There are several large pots with blazing fire, hot porridge is boiling in the pot, and the aroma is rising.

It was already evening and the sky was getting dark, but the women and children working clearly didn't care and seemed to want to continue working on the construction site.

Suddenly, a postman opened his voice and said loudly: "It's getting dark, let's call it a day. Sisters-in-law, please stop what you are doing. We will finish here today..."

It's a pity that although he kept shouting, the effect didn't seem to be very satisfactory.

But seeing that the women and children were very reluctant, they were all chattering and kept saying: "Team Yanjiu, please give us some more time. It's not dark yet, so we can see clearly! Okay, please, please,

Just give me some more time, Team Yan Jiu is the most good person."

Once a woman is over 100, she is much more courageous than a man. These women surrounded the postman and kept begging, laughing and joking as if someone had touched their hands. It must have been a girl with a weak hand who took advantage of the situation and touched Yan Jiu's crotch.

, which made Yan Jiu blush and blush, while the widows burst into laughter.

On the surface, they seemed to be joking, but in fact they wanted to please Yan Jiu, who was in charge of the affairs. There was a hint of desire in their words, and they clearly wanted Yan Jiu to agree to them finishing work late.

"no!"

Yan Jiu suddenly shouted, with obvious determination on his face, and said solemnly: "I said it's time to call it a day, so I have to call it a day. If you want to work, you can come back early tomorrow morning. Everyone is tired today. Go home and have a good rest in the evening.

Rest. This is what I said and I won’t change it..."

"Then let's go to Brother Gu and ask him to give everyone permission to work overtime." When the woman saw that Yan Jiu refused to accept the offer, she immediately wanted to try another way.

Unexpectedly, Yan Jiu chuckled and said: "Ask him for approval? How is it possible? He has set these rules, otherwise you think I am willing to offend everyone? Hehehe, you don't believe it, then you can try it.

Let’s see if Brother Gu will give you any excuses.”

The women stood up helplessly, each standing there sighing. There was obvious disappointment on their faces, and they seemed to be much less energetic than before.

Li Shimin looked confused and felt that the scene in front of him was unbelievable. He glanced at Princess Changsun and the two generals, and the four of them got off their horses and walked over.

At this time, Yan Jiu was still comforting the women. Li Shimin found an opportunity to come forward and asked curiously: "Is this the Yan Jiu team? I have something unclear! Why do these women and children refuse to call it a day, but instead clamor and complain?

Do you want to continue? Is there a hidden secret in it that can make the people not afraid of hardship? "

"There's no hidden agenda, I'm just trying to earn overtime pay!" Yan Jiu almost blurted out without even thinking about it.

Li Shimin was slightly startled and asked even more curiously: "Overtime pay? What is this?"

Yan Jiu did not answer directly. Instead, he seemed to be sighing, and said in a difficult tone: "If a person has been poor for a long time, he will want to seize every opportunity. As long as he can have food to eat, he will not care whether he will die of exhaustion.

This was said by our brother Gu. I didn’t have much understanding of it before, but these days, I can understand his approach more and more.”

He paused for a moment, as if he was imitating Gu Tianya's tone, and then sighed and said: "Poor people live under the mud. Every time they struggle, their hearts are as gray as dead. They are like walking corpses. They are barely alive, so we have to give them hope."

, so that they no longer live in despair!"

"It's Gu Tianya again..." Li Shimin was slightly startled.

Over the past few days, his ears have been filled with this name.

At this time, Yan Jiu glanced at him and suddenly asked in a tentative tone: "I see that the four of you are riding in four, and the horses you are riding are quite handsome. However, you are covered in dust, and you have obviously experienced a long journey. This makes me also...

I'm a little curious, which of your spies came here to investigate?"

"Spy?"

Li Shimin was startled again and couldn't help but said: "Is it possible that many spies have appeared in recent times?"

Yan Jiu heyed twice and said vaguely: "If our brother Gu makes too many moves, some dogs with sharp noses will definitely smell it and come over."

This statement quite means referring to Sang and scolding Huai.

Li Shimin's face froze obviously, and he glanced at Yan Jiu with anger and said, "Do you suspect that I am a spy?"

Yan Jiu looked up to the sky and let out a 'ha' sound, as if he was being a rogue, but looking at the look on his face, it was clear that I just doubted you.

But the more he behaved like this, the less angry Li Shimin became. He suddenly smiled and said calmly: "We are from Luoyang, and we are under the command of Tiance Mansion."

Yan Jiu's expression suddenly became solemn, he looked Li Shimin up and down, and asked solemnly: "Is this really Tiance Mansion?"

Li Shimin smiled slightly again, and suddenly reached out and took out a waist badge from his arms.

Yan Jiu's expression suddenly became wonderful.

"Qin...Qin..." He was obviously shocked, and his lips were trembling.

Li Shimin waved his hand gently and lowered his voice: "Hold your words back to me."

Yan Jiu quickly took a deep breath and suppressed the words as expected.

