Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 169 The Unrecoverable Contribution

Seeing the two men running downstairs, Carpenter Li hurriedly called out to them.

"Girl, the water level is higher up there, let's go up there."

The two also knew that there were several places with large elevation differences above, but they still preferred to build it downstream.

Because in the village, if you build something upstream, there might be people who would find fault and say that you have intercepted other people's water or polluted their water.

It would be better to build it directly downstream and avoid all the hassles.

"Brother Li, sister-in-law, our idea is to find a suitable location downstream. The upstream will always affect the villagers' water supply."

"No, the water is so deep..." Sister Li just said two sentences, then she understood their concerns and immediately stopped talking.

No one present was stupid. Although the two men did not explain clearly, everyone understood what they meant. Without saying anything else, they followed them and walked downstream.

There is a large flat area where the Niulan River passes through Laohuaiqing, and the water flow gradually slows down. It should be because of the dam flushed out by the Niulan River that people gradually began to settle here.

The group walked down for a distance and the water began to become increasingly turbulent. A little further down, a small waterfall with a height difference of about four or five meters appeared in front of them.

There is a relatively flat area next to it, but there are many stones washed down by the water. However, it is not a big problem, and it will be used when building the mill.

Good, they are both very satisfied.

The water level difference is large enough to drive the millstone. There is flat land below where a mill can be built. It is less than 500 meters away from Chen Fangping's house, meeting all their needs.

"That's it!" The two of them made the final decision.

The two of them were the ones leading the matter, so naturally the others had no objections. And, this place was really possible.

Now that I have chosen the address, my task for today is considered completed. I have to visit someone in the afternoon, so I won’t do anything else.

On the way home, Zheng Yuan was surprised to find that it was already noon, and the children were probably already home. He was so excited about the blueprint that he forgot about cooking.

The two hurriedly explained the situation to Carpenter Li's family, and the two families agreed to meet at Li Bangchun's house in the afternoon. Then the two rushed home, and Mr. Jiang and his family didn't have to worry.

When I got home, the children were already back and were preparing lunch in the kitchen.

Originally, they were not used to having an extra lunch, but since Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin came over, adhering to the idea that one must eat well before working, they cultivated this habit in the children.

If you don't eat at noon, you will still feel hungry.

So, when they came back today and didn’t see their two mothers, the children started to get busy on their own.

The two men entered the kitchen and had almost finished cooking. They felt a little embarrassed and apologized to the children.

The children were so embarrassed that they didn't know how to react for a moment.

In the past, not to mention forgetting to cook, there was no such thing as feeding you fried bamboo shoots with meat for no reason and no apology.

In their perception, parents should never apologize to their children, and parents are always right.

The two of them didn't care what they were thinking and quickly finished the remaining food and put it on the table. They had to take a break at noon.

After lunch, the children listened to the two and went to take a nap.

After packing up, the two of them planned to go to the factory to take a look. There was a banquet to be held today and many people wanted to go to help. They didn't know what was going on.

Another thing is that if they want to go to visit, they can take half a day off this afternoon. Fearing that they would be embarrassed, the two decided to go and inform them.

When I got to the factory, they were still working hard. I asked the old lady and she said that no one had asked for leave today, and other family members had gone to help.

That’s right, eating at a banquet is not as important as making money.

The two men stopped the busy crowd and told them that if they wanted to visit someone, they would have half a day off in the afternoon.

But when everyone heard this, they waved their hands and refused.

"I've asked, the banquet will start at 4 pm, and we still have to serve two or three rounds. We are not in a hurry."

"Yes, if you want to watch the fun, you can go first. We are almost done, we will go again."

"The bride will come in at 3 p.m. this afternoon. If you want to go and see her, go ahead. Don't worry, we'll be watching her closely and make sure nothing goes wrong. We can register after you come back from your visit."

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The villagers were talking at once, all saying that they did not want to go and wanted to work for a while longer.

The old lady pushed the two of them and said, "You young people, go ahead and see if you want. I've seen so many over the years, so this one won't make a difference. Changan and Shuhua can go too, but Changan needs to keep track of the number of people after he comes back."

"Grandma, I won't go either. Let my mother go. Let's just register with our uncles and aunts and then go for dinner." Chang'an was not interested in these.

"That's okay."

Seeing that they were not interested, the two of them did not force it.

"Well, if you want to go, you can go in the afternoon. If you don't want to go, just stay here and do it peacefully. My mother and Chang'an are here."

This proposal is good, as it takes into account those who want to go and those who don’t want to go, so naturally no one has any objections.

"Mom, but how many gifts should we hang when we go to visit someone?"

The two men were unsure, so they simply pulled the old lady aside to ask her.

"What did they hang when they came to your house before? Just go back and return them." The old lady was speechless. She had to ask this question.

The two searched through the memories of the original body and couldn't think of anything. They didn't know whether they didn't send it or they forgot. However, according to the relationship between the two families in the past, it was more likely that they didn't send it.

Looking at their expressions, the old lady guessed that they didn't remember anything.

"Where's your gift book? Go back and look through it."

Gift book? There is such a thing? Why didn't the two of them have such a thing in their minds?

The old lady sighed. These two people really couldn't remember anything. "If you didn't give anything before, then you can just give twenty eggs or half a bag of soybeans."

Ah? Can I send it this way?

In later generations, people only give money, and gifts are given as extra gifts because of a good relationship. Besides, no one gives food as a gift.

The two searched their memories and found that most people gave gifts. It was true that in this era, everyone was poor, so giving money was unusual.

But the two felt that sending gifts was too troublesome. They had to consider what to send and, most importantly, what was at home. It was too much trouble.

"Auntie, what if I give you money?"

"Give money? You guys are probably too rich to spend, so just bring a few eggs each. What do you think this banquet is going to be like? I'm afraid it won't even be as good as your breakfast!"

The old lady looked at her with an expression that said, "I think you two are crazy."

"Oh, we find it troublesome to carry things."

"You won't listen to me." The old lady muttered, "Then you can just give me twenty cents or so. Wouldn't it be great if you gave me eggs? Can you sell these eggs for twenty cents?"

Wow! Gifts are super cheap these days.

You have to know that at that time, they had to spend a lot of money on gifts every year. At least two hundred yuan for ordinary relationships, and even more if the relationship was closer.

What’s even more infuriating is that it’s been four or five years since graduation, and colleagues and friends have sent them invitations one after another, but none of them have found a place to stay. All these years have gone by without a penny in return.

Before they could collect their share money, they both traveled through time. It was really strange. They were very sad to think that so much money was wasted. That was the hard-earned money they earned by working hard in the company.

I can’t think about it. The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

It was almost time, and the two had to go back and wake the children up for school.

Li Shuhua said that she had to go back to change her clothes, so she would not go with them. They would meet directly at Li Bangchun's house later.