The sun was scorching, and the idle villagers rushed to sign up to dig loess halfway up the mountain. The hired craftsmen had already built the brick kiln overnight.
They were afraid that Carpenter Zhou and Jiang Fang would regret it.
The wages are calculated based on the number of baskets of soil picked, and are paid daily, so everyone's enthusiasm is getting higher and higher.
Duan Jiu and Nangong Chuiyang, two fair-skinned teenagers, were mixed in a bunch of rough black men. They picked up the dirt slowly and laboriously, which made them stand out.
Pergola.
Village Chief Jiang wondered: "Ah Fang, your family is not short of money now, right? You still want to earn this few copper coins?"
In order to fear that the villagers would act recklessly in order to make more money and cause heat stroke, a limit was set on the number of baskets of soil picked up every day, with a maximum of ten baskets, or five trips.
Even if Duan Jiu could make five trips, he would only earn one penny. To most of the villagers in Langtou Village, this was a considerable sum, but to Jiang Fang, it was nothing.
"So it's not about money, it's about participation." Jiang Fang held his head high, raised his arms across his chest, and said with a clear look: "It is our duty to participate in the construction of our hometown and build a beautiful home together!"
Village Chief Jiang was moved to tears.
"Good boy, good boy..."
Jiang Da, who was pushing Luo Huiniang here, heard this and his eyes turned red.
My son-in-law and grandson are both here, how can I not do my part?
"Hui Niang, I'm going to pick out some baskets of soil too. You can rest here."
Luo Huiniang smiled and said: "Go ahead, we are all members of Langtou Village. If I hadn't taken care of myself, I would have cooked for everyone."
Jiang Da rolled up his sleeves and went without hesitation.
Jiang Fang didn't even have time to stop.
Qi Ling was heartbroken: "Retaliation! You are retaliating!"
"You are underestimating me. I am in the atmosphere this time." Jiang Fang said with a solemn expression: "When I retaliate against Duan Jiu in the future, I can think of every plant, tree, brick and tile here.
Traces of my own participation.”
Qi Ling faked a smile: "Whatever you say is what it is."
Duan Jiu shoveled the soil, filled the bamboo basket, and followed the example of others to pick it up with a pole. However, he greatly underestimated the weight and was almost crushed.
He reluctantly picked it up and walked staggeringly, taking three steps and resting two steps. The scorching sun made his head dizzy.
Nangong had to use crutches because his foot injury had not yet healed, so he used his back to stand up unsteadily and almost rolled down the mountain.
We all know that these two are Jiang Fang's family members, so we can't just laugh at them. Every time we go back and forth, we can meet them. This is the first time we go, moving slowly like turtles, just for fun.
There are also many strong village women who come to pick soil. In order to make more money, they have no time to help.
Duan Jiu's looks and Nangong Chuiyang's sweet mouth didn't even have a penny to show off, and it was like a miserable world.
Nangong Chuiyang had never suffered like this before. He asked in a low voice with a sad face: "Your Highness, I still have some money here, can you..."
Duan Jiu scoffed with a serious face: "Pay protection money to Jiang Fang?" Naively.
"No, we are paying others to do it for us, is that okay?"
Just a little cheating.
"Are you sure you can goof off right under the dominatrix's nose?"
"No, wuwuwu..."
Duan Jiu panted slightly, frowned and asked, "What did you do when you were sleepwalking the night before yesterday?"
He felt that he had nothing to offend Jiang Fang. After much deliberation, he could only think that Nangong had offended her.
Nangong Chuiyang confessed honestly, and Duan Jiu's eyelids twitched. Did Jiang Fang think that he instigated Nangong to poison her?
Duan Jiu went through the matter carefully in his mind. It was after he protected Nangong that she became obviously more angry.
There should be no more misunderstandings, and I don't know when we will be able to calm down.
"Don't mess with Jiang Fang anymore."
"How dare you?"
Not to mention that Nangong Chuiyang had been frightened by the dominatrix, even if it was for her to cure His Highness, it was too late to provide for her.
Jiang Da took a trip, and when he came up, he saw that they were still struggling in pain, especially Duan Jiu, who looked like he was going to faint at any time, so he wanted to help.
"Give it to me, Duan Jiu, go back and rest, as long as you have this heart, I will tell Ah Fang later."
Nangong Chuiyang pursed his lips and said, "Forget it, she will be angry."
The dominatrix won't even let her biological father go, how could she let them go, woo woo woo...
Jiang Dahan smiled: "Don't worry, Laifu. Grandpa can still make the decision on this little matter. It doesn't matter, just come and give it to me."
Nangong Chuiyang couldn't help but be shaken, and heard His Highness say coolly: "I don't believe it."
He was excited and refused: "Mind yourself, Grandpa."
Jiang Da didn't hear anything strange, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his smile became awkward.
Also, Ah Fang is the one who makes the decision at home, so he should not take the big one.
"Ah Fang said, the important thing is participation. Our family is not short of money. The main thing is to participate in the construction of our hometown and build a beautiful home together! I feel excited just thinking about this! I won't say it anymore, I will pick some more
trip!"
Nangong Chuiyang looked at Jiang Da's excited back, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
I was distracted and accidentally slipped, spilling most of the basket of soil on my back.
He was stunned and simply lay on the ground unable to get up, crying loudly.
Duan Jiu put down his burden, slowly shifted his shoulders, and sighed: "Get up."
Nangong Chuiyang cried and put the loess back into the bamboo basket. He planned to cry all the way to the bottom of the mountain. If he cried more miserably, he would not believe that Mother Yaksha would not be soft-hearted.
Unfortunately, the water in my body was taken away by sweat, and I didn't shed many tears when I cried, just like howling dryly.
After finally reaching the foot of the mountain, Jiang Fang roared like a lion from the east of the river in the pavilion: "Why did you come down here? Pick a grinder!"
Nangong Chuiyang was about to pass by, but Duan Jiu stopped him and told him to go to the brick kiln first.
The brick kiln is the hottest place in the entire Langtou Village. The craftsmen burned the fire and made the loess into floor tiles.
Before I even got close, waves of heat rushed over me.
Jiang Xiaomei came over with a wooden bucket and a stack of bowls in her other hand.
"Uncles and brothers, this is the ice-cold plum juice prepared by my second sister. Come and have a bowl to cool down!"
The craftsmen drank happily and kept praising their boss for their kindness. They never thought that they would be able to eat ice on a hot day in this life.
Nangong Chuiyang's mouth was dry and he stared at the dark red liquid eagerly.
"Auntie, I want it."
Jiang Xiaomei smiled brightly: "You guys go to the pergola. The second sister said that after we finish the journey, we will go to the pergola to rest for a while and drink a bowl of iced black plum juice."
The two poured out the loess in the basket, and Village Chief Jiang gave Duan Jiu a special sign, indicating that he would use two baskets at a time to exchange money later.
"If Laifu carries another basket, I will give you one. Grandpa will remember it!"
Pergola.
Nangong Chuiyang couldn't wait to walk towards Jiang Fang. He pulled up his collar, revealing his shoulders that were red and swollen due to pressure.
"Mom, it hurts so much..."
"You're so pitiful, let me see it!" A handsome face came over and he was about to touch it.
Nangong Chuiyang was startled and almost blurted out: "Why are you here?"