Why don't you put up guardrails at this flat bridge and the turnaround?
Even if they don't do it, at least if they widen the bridge, there won't be so many cars driving on it.
[Yes, once or twice it's the driver's fault, but if it happens too often it's the road's fault. So many cars have fallen into it, don't you think you can improve the roads?]
Some people are so self-righteous. They say, "Please allocate money to this village so they can afford to build a road."
[If you want to have a good time: It's not like the villagers are paying for it. If you apply to higher authorities, the government will definitely pay for the road.]
He Dong smiled bitterly: "The roads in this village were built with the money raised by the villagers. How could it be that the money was allocated from above?"
My family also raised money to build the road.
[Mine too.]
[Huh? How come you raised all your own money to repair it? I always thought...]
"The road construction funds for Hejia Village, uh, actually, ahem, as long as everyone understands..."
Ji Yu wanted to finish what he was saying, but he put the rest of his words back halfway through. Some things are not good to say out loud.
"Has money been allocated?" He Dong subconsciously turned to look at his grandfather. There was no change in the other's expression, and it was obvious that he knew.
"Grandpa, this..."
"The little brat is just making a fuss. Actually, there are some given, and we have to raise the rest ourselves."
[The rest are the big guys, haha, we understand.]
"Hey, brother, we'll raise money for you. Hurry up and widen the bridge and the road where necessary, and add guardrails wherever necessary. No one's dying now, so don't wait until someone dies to do this. It'll be too late."
"The road hasn't been widened, but guardrails have been added, but they're useless."
"I can attest to this!" He Dong raised his hand and said, "Guardrails have actually been added many times. At first, perhaps the quality was poor, so it was destroyed by a car. Then a better one was installed, but for some reason, it collapsed on its own. This happened several times, and the villagers couldn't stand it anymore, so..."
[I’m so bad at this, I might as well just sit at the door every day waiting for help (laughing and crying)]
He Dong scratched the back of his head and nodded, "That's about what I mean." Then he looked at the person next to him and said, "Grandpa, if it's because of the road, then why do you burn paper money on the roadside every New Year?"
The old man's eyes flickered: "It seems that many people have been hurt. Burn some paper money to appease the anger of the vengeful spirits."
[Huh? Who just called someone else feudal? ? ?]
"Grandpa, no wonder your grandson would suspect feng shui. You go there every year to burn paper money, so how could he not have that thought?"
"But that's not a feng shui issue."
The old man retorted in a low voice, and he felt a little unsteady on his feet, so he turned around and wanted to go back.
"Grandpa." Ji Yu suddenly said, "It's just that burning paper money can't send him away, but it's not completely useless. Otherwise, over the years, it wouldn't just be cars falling into it, but people would have died."
[No, that doesn't sound right.]
[Sister Ji Yu, isn't it because of the road? ]
"Of course there are some, but it's not like there's a car falling in every one or two days. It's not right if the frequency is too high."
I thought it was every few days, but it turns out it's only every two days.
[The people in this village must be very experienced in rescuing cars. They're amazing that no one died at such a high rate.]
The old man who was about to leave turned back when he saw that Ji Yu was a really capable person.
"Master, do you have a solution?"
【!!! 】
[Oh my god, the old man's attitude has undergone a complete 360-degree change, even calling the master!]
He Dong's eyes almost fell to the ground in shock. As a grandson, how could he not know his grandfather's temper?
He looks down on everyone.
It was so incongruous to see his grandfather being so flattering and respectful!
"Grandpa? Are you possessed by an evil spirit?"
"Get lost, get out of here, and give me your phone."
【Hahahaha, I'm being disliked.】
He Dong left with a look of grievance and handed the phone to the other party, but he couldn't help but come over out of curiosity.
"Master, how did you know I was burning paper money? Did you also know that someone had died in this lake?"
[Hehe, my sister will know the answer after just one look at you.]
Ji Yu replied, "Did someone fall into it in the middle of the night when the road was being built? Is that why the road started having problems since then?"
"That's right, alas."
The old man put one hand behind his back, his rather cloudy eyes gazing towards the lake outside the yard. "At the time, in order to build the road, the village chief raised money. It sounded simple, like it was just a matter of talking, but there were so many people in the village who were suffering, and no one was willing to cough up so much all at once. We raised money on and off for almost half a year, and there was one family that never gave a penny."
"They say they're one family, but in reality, he's the only one left in the house. Zhang doesn't have a proper job and hasn't been able to contribute. He's also the one in the village who's most opposed to the road construction and is usually quite hostile to the rich."
Building roads is a good thing, so why would he object? Once the roads are built, it will be easier for him to walk on them.
【I don’t have any money.】
"The lack of money is one thing. That person thinks the village wants to build a road simply because more people have cars. When it rains in Hejia Village, it's hard to drive. He has two legs anyway, so he thinks there's no need to build this road. He also thinks those who want to build a road are just looking for trouble."
The old man nodded heavily, and then his cloudy eyes brightened. "Master, that's right, you're right. Later, we villagers discussed giving up his share of the money and repairing the road first. Who would have thought that when it was almost finished, we found a dead person in the lake one day. It was Zhang Wazi."
So the reason there were so many accidents on that stretch of road was because of that Zhang kid?
"At first, we didn't think about that. We just thought it was because there were no railings, so we added them. The situation didn't improve. The railings would fall down for various reasons, so we thought something was wrong. We found a Taoist priest, who said there were wronged spirits wandering the land, and that's when we thought of Zhang Wazi."
[Since the Taoist priest knew it was the wronged spirit causing trouble, why didn't he take it in?]
[Confiscation means he can't solve the problem, so my sister has to do it! ]
The old man looked at Ji Yu with some trepidation, his lips trembling for a moment: "Master, can the wronged spirit of Zhang Wa be solved?"
"Yes, it's easy to solve."
Ji Yu sneered, "He's very greedy for money. Burning paper money once a year is too little, so he keeps throwing cars into the lake. Burn more for him. Once you burn tens of billions, he'll be obedient."
[It's hard to comment.]
Some people's hatred of the rich stems from their own poverty, so they are often greedy for money but also lazy.
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