flstandardbreds Chapter 397 Mushroom Village is blessed
Chapter 397 Mushroom Village is blessed
The time is just right!
Nanchen sorted the hot pot ingredients, cut them up and put them on plates, and also prepared a few delicious appetizers, along with a casserole of yellow rice porridge, and brought them to the restaurant one by one on a tray.
Yanan also finished feeding all the babies. With Shen Wen and Hua Heng helping to burp them, the feeding task was relatively easy. The babies, now full and satisfied, lay freely in their cribs, happily playing with their own little hands and feet.
The hot pot soup base on the table was already bubbling, emitting an indiscriminate aroma into the space.
"Wow, it smells so good! Second brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, Sister Nan, let's come over for dinner!" Yiyi and her family came to Yanan's house and smelled the aroma emanating from the hot pot soup base as soon as they entered the door.
"You're the only one who keeps talking nonsense. You really know how to distinguish between different names! Xinxin and Niannian, auntie kiss you!" Yanan rolled her eyes at the child's mother, but then came forward enthusiastically to kiss Xinxin's cheek and inhale Niannian's milky fragrance. Double standards, the difference in treatment is so obvious!
"Hehe...Hehe" Xinxin Niannian felt her face itchy. They giggled with joy and then hid in their parents' arms.
"Haha... so cute. Come and sit over there. It's time to eat!" Yanan invited Yiyi and her family to the table to eat.
"Brother, Xiaoba, please sit down!" No longer holding the baby, with their hands freed, Nanchen, Shen Wen and Hua Heng were now normal husbands. They invited everyone to eat and tacitly served soup and dishes to their wives.
"Well, everyone, eat, don't be polite!" Ling Wuxin sat down with Xinxin in his arms.
"Yes, second brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, we just came back from a banquet. We don't want to eat anything else now. We just want to drink a bowl of warm porridge to warm our stomachs." Xiao Ba also sat down while holding Nian Nian.
Yiyi sat between Ling Wuxin and Xiaoba. She first served Ling Wuxin and Xiaoba a bowl of yellow rice porridge respectively, and then served herself a bowl.
"How was the village banquet? Was it fun?" Yanan asked after seeing that everyone had started eating.
"It's quite lively. The villagers are celebrating as if it's New Year. Everyone is happy." Yiyi said simply.
"Hearing you say that, it must be fun! What are the women there like? Are they pretty?" Yanan continued to gossip.
"There are probably dozens of women in this village, not counting the children. I found that most families have a hostess. This is what I observed when I was having a banquet. Men and women do not eat at separate tables. They sit at the same table as families. If there are many people, they may be arranged to sit at the table of bachelors. As for good-looking, I think they are quite good-looking, with fair skin, pretty children, and older aunts who still have charm. But they are too gossipy and like to whisper and eat melons!" This is how Yiyi explained what she saw. Although she did not go to the tables of men to conduct research due to her status, most of the men should still be bachelors.
"Young and old... this number is quite small! They just want to eat melons, which is understandable. It's hard to come by something new, so you have to join in the fun." Yanan expressed her understanding. She and her sisters also like to eat melons. It's women's nature.
"Are the living conditions good?" Yanan asked again.
"I feel it's average, a thatched house, but it's fairly clean. The villagers are not lazy and are quick with their hands and feet. But there's no comparison, so I don't know whether this level is bad or good. We'll know after we visit a few more places." Yiyi and Yanan discussed among themselves, analyzing based on their cognitive abilities and perspectives.
"Oh, I roughly understand. It's just that we can have enough food, but other living conditions have not been improved. Overall improvement cannot be achieved in a day or two. The task is huge. How about setting up a demonstration village? Make a demonstration and we can copy the answers together." Yanan said after listening to Yiyi's analysis.
"Yes, no matter how many times we say it, we can't explain it clearly. It is better to make it concrete for them and build a demonstration village! What do you think, husband?" Yiyi agreed with this method very much, and she directly sought Ling Wuxin's opinion.
"It's feasible!" Ling Wuxin concentrated on drinking the porridge, and carefully tore the meat into pieces for his daughter to feed. They listened quietly to the conversation between Yiyi and Yanan, but they didn't realize that their wives were taking bigger steps than them. They had already thought of how to revitalize the countryside, and their ideas were ahead of theirs!
