helped plant.

Yang Mingxi suddenly seemed to have thought of something, slapped her thigh, and said, "Oh! How could I forget about this? My eldest sister and brother-in-law sell vegetables!" She looked at Lu Jintang with a smile, her eyes full of anticipation and said, "How about this, let them deliver the vegetables. They are guaranteed to be fresh and cheap! And we can even deliver them to your door~"

Lu Jintang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, okay! Thank you for your help!" He was secretly glad that Yang Mingxi had reminded him, otherwise he would have suffered a huge loss! It can save money and is convenient, so why not do it?

Seeing Lu Jintang so happy, Yang Mingxi also felt very happy, after all, she was helping others.