“Yes, yes, exactly like this! Now we just need to hold it steady right here! Watch closely, just like I’m doing now…”

As the two of them exchanged instructions, they managed to prepare everything they needed quite well.

Now, the only thing left was to assemble all the prepared parts together, and just like that, a brand-new wheelchair would be completed.

Thinking about it, completing a single wheelchair would earn him one or two taels of silver.

Now that the two of them were working together, and they’d split the earnings, he could still get five hundred copper coins.

The entire process took only a day.

Most importantly, this was a long-term job that they could continue doing.

Without the blueprints that Jian Xiu had given them, making a wheelchair would have been nearly impossible.

Forget about the screws—even just assembling the pieces together so that the chair could move smoothly was already a challenge.

Looking at the blueprints Jian Xiu had given them, there were at least twenty sheets.

Each sheet had several detailed diagrams, showing just how complex the design was.

“Brother Zifu, you keep working on that. I’ll assemble these parts. We’ll divide the work—sound good?”

“Good, good! That’s exactly what I was thinking!” Zhang Zifu quickly replied.

Just as he finished speaking, Zhang Zixuan walked in from the doorway.

Even now, Jian Ming still wasn’t entirely used to it.

Zhang Zixuan had been bedridden for more than two years.

He had thought that his only sister would spend the rest of her life like that.

But he never expected that the heavens would suddenly show mercy and give her a second chance.

“You’re already at the assembly stage?” Zhang Zixuan asked in surprise.

“That’s right! Since there are two of us working, I plan to make another one tomorrow. The day after, we’ll have Fourth Sister-in-law take them to Yuexiang Restaurant,” Zhang Zifu said with a grin.

As he spoke, his hands kept moving, as if every second counted.

Zhang Zixuan cooked quickly. Since the ingredients were already prepared, all he needed to do was cook them through.

In less than half an hour, he had already brought out a large pot of food.

However, when Zhang Zifu and Jian Ming saw that it was rice, they couldn’t help but feel distressed.

“Zixuan, how can we eat rice while working? Look at the county—people there are drinking porridge so thin it’s practically water,” Jian Ming couldn’t help but scold lightly.

“This was Jian Xiu’s idea. She said we need to eat well to have the strength to work,” Zhang Zixuan replied, his face full of indulgence.

If it had been before, he might have also thought it was wasteful.

But now, he didn’t think so anymore.

As she had put it—when you fill your stomach, not only do you work better, but you also work at twice the efficiency compared to when you’re hungry.

Besides, this house was for them to live in. Of course, the quality had to be the best.

At the Old House.

When Fang Miaojun and Zhang Zirong returned, only Old Madam Liu was in the courtyard.

A few days ago, because of Zhang Zihua’s situation, she had already returned to Chenjia Village.

In her own words, she would only come back when someone gave her silver to hire a doctor for Zhang Zihua.

But all the silver was in Old Liu Shi’s hands, and getting even a single coin out of her was nearly impossible.

“Mother… Mother, do you know what I just saw?”

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Zhang Zirong threw down his hoe and ran to Old Liu Shi excitedly.

“What could it possibly be? Hurry up and feed the chickens and ducks in the yard!”

“Forget about the chickens and ducks, Mother! Go to the backyard and see for yourself…”

“Mother…”

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Sixi, who had been away for several days, suddenly rushed into the courtyard.

“Oh, the third daughter-in-law, you still remember to come back?” Old Liu Shi said in a sharp, sarcastic tone.

If not for the fact that she had several older brothers, Old Madam Liu would have certainly given her a harsh scolding.

Hearing this, Fang Miaojun put aside what she had just seen and also joined in with a sarcastic remark:

“Mother, Second Sister-in-law only came back now because all the fieldwork is almost done. If she doesn’t come back, is she planning to keep eating at her mother’s house forever? Even if her brothers don’t mind, I’m sure her sisters-in-law wouldn’t be happy about it.”

Her words weren’t baseless—just looking at how thin Chen Sixi had become was proof enough.

Besides, Fang Miaojun understood these things very well.

Every time she visited her own parents’ house, her sisters-in-law never let her stay for a meal.

They would always say it was to save her time, but the real reason was something only she knew.

Hearing Fang Miaojun’s words, Chen Sixi felt a bit resentful.

She had indeed suffered enough these past few days in Chenjia Village.

Every day, her sisters-in-law ordered her around, making her do all kinds of chores.

But if she tried to eat even a little more, they acted like she was robbing them blind.

One would say something, and another would add a sarcastic remark…

One after another, their words made Chen Sixi so angry that she wanted to slap them.

Unfortunately, even her own brothers refused to stand by her side this time.

With no other choice, she had to come back.

At this moment, hearing Old Madam Liu and Fang Miaojun’s words, Chen Sixi acted as if she were immune to their jabs and ignored them.

Instead, she excitedly turned to them and said:

“Mother, Sister-in-law, do you know what I just heard under the big banyan tree?”

“What could you possibly hear? Just more pointless gossip!” Fang Miaojun said impatiently.

“This time, it’s not just gossip. Do you know what that wretched girl Jian Xiu has been up to?”

“Jian Xiu?”

The moment Old Madam Liu heard that name, she immediately stopped what she was doing, gritting her teeth.

It wasn’t just her—Fang Miaojun and Zhang Zirong also perked up, listening intently.

“Yes, Mother, do you know what their family has been doing?”

“What?” they all asked in unison.

“They’re building a house! Their whole household is building a house at the edge of the village!” Chen Sixi said, her eyes wide with shock.

When she passed by the village center, she heard people discussing it non-stop.

They said the house had already been under construction for several days, which made her so furious that her eyes burned with rage.

In her mind, what right did Jian Xiu have to build a house?

“Mother, do you know where they got the money?”

Seeing that Old Madam Liu still hadn’t reacted, Chen Sixi added more fuel to the fire:

“On the surface, it looked like they left with nothing, but who knows how much silver they actually hid away? And you’ve always insisted that they didn’t take any money.”

“If they really didn’t take any silver, where did they get the money to send those two little brats to the academy? And where did they get the money to build a house?”