Yu Xiang held a yellow cloth belt in his hand, and slowly read Cao Song's "Jihai Sui" in the Tang Dynasty:

"Zeguo entered the war map, and the people were happy to be happy.

Relying on the words of the king to seal the marquis, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither.

It is rumored that the First World War was full of sorrow, and the strong troops on both sides of the strait have not stopped.

Whoever says that Cangjiang is always fine, and there has been a long blood struggle recently. ”

"One will make ten thousand bones dry!" Yu Xiang repeated his thoughts and was deeply touched.

Chen Siyi and Miss Xu San looked at Yu Xiang's appearance of reciting poetry on the side, and felt that they were very stylish, their eyes were full of admiration, and they had completely lost resistance to this handsome guy who could write and martial arts.

Chen Siyi blinked those big innocent and pure eyes and asked, "Brother Yu, can you tell us what this poem means?" ”

Yu Xiang said: "This poem is about years of war, the common people can not live and work in peace and contentment, thousands of people sacrificed their lives, in exchange for the success of a general, the bloody battle of Loess Gang, more than 1,000 men in the new village sacrificed their lives, if it wasn't for Huang An to give up his life for me to block that spear, I am afraid that I would have been lying under the loess." ”

The red lady knew Yu Xiang's thoughts, so she said: "Now that all the work in the new village is normal, there is no shortage of silver, and the pension can be issued." ”

Yu Xiang nodded and said, "Huang An and a lot of water pension silver, I want to hand it out." You go and arrange it. ”

The red lady answered, but did not walk away immediately, but said: "Xianggong, I have a request." ”

Chen Siyi and Miss Xu San heard the red lady call Yu Xiang Xianggong in front of them, and they were not very happy, Yu Xiang didn't feel anything wrong, they had made a private decision for life in Loess Gang.

Yu Xiang asked, "What request?" ”

"I want to recognize Granny Huang as my stepmother, and replace Huang An to provide for her in old age." The red lady wants to repay Huang An for saving his life for Yu Xiang.

Yu Xiang is very grateful in his heart, and he also has this intention, but so many people in Xincun sacrificed, although it is not like Huang An who sacrificed himself to block the spear for him, but if it were not for the sacrifice of these people to make Xincun have today's peace, therefore, as the general manager of Qian, Yu Xiang can not because of personal feelings, and chill the hearts of other martyrs' bereaved families, if the red lady recognizes Huang Granny as her stepmother, it makes sense.

Yu Xiang said happily: "Thank you matchmaker for being so considerate, let's do this thing." ”

Chen Siyi and Miss Xu San said almost at the same time: "I also want to recognize Granny Huang as my stepmother!" ”

Looking at Chen Siyi's pure and beautiful cute appearance, and at Miss Xu San's domineering and leaking creditor image, Yu Xiang looked at the red lady in embarrassment.

Although the red lady was reluctant in her heart, in order not to embarrass Yu Xiang, she said generously: "This is very good, and there are two younger sisters who share my worries, so I don't have to worry about Granny Huang being left unattended in the future." ”

Yu Xiang took a long breath and said, "Okay, it's rare that you have a heart!" ”

Granny Huang, everyone calls her so, in fact, she is not very old, less than fifty years old, she lost her husband at an early age, she worked hard to pull Huang An up, she was sick, her hair was all white, and her life was extremely difficult. Now that Huang An has died in battle, for Granny Huang, it is tantamount to a bolt from the blue. After hearing the bad news, Granny Huang fell ill, Zhu Jishi and Wu Youxing took turns to diagnose and recuperate for her, and Yu Xiang and the red lady went to visit her twice in three days.

On this day, the red lady brought Chen Siyi and Miss Xu San to visit, and told her about recognizing her as her stepmother. ”

The red lady carefully persuaded her, Chen Siyi and Miss Xu San were even more sincere, and Granny Huang happily accepted the three of them as righteous daughters.

Under the care of Zhu Jishi's ancestral secret recipe, Granny Huang was cured of her old illness, her body became tough, and she slowly walked out of her grief. With the intimate care of these three righteous daughters, she is more cheerful and open-minded, and Granny Huang, who used to have a sick face, is now refreshed and radiant.

There is another family, Yu Xiang must go to the pension in person, he previously promised to propose marriage for many water protection media, he wants to untie this button for many waters, and fulfill his last wish for him.

A carriage stopped in front of the Xu family's compound, and a handsome young man dressed in white silk and short hair got out of the carriage, and several soldiers with spears on their backs immediately scattered in all directions, stopping the key points and putting the compound under martial law.

The door of the Xu family's compound was closed, and Yu Xiang buckled the door and asked, "Is anyone there?" ”

Hearing the movement, the first thing inside was the barking of a dog. Then someone asked, "Who?" ”

Yu Xiang didn't answer, but he heard the footsteps of someone coming.

