Chapter 653 Unconvinced

Su Yu still had to check on the progress of the road construction, so he didn't get to eat the dried mushrooms from the little girl's house.

The basic conditions of the dirt road outside Tiankui City are pretty good. A section of the road has been almost dug during this period, and all that needs to be done is to fill it with blue bricks.

"According to this progress, the road should be repaired this year."

"Don't worry, City Lord. It will definitely be repaired this year."

Su Yu took two people with her to check the situation along the way, and only returned to the city after making sure there was no major problem.

Uncle Murong had already prepared a sumptuous dinner.

"I see that the city lord has lost weight recently. He should eat more."

Has she lost weight?

Su Yu stretched out her hand and pinched her face. She felt a handful of flesh. Was she sure that she had not gained weight but lost weight?

But she still ate all the food out of courtesy.

Just as the dishes were cleared away, Green Protector arrived with news from the State of Chu.

Su Yu opened the new paper and was about to read it carefully, but she found that Xiao Jin had written a sentence on the letter as if to take revenge on her.

"When will you be back?"

Although it was only a short sentence, Su Yu didn't know how to answer.

Because she had never thought about this issue at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Yu still went to the table to reply.

"Mining has just started, and road construction has just begun. We can't go back in the short term."

As soon as she finished writing, she could imagine Xiao Jin's ugly face, so she very considerately added a sentence at the end.

"I'll be back once the situation stabilizes, don't worry."

As soon as the ink dried, she asked Green Protector to deliver it.

In any case, replying so quickly shows her sincerity. I just don’t know how the two children are doing now.

If her means of transportation could be used openly, she would really like to bring her two children back and have a good time with them.

A dreamless night.

The next morning, early in the morning, just as it was light, the people in the Tiger Camp got up and prepared to work in the fields.

Some time ago, Cheng Ming and his team found a lot of wasteland that needed a large number of manpower to reclaim.

Zhao Dahe also got up early. Today he had to take his men and follow the man in black to Tiankui City to select seeds. This was a privilege given to them by Su Yu. Some wasteland was given to them to control, and they could choose what to plant on the wasteland.

After everything was ready, Zhao Dahe took his men into the car.

During this period of time, they lived quite comfortably in the Tiger Camp, which was at least not worse than their previous village, except that it was not as good as those places in the towns. Although life had changed a lot, at least they all survived, which was the best outcome for him.

The people in the village watched Zhao Dahe sitting in the car and swaying towards the mountains.

When they could no longer see Zhao Dahe, they threw the tools in their hands that were not very useful to them to the ground.

"I'm so exhausted every day. When will it end?"

"That's right. They ask us to open up wasteland and cultivate the land every day. We don't want to work ourselves to death. When we are done, those people will drive us away, right?"

"It's not impossible. I'm not going to do it anymore. Whoever wants to do it can do it."

A few people went under the tree and started to take a nap, cursing.

The man in black who was patrolling the wasteland soon discovered them. He walked up to them and kicked them.

"What are you doing? Get up and work."

Several people were awakened and were frightened when they saw the man in black in front of them.

Two people subconsciously jumped up, picked up their tools and started working, but the remaining man with a black spot on his face still stood there motionless.

"We are almost dying of exhaustion and you can't even let us take a break. Even slaves should be given a break, right?"

The man in black looked at him sternly, "This isn't the first time you've been lazy."

"Is sitting down to rest after being tired from work also considered as being lazy?"

"Okay, Brother Dong, talk less." Someone secretly pulled Zhang Dong.

Seeing that more and more people were looking at him, Zhang Dong not only did not restrain himself but became even louder.

"Am I wrong? We work so hard all day long that we don't even have enough food to eat. Can't we take a break? You don't have to work and you can still eat meat. Of course you don't understand our suffering."

"We are just too tired and want to take a break. It's not like we are not going to do it anymore. Don't be so harsh, big brother. We are not really selling ourselves to you."

"Yeah, we didn't ask you to sell us before."

The men in black were not good at speaking, and they became angry after hearing their repeated chatter.

He clenched his fists and took a few deep breaths to suppress his temper.

"You have to work hard. I can't stop you from taking a break, but the sun has just come out and you're already saying you need to take a break. How long do you want to rest today?"

"We just sat down to have a drink of water..."

The man in black couldn't win any argument with them.

Zhou Xing heard the noise and walked over. After finding out what happened, he glanced at the man in black whose face had turned red with anger.

The black-clad men used to use knives to kill people, but these people obviously didn't know that they were repeatedly making horizontal stripes on the blade.

"Don't forget what kind of character you were when you first arrived. The city lord gave you a chance to stay, so you should work like slaves."

"Now that life is a little better, you feel unconvinced and unwilling to be disciplined. Do you know what our Tiger Camp was like before? If you still don't live in peace, don't blame this place for not being able to tolerate you."

Zhang Dong was shocked when he heard that. The peaceful life they had been living during this period really made them forget how they had stayed here in the first place.

In his heart, he was a scoundrel before, and he lived a good life by stealing and doing swindling. Now, he is asked to work hard all day long, how could he be willing to do that?

"Now that we have settled down here, this place is ours. What? Do you still want to drive us away?"

"If we want you to leave, you are the one who came here without knowing where to go. Folks, drive him out. He has no right to speak here!"

Zhang Dong took the lead and pounced on Zhou Xing.

Zhou Xing had been seriously injured after all, and he had recovered a lot during this period of time, but he would still be at a disadvantage if he fought.

When the man in black saw that the situation was getting out of control, he quickly took out his whistle and blew it.

The man in black who was patrolling the surroundings heard the whistle and quickly rushed over here.

"What are you doing? Stop it."

The scene was very chaotic for a while.

Originally, these villagers had always been afraid of the men in black, but they were also unwilling to submit to them. As a result, some of them wanted to take advantage of the chaos to retaliate and started fighting with the men in black.

"Go, tell the guardian that there is a commotion here."

"yes."

The men in black were holding knives that could kill people, but they didn't want to take anyone's life unless it was absolutely necessary.

(End of this chapter)