That night, Li Tieniu returned.
But Lin Dawang was nowhere to be seen.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Li Tieniu, whose face was darkened, and asked, "What happened? Did Lin Dawang leave you behind and go on his own?"
Li Tieniu stiffened his neck, filled with anger.
"That Lin Dawang, not only did he leave behind, but he also went to see Mr. Wu on his own. He introduced himself as Lin Dawang from the Li Family Village and then directly pushed aside. Mr. Jiang, I fear Lin Dawang has so crooked thoughts. He probably feels that he’s learned how to make snowflake salt and won’t worry about sales once he’s connected to soone important.
I think he wants to split from us. Today, he didn’t even acknowledge , and I could only co back alone."
Thinking back to Lin Dawang’s arrogance, Li Tieniu recalled how he was not like this when they were learning to make snowflake salt together just a few days ago.
He really is like a dog.
Jiang Xiaoxiao chuckled lightly, "If Lin Dawang wants to go solo, let him. We’ll focus on our tasks."
Recently, we need to urge people to repair the city walls quickly, not worrying too much about durability for now, as long as it’s built.
Li Tieniu was sowhat frustrated by the missed opportunity.
Miss Jiang is too kind-hearted. How can she just let Lin Dawang go?
Lin Dawang is nothing but an ungrateful scoundrel.
The project in Li Family Village was progressing swiftly.
Li Tieniu oversaw the construction of the city walls, following Mr. Jiang’s suggestion, using the pace of ancient concrete cent walls.
In fact, it was straightforward and simple.
The yellow clay here was mixed with glutinous rice flour, glutinous rice water, and so sand, forming a basic form of concrete.
While this cent wall wasn’t as hard as modern cent walls, it still offered considerable sturdiness.
Li Tieniu personally overseen the construction.
However, the village’s strongn had no ti to build the city wall; they had their own fields to tend to, as the harvest was approaching, and they needed to focus on that work.
Their plan was to prepare on two fronts.
Of course, the villagers’ autumn harvest was proceeding steadily, and despite the harvest, the 18 strongn of the village didn’t miss their daily two-hour training.
For them, no wind or rain could dampen their enthusiasm for training.
They understood that these seemingly simple and harsh training thods were life-saving skills for them.
Jiang Xiaoxiao taught them not only various combat techniques but also various coordinated battle formations.
These were thods Jiang Xiaoxiao learned in a training room during the apocalypse, effective even against monsters, let alone ordinary people.
The way they collaborated now was nothing short of a clever tactic.
The four hundred people worked fast at building the city walls because they received three als a day and were always fully nourished.
From thick porridge in the first three days to now receiving dry als, and even a dish with at every day, it was called a at dish.
The oily, hearty als satisfied their hearts, making them deeply grateful.
The supply of at ca from village youths occasionally going into the mountains to hunt.
They aid to improve everyone’s lives; after all, even their training required at.
The villagers also needed to eat at for better living, and the refugees joined in on this al.
Thanks to this nutritious diet, the health of these 400 people improved day by day, and they were grateful to the Li Family Village people for treating them so kindly.
They worked with all their might, fearing they wouldn’t appear enthusiastic enough and would be chased away. After all, being able to eat and drink fully, including at, and having a roof over their heads here was happiness akin to the Immortals for them compared to wandering outside.
They didn’t know how the Immortals lived, but they knew that there were tis when they couldn’t fill their stomachs despite eating tree roots and bark.
Watching their family mbers grow gaunt, with so even dying before their eyes, or having to sell sons, daughters, and even their wives for a al, was heartbreaking.
By comparison, the present life was sheer happiness for them.
Each one worked desperately, afraid of being despised by the villagers. Of course, those leading this hard work had their own thoughts, hoping to work well enough for the Li Family Village people to accept them.
They noticed that there were many vacant houses in Li Family Village, and the villagers were living comfortably. If they could stay here and beco part of Li Family Village, wouldn’t that an not having to face the harshness of life outside?
Surely, that would be better than just benefiting from building a city wall.
Many people harbored this hope; after all, there were dozens of households, and the head of each family had already made up their minds.
Even families, young and old, had co up with one goal: to perform well, and after this work was done, negotiate with Mr. Jiang to see if they could stay in Li Family Village.
That would an living a good life.
Many people shared this aspiration.
So, in less than half a month, a five-ter-high earthen wall had been constructed around the village.
The speed was thanks to Jiang Xiaoxiao’s insistence on simplicity, using crude construction thods.
There wasn’t any brick-making; instead, many stones were mixed into the sand and yellow clay for a simple concrete that was piled up.
This kind of wall construction was relatively easy.
The five-ter-high wall had a two-ter-wide platform on top.
The wall was built with battlents like the city walls of the governnt city, allowing for observation points; if attacked, they could defend themselves from here. However, unlike the soldiers with bows and arrows, even with battlents, their ans of attack would be limited.
The rapid construction was mainly due to the advantageous location of Li Family Village, backed by a large mountain and facing a dirt road, aning they only needed to build the walls in front of the village, effectively enclosing it.
This saved a lot of effort.
A sturdy gate was built at the front, and once closed, the village beca a closed fortress.
With the gate open, carts and people could co and go without affecting daily life.
To ensure stability, they constructed a sturdy gate using wood from dozens of trees felled from the mountain.
Several carpenters worked day and night for ten days to complete this sturdy wooden gate.
Especially since the gate was finished with fireproof lacquer, an ancient wisdom, as fireproof lacquer had existed for so ti.
Seeing the city wall completed, the eighty households beca anxious. With the work finished, if they weren’t allowed to stay, they would face displacent again. So, the representatives of each family approached Mr. Jiang and Li Tieniu.
As for Li Tieniu, he’d risen to prominence and, recomnded by the elders, beca the youngest village head of Li Family Village.
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