Chapter 271 Quietly Differentiating
No one thought carefully about Cui Qingyi's words. Considering that they could get one month's wages for one month's work, the girls did not say that they would leave immediately.
By now, the people of Luhua Town had understood one thing: the Dongping Township Master would definitely not provide them with food. With someone taking the lead, those who had nothing to do at home gradually came to the ancestral hall to work.
Seeing that several women from the brothel were actually working in the ancestral hall, the old man, who had only had two days of peace, felt uncomfortable and started to speak dirty words.
But before he could grumble a few words, a brave man among the people brought by Uncle Fan spoke up, "Oh, now you think it's immoral, but I heard that many people in Luhua Town rely on women for their livelihood.
What is this? This is called eating with the bowl in hand and cursing after putting it down."
The old man's face turned red and black after being insulted by these words. He was used to being a tyrant at home all his life and wanted to step forward to argue, but his neighbor who worked with him stopped him and said, "Come on, don't offend me. If you don't want to live, you should at least consider your children at home."
The man shook his head as he spoke. If he were to ask him, he would say that the village chief was really trying to embarrass them. Otherwise, why would he build a clan temple instead of a school? Why would he build it on a brothel and let these prostitutes work there?
After the ancestral hall is built, it will be embarrassing for their descendants to come here to worship.
Cui Qingyi didn't bother to think about what the people in Luhua Town were thinking. Seeing people coming out to work, Cui Qingyi was reluctantly satisfied.
There is strength in numbers. After more than ten to twenty days, the ancestral hall and school in Luhua Town were officially completed.
On the day when the ancestral hall was completed, Cui Qingyi asked Master Zhang to write an obituary. The people of Luhua Town, regardless of gender, age or status, hung their heads and listened to the master recounting to the heaven the grave sins of Luhua Town. The more they listened, the more their backs bent.
An elderly man burst into tears as he listened, thinking that the village chief was going to make their Luhua Town unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.
But looking at the soldiers standing in neat rows around him, and recalling the bloody day half a month ago, no one dared to question the village chief's actions.
But the ceremony after the completion of the Luhua Town Ancestral Hall did not end here. Several girls in cloth clothes stood in a row and lit the first incense stick towards the statue of the saints of heaven and earth in the ancestral hall.
Taozhi presided over today's ceremony on behalf of Cui Qingyi. She looked at the frail girls and loudly conveyed the village chief's intentions: "The village chief said that the people of Luhua Town are not qualified to enjoy this stick of incense; it is for the saint.
The Saint has seen and heard the sins of the people of Luhua Town, and will ensure that you all have a smooth life from now on."
After saying these words, Taozhi turned and looked at Lu Da.
Lu Da has become very old these days and is still staggering even when supported by his grandson at home.
The village chief said that the people of Luhua Town were committing sins, so he, as the village head, would burn incense to these prostitutes in front of the heavens, the earth, and the ancestors, on behalf of the people of Luhua Town to acknowledge this sin and sincerely repent in the future.
Cui Qingyi failed to knock Lu Da down even after killing people in Luhua Town, but at this moment Lu Da felt that his dignity in this life was completely lost. Not only that, it would be fine if these prostitutes left Luhua Town, but if they chose to stay, Luhua Town would have to support them until the end of their lives.
Lu Da just felt that the village chief was so cruel. She was killing people and destroying their hearts.
But at this point, he had no solution, and no one in Luhua Town had any solution either.
The village chief is the sky above their heads. If the village chief asks them to recognize him, they must do so.
The ancestral hall in Luhua Town is filled with the burning of incense, but people's hearts are heavy as if they are wearing invisible shackles.
In comparison, there was no special ceremony in the school. Master Zhang led the students to worship the saint and then the school officially began.
Seeing their girls and boys entering the school, the men were still in a heavy mood because of what had just happened in the ancestral hall, but the women were all smiling happily.
Someone with an extroverted personality couldn't help but say, "Oh, it's been so many years, and our Luhua Town finally has a school. The village chief must have found a way."
As soon as these words were spoken, they attracted a lot of people's approval.
The woman who was now in charge of the household looked at those drooping old gentlemen and said loudly, "That's right. Now I understand. Thanks to those useless old gentlemen, we and our children will never see what a scholar looks like in our lifetime.
We must take good care of our children in the future, and don’t let those ungrateful people corrupt our good children.”
These women were the ones who had come out looking for work a few days ago. As the saying goes, the spring breeze moistens everything silently. Cui Qingyi only needed to use a little trick to make these women stand on her side.
In fact, no matter whether you are a man or a woman, no matter what era, if you hold money in your hand, you have the right to speak. If you work under Cui Qingyi, the money will be paid directly to the person who works.
If there is news of a quarrel over money in a family, as long as you go to the village chief to file a complaint, the troublemaker will be sentenced to forced labor within a few minutes.
In this way, even women can keep their own money, and as a result, more and more people will stand on the side of the village chief.
Cui Qingyi has been dividing and reorganizing the power system of Luhua Town, but no one can see this clearly now.
Jing Wei has been very busy recently. He received a letter from Cui Qingyi asking him to find a way to help transport the tea and mulberry seedlings back, and to owe her the money first.
Jing Wei didn't think it was a big deal, and neither did the shopkeepers under him.
Anyway, their boss is the village chief's man, so that family won't say two words. Moreover, the village chief has asked their boss to do something with him, so let alone whether they get paid or not, they have to do this job nicely for the village chief even if they don't get a penny.
Although he was busy, Jing Wei was always paying attention to what was happening with Cui Qingyi.
Seeing that she first looked for Carpenter Fan, then looked for Qi Moxuan, and finally even looked for Gong Xiu, but didn't think of looking for her fiancé, Jing Wei felt unhappy.
It was not until he received Cui Qingyi's handwritten letter that his mood turned from gloomy to cheerful, and he even felt quite proud of himself. It was better not to give money, as the family would not care about money at all.
I set out to do my work happily.
Luhua Town
There is now a special space outside the ancestral hall. If the village chief has any matters, he will post a notice here.
The people who had made a good living from the work before had also developed a habit of rushing over to see any notices. "Go dig tree pits in the mountains, twenty cents a day?"
Clerk He was in charge of explaining the situation to the common people: "Yes, for thirty tree pits a day, you can get 20 wen for work. The extra two tree pits will be paid one copper coin. If you want to work, just sign up with me."
There was nothing wrong with this. Digging a few pits could earn you twenty coins a day, which was much more than finding a temporary job outside. People rushed to sign up.
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