The construction of Hedong has not been delayed due to the arrival of the new people, and is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Both the construction of the mosquito coil factory and the construction of the three avenues require a lot of manpower, and the construction of the Hedong brick and tile factory has made the overstretched labor more and more strained.

This is the first brick and tile factory built by Hedong people, and it is also the first village-level collective enterprise founded by ordinary people in Jixiangling.

Everyone is holding back their strength and wants to build the brick and tile factory into a business card of Hedong and show the diligence, courage and wisdom of the people of Hedong.

The entire Hedong is full of more than 10,000 people, except for two-thirds of the old and young, the young and strong are about 4,000, and the hunters in Dongshan are also busy preparing meat for everyone, and they have no time to withdraw.

There are only about 100 young people in five groups in one village, and the old man recruited them all to participate in the road repair work with the idea that no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat.

The older children of the family are arranged to work on the construction site or in the kitchen, and the older ones are responsible for guarding the new house and taking care of the young, but no one currently covets the wealth of the slaves the day before.

Yang Guang is very smart, although he is only thirteen years old, he is a clever child who is good at observing words and feelings, and his body looks a little thinner due to lack of nutrition.

He was assigned to help in the kitchen, mainly engaged in fetching water, transporting meals, and washing dishes, with little labor intensity.

There were three other new people who were helping in the kitchen, two men and one woman, the older one was named Shishi, who was five months younger than Yang Guang, the second pole was twelve years old, and Mao Ya was eleven years and ten months old, and she was a girl.

A group of children worked very hard in the face of unsupervised and undisciplined work, and at noon, a thick smell of meat wafted into the nostrils of the four.

"Yang Guang, Shishi, the four of you come here. ”

A cry from the kitchen woke the four of them from their intoxication, and they came to the kitchen steward and stood respectfully waiting for the arrangement.

"The four of you are responsible for delivering the food to the construction site of the new people, your two older boys carry the soup, the second pole and Mao Ya carry the food, and the diners distribute it uniformly, you just send the food over, and bring the bucket back after eating, we will serve the meal here, understand?"

When the steward arranged for the staff to pack the stewed meat, small green vegetables, white rice and miscellaneous fish soup, the eyes of the four people were straight, and the second pole and Mao Ya stared at the vegetable bucket and swallowed saliva.

Along the way, the two poles stared at the meat and vegetables in the bucket as they walked, and their eyes aimed at Yang Guang on the left from time to time. Yang Guang didn't know what he was thinking, so he had to admonish: "Pole, did you think you would have such a life a few days ago?"

"Then how dare you think, being able to live well is A-Niang's expectation for me!"

Yang Guang nodded, this was not what his father expected of him before, just to live.

Then he said: "I know you are greedy, if you steal these fish and meat, do you think about the end?" The steward made it clear, we are only responsible for transportation and recycling, and Team Leader Qiao also warned the people here who look down on food and laziness and do not work hard. ”

Yang Guang tried to persuade the second pole, but the second pole was unmoved, and said stubbornly: "Brother Guang, there is no one on the way, who can know how many bites we eat? Besides, these meals are the food of our new people, why not eat a few bites?"

Without waiting for Yang Guang to persuade again, Shi simply stopped and said to the second pole: "Our meals are in the kitchen, and we will eat there when we return, these are not ours." ”

"But ......"

Without waiting for the two poles to argue, Mao Ya also persuaded: "Brother Pole, I thought that this life would be like this, and it would be a good fortune to be favored by a young master to accept a partial house." But now it's different, we're no longer slaves, we have houses and land. In the future, there will be days when we will eat meat and drink fish soup, and we can't bury this opportunity because of a moment of greed. A-Niang said, what virtue did we accumulate in our previous life to have our current life, if we risk being abandoned for the sake of meat that can be eaten sooner or later, don't you feel a loss, I don't want to be sold to live a life that doesn't see the light of day, not every time it's so lucky. ”

Mao Ya said it was true, Yang Guang didn't want this brother to make a mistake because of a moment of greed, he knew that once some things broke through the hidden bottom line, it would be difficult to turn back, they were only temporary leaders, and once they made a mistake, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So Yang Guang learned from his father Yang Er's tone and said: "A manly man, the favor of people should always be remembered, and we need to always remember to think about it and then report it, now we are out of slavery because of auspiciousness, and we have obtained houses and land, such great kindness and virtue are high and high, comparable to rebirth parents, what reason do we have to do that ungrateful thing?"

The two poles who were so blunt at this remark were flushed that they had to say that they were blinded by lard and would never be again.

The group of four people took a break on the road and delivered the food to the construction site before the meal.

I saw that the steward of the section came over to inspect the food, put the three wooden barrels full of food on the soil scale and weighed them, and after some comparison, he signed the ingredient paperwork, and then handed it to Yang Guang and asked him to bring it to the steward in the kitchen.

