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

Everyone in the Liu family in the courtyard had already heard the commotion. Qin Yao walked into the open door, and Mrs. Zhang greeted her under the hall.

"Come here and sit down. Why are you out here at noon? Why don't you take a rest at home?"

Qin Yao has always kept her wealth to others. Carpenter Liu is responsible for the waterwheel, while she is responsible for making two large stone mills and one stone mill. It is really not busy for one person.

When he came to the main room, he didn't sit down. He held on to the pole in his hand to explain his purpose.

"Carpenter Liu and I are going to build a water mill for Xiahe Village. I'm short of a few manpower. Brother, brother, and brother, are you free to come with me to make a stone mill these days?"

Qin Yao added: "Thirty-five cents a day per person, without food, it is a laborious job. I don't want anyone to use it at home. I come here to ask you first. If you don't have time, I will go to other places to find it."

My cousin also has several cousins. Last time her family built a house, they were particularly willing to work hard.

The three brothers were still embarrassed, but He and Qiu had already smiled in surprise.

He said: "It's empty. There's not much work in the fields at the moment. Let your elder brother go with you!"

Mrs. Qiu then gently pushed Liu Zhong's arm. Liu Zhong scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I'll go too."

Needless to say, Liu Fei had already gone into the utility room to get a pole and hammer. Fully equipped, he stood in the courtyard and asked loudly: "Sister-in-law, where are we going to carry the stones?"

Old Man Liu just realized the high salary of thirty-five cents a day and said hurriedly:

"They are all brothers. No matter how much wages we talk about, you can just provide them with three meals a day."

Liu Bai and Liu Zhong also said: "As long as we have food to eat." They almost got their tender arms pinched by their wives.

Qin Yao looked at Old Man Liu in a funny way, "Dad, I will settle the accounts with my brothers, and we will pay as much as we need. Time is tight, so let's get busy now. Today is also half a day's wages."

After that, he asked the eldest brother and the second brother to pick up the tools and lead the three laborers away.

Liu Fei was as happy as a fool, "Sister-in-law, you may not think that I am strong, but I am very strong. You don't need to pamper me. I will definitely use my strength to work for you."

Liu Zhong was still embarrassed for questioning Qin Yao's method of growing rice last time. Qin Yao took the initiative to ask him: "Second brother, do you know where the most big rocks are around us?"

Liu Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to the mountains in the distance seriously, "It's hard to find big ones in the river. You have to go to the mountains to dig them."

"Sure, you know you lead the way." Qin Yao readily gave up the front position.

Liu Zhong strode in front, and Liu Bai walked side by side with him. The two of them discussed which mountain to go to.

It is actually the easiest to get the stones. The difficult part is how to transport them back, so the closer to the main road, the better.

Liu Bai paid more attention to details and asked Qin Yao, "The place where the stones were taken is not far from Xiahe Village. It will cost us a lot to move back to our village. Otherwise, we can just take the stones and build a shed on the roadside." The ground will be polished, and when the time comes, it will be taken directly to Xiahe Village, which will save some trouble."

Moreover, the stones are heavy and there is no fear of being moved away when placed on the roadside.

Most people who have nothing to do would just steal a stone mill and forget about it. People who don't need it think it takes up space.

Qin Yao had planned this from the beginning. When she heard Liu Bai proposed it, she nodded in agreement.

Walking more than half an hour from Liujia Village toward Xiahe Village, you will arrive at the place where the stones were collected.

It is a rocky mountain, with no grass growing on it, and the bottom is covered with gravel that has been blown by wind and rain.

There are obvious traces of excavation on the stone wall. This is a place where several nearby villages often come to collect stones.

The quality of the stone is not bad, and it is enough to make a grinding disc.

Qin Yao needs two millstones with a diameter of 80 centimeters, and a cylindrical stone mill with a diameter of 60 centimeters and a length of one meter.

One afternoon, the four of them were selecting materials. They used colored pink stones from the river to mark out the best places to start, and circled a few areas.

There was no time to chisel stones today. After selecting the materials, Liu Bai and Liu Fei chopped down the trees. Qin Yao was responsible for moving them to the road, and built a simple tree shed with Liu Zhong to provide shade from the sun and rain.

After setting up the work shed, the four of them returned home with the sunset.

They each had a night's rest. At dawn the next day, Liu Fei ran to Qin Yao's door, knocked on the door, and called Qin Yao up.

Seeing the young man's positive energy, Qin Yao gnawed on the meatloaf that Liu Ji had made last night, holding a small pottery jar filled with steamed buns and vegetables in her hand, shaking her head and sighing: "It's so energetic."

He and Qiu got up early in the morning, made breakfast for the three brothers, and packed lunch for them.

However, the combined rice bowls of the three of them are not worth the small pottery jar in Qin Yao's hand.

In the past, when everyone ate together, they only saw Qin Yao eating one bowl after another, and did not intuitively feel the gap between the amount of food.

When I saw that small pottery jar today, my eyes widened.

"Don't look at me like that, is that exaggerated?" Qin Yao asked with raised eyebrows as she took her lunch - a small pottery jar.

The three brothers Liu and Bai nodded in unison. It's really exaggerated, isn't it?

But when I arrived at my destination and started working, I saw Qin Yao holding a pickaxe and knocking down more than ten centimeters with a hammer, and I felt that it was reasonable for her to eat so much.

All day long, the valley was filled with the sound of banging gold and stone, which sounded quite rhythmic.

Every time Qin Yao looked up and saw the muscles in his arms bulging and the three Liu brothers working hard, he couldn't help but think, they obviously have the same father, but why are the sons born so different?

Did Liu Ji pick it up?

No, there is absolutely no such possibility. Although the four brothers do not have the same mother, Old Man Liu has strong genes and they all look very similar.

Maybe Liu Ji looks more like his mother, so his facial features are particularly superior.

Looking closely, Liu Bai and Liu Zhong both look pretty good, Liu Fei is a bit inferior, but taken alone, he is still a handsome guy.

Qin Yao was thinking about all kinds of random things in her mind, but it did not affect the efficiency of Qin Yao's work. She first chiseled off a huge stone, and then went to help Liu Fei.

The young man looks lean and has considerable strength, but chiseling stones mainly relies on skill. But he is too young and is easily impetuous. He even makes himself angry when he knocks a stone.

Fortunately, with Qin Yao's help, he slowly found the correct rhythm, and before the sun set, he carved out a relatively complete boulder.

Liu Bai and Liu Zhong worked together to chisel a relatively large stone. It took them a day to chisel, but only half of it was completed. They will be able to chisel it off in another day tomorrow.

It took four people two days to carve out a large stone, two medium stones, and a smaller one.

I only need three, and I have an extra one just in case.

There are four heavy boulders in total. Two logs are used as bases at the bottom and one is used as a traction. The stones are lifted up and rolled to the roadside with logs section by section. Finally, they are hoisted onto the road with ropes.

This process, because of the strong man Qin Yao, was much easier than cutting stone.

She could even lift the smaller spare boulder by herself, weighing nearly a thousand kilograms, and throw it directly onto the road as fast as flying.

The three brothers of the Liu family were stunned and could not come back to their senses for a long time.

Suddenly I can understand why the third child has become so obedient.