The dog barked even more wildly, and the owner of the house shouted impatiently: "Rhubarb, don't bark, stay in the nest." ”

The dog croaked a few times and stopped barking, when the door creaked open. Xu Lu poked his head out of the door.

Yu Xiang asked politely, "Is Xu Lu at home?" ”

Xu Lu looked at the person in front of him, and saw that the person who came had short hair, dressed in white silk clothes, concise and clear, polite, and personable. At first glance, it is either rich or expensive.

Xu Lu replied: "I am Xu Lu, may I ask who you are——? ”

"In the next Yu Xiang!" Yu Xiang replied politely.

Xu Lu was taken aback, and then looked carefully at the person in front of him, it was Yu Xiang he saw in Dongshuanghe Town, just now he didn't expect Yu Xiang to come to the Xu family's compound in person, so he didn't recognize it for a while.

Xu Lu hurriedly knelt down, gave Yu Xiang a big salute, and said in a loud voice: "The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please ask Lord Qian to surrender." ”

Yu Xiang picked up Xu Lu and said, "Hurry up, please get up." ”

Xu Lu got up, looked out of the door, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, only to see that the door was outside the main entrance, guarded by several soldiers with majestic spears, and the entire compound had been surrounded. He was very flustered, but he thought of Mr. Qian's polite attitude just now, not like he was coming to trouble him, and he felt a little more at ease, so he hurriedly invited Yu Xiang into the house and asked his wife to offer tea.

Yu Xiang sat down and said: "Earlier, many people came to ask for marriage, and you said that as long as I came to propose marriage, you would agree to this family business, but is there such a thing?" ”

Xu Lu was taken aback, thinking that it was Xingshi who came to ask for sin, and immediately calmed down, and sighed: "There is indeed this matter, this is all my fault, Duoshui is a good boy, it is too late to say anything now, since Mr. Qian came in person, I am willing to agree to this family affair, let Lotus guard Duoshui for a lifetime." ”

Yu Xiang asked noncommittally, "Is Xu Lianhua at home, I want to see her." ”

Xu Lu replied: "Yes, you wait a minute, I will ask the girl to come out to meet Master Qianzong." ”

After a while, a girl dressed in plain clothes with red and swollen eyes came out to see Yu Xiang, apparently, she had cried not long ago.

Yu Xiang asked, "Is the Lotus girl guarding filial piety for a lot of water?" ”

Xu Lianhua nodded and replied in a low voice: "Exactly!" The slave family is willing to guard for Brother Duoshui for a lifetime and never marry again! ”

Yu Xiang shook his head and said: "I am here today, not to propose marriage, but to relieve a lot of water from such a family matter, I think a lot of water is in the spirit of the sky, and I don't want to see you guard him for a lifetime, he must hope that you will live well and live happily." You can choose your lifelong partner again, as long as you have a lot of water in your heart. With that, he got up and took his leave.

Sending Yu Xiang away, Xu Lu was very surprised, now most of them love the chaste archway, and it is the first time he has seen someone so generous, completely put himself in the woman's shoes.

Out of the courtyard of the Xu family in the west of the village, Yu Xiang and his party came to the adobe houses of many water families in the east of the village, and saw the old Xu Tou sitting under the big locust tree in front of the house from a distance, supporting this head with both hands, in a daze.

Now he has gray hair, a scruffy beard, and a decadent person. After he learned the news of his son's death in battle, his hair turned gray overnight.

Yu Xiang stepped forward and asked, "You are the father of a lot of water, right?" ”

Lao Xu turned his face and saw Yu Xiang, and his eyes suddenly showed surprise: "Master Qian, why did you come in person." Duoshui is my son. Then he shouted into the house: "Damn the water, come out quickly, Mr. Qian has come to my house." ”

Many water mothers hurriedly came out of the house, and when they saw Yu Xiang, they were about to kneel, but Yu Xiang hurriedly stopped and said: "You don't have to salute, I came here today to distribute the pension silver, and by the way, I came to see the second elder." ”

At this time, a guard had already brought a cloth bag with ten ingots of horseshoe silver. Yu Xiang said: "This is one hundred taels of pension silver, please take it." With that, he handed the cloth bag into the hands of Lao Xutou.

Lao Xu took it tremblingly, opened the cloth bag, looked at the white silver, and was so excited that he didn't know what to do, he had never seen so much silver in his life, and handed the silver bag to his wife Liu.

