Jagged Warlord

Zhang Ji was taken aback, and replied: "300 meters is 300 meters?"

The second idiot became even more anxious, and the village chief Yang said nonchalantly: "We country people have never studied foreign books, and only know how many feet and how many feet are."

Only then did Zhang Ji realize that these villagers still use the city system of weights and measures, not the metric system.So Zhang Ji asked someone to measure 300 meters on the ground with a long tape measure, and then drew a circle on the ground with a branch, "This is it."

Seeing that Zhang Ji had already fixed the location of the well, the idiot said hello, and several small well-drillers came over together, picked up the shovel and pick, and started digging.After the soil on the surface has been dug, they have to set up the pulleys and hang them down the well with a basket to work. These things are already very skilled for them.

Although the mayor of Yang didn't like Zhang Ji, but county magistrate Liu couldn't help but give him face, so he ordered people to prepare meals at the township office, and invited county magistrate Liu and his party to have lunch at the township office.

"Magistrate Liu, the sun is so hot that you don't have to stay here. If you can get out of the water, just ask the people below to report to you. You have worked hard today, why don't you go back to your hometown first Go rest in the office."

Liu Xian looked up at the sun in the sky, nodded, and said to Zhang Ji: "Xiao Zhang, let's go and have a rest first."

Zhang Ji is not ignorant of human feelings, he said with a smile: "Thank you County Mayor Liu and Township Chief Yang for your love, then I will not be polite."

At this time, Daoist Sun said coldly: "Since you don't believe in the poor way, let the poor way go."

Zhang Ji shouted: "Don't leave. I want to expose the tricks of this charlatan in front of the villagers."

County Magistrate Liu persuaded from the side: "Xiao Zhang, you have to forgive others and forgive others. Our first priority is to dig wells for disaster relief. As long as you dig water, the villagers will naturally believe you or not."

Zhang Ji thought about it and found that it was absolutely reasonable, so he stopped insisting.

The head of Yangxiang secretly sent someone to appease the Taoist priest. He didn't dare to fully trust this young boy from the city.In case Zhang Ji couldn't get the water out, he had to rely on Taoist Sun for help.

Seeing that the master from the county was going to the township office, the surrounding villagers also dispersed.Liu Xian, Zhang Ji and his party followed the mayor of the village along the mountain road to the township office of Qiantingzi Township.

Not far away, I saw a dilapidated farmyard, surrounded by a half-person-high fence made of branches of different lengths.In the yard is an adobe house. The adobe walls are dilapidated due to years of disrepair, and the straw inside is poking like broken bones after a fracture.

The yard is small, but very flat and clean. There are two wooden houses in the middle. A small pile of firewood and a few boards are piled up at the corner, and two long wooden benches are placed beside them.

Zhang Ji's eyes were sharp, and suddenly he saw a few brand new children's clothes thrown outside the gate of the courtyard, vaguely the same as those worn by the two children who were about to be sacrificed just now.

"Major Yang, may I ask whose house is this?" Zhang Ji asked

The village chief Yang replied, "It's the family of Widow Yao."

"Is that the woman whose two children you want to sacrifice?" Zhang Ji asked

The village chief Yang didn't know how to answer, so he could only give a vague "hmm".

Zhang Ji looked at Liu Xian and said, "County Liu, this woman is a double victim of drought and superstition. I think since we are here to relieve disasters and break superstition, shouldn't we also express it?"

Liu Xian also agreed, so the mayor Yang led Zhang Ji and Liu Xian into the yard.

"Master Yao~Master Yao~" Yang Xiang shouted a few times

"I'll fight with you!" Before the words finished, I saw that Yao rushed out from behind the door curtain, waving a scythe in her hand, her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red, and she howled hysterically: "Who are you? Baby, I~ I will die with him."

"Mother!" The mayor of Yang hurriedly fled with his head in his arms.

Under Yao's excitement, he rushed towards Zhang Ji and County Magistrate Liu

When it was too late, Han Yue, the SS platoon leader who accompanied Zhang Ji to the countryside, stepped forward, grabbed Yao's hand holding the sickle with one hand, and touched Yao's waist with the other. Overturned Yao Shi to the ground.

