Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 188: Ambushed ( 1 )

The wolves stopped licking Yao Zhi’s face, but they buried themselves in her arms. Feeling the softness of their fur, Yao Zhi asked, "You want to stay in my room?"

The moment she said this, both wolves nodded and let out a soft whimper. Although they were wolves, they looked like dogs. Meeting their begging gazes, she felt her heart soften.

But thinking about her husband, she still shook her head and said, "You can’t. If my husband finds out that both of you stayed in the room when he returns, he will be angry."

The wolf cubs let out a long, low howl to express their sadness and dissatisfaction. They had never met their male owner, but he was already showing his dominance, which made them unhappy.

Yao Zhi played with them for a while before standing up and saying, "Alright, it’s time to work."

The wolf cubs followed her to the kitchen, but this time they waited outside while she went in to boil a pot of water. As usual, she prepared food and milk for her pets first.

From her shallow knowledge, Yao Zhi knew that wolves usually stopped consuming milk at the age of 2 months and transitioned to solid food.

But she still gave her wolf cubs milk to strengthen their bones while also giving them solid food. It was just that the amount of milk gradually became less while the amount of solid food increased.

Since she had a lot of chickens in her system husbandry, Yao Zhi took out two chickens and ground them with her blender. She also added some organs and a drop of spiritual spring water.

The chickens raised in the system husbandry were larger than common chickens and weighed around 3 kilograms, almost equal to a small turkey. One chicken could feed 6 people.

At first, she worried that her wolves wouldn’t be able to finish their food. Unexpectedly, even after drinking a bowl of milk, they still finished almost 4 kilograms of solid food.

Seeing how much they could eat, Yao Zhi muttered with a sigh, "Fortunately, I have a system. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to raise both of you."

After she said this, her wolf cubs grinned before burying their heads in their basin and continuing to eat.

Yao Zhi washed the blender and stored it in her system storage before washing her face and brushing her teeth. When she was done, she took out two meat buns and a cup of milk for breakfast.

After finishing, she went to the shed to feed Xiao Lu and Yun Feng. While they ate, she cleaned the shed. Only after taking care of her mounts and pets did she water the vegetable gardens and the apricot trees.

At 7 o’clock in the morning, Yao Zhi finally finished her morning tasks. She pounded her back and waist before going to her room.

Since she agreed to pay people on a daily basis, she had to give Yang Dalang some money. She didn’t know how many people he had hired, but judging from the crowd she saw yesterday, it should be around 200 people.

If one person’s daily wage was 15 Wen, then the daily cost would be 3 taels of silver. According to Yang Dalang, the well would be finished in 2 months.

As for the ponds, it would take 2 weeks to dig one pond. They planned to dig a total of 20 ponds, which would take around 9 months to finish. Since that took too long, Yao Zhi asked them to dig 5 ponds, which would roughly be finished in 4 months.

After the wells were finished, the workers would help dig the ponds. So, the estimated time to finish the entire project was 3 months.

The rough calculation came to 270 taels of silver. During the work, there might be some accidents, so she added 10 taels of silver as medical fees.

Yao Zhi took out 28 pieces of 10-tael silver ingots from her system storage and put them into a small sack. Afterward, she placed the sack in her sling leather bag.

By the time she finished, the sun had risen higher. After locking the doors, she walked toward the wasteland area to find Yang Dalang.

Today, she was more skilled at riding her horse and found Yang Dalang in less than half an hour. Seeing that a group of people was busy, she waved at him.

Seeing her, Yang Dalang walked over and asked, "Sister Yao, do you need anything?"

Yao Zhi took out the small sack from her bag and handed it to him. "Brother Dalang, this is the money for the workers’ wages, including yours. There is some extra money. You can use it and only need to write down the expenses and give the record to me later."

Yang Dalang was flattered and flustered when he held the heavy sack of money. In his entire life, this was the first time he had held so much silver.

It took him a while to regain his composure before he replied, "Sister Yao, I will definitely record everything in detail."

Yao Zhi nodded and smiled. "Then, I will leave this matter to you."

After the brief conversation, Yao Zhi went to the mountain area. Today, she came to check on the progress of the bamboo water pipe.

When she arrived, she saw Yang Sanlang instructing the workers. Climbing down from the horse, she tied it to a tree and walked over.

Seeing her coming, the workers greeted her with smiles. Yao Zhi returned their greetings before walking to Yang Sanlang. Standing a few steps away from him, she asked, "Brother Sanlang, how is the water pipe?"

Yang Sanlang looked at her for a few seconds before replying, "We found a mountain spring and have already started building the water pipe. The waterway should be ready in three more days." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Hearing this, Yao Zhi nodded and said, "That’s great. I will go and check the mountain spring."

When he heard her words, Yang Sanlang quickly said, "The mountain road is dangerous. I will go with you."