Liu's eyes were full of tears, he didn't look at it, he re-wrapped the cloth bag, and said to Lao Xutou: "The child is his father, thanks to the blessing of Mr. Qian, now we can eat enough, and the life is okay. ”

Lao Xu nodded and said, "I agree to do this." He pleaded with Yu Xiang: "Lord Qian, please take back the silver, use it where it should be used, we can still get by, and we don't need to spend silver." ”

Yu Xiang looked at the dilapidated thatched hut, the simple husband and wife, and respected them in his heart. He said in a non-negotiable tone: "You must accept this pension money, improve your life, pay off the debts owed by the family, buy a few good clothes, and if there is any surplus, you can deposit it in the Xincun Credit Cooperative, and withdraw it at any time in the future, with interest every year." As for other requirements, you can mention them, as long as I can do it, I will try my best to do it. ”

Lao Xu Tou said happily: "I really have a request, I want to send a lot of money to the second son to the new village, and I hope that the general manager will agree." ”

Yu Xiang said: "The new village is short of manpower now, so let's report as soon as possible." ”

When Lao Xu heard Yu Xiang say this, he thanked him a thousand times, and Yu Xiang chatted with him about some other things, and then said goodbye to them.

As soon as they returned to their own dormitory in Yihetang, the four Liu brothers came to ask for a meeting, and Yu Xiang let them into the house, sat around the small round table, and Yu Xiang personally made tea for them.

Liu Xiangzhong spoke first: "Mr. Qian, a few days ago, you asked us to think about it and make a choice by the Shihe River, and now we have the answer. But there's one request I want you to obtain. ”

"What a request, please feel free to ask!" Yu Xiang said briskly.

Liu Xiangzhong looked at his three brothers, and the three brothers all cast encouraging eyes. Only then did he muster up the courage to say: "Don't hide it from Mr. Qian, our identity is special, and we have another purpose for entering the new village, and the identities we told you before are all fake, but we are definitely not enemies of the new village." Therefore, there is an uninvited feeling, please allow the four of us brothers to continue to stay in the new village, before and after the saddle, and let us be sent, but don't delve into our identity, I promise: we won't say anything that is not good for the new village, and we won't do anything that is not good for the new village, is it okay? After speaking, he looked at Yu Xiang expectantly.

Yu Xiang laughed and said: "Yes, there is no problem, from now on, I and other people in the new village will never ask you about your identity, you can stay in the new village with peace of mind, the previous matter, a purchase and sale, never mentioned, but in the future, as a member of the new village, you must take the lead in abiding by the laws and regulations of the new village, and must not be violated, otherwise, heavy fines will be imposed, can you accept the strict legal constraints of the new village?" ”

The four Liu brothers replied in unison: "Yes! ”

After speaking, the four of them replaced the wine with tea and clinked glasses to drink. When the estrangement in my heart is gone, the conversation is much more easy-going.

Yu Xiang talked with them about the future vision of the new village, and all the work of the new village is on the right track, the number of people is increasing, the organization is getting bigger and bigger, and the management must be more refined, and it is even more necessary to supervise the public officials of various departments similar to the discipline inspection and supervision departments in later generations, and it is not possible to rely on individual consciousness and consciousness alone to maintain the operation of the organization, and a group must have a virtuous circle, and there must be laws and regulations as a constraint, and someone must promptly discover, stop, and punish violations of law and discipline, and absolutely cannot rely only on the so-called personal consciousness. In addition, there must be a spokesperson for the interests of the broad masses of the people at the grassroots level, and this person must go deep into the grassroots people, personally understand the sufferings of the people, and have the right to speak, and give timely feedback to the managers on their sufferings and voices, so as to arouse everyone's attention and resolve contradictions in a timely manner. We must not allow the suffering of the common people to turn into a stubborn disease, and eventually become a terrible destructive force that may eventually destroy the entire social system.

Yu Xiang said: "I would like to ask the Minister of Trust and Supervision to be in charge of supervising, investigating and advising officials at all levels, and formulating relevant laws. Please Xiang Yi as the chairman of the General Labor Association, go deep into the people, be the spokesperson of the people, and formulate the first legal system for the protection of workers' rights. ”

Liu Xiangxin and Liu Xiangyi replied: "We are willing to obey the arrangement of Mr. Qian, and we must do our best to live up to our mission." ”

Yu Xiang smiled and said: "You have to be mentally prepared, your work is not easy to do, maybe you will be regarded as an outlier by your peers, but please rest assured, although you boldly carry out your work, I will fully support, no matter who in the new village, as long as they violate the law, they must be sanctioned, and the dignity of the law must be maintained, the new village is a new village for all the people, as long as the people have demands, we must give feedback to everyone in time, we will try our best to solve it, Liu Xiangyi will be the representative of the people in the future, three years later, The post of President of the General Labour Conference is elected by the public. ”

At this point, the four brothers of the Liu family stayed in the new village with peace of mind, and since then, the imperial court has recruited them into the court many times, and they have shirked it for various reasons, they are willing to start from the bottom in the new village, and grow from the lowest warriors to great characters, these are not mentioned later.