I have been farming since I crossed over.

Let’s not talk about what happened to the two Zheng brothers on the homestead.

Lu Jintang was obviously in a good mood when he returned to the thatched hut. Yang Mingxi, who followed him in, had a red face and looked silly.

"What's wrong with Xi girl? Are you feeling cold? Do you have a fever?" As soon as I walked into the yard of the thatched house, I heard the voice of Uncle Wu.

Yang Mingxi shook her head and said with a smile, "Nothing's wrong, Fifth Uncle. I just came up the gentle slope and was walking a little fast. I feel a little hot."

"You crawled here like a turtle and said you were in a hurry. It's only such a short distance, but your face is red and your heart is beating fast. From tomorrow on, don't sleep in. Exercise with Master Lu and the others! I ran a few laps with them today. Although I'm tired, I feel much more energetic." Uncle Wu San interrupted.

Yang Mingxi just remembered that Lu Jintang said last night that starting from today, everyone should arrive at the thatched cottage at the beginning of the morning hour. Lu Da took the lead in exercising, but she overslept.

Yang Mingxi chuckled and said, "You guys have practiced today? I overslept."

Lu Jintang said solemnly: "I'll call you tomorrow morning! With your body, you should practice with me!"

"That's right, my health is too poor, I need to exercise." said Uncle Wu San.

Yang Mingxi rolled her eyes and said, "Practice, of course."

"Xier, come and take a look at this tile bracing machine. The effect is a bit bad." Uncle Wu Wu said.

Yang Mingxi looked over and said with a smile, "Fifth Uncle, 100 bricks are quite heavy, so the raft is designed so that two people can lift them together. 100 tiles are not heavy, so one person can handle it. Besides, a forklift pallet can hold more than 100 tiles. If you share a forklift pallet, you can just raft several times and put them on one pallet. You can also make the pallet smaller."

After hearing this, Wu Wujiu laughed and said, "Xier is really smart. It's such a simple question, and we brothers and so many nephews and nephews have looked at it, but we didn't find it."

Uncle Wu said embarrassedly, "I overlooked the size. I won't do it again next time."

Uncle Wu smiled and shook his head. This third brother was wrong, so he was embarrassed. What was there to be embarrassed about in front of his own niece?

Yang Mingxi also smiled and said, "Really? Common sense is easily overlooked."

Uncle Wu Wu seemed to have just seen Lu Jintang and said with a smile, "Mr. Lu, is there anything wrong? Your house by the river is being built very quickly. I'm afraid a small courtyard with two entrances will be completed in just three days!"

Lu Jintang nodded and said, "Yes, the progress is still good. I came here to ask about the tiles. I checked there and it is suitable for putting up the beams on February 26th in seven days. I will lay the tiles at the same time. I don't know if there will be any conflicts in the schedule."

Uncle Wu said, "No problem. We can have one kiln of tiles in four days, and the second kiln in five or six days. There shouldn't be any problem with the time."

"Okay, that's no problem." Lu Jintang said, looking at Yang Mingxi and said, "Miss Xi, let's go and see my house."

Just as Yang Mingxi was about to refuse, Uncle Wu came in and overheard Lu Jintang say, "Come on, Xi, let's go take a look. The guy who came to oversee the foundation digging said our design isn't very good. It would be better if we could open a separate door and create a courtyard with its own entrance and exit. That would be more convenient for splitting up the family later."

Yang Mingxi could only nod.

I want to build at least seven houses. If they are all arranged into three courtyards side by side, it will take at least 105 meters. I have marked out seven acres of land at the back, plus the previous three acres and a piece of land by the river, which should be enough.

"Uncle, if we divide our house into seven sets of three-courtyard houses side by side, will there be enough space?" Yang Mingxi asked.

"It's enough, it should be enough for eight sets. Your father and I have discussed it, and it's basically eight three-courtyard houses side by side. The only difference is that the ones by the river will be bigger. They will be for you girls to live in when you come back." Uncle Wu said.

"Okay, let's go and take a look!" As he spoke, he came to Lu Jintang's house. It was also a two-courtyard house. It was not particularly big, with only five rooms in the main house. It looked pretty good.

