The Blessed Farm Girl Has a Spatial Storage

When Grandma heard that they had casually chosen a date to build the house, she slapped her thigh and said, "I knew it, you two young ones don't think enough about these things! Picking a date to start building a house can't be this casual; it's a big event!"

So, she found a Feng Shui Master for them and took the master to see their plot of land.

The master walked around the plot, nodding and saying, "This place has good Feng Shui; building a house here would be favorable..."

Then he rattled off a long list of things to watch out for.

Zhao Dong listened with a smile but said nothing. He believed in Feng Shui; he didn't think it was superstition.

Grandma listened to the master's words with satisfaction, and then asked him to pick a suitable day for them to break ground, which was three days later.

After they sent the Feng Shui Master away, Grandma told them to buy some firecrackers to set off at the site on the day they started digging.

Zhao Dong and Sun Mei both nodded and agreed.

Looking at them, Grandma shook her head helplessly, then asked, "Tell me, do you know what kind of food to prepare for the workers?"

Sun Mei knew this; she had asked before and immediately replied, "Mother, I know. We don't need to give the workers meat and fine food every meal, but we must make sure they're full. Only when they eat well can they do their best work, especially the well-digging team. If they do their job well, the well they build will be of high quality and can last for decades."

Grandma laughed and nodded, saying, "Yes, yes, that's right. But there's another thing to pay attention to: don't make the food too salty. In the summer, salty food makes people drink more water, and they'll need to go to the bathroom more often. That will waste time.

Also, even though it's already autumn, don't underestimate the lingering summertime heat; be sure to boil lots of cool, plain water..."

Grandma gave various instructions, and Sun Mei and Zhao Dong listened with smiles, taking note of each point.

As the saying goes, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Indeed, the ancients did not deceive us.

「Three days later.」

Amidst the CRACKLE and POP of firecrackers, the construction of the Zhao Family Mansion officially started in Zhao Village!

Sun Mei set up a simple stove right next to the construction site to boil cool plain water.

Although it was autumn, the sun was still strong that day, and it was very hot working under the direct sunlight.

To prevent the workers from suffering heatstroke, Sun Mei boiled a big pot of cool plain water with mung beans and a little sugar.

At noon, Sun Mei went to Butcher Zhao's place for three pounds of meat and to the neighboring village for two fish. She cooked several hearty dishes, such as stir-fried meat, sweet and sour fish, stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, tofu with chopped scallions, and cucumber scrambled eggs, as well as a fish and tofu soup.

They ate sorghum rice, which was not fine grain, but Zhao Dong had recently taken the sorghum to Xiaoyi Village to have the husks removed, so it was smooth to eat.

Most importantly, the food was delicious. The workers hadn't even had such tasty food at home, so they all had smiles on their faces.

Since men and women were not allowed to sit together and children were not allowed at the table, Sun Mei set aside some food for their two children. At that time, Zhao Cheng and Zhao Ya were holding small bowls, squatting on the stone stoop by the door, eating happily.

The aroma of the dishes drifted out from Zhao Dong's Residence.

At that moment, Shi Tou's two sons were squatting by their door, looking towards Zhao Dong's house, their mouths watering. When Sun Mei saw this, she filled a bowl of food for each of them.

They were overjoyed, holding their bowls and squatting next to Zhao Cheng and Zhao Ya, eating together.

This made Shi Tou's wife, Mrs. Sun, feel even more embarrassed. Just a few days ago, she had been influenced by Mrs. Zheng's words and thought ill of Zhao Dong and his family.

Not long after she complained that Zhao Dong didn't include them in making money, Zhao Dong asked Shi Tou to work for him. The wages were quite generous, and she knew that Zhao Dong was helping them out.

Now, seeing Sun Mei, she felt even guiltier.

She was a straightforward person, and her thoughts were written all over her face. So, she ran to apologize to Sun Mei.

At first, Sun Mei was puzzled and didn't understand why she was apologizing. In the end, she finally got it.

Before they got married, they had grown up together in the same village. Although it was with the original body, not Sun Mei herself, the two did have a good relationship.

So, she didn't mind and laughed, saying, "It's no big deal. As long as we're clear about it in our hearts, don't worry about what others say."

Then she invited Shi Tou's wife to come help her cook the next day.

Shi Tou's wife agreed at once.

The workers at Zhao Dong's Residence could have two meals a day, and Sun Mei cooked diligently for them, filling everyone's bellies.

At the end of each day, the workers were very satisfied with the food and couldn't stop praising it. They all privately praised Zhao Dong's family, saying they really knew how to handle things.

As a result, word spread, and before long, even Zhang Clan Village knew how well Zhao Dong's family treated the house-building workers.

Not only did they pay well – Zhao Dong gave them forty coins a day – but they also provided two meals.

The key point was that the two meals were not just casually made; they could eat meat at lunch every day, and the taste was good.

So, those in Zhao Village who initially wanted to help but were stopped by their wives now regretted it deeply and scolded their wives at home.

Even Mrs. Zheng was red-eyed with jealousy and extremely regretful.

Even working at Country Gentry Wei's family, they only made thirty-five coins a day. It seems that Zhao Dong's family has really made money, and they're spending it generously!

In fact, it wasn't that Zhao Dong was spending lavishly, but that the workers were close friends of his family. Since they had made money selling prescriptions and herbs, they naturally wanted to help their friends, so the wages they offered were higher.

With Zhang Jinbao overseeing the construction site, the progress of the house was going very smoothly.

One rest day, after dinner, Zhao Zhitong ran to the construction site and diligently served tea to her uncles and the other workers.

Since she couldn't help with the chores at home, this was all she could do.

After serving the tea, Zhao Zhitong discussed with her older brother about going to the mountains to play.

Her main goal was to dig up medicinal herbs. The space where she could plant in her space had expanded, and now she could plant two plants.

When she was picking herbs with her grandfather in the mountains before, she had dug up polygonum multiflorum, which was just a few years old, and had planted it in her space.

Now that there was another vacant spot, she wanted to see if she could find wild ginseng. But this kind of thing was rare and hard to come by.

But she was not discouraged. The harder it was to find, the more valuable it would be. So she asked Zhao Cheng to go with her and spoke to Sun Mei about her plans.

With Zhao Cheng accompanying them, Sun Mei felt at ease and agreed, but still told them not to venture too deep into the mountains.

Zhao Zhitong readily agreed.