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Every day, early in the morning, the construction team would knock on the road with a "ding ding" sound. The village's farmland was pretty much done, and many people in the village liked to see the construction team busy early in the morning. They personally saw the cement mix together and lay on the road to crush it, and when it was dried it would become a white mud road.

Most of the villagers had not changed their mindset yet, but they felt that it was apologetic that Jiaoniang had contributed so much money and effort to repair the roads. Hence, after the villagers had cooked, their boss had given them some money, so Jiaoniang did not have to cook for the construction team every day.

However, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the construction was drenched in sweat. Jiaoniang was afraid that the workers would be affected by the heat, after all, they had already been working for half a month and had a lot of experience.

Jiaoniang brewed some mint tea and cooled it down before moving it to the construction site. When he was tired, he would rest and drink some tea and eat something, but nothing happened.

The foreman's name was Ji Dahe, and he was the one who made Jiaoniang's mill and pigsty.

Their village was in Qing He County, and was even poorer than Lin Family Village. There were also less land that they could grow, but there was nothing Ji Dahe could do, he could only bring the old men of the village over to help them create some buildings, which could be considered as ancient construction teams.

However, many people were poor. Even if they built a pigsty or something, they could still do it themselves. Why would they need a construction team like this to do it? Therefore, in order to support their families, Ji Dahe and his team knew how to do everything. It could be said to be an ancient brick. There was no need to move it any further.

At first, Jiaoniang did not think of looking for them. He thought that since he could save on the budget, there would be a lot of labor in the village. Cultivating a little would suffice, but Ye Xuan had taught him many times how to do it, the majority of the villagers could not do it.

So in the first week, Ye Xuan was the only one busy paving the road. Even if he had to go against ten, he had to go along with it because he couldn't, when Ji Dahe heard that they were paving the road here, he brought his subordinates and came to recommend himself. The wages required wasn't high, it was enough to cover a person with 20 coins a day.

Jiaoniang gave the workers in the village a lot of money, so it would be effective for Ji Dahe and the rest to try it out. Thus, he dismissed the people from the village and let the remaining people cook the cement, while the construction team led by Ji Dahe was in charge of paving the way.

The construction team consisted of eleven people, the oldest was fifty-three years old, and the youngest was only thirteen years old. All of them had to leave their hometown to work because of family difficulties, and when they could not find work, they would carry bags with them, eat dry rations everyday, and save money to send back home to support a family.

"Old Uncle, what do you think we will eat today?"

Last year, his father was sick and his family assets were all gone, but he did not hold on to anything. He had left with five women in the family, placed himself on the list of Lao'er, and there was even a big sister on top who was waiting to be married, but the family did not even have a decent dowry, and there was still a little brother and sister below who was so poor that they could barely keep the pot boiling. Someone had advised his mother to sell her youngest daughter, otherwise the other children would starve to death sooner or later.

However, how could he bear to part with the meat that had fallen from his stomach? The fish is also stubborn. He didn't want his mother to sell him off as a sister, so he followed Ji Dahe's construction team to find work. Before he left, his mother borrowed two pounds of coarse grain to make a biscuit. When he was hungry, he ate two mouthfuls of the biscuit. He refused to spend any of the money he earned on food, afraid that he would find out that his poor sister had been sold.

The members of the team felt sorry for him, but their families were all poor, so they often saved one or two bites for the fish to eat. Old Man Liang was one of them, and they had a good relationship with each other.

"You brat, you are lucky. How can you grow strength if you only gnaw on rations everyday? It was also because of Uncle Ji's sharp eyes. " Old Man Liang chuckled. When he thought of the tube bone soup he had eaten at noon yesterday, his saliva almost flowed out.

"I heard that the stewed meat in the county was spread out by Jiaoniang. When I'm rich, I'll bring my mother, my sister, and my sister here to eat." Yu Gu giggled as he spoke. However, his hands didn't stop moving, and beads of sweat the size of beans slid down his forehead. He didn't even have time to wipe off his sweat.

