The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Shang Xi shook his head and said, "No, uncle, I want to know why so many people come here to Fengying, where do they live?"

Wan Lianxing said: "There are plenty of places to settle them. Officials from various places are vying for people. I have been pretending to be sick these days to avoid these officials. If they have anything to do, let them go to Yan Qilian. As for where these people will live, I will let Yan Qilian arrange for people to build a village."

Shang Xi said, "Uncle, why didn't you ask me to help you with the village renovation and house building? I'm always needed for this kind of thing. You may have a guilty conscience and realized that I've worked too hard in the past two years, so you're taking care of me this time."

Wan Lianxing chuckled, "Shang Xi, you think too much. From the perspective of Fengying's climate, it is evergreen all year round. You only need to build bamboo and wooden houses. You are good at brick and tile houses, but you are not proficient in bamboo houses. You have to ask the locals for advice on this house."

"Uncle, can't you just say that you don't want me to suffer? Why do you have to say it so harshly? And you still say that I don't understand. What don't I understand? These things can be learned by analogy, okay?"

Wan Lianxing said: "You girl, you are not convinced, right? If you don't believe me, go and have a look. The small bamboo houses they built are very wonderful, with bamboo steps. Those people from South City all like Fengying."

"Humph, your two taels of silver and four mu of land have played a role for them. This is where they can settle down."

Wan Lianxing said with a smile: "Once they are admitted to my Fengying, they are my Fengying people. They will have good days ahead of them."

Shang Xi said: "I don't even dare to go see them. In this war, it's a bit unfair to bring these people here to give them courage. I'm afraid that they will be harmed in the end."

Wan Lianxing said: "Shang Xi, don't feel guilty. If there really comes a day when Fengying can't be defended, the whole Dalang will suffer. Whether they are in Fengying or Nancheng, they will be affected. You should learn from Boss Qian. Look at him. He used my money to build a factory for himself, and then asked these people from Nancheng to work for him. Do you think these people are not afraid of the war? Look at what Boss Qian does. The workers have three meals a day, vegetables are vegetables, rice is rice, and every meal has meat and eggs. As the saying goes, when you are full, you don't miss home. They are better than Nancheng in terms of suitability and wages, so the only difference between working in Nancheng and working in Fengying is that their life is better than before."

"Uncle, how did you say these high-sounding words?"

"Shang Xi, you are too young. You are from Shang Xi, and everyone is looking at you. As long as you don't panic, no one will panic either."

"How is that possible, uncle? What kind of ideas are you trying to instill in me?"

"The purpose is not to indoctrinate you, but to spread this positive attitude. These people are actually very simple. As long as they see that we are all here and they have food, drink and work to do, they won't be panicked. If you want to see them, they will face the war openly and don't be evasive and act scared. You have to know that these people are here in your name."

Shang Xi nodded: "Then I will go see everyone tomorrow."

Wan Lianxing said: "Don't go in vain, boost morale after you go."

Shang Xi said: "Only Uncle Ge can pull off that kind of erratic momentum. I don't know how to do that."

Wan Lianxing said: "If you don't know how to do it, then learn it. You should learn more from your uncle Ge. He can even trick the dead into working for him. This is a real skill. Such people are popular."

"Uncle, this is a talent. I can't do it. I'm the kind of person who says what I mean and says what I mean. I can never learn the tricks of dancing and talking."

Wan Lianxing said: "It doesn't matter if you don't know. Just say good things to those people from South City when you see them."

Shang Xi nodded, and the next day, this person followed Cheng Feng to the new factory built by Boss Qian. In the past, Shang Xi was doing charity in South City. These people who had eaten Shang Xi's white porridge for three months naturally had a different feeling when they saw Shang Xi. It was simple gratitude, trust, and the closeness that came naturally.

"Mr. Shang, why did you come just now? We have all been talking about you recently."

Shang Xi asked everyone with a smile: "Is there anything you are short of? Tell me if you are short of anything and I will buy it for you."

"We don't lack anything. We have work to do as soon as we get here. We get more money than in Nancheng. We have meat for every meal, and we were given land and two taels of silver two days ago. In fact, we have saved a lot of money in the past two years. We have food and drink, but we don't have anywhere to spend money on it, so we don't need to buy anything for us. If we need anything, we can go to the street and buy it ourselves."

"How is your bamboo house doing?"

"We have been allocated land, but we don't have a house to live in yet."

"Didn't someone lead you to build a bamboo house?"

"Someone wants to lead us to build a house. It seems that he is a high-ranking official. However, we don't have time. There are many jobs here and Boss Qian is anxious to ship the goods. So we have to wait until there is less work to build the bamboo house."

"Where do you live then?"

"It's so hot, it would be nice to have a blanket to sleep outside. It would be even better if we could build a shed."

Shang Xi felt mixed emotions after hearing this. It seemed that she had thought things were too simple. How could she trust Wan Lianhang? They had only been here for a few days. How could they be settled in? Giving them jobs was to ensure their three meals a day. They still had to rely on themselves for accommodation. However, these people were just like Boss Qian. They would not miss any opportunity to make money. As long as there was work, they would do it. If they continued like this, they would have to sleep on the street during the Chinese New Year.

Shang Xi didn't say much here. It would be better to do more practical things. She said to Cheng Feng: "You discuss it with Boss Qian. I want to build houses for everyone. Let them come here from thousands of miles away and sleep on the main road. We are embarrassing ourselves."

Cheng Feng said: "As long as you take the lead in this job, it will be yours."

Shang Xi said: "Just do it, I can't let everyone down."

"But can you build a bamboo house?"

"I can learn if I don't know. Besides, no matter how difficult this thing is, it's still simpler than a brick-concrete structure. My uncle is really good at lying. He told me that these people lived in a very comfortable place, with bamboo houses with stairs. Bah, it turns out that he made them sleep on the street."

Cheng Feng said: "Very few people have houses to live in, and those are very dilapidated houses. I guess he doesn't know the actual situation. The people below paint a rosy picture for him, so he believes it."

"Your uncle is not a trusting person. He must know that these people are sleeping on the street. This man is unreliable. You can't find a single truth in his three sentences. You were not there yesterday, so you don't know what he said."