Upon returning to the village, Lü Tu did not go home immediately. After sending Zhang Miao back, he went to the well, drew a bucket of water, took off his coat and soaked it in wood ash, and then washed his hair and took a bath with the wood ash water.
This stuff causes dryness and discomfort as soon as it gets in my eyes, and the more I use it, the more irritated I become. It's nowhere near as effective as soap.
After taking a shower, he asked Lingdang to wash his coat, and then put on another coat that Song Yuxi had sewn for him before heading towards the city wall construction site.
He doesn't have time to make soap right now; it's not a necessity. Everything has to wait until the city walls are repaired!
After all, Lü Tu hadn't known Deng Lang for very long, in fact, it was a very short time. So Lü Tu wouldn't place the hopes of the entire village on Deng Lang.
So even if he gets a reply from Deng Lang, he will prepare for the worst.
With danger lurking everywhere, Lü Tu hadn't even had time to train the 500 newly recruited soldiers, and the pressure of numerous matters was making him increasingly anxious.
As soon as I arrived at the city wall construction site, I saw several people sitting there, smoking pipes lit with dry wheat straw.
Seeing this, Lü Tu was furious. He came up behind the group, intending to warn them, when he heard them talking.
"I used to spend three hundred taels of silver a night at the Yichun Brothel in Longcheng just to get Ruhua to spend the night with me. But who knew that that bitch would act all high and mighty with me, taking my money but not letting me have sex with her!"
Upon hearing this, the bystanders immediately became interested and urged, "So what did you do? Did you force yourself on her?"
The boastful man snorted, "Of course! My money doesn't grow on trees. I took that 'flower' right there and then. You have no idea how beautiful she looked, tearing her clothes to shreds!"
The men nearby were practically drooling, quickly wiping their mouths away: "And then? How many times did you do it? Was three hundred taels of silver enough to cover it?"
The man's face stiffened upon hearing this, then he burst into laughter: "It took a whole hour!"
A bystander scoffed, "You're just bragging, Ma Bocai. How could someone as skinny as you be that strong?"
Ma Bocai couldn't stand others questioning him on this matter, so he quickly tried to cover it up, saying, "Of course! Everyone knows the Xie family widow on the east side of the village, right?"
"Let's get to know each other, the one who throws the biggest ball."
"The day before yesterday, when I passed by her house, she actually took the initiative to seduce me, deliberately exposing her chest to scoop water. I immediately crawled into bed with her. Go and ask her if she submits to me!"
"real?"
"Why would I lie to you? She even asked me to stay and live with her, but who am I, Ma Bocai? Why would I pay attention to that kind of slut? I beat her up on the spot. You'll see when you get off work today; her eyes are still bruised, hahaha."
"By the way, Ma Bocai, you lived such a comfortable life in Longcheng, how did you end up working here with us?"
Ma Bocai stammered, "If it weren't for... alas, my family's fortunes had declined, there was nothing I could do."
Just as the people next to them were about to speak, they found themselves enveloped by a dark shadow. When they looked up, they were instantly terrified.
"Lord Lü...Lord Lü."
Ma Bocai turned his head in surprise and saw Lü Tu looking down at them. He quickly got up from the ground and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Lord Lü."
Lu Tu looked at him coldly: "Have you rested enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough, we're going to work now."
One by one they ran towards the construction site, but when Ma Bocai tried to slip away unnoticed, Lu Tu called out to him: "Ma Bocai, come here."
Ma Bocai felt a chill run down his spine. He put on a fawning smile and hunched over in front of Lü Tu: "Sir, what business do you have with me?"
Lu Tu sat on a large rock and stretched: "You don't have to work today, I'll still pay you your wages, just tell me some funny stories."
"Oh? So adults like listening to stories."
Lu Tu squinted at him and said, "Yes, this village is usually so boring. I just passed by and saw that you have a good speaking ability. Tell me a few lines so I can have a good laugh."
Hearing that Lü Tu hadn't come to cause him trouble, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Sir, what kind of interesting story would you like to hear?"
Lu Tu raised an eyebrow: "We're both men, what do you say?"
"Hehe, so adults are just like children, lustful devils too."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Ma Bocai saw Lü Tu kick him in the stomach. He couldn't dodge in time and was hit squarely, falling to the ground in pain.
Lu Tu roared, "Who the hell is a lecherous devil like you?"
Ma Bo had just gotten carried away with his pride and realized he had said the wrong thing. He quickly tried to make amends, saying, "I'm sorry, sir. I deserve to die. I misspoke. Please forgive me." He slapped himself as he explained.
Lu Tu looked at him calmly: "Why don't you tell me what you used to do? I heard you say earlier that you were quite successful in Longcheng?"
Ma Bocai waved his hands repeatedly: "That was just me bragging. I've never been glamorous. I just wanted to make myself look taller in front of them."
Lu Tu's eyes gradually turned cold, and a murderous intent emanated from him: "You can't describe the details if you haven't experienced it. If you don't want to talk about it, you won't live."
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Bo knelt down on the ground with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly: "Sir, I don't know what mistake I made. I was just being lazy, wasn't I? I'm willing to punish myself with three days' wages. I will never dare to do it again. Please spare my life, sir, since this is the first time I've been lazy."
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