After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 86 Exploring the Fire Dimension

When Shen Yi saw these things that had suddenly appeared in his home, he couldn't help but be surprised, even though he was mentally prepared.

"Wife! You've got incredible skills! How did you manage to get your hands on such an exquisite knife?" Shen Yi's expression turned serious after his initial surprise.

The Langya Kingdom had strict regulations on dangerous iron tools. If a household had an extra knife or axe, they had to report it to the village chief, who would then report it to the township head. If a knife or axe broke, it had to be handed over in exchange for a small amount of money to buy a new one.

Su Tai noticed that Shen Yi's expression was off and became inexplicably nervous. "Is something wrong?"

Shen Yi sighed helplessly and picked out the knives and scissors. "I'll go to the village chief's house tomorrow and tell him. The rest is fine, just don't tell anyone."

Su Tai nodded quickly, "I plan to use this pot to cook, which will save some firewood and make cleaning easier. With this kettle, it will be much more convenient to drink water in the future."

After Shen Yi understood the uses of those things, he also felt that this was indeed more convenient, so he took the knife and went out.

When Shen Ying, the village chief of Shenjiazhuang, saw the knives Shen Yi brought over, his eyes lit up. He excitedly asked, "Shen Yi! Where did you buy these things? They look even more exquisite than those made by the blacksmiths in town! You even put wooden handles on them, polished and painted them. You really put a lot of thought into it!"

Shen Yi's heart stirred slightly, but he remained calm on the surface. "My father-in-law bought it for us. If the village chief wants it, I'll ask him about it later."

"Good, good! Uncle will be waiting for your good news! Oh, by the way, did you catch any fish in the Daxun River this year?" Shen Ying was in a good mood and asked.

Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he subtly raised an eyebrow. "Yes, that's true. What's wrong?"

Shen Ying slapped her thigh and gave him an exaggerated thumbs up. "I knew you were good! A lot of people in the village wanted to learn how to catch fish like you, so they all went to the Daxun River to put their fish baskets in, but they only caught a few measly things. I told them that you are a native of the Dujiangyan area, and you have been dealing with water since you were a child. You have ancestral skills, and your ancestors have blessed you. Once you go into the water, nothing in the water dares to cause trouble."

The others struggled even to swim, so they shouldn't bother. At first, they didn't believe it and said I was biased towards them. But after two days of this, one person fell into the water and was lucky enough to be rescued, but he caught a cold. The other two were also sickly after being outside for two days.

The villagers were terrified by the three men's miserable state, and thankfully no one went to the river to fish anymore. However, they were now eyeing your fish, wondering if you had any to sell at the end of the year.

Shen Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his expression softening considerably. "Of course there are some, but I can't guarantee how many."

"It's alright, it's alright, how do you calculate the price?" Shen Ying looked at Shen Yi expectantly.

Shen Yi's lips twitched slightly. Remembering what Han had said, he pondered, "Fish weighing less than two catties are priced at forty-five coins per catty. Larger ones are more expensive, but large fish are not easy to catch. It's too early to talk about these things now."

“That makes sense! Then Uncle will be waiting for your fish!” Shen Ying smiled broadly as she saw Shen Yi out the door.

Shen Yi returned home with the knife and explained the situation to Su Tai.

Su Tai chuckled but didn't say anything. She just pondered and said, "I think we need to raise two dogs. There will be more and more ways to make money in the future, and there will definitely be a lot of people watching us. Right now, everyone is just imitating us. Once they find that imitation is not working, some people will definitely have ulterior motives."

Shen Yi's expression tightened, and he nodded heavily. "I remember that Uncle Qi's dye shop kept a few dogs. When we went there last time, one of the dogs seemed to be pregnant. I wonder if it has given birth yet? I'll take a donkey cart there tomorrow."

The Daxun River is now frozen solid, so riding a horse across it is no problem.

Su Tai nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.

Shen Yi, however, remained solemn, seemingly unable to eat or sleep for the safety of his family. The next day, he actually carried a retractable iron ladder to the top of the wall and began planning how to build the wall. Judging from his posture, he probably intended to build the stone wall to a height of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), completely eliminating the possibility of outsiders climbing over the wall.

With the high wall blocking her way, Su Tai felt at ease and let him do as he pleased.

I haven't explored the Fire Dimension that I unlocked yesterday yet, so I'll take this opportunity to go in and have a look.

Pushing open the portal of time and space, Su Tai found herself back on that familiar street. However, this time, instead of a shop, she found herself in front of a private brick kiln, covering an area of ​​more than a thousand square meters. It specialized in firing various building materials, such as cement, lime, sand and gravel, hollow bricks, sintered bricks, heat-insulating bricks, refractory bricks, landscape bricks, ceramic bricks, marble bricks, and so on. She was overwhelmed by the variety.

Thinking that Shen Yi was planning to build a wall, this was like a godsend! She hurried over to ask about the price.

A hollow brick costs 0.8 yuan, while a sintered brick costs 0.5 yuan. Both are suitable for building walls, but the color of sintered bricks is too bright, so hollow bricks are better.

Based on the length and width of the walls in the house, a total of 4,200 bricks are needed, costing a total of 3,360 yuan.

I also bought some cement, lime, sand and gravel, totaling two thousand yuan.

Once she agreed, the other party immediately received the payment and had someone count out the more than four thousand bricks.

She couldn't possibly move all those bricks, cement, and gravel by herself. Fortunately, she had a powerful media transport vehicle. Once the building materials were loaded onto the vehicle, she only needed to start the engine to return to the Time-Space Gate transfer station, then go back to her room, run to the backyard, enter the Time-Space Gate transfer station from the backyard, get in the vehicle, start the engine, and the media tool would deliver all the bricks to the Shen family's backyard.

After the building materials were unloaded, Su Tai quickly returned the media transport vehicle to the transfer station and took a look at the usage rules of the Fire Space-Time.

Like the Gold Dimension, Fire Dimension requires a certain amount of spending to upgrade; upgrading from Level 1 to Level 2 requires spending 10,000 virtual coins.

She glanced at her cryptocurrency balance, smiled, and hurried back to the backyard.

Shen Yi, who was measuring from the top of the wall, was startled by the noise in the backyard. When he came down the iron ladder and rushed over, he saw Su Tai squatting in front of a pile of bricks and stones.

"Little Moss, these are..."

Su Tai stood up and excitedly pulled him over, "I got these building materials. Didn't you want to build a wall? These hollow bricks are perfect. With cement grouting, they'll be strong and sturdy, impervious to wind and rain."

Shen Yi affectionately pinched her cheek, "Since you've prepared all the materials for me, it would be a disservice to these things if I didn't do any work."

Su Tai chuckled twice and hurried over to help.

In the dead of winter, almost no one was around in the village. Their house wasn't in a densely populated area, so no one would have noticed what they were up to.

The first to realize something was wrong were people from Shenzhuang, who lived not far from Shen Yi's house.

"Wife, look, am I seeing things?" Shen Zhuang stood at the doorway of the main room, tiptoeing to look at Shen Yi's house. "Why does Yi's house seem taller now?"

Xu looked up and cursed, "Are you blind in broad daylight?"

She had barely finished speaking when she saw the top of Shen Yi's wall, and was so startled that she knocked over the sewing basin she was holding. "What...what's going on? Let's go see!"