coobybook Chapter 135 Gouging out her eyeballs
Chapter 135 Gouging out her eyeballs
Black Dog didn't want to leave either. "Aunt Xianghe, you go ahead. Thank you for taking care of us during this time. From now on, we'll eat and live with the team. Don't worry about us. We'll come to the village to see you after we get our wages!"
Others echoed this sentiment, indicating they would stay with the rats.
Lin Xianghe was torn. If she left, she would be worried about Rat and the others. But if she stayed, her two children were too young, and she was sure they could be better taken care of at the estate.
The mouse saw through this and offered a few more sincere words of advice.
Comparing the two, her own child was of course more important, so Lin Xianghe decided to try participating in the farm's recruitment selection.
The next day, she went to Qingrui's house.
Not only her, but many people from Lijia Village rushed over and surrounded Qingrui's house in layers.
Lin Xianghe, who had been so confident of success, suddenly felt the pressure.
On the other side, Jiang Mianmian also arrived on time.
She specially built a simple room, furnished with a desk, chairs, and a whiteboard, for holding meetings and discussing important matters.
Magistrate Ye and his men, who were nearby, all rushed over when they saw her carriage, along with about ten unfamiliar faces.
Seeing that Jiang Mianmian was accompanied by an unfamiliar young man, she paused to wonder, "Who is this?"
"You can just call him Twenty-Six."
Jiang Mianmian introduced him to everyone with a smile, "He's here to help me with odd jobs."
This was something we discussed last night. He wanted to follow me, and it wouldn't be appropriate without a title.
"Twenty-six greets all the esteemed officials."
Twenty-six clasped his hands in a fist salute, a gentle smile on his face.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Shi Yi. In the past, when they saw him, they always thought that this was what a handsome young nobleman should look like.
But upon seeing this Twenty-Six today, I suddenly felt that Shi Yi had been trampled into the mud. This Twenty-Six is no exaggeration to say that he is a banished immortal who has descended to the mortal world!
"Well, let's hurry up. These are the skilled craftsmen you mentioned?"
Jiang Mianmian looked at Magistrate Ye and went into the house first.
The others then followed in, and Magistrate Ye nodded and introduced them one by one.
These dozen or so people all have verifiable achievements; they are all renowned master craftsmen in the Fengshui County area.
However, they only built above-ground structures. Now, they want to build underground structures for living people, and thousands or even tens of thousands of people. Such a large-scale project is indeed quite difficult.
So this discussion lasted for more than an hour.
Finally, it was tentatively decided to build eight underground cities for 10,000 people each, with the mountains on the east side of Fengshui County as the center point, extending to the north and south sides, and these underground cities for 10,000 people each being evenly distributed.
Each underground city was covered by a fortified village on the ground, with the entrance and exit hidden in the center of the fortified village, making it highly secretive and well-defended.
However, time is tight now, and the construction of the eight fortified villages cannot start at the same time. We must first gather the strength of 80,000 people to build the central city, which will not only accumulate experience, but also serve as a temporary shelter in the event of extreme weather.
For several days, Jiang Mianmian led them on a long tour around the mountains, surveying the area repeatedly, and finally decided on the location at the foot of the mountain where Taoyuan Village and Ye Family Village were located. In addition to these two villages, there were three other empty villages on the mountain. Because no one had taken care of them, they had been ruined by the torrential rain and were directly requisitioned as temporary residences.
As for the Ye family, they wholeheartedly supported the project. Once the underground city was completed and the people settled down again, their own estate, located in the center, would be the safest place.
Jiu Niang and the others were even happier. The underground city was safer than the fortified village, and this way, Mianmian wouldn't have to keep running around outside and living in the RV all day.
Unfortunately, Jiang Mianmian couldn't stay idle. Once the underground city was basically settled, she decided to go to Hong'an County again.
Once we collect the sheep from the wealthy Zuo's family, our merit points might break the 150,000 mark!
Recently, perhaps because of the construction of the underground city, my merit points have increased again, but then stopped at around 140,000, and the growth rate has become very slow.
She guessed that it was because the people of Fengshui County had already accumulated a lot of merit points, and if they wanted to accumulate more, they would have very few or even none left. The only way to earn more merit points was to go out and explore.
However, before she could set off, people from the Yuan family arrived.
Yuan Zhenghe had ridden over overnight and looked travel-worn.
Seeing the familiar village with that silly-looking sign hanging above it, I almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
He didn't only have one son, Yuan Pei, but he loved this youngest son the most. He was intelligent from a young age, but tragically, fate was jealous of him. How could one not feel sorry for him? That's why he indulged the child's temperament and sent so many people to protect him. But what happened in the end?
But he was defeated by a little girl!
The moment the door opened, he suppressed the murderous intent in his eyes, but when he looked up, he was stunned.
I saw a sprightly old lady holding a spatula. Wait, didn't the letter say it was a young girl?
He felt a surge of disgust; she was just a shameless old woman. Yet, she still wore a fawning smile. "You must be Miss Jiang?"
"laugh."
Grandma Niu chuckled, "Are you blind?"
Yuan Zhenghe: "..."
His right hand trembled, and he barely managed to refrain from drawing his sword. He gave an awkward laugh and asked, "And who are you?"
The big doorman just said to go in and look for Jiang Mianmian! Of course he assumed that the girl who came out would be that brat!
That old hag! Her words are so hurtful! Once he rescues Pei'er, he'll gouge out her eyes!
Grandma Niu raised her chin. "Miss Mianmian is busy. Please come in first."
"May I see my Pei'er first?"
Yuan Zhenghe said urgently.
He certainly didn't want to be so polite. In fact, as soon as he arrived near the manor, he sent more than a dozen guards to force their way in.
To everyone's surprise, those guards flew out and crawled back!
The current courtyard wall is quite eerie, with many sharp spikes on it. Even if you don't touch those spikes, just flying over them will give you a tingling and unbearable pain!
Everyone failed; they simply couldn't get in!
He then had no choice but to knock on the front door.
After being kept waiting by that tall gatekeeper for ages, they finally got to see this old woman, but still, they couldn't see that brat Jiang Mianmian! The old woman didn't even mention Pei'er!
Sure enough, Granny Niu waved her hand and said, "You should talk to Mianmian about this. I can't make the decision."
After leading the man to the flower hall, Granny Niu reminded him, "You just wait here, and don't wander off, or I won't be able to save you."
Yuan Zhenghe wanted to ask why, but Granny Niu had already walked away.
He slammed his hand on the table. "She really is a country bumpkin, so rude!"
Looking at the empty table, he became even angrier. There wasn't even a cup of tea. Where did this family come from? They had no manners at all, yet they dared to kidnap his son and stay on his estate!
Jiang Mianmian wasn't deliberately ignoring him; they didn't have any grudge against each other, so it wasn't that serious.
She was in the backyard, 'interviewing' the dozen or so women that Qingrui had brought. "My family is different from the families you usually serve. You don't need to serve them personally, but you will have to do the sweeping, washing, and some rough work. Qingrui has already told you about the treatment. You just need to decide whether you want to sign a five-year or fifty-year contract."