novelraw Chapter 715 - 389: Justice! Justice! It’s Damn Justice!
Chapter 715 - 389: Justice! Justice! It’s Damn Justice!
Apart from the initial chaos, as the canal was dug, the people and merchants were busy farming and doing business, and Wangchun City quickly became well-organized.
When truly living in such an environment, people realized that Old Demon Duan, spit, Hero Duan was not lying.
No one charged protection fees, entering the city no longer required paying Silver with a heavy heart, the crops in the fields were about to be harvested, and the harvest was entirely theirs; even the profits the shops had to submit decreased significantly, only used for the maintenance and construction of Wangchun City.
This feeling was undoubtedly absurd, the first time in hundreds of years.
Living so easily, without burdens, is this a life people can actually live?
Having grown used to hard days, suddenly facing such good days, many people found it hard to adjust, so many businesses offering paid hardship appeared both inside and outside of Wangchun City.
For example, paying money to let others whip you.
Being whipped like cattle or horses, the body felt pain, but the heart oddly felt more at ease.
...
Liu Zi was an honest person.
An honest worker.
Previously in Wangchun City, if you wanted to borrow land for farming, you needed connections.
Liu Zi had no connections.
Talking about opening up wasteland on one’s own, it must be known that privately opening farmland violated the Mo Sect’s rules.
Around Wangchun City, only the land designated by the Mo Sect could be used for farming, that was called Mo Field, where farming and grain paying were no problem, but if you dared to privately open farmland, the day you did it, the next day your whole body would be torn apart by the Mo Sect.
Yes, there were indeed people who secretly did it, even in the mountains, and the result was, after earning a little cabbage, a similarly extremely poor neighbor got envious and reported it to the Mo Sect, causing the whole family’s demise.
So Liu Zi could only do the toughest and most exhausting odd jobs, working eight to nine hours daily, living with pigs and dogs, yet at home, the children still went hungry, crying distressingly.
Now everything’s really getting better!
Not only could he open up his own land, but he also didn’t have to pay grain tax.
That day, Liu Zi cleared the wasteland he had eyed for a long time, and planted vegetables.
This piece of land he had set his sights on for quite a while, and he had prepared the grain and vegetable seeds for a long time, and unexpectedly, he used them all at once.
Like a dream.
Life truly was becoming beautiful.
Now he even had a new job, digging canals with the Star Rage Heroine of Young Hero Duan.
It does justice to Young Hero’s Star Rage; he didn’t understand what hero and such were about, he only knew the pay for work there was high, so he worked very diligently.
By dusk, Liu Zi received his pay and, thinking about the full day’s harvest, wanted to eat a bowl of noodles.
He came to the noodle stall, and said rather grandly, "Boss, one big bowl of noodles, no meat, lots of chili."
"Coming right up."
Soon, the noodles were brought up.
Liu Zi ate heartily, even though there was no meat, yet with enough chili, there was still a certain satisfaction.
Thinking about today’s pay being quite a lot, and he could still buy some food for a family meal, Liu Zi was full of vigor.
Yes, this pay was way more than selling blood at the Mo Sect before.
And before, every time selling blood, it was the only time family members could eat their fill.
Now it was different, good days were truly on their way.
Liu Zi couldn’t help but recall his deceased father’s words—"Honesty is a blessing, and in the end, you can live well.".
He had been honest for half his life, and many times Liu Zi doubted, that this saying was false.
After all, his father literally worked himself to death.
But now, this saying felt real.
Involuntarily, Liu Zi laughed, a silly laugh.
"Boss, how much?"
"Sir, it’s two coins of Silver total."
Liu Zi paused for a moment, puzzled, said: "Isn’t it one coin of Silver per bowl? I didn’t want meat."
The noodle stall owner wrinkled his face and said: "But sir, you ate two bowls."
"I clearly only ate one bowl."
The noodle stall owner showed an awkward expression and said: "But it’s clearly two bowls."
At this moment, a nearby man chimed in: "You eat two bowls, then you pay for two bowls."
"But I just ate one bowl of noodles, one bowl paid for one bowl," Liu Zi explained.
"Nonsense, I saw you eat two bowls. This stall, it’s not easy for others either, you eat what’s due, that’s the rule set by Young Hero Duan. Aren’t you just trying to bully honest people?" another person echoed.
At this point, the crowd grew, many pointed fingers and criticized him.
"Isn’t that Liu Zi? He earns so much and still tries to dodge paying for a bowl of noodles."
"Usually looks honest enough, turns out to be this kind of person."
"You know a face, not a heart."
The noodle stall owner maintained a demeanor of an honestly wronged person.
Liu Zi’s anger flared up suddenly.
He had been honest for so many years, yet in the eyes of others, he was bullying the honest.
Filled with anger, he said: "I said I only ate one bowl, how should I prove I ate only one bowl!"
"Clearly there’s just one bowl."
The first man that chimed in said: "How to prove it? It’s all in your stomach, and soon it’ll be all shit; you can’t open up your stomach to check, right?"
Liu Zi’s eyes turned red, angrily said: "Look, then look! I only ate one bowl."
As if possessed, a wave of anger surged to his head, and usually gentle Liu Zi lost control and charged toward the stand to grab a knife.
That seemingly honest noodle stall owner glanced, making no motion to stop him.
"Seriously? Cutting open to verify the noodles? You eat more, just admit it, who are you trying to scare with a knife."
"Ah!"
Liu Zi cut into his belly, and the watching crowd was stunned.
Someone said: "As long as he cuts open and shows he ate only one bowl, then it’s fine, this is Young Hero Duan’s place, it values reason, doesn’t it?"