Reborn Craftsman

Chapter 424
At around o'clock in the morning, Deng Qi drove into the area of ​​Xiangxi. Before reaching the crucian carp village, Liu Xing noticed that the surroundings had changed a lot.

Many villagers have demolished their original adobe-brick houses and are building new red-brick houses. The bustling and busy scene is nothing like the old Xiangxi.

Moreover, the muddy country roads that originally led to each house were replaced by wide roadbeds. Many large trucks carrying cement were passing by. I am afraid that the cement road will soon be paved.

Many local villagers were not surprised to see these large trucks, but walked eastward with bamboo baskets or burdens on their backs, talking and laughing.

"Today is the day to go to the market in Xiangxi, and these villagers are all going to sell the mountain products in their homes!" Liu Lao looked at this scene and explained to Liu Xing with a smile.

"Oh... this feels really good. Under your leadership, most of Xiangxi is now living a well-off life, right?" Liu Xing followed suit with a happy smile on his face.

The lives of the people in the entire Xiangxi are better, and Tang Tang 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.

And that Tang Qianqian who kept the little suckling pig as a pet, I don't know what happened recently.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing wished Deng Qi could drive faster.

Little Peanut, who was sitting by the side, also regained his energy at this time, looking at the novelty on both sides of the road, chirping like a bird and asking questions non-stop.

Liu Xing had no choice but to explain patiently.

Mr. Liu shook his head as he watched, with a smile on his wrinkled face.

Liu Xing said before that Xiangxi lived a well-off life under his leadership.

In fact, this is not the case at all. If Liu Xing hadn't been careful and discovered the use of Phoenix Grass, I am afraid that even if he has three heads and six arms, he would not be able to do so well in the economic construction of Xiangxi in a short period of time.

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

With this money, Xiangxi dared to build red brick houses for every household, and dared to put some plans that were not dared to be mentioned before on the agenda.

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

The Lin family who are not offended by this is jealous, and now they want to intervene in the matter of the Southwest Mountain Bamboo God Cave.

The Bamboo God Cave is a national SS-level secret. Is it really okay for the Lin family to excavate it with such fanfare?
I was about to call to ask Zhuge Dan about the situation in Xiangxi in the past few days.

There was a creaking sound, but Deng Qi kicked in a hurry, almost hitting the heads of everyone in the car on the roof.

"What's going on?" Elder Liu asked with a frown.

"It was Qianqian's little Bajie who was running amok on the road, and I almost ran into him!" Deng Qi explained in a cold sweat.

"Qianqian is nearby?" Liu Xing came back to his senses, and quickly stretched his neck to look out the car window, only to find that Deng Qi had already driven the car near the Xiangxi Bazaar, surrounded by people coming and going, very lively .

At this time, Qianqian was sitting in front of a street stall selling cantaloupe, and she didn't pay attention to Xiao Bajie's safety at all.

Liu Xing shook his head as he watched, and after talking to Mr. Liu, he walked down with Peanut in his arms.

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

"Wait!" Old Liu smiled lightly.

"Oh!" Deng Qi had no choice but to turn off the car and looked at Tang Qianqian's location.

This is the season for cantaloupe harvesting, and most villagers in western Hunan have planted a lot of them.

This phenomenon has caused the price to be low, and it cannot be sold.

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

Hearing footsteps walking towards her, he shouted feebly, "Cantaloupe is for sale! It costs one yuan and five catties, and you don't need money if it's not sweet."

"I want your 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 surprise when she heard the words, and seeing that it was really Liu Xing, she quickly stood up happily, stepped forward and hugged Liu Xing's right leg, and raised her little head: "Why are you doing this now? I just came back! Do you know? I prepared so many delicious things for you to eat, but they all rotted in the end."

"I want to take a reading test! I can't say that I can come if I can come to Xiangxi." Liu Xing put down the little peanut in his hand with a smile: "But it's all right now, I'll bring my family's most powerful foodie Now, if you have something delicious, just give it to her, and make sure it's all clean, and nothing will rot."

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

"Hmm, um! Where's your little Bajie!" Little Peanut took the melon and asked happily.

"Little Bajie!" Qianqian shouted at the top of her voice.

After a while, I saw a little pig running out of the crowd, and soon ran in front of Qianqian.

