Chapter Twenty-Four: The History of the Craftsman
In order to rebuild the palace of the Fox King, the new Fox King ordered to arrest more than 500 villagers from all over the country to move rocks, sand and gravel, and pave roads in the Blood Gathering Mountain.
"What do you see, who just hit me in the foot?" said the strong man, whose feet seemed to be much better, yelled at all the stone movers.
Xia Gongzi quietly used his spiritual power, and the strong man slipped and fell on the dirt floor, and his face was covered with dust the moment he raised his head. When the strong man just got up, he was pushed down by the spiritual power of Quartz Jun, and the strong man touched his forehead that hit the rock, and there were already blood stains.
"Ouch, what's going on? Who pushed me?" said the strong man in pain as he touched his injured forehead.
The people who were carrying the rocks next to them carried the stones without saying a word, and they didn't know what the situation was, and they didn't dare to pay attention to this strong-tempered man.
Finally, it was noon, and everyone sat on the rocks, nibbling on the white-flour steamed buns in their hands, wiping the sweat from their foreheads, and their tired eyes revealed their desire to leave here and go home.
"Hey, what should I do, my mother is very old, there is no one to take care of her at home, it has been so many days, and these stones have not been moved. "A young man is so preoccupied that his tired face can't hide the feelings of missing his family.
"Brother, which village do you live in?"
"My name is Ma Wuming, and my family lives in Shanma Village, the first family at the entrance of Majia Village. There is an elderly mother at home, and there is no one to take care of her. ”
Ma Wuming was wearing a blue coarse cloth shirt, navy blue coarse cloth shoes, the rough blue cloth clothes and the lines on the cloth shoes were not neat, they should have been sewn by his elderly mother, the man's eyes were filled with tears, and the white-faced steamed bun in his mouth was not chewed and swallowed.
"My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a child, and there is no one to take care of it, so I was caught by the fox clan here to move rocks and build a palace. ”
From a distance, they are all dense stone movers, and after everyone's mouths, these stone movers are not willing to come to the Blood Gathering Mountain to rebuild the Fox King's palace, but the young people selected by the Blood Fox people in the nearby villages.
Looking at these villagers, the three of them couldn't bear to feel sympathy, and planned how to rescue these villagers.
"Is it that as long as the Fox King's palace is repaired, these villagers will be let go home?"
"Yes. ”
"There's a way. Xia Gongzi had an idea.
"Boss, I see that you are working too hard, and your foot injury is not healed, let me take care of it for you, you go and rest first. Xia Gongzi walked in front of the strong man, handed the strong man water, handed food, and smiled again.
The strong man glared at him, ignoring the idle and attentive Xia Gongzi.
Xia Gongzi took a piece of cloth, wiped the sweat of the strong man, and picked a banana leaf to fan the strong man.
"Well, cool. After some flattery, the strong man slowly became satisfied.
"How long will it take to build a palace?"
"It's up to you to do it, the sooner you build it, the sooner you let you go home. The strong man triumphantly enjoyed the wind blowing from the banana leaves.
"Boss, I see that you work hard every day, leave this matter to me, I promise to help you pave the side passage of the palace within 3 days. Shi Gongzi said with a confident smile at the strong man.
"Really, if you can really finish the side roads of the palace in three days. I will report to the new fox king that he will let you go. The strong man thought that if someone could take on this big task, he could also be lazy and leisurely, so he simply handed over this big task to the person in front of him.
"Finish building the palace in 3 days?Xia Gongzi, are you serious?" Lang Shixun and Shi Yingjun looked at Xia Gongzi incredulously, thinking that Xia Gongzi would not be joking.
Xia Gongzi skillfully shook the banana leaves, just like he usually shook his paper fan, the corners of his mouth rose, and he smiled slightly.
The next day, I saw that the side passage of the Fox King's palace had been paved. They ate the roast leg of lamb sent by the back kitchen, and even the food instantly became different from usual.
"I said Xia Gongzi, how did you do this?" Shi Yingjun and Lang Shixun held a leg of mutton in one hand, although they were dressed in plain clothes and mixed in the masonry, but the posture of gnawing on the leg of mutton still did not lose the elegance of the original rich son.
