On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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Everyone who left Li Shiyue's house that night felt a little dizzy.

The pie that Li Shiyue painted was really tempting!
Listen to what Li Shiyue said to everyone. She said: "I own 80% of the paper mill, I provide the method, I provide the land, and I hire someone to build the house. Each of you can contribute a little to take up the remaining 20%.

From now on, this is our business together!
It is a family business that can be passed down to children!
That school is the future of our village!
No matter what the world will be like in the future, people who can read will definitely have good luck!

At the very least, if the kids can read and do accounting, they can earn money during the slack season, and they can choose the best wives for them, right?"

When Zhou Lanhua heard Li Shiyue say that the daughter of the family could also work in the paper mill, she asked, "Shiyue, if the daughter of the family learns this, wouldn't we be at a disadvantage?"

Li Shiyue shook her head and said directly to Zhou Lanhua: "You don't have a girl in your family now, so is it possible that you won't have a girl in the future?
What's the loss?
We are all my own children. I am a girl. Have I made my mother suffer any loss?"

Then Li Shiyue raised her eyebrows and said to Zhou Lanhua cheerfully: "Aunt, if our village becomes powerful in the future, why should we marry our daughters?

Let’s find a son-in-law!

Isn't it okay to just leave the girl at home to take care of her in her old age?
Girls also have to study. Girls cannot take the imperial examinations, but studying is something they should do!

Haven’t you seen that all the girls from the rich families in the city have to go to school?
Moreover, I have a lot of things to do in the future. I am a girl, so naturally I have to find girls to help me first, like my two sisters, they are my good helpers!
Without my two sisters, how could I have done what I did? "

Zhou Lanhua and Li Wangshui lay on the kang at night, and she couldn't sleep at all.

"The head of the family? The head of the family?"

After Li Wangshui responded, Zhou Lanhua asked directly, "Why did October say these things today?"

Li Wangshui turned over and said to Zhou Lanhua, who was looking at him with her eyes open, "What else could it be? Isn't it just going against Uncle Youfu and the others?"

"Oh! Yes!

I've been thinking about it over and over again, but I always feel like something is wrong!
Yes, when Shi Yue said he wanted to build this school, wasn’t he just telling Uncle Youfu that he wanted to build an ancestral hall?
Youfu said that we should pay for the construction of the ancestral hall, but Ren Shiyue said that we don't have to pay for the construction of the school, and she also said that she would pay for the teachers.

From now on, as long as we work in the paper mill, our children Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang can go to school for free!"

"Mother, tell me, if Uncle Youfu asks us to pay for building the ancestral hall when we come back, what should we do?

Is there enough money at home?

We need money to build this house and invest in the paper mill. Do we have enough money?"

Zhou Lanhua blinked and said to Li Wangshui, "I don't want to pay this money. After all, the ancestral temple doesn't allow women like me to enter. Even if you and our Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang can enter, what's the point?

In their eyes, you are just a worker. What benefit can our family get?
Just tell me, how many things did you do on the way we escaped from Henan Road?
Apart from the scholar who thanked you, who else did they say anything to you?

If we hadn't waited for October after we settled down, and if October hadn't supported us, would our family have the money we have now?"

Zhou Lanhua thought about the money at home and said, "We do have enough money, but if Uncle Fu asks us to pay, you should push it aside first. Let's see what to do in October.

If we still have to contribute money and effort to those families as before, what is the use of this ancestral hall? Why do we need an ancestral hall that is useless to us?

If you want, we can build a ancestral hall for our ancestors, and our mother can stay at home peacefully, right? "

The more Zhou Lanhua spoke, the more she felt that she was right. She made up her mind immediately that if Li Youfu asked others to pay for the construction of the ancestral hall, her family would not pay!
As the days passed, Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian took the stones to Zhao You's house and Sunjia Kiln to confirm the order of bricks with them.

They also went to Zhao You's house to find Zhao Youtian. This time Zhao Youcai was also at home. The two brothers politely invited Li Shiyue and others into the house.

"If you want me to recruit workers for you, that's no problem. As long as it doesn't delay the spring ploughing, any man in our village who's free can come.

Just as you asked to find two clean women to cook, I have found them for you.

Our clan leader's daughter-in-law's family is specialized in cooking, so she knows how to do these things, so it's no problem for her to cook a big pot of rice.

That's right," Zhao Youtian said to Li Shiyue, scratching his head, "We men are good at doing manual labor, but building houses requires a specialized skill. There are people in our village who can do it, but Uncle Cripple is old, and he's the only one doing it. If you want to build more houses, you'll have to find a few more people who can do it."

Li Shiyue nodded and told Zhao Youtian that he didn't need to worry about this. When the time comes, she will go directly to the county town to invite back two master chefs who are familiar with this.

Before leaving, I made an appointment with Zhao Youtian and asked the people from their village to go to Liujiatun to work together.

The spring breeze in April blows on your face, making your heart itch.

As spring arrives and the soil thaws, spring ploughing and house building are put on the agenda.

Li Shiyue and his colleagues were busy throughout the entire month of March. They went to the Sanshan County government office to find connections, spent money, and got a document allowing them to cut down the trees on the Dahei Mountain.

Of course, for every tree cut down, at least three trees must be planted to replace it.

Li Shiyue naturally did not cut corners on this point. As a person from the modern era, she was clearly aware of the harm of land loss.

In order to build houses, schools and paper mills, Li Shiyue and Li Wangshui worked for more than half a month. They went up the mountain to cut wood at dawn and had to find a way to bring the wood down from the mountain one by one.

Moreover, the wood needs to be dried in the shade after it is cut down before it can be used. How can Li Shiyue wait for several months?
So, she spent 66 points to buy a "kiln drying" method for drying wood from the system.

In the next half month, in order to build this kiln, we went to Sunjia Kiln to get bricks. These bricks were certainly not new bricks, but were saved from Sunjia Kiln.

After the kiln was built, Li Shiyue assigned the task of drying the wood to Mazi's family.

There are many people in their family, so this job is just right for them. The wages are calculated at 15 copper coins per laborer per day, excluding meals.

During this period, Li Shiyue and his companions almost had a fight with their eighth great-uncle's son!
The reason was just a few thick logs deep in the Dahei Mountain. They almost came to blows. If Li Shiyue hadn't restrained himself, Li Wangshui, Mazi and the others would have been really jealous and wanted to go up with axes.

It was the sisters Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian who stepped forward with knives to block the two men. Li Shiyue said to the other side: "Everything is based on first come first served. We found this wood first, and we cut it with the first knife. This is ours!
If you insist on snatching it, then draw a line. I, Li Shiyue, am not afraid!" (End of this chapter)