Infrastructure: I survive in troubled times

Chapter 142 Stubborn Old Man (Part [-])
This arrogance is a bit unbearable, who do you look down on?Lin Nanzheng squeezed his fist.

"Old Cao, you're talking like we're not human!" Lin Nanzheng said while looking at Na Qiao with raised brows.

"What can these old and weak women and children do? What is needed to build embankments is strong labor, young and middle-aged!" Cao Huaimin said looking at him angrily.

"We're not stupid, of course we know." Han Qinhu looked at Cao Huaimin with a smile in his hazel eyes.

"You're not stupid, what are you laughing at?" Cao Huaimin looked at the smiling Han Qinhu and said.

"I laughed at Brother Cao for talking so much, but he actually still cares about Wuding River in his heart." Han Qinhu looked at him with a smile and said.

"That's right! If you don't care about this, just ignore us." Lin Nanzheng grinned and looked at Cao Huaimin.

"Dispel your unrealistic thoughts." Cao Huaimin directly rolled his eyes and said, tilting his head slightly, the three strands of beard under his chin raised and raised.

"Brother Cao is really cute." Looking at him with amber-like pupils, Han Qinhu said with a playful smile, "It's easy to persuade us to dismiss our thoughts, but it's not easy to persuade Mrs. Hong."

"Ms. Hong asked you to ask." Cao Huaimin shook his head after hearing the words, his dark eyes flashed lightly, "No, Mrs. Hong doesn't know me at all. When I registered the roster, I didn't reveal my identity." His eyes turned on the two of them. Turned around, "The two of you said it." Only they knew everything about themselves, looking at the muddy ground, "Because of the rain."

"Even without this rain, I think Mrs. Hong also wants to do something about water conservancy, digging the river mud for the moat." Han Qinhu looked at him with burning eyes and said, "This rain made the moat skyrocket, but it didn't flood the moat." across the bank."

"Old Cao, why don't you agree! It's rare that someone appreciates you and can show off your strengths. This is not something you dream of." Lin Nanzheng said, looking at the stubborn old man in front of him.

"What do you know? It doesn't cost money to build the embankment! Why can't it be repaired every year? Isn't it because the money is being greedy under the nose." Cao Huaimin looked at them and snorted coldly, tapping the palm of his hand with the fan He said angrily, "Where's the money? I'm so poor that I can't afford to eat, where's the money?"

"Uh..." Lin Nanzheng was speechless and could only stare at Cao Huaimin blankly.

"If you don't have any money, what are you doing?" Cao Huaimin glanced at them and swears, and then said, "Furthermore, the forced recruitment of civilian husbands every year has caused complaints from the common people. Even if she, Mrs. Hong, is kind to everyone, this friendship There will always be a day of wear and tear. Things can't be done like this!"

"This is building roads for myself, not building palaces or mausoleums for the emperor. The nature is different." Lin Nanzheng blurted out.

"Tch...that's empty talk." Cao Huaimin said fiercely again, "Everyone is willing to follow her, because they enjoy happiness and come here for a better life."

"Hey! Old man Cao, Mrs. Hong said that I will live a hard life." Lin Nanzheng immediately retorted when he heard this, and then looked at him with one hand on his chin and said, "I said, since I don't want to live Hard times, why did you stay!"

"That's right! With your talent..." Han Qinhu looked at him suspiciously and said, before suddenly braking, "I know, although Brother Cao is very talented, he won't be reused anywhere."

Han Qinhu and Lin Nanzheng looked at each other, and Lin Nanzheng echoed exaggeratedly, "Because all countries don't pay attention to water conservancy." He was surprised and said again, "Hey! That's not right! If you don't repair the embankment, old man Cao can do goodbye Yes! Why don't you go?"

The veins on Cao Huaimin's face burst out of anger from the two boys, "Whether I leave or not is none of your business?"

"It's none of our business." Han Qinhu raised his legs and said leisurely, "Ms. Hong wants to build river embankments and roads. If it's wrong..." He stopped deliberately and shook his head, "Since Cao Brother is not willing, we will not force it. If she is wrong, let her be wrong!"

Han Qinhu winked at Lin Nanzheng and said, "Let's go!"

"Hey!" Cao Huaimin stopped the fan in his hand, looked at the two standing and said, "Come back, come back, sit down, sit down."

"We won't bother Brother Cao to kill mosquitoes." Han Qinhu said, looking at him gently.

"I'll let you sit down. It's not reckless to build a river embankment. It requires precise calculations." Cao Huaimin pointed his index finger at the pony behind them and said, "Madam Hong really plans to repair the river embankment."

"That's right! Don't repair the embankment, let it burst every year. This is because the rain falls for a short time. After a long time, Yandu City will be flooded." Han Qinhu looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "Sooner or later you have to fix it, you can't hide from it."

"Then I'll help her. Let me tell you first, I want to repay her for saving her life." Cao Huaimin said to himself with an excellent excuse.

What a stubborn old man.Lin Nanzheng stared at him with phoenix eyes and cursed in his heart. He was clearly thinking about it, but he insisted on finding a high-sounding reason.

"Then when Mrs. Hong comes, tell her what you think." Lin Nanzheng said eagerly.

"Don't worry." Cao Huaimin said, looking at him peacefully.

"Why are you not in a hurry?" Lin Nanzheng said in a panic.

"It's midsummer now, and it rains the most in a year, and no one will repair the embankment at this time!" Cao Huaimin looked at the reality in a bad mood and hurriedly said.

"Then when is the right time!" Han Qinhu looked at him with blinked eyes and asked modestly.

"You two really don't understand anything!" Cao Huaimin said helplessly, turning his face away and closing his eyes.

"We haven't built river embankments before, so it's normal for us not to understand." Lin Nanzheng looked at him confidently and said, "You still don't know how to fight!"

"I don't know how to fight, but I still know common sense issues. Before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first." Cao Huaimin looked at him angrily and said.

Han Qinhu's brown pupils moved slightly, and suddenly fixed on Cao Huaimin and said, "Brother Cao means that during the dry season in winter, it is a good time to repair the embankment."

"Not really stupid." Cao Huaimin nodded slightly.

"Just say it straight, let us guess." Lin Nanzheng looked at him angrily and said, "This is what you are good at, so why should you be proud of it?"

"You kid, you can't be more polite. The world is getting worse and people's hearts are not old. Do you know how to respect the old and love the young!" Cao Huaimin snorted softly.

"There's another sentence of disrespecting the old!" Lin Nanzheng said bluntly.

Cao Huaimin was so angry that his beard cocked up, "You...you..."

Lin Nanzheng cupped his hands at Cao Huaimin and said, "Lord Cao, please forgive me, you are being rude." He asked again seriously, "So the embankment can't be repaired until winter."

Cao Huaimin is not a person who cares about everything, he said frankly, "Yes!" Suddenly remembered, "What did you say about building roads?"

(End of this chapter)