"They must have had a hard time these days when their jobs were taken away."
"Brother Zhu is still considerate. Let's send some rice and noodles over tomorrow."
Li Qiao agreed.
His bamboo brother is good-looking and kind-hearted.
"Yes." Tao Zhu nodded lightly.
This is compensation.
Not only Li Qiao didn't expect what happened to Zhang Laosan, but he didn't expect it either.
Don't let this happen again.
So, the next day, when Zhang Laosan and his neighbor named Liu Fu returned home after a whole day of training in the plaster workshop, they heard laughter in the yard before they even opened the door.
Their family lives in a small courtyard. There are three families in the courtyard, all of whom are from poor families. Liu Fu, like Zhang Laosan, used to be a baggage bearer, and now works with him in a plaster workshop.
The remaining family has no fixed occupation and relies on odd jobs to survive.
The three families are having a hard time. The adults are frowning and the children are cautious. Even when they are playing, they don't dare to make too much noise.
The atmosphere in the courtyard was always lifeless.
But today, the yard is filled with laughter?
Zhang Laosan glanced at Liu Fu beside him. Liu Fu was also surprised. He pushed the door open and said, "What good thing happened to you? You are smiling so happily?"
The courtyard door opened, and a strong fragrance immediately wafted over.
Zhang Laosan and Liu Fu were startled. This smell only comes from refining lard.
But the smell is too strong, right?
Based on the conditions of the three of them, even the lard made during the Chinese New Year has not produced a strong fragrance that can fill the entire yard.
The two of them couldn't help but look towards the simple kitchen in the yard. This public kitchen is a shed with only three sides and no doors or windows. Standing at the entrance of the yard, you can clearly see the scene in the kitchen.
In the summer, the small stove in the kitchen was crowded with people, and these people didn't mind the heat at all.
The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and there was a large lump of pork fat on the chopping board, occupying half of the chopping board. The white color could be seen clearly even if the sky was dark at the moment.
Zhang Laosan looked at the piece of pork suet, which must have weighed at least thirty kilograms, and immediately took a breath of cold air, frowning so hard that it could kill a mosquito: "This prodigal husband! Although he will have a stable job in the future, he can't do it like this ah!"
Next to him, Liu Fu's eyes darkened, and he immediately raised his hand to pat his heart: "Prodigal mother-in-law! The little money at home is the money for Sanba's repair!"
In the kitchen, his mother-in-law was also at the stove, picking something out with chopsticks.
He has a good relationship with Zhang Laosan, and the two families often cook together.
Judging from the weight of the pork suet, the two of them must have bought it together!
Spend money randomly!
At this time, everyone in the kitchen heard the movement at the door and looked towards the door.
Zhang Laosan's youngest son saw his biological father and immediately ran towards him: "Dad! You are back!"
The childish voice was filled with joy and was jumping up and down.
The third child of Liu Fu's family also ran out, jumping up and down as well: "Dad, eat lard residue, just out of the pot!"
Zhang Laosan: "..."
Liu Fu: "..."
The two of them looked at their son, whose face was smiling like a flower, and then looked at their tightly clasped hands, and the two put away the dissatisfaction on their faces.
Forget it, let’s talk about it after we eat.
It is not good to argue in front of children.
The two people were thinking like this, and smiles appeared on their faces, but because their hearts were bleeding, their smiles were a little forced. Coupled with the groove-like wrinkles on their faces, the smiles looked strange.
"Eh? Dad, what's wrong with you?"
When Liu Sanwa came to her biological father, she was startled by the smile on Liu Fu's face, and her little hand raised in the air dropped.
"It's okay, dad is, just..."
Liu Fu smelled the strong smell of lard on Liu Sanwa's body and couldn't say anything against his will. No matter how delicious the lard was, it was not as important as Sanwa's study!
Only if you read and become literate will you no longer have to do hard work like him!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't control the look on his face. He patted Liu Sanwa's little head gently with his big hand, and then he calmly prepared to rush to the kitchen and have a serious argument with his mother-in-law.
But at this moment, his mother-in-law stood at the door of the kitchen and waved to him happily: "Master, come quickly. Mr. Li sent someone to bring rice, noodles and pork suet today. Our family and the third family have it!"
"?"
Liu Fu, who was about to rush into the kitchen aggressively, was stunned.
What?
Zhang Laosan, who was trying to maintain a smile on the side, was also stunned.
ah?
At this time, Zhang Laosan's husband also stood at the door of the kitchen and said with a happy face: "Master Li is very generous. Each family has five hundred catties of flour, five hundred catties of rice, and thirty catties of meat. Mei and I My sister didn’t ask for pork, but asked for pork suet. So much pork suet was boiled that I couldn’t finish it until the Chinese New Year.”
