In the next few days, Xue Chen seemed to have been busy, going out with Zheng Yi in the morning and coming back covered in dirt in the evening.

"What have you been busy with these two days?"

When eating with Xue Chen in the evening, Su Qiange couldn't help but ask, in the past, he could still see others, but in the past two days, except for eating, the two hardly met.

Su Qiange secretly said whether Xue Chen was preparing any surprise for himself, just looking at his appearance, it didn't seem to be this matter.

"There's something wrong with the canal, and it may not be done as scheduled." Xue Chen's face was full of exhaustion, and he sighed deeply, extremely troubled.

Su Qiange nodded clearly, a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't show it, just asked softly, "I saw that you came back covered in dirt in the past two days, what is the specific problem?" ”

"There is a part of the stone in the middle, which is very hard and cannot be dug with a shovel, so I have to pry it a little bit, which is a bit time-consuming."

Hearing this, Su Qiange turned Xue Chen's hand over, and was very distressed when he saw the blood blisters growing out of his palms, "You also went to dig?" ”

"I'm a martial arts practitioner, I'm strong and strong, so it's not in the way." Xue Chen took his hand out of Su Qian's singer and smiled, with a look of indifference.

"Well, be careful." At this point, Su Qiange had nothing to say, so he could only remind Xue Chen to take good care of himself.

"Don't worry, it's nothing." Xue Chen has been practicing martial arts all year round, and he doesn't care about this injury at all, not to mention, what he wants to do is a very important thing.

"Otherwise, I'll go with you tomorrow." Su Qiange knew that although he couldn't help much, he might be able to find a good way to understand the situation.

Xue Chen shook his head and refused without thinking about it, and later realized that he was acting a little stiff, so he hurriedly found a reason, "It's almost dug up, and the piece can be finished tomorrow, and the rest will not be so troublesome." Don't worry, I'm here. ”

Su Qiange pursed her lips, indeed, she really didn't need to go there now, so she had to nod and never mention it again.

In the next few days, Xue Chen still went out early and returned late, but fortunately, Su Qiange was used to it, and he didn't ask anything more, Xue Chen secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Late at night, Su Qiange tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, so she simply put on a piece of clothing and went out, wanting to go outside.

It is said that at this hour, everyone should go to bed, but Su Qiange saw Xue Chen in the courtyard with Zheng Yi and the four obedients, and several people lit a small candle and studied something on the table.

"What are you doing?" Su Qiange slowed down and walked over, barely making any sound.

The sudden sound in his ears frightened several people, and the three obedients jumped up directly from the chair, and when Su Qiange saw the person, he hurriedly pulled her aside.

"Miss Su, it's so late, why don't you sleep yet?" The third obedient said, turning Su Qiange's body away from the table, and waving his hands behind his back, as if reminding those people of something.

Probably not sleeping well, Su Qiange's mental state was not very good, and when he saw the third obedient asking, he just shook his head, "I can't sleep and go around, but you, why don't you sleep so late?" ”

Xue Chen was secretly relieved when he heard that Su Qiange did not blame the third obedient for pulling her away, the things on the table had been replaced by him with information about the canal, he sat up straight, pretending to be serious, "Third obedient, please come and sit down, it's really not like you to pull her over there." ”

"Master Hou, I haven't seen Miss Su for a few days, I want to say a few words to her, don't mind, don't mind." The third obedient snorted, and hurriedly pulled Su Qiange to the table again, "Miss Su, you sit." ”

This series of operations is really a bit weird, but Su Qiange's mind is not clear at this time, and he doesn't feel that something is wrong.

"Ge'er, why don't you rest so late, are you not feeling well?"

Xue Chen was still glad that their little secrets had not been discovered by Su Qiange, but seeing her behave like this, he was a little worried.

"It's fine, I just can't sleep, my head hurts, what about you, what are you looking at here?"

Su Qiange rubbed her eyebrows, insomnia was too painful, she raised her hand to take those materials, and found that it was the information of the canal, and couldn't help sighing, "Hasn't the matter over there been solved yet?" ”

"Solved, I've been too busy these two days to tell you, are you not sleeping well because of this?" Xue Chen felt guilty in his heart, and secretly thought that knowing that Su Qiange was worried about the canal, he should find another reason.

"No, it's probably because I sleep too much during the day and can't sleep at night, by the way, on the other side of the canal, when will it be completed?"

"Two days!"

"Three days!"

Several people spoke at the same time, but what they said was different, Su Qiange looked suspicious, "Two days or three days?" ”

The third obedient glanced at Su Qiange very weakly, and his eyes were a little evasive, "I don't know much about it, Master Hou, you just said that there are still a few days?" ”

"Ge'er, the water will be connected in two days, and when the time comes, let's go and have a look together."

Xue Chen was very calm, and took over the topic with a natural face.

"Okay, I'll go rest first, and you guys go to bed early." The voice of the three obedient people was very noisy, but it had an unexpectedly hypnotic effect, Su Qiange heard him say a few words, and his sleepiness gradually came up.

"I'll send you back." Xue Chen hurriedly followed Su Qiange to get up, ready to send her back to the room.

"No need, I'll just go back by myself, and you guys can rest early when you're done."

