Chapter 653: Feeling Indignant

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Su Ying still had to go and check on the progress of the road-building. In the end, she didn’t get to eat the little girl’s dried mushrooms.

The basic conditions of the mud road outside Sky Alpha City were not bad. During this period, quite a fair section of the road had already been dug up. All that was needed was to fill it with green bricks.

“Based on this progress, we should be able to get this road built this year.”

“Don’t worry, City Lord. It will definitely be completed this year.”

Su Ying brought two people and walked along the road to check the progress. After confirming that there were no major problems, she returned to the city.

Uncle Murong had already prepared a sumptuous dinner.

“I think you have lost weight during this period, City Lord. You should eat more.”

Did she lose weight?

Su Ying stretched out her hand and pinched her own face. She ended up pinching a thick chunk of flesh. Was he sure that she didn’t gain weight, but lost weight?

Nonetheless, she still ate all the food very graciously.

As soon as the dishes were cleared, the Green Guardian reported that news from the Chu State had arrived.

Su Ying opened the new letter and was about to read it seriously when she realized that Xiao Jin seemed to be taking revenge on her. There was only one sentence written in the letter.

“When are you coming back?”

Although it was only a short sentence, Su Ying did not know how to answer.

This was because she had never given this question any consideration.

After struggling for a moment, Su Ying still came to the desk to write a reply.

“The mining project has just been pushed forward, and the road construction has just begun. I can’t go back for the time being.”

As soon as she finished writing, she could already imagine Xiao Jin’s displeased expression, so she added a sentence at the end very thoughtfully.

“I’ll return after the situation stabilizes. Don’t miss me.”

As soon as the ink had dried, she immediately instructed the Green Guardian to send it out.

At the end of the day, the fact that she replied so quickly showed her sincerity. She just didn’t know how the two children were doing.

If she could take out her transportation tool openly, she really wanted to bring the two children back here and let them have some fun.

It was a night without dreams.

Early the next morning, the people in the Tiger Base got up when the sky was just barely bright and prepared to go and work in the fields.

Some time ago, Cheng Ming led people and found a lot of wasteland. They needed a large number of people to clear them.

Zhao Dahe woke up early as well. He had to bring his men and follow the black-robed man to Sky Alpha City to select the seeds. This was a special treatment given to them by Su Ying. They had a portion of the wasteland to themselves, and they could choose what they wanted to plant on the wasteland.

Once they were ready, Zhao Dahe led his people and got into the carriage.

During this period, they had been living quite comfortably in the Tiger Base. At least, it was not worse than their life in the previous village. It was just that there were no towns and such. Although there were still many changes in their lives, at least they had survived. This was already the best outcome as far as Zhao Dahe was concerned.

The villagers watched as Zhao Dahe sat in the carriage and the carriage swayed while making its way toward the mountains.

When they could no longer see Zhao Dahe’s figure, they threw the tools that they were not very handy with on the ground.

“I’m really tired to death every day. When will it end?”

“That’s right. They want us to develop the wasteland and farm every day. I hope those people won’t work us to death, and when we have done everything, they won’t chase us away, will they?”

“It’s not impossible. I quit. Whoever wants to do it can do it.”

Those few men cursed and swore and went to lay down below the tree to take a nap.

The black-robed man patrolling the wasteland soon discovered them. He walked up to them and kicked them.

“What are you doing? Get up and work.”

The few of them were startled awake and were shocked to see the black-robed man in front of them.

Two people instinctively jumped up and picked up their tools to work. Only the man with a black patch on his face remained standing still.

“We’re downright exhausted, but you can’t let us rest for even a while. Even slaves have to be given a breather, right?”

The black-robed man looked at him sternly. “This isn’t the first time you guys have slacked off.”

“Is sitting down and resting when one is tired called slacking off?”

“Enough, Brother Dong. Stop talking.” Someone tugged at Zhang Dong discreetly.

Zhang Dong saw that more and more people were looking at him. Not only did he not restrain himself, but he even raised his voice.

“Am I wrong? We’ve been working so hard all day and we don’t even have enough to eat. Can’t we even take a breather? You guys don’t have to do anything and still have meat to eat. Of course, you won’t understand our suffering.

“It’s just that we’re too tired. It’s not like we’re not going to work anymore. Big Brother, you don’t have to be so harsh, right? We’re not really selling our bodies to you as slaves.”

“That’s right. No one said that we have to sell our bodies before.”

The black-robed man was not good with words, to begin with. Thus, when he heard them chiming in here and there, he became enraged.

He clenched his fists and took a few deep breaths before he managed to suppress his temper.

“You guys have to work hard. I can let you guys rest, but the sun has just risen and you guys are already saying that you want to rest. How long are you going to rest for today?”

“We have just sat down to drink some water…”

The black-robed man’s mouth could not win against all of them at all.

Zhou Xing heard the commotion and walked over. After figuring out the whole story, he glanced at the black-robed man whose face was already red with anger.

These black-robed men used to kill people with sabers. These people obviously didn’t know that they were repeatedly putting their necks on the blade.

“Don’t forget what conditions you were in when you first came. The City Lord gave you a chance to stay. It’s only right for you to work hard like slaves.

“Now that your days are a little better, you guys feel indignant and refuse to be disciplined. Do you know what kind of place our Tiger Base used to be? If you don’t behave yourselves, don’t blame us for not allowing you guys to live here.” When Zhang Dong heard that, he was infuriated. The peaceful days during this period had indeed made them forget how they had ended up staying here.

In his heart, Zhang Dong was just a hooligan. He usually lived a good life stealing stuff here and there. Now that he had to work on the yellow soil with his back bent all day, how was he willing to accept this?

“Now that we’re staying here, it’s our place. Why? Do you want to chase us away?”

“Even if people should leave, it is you who should leave. You’re the one with unknown origins. Fellow villagers, chase him out. He has no right to speak here!”

Zhang Dong took the lead and pounced on Zhou Xing.

Zhou Xing had been seriously injured earlier. Although he had recovered a lot during this period, he was still at a disadvantage when it came to fighting.

When he saw that the situation had gone out of control, the black-robed man quickly took out his whistle and blew it.

The black-robed men who were patrolling nearby heard the whistle and quickly rushed over.

“What are you doing? Stop at once!”

The scene was very chaotic.

Initially, these villagers had always been afraid but also resentful of the black-robed men. As a result, some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to exact revenge and began fighting the black-robed men.

“Go. Inform the Guardian that there is a riot here.”

“Alright.”

All the black-robed men held sabers that could kill, but they didn’t want to kill unless it was absolutely necessary..