Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 981: Autumn Harvest Seeking a Doctor (2)

Chapter 981: Chapter 981: Autumn Harvest Seeking a Doctor (2)

Until now, Mo Yan had never personally visited Tianzhuang, and if it weren’t for Xin Er mentioning it today, she would have probably forgotten about it again.

The crops at Tianzhuang also need to be harvested soon, it really is time to find a chance to visit. Thus, Mo Yan said to Xin Er, "These next few days are too busy with no time to go, wait until dad and the others are back and we’re free, then we’ll go and take a look together."

Upon hearing this, Xin Er danced with joy, "Yes, yes, I have been wanting to go for such a long time, that huge estate is all ours, maybe it’s even more beautiful than our home!"

Mo Yan tapped Xin Er on the forehead, and said helplessly, "Why didn’t you say you wanted to go sooner? However, last time the manager came over, he briefly mentioned the situation at the estate; apart from the fields, there’s also a very large mansion and the scenery is very beautiful. If that’s the case, it would be nice for us to go stay there for a few days from time to time to change our mood."

Xin Er said bashfully, "Dad was busy studying then, Zhenzhen and the others were seldom at home, and you were very busy on a usual day, it would be so boring to go alone."

Mo Yan smiled slightly and stroked Xin Er’s head, "Then wait another few days, there are a lot of things to take care of at home right now!"

"Mmm, I know, the estate isn’t going anywhere, we can go whenever we want," Xin Er said cheerfully, her eyes brimming with anticipation.

The sisters chatted for a bit and then dispersed, Mo Yan took out her abacus and started to calculate the materials that had been bought recently.

The affairs of picking fruit from the orchard and harvesting the rice fields could be left to others, but the materials needed for the house constructions for the three hundred soldiers and the third phase of the winery’s construction had to be managed by her alone.

Some materials were fully paid for and were comparatively easy to organize, some were odds and ends that had not all arrived and needed to be rearranged, making the calculation somewhat more complicated. Fortunately, Mo Yan was clever and used modern calculation methods, which helped her quickly get everything in order.

Putting down her pen, Mo Yan had just stretched lazily and was about to get up to cut a watermelon when Yang Bao knocked and came in.

"Yan girl, the wooden beams we chopped down some time ago have almost dried out, and the bricks and tiles you ordered are also arriving soon. When do you plan to start construction? If you decide on a date, the villagers can then schedule the autumn harvest."

Some time ago, Mo Yan had hired a good number of laborers to go to the mountains to chop wood for beams. It then became known in the village that the Mo Family was about to build a house again. Although they did not know where the house was being built or for what purpose, one could tell from the more than three hundred wooden beams drying at the plaza that the house would be large.

To build eighty to ninety rooms within a month was not an easy task; it required a lot of labor. Back then, Mo Yan had announced the need for construction laborers ahead of time, offering daily wages that were still ten Wen higher than in the city. As a result, not only the laborers in Liu Yang Village paid attention to this job, but people from surrounding villages came daily to inquire, hoping to seize the opportunity to earn some wages.

This was the effect Mo Yan wanted. Besides the villagers who had previously helped with the construction in her own house, she also asked the village heads of several other villages to help her by selecting some diligent and capable workers from their communities. The village heads readily agreed, and soon they reported the names of the laborers.

By now, all the workers had been found, a total of two hundred people. As long as there were no rainy days, the houses could be built in one month. Allow them to air out and ventilate for a month, and by then, the three hundred soldiers at the frontier, led by Qi Nan, would most likely have returned.

Mo Yan had already calculated the start date for the construction, so she told Yang Bao, "The eighth day of the August is considered an auspicious day to break ground, which is the day after tomorrow. I plan to start construction then. I was originally planning to notify the villagers tomorrow, but Uncle Yang, you’ve already come today. If the construction delays the autumn harvest, please have everyone prioritize the harvest first. It’s fine if they join the construction a bit later."