Lu Jing was chopping wood like vegetables, attracting everyone's attention, and even stopped what he was doing involuntarily.
Finally, the person who had pointed out Lu Jing spoke again, "What are you looking at? Have you finished your work?"
Only then did the others come back to their senses, and reluctantly turned their attention back to what they were doing. However, they would still glance at Lu Jing from time to time, as if they wanted to see when the young man would feel tired.
However, until the sun was about to set, they did not wait for Lu Jing's movements to slow down. Instead, he chopped nearly one-third of the wood in the hay shed alone.
Lu Jing felt that it was almost done. After chopping the last piece of wood in front of him, he finally stopped using the axe.
Although he was not so tired that he couldn't continue, he had just received the martial arts secret book not long ago, and now he was thinking about going home to practice. He thought that his performance on the first day of work should be enough, so he did not continue. Go down.
But just when he wanted to settle his wages with Ma Zhongbao, he found that Manager Ma was missing.
After walking around the charcoal kiln and finding no one, Lu Jing had to go back to the man who pointed him out before and asked, "This friend..."
Hearing this, the man introduced himself very politely and said, "My surname is Bai. I am older than you. Just call me Brother Bai."
"Oh, Brother Bai, do you know when Manager Ma will be back?"
"He rarely leaves the charcoal kiln. Even if something happens, he will come back before dark, because you are not the only one who has to calculate wages." The man surnamed Bai smiled and said, "Just wait a moment."
And not long after he finished saying this, he saw Ma Zhongbao coming from a distance with a frustrated look on his face.
Ma Zhongbao has been running the charcoal kiln for so many years, and of course he knows that it is impossible for one person to chop out so many kilograms of wood. Besides, it is still a young boy like Lu Jing who requires no experience and no strength.
Therefore, he did not place any hope on Lu Jing at all, and hurriedly went to the nearby villages to find people. As a result, he even offered nearly twice the salary, but no one was willing to work in the charcoal kiln.
No matter how slow Ma Zhongbao reacted, he still noticed something unusual here. After contacting the person who was responsible for chopping wood in his charcoal kiln, he left half of the time. It was obvious that someone was targeting them.
Thinking of this, Ma Zhongbao's heart sank.
He was still worried about the future of the charcoal kiln, but when he went back, he saw a group of people standing there chatting and doing nothing, and his anger suddenly came back!
But soon Ma Zhongbao noticed that the straw shed where the wood was stored was now missing more than half.
He was stunned. Did someone move the wood somewhere else?
As a result, before Ma Zhongbao had time to take a closer look, he heard Lu Jing shouting, "Manager Ma, come and calculate the wages!"
Ma Zhongbao frowned, thinking that this newcomer was too ignorant. He couldn't do much work, but he was quite aggressive in asking for money.
However, after so many days of tossing, he was no longer in the mood to train others. After hearing this, he still walked over there, while still thinking about how to let the group of men named Bai continue to work today.
When he walked to the two of them, he was startled again when he saw the large pile of wood not far away, and said, "Who chopped these, and why are they mixed together?"
"No, little brother Lu chopped them all by himself." The man surnamed Bai replied.
Ma Zhongbao obviously didn't believe it. It wasn't like he had never seen anyone split wood before. There was no way one person could split so much wood.
But he had known the man surnamed Bai for many years, and he had never heard the latter say anything big. In particular, Ma Zhongbao also noticed that the other people who split wood did not express any objection. In addition, they also had wood that they had chopped around them.
Ma Zhongbao was really shocked this time. Could it be that the pile in front of him was really created by this young man alone?
Thinking of this, the way he looked at Lu Jing finally changed. A pair of eyes stared directly at Lu Jing, as if he wanted to see whether Lu Jing had three heads and six arms.
So much so that Lu Jing had to remind him again, "Guard Ma, please calculate the wages for me. I have other things to do."
"Okay, okay!" Ma Zhongbao said "yes" three times in a row this time. The gloom on his face was swept away. He looked at Lu Jing and his eyes lit up, like a hungry wolf seeing a piece of meat. "I'll give it to you now." You count!"
Ma Zhongbao called someone and weighed the wood that Lu Jing had chopped. The result was a total of 1,400 kilograms. Not only did he fulfill his previous bet with the kiln workers, but it also exceeded the 200 kilogram limit. No wonder the kiln workers weighed the wood. When the workers saw him coming back, they didn't surround him again.
"One hundred catties costs fifty cents, fourteen hundred catties, that's seven hundred cents!"
Ma Zhongbao took Lu Jing's hand and smiled so hard that he took out a couple of pieces of silver from his arms and stuffed it into Lu Jing's hand, "You did a good job today, thanks to you. This kiln can be fired on time without any delay, so the extra three hundred coins should be regarded as a reward."
This was Lu Jing's reward for his hard work. Of course, he would not be polite. Hearing this, he took the one tael of silver.
However, Ma Zhongbao did not let go after that, but continued, "Tomorrow, I have to leave it to you tomorrow."
"Oh, yes." Lu Jing was also very happy, "But let's agree first, I will only do it for half a day every day."
He would use the remaining time to practice hard.
Ma Zhongbao frowned slightly, "If it takes you half a day, you can chop..."
"Let's stick to today's amount." Lu Jing thought for a moment and said. He had already mastered the basic requirements. The more he became familiar with it, the faster he would get. It would only take half a day to chop 1,400 kilograms of wood.
"Okay, okay." When Ma Zhongbao heard this, his brows relaxed again. This meant that Lu Jing could do the work of five people in half a day. At least the difficulties in the charcoal kiln were over for now.
Although Ma Zhongbao wanted to chat more with Lu Jing after seeing Ma Zhongbao like that, the young man had no intention of staying any longer after receiving the money and quickly ran away without a trace.
So Ma Zhongbao could only go back and continue to settle wages for others.
In just one afternoon, he earned one tael of silver. Lu Jing was quite satisfied with this speed. As expected, everything became easier once he had internal strength. No wonder everyone in the martial arts world was busy practicing.
But Lu Jing's thinking like this is a bit self-indulgent. He has reached a second-rate level and is still willing to chop wood to make money. Looking at the entire world, he is probably the only one.
Of course, Lu Jing was in a special situation. He had just obtained the martial arts secret book and had not started practicing yet. He had not yet opened up the means of making money for people in the martial arts world.
And just as Lu Jing was humming a little tune and running home, he suddenly felt like he was being watched.
Lu Jing stopped and turned around to look around, but he didn't see anyone suspicious.
