Tang's dining table

Yun Chu's last words were shouted almost hysterically. At the same time, his somewhat childish face became a little ferocious. After all, he was a soldier who had killed dozens of people. This look actually made the people watching come alive. Take two steps back.

The old woman listened very carefully. After Yun Chu finished speaking, the old woman hugged He Yuanshan's bones and saluted Yun Chu again: "Thank you, Mr. Lang, for clearing my son's name."

Yun Chu pointed to his head in pain and said, "The scene of getting along with Brother He is still vivid in my mind. I dare not forget it."

The old woman pointed at He Yuanshan's two sons and said, "Come here and thank your uncle from the Yun family for taking care of your father's funeral."

After the two grandsons finished thanking her, the old woman looked at the surrounding villagers and said, "So, does anyone still question the fact that my grandson is the boss?"

When Yun Chu saw the youngest son of the He family standing up and looking at the neighbors with bright eyes, he immediately understood that this was the old woman trying to find a way out for her grandson who could not benefit from He Yuanshan's military exploits. "

Yun Chu said sullenly from the side: "I can't think of anyone else who can be the leader of this village, except Brother He's son?

I want to see who wants to overthrow the achievements of my Kucha Pass Order of eight people fighting to the death. "

Yun Chu was wearing a green shirt, which clearly indicated that he was an official. Such a person still had enough power to intimidate people in the countryside.

Just as Yun Chu finished speaking, a man as majestic as an ox stood up, saluted the old woman and said, "The Jiang family doesn't dare."

Another man wearing a long gown who seemed to be a scholar stood up, saluted the old woman and said, "The Qian family doesn't dare."

The old woman looked around and saw that no one came forward, so she nodded with satisfaction and said: "So, Mr. He is here to thank all the distinguished neighbors. Since my son has returned to his hometown with honor, the funeral of the old woman should be treated as a happy event.

If you noble neighbors don't mind the simple meals of He's family, please wait for a while and you will have some food and wine for you. "

Yun Chu watched as the neighbors who were watching began to offer to help He buy a banquet, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart.

Perhaps He Yuanshan, who had already died in battle, could close his eyes after seeing this scene. After all, this is what he wanted - to honor his ancestors.

Yun Chu was cordially invited into the house by the He family. After once again accepting the He family's thanks, Yun Chu said bluntly in front of the He family and his two sons: "It is important to escort Brother He's skeleton back home." There is one thing, and there is another thing that must be explained clearly in front of the old lady, sister-in-law, and nephew."

Mrs. He hugged her son's body bag tightly and asked a little weakly: "Please speak clearly."

Yun Chu took a sip of water and said, "When we were in the Western Regions, Brother He and I and other brothers from the Daguan Order worked together to start a small business. When a certain family was ordered to return to Chang'an, all seven brothers died in the battle. I ended the business there, and I have quite a bit of money left over. Now I have brought it all back, and I will hand it over to the old lady."

Lao He asked: "Is there any agreement on handwriting?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No."

Old He looked sadly at the bag of corpses in his arms and whispered: "This poor child will think about his useless grandparents until he dies."

Yun Chu said: "The total is 190,000 yuan. A certain family added some more and took the round figure of 200,000 yuan."

As soon as Yun Chu finished speaking, everyone in the room immediately widened their eyes and looked at Yun Chu for a moment. Each of them had a number in their mind, but no one could have imagined that it would be such a huge sum of money. .

Yun Chu nodded towards Jiu Fei who was standing in the yard, and Jiu Fei took out a heavy wooden box from the carriage.

Yun Chu opened the box himself, pointed to the yellow copper coins inside and said, "They are all here. Please count them, Madam, and give Yun a receipt."

Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts. Even though He Yuanshan's whole family was in sadness, he smiled unconsciously when he saw that his family had gained such a large sum of money out of thin air.

For He Yuanshan's sake, Yun Chu stayed at He Yuanshan's house all night in great discomfort. Late at night, he heard the suppressed cheers of the He family.

At dawn, Yun Chu said goodbye to the He family and asked He family to help inform Liu Xiong and the other five Zhanggu families. He just asked He family not to mention money to them.

When saying goodbye to Yun Chu, Mr. He was obviously a little embarrassed, but Yun Chu smiled brightly, just like before.

The result was actually good. He Yuanshan repaid his family with his whole life, but it was only a loss for himself.

On the way back, Yun Chu looked at the bare willow branches dancing in the wind by the Bahe River and said to Jiu Fei, "If your family is like this, how will you deal with it?"

Jiu Fei said categorically: "He Yuanshan fights to the death to live up to this life."

"Eh? Don't you think He Yuanshan is pitiful?"

"Seeking benevolence will lead to benevolence. What's so pitiful about this?"

Yun Chu let out a long sigh and said: "He is really a damn man who is determined to die!"

