After traveling through time, I rely on force to survive

Li Qingqing introduced Changshun and Shitou to Hu Dabao. Hu Dabao was very perceptive and quickly helped carry the beeswax into the kitchen.

After the three of them came out of the kitchen, Li Qingqing immediately ordered:

"Changshun, I need to hire two people to cook for us permanently, two meals a day. Please ask around in the village to see if anyone is willing to take over this job, the sooner the better."

With more labor, logistics must be put in place immediately.

"Okay, Sister Qingqing." Changshun responded immediately.

Li Qingqing nodded and continued, "You and Shitou should go to the village immediately to borrow twenty hatchets. In an hour, you two should bring the hatchets with you and Hu Dabao to the bamboo forest in the back mountain. I'll have Brother Zhou tell you the exact location."

"I understand, Sister Qingqing." Changshun and Shitou agreed and left.

"What about me?" Hu Dabao looked at Li Qingqing and felt a little scared.

Li Qingqing glanced at Hu Dabao and said in a slightly threatening tone, "Follow them to the bamboo forest later. Work hard and I won't treat you unfairly!"

"Yes!" Hu Dabao felt a little uncomfortable under Li Qingqing's gaze, and nodded quickly.

He didn't understand what Li Qingqing wanted to do with the hatchet, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only stay where he was.

Li Qingqing looked at Young Master Xie who was sitting next to Zhou Yimo, then silently turned her gaze towards Zhou Yimo and said:

"I'll go to the bamboo forest first. I've already made the bamboo cards and put them in the study. After you number them, have Changshun bring them over."

"Okay, my lady!" Zhou Yimo nodded to show that he understood.

Xie Xuanan: ...

Li Qingqing went to the bamboo forest.

This was something she and Zhou Yimo had discussed before. They planned to have Hu Dabao and his men cut down bamboo and build a row of bamboo houses on the flat ground on the hillside behind the mountain as a place for them to rest at night.

Zhou Yimo then went to the study to write numbers on the bamboo plaques, and after finishing writing on the bamboo plaques, he wrote the purchase list.

The necessities for the home, bedding and other items needed in the bamboo house, water bags, gauze and various tools needed for the brick kiln, etc. Try to buy everything you need and don't always borrow.

Although his wife did not tell him about these things, he had to take the initiative to undertake them. He said that he wanted to be the one who "walks side by side with his wife", so naturally he had to do it.

Zhou Yimo finished writing the purchase list and began to draw the structural diagram of the bamboo house.

In short, I am constantly busy.

Xie Xuanan: I kept silent and watched you two busy with my cold eyes.

Zhou Yimo and Li Qingqing were busy with their own things. Xier took Dashuang and Xiaoshuang to the village and informed their friends everywhere, asking them to come to Zhou's house for exercise early the next morning.

Only Xie Xuan'an and Hu Dabao were left in the yard.

Xie Xuan'an did not disturb Zhou Yimo. He sat calmly on the chair, staring at Hu Dabao, lost in thought.

Hu Dabao was trembling in his heart and was even more afraid to move.

He had noticed early on that this distinguished young man of extraordinary status and with an air of coolness all over his body had been standing there without saying a word, and he had no idea who he was.

Hu Dabao tried hard to recall for a long time, but felt that he didn't know him at all and it was impossible for him to offend him.

But why did this young man keep his eyes fixed on him?

Fortunately, Changshun and Shitou came back not long after and finally freed him.

When Changshun came back, Zhou An had only finished drawing half of the bamboo house structure. He had to wait until his wife came back to ask her about some details. After all, these were all his wife's ideas, and he just put them on paper.

"Brother Zhou, I understand." Changshun asked about the way to the bamboo forest.

"Wait, take this bamboo sign and the shopping list and give them to your sister Qingqing. Ask her if she needs anything else. You and Shitou will go to the next town to buy them." Zhou Yimo handed the things to Changshun.

"I understand, Brother Zhou, let's go." Changshun took the things and called Shitou and Hu Dabao to start their journey.

An hour later, when Hu Dabao followed Changshun and Shitou to the bamboo forest, he saw his former subordinates huddled together like a group of frightened quails, with pain and fear written all over their faces.

"Why are you here?" Hu Dabao shuddered.

Goodness! These people looked like they had been brutally tortured. They must have suffered a lot.

"Brother Hu!" The quails, oh no. The guards shouted at Hu Dabao as soon as they saw him.

When the younger brother sees the older brother, his eyes are filled with tears...

When had Hu Dabao ever seen his brothers, who were usually arrogant and domineering, showing expressions of aggrieved like young wives?

But he didn't dare to say anything, because he was also abducted by the female hero.

It's just that his condition seems to be a little better than theirs.

Hu Dabao looked straight ahead and secretly straightened his chest to show that he was different from them.

"Sister Qingqing, we're here!" Changshun handed the bamboo sign and the shopping list to Li Qingqing and said:

"Sister Qingqing, Brother Zhou asked me to give these to you. He asked if there was anything else we needed to buy. He asked us to buy them all together."

Li Qingqing took it and looked at the shopping list. It was a long and densely packed list of items that indeed needed to be purchased. Some of them she hadn't even thought of, but Zhou An had thought of them all. He was really thoughtful.

"Let's buy these items first." Li Qingqing nodded and asked, "Do you have enough silver?"

"Sister Qingqing, there is still enough silver."

"Okay, then you guys go shopping first, and be careful on the road. Keep a record of the accounts later, and we'll reconcile them once a month." Li Qingqing handed the shopping list to Changshun.

"Okay, Sister Qingqing, let's go!"

Changshun and Shitou took the shopping list to the next town to purchase items, and did not ask where these guards came from.

After seeing Changshun and Shitou leave, Li Qingqing turned her gaze to the guards.

As soon as the guards saw her cold eyes, they shuddered in fear.

The guards secretly wailed in their hearts: Where did this female devil come from!

"Hu Dabao, give these bamboo cards to them, one for each person!"

Li Qingqing glanced at the guards, then handed the bamboo signs made by Zhou Anxin to Hu Dabao, signaling him to distribute them.

"Yes!" Hu Dabao followed suit and took action.

He took the bamboo cards and began to distribute them.

The guards each held a bamboo card and looked at each other. There was a number written on it. What did it mean?

"The bamboo cards have been distributed." Hu Dabao smiled and asked flatteringly, "Sister, I don't think I have any."

Li Qingqing glanced at him sideways without answering. She said to the guards:

"The numbers on the bamboo plaques are your current names. From today on, you must do whatever I tell you to do. Don't be lazy. If you perform well, you will have food to eat and wages to earn, and your names will be restored in the future."

When Hu Dabao heard this, he thought: So this is how bamboo tokens are used? These guards are Liu Yuanwai's lackeys, they really don't deserve names.

Hu Dabao secretly puffed out his chest. He was a well-known man, and was naturally different from these lackeys.

When the lackeys heard this, they were immediately furious.

"The heroine kidnapped us just to make us do things for her?"

"There's food to eat and wages to be paid. It's such a good opportunity, why didn't you kidnap me earlier?"

"I was beaten up for nothing. It's so unfair! I'm willing to do such a good thing. I'm willing a hundred times!"

"What's a name? I don't have a name, and this number suits me perfectly!"