Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"I'll work for another half day, otherwise all this hard work this morning will be in vain."

Mei Zi herself was also tired. Working for the government office was tiring, but the fact that the government office paid her corresponding wages was already a great thing for ordinary people like them.

During this period, the older people sincerely sighed that they had come to the right place. They thought back to when they were building official roads in other counties, and every household had to send a young man to work, regardless of whether you were willing or able to do it. If you were in poor health, you would die if you went there.

Rich people can pay to buy some peace of mind, but that kind of money is not something that poor people can afford.

Nowadays, when the government repairs the official road, it doesn’t determine how many people each household will contribute. They just post a notice on the wall and let those who want to do it do it. Not only that, the government also assigns work based on your physical strength, and you are paid every day, depending on how much effort you put in.

If they have not experienced such things themselves and only heard about them from others, they will never believe it.

Looking at the money my family brings home every day and thinking about the meat and eggs for lunch that my children talk about, Beishan County is really a good place. There is no better place in the world.

Once you get busy, time flies by.

Several days passed by unknowingly. Children of school age were busy learning to read in classes, and adults who wanted to make money were busy repairing roads and working.

There is no idle person in the entire Beishan County, regardless of age.

However, from the perspective of the workers, the yamen runners who were responsible for guarding them had a much easier job than they did.

They worked while the yamen runners watched them, and the runners had the final say on how much money they got paid.

Having both power and leisure is bound to make people envy you.

Some people couldn't help but wonder, if they had run faster when the yamen runners were recruited before, would they have the turn today to have the power and leisure to watch others work?

Of course, I can only think about it secretly. If I say it out loud, it will be a fantasy.

Zeng Dashu didn't have any complicated ideas. He just wanted to make as much money as possible. But even with that in mind, he only got a first-class worker badge on the first day, and then he kept getting a second-class badge.

Mei Zi said something very right, money is something that you have to earn and spend, it is not worth hurting yourself for ten cents. Zeng Dashu quickly adapted to it by earning ten cents less and working less.

He went to work with Mei Zi early in the morning every day, had lunch at the construction site, and went home after receiving his wages in the evening.

The two men counted their daily income behind closed doors. As the official road became longer and longer, their wallets became fatter and fatter.

When they were working that day, Wan Jin suddenly pulled Mei Zi and said, "Look over there."

Mei Zi didn't stop her hands, but her eyes looked in the direction of Wan Jin's finger, and saw a woman doing the same job as them.

Mei Zi didn't see anything special, so she turned to ask Wan Jin, "What's wrong?"

"You have no impression of that woman?" Wan Jin asked her.

"I think we've met twice, but I don't have any impression of him." Mei Zi still didn't find anything strange.

Wan Jin said, "That's a child. When school started, I saw her sitting in the room listening to the class. How come she came here to work? She even got a third-class work badge like us."

Mei Zi couldn't understand it. "Going to school doesn't cost money, so why is she here?"

Wan Jin carried the basket full of gravel on his back and said with difficulty, "I'll go over and ask after I finish this trip."

At this time, the yamen runners came over. The yamen runner in charge of this area had been staring at them for a while. He knew that although they were gossiping, they were not delaying their work, so he reminded them politely, "Work hard. If you have anything to say, can't you say it during the meal?"

"Yes, yes." Wanjin and Meizi apologized immediately.

Wan Jin suppressed his curiosity and finally waited until noon. He didn't even bother to have lunch and went to find the child first.

(End of this chapter)