Luo Jingyan was a little annoyed. She stood up and said, "I really can't meet your requirements. If you don't want to do it, then don't. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to move into this house, so let's put it aside for now. I will pay you every penny you owe for the work you've done."

None of the six people expected Luo Jingyan to be so resolute. They made a deal with her, wanting her to learn from Zhuang Feifei, but she didn't budge at all. They didn't know what to do for a moment, so they could only turn to Uncle Wu again and let him make the decision.

Uncle Wu was already starting to regret it. If Luo Jingyan stopped him from working, he would have to sit at home doing nothing and wouldn't earn a single penny.

Luo Jingyan's salary was a little lower than the other side's, but at least he could earn money, and that money was worth the effort he put in.

The other five people waited for him to speak, but he remained silent for a long time. After a while, he finally said, "Young Master Luo, this is not your fault. We were short-sighted and failed to do our duty. We apologize for making you laugh at us. Let's just pretend that nothing happened. Let's go back to work now."

He stood up from the ground and then shouted to the other five people: "Luo Zhiqing has not treated us badly, so get up and keep working."

The other five were reluctant, but his authority was undeniable, and under his command, they reluctantly stood up and continued working.

Luo Jingyan noticed that when they were working, their movements were noticeably less efficient than before; they were almost slow and lazy.

Such work efficiency is greatly reduced; not only is it slow, but it may also ruin the quality of the project.

Just then, Zhuang Feifei brought apples to distribute to her workers. The workers quickly washed their hands, and those who received apples made a point of looking at Luo Jingyan's workers. Then, they deliberately made a lot of noise while eating the apples, discussing how crisp, sweet, and delicious they were.

Of course, they also didn't forget to praise their big spenders.

"Zhuang Zhiqing is a generous and magnanimous person. It's my good fortune to be able to build a house for Zhuang Zhiqing."

“Me too. If it weren’t for Zhuang Zhiqing, I wouldn’t be able to eat an apple for a month or two. But when I work for Zhuang Zhiqing, I can eat apples whenever I want. I’ve never been treated like this before. Zhuang Zhiqing is so good to us, so we must work hard and do our best to make sure Zhuang Zhiqing can live there comfortably.”

"Of course, this experience will stay with me for life. I must repay Zhuang Zhiqing properly."

Several people were praising Zhuang, the educated youth, and kept saying they would do a good job, but what they were really thinking about was how to delay the construction period so they could eat more apples and get more wages.

On Luo Jingyan's side, Uncle Wu and the five workers were already lacking in energy to work. Seeing the workers over there happily eating apples, just hearing the sounds made them incredibly envious. Without comparison, there is no harm, and they couldn't help but start to resent Luo Jingyan, their stingy sugar daddy.

They not only slowed down their work even more, but also whispered among themselves, discussing their envy and jealousy of Zhuang Feifei's workers and their hatred for Luo Jingyan.

Luo Jingyan ignored it and acted as if nothing had happened.

She won't stop these people if they don't want to work for her.

If you let her dawdle tomorrow, she still won't tolerate it.

Luo Jingyan watched them for a while, then deliberately walked away. Not long after she left, Li Jianliang went to discuss things with Uncle Wu.

“Uncle, look, Luo Zhiqing is completely ignoring us. And look at Zhuang Zhiqing’s place, the workers’ treatment there is so enviable. I can’t work here at all, it’s so boring.”

Uncle Wu sighed, "You think you're the only one who's greedy, but I'm not? There's nothing we can do, we get paid for the work we do, that's how it's always been."

“That’s because there weren’t any more generous homeowners before. Look at Zhuang Zhiqing. I want to go and work for Zhuang Zhiqing now, so I won’t have to suffer here.”

His suggestion, however, aroused Uncle Wu's desire.

"Jianliang, why don't we go ask Zhuang Zhiqing if she needs any more workers? If she does, we can all go together. What do you say?"

“Okay, absolutely. Uncle Wu, you’ve finally said something meaningful today. You wait here, I’ll go ask right away.”

"Okay, go ahead."

Li Jianliang excitedly went to find Zhuang Feifei and asked if she needed more people to build the house. Zhuang Feifei already had ten people, which was more than enough.

However, in order to see Luo Jingyan make a fool of herself, to make Luo Jingyan suffer a setback, and to move into the new house before Luo Jingyan, she readily agreed to Li Jianliang's request.

Anyway, she still has plenty of supplies in her space, so Luo Jingyan can't possibly fight against her.

"Since you all want to come, then come on over. I welcome you."

"That's wonderful! I knew Zhuang Zhiqing was different from others; she's so kind to people. But what about our wages if we come here?"

"We'll calculate your wages the same way we calculate the wages for the other workers here."

"Okay, that's great, thank you, Zhuang Zhiqing."

"Don't be so polite with me."

When they finished work in the evening, Uncle Wu and a few others went to find Luo Jingyan to talk about transferring to Zhuang Feifei's construction site. Uncle Wu was too embarrassed to speak, so he asked Li Jianliang to speak for him.

Li Jianliang said, "Young Master Luo, we've reached an agreement that we don't want to work for you anymore. Tomorrow, we'll go to Young Master Zhuang's place."

Uncle Wu said awkwardly, "Young Master Luo, don't blame your uncle, it's just that everyone thinks the same way."

"I know," Luo Jingyan said. "I don't blame you. I'll pay you for the past two days right away. You're free to go wherever you want, do as you please."

Luo Jingyan took out six yuan and gave one yuan to each of them. The six people took the money and left.

Luo Jingyan could even hear Li Jianliang grumbling to the others: "If we had worked for Zhuang Zhiqing earlier, we would be getting two yuan now."

"Well, that's it for now. At least we'll get double pay tomorrow."

Luo Jingyan had no intention of giving up her house or delaying the construction.

These people and Zhuang Feifei are not enough to change her plan to build the house on schedule.