Otherworldly Days

Chapter 132

It is a big deal to build roads in the village. In the morning, the village chief Li Zhenghe and the elders of the clan got up and opened the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors. Even Cao Xiangnan was invited here.Since he was the one who proposed the road construction, he couldn't refuse such a thing as worshiping an ancestor.

There was a group of people around the gate, big and small, old and young, and it was lively and lively. Everyone was very happy to know that the road was going to be built in the village.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. This is true. If there is no flat road to Caojia Village, how can this village develop well?What's more, Cao Xiangnan intends to build a factory in Caojia Village. Without a road, how can his goods be transported out as quickly as possible? This is in the name of benefiting the villagers and also for his own personal gain. up.

"Brother." Since that day, Cao Xiangnan has never seen his sisters come to make trouble. He didn't expect his elder brother to come to repair the road.

When Boss Cao saw his fourth brother, his face was a little embarrassed, he called out to the fourth brother, and said unnaturally, "I, I also come to build the road." Originally, he didn't want to come, but his wife asked him to come, so he just coming.

Seeing Boss Cao and Cao Silang talking, everyone couldn't help looking over, with curiosity in them.

"Well, you go with everyone." Cao Xiangnan also greeted his elder brother in a normal way, thinking that his elder brother is not bad if he knows to come to work, and he has no reason to support these brothers and their children for nothing. Children, if they don't work hard, no one can save them, let alone Cao Xiangnan.

These people in the compound haven't been to his house since that day. His mother and second brother returned home, and they probably stayed at home obediently, and didn't dare to come to his house to make trouble again.

The village head and Li Zheng are in charge of road construction, and the elders in the clan are also concerned about it. People from everyone's family have come to help repair the road.Walking over with everyone to see, Cao Xiangnan only told everyone his requirements for road construction, one is to be spacious, two horse-drawn carts/ox carts can pass by side by side, the other is to be flat, and the low-lying places should be filled with high and high There are hundreds of families in Caojia Village, and all the people in the village who can come to build roads have come. The villagers are very enthusiastic about road repairs. The men who signed up came from home The tools were brought, and the road diggers dug the roads, and the soil filled the soil, and everyone started working in full swing.The immature children who are able to work also work behind Dad. They don't do much work, but they can also help a little.

What Cao Xiangnan meant was that everyone who came to work could have a bite to eat. The person in charge counted the number of people in advance, and the cooking side would prepare according to the amount.But only men who have signed up to work have wages, so children or old people come to help, and he just eats.Road construction is a good deed. Those who come to work can have a bite to eat, but everyone is willing to have no wages.

A temporary cooking place was set up at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and the daily meals would be prepared here and distributed by the person in charge.

On the first day of work, Cao Xiangnan and the village chief Lizheng walked around, then returned to the entrance of the ancestral hall, and came to cook and have a look.Anyone who doesn't know Cao Silang now, when they saw Cao Silang coming over, all the cooks shouted.

"Just as long as you are busy, don't worry about me." Cao Xiangnan came over and took a look. The more people eat, the more food they cook, so there are many people who come to cook, and many free Ahma in the village will come to help .

So if calculated in this way, it is a large amount to provide a meal for half of the village every day.But thinking about it, there were only so many people on the first day, and the work in the field could not be left alone. After two days, everyone would go to the fields to work, and there would not be so many people working here.

When Cao Silang left, everyone talked about him behind his back, saying that he was a good person.

Just a little later, those people in the prison entrusted him to take care of his family that day, and Cao Xiangnan never let go of the scene of Liu Erzi kneeling and crying begging him, and asked someone about the family situation of those people.

When the man mentioned Liu Erzi's family, he just sighed and told him about the situation of Liu Erzi's family.There is only one blind mother left in Liu Erzi's family. Liu Erzi's father died early, and Liu Ah was not born blind, but after her husband died, he cried and went blind. If he doesn't learn well, he will do some sneaky things all day long, pity his blind Eminem.

After asking where Liu Erzi lived, Cao Xiangnan came to find him, a dilapidated earthen house, and a blind man.For a moment, Cao Xiangnan regretted sending Liu Erzi and the others to hard labor. He did not hide his identity, but told the truth about Liu Erzi's situation.

"I know, someone came to tell me about this that day. Cao Jiashiro, I don't blame you for this. If you want to blame, you can only blame me for not learning well, doing some sneaky things all day long, and going to your house Stealing things, I, as a mother, did not discipline him well, so I’m sorry, Ah Mo apologized to you, and forgot you to forgive my son.” Liu Ah Mo is blind and has a clear heart, knowing that her son He was arrested for stealing from someone's house, and now he is sent to the county magistrate to do a year of hard labor. He doesn't blame anyone.

It's just that he blames himself. If he hadn't been blind for so many years and failed to educate his son well, his son would not do bad things. Liu Amo just sat there and shed tears like that, which made people see The ground is sad again.

Cao Xiangnan's eyes were sore at that moment, he had never felt the affection of his parents in his two lifetimes, but now he felt his affection for his child from Liu Ah's eyes.He promised Liu Erzi to help him take care of his aunt, but now that he knew that Liu aunt was blind, he proposed to take him to his home to take care of him.

