Shuanzi's mother wiped away her long-dried tears and warned her son earnestly: "Shuanzi, you must work hard in the future and don't be lazy. What will happen if you anger the gods again? From now on, mother, your father, and your brother will , your sister will come to see you often, fortunately she is not far away, oh, mother is relieved now, before you went out to fool around, mother didn’t know where to look for you, now mother feels much more at ease!"
Shuanzi's heart was broken.
Shuanzi Niang said very positively: "Mom, go home now and bring you another set of clothes. You have to stay for a year. One set of clothes is not enough."
After speaking, he hurried away, completely ignoring the sadness in his son's eyes.
The other villagers started talking among themselves.
"Why don't you send my youngest son here too? He spends all day gambling outside and has no home. If he is sent here to open up wasteland, he can still take care of three meals a day."
"The land being reclaimed is not our own, so we still suffer a loss..."
"Hey, I don't think so. Even if we don't send him to open up wasteland, he won't work at home obediently. He will only run out to gamble and come back with a lot of debt!"
"makes sense……"
Many villagers were moved and asked Ming Xi: "Ms. Ming family, my boy has not been punished by the God of Joy, can he also be sent to open up wasteland?"
Ming Xi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Of course you can. To be honest, I have made a great wish a long time ago to build a Taoist temple for the God of Joy on the mountain behind the wasteland. I will open up wasteland to build roads and build a Taoist temple. Where can I go?" There is a shortage of manpower everywhere, so I welcome anyone who is willing to come and work, but——"
She changed the topic and pointed at Hu Tie, Er Gou and others, "As long as you come here, you must work in a disciplined manner like them. Otherwise, if I make a mistake and get punished under the eyes of the God of Joy, I will There’s nothing I can do to help.”
The villagers nodded.
"Of course, as long as you come here, you have to do things sincerely. Even the gods can fool you. Is that still reasonable?"
Then the villagers asked more specific questions, such as when to start working, when to rest, when to have food, and what kind of food is it, dry rice? Or water porridge?
Mingxi didn't expect that there were quite a lot of "problem teenagers" in the village. Her land reclamation project seemed to have turned into an Internet addiction recovery school. It was widely welcomed by the parent group, and there were seven or eight people who were initially interested in signing up. So many.
She can't cook for so many people by herself.
So after sending away these villagers, Mingxi discussed with Zhao Lizheng whether he could hire an aunt from the village to cook for the people who worked on the wasteland. She was willing to pay for it.
Zhao Lizheng disagreed, "Although the land is yours, you still want to build roads and Taoist temples. This is all benefiting the whole village. It is not your business alone. How can you let everyone go? In this way, the food is yours." The money for cooking comes out of the village."
There is a sum of money in the village, which is usually raised jointly by the whole village and managed by the village's Li Zheng. If there is a major event such as building roads and bridges, Li Zheng will use the money to spend it.
Someone was willing to share the burden, and Mingxi felt relaxed and immediately agreed with a smile.
In the afternoon, the old man Zhu who drove the cattle cart in Mingxi delivered all the things he bought from the county. The most eye-catching ones were several brand-new hoes, rakes, shovels, picks, and shovels.
Those with iron tools are not cheap. If an ordinary farmer buys a set of decent farm tools, he will be envied.
When Old Man Zhu sent the things to the wasteland, he felt a little reluctant to touch these farm tools. Then he looked at Ergou and the others and couldn't help but sigh: "You have to work hard, don't let these good things go to waste!"
Ergou and the others are already numb, really numb.
It's obvious that they are suffering here, but now not only does no one stand up to speak for them, but they are also made to look like they will not spare their blessings if they don't work hard.
The only good thing is that I have eaten enough today.
——Multigrain rice, rice soup, pickles and diced radish, that’s enough.
Hu Tie was the only one who was hungry. His tongue was so painful that he couldn't eat, so he could only drink rice soup to fill his stomach.
As the leader of several surrounding villages, Hu Tie had never been so cowardly!
He hates Mingxi so much now, but until he understands how he was injured, he doesn't dare to act rashly and can only give in as a loser.
The injury on his knee seemed to be no big deal. I tried walking a while ago, but other than some pain in my skin, there was no other serious problem.
But the tongue suffered greatly! It hurts just to talk, and it even hurts to swallow! I really don’t know what kind of evil magic the witch used to be so powerful! ……what to do? Do you really want to let her work in this miserable place for five years?
Hu Tie was so angry that he couldn't calm down. His thoughts were wandering around. He thought that all the brothers who came with him today had run away. He didn't know if any of them would think of a way to save him. That boy Hammer always had many tricks, so he should Will you find a way to save him?
...probably so?
Hu Tie was really not sure anymore. Even that guy Ergou could betray him. Now he couldn't believe anyone.
Mingxi didn't know about Hu Tie's messy worries. She was very happy anyway, having so many strong laborers for free. She immediately distributed the farm tools and announced: "Today you will build the thatched house first, and officially start working tomorrow." , there are six of you now, so temporarily divide into two groups, one group of three."
Mingxi pointed at Ergou, Chaozi and Shuanzi, "You three are responsible for clearing the stones on the wasteland."
Then she pointed at Hu Tie, Agui and Mazi, "You three are responsible for breaking the rocks."
Hu Tie frowned, "What are you doing if you break it? Hiss!"