"Don't hit my mother~!" At this moment, two children rushed out of the room, the girl threw herself on Yao Shi to protect Yao Shi, while the boy waved his small fist without fear, and hit Han Yue .

"It's reversed~!" Yang Xiang shouted angrily: "Quickly tie up this crazy woman."

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Ji, who came back to his senses, quickly stopped, "She is just eager to protect the calf."

The county magistrate Liu Xian also stepped forward and said to Yao Shi who was still suppressed by Han Yue: "Yao Shi, don't be afraid, I am the county magistrate Liu Xian, no one will hurt your child. Not now, and never will No. Just relax~~"

After being thrown by Han Yue like this, Yao Shi seemed to wake up.When Han Yue was sure that she would no longer threaten others, he released Yao Shi.

"The magistrate makes atonement." Yao quickly kowtowed to Liu Xian

"Please stand up, please stand up." Liu Xian quickly helped Yao Shi up, "I am the county magistrate who is incompetent, so I should kowtow to you."

On the side, the mayor of the village Yang muttered to himself, "All the good people let you do it~"

The Yang Township Chief cleared his throat, and said to Yao Shi: "Yao Shi, why don't you let the county magistrate stand in the yard?"

"Yes, yes." Yao quickly invited Liu Xian and others into the house

Zhang Ji and Liu Xian walked into the house and looked around. This is a small suite with two rooms inside and outside, and the outside room is a large water tank on the left hand side of the entrance, next to a simple stove, two black pots and a big one. One small, covered with a wooden pot lid.Next to it is a big table, which seems absurd, but it is actually a shelf made of two wooden boards and a few roots.There is a cutting board on it, and several bowls and chopsticks are neatly stacked beside it.

There was some firewood piled under the stove.There was a small low dining table in the center of the room, and an oil lamp was placed in the center, and the soybean-sized flame gave off a dim and soft light.Against the wall inside is a bed with patches on the thin quilt.The door leading to the inner room was closed, and a curtain of blue cloth washed white was hung on it.

All impressions can be summed up in one word - poor.

Yao skillfully lit the fire, poured a ladle of water from the water tank into the pot, covered the pot, put a small porcelain pot on the chopping board, picked up a small half bag of rice next to it, and scooped it out of it. I took a scoop, thought about it, poured back a small half, and poured the rest into the basin, then scooped out half a scoop of chaff from another small bag, and was about to pour it into the basin. He made a major decision, poured the half scoop of coarse bran rice back into the bag, scooped half scoop of rice from the rice bag and poured it into the basin again.

Her son asked, "Mother, why don't you eat rice bran today?"

Yao shi was very embarrassed, and reprimanded: "The county magistrate comes to our house as a guest, of course he has to eat white rice."

When Zhang Ji heard it, tears were about to flow down. What kind of family is this? Even eating white rice seems to be making a major decision.

Although Liu Xian is the magistrate of this county, it is rare for him to go to the countryside in normal times. He feels ashamed that there are such poor people under his own management in this county.

Liu Xian said: "Yao Shi, you don't need to be busy, we just pass by and come in for a seat, and we are leaving soon."

Zhang Ji rummaged through his pockets, held a few Chinese business tickets in his hands, and asked the students behind him, "Do you have any money?" Several students from the Road and Mine School also took out some Chinese business tickets. Pass the ticket to Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji handed the money to Yao Shi, "Yao Shi, buy food and clothes for the dolls. I take care of you. In a few years, you will be able to eat white rice every day."

"..." Yao shi didn't dare to reach out to take it.

On the side, the village head Yang said: "Mr. Yao, you are very lucky. This is Mr. Zhang from the city. This is a Chinese business ticket. One dollar can be worth two or three silver dollars."

Yao Shi was about to reach out to pick it up, when suddenly someone shouted outside, "The water is coming out~ The water is coming out!"

Zhang Ji was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly put the money into Yao's hand, shouting: "Quick, go and see!"