Chapter 12: The Village
He said while walking towards the door, Childe also followed behind the two of them, watching the two of them leave together, and then returned to his own room, he did not go directly to bed to rest, but sat next to the table, the head echoed the girl said about the water control plan, let yourself know more about this plan, and then took the pen on the paper and wrote very seriously, early the next morning the boy sent Childe to the county seat, the villagers heard that Childe had thought of a way to control the water, and now they have to rush to the county seat to report to the two ministers, as long as the two ministers agree, they can immediately start to control the floodWhen the flood recedes, everyone can return to their homes, so the villagers are very much looking forward to it, and they are all there to expect Gongzi to come back earlier, and the girl is not idle, yesterday and Gongzi discussed good things, Gongzi went to report to the above, he here to start preparing manpower for the water control plan, he found the village chief to talk about this water control plan in private, to dig some rivers, so it takes a lot of manpower, and these are of course to find people from several nearby villages, the girl said it here, all the people agreed, the village chief here is to sayLater, I will go to the next few villages to talk to him, you two discuss, tell them about this matter, so that each family is ready to send out laborers to control the water, the girl listened carefully and nodded, because as far as he knows, this thing about service in this country is basically the same, both paid and unpaid, unpaid service, that is to say, these farmers in the village, in addition to doing their own work well, serving the fields, also have to accept the tasks assigned by those rulers when the farm is slack, and all the families have to send a laborer, and this age is between adults and dozens of years old, and during this period, the state will never care about your food and drink, everything must be taken care of by yourself, but if you don't want to send someone to serve the labor, then you can also take the money to ask others to do the labor for you, the kind of paid labor is the state spends money to recruit people, of course, this money is also from the people themselves, from the people to get these taxes, and then used to hire them to do things, the village chief here told the villagers the news, everyone immediately complained, now the home has been flooded, and even the food has to eat, but also to do these labor, I don't know how to live this life?
That's it, you also need these villagers to prepare their own food and drink, hehe, all these things we eat now are taken out of the girl's house, this day is really unbearable, when the father and these people complained about the villagers, the girl was drinking tea there, since everyone was unhappy, and some people privately blamed the son, saying that he did not come back to deal with the flood this time, but came to harm these people, the girl leisurely held the teacup, knowing that everyone wanted to have the kind of pie in the sky dream, but if it continues like this, will the water fade by itself?
Can the current predicament disappear by itself?
Do they really think that they can spend their lives like this by hiding there every day waiting for us to bring him something to eat?
The girl's eyes fell on the women in the house, who were sending them back something this afternoon, telling them that we won't send them from tomorrow, and we can't afford to send them, let them figure it out by themselves, Mother was surprised when she heard this, so is it okay?
The girl sneered and said, I send them something to eat is my kindness, not to give that is also human nature, now is the time of flooding, even if the government does not let them go to labor, if there are conscious people, they will take the initiative to ask to do these things, those who complain we don't want to serve them, it is better to let them fend for themselves, his tone is very atmospheric, but there is a kind of courage, so that these men in the village are secretly admired, the girl is really able to do it freely, in the afternoon the mother sent another meal to the small temple, and said all the girl's words, and at night there all the people there are difficult to sleep, these women were reluctant to let men to do labor, but now with the hungry and crying children there, you can only have to ruthlessly let the men of your family immediately sign up for labor, especially some lazy people want to eat and drink there, and now they can't go on, because the girl has already said that for this kind of thing of digging canals, each family has to give a laborer, if there is no one in any family, then stop supplying them with food, the next day just after dawn, the door of the girl's house is already crowded with people who want to sign up for labor, all of them are strong laborers, and they all swam from the water themselves, after opening the courtyard door, everyone rushed in, saw such a scene, the village chief couldn't help but say to the girl, sure enough, it's still your way is good, so everyone came here to sign up, if the government wanted to levy labor, our village was always backward, and every time I was reprimanded by my superiors.
The girl laughed, the reason for sweet dates and sticks is good, when it was time to have lunch, the old man asked the boss who was eating there with his head bowed and said, now I am going to serve labor, and every family has to have a person, have you discussed it in your family?
Who are you sending?
Everyone's eyes fell on the eldest uncle, who paused the action of eating, looked up at the old man, and said that we have not discussed this matter in our family yet, who do you say should be sent?
The eldest uncle asked cautiously there, since the last time he was a thief, he was caught by others for a period of time, his whole person has lost his momentum, he hid aside when eating, and returned to his room after eating, he used to be a friend of the women in the village, he will not go anywhere, there are always a bunch of women talking to him, now if you go to the toilet in the yard, you met the fourth daughter-in-law who used to be good with you, the fourth daughter-in-law spat on her with contempt, he has been a man with his tail between his legs for a while, hearing the boss say this, the old man is even more angryTell me what you're thinking about in the house every day?
