Chapter 155 Cement Floor
Chapter 155 Cement Floor
The next day, Lin Weiwei ate a full breakfast.
"Guihai, come here."
Guihai walked over and said, "Weiwei."
"Sit down, let's talk," Lin Weiwei said, patting the stool next to her.
"Have you fed the baby turtles?"
"Yes! I fed them small pieces of meat this morning, and Baozi and the others liked them too."
"Oh! That's good. Have you thought of a name for the baby yet?"
“My father went back and thought about it. He said he would come over once he had made up his mind, and he would bring some dried goods with him.”
"I want to make a big wooden tub first, and then build a small pond in the yard so that the babies can play in the pond during the day and catch the tub at night to sleep in the room with us."
"Okay, you decide. Do you need cement to build the small pond?" Lin Weiwei asked.
"Let's pack one up! Enclose them high, because I'm afraid they'll climb all over the place when they get bigger."
"What do you mean you need a whole bag? Is one bag enough? If you're going to build something, build something beautiful."
"Zexuan, come here."
Zexuan walked over and asked, "Weiwei, what's wrong?"
“I’ll give you twenty bags of cement. Guihai said he wants to build a small pond and raise turtles. With the rest of the cement, you can use it to pave our yard like the floor of the house. That way it will be easier for you to clean. If you need more cement, just let me know.”
“Let’s give them two hundred bags! See which families in the tribe have behaved well and ask them to come and collect the cement! Keep forty bags for our own use. I’m afraid twenty bags won’t be enough. Look how big our yard is. If forty bags aren’t enough, let me know.”
"Okay, Weiwei, I'll have them go get some sand now," Zexuan said happily. He loved working with cement.
"Well, let's go!"
"Zehao, Yeying, Youhao, Junyi, Lingfei, Lingxiao, and the rest of you, each of you take two large wooden buckets and go fill them with sand."
"Alright, Brother Xuan!"
"Let's go!" Ze Xuan said, carrying two large wooden buckets as he walked ahead.
The beastmen quickly brought the sand back, and Zexuan wanted to bring Yeying Youhao and cement.
"Zehao, you take them to get the sand. We'll mix the cement at home; that'll be faster. I think we should work on this part first, and then we can work on the two new houses downstairs after the kids are asleep tonight."
“Okay, bro, I got it,” Zehao replied.
"Let's go! Let's go get some sand."
The eight animal laborers went to the stream to collect sand again.
On the way, a male orc from the tribe saw him and asked, "Brother Hao, where are you going?"
"To store sand, my brother needs it."
"Do you use a lot?"
"I don't know, my brother said it's enough."
"You guys go first, I'll go home and get the bucket, and call my brother to come along." After saying that, the male beastman happily ran home, grabbed the bucket, and took his brother with him.
"Hurry up, it looks like Weiwei's house is going to build something. Hao and the others are loading sand. Let's go over and help."
"Okay, brother, let's go, let's go." The younger brother also grabbed the wooden bucket and ran to catch up.
Then, more and more people joined in, and an hour later, there was enough sand.
They joined in mixing cement and paving the ground. They were very happy with their work, and smiles were on their faces. They also enjoyed doing this, as cement was a rare commodity in the beast world.
"Brother Xuan, if you need anything in the future, just let us know. We're all brothers. Even if you don't say anything, we'll know and help you out, right, brothers?"
"Yes!" the male orcs in the courtyard answered in unison, their unity moving Lin Weiwei deeply.
“I hadn’t even told you yet, and you’ve already arrived.”
At this moment, the clan chief came over and said, "Zexuan, Zehao, what are you doing?"
“Father, Weiwei said that paving the yard with cement will make it easier for the kids to play,” Zexuan said.
"Good, good, good," the clan chief said with a smile, repeating "good" three times.
The chieftain, watching the lively scene, felt gratified. He patted Zexuan on the shoulder and said, "You've done a great job. This spirit of unity is the key to our tribe's growth and prosperity."
Zexuan smiled and nodded, saying, "Hehehe, thank you for the compliment, Father."
Just then, Guihai came out carrying a wooden bucket of wild fruit. He handed the fruit to everyone and said, "Thank you all for your hard work. Come and have some wild fruit to quench your thirst."
The male orcs thanked them profusely, then continued working while eating wild fruit. With everyone's combined efforts, the cement floor in the courtyard was soon laid.
There was a small area left unpaved, which Zexuan deliberately left for the cubs to eat in. He planned to have the beastmen do it themselves after the cubs fell asleep tonight.
Looking at the smooth and clean ground, Lin Weiwei and Zexuan were both very satisfied.
Zexuan looked at the people who came to help, and counted that there seemed to be eighteen families. Now, everyone in the tribe was doing well and obeyed his father's arrangements. So, he walked over to Lin Weiwei.
"Weiwei, there are eighteen families who came to help. Six of them received cement before, and the remaining twelve are all very kind. They are short sixty bags of cement. Otherwise, those three families don't need to pay." Zexuan whispered in Lin Weiwei's ear.
“That’s not fair to those three families. Go tell them to come to our house to pick up the cement after dinner.”
Lin Weiwei whispered in Zexuan's ear that all the male beastmen who saw it were amazed.
"Brother Xuan and Weiwei have such a good relationship."
Upon hearing this, Zexuan's ears twitched. He kissed Lin Weiwei and said, "Okay, I'll go tell them now."
"You..." Lin Weiwei was about to reach out her hand when Zexuan grabbed it and kissed her hand again.
The male beastman in the courtyard shouted loudly, "Brother Xuan, Brother Xuan, whoosh, whoosh," meaning that Ze Xuan was powerful, using "whoosh" to represent it.
The clan chief quietly left, leaving the main stage to his son, as he had overheard Zexuan and Weiwei's conversation.
"Alright, listen to me. Those who already received cement, I won't give you any more. The remaining families will receive twenty bags of cement. Come back and collect them after dinner. Okay, everyone go home now!"
"Thank you, Weiwei. Thank you, Brother Xuan," the male beastmen said gratefully.
Three of the more clever ones said, "Brother Xuan, should we finish these later tonight after the kids are asleep?"
"Yes! You guys are so clever."
"Hehehe, we'll come help out tonight."
"No need, it's just a little bit, a few of us can handle it in no time."
"Go back now! Come back tonight to collect the cement."
"Alright, Brother Xuan!"
The male orc happily went back to share the good news.
Lin Weiwei came to the little turtles, gently stroked their shells, and said to herself, "Little ones, soon you will have a bigger pond to play in."
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