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Chapter 80

Yun Chu's last words were almost hysterical. At the same time, his immature face became a little ferocious. After all, he was a soldier who had killed dozens of people. Forced to take two steps back.

The old woman listened very carefully, and when Yun Chu finished speaking, the old woman held He Yuanshan's bone and saluted Yun Chu again: "Thank you sir for rectifying my son's name."

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

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

After the two grandsons had finished paying their respects, the old woman looked at the surrounding neighbors and said, "So, is there anyone questioning my grandson's appointment as head of the village?"

When Yunchu saw the youngest son of the He family stand up and look at the neighbors with piercing eyes, Yunchu immediately understood that the old woman was arranging a way out for her little grandson who could not receive He Yuanshan's military merits. "

Yun Chu said sadly at the side: "I can't think of who else can be the head of the village except Brother He's son?

I'd like to see who wants to overthrow my achievement of killing eight people at Kucha Pass. "

Yun Chu is wearing a green shirt, which is obviously an official status, and such a person still has enough deterrent power in the countryside.

As soon as Yunchu finished speaking, a man as strong as an ox stood up and saluted the old woman: "The Jiang family dare not."

Another person wearing a long gown who seemed to be a scholar stood up and saluted the old woman: "The Qian family dare not."

The old woman looked around and saw that no one came forward, so she nodded in satisfaction and said: "So, Mrs. He is here to thank all the neighbors, since my son has now returned to his hometown, the old woman will treat the funeral as a happy event.

If you neighbors don't dislike the He family's simple tea and light food, please wait a while and serve your own wine and rice. "

Yun Chu looked at the neighbors who were watching and began to offer to help Mrs. He organize banquets, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Perhaps He Yuanshan, who had already died in battle, should be able to close his eyes after seeing this scene. After all, this is what he was looking for—glorious ancestors.

Yunchu was kindly invited into the house by Mrs. He, and after accepting Mrs. He's thanks again, Yunchu said bluntly in front of Mrs. He and his two sons: "It is important to escort Mr. He's bones back home. One thing, and one more thing must be made clear in front of the old lady, sister-in-law and nephew."

Holding his son's body bag tightly, He asked a little weakly: "Please speak clearly, sir."

Yunchu took a sip of clear water and said, "When we were in the Western Regions, Brother He and I and other brothers from Daguan Ling joined together to start a small business. When a certain family was ordered to return to Chang'an, because the seven brothers all died in battle That's it, that's the end of the business over there, there is quite a bit of money left, and now I have brought it back, and I will hand it over to the old lady."

Old He asked: "Is there a hand account agreement?"

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

Old He looked sadly at the body bag in his arms, and said in a low voice: "This poor child, he always thinks about his useless parents until he dies."

Yun Chu said: "A total of 19 yuan, a certain family added some more, and took the round number of 20 yuan."

As soon as Yun Chu finished speaking, everyone in the room widened their eyes and stared at Yun Chu for a moment. Each of them had a number in their hearts, but none of them could have imagined that it would be such a large sum of money. .

Yun Chu nodded to Jiu Fei who was standing in the yard, and Jiu Fei moved a heavy wooden box out of the carriage.

Yun Chu opened the box himself, pointed to the yellow copper coins inside and said, "It's all here, please old lady count and give Yun a receipt."

Since ancient times, money has touched people's hearts. Even He Yuanshan's whole family was in sorrow. Seeing such a large sum of money in the family out of thin air, they couldn't help showing a smile.

For He Yuanshan's sake, Yunchu stayed at He Yuanshan's house overnight in extreme discomfort. In the middle of the night, he heard the suppressed cheers of the He family.

At dawn, Yunchu bid farewell to the He family, and asked the He family to help inform Liu Xiong and the other five Zhanggu families, but asked the He family not to mention money to them.

When bidding farewell to Yunchu, old He was obviously a little embarrassed, but Yunchu smiled brightly, just like in the past.

The result was actually not bad. He Yuanshan repaid his family with his whole body smashed to pieces, but only lost himself.

On the way back, Yunchu looked at the bare willow branches fluttering in the wind beside the Bahe River and said to Jiufei: "If your family is like this, how do you deal with yourself?"

Jiu Fei said decisively: "He Yuanshan will fight to the death, and he will live up to this life."

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

"Seeking benevolence and deserving benevolence, what's so pitiful?"