"Wow! It's amazing that little Bajie can understand your words!" Little Peanut's eyes widened, with an expression of disbelief on his face. It would be great if she could have such an obedient pet. ah!

Qianqian smiled sweetly.

Liu Xing looked at Xiao Peanut's surprised look and shook his head: "Stop talking nonsense, I have to go to the place where the bamboo bridge was built to meet Village Chief Wang! So now you have only one choice, and that is to follow me immediately. "

"I won't leave, I want to sell cantaloupe to Qianqian!" Little Peanut begged.

"What did you say when you came?" Liu Xing would not agree to leave Little Peanut alone, and his face darkened immediately.

"Then...then take Qianqian to Village Chief Wang's place?" Little Peanut knew that he couldn't hold back Liu Xing, so he immediately suggested.

"No, I haven't sold out my cantaloupe yet! If my parents find out, they will be scolded to death!" Qianqian even waved her hand to veto Xiao Peanut's proposal.

"It's easy to handle. I bought all your cantaloupe, and I just gave it to Village Chief Wang and the others." Liu Xing laughed.

"Is this okay?" Qianqian hesitated.

"No, when will you sell this melon? Are you being polite to me?" Liu Xing asked back.

"That's true!" Qianqian smiled, squatted down and put all the melons on the stall into nylon bags.

"Let me come! Get into Grandpa Liu's car first with your little sister Peanut!" Liu Xing was embarrassed to keep Mr. Liu waiting too long, and after saying a word, he helped put all the cantaloupe on the stall into the nylon in the bag.

When I mentioned it, I realized that the weight was not light.

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

It would be unimaginable if it was carried all the way from home.

"Hey! The children of poor families are already in charge!" After sighing, Liu Xing picked up the muskmelon and followed behind Qianqian and Peanut.

In order not to make Qianqianbai busy, he immediately handed 50 yuan to Qianqian.

Actually, Qianqian didn't know how to count more than ten, so she collected the money after hesitating for a while.

She only knew that cantaloupe sold for cents a catty, and five catties was one yuan.

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

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

After all got into the car, Deng Qi didn't drive away at the first time, but turned his head to look at several off-road vehicles passing by in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Old Liu asked.

"I saw Sikong Lei just now, and I also saw that old man Lin Kuandan." Deng Qi replied in a low voice.

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

Seeing that several off-road vehicles had gone far away, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry about it, let's build the cliff of the bamboo bridge first."

"Okay!" Deng Qi quickly followed suit.

Elder Liu looked at Liu Xing who was sitting beside him, seeing that Liu Xing was not surprised at all when he heard that Si Konglei had come to Xiangxi, he took a breath in a daze.

Because at this moment he felt that from the moment Sikong Lei left the market to celebrate Lin Yaotian's birthday, everything seemed to be in Liu Xing's plan.

Since it was a plan in advance, 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 in the future.

Thinking of this, Old Liu closed his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

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

This time because Sikong Lei got into trouble with Liu Xing, maybe it's a blessing or a curse, only God knows.

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After half an hour.

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

It happened to be around twelve o'clock at noon, and it was time to eat.

Liu Xing was not polite either. He brought Liu Lao, Deng Qi, Xiao Huasheng, Qianqian and other people who came to Xiangxi together, picked up the bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice and started eating. Seeing that the food was still as good as before, he was very happy at the moment.

Just about to tell Little Peanut to eat quickly so that he can take her to play on the bamboo bridge later, he suddenly noticed a very strange scene.

That was the No. 34 craftsman who stayed in Xiangxi to build the bamboo bridge. When they rushed back to eat one after another, they were divided into two groups.

A team of villagers from Dongyu Village led by Wang Jiabao and Wang Ahu.

And the other group turned out to be a craftsman team composed of outsiders.

Originally divided into two groups to eat, this is understandable.

But Liu Xing found that there was something wrong between the two groups of people, and there seemed to be hostility in their eyes.

"What happened in the past one month?" Liu Xing was originally in a good mood, but was diluted by this scene, and he had no desire to eat. After finishing all the food in the bowl quickly, He walked towards the tent where Village Chief Wang was.

As for Little Peanut and Qianqian, he believed that there should be no problems with Liu Lao.

At this time, Village Chief Wang brought about a dozen villagers from Dongyu Village, including Wang Afu, Wang Jiabao, and Ahu, who were sipping wine, chatting and eating food in the tent.