The sunlight was glaring to the point of being piercing, but Yu Gu still managed to catch a glimpse of Jiaoniang's silhouette in the distance with his sharp eyes. Behind him, two people were carrying a big barrel, he did not know what was inside.

"Coming, coming. Lunch is coming." Uncle Liang scolded him in a low, excited growl, "Look at how useless you are!"

Seeing that Jiaoniang was getting closer, Ji Dahe clapped his hands and signaled everyone to stop, "Everyone rest, get ready to eat lunch!"

Everyone clamored as they went to the luggage storage area to turn over the bowls and chopsticks, while Jiaoniang asked Huang Yi to place the bucket under the tree. When the lid was opened, the fragrance of the fish soup rushed in. Last time, some of the fish he caught were crucian carp, so Jiaoniang hung the roasted golden color from them at the well. When he wanted to eat it, he would add some vegetables and cook it.

Knowing that the workers' appetite was huge, Jiaoniang roasted all of the remaining carp in one go. With a full bucket and an unlimited amount of pancakes, it was still possible for him to have a stomach.

Jiaoniang still felt that he had not cooked well enough, but to the workers, it was already a delicacy that they might not be able to eat even once a year, not to mention that Jiaoniang would never be unwilling to boil food without oil and seasoning. It was both delicious and nutritious.

But Jiaoniang also had a headache, and that was after he did all the work, he would get further and further away from the village, and then how would he solve the problem of the workers' food?

"Thank you, boss, for bringing us food everyday. It must be hard on you. How about I find two people to carry it tomorrow?" Ji Dahe was indeed a little apologetic, but he had never seen such a kind boss. It wasn't as if they only worked for a few days for the workers to eat so well. They probably wouldn't be able to finish the job within two or three months, but they would be able to eat a little meat every day. Even if they wanted to steal some of it, they wouldn't be able to do it.

"That's exactly what we should do. Once the roads are paved, I'll still need to invite everyone to the Qiao Family Restaurant to have a hearty meal." Jiaoniang would not be stingy with drawing big cakes to make the workers work more seriously, not to mention that he had to overcome many difficulties in paving the way in the ancient times due to lack of facilities.

The workers could not care less, after serving their food, they would squat down by the side of the road to eat. Ji Dahe spoke a few words and went to eat, Jiaoniang stood at the side to inspect the roads they paved, waiting to clean up.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from not too far away, and dust began to billow in the air. It was only until the man walked closer that Jiaoniang could clearly see that it was Wu Sinan. He was dressed in a silver horse riding attire with a jade-like face and held a fan in his hands.

The black stallion stopped in front of Jiaoniang. After circling around twice, it snorted and started to eat the grass. Wu Sinan got off the horse, and without even greeting him, he reached out his hands to touch the cement road that was still wet. This is the White Way? "

He had thought that it was all in order to deceive him out of the house. He hadn't thought that there would actually be such a path.

Seeing Wu Sinan touching the road, Ji Dahe ran over as soon as he put down his bowl, "This road is not done yet, if you want to look around the back."

Wu Sinan also realized that there was a handprint at the place where he touched, his hands were also stained with a lot of dirt, and with embarrassment, he took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands, "So it's not dry yet."

Jiaoniang laughed and waved Ji Dahe to go back to eat. "Did you call your friends over?"

Don't mention it, "speaking of this matter, Wu Sinan became crestfallen. He thought that his friends were close friends, and could change their lives, but before he even had the chance to reply, the letter from his family's younger brother had already arrived. He told his friends clearly about it," It might be that the banquet won't be held.

Jiaoniang raised his eyebrows. According to her expectations, if not for that, Wu Sinan would not have come to find her. It was probably because they were friends who were careless and were too embarrassed to meet.

It was clear that Wu Sinan did not want to talk about this, so Jiaoniang naturally changed the topic, "What do you think about my road shop?"