The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension-Chapter 963 - 939: Building the Wall

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 me 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 me aside. Mr. Jiang, I fear Lin Dawang has some 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 someone important.

I think he wants to split from us. Today, he didn’t even acknowledge me, and I could only come 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 somewhat 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 cement walls.

In fact, it was straightforward and simple.

The yellow clay here was mixed with glutinous rice flour, glutinous rice water, and some sand, forming a basic form of concrete.

While this cement wall wasn’t as hard as modern cement walls, it still offered considerable sturdiness.

Li Tieniu personally overseen the construction.

However, the village’s strongmen had no time 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 strongmen 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 methods were life-saving skills for them.

Jiang Xiaoxiao taught them not only various combat techniques but also various coordinated battle formations.

These were methods 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 meals a day and were always fully nourished.

From thick porridge in the first three days to now receiving dry meals, and even a dish with meat every day, it was called a meat dish.

The oily, hearty meals satisfied their hearts, making them deeply grateful.

The supply of meat came from village youths occasionally going into the mountains to hunt.

They aimed to improve everyone’s lives; after all, even their training required meat.

The villagers also needed to eat meat for better living, and the refugees joined in on this meal.

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 meat, 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 times when they couldn’t fill their stomachs despite eating tree roots and bark.

Watching their family members grow gaunt, with some even dying before their eyes, or having to sell sons, daughters, and even their wives for a meal, 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 become part of Li Family Village, wouldn’t that mean 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 come 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 mean living a good life.

Many people shared this aspiration.

So, in less than half a month, a five-meter-high earthen wall had been constructed around the village.

The speed was thanks to Jiang Xiaoxiao’s insistence on simplicity, using crude construction methods.

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-meter-high wall had a two-meter-wide platform on top.

The wall was built with battlements like the city walls of the government city, allowing for observation points; if attacked, they could defend themselves from here. However, unlike the soldiers with bows and arrows, even with battlements, their means 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, meaning 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 became a closed fortress.

With the gate open, carts and people could come 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 some time.

Seeing the city wall completed, the eighty households became anxious. With the work finished, if they weren’t allowed to stay, they would face displacement again. So, the representatives of each family approached Mr. Jiang and Li Tieniu.

As for Li Tieniu, he’d risen to prominence and, recommended by the elders, became the youngest village head of Li Family Village.