Chapter 268 Road Construction
Xia Zhizhi had no intention of reasoning with her, and she kicked Zhou Lanfang's baby Yaozu twice: "It's all your fault, you useless bastard. There are no gem mines around. Why don't you just die!"
She sat back in her chair with her arms folded in anger, and after thinking for a while, she didn't know what she had in mind, and her expression softened: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if I don't have it. I don't really value these material possessions."
Xia Zhizhi pointed down the mountain and said, "Since you can't mine, why don't you build roads?"
She held her face with her hands and said, "I heard that building bridges and roads is a great merit. If I can build a road from here to the foot of the mountain, I will definitely be able to choose an especially good family when I reincarnate in my next life!"
She came up with a plan and immediately asked Ah Ju to organize everyone to repair the road.
Ah Ju didn't need to rest and immediately organized all the people tied up in the sunbathing field.
There are only so many tools, and they must be used wisely to maximize efficiency.
Xia Zhizhi thought about it and divided the people into ten groups according to their number, and each group selected a group leader.
If there are too many people and you let them all go, there’s a chance that one or two smart ones will try to escape. You can catch them back, but it’s very annoying.
Xia Zhizhi rummaged through the space and found a lot of thick and thin iron chains. She put them around her neck and strung them together in groups of ten.
Then let them work overnight.
He was exposed to the sun the whole day, had not eaten a single grain of rice or a drop of water, and was beaten so many times. He was not even allowed to take a break. He was given a hoe and asked to dig stones. Who can do this?
If it weren't for the fact that their village made a lot of money from human trafficking and everyone was well fed and well-off, they would have fainted in front of Xia Zhizhi soon after all this trouble.
Look at them dilly-dallying and not putting in any effort.
Xia Zhizhi stroked the whip and raised her chin to the girl next to her: "Go get me a basin of salt water."
The little girl looked at the whip in her hand, her eyes lit up, and she immediately ran to the kitchen to make salt water. The little girl was quite smart. She added enough salt and also mixed in a can of chili powder.
I saw Xia Zhizhi soaking the whip in chili and salt water.
The group of people who were slacking off seemed to have instantly gained a diligence buff and moved much more efficiently.
Xia Zhizhi showed a satisfied expression, then called the ten team leaders over and assigned them tasks: "By tomorrow I want to see that the land from here to that pine tree is flattened. If it is not possible."
"Humph." Xia Zhizhi sneered and stirred the red salt water with a whip: "I guess you don't want to experience it."
Seeing this group of people shivering at the same time, Xia Zhizhi went back to the house to rest with satisfaction.
Ah Ju, like a martial arts master, closed his eyes, folded his arms and sat cross-legged.
In the second half of the night, seeing that Ah Ju was still resting with his eyes closed, the group of them quietly gathered together, whispering to each other about some countermeasures.
Among the group of girls who were tied up earlier, most of them hated their sellers so much that they had to give them a lot of needles throughout the afternoon.
But there were also a few who just watched silently without taking any action.
Among these people, there are some who are truly timid and soft-hearted, and cannot bear to hurt others even if they themselves have been hurt.
Some were also afraid that they would capsize and that once they managed to break free, they would face even more severe retaliation.
The most complicated ones are the two older girls.
Although he is said to be a little older, he is actually no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old.
Most people in the village are involved in human trafficking. They are very skilled in this area, and some families even go directly to the streets to choose their wives.
If you wait for a few days at a certain spot, you will always find the opportunity to strike. No one can guard against thieves for a thousand days. If you are really targeted by such a person, it is difficult for an ordinary girl to avoid being fooled.
Since you didn't spend any money to buy it, at most you just spent some effort on it, so there's no way you can cherish it.
Like other families who spent their savings to buy a wife, and then beat and scolded her, and crippled her, even if she was tortured to the point of being stupid, they would not be willing to kill her, after all, they bought her with money.
It’s different here. If something is damaged or you don’t like it anymore, you can just sell it. There will always be people who want it at a low price. You can then get a new one and use it again. You can change it again after a period of time.
Even if they were killed, it wouldn't be a big deal. The human sacrifice slope on the west side was filled with piles of bones.
So these girls who are in their twenties have actually stayed in the village for nearly ten years at most, and have given birth to several children. They have become the reserve villagers.
If Xia Zhizhi doesn't come, I guess she will be released to move freely in no time.
There was a major change in the village. Those who refused to obey orders after giving birth and could not be beaten to death, or who were tortured to the point of becoming idiots and disabled, were all sold.
Only these few have been relatively obedient in recent years.
If it were somewhere else, girls as obedient as them would have been released long ago after they had given birth.
But this village has seen many examples of people forbearing and planning for years, waiting for the enemy to let down their guard and then counterattacking.
So I am very cautious and would rather kill than let go if I am not absolutely sure.
The others have not been here for long and are still in the acclimation period, so they don’t know the situation of these people.
These little girls had no sense of security, so they moved their beds and lived in the same room with Xia Zhizhi.
It's a bit crowded, but it's much better than before.
The next day, Xia Zhizhi woke up and went to the construction site to supervise the work without even having breakfast.
Not too lazy.
We were only four or five centimeters away from digging to the tree.
She giggled, took out the whip that had been soaked all night, shook off the water on it, and whipped the team leaders who were resting against the tree.
With a crisp "snap" sound, the whip left a mark on the unlucky guy.
A sharp and miserable cry resounded through the sky.
Tired, hungry and sleepy, the poor little ones were awakened with their wailing, starting a new day of beautiful life.
Xia Zhizhi beat him and scolded him: "You bunch of rubbish, I had so much confidence in you, but you can't even finish this little work in one night, and you just treat me perfunctorily like this, don't you feel guilty? You don't want to eat today!"
Xia Zhizhi didn't hit anyone else, she just focused on beating the contractors.
Several people screamed and begged for mercy.
"I'm not being lazy. I've finished digging. Isn't it counting down?"
"Yeah yeah!"
"Stop hitting me, ah——"
Xia Zhizhi whipped even harder: "Is this how you treat me? You told me you've finished digging after such a long distance?"
She was very strong and swung the whip with great force. The whip was soaked in chili and salt water, so it tore the skin and flesh apart with each lash. Not only did a large red mark swell up immediately, but the wound was also prickly, painful and spicy.
Within three to five minutes, two contractors fainted from the stress.
Xia Zhizhi raised her chin and said, "Wake them up!"
A girl came with a bucket of water and splashed it on the two men's faces.
The two of them were startled, opened their eyes in confusion, and subconsciously licked the water droplets on the corners of their mouths.