Yang Mingxi didn't understand, so she didn't interrupt and just read it with Uncle Wu.

After Uncle Wu came back, he made some simple renovations to resemble Lu Jintang's house and started laying the foundation.

The eldest uncle, the second uncle, the youngest uncle and several older juniors of the Wu family were all good at building houses. With the help of the villagers, they had plenty of manpower. When Lu Jintang's house was completed, Yang Mingxi's family also built a yard.

During these three days, the Yang and Wu families followed Lu Jintang in getting up early for morning exercises, and Yang Mingxi also joined in. During the day, those who were supposed to be helping out at Yang Laowu's house continued to help. Each family sent a man home to tend the rice seedling fields, and together with the women from their own families, they finished the rice seedling fields in three days.

Yang Mingxi took out the notebook in which Yang Minghu recorded his work, distributed rice seeds according to the notebook, and told their family how much more work they had to do to offset the money for the rice seeds.

For a time, the fields in Changshan Village became busy. In addition to the fields that had been tried out before, many families planned to reclaim wasteland and plant rice, because the rice planted on the wasteland of Yang Mingxi's family was also growing well.

When Uncle Wu San produced the second kiln of tiles, all the seedlings to be planted behind Changshan Village had been planted and covered with oilcloth. Yang Mingxi explained the precautions and ended the distribution of rice seeds.

Six days later, Yang Mingxi's family had completed five more courtyards, leaving only the thatched cottage unfinished. Because the house was to be demolished the next day, and Lu Jintang's family was to install the beams, Yang Mingxi's family paused for a moment, and everyone in Changshan Village went to Qianhuang Mountain to help with the beams and tile laying.

Because it was a bit far, and it was the day of the beam raising, everyone was helping rather than being laborers, so Lu Jintang's family provided meals for the day.

After dinner at Yang Mingxi's house that evening, Lu Jintang approached Wu and said, "Fifth Aunt, my family is putting up the beam tomorrow. I originally wanted to ask the villagers to come over to help, but the village chief said that the day of the beam raising is for assistance and no help is needed. However, we need to treat the helpers to a meal. No one at my place can cook so much food, so I'd like to ask a few aunts to come over to help with the cooking, as well as the three daughters-in-law of the village chief. Is that okay?"

Wu said, "I have no problem. If you go to each of my sisters-in-law's house and talk to them, there shouldn't be any problem either."

Lu Jintang nodded, then went to several rooms in the old Yang family and asked Yang Mingxi's aunt and aunt to help with cooking. After taking care of these things, Lu Jintang and Yang Mingxi returned to the thatched cottage together.

On the way to the thatched hut, Lu Jintang pulled Yang Mingxi and said, "Axi, I hope you can accompany me tomorrow, okay?" After Lu Jintang said that, he looked at Yang Mingxi pitifully.

I don't know why? At this moment, Yang Mingxi really wants to hug Lu Jintang. This man is only twenty years old this year, but he has already shouldered the rise and fall of the entire family alone.

At such an important moment, without any relatives around him, he must feel lonely!

Yang Mingxi thought for a moment and said, "Okay! But I don't know anything about raising the beams, so I can't help you."

Lu Jintang pulled Yang Mingxi and slowly fell behind Yang Mingyu and Yang Mingyang. They were silent for a long time. Under the cover of night, Lu Jintang hugged Yang Mingxi and murmured, "As long as you are by my side, I am full of strength and invincible. So don't reject me, okay? You can slowly get to know me. You can ask me anything. I will never hide anything from you, okay?"

Yang Mingxi looked at such a familiar figure, tears streaming down her cheeks. She mustered up the courage to hug Lu Jintang back, resting her head on his chest, and whispered, "I'll be with you tomorrow, always. As for our relationship, I'll tell you after this is over, okay?"

Lu Jintang said in a hoarse voice, "Okay, thank you, Yang Mingxi." After that, he lowered his head and kissed Yang Mingxi on the head, then hugged Yang Mingxi tightly, then let her go and took Yang Mingxi's hand and walked towards the thatched hut.