Rebirth Craftsman

At more than eleven o'clock in the morning, Deng Qi drove into the range of western Hunan. Before reaching the crucian carp village, Liu Xing realized that the surroundings had changed a lot.

Many villagers have demolished the original adobe houses and are building red brick houses. The bustling scene is not like the former Xiangxi.

Moreover, the muddy country roads that originally led to every household have been replaced by wide roadbeds. It is optimistic that many large trucks carrying cement will pass by, I am afraid that the concrete road will soon be hit.

Many local villagers were not surprised to see these large trucks. Instead, they talked and laughed carrying bamboo baskets or carrying burdens and walked towards the east.

"Today is the day to go to the fair in Xiangxi. These villagers are all going to sell the wild products in their homes!" Liu Lao watched this scene and smiled and explained to Liu Xing.

"Oh... it feels really good. Under your leadership, Xiangxi, now I am afraid that most of them have lived a well-off standard of living?" Liu Xing followed with a smile, with a happy smile on his face.

The lives of the people in Xiangxi are better, and Tangtang must be no exception.

I haven't been to Xiangxi for more than a month, and I don't know if she is doing well.

There is also Tang Qianqian who keeps suckling pigs as pets. I don't know what happened recently.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing wanted Deng Qi to drive the car faster.

Little Peanut, who was sitting on the side, also had energy at this time, watching the novelties on both sides of the road, and chirping like a bird.

Liu Xing had no choice but to explain patiently.

Old Liu stared and shook his head, with a smile on his wrinkled face.

Previously, Liu Xing said that Xiangxi led a well-off life under his leadership.

In fact, this is not the case at all. If Liu Xing hadn't found out the use of phoenix grass without Liu Xing's carefulness, he would have three heads and six arms, and he would not be able to do such a good job in Xiangxi's economic construction in a short time.

After all, the economic development of Xiangxi depends on the vaccine developed by this phoenix grass.

With this money, every family in Xiangxi dared to build red-brick houses, and only then did they dare to put some plans that they dared not mention before on the agenda.

It's just that the rapid economic development has both advantages and disadvantages.

The Lin family, who didn't provoke them, were jealous, and now they want to intervene in the Southwest Mountain Bamboo Cave.

Zhushen Cave, it is a national SS level secret, is it really good for the Lin family to excavate it with such fanfare?

I was about to call Zhuge Dan to ask about the situation in Xiangxi in recent days.

With a creak, Deng Qi was so anxious that he almost knocked the heads of everyone in the car on the roof.

"What's the matter?" Old Liu frowned and asked.

"It was Qianqian's Xiao Ba Jie who was running rampant on the road, I almost ran into it!" Deng Qi explained in a cold sweat.

"Qianqian is nearby?" Liu Xing came back to his senses, and quickly craned his neck to look out of the car window, only to realize that Deng Qi had already driven the car to the vicinity of the Xiangxi Fair. There were people coming and going around on both sides. .

At this time, Qianqian was sitting in front of a stall selling cantaloupe, not paying attention to Xiao Bajie's safety.

Liu Xing looked at him and shook his head. After talking to Old Liu, he hugged Peanut and walked down.

"Lao Liu, what shall we do?" Deng Qi asked.

"Wait!" Old Liu smiled lightly.

"Oh!" Deng Qi couldn't help, so he turned off the car and looked at Tang Qianqian's location.

At this time, it was the season for melons to be harvested, and most villagers in Xiangxi planted a lot.

This phenomenon has resulted in low prices and unsellable products.

Qianqian squatted in front of the stall, her depressed little face almost collapsed.

I heard footsteps coming towards her, and even shouted feebly: "Selling melons! One yuan and five catties, no sweets, no money."

"I want you cantaloupe, but the price is a bit cheaper!" Liu Xing's voice rang in Qianqian's ear.

"Brother Liu Xing?" Qianqian raised her head in amazement and saw that it was Liu Xing. She immediately stood up happily, stepped forward and hugged Liu Xing's right leg, and raised her head: "Why are you now? I just came back! Do you know? I prepared so many delicious foods for you, and they all rotted."

"I'm going to study and take an exam! What can I say if I can come to Xiangxi." Liu Xing smiled and put down the peanuts in his hands: "But it's all right now. I will bring my best foodie Now, if you have something delicious, give it to her, and make sure that everything is clean and nothing will rot."

"Really!" Qianqian looked at Xiao Peanut curiously. Seeing that Xiao Pean was also looking at her curiously, she immediately turned around and picked up a white and big cantaloupe from the stall and handed it to Xiao Peanut: "This is for You eat it, it's sweet."

"Well, eh! What about your Xiao Bajie!" Xiao Peanut took the cantaloupe and asked happily.

"Little Bajie!" Qianqian yelled out loud.

