With Jiang Hongda's active cooperation, Jiang Haoguang could not continue to make things difficult for Dongming Ziyu and the others just for the sake of reputation.

It took three days to complete the measurement of the homesteads and wasteland of each of their families.

Their "tree bridge" has also been built, and guardrails have been nailed on the side to prevent children from falling into the water while playing.

There are no bridge piers, so troughs were made on both sides of the stream. Two big trees hugged by three people were cut into two and placed in the trough. Although the stream may be submerged when the water rises during the rainy season, it is still possible to cope with the current situation in winter.

Spring is enough.

People in Nanbeixi Village are still worried that these refugees crossing the bridge in their village every day will cause trouble to them, or they may learn about the situation in the village and engage in some sneaky activities.

However, they built a simple wooden bridge themselves, which would not disturb them, but would allow them to chat.

Because there is a vegetable field separated from the place where the refugees are resettled, two groups are formed intuitively. The villagers all unanimously call this group of refugees ‘from the east of the village’.

Dongming Ziyu took the heads of each family to the county government to apply for the land deeds, and when they came back, they shared half of the money, and everyone felt at ease.

It's winter now, so there's no rush to open up wasteland. First, we need to repair the fields for growing vegetables and the big houses for the elderly and children to live in.

Dongming Ziyu redistributed the tasks. Some dug nests in the ground, some expanded the soil, some went up the mountain to find humus, felled trees, cut stones, dug foundations, and boiled water for cooking...

There is too much work, and there are more than 200 people working in groups. Leaving aside the elderly and children who cannot work, there is really a shortage of manpower.

Even little carrots like Goro have work to do. They transport small stones from the homestead and wasteland to a place not far from the foot of the mountain. In the future, these stones will be used to build a small embankment there to prevent landslides or mudslides.

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The children couldn't move the big stones, so they took small stones, and they ran away one by one with their little faces flushed.

Shangguan Ruoli took several women and half-grown girls to wash sand by the stream and continue to make a filter pond. In the future, the water from the Dashang stream will be filtered in the filter pond before being boiled for drinking.

On the way to escape from the famine, she and Dongming Ziyu often mixed some spiritual spring water into their buckets to solve the water sanitation problem. When they will settle here in the future, she and Dongming Ziyu will also have to do their own things, and they will definitely take care of it.

When not in use, it is better to let them develop hygienic water habits.

"Mother! Mother!" Wulang ran over with a stone, his face was as red as an apple, and his hair was scattered.

Shangguan Ruoli straightened up and reminded with a smile: "Run slowly, don't fall."

Wulang ran up to her and showed her the stone in his hand, "Mom, do you think this stone is beautiful?"

Shangguan Ruoli took a look and saw that it turned out to be a very beautiful red agate pebble. He praised: "It's so beautiful. This is a red agate."

In deserts, streams, rivers, shoals and other places, there will be scattered jade, agate and other stones, as well as some stones with strange shapes and beautiful patterns. In later generations, picking up stones became an industry.

When the people who worked together heard this, they all came over to look at it and asked, "Agate? Agate is very expensive, right?"

“It’s very beautiful!”

"Can I sell it for money?"

Shangguan Ruoli tied his hair and said, "It's not very valuable. It's too small. It can be used to grind earrings or carve a ring or something."

Wulang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his voice was filled with excitement: "Give it to your mother to make earrings! I'll pick up another piece for my sister."

Shangguan Ruoli said with a smile: "If you see the stones you like, keep them. In the future, we will have a yard that can be used to pave paths, and we can also use beautiful stones to inlay all kinds of stones you like on the floor of your room."

pattern."

Wulang became even more happy after hearing this, and said loudly: "Then I will make it into a glutinous rice dumpling!"

It was so fun to imagine that scene, and I chuckled to myself.

Shangguan Ruoli fixed his hair, kissed his little face, and said, "Okay, I'll let you do it yourself when the time comes."

Wulang put the agate stone into her hand, turned around and ran away. He was so energetic.

Looking at his little back, everyone laughed.

Da Ya asked: "Fourth Aunt, can this stone really be used as jewelry?"

Shangguan Ruoli said: "Yes, but the craftsmanship of the Yinlou master and the added gold and silver are much more expensive than this stone."

Da Ya and other girls who knew how to love beauty were a little disappointed when they heard this.

Shangguan Ruoli said: "But it can also be rounded, punched and made into a bracelet or necklace. The processing cost will be very cheap. However, it is difficult to find exactly the same small stone like this, and it doesn't look good when strung together."

Everyone felt sad after hearing this, but when they saw beautiful stones, they put them in their pockets and used them as toys for their children. Or they could use the stones to build a path in the yard in the future, and they would not be slippery even if it rained.

Shangguan Ruoli returned to his home at night and saw that Wulang had found many beautiful stones. Not to mention, this boy was born with a good eye. In addition to the beautiful patterns, they were jade, agate, chicken liver stone, jade, and

Pit head frozen stone.

Among them, jadeite is the most numerous. A piece of jadeite is quite small and of good quality. It can carve a small jade pendant for Wulang.

When Wu Lang saw Shangguan Ruoli carefully looking through the stones he had picked up, he snuggled into her arms, blinked his big eyes for praise, and said softly: "Mother, is it beautiful? Wu Lang picked it up and gave it to you!"

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Shangguan Ruoli took Wulang into his arms, kissed his little face, and said: "My good son, my mother likes it very much! You have really good taste!"

She picked out a piece of jadeite and a piece of white jade, "This one can be carved into a jade pendant for you, and this one can be carved into a little white rabbit."

Wulang's eyes were shining brightly. He grabbed the little white mink playing at his feet and said, "I want to carve a glutinous rice dumpling."

Ling Yue has also seen good things. She played with a piece of Yuhua Stone and said with a smile: "We will have to deal with stones for a long time in the future, and we will definitely pick up more stones. When the time comes, little rabbits and little glutinous rice balls

, both.”

Shangguan Ruoli's eyes flashed and he began to think thoughtfully. These stones were of very good quality and were washed down by streams from the mountain. Could it be that... there is a jade mine on this mountain?

Dongming Ziyu opened the door and came in, carrying a basket of persimmons, "Ling Yue, Wu Lang, look, what delicious food has dad brought you?"

Wulang came out of Shangguan Ruoli's arms and ran over. When he saw the big persimmon, he shouted happily: "Dad, what is this? It's so red and beautiful."

"This is called persimmon, and it's very sweet." Dongming Ziyu's eyes flashed with distress. This child has never eaten persimmons.

On the way, I discovered persimmon trees, but they were all green and not ripe. They were produced by the persimmon trees in his space, and they were only ripe now. Only ripe persimmons are delicious.

Ling Yue took out several bowls, peeled off a persimmon, and asked Wulang to dig it in with a spoon.

Shangguan Ruoli pointed to the small pile of stones and said to Dongming Ziyu: "Look, Wulang picked this up today. I suspect there is a jade mine on the mountain."

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Chapter completed!