Five hundred pounds of flour, five hundred pounds of rice, and thirty pounds of meat?
These three numbers made Zhang Laosan and Liu Fu almost jump in shock. So many?
"Why did Mr. Li give these?" Zhang Laosan asked blankly.
"It's just to make up for the previous negligence. I'm sorry to us." Mr. Zhang Laosan said and sighed: "Master Li is such a kind-hearted person. I have never seen such a good official."
"No, I was dumbfounded when I brought it here today. Moreover, Mr. Li's people said that all of your former co-workers were there. Third brother, it's a good thing that you came back yesterday and called you Brother Fu, and it's even better that you went to the plaster workshop. .”
"Come here, I just went to buy a pound of wine. You two have a nice drink tonight!"
Liu Fu's wife said with a smile.
Zhang Laosan: "...I have to kowtow to Mr. Li tomorrow!"
Liu Fu: "...knock! You have to knock!"
The same scene happened in more than thirty families. Those living at the bottom had never dreamed of such a good thing. Mr. Li, a third-rank official in the imperial court, not only arranged for them to work in a plaster workshop, but also sent them to So much compensation?
Is this the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva?
This must be the reincarnation of the living Bodhisattva!
When you kowtow, you must kowtow to Master Li and his wife!
So, when Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to the workshop on the third day, more than thirty people took advantage of their lunch break and ran up to their husbands and kowtowed to them. Many of them even cried and looked at them with tears in their eyes. Watching them.
Such a living Bodhisattva will definitely be promoted and live a long life!
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu looked at the expressions of these people and felt relieved. This compensation was not too late.
The three-day interview passed quickly.
Li Qiao's leave is used up and he has to go back to work.
But the interviews at the cement workshop have not stopped yet. Whether it is making cement or building roads, a large number of manpower is needed. Therefore, Sheng Hong's original words are that as long as there are people applying, they will continue to recruit people.
Even if you can't work for the time being, you still have to register first. When you need someone in the future, you can just call someone over.
Therefore, Tao Zhu had to continue working in the cement workshop.
Li Qiao assigned all twelve people to Tao Zhu, who were full of losses, modest in benefits, not shy and never tired of learning, and repeatedly told these twelve people that they must not let Tao Zhu be wronged. He would bear it when the sky fell. .
He himself went to work with his sword, gun and other nursing staff.
Without Li Qiao's company, Tao Zhu felt a little uncomfortable. To be honest, being able to work with Li Qiao, go to work together and go home together every day was really fresh and intoxicating for him.
But Li Qiao couldn't stay with him forever.
Li Qiao is busy with national affairs.
On the other side, when Li Qiao went back to work, he happened to meet Dachaohui.
All the officials gathered together, and if anyone had anything to do, they could report it.
However, there have been no major events that shocked the government and the public recently. They are all trivial matters that are not very important, so this big meeting ended early.
After it was over, Li Qiao prepared to go to the Hall of Seeking Xian as usual.
He took three days off. I wonder if Sheng Hong asked other academicians to review the memorials on his behalf during these three days.
If not, given Sheng Hong's pity for his life, there must be a large backlog of memorials in the Qixian Hall at this time.
This is all his job.
I was sighing in my heart when suddenly, the voice of the Sixth Prince came from behind me: "Master Li."
Li Qiao paused and looked towards the source of the sound. He saw the Sixth Prince standing one meter away from him, looking at him with a smile.
"Sixth Prince." He saluted respectfully.
"Master Li, are you going to the Hall of Seeking Xian?" the Sixth Prince asked as he walked towards Li Qiao.
"Yes." Li Qiao nodded.
"Let's go together then. It just so happens that I also have something to see my father."
"Okay." Li Qiao was about to agree.
So the two of them walked side by side towards the entrance of Tai Chi Hall.
"I heard that Mr. Li sent rice, noodles and meat to some coolies carrying big bags?" the sixth prince said calmly.
"Yes. Where did you hear about it?" Li Qiao was a little surprised.
"The plaster workshop has attracted much attention, so naturally I heard about it. Mr. Li, you can afford to say that you love the people like your own children when you treat them."
The Sixth Prince smiled and praised.
"This is what the official should do." Li Qiao looked remorseful: "They are already having a hard time, and the official has unintentionally taken away their jobs, so they must be compensated."
"Master Li, what you said is wrong. There are tens of millions of people in Dasheng, and no government decree can benefit all the people. As long as the interests of the majority of the people are guaranteed, that will be enough."
"Of course, I know that you have a very good heart, but I'm afraid that if you do this, you will get used to the people. If something like this happens again in the future, if there are unruly people clamoring for compensation from the court, what should we do then? ?”
