The billionaire girl: Daddy and Mommy, love me again

After Cheng Laoer left the blacksmith shop and reunited with the people from Chengjia Village, he took them to the county government office to find the county magistrate Yuan Qingping.

When buying the land, the county magistrate promised that they could ask him for help if they had any difficulties. Coincidentally, they were in urgent need of some experienced construction craftsmen. Instead of wandering around the streets like a headless fly, it would be better to go directly to the county government to ask if there were any suitable candidates to recommend.

Although he had worked as an accountant in Pingyang County for several years, he had been accompanied by an abacus all day long in the past few years. He was not very familiar with the county and did not know any craftsmen.

County Magistrate Yuan Qingping had just returned from inspecting the people's conditions outside. Before he had time to sit down and rest, he heard the housekeeper come to report that someone had come from Chengjia Village.

"Sir, there are a group of people outside the door claiming to be from Chengjia Village and want to see you."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qingping's tired eyes brightened up and his face was filled with smiles. Post-disaster reconstruction requires someone to take the lead, and it seems that the Cheng family is this leader.

"I didn't expect them to move so quickly. I thought we would have to wait for a while. Please invite them in."

Housekeeper Yuan Ruzhu looked at this group of simple farm men who were dressed the same as the refugees on the street except that they were cleaner. He couldn't see any trace of rich temperament in them no matter how he looked at them. He couldn't understand why someone who was so rich that he bought half a street was so low-key.

Cheng Laoer and others followed behind Steward Yuan and walked inside without looking around. Behind the county government office was where the county magistrate's family lived. It was not big, with a courtyard and the living room was within a few steps.

The county magistrate was sitting in the main seat in the living room. When he saw Cheng Laoer and others come in, he stood up from the chair.

"I, Cheng Zeyi, greet the County Magistrate!"

"I... meet the County Magistrate!"

Cheng Laoer and his entourage bowed and saluted the county magistrate.

"No need to be polite, everyone, please take a seat!"

The county magistrate had a warm smile on his face, and his kind and gentle tone made them less reserved and relax a lot.

Yuan Qingping's eyes swept across several people and stopped on Cheng Zeyi.

"You are Cheng Zeyi. Who is Cheng Zeli to you?"

"Reporting to the Lord, Ze Li is my younger brother. I am the second child in the family. I have an older brother. Ze Li also has two younger brothers. These are all my brothers in the clan."

"Oh, I see. I noticed that you two look alike, so I guessed that you are a family."

He glanced at the group of energetic and youthful young people behind Cheng Laoer and nodded with satisfaction.

"Good! Very good! Your family is really prosperous! Did you encounter any difficulties when you came to me today?"

"Sir, I wonder if you know of any experienced craftsmen in Pingyang County. If so, I would like to trouble you to introduce them to me."

"Are you going to start construction so soon? I don't know much about the craftsmen. Usually, it's the butler who deals with them. Why don't you ask him if he knows anyone who can help you connect with them?"

"Thank you, sir. That's great!"

Yuan Ruzhu often dealt with people from all walks of life, and naturally got to know many craftsmen.

Not only did he obey the county magistrate's arrangements, but he also took Cheng Laoer and the others to a crowded and messy slum area with the intention of making friends. This area was home to a group of people at the bottom of society.

"This old man Sun is a well-known craftsman in Pingyang County. All the houses he builds are not only beautiful and solid, but also well-planned and do not waste space.

But perhaps this old man is getting old and his temper is getting more and more weird. In recent years, few people can hire him. Many people come to invite him but can't even get into his house.

Now, the whole family is staying here and can hardly have food to eat, but he still refuses to change his bad temper. I don’t know why he is so stubborn.

This time I just brought you here to give it a try with a fluke mentality. If it works, everyone will be happy. If not, we will go to the next one. Don't worry, although other craftsmen may not be as good as him, they are not far behind."

As they walked, Butler Yuan gave a brief introduction to Old Man Sun's situation.

After hearing what he said, Cheng Laoer felt uncertain, but since he was already here, he couldn't back out at the last minute, so he had to go ahead with it.

Butler Yuan brought them to a shack at the end of the street, where flies were buzzing all over the sky. Outside the shack, a stinking ditch full of mud gave off a pungent stench.

Two children who had just learned to walk were lying on the ground playing in the mud. When they saw a stranger, they timidly stood up from the ground, stumbled back, and shouted incoherently: "Mom! Mom! ... People!"

A woman's angry voice came from the shack.

"You two mud monkeys, it's only been less than half a day and you've already made me dirty again, do you want to tire me to death?"

Then there was the sound of hollow palms falling on the little butt.

Butler Yuan and Cheng Lao Er looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed, but they had to do the business.

Just as they were about to speak, a hoarse male voice came from behind them.

"Who are you and what are you doing standing at my door?"

Cheng Laoer turned around to look at the source of the sound, and saw a thin old man standing outside the crowd, looking at them warily.

The old man didn't have much flesh on his body and was as skinny as an old osprey. His tattered clothes looked loose and ill-fitting on him.

But his tanned face and short gray beard looked particularly energetic, and his deep-set eyes were particularly bright.

It is rare to see such sharp and bright eyes.

"Master Sun, I just got back. What a coincidence! We were just looking for you. Brother Cheng's family wants to build a house, and we would like to ask you to give them a look."

Only then did Old Sun see clearly that the county magistrate's steward Yuan Ruru was also in the crowd. He had been in this city for half his life, and although he had a bad temper, he still had some good sense.

"It turned out to be Steward Yuan. Steward Yuan personally invited me, and I shouldn't have refused. But I'm old and my eyesight is blurry, so I stopped doing this business a long time ago.

I'm sorry to have made you come here for nothing. Please go back."

After saying that, he clasped his fists, without even looking at them again, and went into the shack.

"Master Sun, why don't you think about it again? They are not going to build a house, but several streets. As long as you take over, it won't be long before your whole family can move out of here and no longer have to live in such a bad environment."

"There's no point in talking any more. I've made up my mind. Let's go, let's go!"

After saying that, he opened the curtain and was about to go in.

"Wait a minute, senior. The house we want to build is different from the houses of ordinary people. Senior, why don't you take a look at our construction drawings before considering it."

Old Sun looked through the opened curtain and saw his family huddled in the dark and narrow shack. Each of their eyes was filled with expectation and prayer.

Yuan Ruru was right, the living environment here was really too bad. Ever since he stopped taking jobs, his family had been relying on their original savings to get by, but they were living off their savings and even mountains of gold and silver were not enough, not to mention they had also experienced floods and plagues.

His two sons also died in the plague, leaving only his old wife, two daughters-in-law, and six hungry grandchildren at home.

Now the family can’t even take out half a tael of silver, and they have been living without food for a long time. My elderly wife has worked hard all her life, and now she has to go out to wash clothes for others to supplement the family income.

The resentment on the faces of the two daughters-in-law grew deeper and deeper, and it seemed that they had some other thoughts in their minds.

Thinking of this, he paused and slowly withdrew his hand that was holding up the curtain.

"Bring it to me and see!"