I rely on infrastructure systems to build a prosperous village

The open space was now filled with villagers. The village chief, Li Youtian, and Li Lan stood on the front slope, looking at the villagers happily discussing below. They glanced at each other and smiled.

Looking at the villagers below, the village chief shouted loudly: "Everyone should have seen the thing placed by the well to pump water. It's called a ram pump. Our girl Lan designed it and Youtian built it."

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, there was an uproar in the open space.

"Oh my god, this Lan girl is really amazing."

"Isn't it? I heard that it was her and Huazi's credit that we were able to find water and dig the well."

"And the wolf we killed last time and the bamboo shoots we dug, weren't they all from that Lan girl?"

"This Lan girl is the savior of our entire village."

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The village chief raised his hands, signaling for silence, and said loudly, "I won't go into details about how much Lan has done for our village. But we must be conscientious. Without what Lan has done, when the water in the back mountain pool dries up, we will have to leave our homeland, and we might even lose our lives."

The villagers standing below all nodded in agreement. Even the gossipy Hua Po and Chen Guafu lowered their heads and said nothing.

"Since everyone agrees with me, then I will say this. As long as I am the village chief of Lijia Village, if anyone talks bad about Lan girl behind her back and I hear them, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will expel their entire family from the village." The village chief spoke in a stern tone, his eyes sweeping across everyone standing below.

After hearing the village chief's words, everyone fell silent. At the same time, they all understood Li Lan's importance in the entire Lijia Village. Everyone's eyes changed as they looked at Li Lan standing above.

The village chief saw that everyone had taken him in. He then continued, "Since everyone agrees with what I said, I will tell you one more thing that will make you all happy."

The village chief paused, looking at the people below who had begun to whisper again, and continued, "Last time, Miss Lan led everyone into the mountains to dig bamboo shoots. They killed 30 wolves. Except for three wolves whose meat was divided among the group, Miss Lan took Chunping and Jianping to the county town to sell the other 27. They sold them for a total of 31 taels, 500 wen."

When everyone heard this, they cheered with joy.

"Although several families have recently divided up, none of them have gone to the government office to separate their households. Therefore, I will still follow the previous 30 households. 31 taels, 500 wen, leaving 1 tael, 500 wen as the village's public welfare fund. The remaining 30 taels, one tael of silver per household."

Before the village chief had finished speaking, the crowd cheered loudly. Some people even cried out with tears in their eyes. One tael of silver! That's one tael of silver!

"Oh my god, this is not a disaster year."

"If it's not a disaster year, you may not be able to earn enough money in a year even after several years."

"From now on, this Lan girl is my father and my mother."

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Seeing everyone so happy, the village chief's eyes were red. He lamented that the drought of the past three years had almost made everyone numb. Fortunately, Lan Yatou and Huazi were there.

"Okay, let me talk about this public welfare fund. From now on, our village will set aside 30% of the collective income as a public welfare fund. And the money from the public welfare fund will only be used for the construction of our village. For example: building an ancestral hall, building a school, building our village's own granary, etc." The village chief repeated loudly to everyone what Li Lan had said to him.

God knows how excited he was when he heard Li Lan talk about the provident fund. If all these things were done, the future of Lijia Village would be bright, and he would die without regrets.

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the crowd erupted in exclamations, especially from the elderly, whose hands, leaning on their crutches, were shaking.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I know you are all very excited. I am also very excited. Okay, we have finished talking about everything. After you leave, go to Li Yun to collect your money." After the village chief said this, he waved his hand and let everyone go.

After everyone dispersed, the village chief, Li Lan, and Li Youtian began to discuss the remaining ram pumps.

"Uncle Youtian, I will go into the mountains again tomorrow to cut some bamboo." Li Lan said.

"Row."

"Do you want to ask some more people to go into the mountains with you tomorrow?" The village chief looked at Li Lan and said seriously.

Li Lan thought for a moment and said, "Sure. Call the six team leaders from last time, plus four more people, to make a total of 6 people. I'll see if we can bring back some big guys."

The village chief nodded in agreement.

After the few people finished discussing, Li Lan walked home.

As soon as he entered the yard, he ran into Wang and called out, "Auntie."

"Hey, hey." Wang responded twice, smiled awkwardly, and hurried into the kitchen.

Li Lan looked at Wang's back, laughed and shook his head.

"Sister, you're back." Li He, who was feeding chickens in the yard, ran over and said with his little face raised.

Li Lan looked at him, smiled and nodded.

"Sister, sister, you're back." Li Run ran out of Li Chunhua's room and shouted happily.

Zhou Yuntian, lying on the kang, listened attentively to the noise outside. After a while, he heard footsteps getting closer and closer.

