Li Mu originally wanted to leave quietly, but he missed a thing, in the West Mountain of Xiaoyao Valley, there was also a group of students from the Datang Technical School who were building their own school, and they also started on the third day of the Lunar New Year, so they automatically gathered back to continue working. As soon as Li Mu arrived at the valley, someone found them, so a group of students hurriedly put down their work and gathered to help move things.

It is naturally a good thing to have someone to help, and Li Mu is also happy to be idle. Taking advantage of the time, he rode around the valley on horseback to see the progress of the project.

When Li Mu and Gongsun Kang discussed, the construction of the valley was divided into three periods. The first construction period was completed, and the house where he now lives was built. The second period of construction was to build the "town center", that is, the place where he worked, with yamen, treasury, etc. The third phase is fortifications, the valley mouth must be blocked, the valley must be added to the hidden fort, and the passes of the surrounding mountain peaks must also be repaired to prevent the secrets in the valley from being spied on. As for the fourth phase, he can't be left to manpower, he has to build a secret passage, in case he has to run away one day, he needs to be unaware.

The total duration of the four projects is one year, and each duration is three months. Now the first construction period is basically completed, and what is presented in front of Li Mu is a standard farmhouse courtyard designed by him himself.

It looks like a very ordinary building, but it's actually very ordinary. Li Mu has never had any big requirements for where he lives, he doesn't like to carve beams and paint buildings, just clean and regular. Therefore, the small farm yard he designed is his most ordinary house. The only bright spot, on the windows. All the windows of this courtyard are made of glass, that is, glass, and in order to keep warm, they are still thickened double glazing.

Only this one glass, in the eyes of outsiders, the cost has risen sharply. Glass is a gemstone, and ordinary people have a piece of it, and they can be heirlooms. And to build a house with a deer marquis, he actually used a large piece of glass to make a window, what kind of trick does this have to be?

Although it looks like an ordinary farmhouse, it is actually a mountain of gold. Gongsun Kang calculated that if all the glass in this courtyard was deducted and sold, the copper coins exchanged could fill this courtyard. He really couldn't think of where Li Mu got so much glass, but he didn't dare to ask, when installing the windows, he was staring at the carpenters working with his own eyes, for fear that if he broke a piece, Li Mu would peel off his skin.

At the back of the quadrangle, a pigsty was built. Gongsun Kang also didn't know why Li Mu did this, but he still did it obediently. He was a master of the palace and didn't know how to build a pigsty, so he deliberately found an old bricklayer from the village in the craftsman's workshop, so that he could be regarded as building this pigsty.

In addition to these, in all aspects of construction, Gongsun Kang also strives for perfection. Although there is not much room for the design drawing, the details can be pondered. Every brick used to build this house is carefully selected, and the joints must be "full and even", and there can be no mistakes at all. Every stone in the yard is of the same size. And it must be a river pebble, not a mountain stone, because the mountain stone is angular, and it is easy to panic. You can't use slate, the slate is too regular, not natural enough, and it looks stiff when it blends into the environment-

These were all things that Li Mu did not ask for, but Gongsun Kang thought of them all in order to have a good performance in front of Li Mu. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for a courtyard house to be built for so long, which is longer than the construction period in heaven and earth.

The effect is naturally satisfactory, Li Mu visited inside and out, and did not find any fault, said good, and was so happy that Gongsun Kang almost jumped up.

From the courtyard, you can see that the foundation of the second phase of the construction on the other side of the river is already being laid, and a little further west is the students' school building under construction.

The gap between professional and unprofessional can be seen at a glance on these two construction sites. Although the students have worked hard, they are still not satisfactory, and many faults can be seen at a glance. But Li Mu didn't plan to point it out, but let them ponder it themselves, and if they don't understand, there are craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry nearby, and they can all ask, but they can only ask, and it is impossible to help, because Li Mu has already set the rules, the school building of Datang Technical School must be built by the students themselves, and if one generation of students can't build it well, then the next generation of students will continue, all in all, there will be no craftsmen directly involved in this project.

Thinking about what these people looked like when they came here, the current situation is actually very good. At least they can sleep in covered houses instead of living in tents as hard as they did years ago.

After a round and back, the things were almost unloaded. Li Mu sent Bai Hao'er and Gongsun Kang away, along with the students who helped, all of them away. Ten or eight, he can still take care of food, there are dozens of people, what does he care? They all walked away quietly.

Tossing this scene, it was almost noon, Li Mu lay down on the recliner, shouting that he was hungry. Bai Qiaoqiao had to find out the vegetables, rice, and dried meat he brought, and used water to brush the pot to cook rice, Li Zhien couldn't cook rice, so he could only help with the fire, but he didn't have firewood, so Li Mu couldn't lie down and be an uncle, so he took an axe and went to the forest to find dead trees, and prepared to cut them for firewood.

