Chapter 494: The Better the Days, the Less People Match Up_1
An Jing and Xiao Changyi’s road happened to pass by the edge of An Village, and if the road was finished, the people of An Village could also use it. Compared to the previous narrow and steep path, this one was not only more convenient and faster but also safer.
The people of An Village had some conscience; seeing that the road would benefit them as it passed by their village, they all took up hoes and other tools to help with the construction instead of just standing by and watching.
When An Jing and Xiao Changyi saw this, they first exchanged glances before approaching Chief An Mancheng of An Village.
Chief An Mancheng was using a shovel to dig and help with the road construction.
"Chief An, what are you all doing?" An Jing asked as if she knew nothing about it.
Chief An Mancheng was a bit embarrassed but still he said, "You’re spending money to build this road, and we’ll definitely use it in the future. Everyone thought that if we can’t contribute money, we can at least contribute labor."
Although An Jing and Xiao Changyi were building the road for their own reasons, once it was completed, they didn’t intend for it to be used exclusively by themselves. If the people of An Village wanted to use it, they were fine with it.
After all, wasn’t the road built to be used by people?
But—
"We don’t have any wages to pay you," An Jing felt that, regardless, it was better to speak clearly and make things transparent to avoid some shameless people coming to her later asking for wages.
She and her husband had already hired people, sixty of them.