"Brother-in-law Tianxian, my sister is here to see you." Li Run ran to the kang and said happily.

When Li Lan heard this name, his eyes flashed but he didn't say anything.

Zhou Yuntian looked behind Li Run and saw a tall girl wearing a light-colored coarse cloth, with a pretty face and a high ponytail on her head. Her eyes were bright and sharp.

The two stared at each other from a distance, neither giving in.

"Xiaorun, go and see if Dad and the others are back." Li Lan said.

"Oh, okay, sister." Li Run looked at Zhou Yuntian, then at his sister, and always felt that the atmosphere was a little inexplicably tense.

As soon as Li Runyi left the room, Li Lan sat down at the desk under the window, his eyes fixed on Zhou Yuntian. After a moment, he calmly asked, "When will you leave, sir?"

Zhou Yuntian listened to his calm tone and said, "I can't move yet. I'll leave as soon as my injuries are healed. Also, thank you for saving my life, young lady."

When a low voice came, Li Lan couldn't help cursing in his heart, Damn, not only is she good-looking, but her voice is also so nice.

"Okay, I hope you can do what you say. Also, while you're here, I hope you can have your people clean up the mess. We are all ordinary people. We just want to live a peaceful life and don't want to get into any trouble." Li Lan stared into his eyes.

"Ok, I know."

Seeing that he wasn't being perfunctory, Li Lan continued, "Your face is too eye-catching, so I smeared some pot ash on you. I also told the villagers that you are our son-in-law. Of course, it will benefit me too. I don't want to get married, so I'll consider this as a life-saving favor."

Zhou Yuntian thought for a moment and replied, "Okay."

Seeing how happy he was, Li Lan smiled and said, "My name is Li Lan, and it's a pleasure to work with you." After that, he turned and left the house.

Zhou Yuntian stared at Li Lan's back as she left, unable to recover for a long time. What kind of woman was this? She was willing to abandon even her own reputation. But then again, how could someone who could lead an entire village out of the drought crisis be just an ordinary woman?

Second bedroom.

After dinner, Mrs. Wang and Li Lan's family sat around the table and chatted.

"Dad, have we finished measuring our fields and wasteland?" Li Lan asked as if he remembered something.

"We've measured it. There are a total of 11 acres of land over there. Your grandma means that we have 6 acres of land, and leaving 5 acres for your fourth uncle is enough."

After hearing what Li Chunping said, Mrs. Wang also nodded.

"Okay. Grandma, Dad, let's find someone to build a house tomorrow and include Fourth Uncle's piece."

Wang Pozi and Li Chunping looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

"Then let's build a yellow mud house?" Li Chunping thought for a while and said.

"Yes, let's build a yellow mud house first. This is the situation in the village now, and it's a disaster year. We don't know what the situation is outside. Just in case, it's better to build a yellow mud house." Li Lan said in a heavy tone.

Several people listened to her words and found it to be true.

Li Lan took out the design drawings of two houses from his sleeves.

"Dad, let's just press this lid."

Li Chunping looked at the house drawn on the blueprint and was very surprised. He sighed and said: "This immortal's things are really different, but the immortal's handwriting is too ugly."

If Li Lan knew what Li Chunping was thinking at this moment, he would probably say: "Is this handwriting ugly? What's ugly about it? It's obviously well written. You don't know the value of it!"

Large room.

Li Chunlei lay listlessly on the kang, feeling deeply distressed. Ever since the family split up, his mother hadn't eaten a single meal with them. She wouldn't come even when he asked her, yet today she'd gone to the second son's room. He knew his mother was mad at them. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"What do you want to do? You keep sighing." Wang said impatiently.

Li Chunlei didn't even look at her. After hearing what she said, he closed his eyes.

"What do you mean? You haven't said a word to me since the separation of the family. Who am I doing this for? But I didn't know that this eldest girl hid it so deeply." As she said this, Wang felt very wronged and burst into tears.

Li Xing on the other side of the straw curtain rolled her eyes helplessly, not knowing what her mother was going to do next.

Three bedrooms.

"Chunsheng, look at how well this girl hides her secrets. Now everyone in the village is on her side." Chen complained.

"Yes, this eldest girl is really not simple." Li Chunsheng sighed, feeling a little regretful about dividing the family.

"Maybe they are waiting for us to split up before they show off these skills." Chen rolled her eyes.

"Okay, what's the point of talking about this now? The house has been divided. Go to bed early. We still have to find someone to help build the house tomorrow." Li Chunsheng said and closed his eyes.

Chen's eyes rolled around beside her. Yes, tomorrow she will have her own house, and she can be the master of the house from now on. Thinking of this, she fell into a sound sleep.