"Uh...is it difficult?" Yiyi couldn't help but ask when she heard her husband's concise words.
"It's not difficult, it just takes time. Currently, even the roads in Jincheng have not been completed. We have only built a few main roads. If we want to build a demonstration village, building roads and houses are essential parts, and silver and materials need to be allocated!" Ling Wuxin analyzed seriously.
"Oh, urban construction and rural construction are not supposed to conflict with each other, so they should do their own things."
"You just said you want to allocate funds? This all-inclusive amount is huge, it's unrealistic."
"A small amount of money can be allocated for road construction, and a plan can be given for house construction so that villagers can build according to such a plan."
"As for materials, I suggest you get them all locally. Aren't there so few people who can do it? It would be great if the whole village can work together and no one owes anyone anything."
"Our village can provide food subsidies to the demonstration village and send some craftsmen to provide guidance."
"If we want people to be obedient, we have to give them some sweet treats. Mushroom Village can be used as an example. If they remain the same, then wouldn't our trip be in vain?!"
Never underestimate a woman's fighting power. Yiyi and Yanan talked back and forth, and basically finalized the matter. Then they looked at their husbands quietly.
"..." The men were all silent. The silence after the woman's speech was more terrifying than speaking. This silence forced people to express their opinions.
"Okay! Let's use the Mushroom Village as a demonstration!" After thinking for a long time, Ling Wuxin agreed in a deep voice.
"That's great! This mushroom village is such a blessing! Put more thought into the design of the houses, dividing the areas between humans and animals, and taking into account heating in winter and cooling off in summer!" Yiyi smiled and drank another bowl of porridge with satisfaction.
"By the way, the three children are almost a hundred days old, should we have a big celebration?" Ling Wuxin then thought of the second child's child who was also almost a hundred days old, and wondered what rules they had.
"Brother, we don't want to have a big celebration. Let's just celebrate it ourselves in the village. When it's the first anniversary next year, we can have a more grand celebration. It will be even better when more children are born in the village!" Shen Wen spoke first. He loved his daughter like a treasure and was very protective of her. He really didn't want to show off now. He would feel more at ease when the conditions were better and the environment was more stable next year.
"Okay! I'll do as you say. It's better to be more stable! Let's prepare for the Hundred Days Banquet. After the Hundred Days Banquet, the autumn hunting training in various places will be over soon. People should be arranged to check the construction of ditches during the dry season. After the New Year, we should vigorously develop grain planting. Mulberry and silkworm farmers in the east are also expanding their scale, so we should provide good guidance. Smelting should also be started after Xiaoliu returns. The wintering issues of various troops in the twelfth lunar month should be resolved in advance... Mushroom Village will send craftsmen tomorrow to carry out village construction planning!" Ling Wuxin took the opportunity to briefly explain the work arrangements before the New Year to Nanchen, Shen Wen and Hua Heng.
"Okay, big brother, I have store inspections in the twelfth lunar month and pre-New Year activities!" Shen Wen added about the business part he managed.
"Okay, try to assign tasks that can be assigned to subordinates, and be good at employing people if you come up with a charter. As for money, all factories should collect it before the New Year, and then make a new allocation plan. As for other things, don't be so busy that you will have a lot of idle people under you! We don't keep idle people, Xiao Ba, you also have to follow up on personnel arrangements. Don't make any mistakes!" Ling Wuxin added a few more things at the end and said no more.
"Okay, big brother!" Xiao Ba responded.
"..." Yiyi and Yanan looked at each other. They, the women, were so bored with their daily lives, while the men had a lot of work to do, all of which were related to the overall situation.
"Or...the construction of the demonstration village can be delayed for a while?" Yiyi hesitated.
"Don't wait. The villagers are idle after hunting. If we send the craftsmen in time, they will have something to do! Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of our opportunity to go out?" Ling Wuxin curled his lips slightly and used Yiyi's own words to convince her. This is indeed a good opportunity. My wife's way of doing things is worth learning from. Mushroom Village is indeed blessed to benefit from my wife's help. The villagers must know this and appreciate her kindness. There is no doubt! This is the way of thinking of Ling Wuxin, a man who dotes on his wife.