I rely on infrastructure systems to build a prosperous village

five days later

Li Lan, lying on the kang, rubbed his stomach with his hands, stared at the thatched roof, and sighed inwardly: "Oh, I'm so hungry."

She shook her head, feeling less dizzy. She tapped her cloth-wrapped head, finding it less painful. She stretched her limbs. Then she slowly propped herself up and sat up. After taking a moment to relax, she picked up her coat and trousers, put them on, got off the kang, put on her shoes, and walked to the door.

With a creak, the wooden door opened from the inside. A cool breeze blew in, and Li Lan couldn't help shivering. He walked out, rubbing his arms with both hands.

Standing in the yard, she looked around. There were nine houses made of yellow mud, with thatched roofs and reinforced with wooden sticks. The whole house was in the shape of a concave U. Their second wife lived in the west, with two rooms plus a kitchen. The eldest wife and her grandmother lived in the main house plus a hall in the middle, a total of four rooms. The third uncle's family and the fourth uncle lived in the east, a total of three rooms. The whole yard was surrounded by 1-meter-high wooden sticks. The fence extended to the back of the house, tightly wrapping the entire vegetable garden. There was a small path next to the west room, leading to the vegetable garden in the backyard, and there was also a toilet. Yes, it was a thatched toilet, leaking on all sides, with two wooden boards and a pit.

Li Lan was about to walk out of the yard when his eyes suddenly darkened. He wiped his eyes with his hand and looked carefully. He saw a gray and white mass at the end of his finger.

"Oh my god, it's bird shit. You think I'm unlucky enough, so you're using bird shit to disgust me?" Li Lan was speechless and couldn't help rolling his eyes. He wiped his bird shit-stained hand on the fence beside him, gritting his teeth and saying, "This is too much, this is too much."

He couldn't stand it any longer. He steeled himself and gestured back and forth toward the heavens. Just as Li Lan was enjoying himself, a bolt of lightning shot from the sky, piercing the ground at his feet. With a sizzle, thick smoke rose from the ground, followed by a crack of thunder that resonated across the sky.

Li Lan paused while gesturing, mechanically lowering his head to look at the location where the smoke was coming out. He quickly lowered his hand, touched his nose, smiled awkwardly at the sky, and said, "Hahahaha, exercise, I'm just exercising. I've been lying down for a long time, so I need to move around."

At this time, two little boys ran in from outside. They were about the same age, about 6 or 7 years old, with pale and thin faces, wearing thin patched coats. One of them had two clear tears running down his face, and the other had a small braid on his head.

"Big sister, big sister." Seeing Li Lan standing in the yard, the boy with a small braid on his head shouted happily.

Li Lan looked over and found that it was his younger brother Li Run and Li He from his third uncle's family.

"Where did you two come from? Grandma, mom and the others are still in the fields." Li Lan asked the two children.

"Sister, why did you get off the bed? We just went to catch insects for the chickens. Grandma and mom were plowing the fields, and my uncle, third uncle, and eldest brother went to fetch water from the reservoir in the back mountain." Li Run replied.

"Hey, sister, why is there thunder but no rain?" Li Run scratched his head, his whole face wrinkled, full of confusion.

Li Lan: “…”

Li Lan touched her nose awkwardly and remained silent. She looked at Li He standing next to her and saw that he was holding a small wooden bucket, which was probably filled with worms for the chickens.

Li He saw Li Lan looking at him, smiled shyly at her and called out, "Big sister."

Li Lan reached out and touched Li He's head, smiled and said "hmm". Then he turned to Li Run and said, "Run'er, let's go to the back mountain and take a look."

"Sister, you are not well yet, so why don't we not go there for now?" Li Run said with a worried look on his face.

"I'm fine now. If you don't believe me, just look." Li Lan touched Li Run's dry hair and turned around towards Li Run.

Li He, who was standing nearby, looked at Li Lan spinning around, covering his mouth and laughing.

"Look, sister is fine now. Let's go, Xiaohe'er, Xiaorun'er," Li Lan said as she prepared to hold their hands.

Suddenly, I saw Li He wiping two snots with his little hands that had just covered his mouth and laughed, and then he sniffed again.

Li Lan: “…”

Their home was originally located at the western end of the village at the foot of the mountain, close to the back mountain. Walking on the dry land, looking at the only remaining dry trees on the mountain, the dry ground, and the occasional few withered grasses, Li Lan felt depressed.

Along the way, he met many villagers carrying water and exchanged greetings with them. Looking at these villagers carrying water back and forth, Li Lan couldn't help but sigh: "Although the world is hard, everyone is desperately trying to survive."

"Hey, isn't this Lan girl? It seems that she is getting better."

Li Lan looked at the woman who called her. It was Aunt Li, her aunt from her own family.

"Yes, Auntie. It's all right now."

"I'm glad you're okay. Your grandma and mother were so worried." Aunt Li said.

The other woman next to her had droopy eyes and said with disdain, "She's just spoiled by Zhang. She just fell down and has to rest at home for so many days. If it were my daughter, I would beat her to death."

This person is Widow Chen, one of the most fierce women in the village. She loves to take advantage of others and join in the fun.

Li Lan sneered, "Oh~ What a pity, you are not my mother."

"If you want me to be your mother, I won't do it. You're such a lazy b*tch, I wouldn't want you even if you gave it to me." Widow Chen rolled her eyes, her face full of disgust.

"You look like a catfish, as thin as a bamboo pole, with a pointed face and monkey cheeks. You will kill your husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law. It's terrible for you to have any character, so why don't you do some good deeds. You still want a daughter? Dream on. God is specially punishing you, a black-hearted thing, and making you an orphan and a widow in this life." Li Lan felt happy after scolding him. He finally had a place to vent the anger he had been holding in for the past few days when his soul traveled to another world.

"You, you, I'm going to beat you to death, you dirty talker." As he said that, he picked up the shoulder pole carrying water on the ground and hit Li Lan with it.

"Widow Chen, what do you want to do?" Aunt Li hurried to stop her, but it was too late.

Just as the carrying pole was about to hit Li Lan in the face, it suddenly stopped. Li Lan grasped the carrying pole with one hand, and then with a "crack", it broke.

Widow Chen was shocked when she saw the broken pole. She knew that the girl was naturally strong, but she didn't know it was so strong. She threw away the broken pole in her hand, quickly picked up the two wooden buckets of water, and walked away quickly.

Li Lan looked at Widow Chen's back, the water she had spilled onto the floor, and scoffed. Turning back to tell the two children to leave, she saw them staring at her with bright eyes, adoring her. She shook her legs proudly and brushed her hair back.

"Aunt, you rest for a while. We'll leave first." Li Lan said hello to Aunt Li and walked up the mountain with the two children.

Li Lan, having reached the mountainside, suddenly stopped and looked down at the village. Under a cloudy sky, a winding dirt road, scattered houses, parched fields, and villagers ferrying water back and forth to irrigate the land appeared bustling with activity, yet also desolate.

"What's wrong, sister? Are you tired? We'll be there soon." At this time, Li Run's voice came from the front.

Li Lan came back to her senses and walked towards Li Run and the others, saying, "I'm fine. I just haven't been out for a few days, so I looked around. Let's go, let's walk quickly and take a look at the back mountain."