Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Chuqiu also joined in. She was very strong. Some small bushes had to be chopped several times by Lin Dahu and his brothers. However, Ye Chuqiu picked up the knife and cut one tree at a time.
"You two brothers, go build a wooden house and leave these shrubs to me." Ye Chuqiu said and continued to chop down trees.
These trees, which are the size of a baby's arm, are perfect for building frames for houses. After a while, Ye Chuqiu cut down many of them.
After cutting down some shrubs on her homestead, she took the sickle and walked into the mountains.
It takes a lot of wood to build a wooden house, and I'm afraid this few shrubs won't be enough.
"Mom, be careful and don't go too far."
Lin Dahu said to Ye Chuqiu while he was busy tying up the wood with vines.
"Don't worry."
Ye Chuqiu responded and continued walking forward, looking for suitable shrubs. After walking for a long time, her eyes lit up, not because she found shrubs, but because she found many camellia oleifera trees in this place.
It is September, and these camellia oils are about to mature. Camellia oil has many benefits. It is regarded as the noblest oil. It is much more fragrant for cooking than olive oil, which is also the noblest oil. In later generations, authentic camellia oil can be sold.
It costs over a hundred yuan per pound. I didn’t expect there to be so many camellia trees here.
I don’t know whether these Camellia oleifera trees are ownerless or owned, and I don’t know if the villagers here know about the Camellia oleifera trees.
Thinking of this, Ye Chuqiu picked a few Camellia oleifera fruits, put them in his pocket, cut down all the surrounding shrubs, and then dragged a bundle of shrubs and a few Camellia oleifera fruits back to the homestead.
"Dahu, do you know this thing?" Ye Chuqiu threw the bush in front of the two brothers and took out the camellia oleifera fruit.
"I don't know." Lin Dahu shook his head, "What is this?"
"I won't tell you." Ye Chuqiu was filled with joy when she got her answer. She really missed the taste of camellia oil.
Seeing the smile on Ye Chuqiu's face, the two brothers knew it was something good, but they didn't ask much. Anyway, they knew that when Ye Chuqiu wanted to say it, he would definitely say it.
"I just took a look. The mountains behind this area are full of these things. I'll ask Huang Tiesheng tomorrow to see if he recognizes this thing. If he doesn't know about it, then we may have missed it."
Ye Chuqiu said, squatting down and working with the two brothers.
She is very strong, and is mainly responsible for sharpening one end of the bush so that it can be inserted into the soil. After all, this is mountainous land, and it will take several months to build a house on the flat land behind it. They will probably live in this wood for some time to come.
Inside the house, of course the foundation must be dug deeper, so that it can at least withstand the collision of jackals.
After sharpening the shrub, Ye Chuqiu and Lin Dahu pushed the shrub into the soil with force. Lin Dahu came first, and Ye Chuqiu reinforced it. With the cooperation of the two mother and son, the prototype of the house was quickly built.
Today we will build two rooms for now, one for Lin Dahu and his wife, and one for Ye Chuqiu and her children.
After setting up the surrounding wood, they then tied the vines into rows of shrubs, inserted them between several thick shrubs, and tied them tightly with the vines.
"Not bad, not bad."
Seeing that a house was about to take shape, Ye Chuqiu was still very satisfied.
To build this wooden house, the whole family went out to work, and even Sihu and Wufeng had to cut down thinner shrubs. However, no one was tired. Looking at the wooden house that was gradually taking shape, everyone felt very safe.
The sky was filled with clouds, the sun was tilting towards the west, the clouds were rising and falling, and in the blink of an eye, the sky was dark.
Ye Chuqiu and his two wooden houses have basically taken shape, but they just need a roof.
The surroundings and floor of the house could be built with shrubs, but she had no choice but to go to the city tomorrow to buy some veneer to cover it.
"The sky is spirited, the earth is spirited, I hope it won't rain today!"
In the evening, sitting by the bonfire, Ye Chuqiu put his hands together and prayed to heaven.
On the way to escape, there were almost no rainy days at the front, and very few rainy days at the back. The road ahead was dry, and everyone was looking forward to rain, but God just didn't let it rain.
On the latter part of the journey, although they reached a place with abundant rain, there was less rain in autumn, so they encountered less rainy days.
However, it is not that we have never encountered rainy days. Fortunately, when it rained, Ye Chuqiu had already prepared tarpaulins. Everyone either hid in the carriage or under the tarpaulins and survived several difficult rains.
"It will definitely not rain." Zhao Hehua said from the side: "It is rare for us to settle down, and God will take pity on our difficulty."
"I hope so."
Ye Chuqiu said, in fact, looking at the moonlight tonight, it is so bright, it should not rain.
Sure enough, the weather was good, and the moon shone on them all night long. They slept in the wooden house with mats spread out on the ground. Although the moonlight could shine on their heads, the wind also blew in from the cracks in the bushes, and they were sleeping in the wooden house.
They whispered in their ears, but everyone still slept well that night.
Because they will have a home soon.
The next day, Ye Chuqiu and Lin Erhu drove their horses to Dongyang City for shopping. They wanted to buy some grain, as well as some oilcloth and wood bark to seal the roof and seal the surroundings of the wooden house to prevent drafts from leaking at night.
As for Lin Dahu, he went to Huang Tiesheng's house and asked him to help him come forward and hire some strong laborers in the village to help them build a house.
Huang Tiesheng looked at Lin Dahu, "It's no problem to hire someone to build a house for you, but you just came to the village and are not familiar with the villagers. It's best to pay some wages to build a house."
"Of course, of course." Lin Dahu nodded repeatedly, "Brother Huang, how much do you think I'll pay you?"
"Two meals are included and the salary is twenty cents a day. What do you think?" Huang Tiesheng said.
"No problem." Lin Dahu agreed immediately.
Before Ye Chuqiu left, he had already told him that since they were outsiders, they would definitely not be treated as favorably as the locals, so don't be reluctant to use money wherever it is due.
In the past, when Lin Dahu and the others were in Linjia Village, whoever wanted to build a house in the village could just give a shout and get two meals a day, and no one would ask for wages at all.
Maybe the same rules apply in Lin'an Village, but Ye Chuqiu and the others are new here, so naturally they don't have this respect.
Huang Tiesheng also made this clear to Lin Dahu, and Lin Dahu also expressed his understanding.
"Since you are willing to use money, this matter will be much easier to handle. It is not a busy farming season, so hiring people should not be a problem. How many people do you plan to hire?" Huang Tiesheng asked again.
"We plan to build this house as soon as possible. Of course, we can hire as many people as we can. But Brother Huang, we don't want to cause trouble. It's best to hire some down-to-earth and hard-working people for us."