Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1310 - 1312: Getting the Facts

"Hmm, let’s not build it now, we’ll wait until spring next year."

As the saying goes, good advice fills the belly. Everyone’s suggestions are surely beneficial, so she should heed them.

Hearing Zhong Lihui say Stone Mountain can’t be worked in the winter, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but ask, "Big cousin, how many months can we work on Stone Mountain?"

"At most, two months of work, then it’ll have to rest for about two months. We can only work again in the spring."

Xiaoxiao pointed to those items and asked, "So, we can’t work on these in the winter either?"

"No, we can’t. The weather’s cold in winter, you can’t even keep your hands out, how can you work? And when it snows, the stones are covered in ice, you can’t do anything with them." Zhong Lihui explained.

After the explanation, Xiaoxiao understood that Stone Mountain can only be worked on in spring, summer, and autumn, needing a break in winter. "Is this something only our family knows how to do? Don’t the villagers know how?"

"Sister, this is our old Zhong family’s craft, we can’t just teach it to the villagers. They can only do the simple stuff, look over there." Zhong Dalong pointed to some stones, "Those are what they made."

Xiaoxiao looked in the direction Zhong Dalong pointed. It was a pile of stones, all neatly sized and presumably made to the same specification, rectangular, likely for paving, and some that looked like curbstones, though Xiaoxiao didn’t really understand.

But it was clear that the skilled work was done by the Zhong Family themselves, leaving the simple jobs for the villagers.

This couldn’t help but make Xiaoxiao sigh. In such a backward place, everyone tightly guarded their skills, never passing them on.

But precisely because of this, Stone Mountain could only bring in a little money for them over the years.

Even if they sell outside and get a big order, they couldn’t handle it on their own.

Thinking of this, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but ask, "Big cousin, what is this business exactly? Isn’t it selling the items you make? If it’s selling those items, you wouldn’t need the villagers, right? Isn’t that your craft, which they don’t know?"

"Part of it is those items, I’ve calculated it. Our family can make those items on time for sure."

Zhong Lihui paused before continuing, "But there’s another part, which is those stones over there. The quantity is large, and our family doesn’t have time to do it. The villagers have to do it, our village’s villagers are used to it. Using them saves time and materials. If we used people from other villages, it’s time-consuming to teach them, and if it only costs time and materials, that’s fine. We could just hire more people. The fear is they might be afraid of someone dying up on the mountain and wouldn’t want to come."

If he had known something this big would happen on the mountain, he would never have taken this business. He would have just taken on what his family could handle. This time he got a bit greedy, thinking he could take this job, earn more Silver, and also help the villagers earn Silver. Who would have thought something like this would happen.

Since it was also his first time doing business outside, and the other party wasn’t foolish, they naturally discussed compensation issues if the job couldn’t be completed. He was too confident he could finish it, and he agreed, but things turned out to be so uncertain.

Zhong Lihui thinking of this sighed, Xiaoxiao saw it all, "Big cousin, don’t worry, I’m here to see if I can help think of some way, right?"

Hearing this, Zhong Lihui and Zhong Dalong both brightened up and asked, "Do you have an idea?"