SWNOVELXO Chapter 63 - II
It was because they were ordinary people that Wang Zhuang found it strange that several ordinary people were following them. What was this group doing? Even he could handle all three of them.
Jing Xingzhi advised: “Maybe they are here for other officials. I am not a popular person! Besides, they are just ordinary people, so don’t worry about it. Just wait and see what they will do. Don’t take it to heart.”
Wang Zhuang thought for a while and felt that what Young Master Jing said was quite reasonable. But he was a subordinate, so he still needed to remind him.
Wang Zhuang said: “Then let me relax and let’s see what they want to do.”
After Wang Zhuang finished speaking, he went back to ride horses.
Jing Xingzhi’s hands felt a little itchy, so he went down to ride for a while, letting the horse’s hooves step on the grass on the ground and feeling the fresh air after the rain.
However, Jing Xingzhi did not wear any protective gear, and his clothes were ordinary clothes. After riding for a while, he returned to the carriage to paint.
The three people behind looked very envious, lamenting that there was still a big gap between being a servant and being a master. Look at this ‘small person’ who could ride a big horse for a stroll. He looked so good, just like a noble son.
Unlike them, they were servants and didn’t enjoy much. They only led horses for the young master, and they really didn’t know how to ride horses.
.
In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Liutiao Village.
The willow trees on both sides of the bank swayed their branches, welcoming the group as they entered the village.
The village chief stood at the entrance of the village. When he saw the people from the workshop division, he bent down and said hello with a wrinkled smile: “The masters must have had a hard time on the road. I am the chief of this village, please rest at my home, have lunch, and I will take you to see that section of the river embankment in the afternoon.”
Chief Sun from the workshop division was a thin middle-aged man in his fifties, with a straight back and a look as bright as a cypress. He touched his gray beard and said, He responded: “Da-ge, we are bothering you. We happened to miss our lunch.”
“How dare I took ‘da-ge’ word from the masters…” The village chief smiled and led Chief Sun’s group to the village, with other villagers accompanying the team.
Jing Xingzhi looked left and right, smiling and chatting with the people from Liutiao Village.
In the eyes of the trio servants, this kind of scene was like a poke in the eyes.
Smelling the vague aroma of food in the village, the three of them were stunned. This group of people were taken to eat by people from Liutiao Village. What should the three of them do? They were hungry too!
In the afternoon, Jing Xingzhi walked out after eating a full meal, and the group headed towards the river embankment.
The trio, who did not dare to show too many traces, did not dare to ask the villagers for fear of attracting attention. They caught a few fish in the river and grilled them by relying on the water. And they didn’t bring any smoking seasoning, so the taste of the fish was hard to describe.
Anyway, smelling the aroma wafting from far away almost made the three of them cry with envy.
When they saw that people finally came out of the village, and people from other places came to watch the fun, the three of them took the opportunity to join in!
Chief Sun grabbed a stone that fell from the river embankment and asked the village chief of Liutiao Village: “Da-ge, this section of the river embankment should be the responsibility of your own people, right? How many years, it’s been like this but we wouldn’t know if we didn’t come?”
The thing Chief Sun grabbed in his hand was a mixture of stones and solid matter. But it stood to reason that this thing was more stable than the stone itself, and there was no possibility of it falling off, unless corners were cut or someone deliberately chiseled it off.
The Hannan Prefecture embankment was built several generations ago, and all the workers employed were locals. The court subsidized the workers, initially in the form of disaster relief. Because it was near their home, the people who built the river embankment paid a lot of attention to the materials and the protective properties of the river embankment.
If the river embankment was broken, the family would be washed away. No one dared to cause trouble secretly. Those who dared to cause trouble would be caught and kicked out of the village, and expelled from the ancestral hall.
However, although this method was used, the construction of the river embankment was very expensive, and various monetary expenditures were still recorded. If something went wrong on a certain section of river embankment, it was very easy to investigate!
The old village chief was extremely worried, but he didn’t know what was going on: “Master, this river embankment was built under my watch, and I remember which section is responsible for which family. I didn’t dare to say anything, so I’ll call someone here for you.”
Then the old village chief turned around and called, “Liu Cai, bring your family over.”
Liu Cai looked like he was in his forties, with an honest face, and when he was called over, he hurriedly said: “Sir, I don’t even know what’s going on! It’s all made with the same materials. Everyone was watching when the river embankment was being built. Who dares to steal things in front of others!”
Chief Sun had a lawsuit on his forehead and snorted coldly: “It’s useless to explain now, let’s wait until we find out the reason!”
Without the people from workshop division checking today, they wouldn’t know about the stone fell. Now that they knew, they could break it down and investigate. Chief Sun was still an experienced old man who had been working for thirty years in the workshop division.
As soon as Chief Sun finished saying this with official authority, not far behind him, there were three sounds of “plop, plop, plop” like dumplings being dropped!
Chief Sun thought about the young master who joined them today, wasn’t he standing behind him just now? He was so frightened that he almost lost his soul, and he immediately turned his head sharply.