After a while, I saw a piglet running out of the crowd, and quickly ran in front of Qianqian.

"Wow! This little Bajie can understand you, it's amazing!" Peanut's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief. If she could have such an obedient pet, it would be great. what!

Qianqian smiled sweetly.

Liu Xing looked at Xiao Peanut astonished and shook his head: "Stop talking nonsense here. I have to go to the place where the bamboo bridge is to be built to meet the village chief Wang! So now you have only one choice, and that is to go with me immediately. "

"I'm not leaving, I want to sell cantaloupe to Qianqian!" Xiao Peanut begged.

"What did you say when you came?" Liu Xing would not agree to leave Xiao Peanut alone, his face turned black right now.

"Then... Then take Qianqian to the Village Chief Wang's, right?" Xiao Peanut knew that Liu Xing couldn't be stunned, and suggested now.

"No, my cantaloupe hasn't been sold out yet! If my parents find out, I will be scolded to death!" Qianqian waved her hand and rejected Xiao Peanut's proposal.

"This is easy to handle. I bought all your cantaloupe, and it happened to be given to Chief Wang and the others." Liu Xing smiled.

"Is this all right?" Qianqian hesitated.

"No, when will you sell the melon? Are you polite with me?" Liu Xing asked rhetorically.

"That's true!" Qianqian smiled, squatting down and filling all the melons on the stall into the nylon bag.

"I'm coming! You and my sister Peanut get in Grandpa Liu's car first!" Liu Xing was embarrassed to let Liu Lao wait too long. After saying a word, he helped to get all the melons on the stall into nylon. In the bag.

After this mention, it was discovered that the weight is not light.

I don't know how Qianqian's five or six-year-old child was transported to this market.

It would be hard to imagine if it were carried all the way from home.

"Oh! The children of poor families are in charge!" After Liu Xing sighed, he lifted the cantaloupe and followed Qianqian and Xiao Peanut.

In order to keep Qian Qianbai from busy, he handed over fifty yuan to Qianqian at the moment.

Qianqian didn't actually count more than ten, and after hesitating, she collected the money.

She only knows that melons are sold for two cents a catty, and five catties are one dollar.

As for how much a bag of melons cost, she couldn't figure it out.

Of course, there is no need to count, because Liu Xing's brother is worthy of her trust.

After getting in the car, Deng Qi didn't drive away for the first time. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the several off-road vehicles passing by.

"What's the matter?" Liu Lao asked.

"I saw Sagong Lei just now, and I also saw Lin Kuantan, the old immortal." Deng Qi replied in a low voice.

"Really?" Old Liu frowned and looked behind him.

Seeing a few off-road vehicles have gone far, he shook his head and said: "Don't worry about so many, let's build the cliff of the bamboo bridge first."

"Good!" Deng Qi did so quickly.

Old Liu looked at Liu Xing who was sitting on the side. Seeing that Liu Xing heard that Si Konglei had come to Xiangxi, there was no accident at all, and he took a breath of air in a daze.

Because he felt that from the moment Sikong Lei left the market to congratulate Lin Yaotian on his birthday, it seemed that everything was in Liu Xing's plan.

Since it was a pre-planned plan, it seems that Liu Xing has already made arrangements for the Lin Family's excavation of the Bamboo God Cave. That is to say, there will be a good show next.

Thinking of this, Mr. Liu closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised to reveal a smile.

It is said that Lin Kuantan is the oldest fox in Hunan Province, very treacherous and cunning.

This time, because Sikong Lei got into Liu Xing, it was a blessing or a curse, only God knew.

...

After half an hour.

Deng Qi drove to the edge of the cliff where the bamboo bridge was built.

At this time it happened to be around 12 noon, which was in time for dinner.

Liu Xing was also not polite, and the people who came to Xiangxi with Liu Lao, Deng Qi, Xiao Peanut, Qianqian, etc., picked up the bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice and ate. Seeing that the food was still good as always, he was very happy now.

He was about to ask Xiao Peanut to eat quickly, so he could take her to play on the bamboo bridge, suddenly he found a very strange scene.

That is the 34th craftsman who stayed in Xiangxi to build the bamboo bridge. When they came back to eat one after another, they were divided into two groups.

One group is a team of villagers in Dongyu Village led by Wang Jiabao and Wang Ahu.

The other group turned out to be a team of craftsmen from outsiders.

The meal was originally divided into two groups, which is understandable.

However, Liu Xing found that the two teams were very different from each other, and his eyes seemed to be hostile.

"What happened in the past month or so?" Liu Xing was originally in a good mood, but was diluted by this scene. He also lost the thought of eating. Now, after quickly ate all the dishes in the bowl, Walked towards the tent where the village chief was.

As for Xiao Peanut and Qianqian, he believed that Liu Lao was there, and there shouldn't be any problems.

