At the beginning, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, and the woman is busy in the imp

"Why are you spending that wasted money? Thanks to my family, we can finish it in less than ten days with a hoe."

Zhao Hongmei raised her voice, put her hands on her hips, and rolled her eyes at Xie Hong.

What kind of elm-headed man wants the owner of the house to spend money to build a road? Xie Laifu calls the big guy here and pretends to be a family drinker, right?

Xie Laigui scratched the ground with a branch and said, "Sister-in-law Hongmei is right."

“The work in the fields is basically done now, and all that’s left is simple tasks like top dressing and weeding.”

"It's better for everyone to work together for a few days to build the road. We are going to use this road anyway."

The crowd was all talking about who would come out of their house.

Grandma Guihua looked at Xie Laifu and said, "My Xie Mu can't leave as a carpenter in the county, and the remaining two little ones can't do it either."

"Old lady, please give me some money, Laifu, do you think that's okay?"

Xie Laifu was stunned, and he called Aunt Guihua too.

He quickly said: "What are you talking about? Everyone knows the situation of your family, how can I ask for your money?"

"One code equals another, and brothers still have to settle accounts."

Grandma Osmanthus took out a small piece of broken silver from her pale yellow purse embroidered with osmanthus branches, and was about to stuff it into Xie Laifu's hand.

"Hey, I can't take it." Xie Laifu pushed Grandma Guihua's hand back.

You come and go, performing thousands of years of traditional drama.

After doing it several times, the veins on Grandma Guihua’s forehead jumped. Why is Xie Laifu so tough? Unable to bear it, he said:

"You have to accept this money now, or you have to accept it if you don't."

"I'm telling you, no one can break this example. After accepting the kindness of the family master, don't look back and make excuses for not contributing!"

After saying that, he put the pieces of silver into Xie Laigui's hands, turned around and walked away gracefully.

The crowd silently made a way for her and watched the gray-haired old man leave.

Xie Yonggui took his daughter-in-law's jaw back in shock. He smiled and said, "Auntie Osmanthus fragrans, she used to be famous for her fierce temperament from all over the country."

Until the husband, son, and daughter-in-law passed away one after another, one person took on the responsibility of raising three grandchildren.

He started a business selling sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and then he calmed down his firecracker temper.

But everyone has forgotten that Grandma Osmanthus was once a bright and carefree little pepper.

After Grandma Guihua made such a fuss, some people who were thoughtful and wanted to avoid being lazy also obediently recommended candidates for their own road construction.

The bright moon is in the sky, after the meeting in the south of the village.

Wang Ermazi took Xie Tinghai out of the pile of firewood.

Both of their faces were covered with red marks caused by being squeezed by branches for a long time.

The moon stretched the silhouettes of the two people.

Wang Ermazi held a few dry pine needles in his mouth, put his hands behind his head, and said with envy: "Tsk, sometimes I really envy you Xie family."

Xie Tinghai laughed twice and said nothing. He only lowered his head to pat the sawdust on his clothes.

Absolute unity stems from absolute interests.

......

The next day Xie Laifu got up early and dug Ye Lizheng out of bed.

The group of people headed to Jiangling County under the stars and the moon. Of course, important matters such as road construction must be reported to the local county government.

If it is a big project, it needs to be reported to the court and can only be started after permission.

Outside the county government office, several big men squatted under the wall.

"Go to bed early and get up early, take care of yourself——"

The sound of the watchman could be heard from several streets away.

Ye Lizheng wrapped her clothes tightly and yawned.

He said with tears in his eyes: "Look, I just told you that the Yamen didn't open so early."

Xie Laifu handed everyone a prune pancake and said energetically: "I wasn't thinking about it. It's finally our turn to do something for the head of the family. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night."

Young people are in good health.

Ye Li was holding his heavy head with his hands, trying to squint for a while, but the old man was so sleepy.

With a creak, the door of the county government office was opened. The concierge poked his head in, and then closed the door again.

Because of Xie Yuheng's relationship, people in the county government were very familiar with this Qinghe village official.

Soon.

Liu Yong, wearing only his coat, hurried out of the backyard of the county government office.

He also yawned, looked at the people under the wall, and asked, "But what's the emergency?"

Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless you, don’t let anything happen to that little ancestor.

Xie Laifu rubbed his hands nervously and briefly stated his purpose. Liu Yong immediately felt no longer sleepy.

Another good thing is that the villagers build their own roads without the need for money or food from the government, nor in the name of corvee.

With a wave of his hand, he stamped his approval directly.

After seeing off Xie Laifu and his party, Liu Yong had a silly laugh stroking his beard.

The rise is fierce, and the long legs of political achievements are delivered to the door.

The ancients never deceived me: the early bird catches the worm.

......

The bamboos and water are all green, and the flowers and butterflies are flying.

A big, fat green bug that got up early was happily eating the tender bamboo leaves.

The tits on the high branches were waiting for the opportunity, and the black shadows flashed past, leaving only the bamboo branches swaying slightly, and the green insects were nowhere to be found.

The early worm gets eaten by the bird.

Xie Yuheng silently withdrew his gaze and continued to put pen to paper to complete the finishing work.

When Rong Shi came to tell the time, he accidentally glanced at the painting.

Others draw shrimps, tigers and horses, while his master draws big fat bugs...

Reporting in a low voice the excitement at the end of the village, Xie Yuheng wrote a meal.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Go to the kitchen and ask some students to cook. You can decide the dishes yourself."

"Yes."

This makes the students in the medicine hall envious.

Nowadays, when large-scale weddings and weddings are held in the village, well-educated kitchen students will be hired as helpers, and even those who work for Ting Hou are paid.

"Zhiyi, when do you think we can make money?" Fang Jueyue turned over the medicinal materials, her eyes full of confusion.

Xie Zhiyi concentrated on grinding the medicinal materials and said without raising his head: "As long as you get the top three in the medicine hall in the annual examination, you can use the school land to grow medicinal materials and sell them for money."

Fang Jueyue bit her lower lip lightly. The money from selling medicinal materials was divided among so many people. How much could everyone get if they were equally divided.

If she had known this, she would have chosen the embroidery hall. The embroidery hall helped sew bachelor's uniforms and made money until her hands cramped.

It's approaching noon, at the head of Qinghe Village.

The men talked about the mountains while waving the hoes and shovels in their hands. Although everyone was sweating profusely, they were not too tired.

Xie Laifu's bronze hands covered the sun's dazzling light, and his eyes measured the progress from Chen hour to now, which was about one mile faster.

This is still a delay in the morning, and I think it will only take eight days to complete the practice.

Just as they were estimating the progress, they saw the owner of the house leading a team of people pushing a cart out of the village.

Those who are closer can already smell the aroma of food.

I couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and suddenly felt that the hoe in my hand was heavy, my stomach growled, and I couldn't work anymore.

Let the eldest brother greet the big guys for dinner, Xie Yuheng found Xie Laifu and said with a smile: "My uncles treat me as an outsider, and they do important things quietly without calling Yuheng."

He handed over a banknote and tried to stuff it into Xie Laifu's hand.

Unexpectedly, Xie Laifu took a step back and avoided money like the plague.