Chapter 468: Sisi Delivers Food, Ye Lei Gradually Wins People’s Hearts
Upon leaving the bookstore, Liu Sisi headed straight for the blacksmith’s shop.
Recalling Di Cheng’s words, she carefully looked at the blacksmith shop and saw that it was clearly a couple, not too old, who probably were not the parents of Feng’er as Di Cheng had ntioned.
Yesterday, the things she had ordered were already done. She held and examined them with satisfaction.
Then she went to the grocery store and returned ho. She locked herself in a room for a while, only coming out when night fell.
That night, Di Yelei did not return. Liu Sisi found it unsurprising.
Early the following morning, she urged Granny Hu and Ms. Gao to steam a few loads of stead buns and bought half of a piece of pork. The pork was directly chopped into small pieces, stir-fried with minced buk choi, loading them into a carry basket to keep them warm. Once again, she put everything in the carriage and headed directly to the riverside.
She arrived at the familiar riverside, and because of the long journey, it was already three quarters past 9 a.m to 11a.m when she got there. Countless people were bustling about at the riverside, carrying stones, digging deep trenches, and working frantically.
Before the carriage could stop, sobody sharp-eyed recognized it.
“Look! It’s Deputy Leader Di’s carriage!”
“Eh! It really is his carriage, it must be his wife coming.”
“Maybe there’s delicious food too!”
Everyone was overjoyed!
No wonder, normally when Old Cheng ca to deliver food, he ca on a horse. The last ti this carriage ca, it was naturally Deputy Leader Di’s wife.
Soon, everyone’s chatter reached Di Yelei’s ears, letting him know about the commotion. Before Liu Sisi could get out of the carriage, he had already co down from the riverside, leading a few people.
As soon as he approached, he couldn’t help but say, “Sisi! Why did you co again? Didn’t I tell you last ti that there are many people at the riverside…”
“Hurry up and help unload this food from the carriage and distribute it to everyone. It won’t be good if it gets cold!”
Liu Sisi interrupted him before he could finish, pointing at the many layers of carry baskets on the carriage.
Upon casually lifting the thick cotton wadding covering the carry baskets, an array of white and clean stead buns still emitting heat were revealed!
“Wow! It’s all stead buns! This ti the brothers are in for a treat! Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are simply superb!”
Before Di Yelei could speak, Zhang Peng, who followed behind him, shouted back.
“Hey! Deputy Leader Di is treating everyone to at and stead buns again! Co and help, brothers! Give us a hand! – Co, more of you!”
With his roar, the crowd imdiately boiled!
People cheered and flocked to help, gathering in front of the carriage.
Di Yelei hurriedly jumped onto the carriage, looking down at the crowd below and shouted!
“Everyone, don’t push! Don’t push! Line up by groups down there. Get your shares and have your foreman help distribute them. Ah! Go back and get a big basin to divide the at. Everyone will get a share! Don’t be hasty…”
His loud and deep voice imdiately cald the crowd, as the temporary leaders quickly stepped forward to move the carry baskets. So smart people went back to get tools to pack at and vegetables. In no ti, the riverside was bustling and everyone was smiling happily.
Di Yelei was generous, allowing the leaders to distribute the food after the baskets were removed from the carriage. The task of distributing the at was given to Liu Sisi.
Liu Sisi looked at the at in the large basin and learned that everyone on the riverside was divided into ten teams. She simply divided the at in the large basin into eleven portions. One portion for each team, and the remaining portion was naturally reserved for Di Yelei and the others.
Di Yelei scanned the crowd eating and continued to inspect the riverside.
“The County Magistrate has given us the task of repairing this section of the riverbank. You all know that this riverbank was once destroyed by the raging Dragon King.”
“At that ti, the leader in charge of rebuilding the riverbank was directly punished and exiled! Everyone involved was also affected: so suffered from punishnt and others had to pay silver fines. This year we’ve taken on the task of repairing this section of the riverbank. If anything goes wrong, let alone the families and fertile land living downstream, we’re bound to suffer! ”
“What we have to do is to try to finish repairing this section of the riverbank as soon as possible before the snow on the mountain top lts and before the flood peak arrives! This will fulfill the task assigned by Lord County Magistrate! Then we can all go ho early, how nice would it be to embrace our wives and children with a warm al! Brothers, isn’t that right?!”
“Yes! Yes! Yes!”
People around responded in chorus, with laughter and cheerful voices continuously echoing.
Everyone ate at and stead buns heartily until their stomachs were full, their faces filled with joy and their hearts felt contented.
An old man stood up from the crowd, “Deputy Leader Di is right! Why did Deputy Leader Di provide us with his white flour stead buns? It’s to motivate us to work harder and fix the riverbank sooner! My old companion at ho is still waiting for !”
His last sentence imdiately made the crowd burst out in laughter!
Soone familiar on the other side stood up, “Old Man Lu! You’re this old, and you’re still thinking about your old companion at ho? Can you still climb that Wufeng Mountain?”
The crowd burst into laughter again!
Old Man Lu was quite pleased, “Heh heh! At least I have a mountain to climb. I’m afraid you, being so young, might find it hard to climb those two big mountains!”
With this vulgar remark, the crowd exploded with laughter, teasing each other.
It made the familiar person blush and embarrassed, hardly able to raise his head.
Old man Lu waited for everyone to stop laughing before speaking again, “Deputy Leader Di is a righteous man. Seeing that I’m old, he arranged for to do lighter work. We can’t treat other people’s kindness as nothing. The riverbank construction is Deputy Leader Di’s responsibility. If sothing goes wrong, he has to bear it. We’ve eaten his food, so we can’t be immoral. As an old man, I’m going to lead by example and do my best to finish repairing this riverbank as soon as possible, so we can go ho early!”
“Good! Old Man Lu is right this ti! We must not be immoral! Everyone, let’s eat and drink well, and while we’re still strong, hurry up and work on the riverbank! Whoever dares to slack off, we won’t let them off! Let’s go!”
“Let’s go! Ti to work on the riverbank!”
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