After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Seeing the other person's hesitant expression, Director Ma immediately said, "We're all family here, so just say what you want to say!"

Teacher Zhang lowered his head and thought for a moment before explaining, "I just climbed out through the gap and stood at the foot of our school wall, looking south. I could see a small earth god shrine about two or three hundred meters away..."

"Oh, I know that earth god temple. It existed before our school was even built," Director Ma immediately explained.

"I heard it was built by the original owner of this land, the old landlord who fled to the south. Judging by the years, it must have been built at least fifty or sixty years ago!"

"So much time has passed, I wonder if those bricks are still usable!"

"Definitely!" Teacher Zhang immediately said, "In the old society, the bricks and tiles that the rich old men used to build temples were all of the best quality. And I just glanced at it and found that the bricks used to build that earth god temple seem to be the old blue bricks."

Director Ma said with some surprise, "If it's real blue bricks, then they're much harder than the bricks currently on our school's walls!"

Teacher Zhang nodded. "Of course, in ancient times, blue bricks were only used to build palaces."

Director Ma said, "Since you think it's feasible, then let's start finding people to do it right away!"

Teacher Zhang gave an awkward smile and said, "Finding a few people to build the wall is no problem, but we're afraid we won't have enough manpower to take down the bricks and transport them here. Everyone's busy building the wall on the north side right now!"

Director Ma sighed helplessly, then asked, "If we had bricks, could we plug the gap?"

Teacher Zhang said with certainty, "As long as we have bricks, we can plug this gap even if we don't sleep tonight."

"Just say the word," Director Ma said, turning to Li Yufeng. "Do you think you can find a few boys from your class to demolish that temple outside and bring the bricks back?"

Li Yufeng frowned slightly and said to Director Ma, "Is it necessary to demolish the local earth god temple?"

"Yes! If we don't tear it down, there won't be any bricks to plug the gap. There's really no other way right now. For the safety of all the teachers and students, the leaders have ordered that all the holes in the damaged wall must be plugged before going to bed tonight."

Li Yufeng nodded helplessly: "Alright, then I'll find a few boys from the class to do this."

After Li Yufeng finished speaking, she turned to Teacher Zhang and asked, "Approximately how many bricks do you think we'll need?"

Teacher Zhang looked at the gap at the base of the wall, counted briefly, and replied, "One hundred and twenty yuan is enough."

After Ma and Zhang left, Li Yufeng immediately began assigning tasks for dismantling the bricks: "Chunsheng, Sun Chaoyang, Hu Aimin, Liu Chuanxi, Ma Boyong..."

She assigned ten male classmates to dismantle the temple and move bricks.

Before everyone set off, Li Yufeng added, "When you're dismantling the temple, remember to count the number of bricks. One hundred and twenty is enough; you don't need too many!"

After everyone agreed, they jumped into the pit and crawled out through the opening one by one.

Li Yufeng hesitated about demolishing the land temple not because she was superstitious, but because she felt that the land temple, built decades ago, was at least a cultural relic, and it would be a real pity to demolish it.

Therefore, as long as there are enough bricks to repair the gap, she still hopes to leave some trace there so that future generations can see it.

After crawling out of the gap, Chunsheng and his group of ten headed straight for the small earth god temple to the south in the distance.

At first, Chunsheng was a little worried that it would probably take 120 bricks to build a small earth god temple.

But when they got closer, they discovered that the earth god temple was not as short as it looked from a distance; it was at least 1.8 meters tall.

Sun Chaoyang arrived at the temple, glanced at the dilapidated clay statue inside, and murmured, "Please don't blame me, Earth God. I used the bricks from your temple to do a good deed, not for myself..."

Looking at Sun Chaoyang's expression, Hu Aimin couldn't help but laugh, "What's the use of all that talking? In the end, you're still going to tear down someone else's temple. If it were me, I wouldn't listen to you at all!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Chaoyang turned to look at Hu Aimin, swallowed hard, and said, "Sincerity is key! Being polite can never hurt..."

After circling the earth god temple several times, the group still couldn't find a place to start.

Just as Hu Aimin raised the hoe and was about to lift it down towards the kiln entrance, Chunsheng immediately said:

"Don't try that! If a pebble hits someone's eye, they'll be blinded!"

Hu Aimin's expression changed instantly, and he quickly stopped what he was doing. "Then where should we start?"

"Here," Chunsheng said immediately, "the bricks and stones in this area behind the temple are noticeably loose. If we start from here, it should be easier."

The crowd gathered around for a closer look, and it was indeed as Chunsheng had said.

Behind the small temple, due to long-term exposure to wind and sun, several joints between the bricks showed obvious signs of weathering and damage.

"Let me give it a try," Sun Chaoyang said, raising his hoe and forcefully lifting it towards the weathered seam.

After only three or five strikes, a blue brick fell off.

Hu Aimin quickly picked it up, held it in his hands, and weighed it in his hand. He exclaimed in surprise, "It's so heavy! I've never seen such a heavy brick before."

Sun Chaoyang put down his tools, took them, and tried them out himself. "They are indeed heavy. I estimate that one of these is as heavy as three or four bricks that we usually see."

Chunsheng laughed, "The materials and processes used to make the two types of bricks are different, so the results of firing them will definitely be different!"

Sun Chaoyang immediately asked, "Is there a big difference?"

"Of course, the bricks we use now are completely different from traditional blue bricks!"

The group chatted as they dismantled the temple, and in less than half an hour, the ground was covered with bricks.

Hu Aimin counted them carefully and found that there were already more than eighty pieces.

"Okay, Chunsheng and Sun Chaoyang, you guys continue dismantling the bricks. I'll take the others and move the bricks we've already removed over there. That way we can save some time..."

Just as Hu Aimin was speaking, a gust of wind blew from somewhere, and everyone watched as a red object was blown out of the temple and floated up to about ten meters in the air.

When the object fully unfolded, it turned out to be a red dress worn by women in the old society.

The dress, however, looked quite terrible. Besides being covered in black mud, it was also riddled with holes of all sizes.

The sudden scene stunned everyone.

"Ah...a ghost..."

With Sun Chaoyang's scream, everyone except Chunsheng, who was still standing there staring blankly at the suddenly appearing red dress, screamed in terror!