"It's so fragrant, everyone can go home in another day. Xia Gongzi shook the banana leaves, took a bite of the leg of lamb in one hand, stood up and said to the stone movers, the corners of his mouth rose again, and he smiled slightly.
Everyone munched on the leg of mutton, looked at Xia Gongzi in disbelief, and didn't say a word, everyone thought to themselves, such a big palace, if you want to repair it, it is estimated that it will take a lot of time.
The sun shone on the wide palace, and the front of the palace was almost completed, but everyone's psychology didn't understand how to do it for a while.
By the third day, the walls of the palace and the places to be renovated had already been renewed.
Seeing all this, the strong man smiled happily and squinted, and his attitude towards Xia Gongzi was the same as when he was at the beginning.
The new fox king was also very satisfied with the rebuilt structure of the palace. and ordered to keep Xia Gongzi to be promoted to the craftsman Zuo Shi of the Blood Gathering Mountain, but was politely rejected by Xia Gongzi, Xia Gongzi's heart only thought about building the palace as soon as possible and letting those people go home, and he didn't think about becoming a craftsman Zuo Shi.
As Xia Gongzi said, the rebuilding of the Fox King's Palace was completed in 3 days, and the palace has been renewed.
The new fox king released all the ordinary people who repaired the palace, but left Xia Gongzi.
"You are a talent, how did you finish repairing this palace in 3 days?" The new fox king summoned Xia Gongzi to the palace to discuss, and named Xia Gongzi as a craftsman Zuo Shi.
"You go first, I'll come in a moment. "Xia Gongzi asked Shi Yingjun and the others who were traveling together to leave the Blood Gathering Mountain first, and took this opportunity to walk out of the gate of the Blood Gathering Mountain openly.
Seeing that more than 500 villagers had already walked away, they still couldn't see Xia Gongzi.
"Why hasn't my brother come out yet?, could something have happened?" Miss Xia looked back anxiously, stopped, and a sense of sorrow had risen to her eyebrows.
"Let's wait. Everyone saw that Miss Xia stopped, and they also stopped together to wait for Mr. Xia. After a long time, Xia Gongzi still did not appear.
"I'll go back and see. Get out of here first. Shi Yingjun thought to himself that Xia Gongzi stayed alone for everyone, and he didn't know if there would be any danger, so he couldn't rest assured and wanted to go back and see.
"I'll go too. At this time, Miss Xia also wanted to go to see with Shi Yingjun whether something had happened to her biological brother who had stayed in the palace and had not come out for a long time.
"Cousin, I'm going too, I'm going too. At this time, Shi Ziying was even more relieved that Shi Yingjun was not at ease, and wanted to follow Shi Yingjun back to the palace to investigate.
"Handsome, I'll go too. "Lang Shixun can't let go of Xia Gongzi, but at the same time, he is also worried about whether his good brother Shi Yingjun will be in danger if he goes.
"We're going too. Ru Qing, Ru Simu Butterfly was also worried about everyone, and they also followed.
"I said, why did you all come along?" Shi Yingjun and Lang Shixun looked at everyone and all followed, helplessly not knowing what to say.
"Ziying, Miss Mu, Ru Qing, Miss Rusi, you wait for us outside the mountain first, and the three of us will come back when we go. ”
"No, cousin, we're going to go together. "Shi Ziying's brutal and willful personality never takes into account anyone's feelings, and she must go when she says she goes.
Xia Gongzi once again rejected the kindness of the New Fox King, and also rejected the gold, silver and jewelry rewarded by the New Fox King, and also refused to be the craftsman Zuo Shi of the New Fox King.
After repeated refusals, the new fox king was finally willing to let go of Xia Gongzi.
Just when Xia Gongzi walked out of the palace, two familiar figures passed by, Xia Gongzi glanced at it with his spare eyes, lowered his head and walked forward, the two familiar figures also glanced at Xia Gongzi, stayed for a while, as if they had found something, but still walked towards the palace.