She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

Looking at the thriving scene before him, Yao Lizheng almost shed tears.

"Young master, thanks to your planning for the village, you've worked hard these past few days. On behalf of Yao Li Village, I thank you." Yao Lizheng said, about to bow to Lian Chengmo.

Although I've always known that everyone has found a place to stay and can start a new life, hearing about it and actually seeing it are two different things.

But now, with the reclaimed fields and rows of houses with foundations laid, how could Yao Lizheng not dare to move?

Not only him, but several elders who insisted on entering the valley last also expressed their gratitude to Lian Chengmo.

"There's no need for that, everyone. I did all this not without selfish motives. This place will be everyone's home from now on, and we should work together to manage it well." Lian Chengmo quickly helped the person up, refusing to accept the courtesy.

In truth, if Yao Lizheng hadn't accepted him from the beginning and hadn't been so dedicated to protecting the children, Lian Chengmo wouldn't have gone to such lengths to plan for them!

Upon hearing this, Yao Lizheng and the others were even more moved. Lian Chengmo's second son had secretly told him about the negotiations between Lian Chengmo and that divine doctor. Although they didn't know what the young master had promised, they felt that he must have suffered a loss.

Now that the young master is saying such things, treating them as family, Yao Lizheng is very excited.

That day, the entire village of Yaoli finally reunited, and with hope for the future, Yaoli Zheng organized a meal for everyone.

They set up some tables at their temporary lodgings, and each family contributed rice if they had rice, noodles if they had noodles, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, wild vegetables, dried meat, and so on, creating several large tables of sumptuous dinner.

There were only a few tables because carpenter Yao hadn't been there long and had only made a few tables, all of which were in use.

The women and children consciously refrained from sitting at the table, instead serving themselves food and gathering in small groups to chat and dream about the good days to come.

The men, on the other hand, were feasting at the table. They had been doing heavy manual labor lately, so having so much good food all of a sudden, they were eager to have a good meal.

As for Lian Chengmo, Yao Lizheng had originally invited him to sit at the main table, but he declined.

Firstly, he was still a child, and it wouldn't be appropriate for him to be the only exception among the other children. Secondly, Lian Chengmo didn't really like eating at the same table with these people.

It wasn't because of class or status; it was purely a matter of fastidiousness. The men in the village were really careless about hygiene when they ate. They would rummage through the dishes with chopsticks that were wet with saliva, which was disgusting to watch.

Of course, Yao Lizheng couldn't let Lian Chengmo suffer, so he had his eldest daughter-in-law serve the best food and send it over. Lian Chengmo and Banxia then ate quietly at their small table with the four little ones.

The next day, Banxia's long-awaited house was finally going to be completed, and the roof beam could be raised that day.

Lian Chengmo had already prepared the roof-raising ceremony. According to custom, on the day the head of the household raises the roof beam, they should scatter copper coins, peanuts, candies, cakes and other treats down from the beam.

The more people come to collect it, the more prosperous the family's future will be.

This was the first family in the village to have their roof beam raised, so everyone, regardless of age or gender, came to join in the fun.

Yao Lizheng originally wanted the Liancheng Mo family to raise the roof beam first, but considering that the little girl had been looking forward to the new house for a long time, he let the Banxia family raise the roof beam first.

So early in the morning, everyone gathered in Banxia's courtyard, but the house had only just been built and the courtyard hadn't been fenced off yet.

"Everyone, put all your strength into it, let's get the roof beams up to Banxia's house in one go!" Yao Daniu shouted from the crowd, and then went over to pull the rope himself.

There are many rules for raising the roof beam. Once you start raising the roof beam, it's best not to stop at all, as that's considered unlucky.

Seeing that the sun was about to rise, Yao Lizheng shouted that the auspicious time had arrived, and twenty or thirty men began to pull the ropes with all their might. Before long, the roof beam was firmly on the roof.

Then came the next step: the host family scattered lucky money on the roof beams. However, everyone looked at the two boys from Banxia's family and had some doubts.

These two little boys are so young, can they really make it work?

Just as everyone was pondering this, Banxia picked up her basket and started to climb up the roof beam, which surprised everyone.

Throughout history, no woman has ever scattered lucky money from the roof beams; it's considered unlucky!

Before anyone could voice their doubts, a burst of laughter approached from afar. Murong Fu arrived, stepping lightly through the snow, and landed in front of Banxia's house. He then scooped up his little apprentice and carried her to the roof beam.

"You silly girl, you've been learning for several days now, and you still have to climb a roof beam. You're embarrassing your teacher." Murong Fu chuckled and poked his disciple's forehead, but his words were full of reproach.

"Well, Master, I've only been learning kung fu for a few days, can you please not be so harsh?" Banxia touched her forehead and pouted.

It's not like she hasn't improved, okay? She can now jump over walls that are over a meter high, but this house is almost three meters high...

"Hehe, today is your auspicious day for raising the roof beam, so I won't hold it against you. Come, let's scatter some lucky money together." Murong Fu smiled again and reached into the basket that Banxia was carrying to grab something.

Banxia had already spent all her money, so she naturally didn't have any copper coins left. However, Lian Chengmo had prepared some for her, so she could temporarily consider it as a loan.

She also prepared a lot of food, including solid cakes, homemade fructose, dried meat, and so on, which were much more affordable than copper coins in the valley these days.

As soon as the money was scattered, everyone rushed to grab it, and no one remembered that it was unlucky for a woman to scatter lucky money when raising the roof beam.

Seeing that no one raised any questions, Lian Chengmo smiled at his master who had rushed over and gave him a slight bow.

Murong Fu saw it but pretended not to. Hmph, brat. Only when he's nice to his little disciple does this guy look at his master with a second glance. His intentions are as clear as day.

However, when Murong Fu saw his junior apprentice Mu Rongyi finally arrive using his lightness skill, well, things got even worse...

Mu Rongyi didn't come for nothing. After all, he was the one who raised the roof beam in his junior brother's family. He brought a gift that he and his master had prepared: a box of pills to replenish qi and blood!

Because these were all in porcelain bottles, which were very fragile and could not be thrown away, Mu Rongyi directly called out to everyone under the roof beam to take a bottle, even the village head's two-year-old grandson.

This delighted everyone. They all knew that the master and apprentice were from the Valley of Divine Physicians, and the medicine they brought out must be of high quality. They were only able to get a share because of Miss Banxia, ​​so they were overjoyed and went to collect it.

No one paid any more attention to the matter of Banxia scattering lucky money during the roof-raising ceremony.

After Banxia finished setting up the roof beam, it was Lian Chengmo's turn. Lian Chengmo also took out what he had prepared and personally climbed up the roof beam to scatter lucky money.