Traveling to ancient times, with space

While Su Yue was working diligently, the magistrate of Jichang County was so anxious that the blisters on his lips grew even larger.

He has been sending people out to investigate since that night, but no one has returned yet.

Meanwhile, refugees from all directions gathered at the city gate, having heard that the city allowed them to enter, providing lodging and food.

Upon hearing the news, the refugees rushed over in droves. The refugees at the city gate had already mostly left with Su Yue, but in the past two days, more refugees who heard the news have come over.

With the weather getting colder and colder, if they don't find a way to get food soon, all the people in the city will die.

Su Yue didn't need anyone to supervise her work; the refugees worked desperately for a bite to eat.

Some of the displaced people who were not selected, unwilling to starve to death, also came forward to recommend themselves.

One said he used to be a blacksmith.

One said she could sew clothes.

One person said he made a living working in a brick kiln.

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Su Yue listened intently, her interest growing. There was even someone who knew how to skin rabbits! She had collected dozens of rabbit skins in her spatial storage.

“You’re the one who can peel things, yes, you stay,” Su Yue said to the man.

The old craftsman who could peel skins was so happy he almost knelt down to Su Yue. He was too old to build houses, but he never thought his skin-peeling skills would still be of use.

Su Yue then picked out a few more skilled individuals from the crowd, and even kept the blacksmith among them.

After all that commotion, the sky began to turn foggy.

Those who were working also focused on their tasks.

Many women and girls were also busy, looking for food in the nearby mountains and collecting branches to make a fire. Without a fire at night, people could freeze to death.

Many other men who didn't come to help also cut down trees and built houses nearby, led by those few people.

With the weather getting colder day by day, if we don't build some shelter from the wind and rain soon, we might not make it through the winter.

These past few days, the refugees have been working day and night, gritting their teeth and persevering even when they are exhausted.

On this day, the houses depicted on the three blueprints given by Su Yue were all completed.

Su Yue went in and browsed around, and was very satisfied.

The furniture inside hadn't been made yet, but Su Yue wasn't in a hurry.

After it comes out, put the largest and the smallest ones into the space.

Only a two-story villa remained.

The refugees worked overtime to build several beds, tables, and wardrobes.

Looking at the small villa standing in front of her, Su Yue felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Next, she began to plan the layout of the house, which included a living room and three bedrooms on the first floor.

One side of the living room leads to the kitchen and dining room.

The second floor was her private domain, with a bedroom, a study, a large living room, and a balcony.

Following Su Yue's instructions, the refugees busily and systematically moved various pieces of furniture.

As night fell, Su Yue took out the grain that was due to them and gave it to Wang Degui to take back and distribute. Despite the approaching winter, their hearts were filled with hope.

The houses for the refugees are almost finished. Many of the refugees are now living alone, and since men and women are separated, they just squeeze into one room.

Those with families would build a row of small houses, with each large family sharing one room.

The next morning, Su Yue thought no one would come to work, but to her surprise, there were diligent refugees who helped build a cowshed and a firewood shed, and also made a fence around it.

Dali, bored, squatted at the door and watched the refugees busy themselves.

When Su Yue woke up, she saw that the woodshed was already full of firewood.

Some of the refugees greeted Su Yue when they saw her, and Su Yue couldn't refuse their kindness.

As soon as Su Yue stepped out, she noticed that snowflakes had started to fall from the sky.

Su Yue felt the coldness of the snowflakes falling on her face and then withdrew her foot.

The temperature has dropped drastically; the grass outside has started to freeze over, and it feels like the temperature has already dropped below zero.

"Stop working, take this grain back, it's snowing!" Su Yue took out more than twenty bags of grain from her spatial storage and gave them to the workers to take back as payment for their work that day.

No matter when they saw it, they found it incredibly amazing; the immortal's supernatural powers truly amazed them.

After everyone carried the grain away, Dali ran over and closed the gate of the fence, then followed Su Yue back.

Inside, a warm iron stove was lit. On this cold day, none of the four wolves wanted to go out; they all stayed in their dens to hibernate.

The cold wind was howling outside. In the kitchen, Chun Tao and Shen Le Rong were learning how to make glutinous rice cakes from an older woman.

Su Yue nestled in the beanbag chair that had been sewn up, with a specially made small iron stove on the low table next to her, and a mesh plate on the stove.

They took out dozens of kinds of fruit from the space and placed them on the table, then began to brew tea around the stove.

The aroma of glutinous rice cakes soon wafted over, and Dali stayed in the kitchen, staring at the pot.

As soon as the glutinous rice cakes were cooked, he sent them to Su Yue to eat, and then ran back to the kitchen to eat them himself.

Su Yue was extremely satisfied as she ate the soft, sweet glutinous rice balls.

After breakfast, Su Yue felt warm all over.

The snow outside was falling heavier and heavier, and soon a thick layer covered the ground.

Su Yue read a book while drinking tea.

Just then, someone knocked on the door outside the fence, and Wang Degui came over with two young men.

I didn't want to pay attention, but the people outside insisted on seeing her.

Alright, I have nothing else to do anyway, so I'll meet her and see what she wants.

Su Yue had Chun Tao bring Wang Degui and the other two into the house and inquire about their purpose.

The three of them were immediately enveloped in the warmth of the room as soon as they entered, and almost wanted to stay there forever.

"My name is Zhang Feng, and this is Ma Yan. We were sent by Magistrate Gao of Jichang County. Our magistrate is deeply sorry for refusing to let you out of the city that day. Please forgive us." Zhang Feng was a little older, and he bowed with both hands.

"Oh! Is this what your elders sent you here for? I know, you can go back now!" Su Yue waved her hand lazily.

"Our county magistrate heard that the young lady has grain to exchange for, but he doesn't know if it's true!" The younger man, Ma Yan, couldn't contain himself. He was not happy to be told to leave, so he quickly asked.

“Well, your magistrate has quite the ears. Exchanging grain is fine, but let’s see what you have to offer in return,” Su Yue said slowly, taking a sip of tea.

"I wonder what the young lady wants?" Zhang Feng asked, forcing himself to be brave.

"Anything is fine, but there's no way you can get something for free. Go back and tell your Magistrate Gao, right? If you want grain, you'll have to exchange it for something." Su Yue didn't need to guess to know what these people were up to.

"Do you know how many refugees are starving to death outside, and you have food but you don't give it away?"

Instead, they want to raise prices arbitrarily, making outsiders think they're some kind of god.

"You're no saint, you're no different from those unscrupulous merchants!" Ma Yan was furious when he heard that they still had to exchange goods for grain.