Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

The village chief sighed and frowned: "Oh dear, this is not making things difficult for us. The government knows that Huaihua Village is poor."

“Our Huaihua Village only has about 30 households, but ten more refugee households were forcibly moved in. How can we possibly accommodate them all?”

"These cowsheds, pigsties, and woodsheds that could be vacated have all been arranged. There's no vacant space left for you!"

Actually, his mother-in-law had another house, but she was so unwilling to accept it that he had no choice but to keep it to himself.

Liu Jinzhu immediately became anxious: "Village chief, there are ten of us in my family, with elderly parents and young children. We can't live without a place to stay! Please, have some compassion and find a way to arrange a place for us!"

The village chief shook his head helplessly: "Oh dear, it's not that I don't want to make arrangements, it's just that there's really no place to do so!"

While Liu Jinzhu and the village chief were talking, Zhao Lian looked around.

The village chief's house is also an adobe house, but his adobe house in Huaihua Village is quite unique. Although it is not a house with blue bricks and tiles, the house is built quite high, probably more than 4 meters high.

The house is divided into an upper and lower section, with a small courtyard in the middle and two rooms on each side of the main hall.

There are two rooms on each side of the courtyard, and below that is the lower hall, which connects to the entrance. There are a total of four rooms in the lower hall.

However, Zhao Lian had studied this type of old house before, and as far as she knew, houses of this style usually had two floors for the upper rooms.

This adds up to two extra rooms, and the main room looks quite spacious; if we put two beds there, there would still be plenty of room to spare.

The village chief looked to be in his fifties. There were a few toddlers playing in the main room, presumably his grandchildren. There were no other young people in the room; they were probably out in the fields.

There was a middle-aged woman drying things in the yard; she was probably the village chief's wife.

Zhao Lian walked to the gate and looked out. She saw three small houses on both sides of the spacious courtyard, which she guessed were woodsheds or kitchens.

"Village chief, please, please think of a way!"

Zhao Lian turned around and saw Liu Jinzhu still begging the village chief to give him a place to live, but the village chief kept saying that there was no place for him.

Zhao Lian smiled and said, "Village Chief, this house you built is really nice. If I'm not mistaken, there should be a second floor above the rooms on both sides, right?"

The village chief looked puzzled: "How did you know?"

Zhao Lian laughed: "Looking at the wooden ladder next to the door, and how tall your house is, you can imagine what it means."

"You're such a smart girl!"

Zhao Lian gave a thumbs up: "Village chief, you built a really nice house. It's spacious enough for your whole family."

"Hehe, not bad!" Hearing Chaolian's praise, the village chief became a little smug: "Of course, I designed it."

"My wife and I share one room, and our two sons each have their own room. There are two floors upstairs, so it's enough for us, and we even have one room empty!"

Zhao Lian immediately followed up, "Village chief, since you still have a spare room, wouldn't that be perfect? ​​It would be perfect to arrange for us sisters to stay here."

"Besides, I see that your main room is quite spacious; you could fit two beds there."

The village chief was stunned, never expecting the little girl to be so clever and actually waiting for him there. He stammered, "Well... girl, to be honest, we don't have enough room for everyone."

As she spoke, she pointed to the children beside her: "Look at my Niuwa and Erniu, they are already six or seven years old and still sleep in the same bed with their parents. As they get older, it will be time for them to sleep in separate beds. I plan to separate the empty room and give them their own beds."

The village chief hesitated for a moment, but still refused outright: "That's really not appropriate. Besides, there are too many of you, and we can't accommodate everyone. Moreover, you are outsiders, so it's impossible for you to stay in the same room as us!"

The girl and the man in front of me didn't seem like bad people, but appearances can be deceiving, so it's best to be a little more cautious.

Zhao Lian's eyes darted around: "How about this, village chief, consider it as me renting your place. I'll give you some money, and you can rent that room to us first. Only my sister and I will be staying here, so you can let us settle down."

"I'll figure out another way about the house later. I won't be staying in your house for too long anyway."

The village chief was tempted when he heard that Zhao Lian was offering to pay for the room.

Although I am the village head, I really don't want to give them free accommodation, but it would be different if they agreed to pay me.

Niuwa and Erniu said it was fine if they didn't have to sleep in separate beds, and the room had two floors, so they could just sleep on the second floor if necessary.

In this way, the vacant houses can be rented to them, and they can earn some money.

"Old man, I think it's a good idea! Let's rent a room for them."

Outside the door, the village chief's wife, Chen, came in after hearing this and agreed without saying a word.

"But~"

The village chief wanted to say something more, but Chen just rolled her eyes at him and said, "It's settled then. That room is empty anyway, and it's fine if Niuwa and Erniu don't have to sleep in separate beds for a while."

He then looked at Zhao Lian and said, "Young lady, you said you want to rent our house, so how do you want to rent it? Tell me and let's take a look."

They also lacked experience in this area and didn't know the specific calculation method.

"How about this, I'll give you 100 coins a month for this room, but you have to let us use your kitchen."

"Okay, it's settled then!" Madam Chen smiled broadly.

Money really does make things easier; once the money was mentioned, the matter was settled immediately.

Zhao Lian then asked, "Village Chief, could you also ask around the village to see if anyone has a vacant house that can be vacated so that my uncle and his family can live there? I'll give them money for that too."

Chen's eyes lit up: "Wait here, I'll go ask for you." With that, Chen ran out quickly.

Chen married into the same village, which was only a few hundred meters from her parents' home. Her parents' home was considered a prominent family in the village, and she knew that they could still spare a few rooms.

If the house is given away for free, the bride's family will feel uneasy. But if they have money, that's a different story. We should keep the wealth within the family. It's best to go back and ask the bride's family first.

Soon, Chen ran back to her parents' home. She had two older brothers who were hardworking and didn't mind hardship. They worked as porters at the docks year-round.

The family built two new houses, and the two brothers moved there separately, with each parent living with one of their sons.

They built a new house, and kept the old house to store firewood and farm tools. The old house had four rooms and a small courtyard.

When arranging accommodations for the disaster victims, this father and mother refused to let anyone else stay.

Chen's two elder brothers' houses were next to each other. Chen went to her parents and told them about it. The old couple agreed without saying a word.

After reaching an agreement with her maternal family, Madam Chen brought Zhaolian to this place to look at the house.

The house is quite dilapidated, with a small courtyard and a kitchen on one side. There are four rooms in total, which is just enough to live in, but it has been uninhabited for a long time and has a musty smell. However, it can be cleaned up and made habitable.

After some haggling, Zhao Lian rented it for 200 coins a month, to house Yan Guihua and her family.

Everyone started tidying up the house. With many people working together, they finished in half a day and settled in for the time being.