Chapter 35

Ji Jiu pushed the cart to the area where there were dead trees where she had picked red reishi mushrooms before. She found trees that looked easy to cut and cut them down one by one. Then she cut them into pieces of the right size and threw them into the cart. There were many trees that stood and died during the drought. Even though there had been rain, each tree Those who are not strong cannot return to life. Ji Jiu selected several of those trees. She worked until almost before dinner. Ji Jiu filled the cart with wood and even stuffed it into a stacking basket. She slowly and carefully dragged the cart down the mountain back home. Due to its heavy weight, she was afraid it would cause an accident if she wasn't careful.

 Ji Jiu returned home and it was almost dark. Aunt Qiao and Uncle Yu walked around worriedly but didn't dare to disobey their orders. Moreover, they didn't know where Ji Jiu went to get firewood, so they didn't dare to be careless. Until they saw Ji Jiu from far away, they immediately ran over to help Ji Jiu push the cart home.

"Miss, don't do this again. Auntie is very worried, do you know that?"

 Aunt Qiao hurriedly complained with concern. Ah Yu also nodded shyly in response to her mother, but she was a child and didn't know how to express herself.

"I know. Aunt Qiao, don't worry. Next time, I'll take you all. Today, I'm going to explore the route first. If the aunts go with me, I'll be even more worried about them. Moreover, I have been living off this mountain since I was 7 years old. At the age of 12, there's nowhere I'd go to put myself in danger."

 Ji Jiu explained to the mother and daughter. She knew exactly what she had to do. Plus, she loves her little life very much.

 Aunt Qiao listened to Ji Jiu and sighed. She didn't want to say much for fear that Ji Jiu would be annoyed. She knew that in the past Ji Jiu had always done everything alone. So he could only tell Ji Jiu that next time the mother and daughter would go too. Thus the matter ended.

 When I got home Aunt Qiao and her child then brought food out to wait for Ji Jiu to wash his hands. Aunt Qiao said that she had brought in the herbs that were dried today. But I don't know if it can be used or not. Ji Jiu finished eating and went to check on him. Finding that it still wasn't dry enough, she told the two of them that if they dried it again tomorrow it should be usable.

 After taking a shower, suddenly the rain started pouring down. Ji Jiu sighed. It was good that she had gathered the firewood before. If it had been collected after the rain, The wood was probably all wet. Thinking about this, Ji Jiu took some more paper to draw on so that the technician could make her an underground storage room. She didn't know how much use it would have. I just thought I should have it. The top is a warehouse. The bottom is drilled down a bit and the door is closed. Finished drawing, she went to sleep with rain falling on the window. During this time, the rain started to stop for several days. It's probably almost over.

 The next day the weather was nice after the rain. The three of them finished their morning routine in no time. Then they helped to take firewood out of the carts and baskets and arrange them in the kitchen. The Ji Jiu with someone's help was very light.

 Just before noon the village headman came to call for Ji Jiu, so she hurried out to open the door and dragged out a chair to sit and talk in the front yard.

"I pay my respects to my elder uncle. What's the matter today?"

"It's about building your house, Ji Jiu. Now the villagers have finished sowing seeds. So uncle came and asked what kind of house do you want to build?"

 Ji Jiu had listened and asked the elder to wait for her for a moment. She hurriedly ran into the room and picked up all the designs for him to look at. After looking at them all and asking about the doubtful parts, the elder uncle continued talking to her.

"As far as Uncle sees, your design should cost a lot of money, Ji Jiu. Do you have enough money?"

"Enough of you, Uncle. Don't worry about money. All I want is a house where I can live in safety and comfort."

"Then I'll go talk to a technician I know in the district for you first. Whatever happens, Uncle will tell you."

"Yes, Uncle. I'm bothering you too."

 Ji Jiu finished talking and sent back the elder with a large roll of house plans. She closed the door and put the chairs into the house and saw the mother and daughter looking at her with wide eyes. Ji Jiu then told him about the house that was about to be built. and told them not to worry about anything She also made a room for the mother and daughter. As for the furniture, she would draw up designs later.

 After lunch Ji Jiu had some free time so she brought a book on herbal medicine at an extremely expensive price to sit and read and look at the pictures. Aunt Qiao and her child sat together sewing handkerchiefs as usual.

 Ji Jiu looked at the book halfway and got bored. So she took the two remaining pieces of paper and cut them to a size suitable for drawing furniture designs. Until he got another 8 sheets of paper, Ji Jiu started drawing the design of the bed and cabinet. Reading table, table, chairs, shelves. She finished drawing and it was time for dinner.

 But before I could eat, I heard the sound of an elderly man calling from the front of the house. Ji Jiu hurriedly went out to talk. Uncle Phuyai told her that the technician in the city would come talk to her tomorrow and ask for more information and provide an estimate. As for hiring people in the village, the technician in the village would have no problem recruiting them to help build a house. The more people there are, the faster the work will be finished. Ji Jiu tells the elder uncle that she understands. Ready to receive the design from Uncle Phuyai and thank him for helping her. She invited Uncle Phuyai to eat, but Uncle said that Auntie was waiting, so she didn't hold back.

 Ji Jiu packed up her things and went out to eat with Aunt Qiao and Uncle Yu. She told them that the technician would come tomorrow. If we finished talking quickly, we would go and sell herbs in the district. She had them prepare together. Last time, she didn't want A Yu to be tired. But Uncle Yu said that she wanted to know the shop. In case Ji Jiu and Nang are not available the next day. She can walk by herself. Ji Jiu didn't disobey her.