She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

Chapter 174: The Charcoal-burning Army

Anything related to money is a big deal, and the villagers show their impatience to the fullest.

The total number of households in Niutoushan Village was originally 39. This year, Wen Wuyan was separated and became a separate household. Now there are 40 households in the village. (The author forgot whether he wrote how many households there were in the village before. Let's just use this number. It won't have much impact. [Covering face])

Currently, there are six families that do not participate, including the old Wen family and the lazy Li Er family. The remaining four families also have their own situations.

After reporting their names, no one was in a hurry to leave. They all gathered in the yard waiting for instructions for the next step.

To be more precise, they are all waiting for what to do next.

"How much silver do you say we can earn by the end of the year?"

"How would I know? But I hope I can earn more. Hehe, my family originally planned to rebuild the house next year and change the current adobe house into a half-brick one so that my mother can live more comfortably. If I earn more, I would like to build a full-brick house so that I can find a wife for my brother."

"Ah! Your family wants to build a blue brick house? That would cost dozens of taels, right?"

"No, no, my family is different from Wuyan's. I built three rooms in the main house, two for my mother, one for me and my wife, and the remaining east room is temporarily for my brother. When he gets married, we will move out of the main house and give it to him."

The person speaking is a family named Wang in the village. His father passed away early, and his mother raised him and his younger brother. He didn't get married until he was 25, and his younger brother is still single at the age of 20.

He wanted to build a new house so that his younger brother could get married soon, and he also wanted his mother to live in a spacious house.

His family conditions were not very good before. Without a working father, it was not easy for his mother to raise two brothers.

That was a luxury he could only dream of building a new house. Well, this time Wen Wuyan's family was building a new house, and he, his wife, and his younger brother were all helping out, earning more than two taels of silver.

When the people chatting in the yard heard that even the least wealthy family in the village wanted to build a blue brick house, who among the remaining people with some wealth would not be moved?

Looking at the blue brick house of the village chief, and then thinking about the newly built blue brick courtyard of Wuyan’s family, they are jealous!

What to do if you feel jealous?

A group of people instantly became excited and shouted in the yard, "Village Chief, why are you starting to burn charcoal? Do we have to go up the mountain to cut trees now?"

"Have you chosen a site and where to burn it? We can't wait to get to work."

Wu Shan stopped writing and laughed, "You guys are not active at ordinary times. Are you greedy for money before the New Year?"

"Hehe, we're thinking of building a big brick house for our family after we earn the money." Someone in the crowd responded.

If we follow Gu Qingqing's suggestion, we don't think it's that urgent. We will go to the Shen family in town tomorrow and ask him to help with the paperwork, and then start here the day after tomorrow. But we didn't know that the villagers' willingness was so high at this time.

There was no way. Although Wen Wuyan was the initiator on the surface, the actual technology was in her hands. She whispered a few words to Wen Wuyan beside her, and Wen Wuyan could only step forward to take the lead.

"Village chief, since everyone is so enthusiastic, why don't we go choose a piece of land and dig a kiln today, and see how much we can dig?"

When others heard this, they thought it was exactly what they wanted and they all quickly agreed.

"Do you have a place you like? Or any place that is suitable? As long as it does not occupy the fields in the village, you can choose any vacant land around." Wu Shan was not sure what was needed specifically, so he could only ask Wen Wuyan in return.

"If you ask me, we should choose an open space not far from the west of Niutou Mountain. The terrain there is suitable and it happens to be a wasteland."

This piece of land was actually chosen by Gu Qingqing, because although it is said to be at the foot of the mountain, it is actually quite some distance away from the mountain. There is a slope over there and a stream not far away.

"Brother Wuyan, isn't the place you mentioned a bit far away? It would be great if we could make charcoal on the mountain. We can just chop wood when we need it and save the trouble of dragging it down the mountain. We can still save our energy." asked Niu Dajun who was present.

Wen Wuyan smiled and shook his head, "No, no, charcoal burning requires fire. Winter is dry, if we are on the mountain or too close to the mountain and there is an open fire, we will be the sinners who set the mountain on fire. By then, let alone burning charcoal, there will be no mountain, how can we go up the mountain to find food in the future? What can we leave for our descendants?"

Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan said that it was not possible to make a fire on the mountain. She knew how dangerous and serious a fire on a mountain could be. She just wanted to take people to make charcoal and did not want to cause trouble.

Wen Wuyan explained, and the people around him immediately took a breath. Who among them hadn't started a fire in the mountains before?

"It's burning in the mountains. Just be careful. Haven't we burned things in the mountains before?"

Wen Wuyan also wanted to say that he had done this before, but his Qingqing said that it must not be burned on the mountain, so it definitely could not be burned on the mountain.

Wen Wuyan shook his head, "Not right, there is always a loophole."

Someone suddenly said, "Since Wuyan learned calligraphy from Old Yang, he has been more thoughtful than us."

"Okay, let's listen to Wuyan on this matter." Wu Shan spoke at this time, which was the final word.

The site was chosen in a few words, and just as everyone was about to go home to get their things to work, suddenly, Wu Shan struck the gong again.

Those who were about to leave were all startled and asked, "Village chief, why are you still beating the gong?"

"Anything else?"

"Why are you all so anxious? Can't you wait for me to finish speaking?" Wu Shan stood up and said to everyone.

Everyone looked at each other and laughed, almost asking in unison, "How can we not be anxious to make money? What else is there?"

Wu Shan naturally understood their eagerness, and this time he really didn't waste time, but his expression was serious. "Since Wuyan gave the charcoal burning method to the village, then it belongs to the village. If we do well in our business and earn money in the future, if any of you have any thoughts that you shouldn't have, don't blame the village for being rude to you. Anyone who dares to have a crooked mind, go out secretly to burn charcoal or find a method to tell the married girls and daughters-in-law's family, will be expelled from Niutoushan Village as soon as he is discovered. Do you agree?"

"Okay, I agree!"

"I agree. Why should we give our village's things to others?"

"Don't worry, village chief. If anyone dares to do this, we can take care of him without you having to do anything."

"That's right. We are counting on this to be able to live in a blue brick house."

Because of the lucrative income from burning charcoal in winter, every household in Niutou Mountain built a blue brick house within a few years. The rich built two, while the poor built three.

The blue brick houses and big white walls attracted girls from all over the surrounding villages to want to marry into Niutoushan Village.

It was precisely because they were united and listened to advice that when the locust plague occurred the following year, with the help of Gu Qingqing, their village was not affected too much.

Of course, this is all for later.

Gu Qingqing was in the crowd, and seeing everyone united, she felt really relieved.

when!

The excited crowd stared with anxious eyes, then quieted down.