In the early morning of the second day, outside the small courtyard of Fang Jing's house, all the helpers gathered together, quietly waiting for Fang Jing to calculate the completion money, and no one said a word.

"After a while, the person who called his name went into the courtyard and received his salary, and he could go home, I thank you for Fangjia Village." The village thanked all the helpers.

"Muramasa, thank you Fangjia Village for taking care of us during this time, which also allows us to do some work here, thank you." One person in the crowd shouted words of thanks.

Everyone then shouted thank you loudly at the same time, in the past two months, they did experience the wealth of Fangjia Village, which is incomparable to other villages, although everyone is a relative, each eats and lives in their own relatives' houses, eats and runs, and eats well, this is their biggest feeling in Fangjia Village.

Some of the helpers who received the salary, with copper coins, returned to the relatives of each family, ready to pack up their things and go home, maybe after returning home, they can also buy more food for the family, or maybe pull a few feet of cloth for the little baby woman at home, or directly hand over the money to the women at home to manage, at least in the past two months, but they have earned three times of money, not a lot, not a penny.

Fang Jing gave everyone three times of money, although they had only worked in Fangjia Village for less than two months, but Fang Jing would not be almost a copper coin, so he directly sent three copper coins to each person, which could be regarded as a thank you for their hard work during this time, and it could be regarded as a kind of comfort.

There were more than thirty helpers who did not receive their salaries, but they were called into the small courtyard of Fang Jing's house at the same time, and these thirty or so helpers were also waiting to receive their hard work, but Fang Jing suspended the accounting work in his hand and looked at them.

"There are thirty-three of you here, and you should have paid you directly, so you could go home, but I have something here that I want to ask you." Fang Jing sat on a chair and raised his head to the thirty or so helpers.

"Little brother of the Fang family, you say, you say." Chen Jiangtao responded eagerly.

"Then I'll be blunt, I still need some manpower here, in addition to some things at the end of the school, I also have to build two houses in this house, so I want to ask you, are you willing to stay and help with the work, or do you get paid to go home?" Fang Jing looked at the more than thirty people and said directly to them.

"Little brother of the Fang family, but really? Can we really stay here and work? Chen Jiangtao was inexplicably happy in his heart, and eagerly hoped that what Fang Jing said was true.

"Yes, but then, everyone may not be able to eat and live at their respective relatives' houses in the future, the school is built for Fangjia Village, this will help me build a house, it is my own, so if you are willing to stay and help with the work, you may have to go to the school to live temporarily, I can't live in this house so many people, so, I have to ask what you mean, of course, if you eat, I may only provide food and vegetables, or give it to you in copper coins, and you have to get the rest." Fang Jing stood up and looked at the thirty or so helpers in front of him and said.

"That's great, little brother of the Fang family, we are willing to stay and continue to work, but we are afraid that living in that school will stain the nobility of this school." A mason responded loudly to Fang Jing, everyone hoped to stay in Fangjia Village and continue to work, after all, this is a rare good job, not to mention that the salary is so high, everyone doesn't care about food and accommodation, as long as they can stay and continue to work and earn some wages, that is the right thing.

"Okay, then since everyone is willing to stay, then I will settle your hard work for everyone first, and you can also go home for a few days first, and then you can discuss bringing some cooking guys and bedding, and then return to Fangjia Village, and I will arrange the work when the time comes." After Fang Jing finished speaking, he began to pay each person, and it was said that only four people would have a little more than the salary, that is, four foremen, and the foremen of the masonry craftsmen were relatives of the villagers, so they received a few hundred cents more.

Fang Jing watched these thirty or so people receive their wages and return to their respective relatives' homes, happily telling their relatives about the situation, thinking that they had to rush home as soon as possible, and then take some things back to Fangjia Village according to the arrangement.

Fang Jing's family began to move in the next few days, and everything had to be relocated to the newly built two-story small building, and for the next half a year, they had to eat and live in the new building, but there was no stove room, which also made Fang Jing feel a little unhappy.

There is no stove room, so it is relatively troublesome to cook naturally, and then Fang Jing built a bamboo shed, which was used as a simple stove room, as long as it does not leak rain, and the rest, for the time being, can only be arranged like this.

Fang Jing thought about it for a few days, and drew a simple diagram in his mind, that is, to demolish all the old earthen houses and bamboo houses, and dig them together with the wasteland in the village, and there can be an interval between the three newly built houses, and there can also be an interval that is not close or far away, and when the time comes, you can also build a stove house, and you don't have to dig a flat slope to build a stove house in the back, and you can also vacate a large piece of empty land as a firewood house, of course, the livestock shed or something, can only be built on the right side of the current new house, and only there is a suitable place to build.

In Fang Jing's planning, the school still needs to build a small row of houses, two side by side, a total of eight such long row houses, only one floor is enough, as a backup in the future, even if Li Shimin really wants to send some prince and princess, at least there is a place to live.

All the helpers, after settling the completion money, all left Fangjia Village happily, and some were even about to arrive home, just like that, several helpers were walking on a small road, each carrying a burden, and there were their own tools in the burden, and some Fangjia Village's own relatives sent food, bacon was indispensable.

Not far away in a dilapidated small village, all kinds of thatched houses, adobe grass houses stand in the village, the large and small houses in the village are messy, this small village is only thirty or fifty households, relative to Fangjia Village, this is a big village, and this small village is also the village where Hu Erping's family is located, Hujia Village, which is mainly surnamed Hu, is located in the southeast of Pingli County.