Su Qiange waved his hand and refused, and went back to the room by himself.

"Master Hou, how can two days be enough?"

As soon as Su Qiange left, the three obedients couldn't help but ask.

"Almost, let's go out early tomorrow, and it would be nice to move faster."

Compared with the anxiety of the three obedients, Xue Chen is much calmer, but it is only on the surface, and his heart is also a mess.

"That's fine, the longer the time drags on, the easier it is to have an accident, Miss Su is so smart, it's hard for us to hide from her."

Zheng Yi also agreed with Xue Chen's idea of completing the project within two days, after all, he and Su Qiange had to meet every day, and he was really afraid that he would be accidentally exposed one day.

"Okay, that's the only way, Master Hou, you must succeed, otherwise it will be in vain for us."

The third obediently shook his head helplessly, this matter is really not simple, his words are nagging, and he is not allowed to hide so many secrets in his heart at all.

"Three good boys, you crow's mouth, there is no reason why this matter should not be successful."

Before Xue Chen could speak, Zheng Yi was in a hurry, how could he fail to do such a thing for the first time in his life.

"Okay, okay, I take back what I just said, but Master Hou, we've been discussing it for so long, do you have any other ideas?"

The three obediently waved their hands, indicating that they had said the wrong thing, but they didn't want to bother with this matter anymore.

"I've just said that's pretty much it, I'll do it tomorrow, remember to keep it a secret."

"Okay, Master Hou."

"Okay, everyone has worked hard, let's go back and rest first."

Silence returned to the courtyard, and from time to time a night breeze blew and swept away the secrets of several people, and only the candle flame that was still flickering knew what they had just plotted.

For example, Xue Chen said that two days later, the construction of the Grand Canal was completed, and the water from several rivers around the water town was diverted into Songjiang by the channels dug by the people in the mountains, and then a new canal was drawn from Songjiang.

In this way, the entire northern convenience is crossed by this canal, and every household no longer has to worry about not having water.

All of a sudden, the people in the north have experienced the joy of having water, and they have taken out the furniture and clothes that have not been washed in their homes for many years, and cleaned them seriously, and even the sky in the whole north is much bluer.

Su Qiange followed Xue Chen to the side of the canal, and it took a whole day, but it still didn't come to the end.

"Xue Chen, how long do we have to go?"

The joy of opening the Grand Canal was no longer enough to support Su Qiange to go on, she looked down at her shoes that she could no longer see, and her tone was full of tiredness.

"Ge'er, are you tired? Come, I'll carry you. ”

Xue Chen only cared about letting Su Qiange enjoy the scene of this road, and almost forgot the time, only when he heard Su Qiange say this, he reacted, and carried her on his back without saying anything, and told her about the situation of this road, "Ge'er, look, walk another kilometer from here, and you will reach the end of this canal, I want you to witness this happy thing with your own eyes." ”

"I can walk on my own." Su Qiange understood Xue Chen's happy mood, and also felt sorry for his hard work these days, and didn't want him to be too tired.

"It's okay, it's a happy thing to be able to carry you, how can it be hard?" Xue Chen tilted his head and glanced at Su Qiange, feeling her breath fall on his ears, only feeling that it was nothing.

Su Qiange didn't speak again, wrapped his hands around Xue Chen, put his head on his shoulder, and quietly listened to his breathing.

It is said that there are not many houses at the end of the canal, and it should be quiet, but it seems to be very lively, noisy, and there seem to be quite a few people.

"What's going on, why is it so lively there?" Su Qiange leaned up and took a look, only to see that the stars were bright there, and he couldn't see anything else.

"I guess everyone wants to see what the end of the canal looks like." Xue Chen smiled slightly and casually said a reason.

"Really?" Today's Su Qiange is sober-minded, and this reason can't convince her at all.

"Just check it out!"

Xue Chen didn't explain much, just quickened his pace and walked quickly over there.

Su Qiange heard it right, there were indeed many people standing there, and they were indeed looking in the direction of the canal.

"There's nothing to see here." It's no wonder that Su Qiange doesn't have the ability to appreciate it, it's really that the end of this canal is really ordinary, and it can't be more ordinary.

Because it is downstream of the canal, the flow here is very small, only a thin stream flows into the mountains, and through the gap in the middle of the mountains into the larger river.

Because it is the end of the relationship, a pavilion was specially built here, there is a stone tablet in it, Su Qiange took a closer look, the stone tablet recorded the construction process of the canal, and the main person in charge, Xue Chen's name, is on the top of the stone tablet, followed by Su Qiange's three words.

"There shouldn't be my name on it." There is no merit, Su Qiange is not a person who likes to be in the limelight, not to mention that she has not done anything, her name really shouldn't appear on it.

"This was built by the people themselves, and I only found out about it yesterday, otherwise my name wouldn't have appeared on it."

Xue Chen opened his mouth to explain, he, like Su Qiange, didn't like to take credit, not to mention, when the emperor learned about this matter, he would definitely think about it.

"Why don't you cross it out?" Su Qiange opened his mouth and said tentatively.

"If you cross them out and write them again, it will be more troublesome, but it is better to leave it like this, after a long time, everyone will naturally forget."