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

Zhao Lian shook her head: "I'm not going! I'm staying home watching Uncle Gui and the others repair the roof. They've cleared all the weeds and are thinking of cutting some bamboo to fence off the yard. If you're going up the mountain, you'd better be careful and pay attention to safety."

Chunlan watched as Zhaolian had only cleared a small area of ​​grass. After thinking for a moment, she said to Chunju and the others, "Sister, why don't you help Zhaolian? Look at all this grass, how long will it take her to clear it all by herself?"

"But we have to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms~" Chunju was a little embarrassed. Her mother had told them to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. If they came back with nothing, they would be scolded.

"It's alright. If Mother knew we helped Zhaolian with this weeding, she definitely wouldn't scold us." Li Dawang said, putting down his vegetable basket and helping Zhaolian pull the weeds.

“Yes! We ate the rabbit that Zhaolian gave us a while ago, so it’s only right that we help her with some chores.” Chunlan put down her vegetable basket and started pulling weeds.

Zhao Lian was surprised that they would actually help her pull up some grass. They were reluctant to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

There was nothing she could do, so Zhao Lian let them have their way. Suddenly, she had an idea. Although they were helping her with the work voluntarily, she couldn't let them work for nothing.

Zhao Lian planned to hire them to work for her for a day, paying them five coins a day, so that they would have something to report when they went back.

Having made up her mind, Zhao Lian told them her idea, which made Chunlan and the others jump for joy: "Great!"

Knowing that they would be paid to help Zhaolian with her work, the group worked with great enthusiasm. Zhaolian, however, knew that weeding by hand would be too slow.

Using a shovel or hoe would be faster, so Zhao Lian quickly went back to look for one and found a hoe and a sickle.

Zhao Lian took all these things out and let them see which tool was convenient for them to use.

When Chunlan got a little older, she started using a hoe, Chunju used a sickle, and Li Tong and Li Dawang pulled weeds by hand. The group was busy and having a great time.

The Fu brothers on the rooftop had taken some of Zhao Lian's words to heart. They heard Zhao Lian say that she would pay them five coins a day to weed.

The two brothers were extremely surprised. They never expected that this move of severing ties with their relatives would not only support them but also give them extra money to hire them to work.

When Fu Gui heard Zhao Lian say that she would pay these kids five coins a day, he felt a little uneasy. His father had asked the two of them to help Zhao Lian repair the roof, and they came over without saying a word.

They've been busy for most of the day, and they haven't even had a sip of water yet. Besides, climbing so high is still considered a high-risk operation.

These little brats get five coins a day pulling weeds down there, but the two brothers don't know if they get paid.

Thinking of this, Fu Gui couldn't help but speak up: "Brother, look, those guys get five copper coins a day for helping Zhao Lian weed. We two brothers climbed onto the roof to help her repair it. Surely that's not free?"

The eldest brother, Fu Biao, glanced at Fu Gui, knowing what he was thinking, and said indifferently, "Don't think about such nonsense. Dad told us to come, so we're here."

"Besides, don't hold it against Zhaolian. Think about it, she's younger than both of our kids. How can you ask her for money for something she did? How could you even think of that?"

"Besides, I think Zhao Lian is a remarkable girl. Who knows what great things she might accomplish in the future? If we help her with some chores now, she might remember our kindness later."

After hearing Fu Biao's words, Fu Gui immediately felt ashamed. It seemed that what Fu Biao said was true. It was really too petty for a grown man to argue with a child.

Besides, as my elder brother said, if Zhaolian really becomes successful in the future, she might remember that they helped her.

Thinking of this, he shook his head and continued working.

Zhao Lian didn't hear what the Fu brothers were saying upstairs, but she had already planned that she would indeed pay money herself.

This way, you won't owe anyone a favor, and it's good for you and convenient.

Interpersonal relationships should be based on altruism. If you are always thinking about taking advantage of others and overdrawing on human relationships, you will end up with nothing.

Now that I have only one child, I need to make friends with more people. Money makes the world go round, and I'll inevitably need their help in the future.

However, this also has a downside: it can easily attract jealousy and thieves.

But after careful consideration, Zhao Lian felt that she should still give money. Most importantly, she didn't want to owe anyone a favor.

About half an hour later, the Fu brothers had fixed all the leaking roof tiles. Fearing that there might be any oversights, they specially sent someone down into the house to carefully check everything again.

After confirming that there were no oversights, they finally came down.

Seeing that the two women had finished their work, Zhao Lian quickly went inside to pour them water: "Uncle Biao, Uncle Gui, please have some water. Thank you so much for today."

The two brothers were covered in sweat, their clothes were soaked, and their throats were parched. They took the water from Zhaolian and gulped it down in one go.

Fu Biao put down the ceramic bowl: "Zhao Lian, don't worry, we've fixed the roof today, so it won't leak when it rains again."

"Mmm~" Zhao Lian nodded.

"Alright, now that we're done, let's head back so we can tell Dad." With that, Fu Biao stood up.

"Uncle Biao, Uncle Gui, you two wait a moment~" With that, Zhao Lian went back to her room.

Fu Gui's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Fu Biao and whispered, "Brother, is Zhao Lian going to give us money?"

Fu Biao was also completely baffled, but he couldn't rule out the possibility.

Just then, Zhao Lian came out and said, "Uncle Biao, Uncle Gui, you two have worked hard today. I don't have much money right now, so here's 15 coins for you two."

As she spoke, Zhao Lian handed each of them a small string of copper coins strung together with thin hemp rope.

Fu Biao was taken aback; he hadn't expected Zhao Lian to actually pay them.

"How can this be?" Fu Biao quickly returned the money, and even Fu Gui felt his face burning, as if the copper coins were burning his hands, and returned them.

Fu Biao shook his head vigorously: "You're just a little girl, you need money to make a living, what's a little help from us? If we took your money, wouldn't people laugh at us? Not to mention others, even Dad would scold us to death!"

“Your Uncle Biao is right!” Fu Gui quickly agreed.

Zhao Lian had anticipated that the two of them wouldn't accept the money.

She smiled innocently and said, "Uncle Biao, Uncle Gui, I need to eat and make a living, that's true, but you also need to make a living and support your families."

"You've wasted most of your time helping me today, how can I accept that? The village chief has already helped me enough. If you don't accept this money, I'll feel embarrassed to ask you for help again in the future."

Seeing that Zhao Lian had put it this way, the two brothers had no choice but to accept the money.