When Zhu Changan opened his eyes, it was already half past nine in the morning.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and came to the box to look at the world inside.
I saw the villagers of Jiangjiacun marching together to complete the city wall under the command of Zhu Renxia and Jiang Fuzi. Some people were detailing the stairs on the steps, and some were strengthening the city gates.
"Zhu Renxia, I am going to heaven to attend a banquet. You must be more vigilant."
Zhu Renxia, who was busy and sweating profusely, nodded repeatedly.
"Tianzun, please rest assured. I don't think the Tian family dares to mess around in broad daylight. With the protection of the city wall, it is not easy for outsiders to come in."
Zhu Changan came to the kitchen, grabbed a handful of rice and pounded it in a garlic mortar.
After pounding it in five or six mortars continuously, it was finally poured onto a piece of white paper and placed inside the city wall.
"This is the rice I gave to you in Jiangjia Village."
Zhu Changan went to the kitchen and cut a piece of pork the size of a palm. "There is also pork here, so that the villagers can improve their lives, improve their physical fitness, and have the strength to work."
"That's great!"
Zhu Renxia couldn't help drooling and said sheepishly, "To be honest with Tianzun, this disciple has not eaten pork for half a year."
Zhu Changan smiled and said: "After you have repaired the city wall, I will help you get some money, and you can go to the city to buy me some vases, calligraphy and paintings, I will be of use to you."
"Disciple, obey!"
Zhu Renxia agreed respectfully.
"Then I will go to heaven for a banquet."
Zhu Changan left a word and drifted away.
"Folks, come and divide the rice and meat!"
Zhu Renxia greeted the villagers loudly.
Soon, the people of Jiangjia Village gathered around.
"Rice, it's so white, not japonica at all!"
"Wow...pork, fresh pork!"
It is no exaggeration to say that many of these villagers have not eaten pork for half a year or even more. At this moment, their eyes are shining, like hungry wolves seeing lambs.
Jiang Xiaoyu quietly tugged on Jiang Axiu's skirt.
"Sister, can you ask your idiot brother-in-law to leave some more for our family? Last time, we made golden noodles and the whole village shared them equally. Our family didn't benefit at all."
"That's right, that's right."
Mrs. Xu helped while holding back her saliva, "Both our little tigers and little dragons haven't eaten pork for two months. The last time your uncle Erhu went to town to sell firewood, he brought back half a catty of pork."
Although Jiang Axiu swallowed greedily, she was still able to remain reserved.
"Second aunt, don't worry, my husband has his own opinion."
Mrs. Xu advised again: "If that doesn't work, we can just ask for a little more rice. This time the rice isn't too much, and one family will only be able to get one basket."
"let me try!"
Jiang Axiu could only stabilize the young aunt first.
Master Jiang knew that Zhu Renxia's prestige now exceeded his own, so he did not speak out.
Zhu Renxia glanced at the expectant villagers and said loudly: "These pork and rice were given to us in Jiangjia Village by Chang'an Tianzun, so that we can eat and drink enough to have the strength to repair the city wall."
"Thank you very much, Heavenly Lord. Let's all kowtow to Heavenly Lord!"
I don't know who shouted, and more than two hundred villagers lay on the ground and kowtowed to express gratitude.
"The gods went to heaven to attend a banquet."
Zhu Renxia greeted the villagers with a smile and said, "The old man asked me to distribute pork and rice to everyone."
"Master Zhu is the messenger of the gods, we will listen to your arrangements."
The villagers said one after another.
"Brother Jiang Xiong, please help the village chief distribute the pork equally according to the number of households."
Jiang Xiong, who had not cut pork for two years, almost smiled and nodded quickly.
"Hey...I'm going home to sharpen my knife right away. The pig in the sky is really big. This piece of meat looks like it weighs at least three hundred pounds."
Zhu Renxia then told Lu Buping: "Brother Lu has trouble with his legs and feet, so you don't have to work. You help the village chief distribute the rice, and it will still be divided equally according to the number of households."
Lu Buping said: "We are all thanks to you, Master. I think we should give Axiu an extra share of pork and rice."
"I don't want it. There are only three people in my family."
Jiang Axiu stood up hurriedly, "The extra share should be given to the second aunt's family. It's time for Xiaohu and Xiaolong to grow taller, so we can't starve the children."
Mrs. Xu was secretly happy and thanked her quickly: "Thank you, Brother Lu."
This also gave Master Jiang some face, and Zhu Renxia happily agreed.
"As Brother Yilu said, give Brother Erhu's family an extra portion of pork and rice, and the rest will be divided equally according to the number of households."
"OK."
Lu Buping and Jiang Xiong agreed in unison.
Master Jiang showed a relieved smile, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Actually, it doesn't have to be like this."
Zhu Renxia asked Jiang Xiong to cut another five kilograms of pork, and took some white rice with a dustpan and went out to deliver it to the fifth person who lived in the inn.
"Fifth Master can remind us to pay attention to Tian Zongren, which shows that he has a good heart. These meat and rice should be used as a thank you to him."
Three miles east of the village, within the inn.
The fifth person lying on the bed was listening to the descriptions of the two government servants, and his eyes almost opened as he listened.
"Damn it, you two bastards are teasing me, right? Bullying me so I can't get out of bed?"
"A white jade city wall appeared for no reason, and it is taller than the city wall in our county? Is it made of white jade? Are there gods living in Jiangjia Village?"
The two young government officials looked helpless.
"Master, why don't you believe what we both said?"
"If you lie, it's impossible for both of us to lie to you together."
"Yeah, there's no benefit in lying to you!"
"Jiangjia Village really has an extra city wall. We just walked up to it and took a look. The city wall is four to five feet high, and it's all made of crystal clear white jade."
"You two little bastards, keep talking nonsense!"
The fifth person was so angry that he slapped the bed, "I was spanked on the butt, not my brain!"
"Oh... who made the fifth master angry?"
At this moment, Zhu Renxia walked into the dilapidated house holding a dustpan in his left hand and five pounds of pork in his right hand.
"Haha... Master Zhu is here."
The fifth person's face was immediately filled with smiles.
First, he already knew Zhu Renxia's clan identity.
Second, Zhu Renxia helped him apply herbal medicine to stop the bleeding, and bandaged his sore butt.
Due to both emotion and reason, the fifth player should be more polite to Zhu Renxia.
"The fifth master is seriously injured. I will give you some pork to replenish your health."
Zhu Renxia smiled and put the pork on the old table and told the two government servants, "Go and cook the pork. There is some polished rice here. You can make porridge or steam rice."
"Haha... That's great. I didn't expect to be able to eat pork in this barren mountain."
Although the fifth person often eats pork in the county town, he only ate some noodles yesterday and his stomach is short of oil and water.
The two yamen servants were overjoyed and hurriedly took the pork and went out to work.
Zhu Changan sat beside the shabby bed and asked with concern: "Is the fifth master's injury getting better?"
The fifth person said ashamedly: "Don't call me that. I'm just a failed scholar, just following Chen Changsheng to earn a living. If you don't mind, just call me Fifth Brother!"
"If you say that, I won't show up."
Zhu Renxia was not polite, because he planned to recruit this master as his subordinate.
Although Jiangjia Village has a large population, the number of people who can read can be counted on one hand. If this fifth master can be retained, it will be a great addition.
