After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Liujia Village Ancestral Hall.

Qin Yao: "Let's build the road."

The village chief and clan chief were all shocked.

"Why, why are the roads being built?" the clan leader asked curiously.

The village chief also looked confused, "Everyone in the village is now working in the stationery factory. How can we repair it?"

They are the only ones left with old bones. They still have strength, but they are far inferior to the young people.

And this is not the point. The point is, why did Qin Yao suddenly talk about road construction?

Qin Yao then told what happened when she just met Hua'er and his daughter, "In this situation, they are all hiding in our Beishan area, and they will come out sooner or later. Instead of being passive, it is better for us to be active."

Hua'er and his daughter seem harmless, but that's not necessarily the case since they are from the same hometown.

If Hua'er hadn't let it slip, Qin Yao wouldn't have known that there were so many refugees coming to Beishan.

He said he was looking for work, but if he saw an orphaned child in the village or a house with the door unlocked, he might have some bad thoughts.

Qin Yao would rather speculate on these people with the greatest malice than say anything about regret after the incident.

The village chief and clan chief did not know that there were refugees in Beishan, not just one or two, but a group of fellow villagers.

Hearing what Qin Yao said, the two old men's hearts skipped a beat.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Yao's proposal to build roads is actually a good way to solve hidden dangers.

Encircle a range of activities for those people, ask them to help build roads, and provide them with two meals a day. This not only stabilizes these refugees, but also builds roads for the village, which is the best of both worlds.

Of course, you can also gather the young people in the village and rush to Beishan to drive them all away now, but once the conflict breaks out, the subsequent situation will be unpredictable.

Besides, Hua'er, his daughter, and the others haven't done anything harmful to nature yet. The village chief and the clan chief looked at each other, remembering the hardship and helplessness they experienced when they encountered natural disasters, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of pity.

"They are all poor people. Since our village is short of manpower to build roads, let them do it." The village chief relaxed.

The clan leader didn't insist and asked Qin Yao if he had a charter or something.

They still don't know how many people there are on the other side, and how they will settle down if there are few people, and how they will settle if there are many people.

Fortunately, it is summer now, and the weather is hot, so we are not afraid of drafty houses. The clan still has a few dilapidated earth houses that have been uninhabited all year round. We need to tidy them up and make do with them.

Qin Yao said that these refugees will leave before winter comes, which takes three months.

The road from Xiahe Village to Liujia Village originally had a roadbed, and it took almost three months to build it.

Qin Yao also had an impromptu idea, and there were no regulations.

But it's too late to discuss now.

"What about those refugees by the river?" The village chief was a little worried.

Qin Yao waved her hand, "It's okay, let them wait a little longer, let's make arrangements first."

In this way, the village chief and clan chief immediately sent two agile young men to call people from each family and announced that they would use refugees to build roads.

Half an hour later, representatives from each family came over, and everyone sat around the ancestral hall, including men, women, old and young.

The majority of the money came from the road-building clan, and Qin Yao's stationery factory had just paid rent for five or two years, and it only provided breakfast and lunch, which was enough.

Qin Yao also expressed her position that the stationery factory’s fleet will be the most frequently used road in the future. If there is any shortage of money in the future, the stationery factory can make up for it.

The factory is also responsible for half of the road maintenance.

Seeing that Qin Yao received unanimous praise from the villagers, Liu Dafu was not to be outdone and said immediately:

"The three ancestral houses of my family are empty. It's better to let them tidy up and live in temporarily than those mud houses without roofs."

The patriarch gave him a thumbs up and said in appreciation: "It's good fortune and righteousness. It's different if there is a scholar in this family. You guys should learn from others!"

After praising Liu Dafu, I beat Liu Facai and his like again.

He spends the whole day working on this and that, being very arrogant and not doing anything serious, just thinking about taking advantage.

Liu Facai looked at Qin Yao subconsciously, feeling that the patriarch's words were insinuating that he went to Qin Yao's house to request that the literacy class be reopened.

Obviously everyone in the village thought so too, so he stood up for them, so well, they blamed him for taking advantage. His face turned green with anger.

Qin Yao just smiled and said nothing.

In this way, the villagers had no objections and unanimously approved the road construction proposal.

The next step is to discuss details such as where the refugees will live, who will be responsible for management, and how to build roads.

The old people had sufficient experience and complemented each other. Qin Yao was responsible for recording, and everyone continued to discuss it until the evening.

At the foot of Beishan, by the river.

Twenty-three people, big and small, gathered here, anxiously looking towards the village not far away.

Among these people, there were sixteen young men, four married women, three and a half-year-old children, two boys of thirteen or fourteen years old, and a girl of about ten years old, namely Hua'er.

"Hua'er, didn't you say that the kind-hearted lady was coming? Where are the people? We've been here from noon until afternoon, and the sun has almost set and there's still no one around. Don't you think you've been fooled?"

The oldest woman in the team asked in a low voice.

They are all based on family units, some are husband and wife, some are two brothers, there are also father-son groups and father-daughter groups.

If you can stay and let your family members return home first, you will have some skills and more flexible ideas.

Although everyone didn't complain about Hua'er and his daughter after waiting all afternoon, it was getting dark now, and they were worried that the father and daughter were being deceived.

Besides, being hungry is not a problem. After coming out of the mountains, I even ate all the wild fruits I had stored up.

I could have found some food in the mountains, but now I was just standing by the river waiting for someone, and I didn't even have dinner.

Hua'er was questioned by the villagers and was a little flustered. She could only explain dryly: "The lady told us to wait here for her to come."

The mute patted his daughter on the head, told her not to worry, and gestured to the villagers with certainty: "Just wait, she will definitely come!"

Everyone nodded, then wait a little longer. As long as there is really something to do, the wait will be worth it.

With their stomachs growling, the three and a half young men found a tree branch and invited Hua'er to go catch fish by the river together.

While the four children were fighting wits with the cunning fish in the water, which was about to become a spirit, the sun set on the horizon unknowingly, and as night fell, the sky became dark in an instant.

The folks around the mute had given up hope by this time. Just when they were about to leave in disappointment, the boy on the shore suddenly shouted in surprise: "Look! There is fire!"

Hua'er ran from the river to the field ridge in the village and shouted loudly: "Madam! Is it you, madam!"

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Qin Yao walked in front holding a torch, followed by Awang, Liu Zhong, Liu Qi and other young people in the village.

The reason why he came so late was to wait for the workers to get off work. After all, Qin Yao didn't know how many people there were. For the first meeting, it was natural to invite some young people from the village to come to the market.

Seeing Qin Yao's smiling face appear in the firelight, Hua'er and his daughter's hearts dropped.