I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

"How can this be?" Chen suddenly burst into tears. "Neither of us will ever have the chance to leave Dingshui Village again in this lifetime, but what happened to Ah Zheng back then... Anyway, I don't want him to die like this without knowing the reason."

Old Man Lu sighed when he heard this, patted her hands and said nothing more.

……

After Jiang Qinyu got home, she tidied up the house and tidied up the places that needed to be tidy.

After separating from the Lu family, there was actually nothing left, and the rooms all looked empty.

Jiang Qinyu planned to let her two children live in the room next to the master bedroom. She had previously asked Village Chief Li's eldest son and others to make a partition. As long as the thin wooden door in the middle was locked, it would become two private spaces.

But before they move in, she still has to buy some things in the room, such as a bed, table, chairs, wardrobe, etc.

Because there are two children, everything needs to be in duplicate. Jiang Qinyu has enough money on hand now, but when she thinks about the expenses of raising two children, she can't help but sigh.

If she wants to live a life of relaxation, she still has a long way to go!

Next to the children's room is a specially built storage room made of stones. It is drafty. It is okay in the summer but not suitable for living in the winter.

Opposite the rooms is a two-person-high fence, and on the other side of the fence is the home of Old Man Lu and Chen.

A woodshed was built on the side of the fence near the gate of the courtyard. On both sides of the woodshed were a newly dug dry toilet and a specially built shower room.

On the other side of the gate is the kitchen, and next to the kitchen is Jiang Qinyu's master bedroom. There is a thatched shed in the middle of the yard, and under the shed is a stone table and stone bench for entertaining guests.

The whole courtyard is not big, even a little crowded, but it has everything it needs, and Jiang Qinyu is already very satisfied.

"Auntie, I'm done sweeping!" Pan'er stood in the middle of the yard with a broom and shouted to Jiang Qinyu.

Shu Fan also poked his head out of the house and said, "I also wiped everything in the house. Look, Auntie, the water is clean."

Jiang Qinyu waved at the two of them, "You two are awesome, you've become little adults now. Now that you've finished your work, get ready to go out!"

The three of them picked up the backpacks at the corner of the yard and went out together.

When she came out, Jiang Qinyu saw Old Man Lu also leaving the yard with a hoe.

"Dad, are you going to the fields?" Jiang Qinyu called out.

Although it was strange that Chen asked her to remarry just now, it did not affect their normal relationship.

Old Man Lu nodded and said, "A few days ago, I noticed that the soil in the field was not that dry. Now that I have some time, I'd like to go take a look."

"I also saw it yesterday. If the soil deeper down was a little wetter, we could plow the soil and prepare for autumn planting." Jiang Qinyu also nodded.

The two of them talked as they walked, Shufan and Pan'er followed obediently behind, and the group soon arrived at the field.

The land that Jiang Qinyu was allocated was next to Old Man Lu's land. She also had a small hoe in her hand, and both of them dug in the ground a few times.

"Yu girl, what's going on over there?" Old Man Lu shouted.

Jiang Qinyu turned the hoe over. The soil underneath was already fully moistened. She turned around and said, "It looks okay here. How about you, Dad?"

"I'm almost done here. I'll go back to ask Old Chen to take a look. Maybe we can start plowing the soil earlier!" Old Man Lu said excitedly.

The Old Chen he mentioned was Chen Shao's father. He was two years younger than Old Man Lu, but he was one of the best farmers in the village.

Jiang Qinyu smiled and used her consciousness to turn on the faucet in the aquatic area so that other people's land could be plowed as soon as possible.

It seems that she will have to take back the plastic hose from other people's fields tonight. In order to prevent this piece of land from drying up again, she also has to find a place to bury the plastic hose.

……

That evening, Village Chief Li convened another village meeting under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village. The main content of the meeting was to discuss whether to allow Wang Pozi and her family to join them.

The villagers had complaints against those families. After all, they had gone to Qinggang Mountain together to rob food and hunt in the mountains together, and they had shared the joys and sorrows. But those families insisted on fleeing the famine, as if they could not survive if they were with them.

"They left of their own accord, and now they're back wanting to be with us. What's going on?"

"That's right, and they're notorious for being sneaky and cunning. If we let them join, they won't hold us back."

"Last time we were hunting in the mountains, Wang Quezi tried to escape secretly..."

Everyone was talking at once, and no one explicitly said that Wang Pozi and her family were not allowed to join, but many people were still not happy about it, and their words were full of exclusion.

Village Chief Li, upon seeing this, quickly asked everyone to be quiet. "Everyone, listen to me for a few words. Their ancestors have lived in our village, and their ancestral tablets are also in the ancestral hall. If you don't give them face, then give their ancestors face."

"As for their past cheating and slacking, we now use the work point system. If they don't work hard, their base work points will continue to decrease. Whether they can earn enough work points to support their family depends on their own ability."

"Besides, with them joining us, we'll have more manpower to do whatever we need, right? We can all monitor their work, and if there are any problems, we can solve them at any time."

After he said this, the crowd's dissatisfaction eased a little, but still no one took the initiative to agree.

At this time, Grandpa Jiang suddenly stood up and said, "Everyone, listen to me for a few words." He looked at Wang Pozi's families, then looked at everyone, "Not everyone in their families is bad. For example, the eldest son of the Wang family, the youngest son of the Ma family, and the several daughters-in-law of the Deng family are all good workers."

"There aren't many people in our village to begin with, and the drought isn't over yet. We need help carrying water from the mountains or tilling the land for autumn planting. I agree to let them join us."

With Grandpa Jiang taking the lead, the elders in the village all began to speak for Wang Po's family. After all, these elders still considered the relationship between them. The elders from the deceased families had some relationship with them.

It was only at this point that the other villagers relaxed.

At this time, Wang Bo also stood up and solemnly promised everyone on the straw platform, "Everyone, no matter what the situation of our several families was in the past, I, Wang Bo, hereby promise you today that our several families will follow in everyone's footsteps and will never drag you down!"

Since then, Wang Pozi's and her families have joined the collective life of Dingshui Village. Village chief Li brought the inspection team to set basic work points for their families on the spot.

Except for Wang Bo and the youngest son of the Ma family, who earned ten work points, the work points of others were not very high, especially Wang Quezi, who only earned six centimeters per day, and Wang Pozi, who earned four work points.

Mrs. Wang wanted to find someone to argue with, but Wang Bo held her back tightly, "Mom, don't say anything now. We can find them later and add them to the list!"

He was very clear about his family's reputation in the village. It was not easy to get these people to accept them to join. If he started to argue about the basic work points, it might backfire.

It would be better for them to perform well during this period so that they will not be treated differently when the benchmark work points are re-determined next time.

"Everyone, be quiet," Village Chief Li shouted again, "I'm going to tell you what we're going to do, and you all need to take note..."

Wang Bo was shocked when he heard them talking about going into the mountains to find out the direction of the underground river.

What on earth did this group of people do before? They even found a hidden river over a hundred meters underground?