Although there are few men in the village, but there are more than Fangjia Village, I don't know how much, every household is also working hard to fill their stomachs, and only the village of Hujia Village is considered a rich family, who let this village have a son who is a servant, otherwise how can it be a rich family, the village is usually squeezing the people in the village, so that his own food is too much to eat, but the rest of the village has been living in a situation where they can't fill their stomachs.

"Lady, I'm back." Hu Erping walked home after breaking up with a few helpers at the entrance of the village, and when he entered the door, he shouted at the house.

"Erlang, you're back, how are these two months? How is Akika girl? Are you okay in Fangjia Village? After Hu Erping's daughter-in-law Zhao Lingsu came out of the back room, she greeted Hu Erping and asked eagerly.

Hu Erping's daughter-in-law Zhao Lingsu is followed by four little babies, all of whom are not too old, the oldest is eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest is estimated to be three years old.

"It's okay, it's all good, Fangjia Village is terrible now, repair the school, I heard that all the little babies in Fangjia Village will enter the school to study in the future, and the school is built, it's really beautiful." Hu Erping happily put down his burden and shouted loudly.

"Really? Fangjia Village has now built a school, when the Qiu Xiang sister brought a message, I thought it was just to repair their ancestral hall, so how about the Qiu Xiang sister's home? Zhao Lingsu was anxious, this school is a big deal, although his family does not have this blessing, but at least his husband's sister married into Fangjia Village, and his little nephews will inevitably enter the Fangjia School to study, but he is very curious about where Fangjia Village got so much money to build a school.

"Lady, let me tell you, my sister's house, that's really, the grain is full, the bacon is all hung up in the stove, there is a ploughing cow at home, and dozens of chickens, ducks and geese, and there are dozens of eggs laid every day, by the way, there are three pigs at home, the pig is really fat, and it is very white, and the pig shed where we live is cleaner than ours, tsk." Hu Erping excitedly said to his wife and the little baby in the family, while talking, he also gestured, his face was full of joy, maybe he was happy to earn some money, or he was happy for his sister-in-law.

"Erlang, you didn't lie to me? Is there really so much stuff in Akika's sister's house? You're not going to learn to lie to me, are you? Zhao Lingsu listened to Hu Erping's words, of course he didn't believe it in his heart, not to mention the scene described by Hu Erping, it was basically not the situation of the farmer's family, but a very rich household, and he didn't know how much better than the main family of Hujia Village, and a few little babies around him, listening to Hu Erping's words, couldn't help but swallow the saliva that flowed out of their mouths, and there was saliva hanging on the corners of their mouths, fantasizing about those delicious eggs and meat in their hearts.

"Lady, how can I learn those splashes, you don't know who I am, what I said is true, you see, this is the bacon that our sister gave to our family, there are several pieces, oh, there are some dry goods, chicken, duck and goose eggs, as well as salted eggs, bamboo shoots, this is my sister Qiuxiang made it herself." Hu Erping hurriedly explained to his mother-in-law, and besides, there are things in the burden that can be used as proof.

"Mother, bacon, it's true, it's fragrant, and there are copper coins." The eldest little girl lifted the straw from the basket, bacon, eggs, dry goods, and a lot of copper coins.

"Erlang, this, this, this ......" Zhao Lingsu was already a little overwhelmed, so many things, I think it is worth a lot of money, it seems that Qiuxiang's sister's family is really doing well, Zhao Lingsu is happy in his heart, he is really happy, he stared at the things in the basket with tears in his eyes, and he didn't know what to say.

The same is true at the other end, at this time, Liu Er's eldest daughter-in-law, Song Bao'er, pointed to the things in the basket on the ground, and also didn't know what to say, compared to Liu Er's family, it was slightly better than Hu Erping's family, but it was not much better, the same poverty and hardship.

Liu Zhuang, the village where Liu Erda is located, is located at the bottom of the mountain, and there is not much output, there is a lot of wasteland, and the number of households in the village is also small, only fifteen households, and there are few men in the village, so naturally there is not too much labor, every household is in a state of hunger, and what can be eaten, in addition to the wild beasts and animals in the mountains and forests, there are only wild vegetables; The little baby in the village is basically the same as the little baby in Fangjia Village, not big or small, the most edible time, but also in the time of growing the body, and there is no food at home, so you can only drink a bowl of gruel, eat wild vegetables, it can be regarded as filling the stomach.

Of course, as long as there are a few strong laborers in the family, you can eat a meal of wild vegetable gruel every day, and you will not be hungry.

At this time, the same thing is happening in Chen Hetao's family, Chen Hetao, that is, the second brother of Chen Xiuniang, the daughter-in-law of Fangjia Village, has no elders, Chen Hetao and his eldest brother Chen Jiangtao have long been separated, Chenjia Village can be said to be a big village compared to other villages, with fifty or sixty households, a large population, and a lot of strong labor, so relatively speaking, it is naturally better than other villages, but it is only better.

Chen Hetao's daughter-in-law Wang Xiaoyu is helping Chen Hetao pack up her things, but just now I heard her husband say that she can only stay at home for two or three days, and then she has to return to Fangjia Village to work, Wang Xiaoyu naturally knows how to deal with it, and the things that her husband brought back are only happy in her heart.

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