sbdcsierra Chapter 114 Building a Peach Blossom Spring
Chapter 114 Building a Peach Blossom Spring
May you have abundant blessings?
Jiang Mianmian found the title of address irritating, but since everyone else thought it was nice, she stopped fussing over such a trivial matter.
After discussing for an hour, the group finally settled on a temporary set of rules.
With Mianmian Fujun as the head and Magistrate Ye, Shiyi, the registrar, and Jiuniang as assistants, the Taoyuan 'leadership team' was temporarily established.
Jiang Mianmian was in charge of all material allocation, Magistrate Ye Jianbai was in charge of all external communication and overall camp management, Shi Yi was in charge of worker allocation and safety, Registrar Bian Chao was in charge of points redemption and material entry and exit, and Jiu Niang was in charge of logistics allocation.
Apart from Jiang Mianmian, the other four are only temporary hires. They will supervise each other during this period and make a final decision after a month. This is considered a 'probationary period'. In addition, each person can choose a few assistants for each task, and they will all be paid.
If all 80,000 people in Fengshui County stay, they can automatically become residents of Taoyuan, enjoying its benefits while also fulfilling corresponding obligations, namely 'construction tasks'. Those who perform well will receive greater rewards, while those who perform poorly will be penalized accordingly. Those who choose to retreat eastward will have their points settled within two days and will be provided with supplies.
Those within the inner circle can also participate in 'elections' to become higher-level 'builders' or 'leaders,' and their benefits will naturally be better.
As for those people from Hong'an County, they could only participate in infrastructure construction, receive tasks, and collect 'materials,' barely qualifying them as peripheral personnel of Taoyuan.
Ye Jianbai carefully wrote down each item and copied them into large characters.
Jiang Mianmian pulled out a huge bulletin board from the warehouse. "Let's go, let's put up a notice."
The moment the notice was posted, the campsite erupted in chaos.
Who would want to leave their homeland with their family? Now, not only can they stay, but they can also earn money to support themselves, so nine out of ten people are very willing to do so.
Another 10% are already ecstatic!
On the other side, Jiang Ranran and her family had just come down the mountain and were standing at the east gate in a daze.
Li exclaimed in surprise, "How can there still be so much water?"
The rain had stopped for several days, but the water was still quite deep, completely submerging the official road at the east gate.
None of the Jiang family members spoke, nor did they have the strength to speak. They silently waded through the water into the city.
Perhaps because of the good sunshine, the water wasn't very cold, but it was dirty and went up to my knees.
Jiang Ranran already had an injury on her foot, and fearing that it would get dirty, she looked pitifully at Jiang Bocai, "Big brother, is your wound any better? Please don't get any dirt from the water on you, or you'll get sick."
Jiang Jiman frowned slightly.
He used to think Jiang Mianmian was stupid and easy to manipulate, but who knew she would cause him so much trouble? How did this seemingly innocent, cute, and obedient Jiang Ranran become so scheming?
Jiang Bocai, reminded by her, exclaimed, "Ranran, you wait here for your big brother. I'll go find a cart to push you! Your legs are..."
"What are you looking for?!"
Li stopped him, complaining, "How can you be so delicate that you can't even walk? The whole family hasn't eaten yet, and you're already ordering your brother around?"
"Mother, I didn't mean that. Ranran was just concerned about her brother."
Jiang Ranran immediately started crying.
He looked so wronged.
Jiang Chuan smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, we're already here. Let's look around and see if there's anything we can eat or use."
The group was kicked out by the Ye family, and they were only wearing tattered clothes. They wanted to find a cave in the mountains to stay temporarily, but they couldn't find a suitable one for several days. The caves were either damp and dark, or crawling with insects. There was even a bear hiding in one of the caves, which almost bit them to death.
The group then decided to return to the county to check on things. They survived by drinking rainwater and eating grass leaves along the way.
Jiang Chuan felt that as long as he returned to the county, he would be able to find something to eat.
He was the first to enter the rice shop.
Li went into the clothing shop.
Jiang Bocai still wanted to find a cart, not for Jiang Ranran, but so that he could have an easier time in the future. He also wanted to find a cart, otherwise, once there were supplies, he would be the one carrying and lifting them.
Jiang Jiman was too weak to walk around, so he randomly entered a house, hoping to find a table to sit on so that he could at least stay away from the dirty water.
It turned out that the family had nothing at all!
Undeterred, he went to several more houses, but the result was the same: all the houses were spotless, with only four walls and a puddle of water!
"It looks like we've been robbed! There's nothing in the house!"
Li screamed and ran out.
Jiang Chuan and Jiang Bocai also arrived empty-handed.
Jiang Ranran felt something was wrong. This scene was exactly the same as when the Jiang family was 'robbed' back then.
Jiang Jiman and she had the same idea. Back then, Jiang Mianmian had planned to first loot the Jiang family's belongings, and then somehow caused the house to collapse, which gradually led her family to this point.
At the time, he thought that she had taken many children with her, which was why she moved her things so quickly and ruthlessly. But seeing that many houses in the county were empty, he was afraid that was also her doing!
And her car, and all those weird foods she eats... could it be...?
What's her secret weapon that allows her to put things in and then take them out?
Once he figured it out, Jiang Jiman felt like he'd been struck by lightning. This wasn't some blessed fairy at all; it was clearly something Jiang Mianmian had used to deceive the entire county with her magic weapon!
No wonder she coaxed everyone to retreat eastward; it was because she wanted to keep all of this for herself!
She has quite the appetite!
Jiang Jiman was so angry that her hands were trembling. "Quick, check if everyone's things have been stolen!"
"What do you mean? What do you mean by 'stole'? Who has such ability?"
Jiang Chuan didn't understand, but still gave Li a push, "Go, go and take a look quickly."
Mrs. Li hurriedly pushed open several more doors.
Sure enough, everything was spotless!
Jiang Ranran lowered her eyes. "Why did you say it was theft, Third Brother?"
It would be really interesting if Jiang Mianmian could be pinned on this mess!
Jiang Jiman sneered and was about to speak.
Suddenly, a man dressed in black appeared on the rooftop.
He was shocked. "Who?"
They talked for ages without even noticing anyone was there!
The man didn't answer, but instead asked, "Are you Jiang Mianmian's family?"
The Jiang family members became wary, gathered back to back, looked at each other, and no one spoke.
"We're asking you a question, why aren't you answering?"
As they spoke, they had already jumped onto the rooftop closest to them!
He raised his bow and arrow, aiming at Jiang Chuan. "No denial, so it seems it really is. Go out the east gate, or don't blame me for shooting you straight through."