vrcanaries Chapter 268 Road Construction
Chapter 268 Road Construction
So, Tang Qiuyue calculated that there were nearly a hundred households in the two villages, and each household had at least six or seven people. Wouldn't that require more than a hundred ice basins?
I didn’t make much money, but I spent a lot of time.
Tang Qiyue rubbed her brows with a headache. If she had known this earlier, she would have kept the ice-making knowledge a secret!
If there is one, there will be two. People from two villages came to buy ice basins today, and I guess people from the town will come tomorrow. It will be so lively here in Baile Village by then.
"Madam, if you feel embarrassed, we can give you more silver. All you want is an ice basin!" Village chief Zhou became anxious when he saw Tang Qiyue didn't say anything.
Village Chief Li nodded hurriedly, "Yes, 30 cents for an ice basin, we are willing to pay 50 cents each."
These two villages have a large population and many strong laborers, so their income is naturally higher than that of Baile Village, and their lives are much better than those in Baile Village.
Tang Qiyue paused, "The price of thirty cents remains unchanged, but my family does not provide wooden basins or barrels, we only make ice, so you can bring it back by yourself."
Ice is so precious, but Tang Qiyue didn't want to make more money. Thirty cents was just the labor fee.
"Are you willing to sell ice to us?"
Tang Qiyue nodded and said, "Two village heads, tomorrow ask everyone in your village who wants to buy ice to bring basins or wooden buckets. Bring as much as you need."
"Okay, okay, okay." Village Chief Zhou and Village Chief Li were so excited that they almost knelt down in front of Tang Qiyue, and kept shouting, "You are a great man, a great man!"
After shouting, the two village chiefs hurried back and gathered the villagers to tell them what Tang Qiyue had said. If anyone needed more ice basins, they should prepare the silver and basins.
At that time, only Tang Qiyue, Xie Changjin and Village Chief Fu were left in the hall. Village Chief Fu sighed slightly and said, "Qiyue girl, I can't stop you from doing this today."
Those two villages were in dire need of ice, so they came here without saying a word. They also insisted that he be brought to Tang Qiyue, and if he refused, he had to kneel down and kowtow. This frightened him so much that he almost fainted at his old age.
"It's okay, Uncle Village Chief. I've thought of this a long time ago." Tang Qiyue waved her hand nonchalantly. "It will be even hotter later, and more people will need ice basins. More people will come to the village. Uncle Village Chief should think of a solution. What if those who come here clash with the villagers?"
After Tang Qiyue finished speaking, she thought of the thoughts in her mind when she came back before, and continued, "Uncle Village Chief, while I'm in the village, you gather the villagers, I'm going to build the road!"
"What? You want to build a road?" Village Chief Fu looked up in surprise, his pupils full of excitement.
"Yes, we will build the road." Tang Qiyue nodded, "But I will only provide the money and all the materials for building the road, but the workers have to be found by the village chief uncle."
"Let the villagers repair it. Strong women can also do it. Thirty cents a day, not including food." Xie Changjin spoke at the right time and made a suggestion.
Tang Qiyue smiled at him and said, "I think so too."
The road construction was not a spur of the moment idea. When she returned to the village a few days ago, the road was bumpy and she was sitting in the carriage. Although there was a thick mattress, she was still bumped around.
Besides, now that she has become rich, the second step should be to build roads. Although she is doing it in the opposite way, the purpose is the same.
Village Chief Fu was so excited that his eyes filled with tears and he forgot to breathe. "Great! We are going to build a road in our village!"
"That's great, that's great!" Village Chief Fu wiped his eyes and said, "Qiyue girl, leave this matter to me. I will gather everyone in the village tomorrow and start repairing the road right away."
Now that the road has been built in Baile Village, it will be much more convenient to go in and out of the village in the future. More importantly, among the nearby villages, Baile Village is the only one to have this road built.
Tang Qiuyue thought about the back mountain she had just bought. Now most of the laborers in the village were busy working in the back mountain. Now that the road was being built suddenly, it seemed that she had to put the matters of the back mountain aside.
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The whole village of Baile was in an uproar because Tang Qiyue was paying to build a road in the village, and that road would go directly from the end of the village to the entrance. More importantly, the villagers could earn thirty cents a day by having them build the road.
When the villagers heard the news, they almost blocked the door of Village Chief Fu’s house and signed up to build the road.
Village chief Fu did not stop them. The more people worked on the repairs, the faster it would be, which would also be beneficial to the villagers.
As a result, almost every household in Baile Village had two people come out to repair the road, and the older people would also come to help pick up the surrounding branches and small stones, and the children also helped by repairing the road.
Village Chief Fu wanted to let them leave, but they all came willingly to help, so he didn't stop them.
Tang Qiyue was very happy to see the villagers working together. Knowing that the children were also working, he simply paid each of them five copper coins a day, and the elderly ten cents a day.
Suddenly, all the families in the village came out to help with the work, and for a while Baile Village was bustling with activity.
The materials for road construction were brought back from the town by Tang Laosan and Zhao Yonghe. Without considering the money, they listened to Tang Qiyue and bought the best materials, and the road they built was also the strongest.
The road was built very wide, and could accommodate two carriages at the same time with some space left over.
Because the road is wide, it is inevitable that some places will reach the villagers' doorsteps. Originally, Tang Qiyue planned to give some silver as compensation, but who knows which villagers would like the road to reach their doorsteps, because the road is flat and clean, unlike in the past when it rained and it would be muddy and everywhere on shoes.
Having said that, Tang Qiyue still sent cakes to these families as compensation.
The Tang family lived at the end of the village, and the road was built right in front of their house. Tang Qiyue didn't care how much money it would cost, and she just made the road smooth and tidy in front of her house.
The road construction is in full swing. Other villages have also heard about it. Many people have come to see and found that Baile Village is really building a road. They are envious and annoyed. Why doesn’t their village have someone like Tang Qiyue?
Alas! It's incomparable, it's incomparable!
When Village Chief Zhou and Village Chief Li brought the villagers who needed ice basins over, the road construction had just begun. The villagers were clearing the weeds and dead branches and leaves on the road, and the formal construction had not yet begun.
But the two village chiefs were not fools. They saw it at a glance and were so envious of the village chief's wrinkled old face that they wanted to vomit blood.
Tang Qiyue was having breakfast. She had been craving for egg cakes recently, so Lin made a lot of egg cakes for her.
Tang Qiuyue was very satisfied with her meal and drinking rice porridge when she heard some noisy noise at the door. She thought it must be someone who came to buy an ice basin, so she wiped her mouth and went out.
Everyone knew that people from other villages came to buy ice basins. The ice came from Baile Village, so they were proud of it.
It was very hot, Tang Qiyue fanned herself with a palm leaf fan from time to time. She wanted to eat popsicles, but Xie Changjin didn't allow her to. Because she was pregnant, she was inevitably more delicate and in a bad mood.
Xie Changjin coaxed her patiently, and Zhaobao also stayed beside her obediently, chattering non-stop, but Tang Qiyue didn't find it annoying.