At this time, the two poles that witnessed the whole process were scared all over, and after a while, Yang Guang and the other two were not much better.

Just as they were rejoicing, the distribution of cutlery began, and the hundred-dozen people came to the wooden barrel with the cutlery to receive food.

The new leaders couldn't stop licking their mouths after seeing the food in the bucket, "Hey, big guy, look, there's meat, there's meat, oops, there's soup, this is, it's fish soup......"

The guy at the front of the queue loudly reported the food, causing everyone behind to tiptoe around, and when they received the food, they found a place to gobble it up.

Yang Er and his mother-in-law were also very emotional after seeing the meal, how long had it been since they had eaten so richly?

The sound of chewing and sucking soup everywhere The greedy Yang Guang and the four of them were not uncomfortable, so as to avoid embarrassment, Yang Guang went to find his father and mother alone, and wanted to say something considerate, but after seeing the second elder's eating appearance, he shut up and just smiled stupidly.

The woman was very happy when she saw her son, and she beckoned her son to come over to eat meat and drink soup, but Yang Guang had no choice but to step forward and say, "Auntie don't worry, the kitchen has separate meals, I think it must be better." ”

Yang's father also persuaded on the side, with his understanding of auspiciousness, the food of these children would only be better, and Yang's mother ate the meal with peace of mind.

After a while, Yang Guang and the four of them carried the completely empty barrel back to the kitchen, and the steward smiled happily after reading the receipt handed in by Yang Guang, and deliberately touched his head.

Yang Guang didn't dodge, he seemed to understand the meaning of this action, it was recognition, reassurance, and love!

The steward asked the four of them to wash their hands and arrange their seats. Yang Guang had time to look around, there were both men and women here, and they were of the same age.

There are more than 20 tables in the whole hall, and each table has 10 people, which means that more than 200 people here have transported enough food for 5,000 people.

Without waiting for Yang Guang to continue to sigh, the official of the Ministry of Construction, who was in charge of logistics, made a pre-dinner speech as usual.

"The children's lunch is about to start, and as of today, the young master has allocated all the remaining 3,000 gold coins in the inner treasury to Hedong, and the income of the Government Council in March has also been allocated to us in addition to continuing to invest in the established projects. The young master and the young lady now eat green vegetables, which are planted on the land reclaimed in the backyard. Of course, if Miss Hua'er likes it, they may still have fish on the table, the young master will fish, and the surplus will be sold to the people cheaply. ”

Yang Guang didn't understand the logic of this official's speech at all, and pursed his lips to express disdain.

Nobles, or lords, will eat worse than us, liars!

Yang Guang and the four of them all had expressions of watching the play, but unexpectedly, the remaining six people at the same table all glared angrily, and their eyes were as frightening as knives.

Yang Guang and the others had to stare back, the first rule of slave survival was that they must not lose their momentum in the face of other slaves' provocations.

At this time, the official continued: "The young master has said more than once that young talents are the future of auspicious leaders, and no matter how hard they are, they can't be miserable for children, and no matter how poor they are, they can't be poor in education! The opportunity is in front of you, the auspicious development tide is in front of you, Wanger and others study hard, be aggressive, even if you can't get ahead, you can contribute to the construction of auspiciousness, this is also the young master's expectation of you!"

At this time, Yang Guang and the four of them also disdained and began to get serious.

"Starting from the end of the month, Hedong will start building the Hedong Academy according to the instructions of the young master, and it will be completed before the end of the year. In order to know but not be discreet, win but not be arrogant, defeat but not discouraged, and for the good life of your family and relatives and friends, and for the sake of auspiciousness and no longer let others bully, you must cherish the hard-won opportunity to study and grasp your own destiny!"

At this moment, everyone's faces were flushed and they were clapping their palms desperately, Yang Guang It was difficult for them to adapt, they had never seen or heard of such a lord who was loved by the common people on this occasion!

"For the young master, for the auspiciousness!"

"For the young master, for the auspiciousness!"

Everyone shouted slogans feverishly, which made Yang Guang and the four even more at a loss.

"Let's eat, only with a strong body can we contribute more to the auspicious construction!" The voice fell, and the kitchen service staff successively gave the dishes to each table, Yang Guang They are just laborers, who would have thought that there would be a day when others served themselves!

The big red wild boar, the whole carp, it should be a carp, or a crucian carp? Oh my God, and shrimp? This is egg custard? The mother has said egg custard, but few people know how to do it authentically, otherwise the fishy smell is always difficult to remove.

What kind of vegetable is this, there is a layer of grease on it, and there is a white granular thing, and the second pole tried to taste it and then devoured it, and the other six people still ate it slowly, as if to show the superiority of the old mascot.

Touching the round belly Yang Guang was very emotional, the previous ten years were in vain, and I don't know if the food eaten by my father and mother is so delicious, this auspicious collar is really a novel place everywhere!