Yun Chu let out a long sigh and said, "It's really his mother's man who is so determined to die!"

After riding in the carriage all the way, Yunchu's head ached from the shock. Now that the affairs of He Yuanshan's family were over, He Yuanshan had officially disappeared from the world and was no longer useful. If you have done your duty, there is nothing to be sad about.

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

The middle of the road is full of soil, and on both sides of the road, an open ditch and a hidden ditch have been dug for several days.

Judging from the progress of the project, Liu Sancai has put in all his strength and started construction at multiple points at the same time. Although this speeds up the construction progress, in the era without large-scale engineering equipment, he did not treat his subordinates as human beings. use.

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

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

Yun Chu pointed to the bare well wall and said, "You're not afraid that the well wall will collapse and bury you in it? Who told you to act recklessly without protection?"

Liu Sancai put down the special oil lamp he was biting into his mouth, and said strangely: "This is how wells have been drilled since ancient times."

Yun Chu said angrily, "Roll up to me. If the depth exceeds eight feet, the well wall must be reinforced with wood. Otherwise, the construction will not be allowed."

Liu Sancai climbed up to the mouth of the well, slumped on the mud and said, "If you do that, not to mention wasting money, it will also delay the construction period."

Yun Chu scolded angrily, "Aren't you afraid that the wall of the well will collapse and bury you in it?"

Liu Sancai said with a smile: "The life of the well digger is to be buried in a certain well and die one day in the future. My ancestor died in the well, and my grandpa died in the well. I don't dig enough wells now, so I should pay more." won't die."

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

Liu Sancai lazily said: "If that's the case, the head of the village will increase the carpenter's wages for us, and also make up for the timber."

Yunchu kicked Liu Sancai and said, "It's money, not life."

Liu Sancai cupped his hands and said, "As long as the village chief is willing to pay, we will do whatever you want."

Seeing this scene, Yun Chu showed a smile instead, he felt that this scene was very familiar to him.

Once upon a time, a contractor spoke to him like this. Of course, this contractor did not end well. Yunchu withheld the final payment for the project for half a year before paying him, which made the contractor almost kneel before him.

Since then, Yunchu has never met a contractor who dared to ignore his advice and play tricks on him.

"I've been working for a whole day, so I should take a break, go back and take a hot bath, and start again tomorrow, I'm exhausted, the loss outweighs the gain.

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

Seeing that Yunchu was reasoning with him and not bullying him arrogantly, Liu Sancai smiled wryly and said, "The village chief should know that we are all refugees and there is no such thing as dividing the land?"

Yun Chu nodded to express his understanding.

"Without a field, we can only rely on hard work to survive. The head of the village is kind and has given us such a good job. Since it is a good job, we naturally need the shortest time to get things done and satisfy the head of the village.

Finish the good work here as soon as possible, so that you have more time to find more work. Brothers are masters who stop talking. Do the work assigned by the village chief as soon as possible, get money and food, and block the house Only the human mouth can take a breather.

How could the chief's kindness not be recognized? Adding shelves to the well wall is sure to be safe, but the brothers don't want to, it's too time-consuming. "

When Yunchu talked to Liu Sancai, the rest of the well-diggers also came forward one after another. They listened to Liu Sancai's words sincerely, and complained that it was too harmful to put on airs, and they were unwilling to listen to Yunchu's words.

According to their words, even if you die, you will be at your back, and you can't blame others, as long as you don't delay everyone from starting work and making money.

Seeing everyone's gossip, Yun Chu could only sigh, and asked them to be careful, to take their own lives seriously, not to leave a whole family of orphans and widows to embarrass him, the head of the village, and left construction site.

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

Zhang Da came out of the well and said, "It's just that his temper is a little bit grumpy, I seem to have heard him say that we don't want us to leave orphans and widows to him?
That means if we die, he will take care of our family? "

Liu Sancai also crawled out of the wellhead, sat on the dirt and said, "The chief is a hero who was killed from the dead, so he should be a bit grumpy.

I heard from Sun Huzi from Fengyifang that he gave the 30 yuan entrusted to him by the dead comrade to a woman, and the entrustment was still unsubstantiated. entrusted.

30 yuan, if the head of the village is a black heart, just say that he doesn't have the money, how can the dead get up and question him?
Only this kind of hero will not treat poor people like us badly. If we do our job well this time, the five strings that the village chief promised to reward us will most likely be true. "

(End of this chapter)