Chapter 5 Hardship and Fatigue
There was such a woman as Zhan Ying in the quarry, and many people looked sideways, Xu was usually afraid of Cheng San, and no one dared to pause for too long, and immediately buried his head in digging stones. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Cheng San said stiffly, "You just chisel the stone first, don't think it's a woman, I'm polite, Cheng Ye's whip doesn't have eyes!" ”
Zhan Ying took the hammer and iron wedge, looked at the people next to him, and chose a stone to chisel it.
The hammer hit the iron wedge, and the shock made the arm numb, and the force was so small that it could not be chiseled down at all. When he encountered a crooked chisel, his hands were hit by a hammer, and he immediately swollen up. After a while, my arm was sore and numb, and the palm of the hand holding the wedge was blistered because it was held too tightly.
Zhan Ying put down the iron wedge and looked at the blistering slap, and Cheng San, who was still far away just now, came over and whipped her back! Zhan Ying suddenly felt a burning pain in her back. She gritted her teeth, picked up the iron wedge, and continued to chisel into the ground.
Taking advantage of Cheng San walking away, a man next to him asked
"Huh? What have you done, who have you offended, and how has a woman been assigned to this most miserable position? ”
Everyone was chatting in a low voice during the work, and from their mouths, Zhan Ying probably learned about the situation of the fortification camp of the new city wall of Yanyang.
The procedures of the fortifications here are roughly divided into quarrying, transporting stones, building city walls, digging sand, transporting sand, and mortar, grouting, and some are the logistics of cooking, making tools, procurement, etc., which maintain the daily work and life of the camp.
The exiled men were far from enough to meet the needs of the fortifications, so they were also recruited as laborers. The difference between the two is that the exiles are not paid. Since the exile was not guilty of murder and stealing goods, he did not need to be too strict in the camp to live with the laborers.
The hardest of those jobs is quarrying. Only those who have no background, no money, and exiles who have offended the powerful will be assigned here, and then those who want higher wages will come here, or those who are inferior to the ninth, etc., and they will not be able to live, and other jobs will not be vacant, so they can only come to quarry and mix rice first.
"Eh, that half-stupid Li Fugui really didn't come today, I heard that it was changed and muddy"
A strong man said.
Another swarthy man chuckled, "What, you want to do something lighter, too?" Then you have to serve that splendid girl..."
"Splendid girl still fancy him? Even if you can see it, you have to agree to Cheng San."
"As far as Cheng San's wine jar kung fu is concerned, it must not be as good as me..."
Zhan Ying saw that the more they talked, the more unbearable it became, so she took the tools and left, and probably understood in her heart, presumably the splendid girl was committed to Cheng San in order to live a better life here, which is the sorrow of being a woman.
She secretly warned herself that even if she lived as if she was in hell, she could not fall into the quagmire and pollute her own heart.
When she bent down to chisel the stone, Cheng San held the whip in his hand and leaned on a big stone to look up and down behind her, because she bent over, her waist was even more suffocating, she was taller than ordinary women, with a pair of slender legs, and her heroic eyebrows and eyes were unruly, but it made men more tame. Cheng San touched his chin with his fingers, and his eyes glowed with lust.
When it was time for the lunch break, everyone ate the bread with the water in their bags, Zhan Ying wanted to deal with the blisters in his hands, and shook his numb arm, but Cheng San walked straight to Zhan Ying
"I only chiseled two stones in the morning, is the place where you pass the time when you use the quarry?"
Although Zhan Ying was exhausted, he was unwilling to give someone a handle
"How many rocks do you have to chisel that day?"
Cheng San pointed with the handle of the whip and pointed at a strong man
"Iron Bull, tell her how much you chisel a day?"
The man named Iron Bull had thick arms, and he replied with a little reluctance
"Three Pieces"
"Do you hear me, three! According to your progress this morning, the sun will not go down and you won't be able to chisel a piece! ”
At this time, the other workers who were eating dry food heard the movement and looked at them with sympathy, who did not know that this iron ox was a blacksmith before, and he was the person who chiseled the most stones in this stone field every day. But no one dares to speak, in such a world, who dares to stand out?
Zhan Ying knew in her heart that Cheng San was trying to make things difficult, she didn't see that the iron bull was faster than ordinary people just now, but she had to be patient.
Since she was a child, Zhan Yaoting has been strict with her children, not pampering her just because she is her only daughter, and the two teachers of civil and military affairs are also required of the children of the Zhan family according to stricter standards than ordinary people, so she has a strong and unyielding character.
In fact, the most important thing is that Cheng San pinched her judgment book.
The judging system is a measure taken by Yasukuni to deal with exiled prisoners, and it was proposed by Minister Wen. For exiles who behave well, they can increase their rest days, increase food, and even have financial rewards, and the best case is to change to a place of exile closer to home, and the best thing is to get rid of the fate of the exile by removing the tattoo on their faces.
Of course, this system is also binding on prisoners who do not serve their sentences well, deduct Mu Xiu, deduct food, what Zhan Ying is most afraid of is being imprisoned and losing her freedom, she can't be trapped in prison, she never forgets how her father saved her life, and she can't sleep at night because of her mission. Although he still has no clue about how to clear the grievances of the fighters, at least he can't be shackled.
She immediately picked up the hammer and wedge and chiseled up the stone, the blister in her left hand had burst, the liquid in it was sticky to her hand, the slap hurt so badly, she even felt that the iron wedge was about to grow with the flesh on her palm, and her right arm was numb, and she felt that her right arm was no longer her own. By her will, she chiseled the stone faster and faster, and sparks kept appearing on the stone, and the stone chips burst out and bounced on her hands, and her face hurt.
"Ding! Bite! Ding..."
That regular voice made the men present awe of this stubborn little girl, and Cheng San saw that Zhan Ying was actually unwilling to give in and not resist, he was a little annoyed but there was nothing he could do, so he could only order her to complete three ashlars today.
No matter how hard Zhan Ying worked, because he was a novice, and then the woman lacked strength, when it was time for dinner, Zhan Ying was still only chiseled into a square stone. Cheng San was waiting for Zhan Ying to come and ask for mercy, but Rao waited for an afternoon, but Zhan Ying didn't come. At the stall where everyone packed up their tools and left, Zhan Ying went to find Cheng San
"Isn't it time to complete three pieces before today's time?"
Cheng San expected that she couldn't finish it
"Yes".
Zhan Ying continued to chisel the second stone.