My humble days in ancient times

Huang Guiyun was furious when she heard this. She immediately opened her eyes and said loudly, "Xu Shi, I'm telling you, it's not me who bullies her, it's her who bullies me. Do you believe it?"

Xu Shi shook his head without hesitation, not believing her at all.

Huang Guiyun continued, "That little girl is very powerful. No one can bully her. You can't treat her like a child. She's very cunning."

Xu Shi was furious and shouted, "If you don't treat her as a child, do you treat her as a shameless adult like you? Also, can you get rich by stealing those bricks? Are you willing to lose face for a few bricks? Think about it, can we be so shameless as human beings?"

Huang Guiyun, however, remained confident and said with a stiff neck, "It's fine to take it back as a cushion. It won't be wasted anyway, and it's just sitting there anyway, so why can't I take it?"

Xu Shi shook his head and sighed helplessly, "It feels like I've been talking to a cow for so long. I really can't reason with you."

Without Huang Guiyun, the White Ghost, causing trouble, Xu Dafu and Xu Qinghe could finally sleep peacefully at night without feeling worried.

Han Jun's house was built quickly, and the wasteland in the west began to become lively. People came and went, busy contributing to the new construction.

Xu Ruyi smiled and said sincerely to the village head, "Uncle head, I want to hire more people so that we can finish building the house before the Mid-Autumn Festival. I also want to pay them wages so that everyone will be more motivated to work."

The village head was confused when he heard this, frowning slightly and saying, "Finding people is easy. It should be no problem to find 30 people when the time comes. But we villagers all help each other build houses, and we have never asked for wages before. How can this work?"

Xu Ruyi took his time and explained, "Uncle Village Head, my elder brother and I are young and busy with business, so we really can't spare the time to help you all. We feel bad about it. So we still want to pay you for your work. This is our little token of our appreciation."

The village head reacted immediately, put his hand on his chin, thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. Let's do this. I'll gather everyone together and you tell them."

The head of the village shouted a few times at the top of his lungs, and people quickly gathered from all directions.

The village head cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, please be quiet. I have something to tell you."

As soon as the words fell, the noisy crowd immediately quieted down, and everyone's eyes turned to the head of the village.

The village head gave Xu Ruyi a look, and Xu Ruyi immediately stepped forward, facing the familiar neighbors in the village, bowed deeply and said, "Hello, brothers and uncles, thank you for taking the time to help build the house. Today I want to tell you something. I want to pay you thirty coins a day and provide you with lunch. I hope you can help me with this and finish the house as soon as possible."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this. Thirty cents a day was no small sum, and the thought of it was exciting. But everyone in the village helped each other, and no one had ever been paid before.

Zhuzi scratched his head and asked in confusion, "We are all here to help, why are you paying us? This is against the rules."

Xu Ruyi originally thought that they would ask the village head afterwards, but now that they had asked, it made the same thing as what she said.

She calmly and logically spoke, "Help should be mutual. My brother and I are young and busy with business, so we can't really help anyone else in the village. So, after discussing it, we've decided to pay you. I hope you can understand our sincere intentions."

Everyone understood what was going on and started whispering to each other, "This kid is quite capable and thoughtful."

The village head cleared his throat, coughed, and said, "Okay, it's settled. From now on, everyone just needs to work hard and try to finish building the house as soon as possible."

After hearing this, everyone dispersed and went to prepare their tools for work.

Xu Ruyi said to the village head, "Uncle head, look, the barren hillside to the west is gradually lowering, and the ground gets lower as you go east. I want to raise it with soil."

The village head, holding his hands up, looked in the direction Xu Ruyi was talking about. He understood what she meant and said, "That's easy. Just have everyone go to the ditches and fields in the village to dig some soil."

So everyone started to get busy, some carrying hoes, some pushing carts, it was a scene of bustling activity.

They dug soil in the ditch, waving the pickaxe again and again, making a clang-clang sound. When a full cart was dug, everyone worked together to pull it over.

Everyone gets paid, which is much better than doing odd jobs, so the more they work, the more motivated they feel and the more skillful their hands become.

Let’s talk about Xu Ruyi’s cooking. She is quite willing to spend money on it.

Two large sheds were built not far from the wasteland, one for cooking and the other for them to rest at noon.

On the first day, Xu Ruyi showed off her culinary skills, cooking a large pot of shiny, fragrant braised pork. The aroma wafted far away, and everyone, like greedy cats, had already smelled it long ago. Many people sniffed hard and exclaimed sincerely, "It smells so good!"

When everyone came to get their food, they saw the table filled with tempting braised pork, shiny and soft roasted eggplant, refreshing and delicious cold cucumber salad, and steaming tomato and egg soup.

Many people's eyes lit up with surprise: "It's almost as good as the Chinese New Year." Many people in this village can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year. Now they can eat such a sumptuous meal on this construction site, which is like a dream.

The most important thing is that everyone can get a spoonful of the fragrant braised pork, and then each person can get a portion of braised eggplant and a portion of cucumber. If there is any leftover food, they can add more by themselves.

As for the soup, they can just make it themselves.

Everyone ate the delicious braised pork and couldn't help but praise it: "It's delicious, so delicious."

They never expected that Xu Ruyi, at such a young age, had such good cooking skills, much better than their mother and wife.

On the second day, Xu Ruyi changed the recipe again and made fragrant clay pot chicken, fresh and delicious roasted beans, smooth and tasty braised tofu, and refreshing vegetable and egg soup.

Everyone got a spoonful of juicy chicken. Surprisingly, the tofu and beans were also incredibly delicious. The tofu was spicy and flavorful, melting in your mouth. The beans were dry and crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, unlike the bland, water-boiled beans I usually get at home.

Everyone was very puzzled, muttering in confusion: "Same ingredients, how come I've never eaten something this delicious since I was a child! The difference is too big."

Everyone was looking forward to lunch every day, and while working, they were all looking forward to the hearty and delicious meal.

At noon on the third day, we had mouth-watering braised fish, unique ants climbing a tree, brightly colored scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and fragrant and rich mushroom soup.

The fish is chopped into pieces and peppers are added. It tastes delicious and not fishy at all. The rich soup is especially delicious when poured over rice.

Ants Climbing Trees is also good. This is the first time for everyone to eat vermicelli like this. Usually we boil it with meat, so there is no such novel way of cooking it.

As for scrambled eggs with tomatoes, it goes without saying that most people eat tomatoes raw. Besides, they wouldn't eat eggs, so how could they possibly scramble tomatoes? I never expected scrambled eggs with tomatoes to be so delicious, with a sweet and sour flavor that leaves a lasting impression.

It is true that there is always someone better than you. Xu Ruyi's cooking skills have been unanimously praised by everyone, and everyone praises her craftsmanship.