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Chapter 88 Construction Begins

I left Liu Niang and Cao Er behind, while Xing Er looked after the store. I decided to bring Su Lai with me today, so that Su Chen could teach him more. This would save us from feeling that we don't have enough manpower when something happens.

Exercise more now so that you can take over when something happens.

The auspicious time for the groundbreaking was set at the hour of Chen. We had to go there early to prepare Liu Niang and load the sacrificial offerings onto the car. The groundbreaking required three kinds of animals, namely pork, fish and chicken, and firecrackers.

At this time, Brother He's car also arrived.

The sky was still not very bright. After I got in the car, Su Chen took Su Lai to sit in the front and drive. I was also happy to see this happen. A carriage always needs someone to drive it. With one more person who can use it, it will be more convenient to travel.

After everything was ready, two carriages drove into the town, one after the other, and began to head towards the village.

When we arrived at the village, it was not yet noon, but Dazhu and his friends had already arrived. There were exactly 15 people sitting in front of the thatched hut.

I looked over and saw that the few people who had been with me to the capital city and sat at the end were all there. These people were very down-to-earth.

I feel relieved. The people Dazhu chose are exactly what I want. This way, I can worry less in the future. The house will take so long to repair. If there are a few people who cheat, it will be very uncomfortable.

Da Niu and Er Niu were very smart and ran over to help get the things. They saw that the table was ready.

Brother He offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and said a few auspicious words. After the firecrackers were set off, Brother He symbolically shoveled some soil with a shovel and announced that construction could begin.

There were more than a dozen men, including Da Niu, Er Niu and others, and even Xiao Si were helping. They were moving stones with their hands and pulling out the grass inside the white line. They were really busy.

The dozen or so adults took shovels and hoes and started digging in the areas marked with white lines. Soil was dug out from the ground shovel by shovel, and gradually mounds of earth were formed.

Soon, a shallow trench appeared in some places. As time went by, the trench became longer and longer, and the foundation gradually began to emerge.

The area of ​​six or seven acres is completely surrounded by walls, and the walls and the two rows of houses next to them are also to be constructed together because the foundations of these places are connected.

I didn't notice it before the work started, but once the work started, I realized that the dozen or so people involved were far from enough.

When Shopkeeper Su saw this, he came over to discuss with me, "Boss, if we want to move faster, should we add a few more people? A dozen people still doesn't seem to be enough."

"Shopkeeper Su, how many people do you think we should add?"

"It would take at least 50 people to separate them. We can do it."

Brother He also came over at this time: "Sister, we still don't have enough manpower, we need to add some more talents."

Me: "Okay, let's add more! Brother He, how many people do you have left to look for work?"

Brother He: "Even if I add more people, they can't be used to build the foundation. They need to build doors and windows."

"Then Manager Su Huai first asks Dazhu how many people he has left?"

After hearing this, Su Chen went to Da Zhu immediately. After a while, Da Zhu put down what he was doing and followed him: "Wife of Da Lang, how many more people are needed? How many more people are needed? It doesn't matter. We can definitely find them to start work tomorrow."

Me: "Brother Dazhu, I want to build a fence around this entire piece of land, and also build houses wherever there are white lines. Let's hire 30 more people. The wages will be the same as theirs. There's no rush today, you guys start the work first, and we'll talk about it after you finish the work."

Dazhu: "Okay, I'll go tell them after we finish work tonight. It won't affect tomorrow's work. Some people were supposed to come today, but they didn't come because you only wanted 15 people. Now you want to add more people, they will definitely be very happy."

"I still say the same thing, you must be reliable and down-to-earth when doing things. It doesn't matter if I'm not missing two."

"Dalang's wife, don't worry, I understand everything." After saying this, Dazhu went back to work.

At this time, Mr. Zhao's fleet of vehicles came to deliver goods. The first thing they delivered was stones, which were used to build the foundation. This was calculated by cubic meters.

The head of the village also came with them. This old man had been waiting at the entrance of the village since early in the morning. When he saw the convoy coming, he immediately led it over.

Brother He ran over to check the quality and confirmed that it was OK and there was no problem. The village head went to collect the goods. It was almost noon when all the dozens of trucks were collected. Every step was done carefully and cautiously.

Since most of the people working there were from the village, everyone went back to eat lunch at noon. We ate a little at the thatched house.

We discussed all the areas that were not done well in the morning, and made some changes when they came in the afternoon. Some areas that were too narrow were widened in the afternoon.

After the discussion, we took a break and Dazhu and his team started the work. They changed what needed to be changed, widened what needed to be widened, and continued to dig forward where the work was good. By nightfall, many places were ready to lay the foundation stones.

We checked again and decided that if people came tomorrow, we would arrange 20 people to lay the foundation stone. The other dozens of people would continue to dig the foundation.

After we discussed this, it was dark and we were done for the day. Su Lai drove the carriage back to the house and ate the food that Liu Niang had left for us. I just washed up and fell on the bed. I fell asleep.