Unexpectedly, Ah Liu refused immediately, and did not accept his kindness.

"Thank you for your kindness. I am used to living here. I have been here alone for so many years, so I don't have to go to your house to disturb your life. I can do it here alone." He can't do this kind of thing by relying on others after doing hard labor.

Knowing Liu Ah's determination, Cao Xiangnan didn't force it. He said, "Well, I promised Liu Erzi to take good care of you. He will come back in a year. During this year, I will send you some rice every month. When the food comes, some meat will be brought to you every day until Liu Erzi comes back."

"Cao Silang, Liu Ama knows you are a good person, so there is no need for these things. I originally had a few acres of land in my family. After I lost my eyesight, I couldn't farm the fields. Later, these lands were leased out for farming. I also receive some food every year, which is enough. I grow vegetables in the yard and raise a few hens that lay eggs. I ask someone to sell the eggs for me, and I can exchange them for some money, so you don’t have to send them any more. The things are here." Liu Ah also rejected Cao Silang's kindness, and it is absolutely impossible for him to take these things from other people.

The family is blind, and he also grows vegetables in the yard, raises chickens, and collects some grain on the land. It has been so many years.

After listening to Liu Ah's words, Cao Xiangnan saw the situation of Liu's family and knew that his life was difficult. Since he promised Liu Erzi to help him take care of his mother, he also insisted on sending him some food every month. Meat is also delivered daily.Liu Ahma refused repeatedly, but when she saw that the refusal was unsuccessful, she thanked her again and again.

"If Liu Ah has anything to do, just find someone to send a message to my house, and I will come." Cao Xiangnan didn't have much time here, so he was about to leave, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first .”

"Okay, okay." Liu Ahma sent the person out and stood at the door of the house.

After leaving Amo Liu's house, Cao Xiangnan went to the house next door. We all know each other. The food from this house will be sent to his house. When he mentioned that he would help take care of Amo Liu, the family didn't say anything. Just agreed, "You don't need Cao Silang to tell you, our family is so close to Liu Amo's, and we also take care of Liu Amo, so don't worry."

Hearing what the other party said, Cao Xiangnan was relieved. He originally wanted to give the other party some money, but the other party refused to accept it, so he didn't give any more.

As for the other families, Cao Xiangnan didn't go there because he knew that those families were a big family and not very good.In case he was kind enough to cause trouble for himself, he has no obligation to take care of those people, unlike Liu Erzi who only has a blind mother in his family, and it really doesn't work if no one takes care of him.

Later, I went to Cao Ada's place by the way, said hello to Cao Ada, and asked him to deliver some meat to Liu Amo's every day. If there is no time, I can ask someone I know in the village to take it there. .

Cao Ada agreed without saying a word. Now everyone in the village has made money, and the family is willing to spend a few dollars to buy meat. Now he can kill a pig every day and sell it. The business is very good.Cao Silang became his big customer, and he sent tens of catties of meat to him every day, but it was a trivial matter to send a piece of meat to Liu Amo every day.

The remaining pork in the afternoon was sold cheaply, so the stall was closed, and Cao Ada went home.

Seeing that pork is so easy to sell now, Cao Zhilan, the older brother of Cao A’s family, started raising pigs. He told his father about it, and the father and son hit it off immediately and decided to raise a large number of pigs.Didn't Cao Silang say that ten pigs will be needed in winter?They are going to kill all the pigs now, so there will be no pigs to sell by then?

"Do it, just do it!" Cao A said loudly, and slapped the hand on the table with the butcher's knife, firm and powerful.

The old lady who was listening at the side was startled by the voice, and when he heard the son and grandson talk about raising pigs so vigorously, he sighed again, a good brother won’t find a good man to marry, He just wants to raise pigs with his father, and now he has to raise pigs. How can he marry and go out in the future? This is worrying, worrying.

The father and son, who were discussing vigorously, didn't hear their Ah Mu/Ama's sigh at all, even if they heard it, they were used to it, so they just pretended not to hear it.

The village is building roads, and Cao Xiangnan is not worried about any troubles.He knew how many workers there were, and he knew exactly how much money he would give, so he handed over the money directly to Li Zheng, knowing that nothing would happen to Li Zheng.

Knowing that his second brother and his party were going to be sent to Gaobei Town for a year of hard labor, Cao Xiangnan only asked someone to bring them some food, and gave some money to the yamen guard who escorted them there, and asked them to take care of them along the way.

It is also a bit far from here to Gaobei Town, and it takes three or four days to walk there.

Early in the morning, the yamen servant took a few people from the jail on the road. Cao Lao Er lowered his head, knowing that his father and mother would not come to rescue him, and his fourth brother was also determined to send him to endure hardships, following behind the team On the way, the group left Fenshui Town.

Knowing that his second brother and the others were sent to Gaobei Town to do hard labor, Cao Xiangnan sighed in his heart. He only hoped that Cao's second brother would come back to be a new person after going there for a year, otherwise, he really didn't want to go in this direction. think.