After Uncle Qi finished speaking, Liu Pei stood on the stone and raised his hands to everyone and said: "My fellow villagers, I am Liu Pei! From now on, I will make a living with you in the village. This time I will have to rely on the help of my neighbors to build a house.

Too much! I dare not say more. Anyone who comes to help me build a house will have three meals a day. In addition, there is also a salary of five cents a day."

As soon as Liu Pei finished speaking, the villagers became confused. Logically speaking, if anyone in the village wants to build a house and the villagers go to help, the owner only needs to take care of the food and drink. There is no salary. Liu Pei is setting a precedent.

Uncle Qi frowned at the side and said: "Liu Pei, what are you talking about? You built a house today and promised everyone wages. Do you want to pay wages for others to build houses in the future? Aren't you messing around?" The old man in the village also nodded.

Follow along.

Liu Pei explained loudly: "Normally, the rules should not be broken this time. But I don't have a house in the village yet, so I can't be considered a member of the village. And I don't have any friendly relations with my neighbors, so I am here to give

Everyone, please pay me some wages, just to ask for a favor in the future! I will need my neighbors to help me in the future! So I will be the only one to do this, and others will be treated as usual. Uncle Qi, do you think this is okay?"

Of course the villagers were happy when they heard that they had money to take, and some people made peace in the crowd. They said it was the best. Uncle Qi was angry that the villagers were jealous of the money, but he didn't want to cause public anger, so he agreed to the matter.

. But he repeatedly emphasized that this was only once. Liu Pei thought to himself, once you open this mouth, you will not follow suit! It seems that in the future, the villagers will have to put profit first!

After Uncle Qi made the assignment, everyone followed his instructions. In the evening, the village was in chaos again. The reason was that Qi Qitao was back! In the morning, Qi Qitao went out with a dozen young men.

, I brought back a convoy when I came back! The convoy was loaded with large bags of grain, and it also led six sheep. There were also four fat pigs that were tied up and howling in the car!

Everyone who saw the motorcade asked what was going on. Qi Qitao told everyone that these things were given to everyone by Liu Pei when he was preparing to build a house. As a result, the whole village was in a sensation! They all came out to watch the team.

With everyone's help, the purchasing team finally put everything in place after a period of hesitation. At the same time, everyone expressed their gratitude to Liu

Pei Pei's enthusiasm for building a house has also increased. After all, if he eats dry food and thin food every day, he will not starve to death, but he will not feel comfortable. Building Liu Pei's house requires effort, but looking at the things Liu Pei has prepared, he can really eat three meals.

For those who work, this is a good thing!

When they got up the next morning, people who were ready to work gathered in the center of the village. They saw that there were several large pots and baskets filled with rice porridge and steamed buns. Everyone who came to work received a large amount of rice porridge and steamed buns.

A basin of porridge, three steamed buns and a piece of pickles. Everyone was holding the porridge, wearing the steamed buns with chopsticks, and squatted on the ground to slurp and eat. While eating, they also recalled the last time they ate a steamed bun? The result

The most recent incident was four years ago when the Li family in the village married their daughter-in-law.

After everyone finished eating, they spontaneously gathered next to the grove and started working. They cut down the trees at the place planned by Liu Pei, and then dug out the roots. The useful ones were picked out and put aside. The useless branches were removed.

They were cut down and piled up, and the children took them back to dry and burn them on the fire. Uncle Qi also arranged for his wife to lead some women to light a fire for cooking, and the whole village got into it enthusiastically.

At noon, a young daughter-in-law came to the construction site and shouted: "Everyone has eaten!" Everyone packed up their tools and walked to the village in a noisy manner. By this time, the small square in the center of the village was already filled with tables and chairs. Tables

There was a bamboo basket in the middle, filled with bowl-sized steamed buns. There were six small pots with vegetables on the table. Not to mention three vegetables, there was also a pot of sea fish, a pot of roasted pork slices, and a pot of large bones.

Soup.

Everyone praised Liu Pei for his big hands! Then he sat down unceremoniously and started to eat voraciously. The children were the most excited! They jumped from one table to another. No matter which table they jumped to, their mouths would be filled with

Throw in a piece of fat and get a slap on the butt! Then the kids scream and run away to another table to repeat the process.

The villagers have been suffering for a long time, and it is a rare opportunity to let go of food. It is really a mess! However, the people who cook know it well, and basically just enough for everyone, and the plates are empty, and nothing is wasted.

The villagers are still simple and honest. After everyone finished their meal and took a short rest, they went to work automatically and voluntarily without being called out. In the afternoon, the masons and

The carpenters were all in place, and they began to measure and draw lines according to the sketch. The villagers also came up to help, and the foundation work was quickly completed. Other people began to dig wood and foundation. After an afternoon, on the ground circled by Liu Pei

.All the trees were cut down and their roots were removed. Some people began to level the land.

In the evening, the invited craftsmen returned to the village with the villagers. Just like at noon, there were still five dishes, one soup and a large basket full of steamed buns. This time, even the invited craftsmen loudly praised the host's generosity.

, saying that he must work hard, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

Uncle Qi finished his meal early, sat under the tree and said to Liu Pei: "I haven't seen the village so lively for a long time!"

Liu Pei smiled and said: "Uncle Qi, you don't have to sigh, the village will be lively in the future!"

Sure enough, there is strength in numbers! In addition, Liu Pei fed everyone well, and everyone was willing to work hard. The original five-day work was completed in three days. What was left was to build the wall. Most of the villagers also understood

Some of the masons' skills were assigned by Uncle Qi and they began to work. As a result, the mason he favored had no work to do! But he was also very smart, so he simply didn't do it himself. He was only responsible for walking back and forth and telling everyone how to do it. Where?

When the work was not done well, he took action himself. Carpenters were also making windows, door frames and other things. In short, this lively scene lasted for a full 12 days, and Liu Pei's new house was built!

The most impressive house in the village now is Liu Pei's new house. Most of the houses in the village are still rammed-earth thatched houses. Only Uncle Qi's house has a brick house. However, it does not have as large an area and huge yard as Liu Pei's house.

, comparable to the size of seven or eight ordinary villagers’ houses and yards!

Liu Pei specially circled this so that he can have a place to store things when he pulls things from now on. Moreover, everyone’s fences are fences as high as half a person. But Liu Pei’s fence is a brick wall as high as a person. Liu Pei

He didn’t want people to see what was going on in the yard all the time, because he had a huge secret to keep. And the best thing was, Liu Pei also built a fire pit and fire wall in the house. He learned it from the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!