Author: Emei Swordsman

A few days later, Gu Yunji was extremely busy at the construction site where the government was building temporary housing for the refugees.

"The prefect said that the straw added to the clay should not be too crushed, otherwise it will lose its stability and become slightly larger."

"I've already rushed the wood. It should arrive soon. It won't take too long."

"Be careful! You need someone to help you when climbing this ladder. It rained lightly last night. The ground is very slippery. You have to be extremely careful when walking, let alone setting up a ladder. You must ensure safety and don't take chances."

Gu Yunji didn't have any fixed job. He would often stare here and there for a while. If there was a temporary need, he would help wherever he needed it, running around the construction site. He even arranged for the two government servants sent by Lu Xianzhi to dispatch him.

All kinds of trivial matters have been taken care of, so now there is no one to help him, so he can only do everything by himself.

Here, a new batch of lumber had just been delivered. Perhaps because it was stained with water, the lumber was extremely heavy. Even with all their strength, several civilians could not move it, so they turned around and shouted: "Hey! Someone help me."

What! This wood is too heavy, just one or two more people will do it!"

"I'm here!" Hearing the shout, Gu Yunji immediately turned his head and ran towards the people, "I'm here to help you!"

He lifted one end of the wood, and with the joint efforts of several people behind him, he successfully placed it on his right shoulder. The wood was much heavier than Gu Yunji imagined. The moment he put it on his shoulder, the huge weight of the wood

His knees bent and he almost fell, but luckily he managed to hold on.

Seeing his legs shaking, the man behind him asked worriedly: "Is it okay, Mr. Gu? If not, just put it down first."

Gu Yunji pursed his lips, held his breath and adjusted the wood to the appropriate position. He blushed and spat out the words through his teeth: "Yes... it can be done, let's go."

After walking a few steps, Gu Yunji slowly found the rhythm of his progress in the footsteps of the common people, and finally took a breath. Feeling that his breathing was much heavier than that of the common people, he felt helpless in his heart: It seems that Baiyi is a scholar.

This sentence is not completely unreasonable.

The road was muddy. Gu Yunji was forced to tilt his head by the wood on his right shoulder and his vision was blocked. He didn't notice that his right foot happened to step on a puddle of soft mud. Suddenly, the sole of his foot slipped and his center of gravity shifted. He was about to fall.

At this moment, a pair of hands suddenly appeared in front of him and propped up the wood, straightening it in time. Then the man got in front of Gu Yunji, bent down and pushed the wood up slightly with his right shoulder, and the pressure on the people was suddenly relieved.

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Gu Yunji raised his head and looked forward. When he saw the familiar side face, he was a little unbelievable: "Ren Yingze? Why is it you?"

The wood was much heavier than expected. Ren Yingze was so suppressed that his face turned red and veins popped up on his forehead. He groaned under the pressure and replied with great difficulty: "Don't talk first, carry the wood to the place where we can talk.

…”

Upon seeing this, Gu Yunji quickly concentrated and continued to carry the wood with all his concentration.

When they arrived at the place, the wood was thrown down without hesitation, and bounced slightly on the ground, making a "dong" collision sound.

Gu Yunji breathed a long sigh of relief and felt light all over after the heavy weight was lifted. When he turned around, he found that Ren Yingze was rubbing his shoulders with a grin on his face, his legs were trembling, and he seemed to be more unbearable than him.

Gu Yunji was a little amused. He walked over and teased: "Hey, Mr. Ren, you are a little weak. You can't go on like this."

Ren Yingze was panting heavily and couldn't recover for a while. He glared at him and retorted intermittently: "You, you are not much better than me... If I hadn't helped you, you would have fallen down long ago.

Already..."

"That's true, thank you very much." Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows, and then changed the subject, "Speaking of which, why did Mr. Ren come here?"

Ren Yingze said angrily: "You, Luxi Academy, are only allowed to be in the limelight, but we at Hangzhou Academy are not allowed to contribute? Isn't it just to help? Who can't do it anymore?"

These days, all the students of Luxi Academy are out and busy in various places. Everyone sees it. The people's evaluation of these young men from aristocratic families is much better. They can only praise them when they are mentioned. They are in the limelight for a while.

heyday.

Naturally, Hangzhou Fuxue couldn't just watch them earn all their fame, so they joined in not to be outdone. No matter how many practical things they could do in the end, they had to do a good job in saving face.

At this time, a burst of laughter came from behind: "Hahahahahaha, good! They are indeed young talents from Luxi Academy and Hangzhou Fuxue. Mr. Gu and Mr. Ren can have such hard-working perseverance and are not arrogant or impetuous at all. In the future,

There’s a lot to be done.”

Gu Yunji turned around and saw that Lu Xianzhi and Xu Chengyu were leading the officials of Hangzhou Prefecture towards them. Hearing Lu Xianzhi's praise, Ren Yingze beside him couldn't help but straighten his chest and show a proud look.

It's strange why he was so active today. It turned out to be to show off in front of the prefect. Seeing Ren Yingze's beaming expression, Gu Yunji silently cursed in his heart.

Xu Chengyu had not seen Gu Yunji for several days, and Xu Chengyu felt very concerned. At this moment, his eyes looking at him softened involuntarily.

Touching the skin on the side of Gu Yunji's neck that had been rubbed red by the wood, Xu Chengyu's eyes dimmed and he waved to him: "Yunji, come here."

Gu Yunji was completely unaware. After hearing this, he walked towards him with a bright smile on his face: "What's the matter, teacher?"

Xu Chengyu's eyes were filled with distress, and he took out a small medicine bottle from his arms and handed it to him: "This is medicine for wounds. I'll wipe it on my neck when I'm free for a while. Although I'm asking you to help, I'm not asking you to put in any effort.

, not to mention you are my disciple, no one will say anything even if you do less, you still have to cherish your body."

Listening to Xu Chengyu's words of protection and love, Gu Yunji felt a warm current in his heart and responded: "Yes, teacher."

Seeing that it was noon, Lu Xianzhi said to everyone: "It's getting late, so I won't go back to the city for dinner. I sent someone to deliver lunch to the city gate. Let's deal with it there. The hospitality has not been good these two days.

Please bear with me."

Naturally, no one would be picky at this time. Everyone had no objection to this, so the group walked back.

Outside the city gate, the porridge shed has begun to give out porridge, and the refugees queue up in a long line, waiting in an orderly manner to receive porridge.

Gu Yunji was about to follow others to have lunch. When he passed by a refugee shack, he saw a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old huddled alone in a corner, not going to receive porridge like the others.

Gu Yunji was a little worried. After saying hello to Xu Chengyu, he stopped and talked to her: "Girl, why don't you go get the porridge? Aren't you hungry?"

The girl shrank back and said in a voice like a mosquito, "I feel a little uncomfortable..."

"Do you feel uncomfortable? Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Gu Yunji took two steps forward and squatted down in front of her, "If you are sick, I can take you to see a doctor. Don't hide here alone, the illness will get worse as it gets worse.

"

Seeing him approaching, the girl seemed a little defensive. She hugged her knees with her arms and muttered: "No, I'm not sick..."

"Not sick? That's..."

Gu Yunji was confused and was about to ask again, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the clothes the girl had changed beside her.
Chapter completed!