Li Shimin looked at him approvingly, then suddenly brought up the previous topic again and asked: "Now you can tell me... why these women and children refuse to call it a day?"

"Because of overtime pay!"

Yan Jiu was very arrogant and straight away said everything he said: "The reason why these women and children don't want to call it a day is because they want to earn overtime pay. We at the Gujiacun Station do not hire people to work according to heaven's wages."

Money is calculated based on hourly labor, very clearly. This is our brother Gu's method. If you have any questions, you can ask him directly..."

This guy is indeed an old prostitute, he can play smoothly with one push, two, six, and five.

After he finished speaking, he wanted to run away, but Li Shimin grabbed his arm and asked in a low voice: "Tell me clearly, don't be vague, why work is calculated on time instead of by day."

Yan Jiu's face was full of entanglements, and she said in great distress: "Please, don't ask, I'm just a little person, how can I give you an answer? If you really want to know, you can ask the princess. The princess knows everything about this. Princess

She will definitely not hide it from you, but I can't tell you casually, because what I said is leaking secrets privately. I'm just a nobody, I don't have the qualifications..."

Li Shimin was slightly startled, and suddenly looked Yan Jiu up and down, and said thoughtfully: "Xiu Ning can tell me, but you said it would be a leak... I didn't expect that a pawn in the Detachment of Women could actually know how to know.

It’s okay to retreat, I won’t ask anymore.”

Yan Jiu laughed twice and said cautiously: "This is all taught by our brother Gu. We have been attending night school recently."

"It's Gu Tianya again?" Li Shimin's heart moved.

He couldn't even remember how many times he had heard this name in the past few days.

Also, what is night school?

Li Shimin was filled with confusion and felt countless curiosity rising.

But although he was curious in his heart, he was able to suppress it forcefully. He knew that asking this postman was in vain, as the other party was obviously an old man with a knife-like flesh. Even if he was the first king, this postman still dared to act rogue.

He suddenly relaxed his palm slightly and released Yan Jiu's arm.

Yan Jiu felt like he was being pardoned and quickly hid aside. The guy looked at Li Shimin cautiously, turned around and started to greet the women who were finishing their work, shouting loudly: "Sisters-in-law, aunts, it's time to finish work, go to dinner..."

While shouting and shouting, he left with a group of widows.

At this time, Princess Changsun spoke slowly and lowered her voice to Li Shimin: "Husband, I just heard it all from the side. These women and children do not work by the day, but are paid by the hour. In this way, everyone competes to be first."

, as long as you work more, you can earn more money. This will not only eliminate laziness, but also greatly mobilize enthusiasm. Those who work more will get more, which is very beneficial and understands people's hearts."

"snort!"

Li Shimin had actually long wanted to understand the benefits of this, but he still couldn't help but snorted softly and said: "Xiu Ning would not be so meticulous in his calculations. This must be something caused by Gu Tianya."

Princess Changsun chuckled and said, "It's obviously a great initiative and it's obviously out of goodwill. Why do I feel so pricked in my ears after you say it?"

Li Shimin was tough and said forcefully: "I just don't like him being clever."

"How can you be so clever?"

Princess Changsun gave him a charming look and said with a sweet smile: "I think our brother-in-law's method is very novel."

Li Shimin's face was longer than that of a donkey, and he said: "What are you calling brother-in-law? You haven't even written your horoscope yet!"

He suddenly turned around and glanced towards the end of the village. His face suddenly softened and he said softly: "These women and children have called it a day. Xiuning is even busier."

Princess Changsun also looked at the head of the village and said softly: "I want to go over and lend a hand. Do you also have this intention?"

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, then nodded happily, but he obviously wanted to go over and help, but he insisted on refusing to admit it, and just said: "Let's just go over and take a look."

Although he said this, he quickly raised his feet and ran towards the village in the blink of an eye, standing at the edge of the crowd with a complex expression.

Zhao Ning was busy at this time, holding a large horse spoon in her hand. Whenever a woman or child came to the big pot, she would serve them a large bowl of thick porridge.

Her face was filled with happiness, and her head was wrapped in a coarse cloth. She looked like an ordinary farm girl, greeting people cheerfully.

She kept serving food to people, and kept asking the women and children, "Sister-in-law, do you have enough to eat? Auntie, be careful of scalding it, swallow it slowly, don't be in a hurry..."

She smiled at everyone, but there was no trace of the domineering female goddess of war. Her mouth was extremely gentle, and she kept telling everyone: "If everyone is not full, come to me at any time to serve food. My Tianya said,

Eating and drinking is the most important thing in the world..."

The women and children nodded repeatedly, holding big bowls and eating delicious food.

Zhao Ning also had a sweet smile on her face.

Li Shimin stood on the edge and watched, feeling pity for no reason in his heart. He looked at his sister's sweaty head, and couldn't help but murmured, with emotion: "Xiu Ning..."

Zhao Ning visibly stiffened and turned his head as if in disbelief.

The next moment, the brother and sister looked at each other.
Chapter completed!