The next morning, just after Li Xiaoxiao's family had finished breakfast, Uncle Wang, who specialized in building houses in the village, came with his son Wang Dali, holding tools. When Bai Shi contacted them before, they had agreed that Uncle Wang would come to help them after he finished the work at hand. The wages were calculated on a daily basis, 35 cents per person per day, and materials and other expenses were charged separately.

Li Xiaoxiao hurriedly welcomed the father and son into the house, and Li Fang ran to the kitchen to pour a bowl of water for them.

Uncle Wang took the water and praised Li Fang, "What a good boy." Li Fang smiled and said nothing, then ran to play with the little rabbit.

"Uncle Wang, good morning. Brother Dali is here too." Li Xiaoxiao greeted the two of them happily.

Uncle Wang smiled and said, "Good morning, Xiaoxiao! Let's get started today. Your mother has already agreed with me that we should first reinforce the house and renovate the roof, and then build you a bathroom. How about that?"

Li Xiaoxiao nodded repeatedly, "Okay, Uncle Wang, I'll do as you say. Thank you so much. If you need me to do anything, just tell me."

Uncle Wang waved his hand and said, "You are just a little girl, how can you do such rough work? Just pass things to us and help out."

After hearing this, Li Xiaoxiao did not argue, but stood aside obediently waiting for help.

Li Xiaoxiao and Wang Dali brought a ladder together, and Uncle Wang stood on it to check the condition of the roof.

"It's a bit loose here, we need to replace the wood board." Uncle Wang said, pointing to a worn wood board.

Li Xiaoxiao quickly handed over a new wooden board. Uncle Wang took it and hammered it with a hammer. It was installed in a short while.

"Well, it's much stronger now." Uncle Wang nodded with satisfaction.

The three of them were busy all morning. At noon, Bai prepared the meal, and everyone ate a few bites before continuing to work.

In the afternoon, when it was almost dark, the few people were busy and the house was basically reinforced.

Uncle Wang and his son finished work and went back, saying they would come back the next morning. Li Xiaoxiao and Bai invited them to have dinner at home before leaving. Both of them were honest people and did not want to take advantage of others. Uncle Wang said that Aunt Wang had already prepared the meal at home and was waiting for them to eat, and then he hurried home.

Looking at the backs of Uncle Wang and the other man, Li Xiaoxiao thought that except for the group of people in the old house, most of the villagers in this village are kind.

After closing the courtyard gate, Li Xiaoxiao went back to the kitchen to help Bai.

"Xiaoxiao, you've been busy all day. Go take a shower first. There's hot water in the pot. I don't need your help here. You can just watch the fire." Mrs. Bai waved the spatula in her hand and said.

After hearing what Bai said, Li Xiaoxiao didn't act pretentiously. She directly fetched a bucket of water and went to the toilet to take a quick shower. After working all day, she was sweating all over and her body was sticky, which was really uncomfortable.

After taking a shower, Bai's dinner was ready. The family sat around the dining table and ate a simple meal. Li Xiaoxiao felt that life was full of hope.

Perhaps because he was too tired after a day's work, Li Xiaoxiao sat in the yard for a while after dinner and then went back to his room to lie down and sleep.

Li Xiaoxiao had a dreamless night and got up early the next morning. After a night's rest, Li Xiaoxiao felt refreshed.

After a quick wash, Li Xiaoxiao went to the kitchen to help Bai make breakfast. After breakfast, Uncle Wang and Wang Dali also arrived as scheduled.

Today's task was to build a shower room. Wang Dali was in charge of digging mud and bricks, Uncle Wang was in charge of laying the wall, and Li Xiaoxiao and Bai Shi lent a hand.

In the afternoon, the frame of the shower room was built, and Uncle Wang and Wang Dali began to build the walls.

"Wow, it looks great!" Li Fang said excitedly.

"Haha, once it's done, you can take a comfortable bath." Uncle Wang said with a smile.

As the sun gradually set, the day's work finally came to an end. Uncle Wang and Wang Dali packed up their tools and said goodbye to Li Xiaoxiao and her family.

"Thank you Uncle Wang, thank you Brother Dali, you have worked hard today." Li Xiaoxiao said gratefully.

"You're welcome. We'll continue tomorrow." Uncle Wang waved his hand and left with his son.

On the third day, several people worked hard for most of the day and the shower room was built.

"Thank you Uncle Wang and Brother Dali, you have worked hard!" Li Xiaoxiao said gratefully.

"It's a small matter. Just let me know if you need any help in the future." Uncle Wang smiled and patted Li Xiaoxiao's shoulder.

Bai gave the wages to Uncle Wang and his son, and wanted to invite them to dinner, but Uncle Wang and his son kindly declined.

After seeing the two off, the family looked at the brand new shower room, their hearts filled with joy.

Li Xiaoxiao sighed, finally she didn't have to go to the toilet to take a shower. She was looking forward to taking a good bath in the evening to eliminate the fatigue of the day.

In the afternoon, Li Xiaoxiao collected all the dried red dates that were drying in the yard.

After a few days of drying, the red dates picked on the mountain a few days ago were almost dried. Li Xiaoxiao tasted them and felt that they tasted similar to modern dried red dates, even sweeter. They would definitely taste good when used to make soup. It is estimated that they can be stored after drying for another day or two.

That night, Li Xiaoxiao took a comfortable bath, feeling relaxed. Lying in bed, she thought about her future. She decided to wait until the shower room was completely dry, then go to the carpenter in the next village and have a large wooden tub custom-made for it. That way, she could bathe like she did in modern times.

The next day, Li Xiaoxiao got up early and started tidying up the yard. There were some debris left in the yard from the house renovations, so she cleaned it up and went to the shrimp farm.

Now that the crayfish have started to lay eggs and produce young, there are very few that can be eaten, so Li Xiaoxiao decided not to send any more crayfish to Xiangmanlou, and Manager Zhao agreed.

Thanks to Li Xiaoxiao's recipes for pickled fish and chopped pepper fish head, Xiang Man Lou's business has reached new heights. After promoting these two dishes, Xiang Man Lou branches nationwide have seen a significant increase in sales, and Shopkeeper Zhao is naturally delighted. Yun Che, far away in the capital, looked at the account books his subordinates had delivered. Thanks to the promotion of pickled fish and chopped pepper fish head, restaurants across the country are flocking to the restaurant every day, and a smile appeared on his face.

He didn't expect these two dishes to be so popular, and he admired Li Xiaoxiao even more. But Li Xiaoxiao didn't know this at the time. She was busy picking up some water plants in the river to put in the shrimp farm.

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