The old man said angrily, "Now the village is full of water, and everyone is busy thinking about how to survive this disaster, and every family must have a person to do the labor, and you don't know anything, are you a pig?"
The boss had already lowered his head with a red face, and the father hurriedly said, Since the matter is now, you should stop scolding the eldest brother, since he has not considered this matter, it is better for you to help think about it, who should be allowed to go?
The old man thought for a while and said, the eldest son is now a Xiucai, she can be exempted from personal labor, and she still has to study, she must not be able to go, now only your eldest brother and the second boy are left, his words have not yet landed, the boss who was sitting there suddenly rolled his eyes and slipped to the ground, lying there and constantly foaming, all the food just eaten was vomited, all the people were startled by him, and hurriedly pulled him out, and saw that he was still there convulsing, his teeth rattled, and quickly stuffed his shoes into his mouth, careful not to let it bite his tongue, The girl yelled and said, the old man hurriedly wanted to find something, but the fourth man was quick here, and directly took off the shoes on the boss's feet and stuffed them into his mouth, and then put him on the stool on the side, held down his limbs, and hurriedly pinched her among the people, the girl shouted again, or I come, the fourth uncle rolled up his sleeves and walked over, and suddenly pinched out the blood, the girl laughed secretly, is the fourth uncle a personal vendetta?
I was almost deceived by the fourth uncle, who is now completely better, the fourth uncle used to be a scoundrel in this village, he knows a lot about these small methods of rectifying people, and soon, the eldest uncle has settled down, but the lips have been pinched and bleeding, Dad, what's going on?
Why am I lying here?
The eldest uncle was very dazed, the old man had a calm face, and said worriedly, you were sick again just now, how could this be?
He tried to sit up, but before he could get up, he fell back again, why did I have no strength at all?
The old man didn't pay attention to her, but turned back to the third child standing aside and said, let the second boy go to help this labor, your eldest brother's body is probably not long before he will be sent back, he is dragging his feet when he goes, and his father can't say anything, so he can only nod and agree, the old man turned to the girl and said, Anyway, there is already a flood in the town now, and the restaurant has not opened, wait a minute, let your second brother go to labor.
The girl agreed, but her eyes looked at the eldest uncle suspiciously, I don't know if his illness is real or fake, if it is fake, his father's is really too strange, that large area of the whole village to go to labor all the people who want to go to labor are clear, now just wait for the son to come back, you can start working, only the father in the girl's family meets the standards, so the girl can only quietly call the father aside and say, Dad is really too tired of this work, you don't want to go, I will take some money in the village to ask others to do labor for others?
He discussed with his father, he himself is not a saint, he also has his own selfishness, if he is not to serve in labor, it is okay to take money, anyway, his family is not short of this money, but his father heard him tell him, so he kept shaking his head and said, this is not good, this matter is for the benefit of future generations, I must participate, the girl also knows her father's character, but she persuaded with the idea of trying it, since she can't persuade him, then she will definitely not be reluctant, since this is the case, then let it go, wait for a few days, the manpower in the village is now ready, but the son has never returnedEveryone is speculating about what happened?
The girl settled down here and all the people said, I and the boy are now going to find the childe, to see what happened, the two of them took a lot of effort, and finally found the child, and at this time she was sitting at the table of the inn, a person there poured herself a drink, crying and laughing, this guest has been like this for the past two days, the man led the girl and the boy to the room where the son was, and said to the two of them, we are his friends, and we will handle the rest of the things, you go and get busy yourself, the boy sent the guy away, and the girl walked directly into the house and came to the house, Seeing that the table was now a mess, but the strong smell of wine emanated from Childe's body, he frowned in disgust and said, What are you doing here?
She scolded loudly there, the son looked up, his eyes were already very clear, and now he was red, and he shook his head hard, and saw clearly that it was a girl standing in front of him, and said in surprise, why did you come, girl?
There was a thick hoarseness in his voice, and when he heard this, the girl was already out of breath, why did I come?
Do you still have the face to ask me?
There he glared and said, "Is this how you came to deal with the flood?"
You go to ask your superiors, but this is how you can't do it, do you take this matter to heart, do you treat the lives of the villagers as child's play?
Before you left, you told us to have our men ready, and now all the people are ready, but what are you doing here?
You are really a bastard, if you want the girl to open her mouth here, she will scold in pain, for this skill of scolding, she has been inherited by the old woman, seeing that he keeps scolding loudly there, the son lowered his head, and he couldn't wait to lower his head directly to the ground, feeling embarrassed, why don't you speak?
You have your mouth open.