As soon as he went out, he saw a meat ball rolling in, Li Mu was startled, and just wanted to dodge, but the meat ball approached, and then he recognized that it was his baby son Fat Da. Fat Da ran for a while, he was already out of breath, seeing that Li Mu was right in front of him, he took a deep breath, and another charge came, hitting Li Mu's stomach and knocking him down.

"Oh my son!" Li Mu wailed, crying bitterly. This kid has eaten chemical fertilizer, why did he grow so fast, he hadn't seen him for more than ten days, like blowing up a balloon, and he had gained a lot of weight. Pressing on the body is like pressing a bag of rice, to say the least, it must have sixty or seventy catties.

"Big fat boy!" Li Mu grabbed Fat Da's two little ears, rubbed his nose affectionately, and said, "It seems that your gull mother takes good care of you, good boy, in two months, your father won't be able to hold you." ”

Wang Ou's car creaked and stopped, Wang Ou got out of the car, saw Fat Da knocking Li Mu down, and said angrily: "Naughty again, why don't you hurry up?" ”

Fat Da glanced back at Wang Ou, saw that her expression was serious, muttered twice, got off Li Mu and returned to Wang Ou's feet, and rubbed twice as flattering.

Li Mu was stunned and said, "Ou, you have two hits, this leather boy makes you manage so honestly, it seems to understand what you say!" ”

"What's the matter, it's just that we've been together for a long time, and I'm familiar with it." Wang Ou came over and pulled Li Mu up, saw the axe on the ground, and asked, "Husband, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Mu picked up the axe and said, "Chop wood, wash rice and cook...... Suddenly he remembered Wang Ou's origin, and said: "Ou, you are everyone's lady, I'm afraid you haven't lived such a day, right?" Would you like to chop wood with me? When you come back later, you can also see how Qiaoqiao cooks, Qiaoqiao's craftsmanship is no worse than that of a cook. ”

Wang Ou smiled when he heard this: "Everyone else is vying for fame and fortune, and they want to be clothed and fed, so it's better for you to do the opposite." Saying that, Wang Ou sighed and said, "Whoever let me fall in love with you, I can only be a husband and a wife." ”

He turned back to the maid in the carriage and instructed, "Send my things to the courtyard, ask where the lady is placed, pack them up, and go back to the city." ”

The maid couldn't help but say, "Miss, you ...... alone"

"How can it be alone, my husband is here!" Wang Ou was a little angry and said, "If you talk nonsense again, be careful that I will punish you." ”

The maid quickly closed her mouth and glanced at Li Mu, looking timid.

Li Mu waved his hand, and the carriage headed into the courtyard. Wang Ou came over and grabbed Li Mu's arm, as if he had done something wrong, and said apologetically: "The subordinates were negligent in disciplining, which made the husband smile." ”

"What's the matter, what's the matter?" Li Mu kicked the fat Da who was about to come over and rub Wang Ou's legs, and said casually: "Don't be too strict with your subordinates, they are also worried about you-huh?" This maid seems to have changed again, is it the one I saw last time? ”

"Huh?" Wang Ou was startled, of course this maid was not the one from last time. Wang Ou would never let a maid stay by his side for too long, lest they know too much about it. It is usually changed in half a month, she didn't expect Li Mu to notice, and because of the weakness of her heart, she was also afraid that Li Mu would notice something.

But he glanced at Li Mu secretly, and seemed to be just asking casually, so he said vaguely: "It's all the guys in the store, and they came with me when I went out, I turned out to have a maid who came with her mother, and she got married two years ago." ”

"Oh." Li Mu smiled, didn't say anything, and just got past.

Wang Ou let out a sigh, diverted the topic, and asked about his marriage to Li Zhien. Li Mu didn't have anything to hide, the two chatted while entering the woods, there were dead branches and dead trees in the forest, Li Mu chose a tree that was not thick or thin, cut it down, put it on the ground and began to repair the branches.

When he lived in Dingxiang, Li Mu once cut down a tree to make furniture, and he was very handy with these tasks. Branches and branches are easier to burn, and it is best to put them in the stove to make firewood. And baling is also a technical job, can be bundled, can carry a lot of firewood at one time is not tired, and will not be bundled, back less and panic.

The work of collecting firewood is completely beyond Wang Ou's understanding. She is the eldest lady from the Taiyuan Wang family, not to mention collecting firewood, she has never seen firewood. The only thing she could do was to pick up the scattered dead branches. But because of the clothes, it is also very clumsy. It's like sweeping the street in an evening dress, and it looks awkward.