After clearing the small part of the cave, Lin Yi decided to widen the small footpath from the village road to the cave. This was because when he came this morning, he had to drive his tricycle to get to the cave. On the other hand, the cave is on a cliff, and there was no road that could be used to drive a vehicle up and down.
Lin Yi first decided to cut a road from the cave to the bottom. Since a large part of the cave, the opposite side of the small cave, was not covered, he had to take the road from that side. Not only that, Lin Yi realized that he could also build a garage in that part of the cave.
Before cutting the road, Lin Yi first cut down the trees and bushes that were growing in the area where the road was cut. Not only that, he didn't forget to remove the overgrown grass. Then he measured the width of the road he wanted to cut. Anyway, it would have been better if the road were a little wider, so he marked the road to be about 4 meters wide.
After Lin Yi measured and marked the road, he picked up a hoe and started to cut the road. After Lin Yi finished building the road from the top of the hill to the bottom, he started to clear the road until he reached the village road. It didn't take Lin Yi long to clear that part because most of that part was covered in thick bushes and grass.
By the time the road was completely finished, the sun was high. Lin Yi felt hungry, so he stopped working, washed his hands, feet, and sweaty face in the stream that ran along the side of the land, and went to the village chief's house for lunch.
When he went to town the day before, Lin Yi brought vegetables, meat, and other necessities and gave them to the village chief's wife, hoping that she would provide him with food for a while.
But Lin Yi didn't just give him those things and expect food all the time. When the village chief's wife refused, Lin Yi forcefully gave her an envelope containing 10,000 yuan, saying that it was for his food and accommodation.
When Lin Yi went to the village chief's house, the village chief was watching a TV drama on TV. What's more, he was watching a popular TV drama starring Su Qing.
"How was work today?"
The village chief asked Lin Yi, turning his attention to Lin Yi.
"The part of the cave where a house was built before was cleared and a path was built through the land."
"Since there was no proper way to go up the cliff from the bottom, a new path was cut through it."
"That's good. The road is worth it no matter what."
"I was just about to ask, are you planning to build a small part of Xiao Lin's cave and move in there?"
"Hmm... I think so."
"Then I can clear the land and build the house slowly."
"But if Xiao Lin is not in a hurry, you can stay at our house until the house is properly built."
"Anyway, since there is no one else in this house except me and my wife, it's not a big deal for us to give someone else a meal."
Lin Yi didn't say anything to the village chief's request but smiled because he couldn't think of what answer to give.
The village chief's wife had prepared several dishes for lunch that day, and her food was delicious, just like usual.
After eating, Lin Yi took a short nap and, after the sun had set a little, went back to the field with the goal of cleaning the cave as much as possible that day.
After returning to the land, he rode his tricycle directly to the cave. He first cut down the vines that had grown in the large part of the cave, and then removed the grass that had grown in places.
The large part of the cave was not like the small part, but it was high enough to build a two-story house. Meanwhile, the small part was about the height of an ordinary single-story house. In addition, there were large pieces of rock in places in the large part, some of which were about a meter long.
Lin Yi first took the small pieces of rock that were easy to remove out of the cave and threw them away, and then he broke the very large rocks into pieces using a chisel and hammer.
Although removing the rocks was easy, breaking the large rocks into pieces was a difficult task. Finally, by evening, Lin Yi had somehow finished removing all the rocks in the large part of the cave, and his hands were blistered and painful.
After finishing work, Lin Yi did not leave, but he washed his hands and feet and sat on a stone thrown out of the cave, staring blankly at the distant mountain range.
"Sigh..."
After a moment, Lin Yi looked at his blistered and painful hands and sighed.
"I never thought that after so many years, my hands would be covered in blisters like this again."
Before joining the Su family, Lin Yi worked various jobs while going to school. Since many places did not offer jobs for minors under the age of 18, he often worked hard in construction sites because the owners often hired minors like Lin Yi for low wages.
Although the orphanage he lived in received subsidies, they were never enough for all the children in the orphanage. Therefore, almost all the older children did their best to earn money, but none of them did anything illegal.
But after he went to the Su family, although he did not receive much care and love, he did not need to work hard and earn money again. Not only that, he learned a lot during his time living in the Su family, and he did not forget to use them to earn money. He also donated a part of the money he earned to the orphanage he was in every month, and only he and the dean of the orphanage knew about it.