CHAPTER XLIV

41 After the New Year, he began to work, and now the busiest is Carpenter Chen, not to mention anything else, just the work here in Zhou Dao is enough for him to be busy. A new mill was to be built, two chicken coops were added, four more granaries were to be built, and three more dormitories were to be built.

It's January, it's freezing cold, but it's busy next to the stream, as if the scene of digging a ditch and repairing a year ago has reappeared. In terms of the form of construction, this is indeed a continuation of the last time, the same way of employment, the same remuneration, and those who work hard still have two meals of multigrain rice to eat, and the white mountains and fields begin to recover their vitality in this noisy area.

Wu disaster Wu Neng two brothers are carrying wood on the construction site, now it is the water period flow is small, in addition to the rice mill is not many, only open two water mills and one water mill, most of the millers who have no work to work also come to participate in the construction, at least a salary can be obtained. Wu Neng had long wanted to follow his brother to the mill to get an errand, but unfortunately it was full last year and he didn't succeed. Wu Disaster knew that there were two new mills this year, so he waited at Xu Wa'er early. The owner is well treated here, and there are really a lot of people who want to come, so he took Wu Neng to specially bring two air-dried hares to Xu Wa'er. Xu Wa'er was a little tired of eating dead plague chicken with Zhou Dao a while ago, and she was quite relieved to see this dried game. Wu Neng has a big shoulder and a round waist, half a head taller than Wu Disaster, and he looks like a strong man, Xu Wa'er said with a smile, "It's a good material." There shouldn't be anything to say, the rule here is to stay if you do a good job, and leave at any time if you don't do well. In this way, you go to the mill at noon in three days, and the owner of the people recruited this time will have to see it in person and go early, ah. The brothers quickly responded.

On the way back, Wu Disaster still wondered, "Why did the owner change the rules for recruiting people?" Xu Wa'er can't be the master anymore? In fact, Wu Disaster didn't know that when the mill opened, if you want to find skilled rice millers, you have to rely on them, especially Xu Wa'er, who is familiar with the local situation and trustworthy, to inquire around. Now they are getting bigger and bigger, and they are not only grinding houses, they have become famous, and there are many people who take the initiative to come to the door and want to work. As the spread spreads, Zhou Dao believed that the management of personnel must be gradually standardized, otherwise kinship circles and factions will inevitably be formed in the future. Changing the original indirect method and directly deciding the candidates by him cannot solve the circle problem, because some people will have circles, but they will always play a certain role in checks and balances. He wanted the millers to know one thing: I had recruited you, not anyone else.

Wu Neng followed the construction of a few days of house, although he did not officially start milling rice, but he liked it very much, why? He can't say it, in short, everyone is working hard, the salary here is good, and the food and accommodation are good, and the owner is kind and has no shelf. Many people dare to tell jokes in front of the owner, and the construction site is lively, and no one is cheating and cheating. It's still a little strange to think about it, some people are treacherous by nature, such as Huo Zuiliu, such as Li Dazui, working here in Zhou Dong's house, that's hard work, it's really fucking weird. What makes Wu Neng even happier is that not only is there free teaching of knives, guns and sticks here, but also money, "My mother, why did I catch up with all the good things?" "Dancing knives and guns, Wu Neng is good at this, and he can't help but be happy.

In the afternoon, on the construction site of the mill, Zhou Dao and Carpenter Chen were discussing things, Xu Wa'er looked for Zhou Dao, mysteriously pulled him aside, and said in a low voice, "I just heard that I may have found Bai Ye's body." Zhou Dao shuddered and asked, "What's the matter?" Say it carefully! "When I came back from the county seat, I heard that I found it on the edge of the Tuojiang River in the afternoon the day before. However, it is not yet possible to confirm. "Huh?" "Someone reported to the official, but after soaking for too long, his face was gnawed by fish and insects, and he couldn't tell who it was." "Then how do you know it's Bai Ye? But what tokens are there? "There are no tokens, but the brothers of the Eighteen Arhats who rushed to hear the news saw it, and said that it was the clothes that Bai Ye wore that day, and the shoes were the same as the ones he wore on weekdays, and the size was about the same. They have collected the corpses. "What does the government say?" "I don't seem to have heard anything to say, but at that time, an official said that the identity of the deceased was unknown, the cause of death was unknown, and I was afraid that it would not be helpful to report to the official."

Zhou Dao was puzzled, "I always see Bai Ye with a knife on weekdays, what else is there on the corpse besides clothes?" "It seems that there is only a ragged dress, and nothing else has been heard. "Nothing? Could it be mistaken? "Then I don't know, maybe he didn't have a knife when he fell into the water, who can tell." For the rest of the day, Zhou Dao spent himself in apprehension, worry, and confusion.

"Why didn't you bring a knife? Dropped? And a dagger stuck in his belt. And the copper coins in his arms? "Question mark, Zhou Dao's mind is full of question marks." It seems that someone found him first, and then took these valuable things, and if it weren't for the tattered clothes, they might have to pick him up, and finally pushed him into the water? What is the answer? There is no answer. Only this inference is reasonable, Zhou Dao thought, "There are many things that will become a mystery." "