As soon as he left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and left one after another.

No one noticed that in the center of the lake, circles of ripples appeared one after another, and the wind blew the lotus leaves on the lake surface, making a subtle sound.

Taoyuan Village.

Xi Yan's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief, "That's a lot of money!"

Qiao Xuan waved the banknote in front of her eyes and said with a smile: "Is this enough money to build the road?"

Xi Yan nodded blankly, "That's enough, that's enough."

Qiao Xuan generously took out one and handed it to Xi Yan. Xi Yan waved her hand and refused, "No! I haven't done anything, so I can't take your money in vain."

"You've done a lot of good work by keeping the house so clean and tidy and cooking for everyone. Take it! You deserve it." Qiao Xuan put the banknote into Xi Yan's hand and said forcefully.

Xi Yan felt warm in her heart. A friend in need is a friend indeed. She used to know Qiao Xuan only as her brother's fiancée and her sister-in-law, but now she has really discovered Qiao Xuan's various strengths.

Qiao Xuan went to the wooden chair and poured a glass of water to drink. Xi Yan sat down next to her.

"These banknotes are-"

"The county magistrate loves his people like his own children, and he was afraid that we would not have enough money to build the road, so he gave us more rewards." Qiao Xuan said with a half-smile as his throat became warmer after drinking water.

Xi Yan was a little worried, "Will there be any problem?"

She once went to the county with her parents, and met the county magistrate's carriage on the street. The formation was huge, and there were a bunch of followers like stars holding the moon in front of them. Everyone in the front called him "sir", and everyone behind them called him a dog official.

"There will be problems, but it's not us, it's the dog officer." Qiao Xuan curled his fingers and knocked unconsciously on the low table.

Xi Yan was puzzled, but Qiao Xuan was not prepared to say more, as everyone would know when the time was up.

"Where is my brother?" After a moment, Xi Yan remembered to ask her brother.

"He still has some things to deal with in town, so I'll come back first." Qiao Xuan yawned, "I'll go to sleep for a while, and you can call me when he comes back."

After quietly sneaking away in the afternoon, he secured the money and the people. Qiao Xuan slept soundly without any worries in his mind.

At ten o'clock in the evening, a quarrel woke her up from her sleep.

"I don't agree!" Xi Yan glared at Xi He with red eyes, "He made us lose our home. Why should we go and get the body back after he dies?"

Qiao Xuan just woke up and sat on the bed in confusion.

The room was not soundproof, so Xi Yan's voice reached her ears clearly. At first, she thought it was the restless people from Taoyuan Village who were causing trouble again, but after listening carefully, she found that it was not the case.

She couldn't get involved in the matter between the two brothers and sister at the moment, so she could only stay in the room and pretend not to hear.

"Xiaoyan, I know how you feel. I hate my uncle as much as you do, but you also know that my uncle has no family. His body is placed in Yizhuang, and they can only contact us to take him away."

Xi He explained helplessly that when he was coming back from doing things today, someone informed him that the body of his uncle who ran away with money was found.

Now the body is in Yizhuang. Someone from Yizhuang sent him a message asking him to take the body away within three days.

"I don't allow you to go!" Xi Yan hated the person who harmed their family and refused to let go.

Qiao Xuan sighed for a while. There was no one to collect the body after death. It was really a sloppy ending, but it has to be said that some people deserved it.

"Xiaoyan, don't make trouble! The most I can do is bring the body back and bury it somewhere on the mountain. Just remember that he and dad are brothers."

Xi He can only do this to the maximum extent, he can't live a life of grievances.

With a sound of "Bang!", Xi Yan rushed into her room and closed the door.

Xi He sat alone on a low stool in the yard, holding his chin with one hand and not knowing what he was thinking.

Qiao Xuan looked around and saw him in the courtyard. He hesitated for a moment and then walked out, "Have you contacted the people in Hedingshan?"

"Contacted, they will let people keep an eye on the county government recently," Xi He replied, turning his face and looking up at Qiao Xuan slightly.

Qiao Xuan, who had just woken up, had his long hair a little messy, the strands of hair on his forehead were sticking up, and his eyes were clear and moist.

"That's good!" Qiao Xuan looked satisfied, she touched her belly and walked to the kitchen.

The next day, someone was waiting in front of Qiao Xuan's courtyard early.

Li Yue stood at the front and said to Qiao Xuan with a smile: "Village Chief, everyone is ready!"

Seeing those people hired from the town, they, the villagers, had a faint sense of superiority on their faces.

Qiao Xuan pointed to the low table next to him, "Come over and sign in!"

It was said to be a sign in, but most of the people were illiterate, so they had to ask Xi He to write their names on their behalf.

There are a total of fifty-four people in and outside the village, and only ten families come to the huge Taoyuan Village.

After putting the list away, Qiao Xuan said in a loud voice: "When everyone is here, let's set off!" The Xi brothers and sisters had other things to do and couldn't help her.

The team passed through the village in a mighty manner, which attracted some villagers in Taoyuan Village to look sideways, but in their eyes, those who followed Qiao Xuangan were fools.

They felt that Qiao Xuan paid such a high wage because accidents were easy to happen on that road and no one wanted to take the risk, so they hired people at a high price.

"If you have a life to make money, you have to have a life to spend it! Just wait and see, something will happen sooner or later," a woman under the big tree at the entrance of the village said with a sneer.

"That's right! Qiao Xuan just fools those uninformed fools, they think the money is easy to earn." Others echoed.

"Those people in our village are simply crazy because of their poverty, and they just follow them around."

"Our family won't go there anyway, hahaha, I haven't lived enough yet."

…

Qiao Xuan walked by with someone, and there was a murmur behind him.

"Why are these trees and grass so dry? Have they been set on fire?" Someone asked curiously not long after they reached the road to be repaired.

The few villagers in Taoyuan Village mingled in the group without saying a word, but could not help but glance at Qiao Xuan in front of them.

Qiao Xuan led everyone to the middle of the road and stopped, waving his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

"There are a total of fifty-four of us, divided into two groups, one group of twenty-seven, and we will start building the road from the middle.

A group of people will repair one side, and you allocate it among yourself. Whichever group of people completes the work first will get an extra ten cents per person when the wages are paid."

After hearing Qiao Xuan say that there might be additional rewards at the end, everyone was very motivated and full of strength, and they couldn't wait to start right away.

"Everyone should try not to take a detour when repairing. Some small trees should be cut down, and the river should be leveled. The length of this road should be shortened as much as possible."

"I guarantee that Village Chief Qiao will be satisfied!" someone shouted.
Chapter completed!