At this time, the village chief Wang brought a dozen villagers from Dongyu Village, including Wang Afu, Wang Jiabao, and Ahu. They were drinking wine and chatting in the tent. They saw Liu Xing coming, and they quickly got up to welcome each other.

"You all sit, all sit, eat, drink, leave me alone!" Liu Xing said with a smile.

"Are you here to find me?" Village Chief Wang chuckled, picked up the dry pipe on the table and took the lead out of the tent.

Liu Xing followed behind.

Under a dark brown boulder.

Village Chief Wang stopped: "If you have any questions, please ask."

"Why do I have to divide my meal into two groups now? What happened during my absence?" Liu Xing sat casually on the pebbles.

"Lao Liu didn't tell you the inside story?" Village Chief Wang chirped up the dry smoke.

"If so, can I ask you?" Liu Xing smiled bitterly.

"Oh! Then I tell you, if it wasn't for your sake, those foreign craftsmen, I would have quit them all." Village Chief Wang had no taboos in front of Liu Xing, and the chat box opened immediately: "One week after you left, Mayor Zhuge came to me and asked me to allocate a part of the manpower to build a simple bamboo bridge in the Southwest Mountain. It only takes one month."

"I agreed at the time and let Xie Fei take the lead in the construction. As for the wages, I didn't ask much. After all, this matter was led by Mayor Zhuge. It should be indispensable. Who knows Xie Fei this kid...in Zhuge Town The director took the wages, and turned around with a dozen foreign craftsmen and asked me about the missed wages. I was very angry at the time. After scolding Xie Fei a few words, from that moment on, the beam was next."

"Lost pay? Xie Fei is usually honest! He was encouraged by someone, right?" Liu Xing frowned.

In his impression of Xie Fei, he seldom speaks when he is in the bamboo ware workshop, but he is a good at doing things. The first person who comes every day is Xie Fei, and the last person who leaves is Xie Fei.

If it weren't for the construction of bamboo bridges in Xiangxi, he would still be thinking of promoting Xie Fei as the team leader!

"You ask me how I know what's going on, but then I met Mayor Zhuge and asked about missed work expenses. Guess what Mayor Zhuge said." Village Mayor Wang smiled bitterly.

Liu Xing listened with bated breath.

Village Chief Wang sighed softly: "He said that Xie Fei and a dozen craftsmen settled with him a total of more than 7,000 yuan in wages. Calculated according to the number of days, the difference is more than 300 yuan a day. Under such circumstances, they still want to pay for lost work. This is shameless!"

"This happened at that time, why didn't you tell me the first time?" Liu Xing frowned.

"I want to say! But you were preparing for the entrance examination at that time! I was afraid that you were distracted, so I pressed it down. This is not... it will be delayed until now." Village Chief Wang chirped and smoked again. "During this period, I also understood why Xie Fei asked me to pay for missing work. It turned out that in the Southwest Mountain, someone asked him to build a simple bamboo bridge. The unit price was very high, but it was a private team. The surname is Lin."

"In other words, Xie Fei asked you to miss work expenses. In fact, he wanted to find an excuse to leave and go to the Southwest Mountain to help build a simple bridge named Lin?" Liu Xing couldn't help laughing: "Grandpa! This is what you did. It's wrong, why didn't you let Xie Fei go?"

The environment on the Southwest Mountain is much worse than here, and poisonous insects and beasts are infested. This Xie Fei wanted to go to the Southwest Mountain to build a simple bamboo bridge for money. This is too long!

"Can I let Xie Fei go? When he leaves, he will take away more than a dozen foreign craftsmen. When no one asks you for it, wouldn't it cause you trouble? So... They all found excuses to suppress the wages of more than a dozen outsiders such as Xie Fei, fearing that they will disappear the next day after they get the money." Village Chief Wang replied helplessly.

"I know you are doing it for my good, but now the construction of the bamboo bridge has come to an end, and there is no need for so many people, and a lot of work has to be done slowly, so after you go back next time, you will thank you for your salary. Fly them! They want to go and don't stay." Liu Xing smiled and said his opinion.

"Okay! If there is not enough manpower, I will ask you for it when the time comes!" Village Chief Wang even said.

"Yes!" Liu Xing nodded.

Originally, he wanted Village Chief Wang to recruit local craftsmen to help Xiangxi, but when he thought that Xiangxi is now at the peak of economic construction, he was afraid that he would not be able to recruit people at all, so he gave up this idea.

"Then first, I'll go back to eat. As for Xie Fei's affairs, I will do it when work is over in the afternoon!" Village Chief Wang stretched out his hand and patted Liu Xing on the shoulder, turned and left.

Liu Xing was not staying either, and went back to find Xiao Peanut to visit the bamboo bridge.

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