Qiao Huaping took out two marching tents in total. The three little boys slept in one, and she, Mei Qingying and Bai Feiye slept in the other.
Mei Qingyao, Mei Qingyu, and Mei Qinghuang had never seen such a novel thing. They thought Qiao Huaping had bought it in the county town, so they didn't have much suspicion and walked in and out full of surprise.
Qiao Huaping smiled and pretended to rummage through the luggage, but in fact he took out two thick quilts from the space and told several children that they were bought in the county town.
Thick and soft quilts were spread in the tent, and the little ones couldn't wait to lie down on them.
After sleeping on the linoleum cloth for so many days, suddenly sleeping on such a soft thing seemed to be trapped in cotton. The little ones were surprised and happy, and rolled around on the quilt.
The marching tent was big enough. Qiao Huaping smiled brightly and put Bai Feiye on the quilt, playing with his brothers and sisters in the tent.
When the moon came over the treetops, the children were tired from playing and fell asleep in a ball. Qiao Huaping then gently covered Mei Qingyao and the others with thin quilts, and then put Bai Feiye and Mei Qingying on their backs.
He was transported to another tent and fell asleep leisurely with Bai Fei Ye Qing Ying in his arms.
The next day, Sister Du and her husband, Lao Yu, originally planned to come to help Qiao Huaping and the others build a hut or something for temporary living, but when they saw it, everyone was dumbfounded.
Madam Qiao, when did two strange-looking thatched sheds appear in this yard?
Old Yu rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was hallucinating, and even hit Sister Du with his arm: "My dear, look, there...is there something wrong with my eyes?"
Sister Du took a closer look and was stunned.
When she went to deliver steamed buns to Sister Qiao yesterday, she didn't see a thatched shed yet. Why did this thatched shed stand up overnight?
Although the shape is a bit strange, it looks pretty solid.
Sister Du thought to herself, she is indeed her sister Qiao, she can do everything well!
Even building a thatched shed is much better than ordinary people!
At this time, Qiao Huaping didn't know that her image in Sister Du's heart had become more glorious.
Today, the elders in the village and the county officials have divided the wasteland according to the population of the village.
Qiao Huaping's family should actually be allocated a medium-sized piece of land based on the number of people in the family.
But Qiao Huaping's contribution to the village was so great that they agreed to give her a piece of good land close to the river for easy irrigation.
Qiao Huaping declined and chose a piece of land on the shady side of the mountain.
It doesn't matter to her, anyway, she grows herbs. There are herbs that can be grown on the sunny side, and there are herbs that are suitable for growing on the yin side.
The villagers subconsciously resisted the dark side. No one wanted the land on the dark side, so it was a pity that it was empty.
The elders in the village misunderstood Qiao Huaping's intentions and were completely moved.
They immediately decided to allocate the entire wasteland on the mountainside that could be cultivated to Qiao Huaping.
Everyone in Qiao Huaping was stunned.
This is more than twice the size of the previous piece of land!
Qiao Huaping frowned slightly and was about to say something, but the clan elder said with tears in his eyes: "Ms. Qiao, you don't have to say anything! We know that you are dedicated to the village and do not hesitate to harm your own interests. But if we keep treating your
Turning a blind eye to sacrifice is nothing!...You chose the Shanyin side, at least let us compensate you in terms of area!"
Everyone echoed loudly.
Qiao Huaping: "..."
No, you are thinking too much.
However, it was hard to refuse such kindness, so Qiao Huaping finally agreed.
But she is also a little worried. The land is too big. She wants to open up wasteland. How long will it take?
However, the people of Liujin Village did not let Qiao Huaping worry for too long.
On the second day after the wasteland of each family was divided, twenty or thirty young and middle-aged people from the village came to Qiao Huaping's wasteland with hoes in hand. They threw their arms away and worked hard to help Qiao Huaping clear the wasteland.
The wasteland on this mountain is extremely difficult to cultivate. In addition to removing excess weeds, vines, etc., there are also gravels in the mountains and old roots that have grown intertwined for who knows how many years. They must be removed one by one.
This is a big project.
If Qiao Huaping cultivated the land by himself, even if Qiao Huaping's physical strength was far beyond that of ordinary people, he would probably be tired for several days.
But now with the help of these twenty or thirty enthusiastic young adults, the wasteland of Qiao Huaping's family has been reclaimed very quickly.
Qiao Huaping wanted to give people wages, but they didn't want them. She thought about it, then cooked a big pot of rice every day, put it on a trolley, and pushed it to the fields - people were working for her, so at least they had to take care of the food.