The shock of riding the carriage all the way made Yun Chu's head hurt. Now that the matter with He Yuanshan's family is over, He Yuanshan has officially disappeared from the world and has no use value anymore. Yun Chu doesn't want to do anything at this time, as long as he Once your responsibilities are fulfilled, there is nothing to feel sad about.

When he returned to Jinchangfang, Yunchu found that the few bluestone slabs on the roads in the entire city had been pried up and piled neatly along the walls.

The middle of the road is full of dirt, and on both sides of the road, an open ditch and an underpass have been excavated for several days.

Judging from the progress of the project, Liu Sancai worked hard and started construction at multiple points at the same time. Although this speeded up the construction progress, in an era without large-scale engineering equipment, he did not regard his subordinates as human beings. use.

It was already dark at this time, and the construction was still in progress, with no signs of stopping.

When Yunchu found Liu Sancai, the guy was still squatting and busy in a three-meter-deep well.

Yun Chu pointed to the bare well wall and said, "Aren't you afraid that the well wall will collapse and bury you inside? Who told you to act recklessly without any protection?"

Liu Sancai put down the special oil lamp he was biting in his mouth and said strangely: "Wells have been dug like this since ancient times."

Yun Chu said angrily: "Come up here. If the depth exceeds eight feet, you must use wood to reinforce the well wall. Otherwise, construction will not be allowed."

Liu Sancai climbed up to the wellhead, slumped down on the dirt and said, "If we do that, it will not only waste money, but also delay the construction period."

Yun Chu cursed angrily: "Aren't you afraid that the well wall will collapse and bury you inside?"

Liu Sancai smiled and said: "The fate of a well digger is to be buried in a certain well one day and die. My ancestor died in the well, and my grandfather died in the well. I haven't dug enough wells now, so I should still dig more wells." Won't die."

"Is this the pride of your expert? As long as you support yourself, you don't have to die? Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Liu Sancai said lazily: "In this case, the headman will have to increase our carpenter's wages and make up for the cost of lumber."

Yun Chu kicked Liu Sancai and said, "I want money rather than my life."

Liu Sancai cupped his hands and said, "As long as the head of the village is willing to give us money, we will do whatever you want."

Seeing this scene, Yun Chu smiled instead. He felt that this scene was very familiar to him.

Once upon a time, there was a contractor who spoke to him like this. Of course, this contractor had a bad end. Yun Chu withheld the final payment for the project for half a year before paying it back, which made the contractor almost kneel to him.

Since then, Yun Chu has never seen a contractor who dared to ignore his suggestions and act rogue to him.

"I have been working for a whole day. If I need to take a break, take a rest. Go back and take a hot bath. I will start again tomorrow. I will be exhausted and the gain will not be worth the loss.

The project time requirements I gave were relatively loose and I didn't ask you to rush the work. "

When Liu Sancai saw that Yun Chu was reasoning with him and not bullying him in an arrogant manner, he smiled bitterly and said: "The village chief should know that we are all refugees, and there is no such thing as dividing the land orally?"

Yunchu nodded to show that he knew.

"Without a field, we can only survive by working hard. The village manager is kind-hearted and gave us such a good job. Since it is a good job, we people naturally have to get things done in the shortest possible time to satisfy the village manager.

Finish the good work here as soon as possible, so that you can have more time to find more work. Brothers are all masters of hands and mouth. Do the work assigned by the chief as soon as possible, get money and food, and block the family. Only then can a person's mouth take a breather.

How could the little one not hear the good intentions of the man inside? It would be safe to add shelves to the walls of the well, but the brothers are unwilling to do so. It would waste too much time. "

While Yun Chu was talking to Liu Sancai, other well diggers also came forward one after another. They listened to Liu Sancai's words very seriously, and they all complained that putting on airs was too harmful and were unwilling to listen to Yun Chu's words.

According to their words, if you die, you will have your back, and you can't blame others, as long as it doesn't delay everyone's work and making money.

Seeing everyone talking about it, Yun Chu could only sigh and asked them to be careful and take their own lives seriously. Don't leave a whole family of orphans and widows behind to embarrass him, the leader of the family, and left. construction site.

As soon as Yun Chu left, a well digger popped out of the well like a marmot and said to the wellhead not far away: "Zhang Da, Zhang Da, why do I think our village seems pretty good?"

Zhang Da popped his head out of the well and said, "It's just that his temper is a bit grumpy. I just heard him say that he won't let us leave orphans and widows in trouble for him?

Does this mean that if we die, he will take care of our family? "

Liu Sancai also climbed out of the well, sat on the dirt and said: "The leader is a hero who was killed among the dead, so he deserves to have a bad temper.

I heard Sun Huzi from Fengyifang, who sells wine jars, say that the 300,000 yuan entrusted to him by his dead comrade was given to a woman by our chief. Moreover, this trust was still unwarranted. entrustment of the evidence.

Three hundred thousand dollars. If the chief is a sinister person, how can a dead man get up and question him without this money?

Only heroes like this will not treat us poor people badly. If we do our job well this time, the five guan promised by the village chief to reward us will most likely come true. "