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Chapter 168 Preparation before departure

"Boss Xu said that in addition to building houses, we also need workers to dig ditches and cultivate land! It doesn't matter if you fail the trial today. As long as you don't touch the bottom line, the Xu family will transfer you to work somewhere else, but the salary will not be that high!"

"If you are not good at any of these, then just pick up the stones and bring them here. The Xu family will be responsible for collecting them. As long as the quality is good, we will take as many stones as you want!"

"Aji, this stone can also be sold!"

"can!"

"Then can I ask my wife and kids to pick it up?"

"Okay, but be careful!"

"That's for sure, that's a must!" The man who spoke was old, already in his fifties. The physical functions of people of this age in ancient times are actually similar to those of people in their seventies or eighties today.

Apart from him, there was a child of five or six years old and an old woman who was equally old. His son and daughter-in-law passed away several years ago.

This phenomenon is not uncommon in the surrounding villages.

Wang Ji took a look at his half-white hair and decided not to help him openly, after all, there were many people in his situation.

But Wang Ji still thought about it in his mind and decided what to do to be more suitable.

The recruitment was carried out in an orderly manner. Old Mrs. Xu and Zhang worked hard and finally made a few new quilts.

"Grandma Xu, no matter how cold it is in the north, you don't need so many quilts!" Pei Jiao was shocked to see that Grandma Xu insisted on stuffing two more quilts into the carriage.

When Pei Jiao brought people here, they pulled several horse-drawn carriages. Now the carriages are full of food and there is no room for quilts.

"Jiaojiao, you are too young to know that the weather is the most unusual during a drought. It is almost always the coldest time of the year! If it keeps snowing, I wonder how many people will freeze to death!"

Pei Jiao thought about her childhood memories, but found that she couldn't remember them at all, they were all very vague.

"Sister Pei, just listen to grandma. The worst that can happen is that you can bring two less bags of food!"

"Yes, sister. If you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer the consequences!" Pei Chen interrupted at the right time.

"You are the only one who talks too much!" Pei Jiao didn't want to move the food out, so she looked at the top of the carriage.

"Ningning, put the new quilt in the carriage, and tie the old ones on the roof and under the eaves of the carriage! We will eat a lot on the road anyway, so we can stuff the quilts in after we finish eating! What do you think?!" Pei Jiao didn't want to move two bags of grain out of each carriage. These two bags of grain could make a lot of money in the north!

"Can the horse handle it?" Xu Ning imagined the scene again, fearing that if someone sat on it, the horse wouldn't be able to pull the carriage.

"If one horse can't pull, just pull another one. Horses eat grass anyway, and the last thing you need on this road is hay."

"Okay, let's arrange it this way!" The stone-walled dragon house is already being built as planned. Xu Yuan will not go to transport grain this time. Pei Dazhuang and other female members of the small mountain village basically will not go either. Only men like Liu Li and Pei Chen will go.

The night before departure, Old Lady Xu brought her whole family to Xu Ning's room and repeatedly told him that no matter whether he made money or not, he must come back before the snow blocked the road!

Xu Ning also repeatedly assured that he would take care of his own life first!

"Xu Daya! You must report that you are safe at least once a day, do you hear me?" Old Mrs. Xu wished she could have her hands on Xu Ning's ears so she could twist them to teach her a lesson. Xu Ning's credibility was really too low!

"Grandma, if you are worried, you can write to me every day. I will reply to you when I see it. Is that okay?" Xu Ning was not a person who could trust her own brain. She was also afraid that if she really forgot something, it would cause Grandma Xu to get anxious again!

"No, let Dabao go with you!"