Chapter 440 [Main room meeting]
It turned out that the person in the courtyard was Sang Ziping's second apprentice, Wei He.
At the beginning, Sang Ziping, his second apprentice Wei He, and his third apprentice Mu Anning were guests in Yunzhong Mountain. After talking with Fang Chang, Wei He witnessed his original intention through a clever method, so he made up his mind to leave the practice path after a long time. Re-enter the world and join in water control.
Now when Fang Chang passed by here, he suddenly felt that the other party was nearby, so he came to have a look. When Wei He left, his old friend Sang Ziping was very sad. Fortunately, the other party was also a person of cultivation, so he never blamed himself.
Seeing Wei He open the door and come out, he froze on the spot, seemingly lost in thought and memory. Fang Chang didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile.
Seeing that the other party finally came back to his senses and recognized himself, Fang Chang said to Wei He with a smile:
"Long time no see, Wei He."
Seeing Fang Chang, Wei He was very happy, and he hurriedly let Fang Chang into the house: "No wonder the magpies on the tree beside the courtyard are singing happily today. It turns out that Mr. has come, and it is really full of splendor. It’s been several years since we left, and Mr. Wang still looks as good as ever.”
Fang Chang followed Wei He into the courtyard, and said, "I'm still the same as Yashang. I have nothing to do all day long. You have lost a lot of weight. It seems that you have suffered a lot in the past few years."
Wei He didn't deny this, he nodded and said: "It's really not easy, there are endless things to do every day, I don't eat well, I don't sleep well, and I gave up my practice and my physique dropped. It’s really hard to bear. But it’s okay to get over it, and now I’m used to it, and it’s okay, after all, my colleagues have had the same life as me, and they have suffered longer, as long as things can be done, it’s worth it.”
Nodded, before speaking, there was a girl about seven or eight years old running across the yard in front of her, followed by a woman who looked like she was dressed like an ordinary townsman.
The little girl in front had a serious expression, her mouth was tightly shut, and she ran ahead with a fried dough stick in her hand.
The woman who was chasing behind said angrily and sadly: "You eat, you don't know how to eat when you hold it, how stupid you are!" However, the little girl ignored it and just ran forward, and soon the two of them rushed in. In the next room, no longer go out and enter the courtyard.
Beside Wei He explained: "There are a large number of river workers working here every year. They are all ordinary people. They need a decent place to live, so they have to stay in the surrounding villages and towns, pay some money and food as remuneration, and let the host buy food by the way."
"Today's meal is deep-fried dough sticks. The town distributes oil and white noodles for frying. This stuff has oil and water. It tastes delicious and makes me very hungry. She was the girl of this family just now. She always holds the food in her hand. She doesn't know how to eat it. , the sister-in-law of the Liu family behind is her aunt, who is anxious about this matter."
Wei He led Fang Chang into the main room, and then invited Fang Chang to sit down.
This main room is fairly spacious, with two square tables put together to serve as a long table. There are two old teapots and seven or eight cups on the table. On both sides of the long table made of square tables, there are two rows of black and thin people who look like beggars, sitting there very straight, not moving, not speaking, not smiling, like cast iron.
Since Fang Chang and Wei He came in, they turned their gazes together and looked straight at them.
Turning his head to face his two rows of black and thin colleagues, Wei He spread his right hand and gestured:
"This is Mr. Fang Changfang, he can be regarded as my elder. He is a person outside Fang, not involved in worldly affairs, let's continue discussing, don't shy away from him."
The two people sitting near the front stopped talking and wanted to talk, then relaxed and continued the topic just now.
Fang Chang was not polite, just sat and listened, and sipped the rough tea in the cup. The tea leaves in the pot are more broken, and the taste is rough, with an astringent and bitter aftertaste, but the aroma and taste are quite strong, and the color is deep, which is just right for those who do physical work.
Wei He and the others had a very serious conversation about the upcoming water conservancy work, how to cooperate with spring plowing, and the most important work of flood control. In addition, there are many more people planting winter wheat this year. How to take care of those who are covered by newly built water conservancy facilities is also a new challenge.
All the content that will be made public, coupled with their trust in Wei He, they quickly accepted the setting that Fang Chang is a "person outside Fang", and treated it as a side display, and began to discuss on their own.
They each expressed their opinions and expressed them very vigorously.
It was very different from the group of silent people that Fang Chang saw when he came in just now. Sometimes their expressions, movements and tone were even a little fierce. All the participants, including Wei He, raised their voices and presented facts and data to support their ideas.
Fang Chang also saw that a colleague of Wei He was about to slap the table, but he glanced at himself temporarily and realized that there were guests in the room, so he retracted the hand that was stretched out in mid-air.
They frown and think non-stop. Sometimes they actively express their opinions and argue with reason, and sometimes they just say a word to express their support for someone's point of view. Everything is based on reason and has the same philosophy, which makes the matters they discuss move forward very quickly.
Finally, the plans for all matters were clearly discussed, and the tasks were assigned to each person. Wei He said to his subordinates who were packing up the records at hand:
"So, all the next things have been agreed upon. If there is any doubt, it is still too late to say it. After returning, the general direction cannot be changed. We must cheer up and get the next work done. If anyone pulls it Kuai, just join me in apologizing to the people of Lizhou."
Everyone agreed and filed out.
They each have their own area of responsibility, and they don't live in this town. They just came to Wei He for a meeting just now. Now that the discussion was over, they didn't even bother to eat here, so they hurried back with the results of the discussion.
The next period will be a tense period, and it will also be the implementation of the work throughout the winter. When verifying the effect of the previous plan, it is not easy to relax.
Wei He greeted Fang Chang to enter the yard, and the family members here began to tidy up the main room just now.
The used teapots and cups were taken out and washed, and the square tables put together were moved away, one of them was put aside for use, and the other square table was wiped clean and placed in the main room, and the dishes and chopsticks began to be placed on it. . The sun has reached mid-heaven outside, and it's time to eat.
Fang Chang smiled and asked Wei He: "How do you feel in recent years?"
(end of this chapter)