"You all sit, you all sit, you should eat and drink, don't worry about me!" Liu Xing said with a smile.

"Are you here to look for me?" Village Chief Wang laughed, picked up the dry pipe on the table and walked out of the tent.

Liu Xing followed behind.

Under a dark brown boulder.

Village Chief Wang stopped in his tracks: "If you have anything to say, just ask."

"Why are we divided into two groups for dinner now? What happened during my absence?" Liu Xing sat casually on the cobblestone beside him.

"Mr. Liu didn't tell you the inside story?" Village Chief Wang smoked a pipe.

"If yes, can I ask you?" Liu Xing smiled wryly.

"Hey! Then let me tell you, if it wasn't for your sake, I would have fired all those foreign craftsmen a long time ago." Village head Wang didn't have any taboos in front of Liu Xing, and the conversation started immediately: "One week after you left, Mayor Zhuge came to me and asked me to send some people to Southwest Mountain to build a simple bamboo bridge. It only needs to be managed for a month."

"I agreed at the time and asked Xie Fei to take the lead in the construction. As for the salary, I didn't ask too much. After all, this matter was led by the mayor of Zhuge, so it should be indispensable. Who knew that Xie Fei...was in Zhuge Town The boss took the wages, turned around and brought a dozen craftsmen from other places and asked me for lost wages, I was furious at that time, scolded Xie Fei a few words, and from that moment on, this Liangzi took over."

"Delayed wages? Xie Fei is usually quite honest! Was he instigated by someone?" Liu Xing said with a frown.

In his impression, Xie Fei rarely talked when he was in the workshop of bamboo products, but he was a good hand at doing things. Xie Fei was the first to come every day, and Xie Fei was the last to leave.

If it wasn't for coming to Xiangxi to build a bamboo bridge, he would still have thought of promoting Xie Fei to be the team leader!

"If you ask me, I don't know what's going on, but I later met Mayor Zhuge and asked about lost wages. Guess what Mayor Zhuge said." Village Chief Wang smiled wryly.

Liu Xing listened with bated breath.

Village Chief Wang sighed softly: "He said that Xie Fei brought more than a dozen craftsmen to pay him a total of more than 7000 yuan in wages. Calculated according to the number of days, the average is more than 300 yuan a day. Under the circumstances, they still want lost wages, which is shameless!"

"When this happened, why didn't you tell me immediately?" Liu Xing frowned.

"I want to say it! But you were preparing for the high school entrance examination at that time! I was afraid that you would be distracted, so I suppressed it. This is not... it has been delayed until now." Village Chief Wang smoked again. : "During this period of time, I also understood why Xie Fei asked me to pay for lost work. It turned out that on the Southwest Mountain, someone asked him to build a simple bamboo bridge. The unit price was very high. It was just a private team. It's surnamed Lin."

"That is to say, Xie Fei asked you to pay for lost work, but he actually wanted to find an excuse to leave and go to the Southwest Mountain to help Lin build a simple bridge?" Liu Xing couldn't help laughing: "Grandpa! You did this thing No, why didn't you let Xie Fei go away?"

The environment on the Southwest Mountain is much worse than here, and poisonous insects and beasts are infested. This Xie Fei actually wanted to go to Southwest Mountain to build a simple bamboo bridge for money. This is too long!
"Can I let Xie Fei go? Once he leaves, he will take away more than a dozen craftsmen from other places. At that time, no one will ask you for it. Wouldn't it be troublesome for you? So... I have been They all found excuses to suppress the wages of Xie Fei and a dozen other foreigners, for fear that they would disappear the next day after they got the money." Village Chief Wang replied helplessly.

"I know you are doing it for my own good, but now that the construction of the bamboo bridge has come to an end, so many people are not needed, and some work has to be done slowly, so when you go back next time, thank you for all the wages." Fly them! If they want to leave, don't stay." Liu Xing smiled and expressed his opinion.

"Okay! If you don't have enough manpower, I will ask you for it when I look for it!" Village Chief Wang said repeatedly.

"Yes!" Liu Xing nodded.

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

"That's it for now. I'm going back to eat. As for Xie Fei's matter, I will do it when work is over in the afternoon!" Village Chief Wang patted Liu Xing's shoulder, turned around and left.

Liu Xing didn't stay there either, and went back to find Peanut to visit the bamboo bridge.

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(End of this chapter)