C25 Find Someone to Build a House
"Shen, this is an egg that was laid by an aunt's hen. If you cook it, you can eat it for your boss and your uncle." Aunt Lee took out the eggs she brought with him, a total of twenty of them. "If you have any problems in the future, come and find me my aunt and your Village Chief Uncle."
Aunt Lee was not that kind of person who did not understand, begging others to do things for him was not even willing to gift him a present.
"Indeed, there is one thing that must be done, Village Head Uncle." Shen Jingli called Mu Jin to keep the eggs, "I plan to fix our house, and I need to find a few workers who are still alive and well."
"Leave this matter to Aunt. Aunt will definitely find a few diligent and honest ones for you." Aunt Lee agreed readily, and the corners of her mouth curled into a smile that was close to her ears, "Oh right, Shen, when do I want this person?"
"It's fine for the next two days, but I still want to build a room, a toilet, and a chicken coop."
"Alright, alright, alright. Auntie will find someone for you when we get back." With the matter settled, Aunt Lee was happy and happy.
After chatting for a while, Shen Jingli sent Aunt Lee out. He gave her 10 copper coins in passing and Aunt Lee returned happily.
Aunt Lee was very efficient, on the second day she brought seven to eight workers to their home.
Shen Jingli briefly explained his thoughts to them, then showed them the blueprints he drew. Those people swiftly went up the mountain to cut down the wood.
After he left again, Shen Jingli went to the neighboring area to find Sister-in-law Chen for help, and together, they worked on lunch.
It was good enough to have a few coppers, a few copper coins, and a full meal. However, Shen Jingli wasn't clear about this, and he was a typical foodie who also had a lot of money in his hands, so he did whatever he wanted without restraint.
He killed a pheasant, then a fish, then some meat and a jug of wine in town. He made a pot of mackerel, a large potato stew, a large plate of green pepper filaments, a large plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, and a large plate of stir-fried vegetables.
Seeing so much meat, Sister-in-law Chen felt her heart ache, thinking that Shen Jingli was really a prodigal, "Shen, even if you are rich, you can't be this wasteful."
"Sister-in-law, money is what you need to spend to earn it. Spending it on food is better than spending it randomly." Shen Jingli said nonchalantly. When it came to eating, he would never treat himself unfairly.
In this life, eating and drinking were two words. It was one thing if he didn't have money, but it was another if he didn't have money to eat and wear properly. Was he sick?
Sister-in-law Chen was speechless, she even felt that Shen Jingli was extremely right, so she simply helped Zhang Luo.
"Sister-in-law, I made a lot of delicious food today." Mu Jin put on the new clothes that the Sister-in-law Chen had made for him and happily ate a piece of chicken.
"Then Brother Jin will eat more in a while." Shen Jingli happily pinched Mu Jin's face. In this period of time, he had eaten well and was forced to exercise a lot. Mu Jin had also grown some flesh, making him look even more energetic.
Shen Jingli scooped out a bowl of every single dish, told Mu Jin to send them to Sister-in-law Chen's house, and told the children to eat better too.
"Shen, why did you send something back to our house? You keep all the things for sister-in-law and her family." Sister-in-law Chen shook her head. Just by doing tofu business with Shen Jingli, she had already saved more than 10 taels of silver. That was something she didn't even dare to think about before.
"What's the matter? Sister-in-law has helped us so much, much more than our family." The help that Sister-in-law Chen had given to his family was hundreds of times more than their cruel and unscrupulous Mu Family and Shen Family. He had always been clear about the difference between favors and grudges, and always paid back the kindness with a drop of water.
It had been more than a year since the Mu Family came, and other than Zhao Ming who came every few months to visit, no one else had come to visit. Since Sister-in-law Chen had seen everything clearly, she did not try to be courteous with Shen Jingli.
When the workers came back from the mountain with the logs on their shoulders, the dining tables in the small living room were already filled with delicious food, which made people drool.
"Don't be so polite everyone, just let us eat. Only when we're full will we have the strength to work." Shen Jingli invited everyone to wash their hands and then invited them to the table.
Mu Chen sat at the main seat, while Shen Jingli and Mu Jin sat beside him. His body was still very weak, but his complexion seemed to have improved greatly.
"Sorry for troubling you." It was a polite sentence, but it made everyone feel oppressed. It was as if they were meeting a fierce beast on the mountain.
"Is Chief Mu feeling better?" A cheerful youngster asked.
Da Ping Village was a small village, and there were 60 to 70 families in the whole village. Everyone in the village knew about whoever's family had something to do, and it would be spread around the entire village the next day.
At first, people in the village rushed here because of Zhao Ming saying that Mu Chen's family was guilty of a crime, but after seeing that Mu Chen was completely unwell, they were afraid that he was too unlucky and did not walk around, so they only occasionally brought some green radishes to their home. Since Shen Jingli had arrived here, they borrowed food from the people in the village a few times, and then started to walk around.
"Much better." Mu Chen laughed, what he said was the truth, after a period of recuperation, he could already do some simple work.
Although Mu Chen was a little solemn, it was fortunate that Shen Jingli and Mu Jin were open-minded and cheerful.
In the countryside, people only ate so much during New Year's Eve, so all the workers ate until their mouths were full of oil. Thus, they worked at the job with only 12% of their effort.
