12dz Chapter 143 Miao Miao is gone
Chapter 143 Miao Miao is gone
When the initial price was set at 15 coins, everyone objected, thinking it was too high.
The wages of those workers would be a considerable expense, Lin Cai told them.
“We’re building houses, not thatched huts. If we’re going to build something, we need to make it sturdy. I don’t want the house to be gone at the slightest sign of trouble.”
No one understood what Lin Cai meant. The only one who understood was Gu Zhan, who remained silent when Lin Bao complained about Lin Cai's extravagant spending.
With the Wang brothers' help, Lin Bao had someone to go up the mountain to cut down trees. When they went up the mountain, Lin Bao secretly brought Gu Zhan along.
Looking at the people in front, Lin Bao and Gu Zhan fell behind. Lin Bao nudged the person next to him.
"What's been going on with you two these past few days? Did you have a fight?"
Wasn't this guy and his little sister getting along well before?
Why have these two stopped talking lately? Even when everyone is together, he hasn't seen them exchange a single word.
Gu Zhan glanced at the figure in front of him and uttered two words: "No."
Indeed, no, it's just that the girl is ignoring him one-sidedly, and he still doesn't know why she's ignoring him!
"No, you're lying, aren't you?" If it really wasn't true, why didn't his little sister call out to him first?
Lin Bao didn't believe him, and Gu Zhan was too lazy to explain; whatever he said, it was true.
The two followed at a leisurely pace, and soon the group reached the mountain. Lin Cai told them which trees they needed and that they could just cut them down.
Even if there are any leftovers, they can be used to make furniture or something.
The two Wang brothers both did various chores at home, and they knew pretty much everything about what kind of wood was needed to build a house.
After selecting suitable wood, the two brothers got to work. Scarface and Lin Bao were not idle either; they also chose a tree and started working.
Lin Cai didn't stay there. She carried her basket on her back and walked to the other side. Since she had come to the mountain today, she wanted to look for some sweet potatoes.
Gu Zhan watched Lin Cai walk to the other side, then turned to look at Lin Bao, who was holding an axe and preparing to chop down a tree.
Then he walked in the direction Lin Cai was heading.
He saw the girl walking and searching, as if looking for something. After a while, the girl seemed to have found what she was looking for.
He put down the basket, flattened all the grass in front of him, and then knelt down on the weeds.
Then he bent over and dug something out of the weeds with both hands.
Gu Zhan walked over and grabbed the two hands that were digging haphazardly: "Didn't you bring tools?"
"We have tools, we don't need to use our hands to dig. Don't you want these hands anymore?"
Her hand was grabbed, and she overheard what the other person was saying. Lin Cai looked up at him and said, "The tool isn't very good, otherwise do you think I would have liked to use it?"
Gu Zhan grabbed those hands, then made the person sit on a pile of weeds to the side, and knelt down on it himself.
"Do you want what's buried in this soil? How do you dig it up, and what should you be careful about?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Cai was stunned by his posture.
Don't they all value the saying "a man's knees are worth gold"?
Why did this person kneel down so casually?
Everyone else cares so much, doesn't he care at all?
After Gu Zhan finished asking his question and received no answer, he looked up and saw that the girl was staring at him.
However, it seemed that the girl's gaze wasn't fixed on him, but rather on his legs.
Gu Zhan looked down at his leg. It was fine, there was nothing wrong with it. Why was this girl staring at it?
"Lin Cai, how do we dig this up?"
He raised his voice, bringing the girl back to her senses, and then he heard, "There's nothing to note."
"Just dig down along that vine, being careful not to damage the plant roots below."
And so, Lin Cai sat on the side directing, while Gu Zhan knelt beside her digging. With their combined efforts, they dug up several sweet potatoes in one afternoon.
Besides the taro, Lin Cai also saw a large patch of nettles deep inside.
It's a type of grass that shouldn't come into contact with the skin. If it does, it will cause a stinging and itchy sensation that takes a long time to disappear.
She had seen it in the countryside when her company organized a trip there, and the local residents said that the tender shoots of this plant were edible.
At the time, she didn't want to believe it, but after eating it that night, she could never forget it.
Seeing the patch of nettles, Lin Cai thought of picking some tender shoots to take home and stir-fry.
But she was stopped before she could get close: "What are you doing?"
Lin Cai looked at him, puzzled.
"What do you want to do?"
"I don't want to do anything, I just want to pick some of those to take home and eat."
She pointed to the patch of nettles.
"Don't you know that's poisonous?"
Gu Zhan looked at Lin Cai. Why was she eating everything now?
That day, I also heard Lin Bao say that this girl had brought back some wild vegetables from somewhere. The wild vegetables, which were originally unpalatable, were made very delicious by this girl.
The way Lin Bao was swallowing as he said that showed he hadn't had enough and wanted more.
But wild vegetables are wild vegetables, and they can't be compared to nettles, which are poisonous.
"I know it's poisonous, but does that mean I can't eat it?"
Gu Zhan didn't know how to answer. Knowing it was poisonous, why would you eat it? Is it okay to eat something poisonous?
What should I do if I get poisoned? After Lin Cai finished speaking, Ye thought of this question and looked at the man who was blocking her way.
So this person was worried that she would get poisoned!
But nettles are edible and there won't be any problems if you eat them. Why can't we eat them? Is it because they are poisonous?
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. You won't get poisoned if you eat it."
Lin Cai tried to walk past him, but the man wouldn't let her. When Lin Cai saw that he wouldn't let her pass, she tried to walk to the other side, but the man blocked her way again.
In short, we just wouldn't let her pick nettle tips.
Unable to push him or beat him, Lin Cai glanced at the patch of nettles behind him, then at Gu Zhan.
Then she snorted, turned around and left. If she couldn't let him, so be it; she could just come quietly.
As Gu Zhan watched Lin Cai's departing figure, he recalled her earlier snort and knew he had definitely angered her again.
He glanced back at the patch of nettles behind him. Hmm, it was quite a large area, but that wasn't a problem for him.
Lin Cai never expected that all she wanted to do was eat some wild vegetables, and not only was she not allowed to eat them, but the wild vegetables were also uprooted and eradicated.
When she went to look again, she couldn't find even a single seedling.
It took the four men two days to cut down a lot of timber, and the two Wang brothers and Scarface carried all the timber down from the mountain.