In the cave across the river, after half a month of treatment and recuperation, Boss Cheng and his group have fully recovered. Even the scabs on their festering pustules have fallen off, leaving only a faint pink color.

In fact, their illness had almost healed after five or six days of treatment, but they were afraid that their wounds had not fully recovered and were still contagious, so the group of people have been isolated in the cave until now.

Cheng Erfu looked with mixed emotions at a group of young people whose complexions gradually turned from pale to rosy after recovering from a serious illness. His face was filled with excitement that was difficult to conceal, and even his brows were filled with endless joy. His pair of bloodshot eyes were flashing with ecstasy.

Who could have thought that they could escape death and survive the plague that everyone was terrified of? This means that they have overcome a problem that their ancestors have not been able to solve for thousands of years. They have created history that can be recorded in the annals and passed down through the ages.

"After my observations over the past few days, I am sure that we have defeated this epidemic. Thank you for your hard work during this period. Hurry up and pack up, and let's go home now."

After hearing Cheng Erfu's words, the young and middle-aged people were overjoyed and hugged each other excitedly, cheering, crying, and celebrating their new life.

"Go home, go home, we can finally go home!"

"We are fine, we survived the plague!"

"Dad! Mom! I'm fine!"

“Home, home!”

.......

They cheered and ran around to tell others. No one knew who took the lead, but they took advantage of Cheng Erfu's inattention and lifted him up.

"Let's go, Uncle, let's go home! Let's go home!"

Cheng Erfu was originally standing aside with his heart pounding and eyes red with emotion, when he was suddenly lifted up in the air, and he was so frightened that his heart almost stopped.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! You little bastards, put me down now, put me down now!"

The excited roars echoed in the valley, reaching the other side of the river and everyone's ears. The people who were working were cheered up by the sound, and looked up in surprise. Their eyes lit up, and great joy arose in their hearts. They dropped the work in their hands and ran to the other side.

"They're back, they're back! They're back!"

"Okay, okay, they're okay!"

"Quick, stop doing it, let's go pick them up!"

"Brother, ..."

“Daddy!…”

“Grandpa…Grandpa!”

"......"

Before anyone arrived, the sound was already coming from all directions.

Until the crowd met at the pool.

"Put me down now, you bastards!"

Cheng Erfu, who had been carried all the way here, looked at the increasing number of villagers and struggled angrily. Only then did Boss Cheng and the others carefully put him down.

Cheng Dafu stood in the crowd with red eyes and patted their shoulders one by one.

"Good boy, good boy, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"

It was not until he walked up to Cheng Erfu and saw his gray hair, hunched body, bloodshot eyes, and his younger brother who was a dozen years older than him that he could not help but burst into tears.

"Brother, I have accomplished my mission and brought all the children back safely!"

"Well done, second brother, well done to you kids, thank you for your hard work!"

Cheng Dafu patted Cheng Erfu's hunched back, then put his arm around his shoulders, and they supported each other as they walked towards the cave.

"Let's go! Go home and eat!"

At this time, Old Man Cheng also let go of his two sons and supported Cheng Erfu on the other side.

"Brother, brother, let's go to my house to eat!"

"Okay, you can eat it at your house. I haven't had enough of the fried snails yesterday!"

Cheng Dafu did not argue with him, firstly because everyone was eating yam and bamboo fungus at that time. Secondly, the food at Cheng Lao's house was more delicious. For the same food, other families did not care whether it tasted good or not, as long as it could fill their stomachs, but their family could make it extremely delicious and memorable.

At the dinner table, everyone devoured the food with relish. Today's meal took especially long, until everyone was so full that they used three buckets just to hold the snail shells. At the dinner table, everyone did not leave the table immediately after eating. After helping to clear the dishes, they burped and slumped in their chairs, chatting and enjoying this rare time of reunion.

At this time, Li winked at Cheng Zeli, and he understood and followed her into the room.

When he came out again, he had a stack of papers in his hand.

Seeing this, Old Man Cheng and others couldn't help but

He sat up straight and looked at the drawing in his hand, just like a group of hungry wolves suddenly seeing a fresh lamb, with green light in their eyes.

"Zeli, what's that in your hand?"

Cheng Zeli smiled slightly and slowly opened the blueprint, only to see a strange round cave drawn on it.

"What is this? Are you going to dig a cave?"

"Let's dig a cave. Our cave is big enough."

......

"This is not a cave dwelling, this is a brick kiln, used to make bricks."

"puff....!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room was shocked. Elder Cheng was drinking water and it spat out. Old Cheng and several others were so shocked that they jumped up from their chairs. Old Cheng was so shocked that he fell down with his chair.

"Seriously?"

Cheng Dafu felt dizzy as if a pie had fallen from the sky. He happily reached out to take a few drawings and couldn't wait to study them with his two younger brothers, heads leaning against each other.

Brick kiln. In their time, only the rich could afford to live in houses built with blue bricks. A blue brick cost ten cents, while they only earned eleven or twelve cents a day as workers. The houses they lived in were usually built with earthen bricks they stacked themselves.

Earthen bricks are naturally inferior to blue bricks. Houses built with earthen bricks do not have as strong light transmittance as blue bricks, and they are prone to collapse if it rains too much.

"Let's go get everyone together and build a brick kiln!"

With the blueprints in hand, Cheng Dafu and others were unwilling to wait any longer. Without saying a word, the three old men walked out, shouting as they walked.

No one questioned where the drawings came from. Everyone had long been accustomed to it and had formed a tacit understanding. No matter what Old Man Cheng's family took out, they were not surprised and did not ask questions. They just carried out the action to the end.

The people who were eating in the cave ran out upon hearing the noise. When they heard that a brick kiln was to be built, they all went back without hesitation, picked up their tools, rolled up their sleeves, and started working.

"Hurry up, don't waste time!"

They were holding hoes, shovels and pickaxes and were about to start digging, but then they realized they didn't know where to build the brick kiln, so they all turned around to urge Cheng Dafu.

Finally, after a brief discussion, the site for the brick kiln was chosen to be two hundred meters away from the new foundation of Old Man Cheng’s house.

Once the address was confirmed, the young men couldn't wait to rush there carrying their tools, wishing they could make bricks today and live in a brick and tile house tomorrow.

The brick kiln was being built in full swing, but the women in the cave were panicking, thinking that the children had just forgotten to go home for dinner because they were too playful and would come back when they were hungry. But it was already past noon, but there was no sign of the children.

“I didn’t see them on the rocky beach just now. I asked Hao, but he didn’t play with them today.”

"This.....what should I do? Will anything happen to the children?"

"........"

The women searched the entire valley but couldn't find anyone, so they began to panic.

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