ink, nor is she greedy for power or status. She can make money herself.Besides the few villages I passed by a few days ago, the image of those villagers, thin and emaciated, on the verge of death, kee...Chang He pursed his lips and shook his head.

He felt that he had received too much kindness from Uncle Zongyu and Aunt Jinshu, he was embarrassed to take it.

In this day and age, if those vegetables were put out, they would be snatched up by others in a frenzy. Sister-in-law Jinshu has sent him countless vegetables, all incredibly fresh.

Actually, Chang He felt that as long as he could eat some freshly dug vegetables from the mountain, he would be content. Most of them were still edible, even though many had dried up.

Zhongyu patted Changhe's head, "Don't think too much about it, just take what she gives you. Once the drought is over, you'll be able to live a good life."

Chang He nodded heavily. After getting to know him for a while, he realized that Zong Yu was really a good person, just like Jin Xiu's sister-in-law, both very kind.

The villagers still called him a cruel and vicious demon, but he didn't feel those four words had anything to do with Zong Yu anymore.

A bunch of shortsighted people.

Iron pillar saw this and stopped teasing Changhe. He turned to the villagers and shouted.

"Everyone, get away from here! We can't draw water today. The water is so dirty, you wouldn't want to drink it and get sick."

"All go home and rest, come back tomorrow morning with a bucket of water."

Many people now have various containers in their hands, ready to collect water. Hearing that they can't draw water now is incredibly disappointing.

Originally, Tiezhu thought it would take a lot of water to persuade people. The villagers had been thirsty for so long; they would definitely be restless at the sight of water.

To everyone's surprise, after he shouted, the group only grumbled a couple of times and nothing really happened.

"Iron Column Brothers, since your father has spoken, we will definitely cooperate. We won't make a splash, we'll just stand here and watch the excitement."

Now this pool of water is a treasure in the eyes of everyone in the village.

Tie Zhu was unpersuaded, so he had to go with them.

Zongyu gathered a good number of clean, smooth stones. After draining all the dirty water from the pond, he leveled them at the bottom to prevent stirring up the mud underneath and clouding the water every time it was moved.

Many sharp-eyed people in the village, who had been working with Zong Yu these past few days, gradually got a sense of his character.

He's efficient, does his work cleanly and promptly, and never overdoes it.

Since he went to move the stones, he must be able to use them. Many men spontaneously followed suit and started looking for stones to bring over as well.

Zongyu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the man beside him.

The man smiled at him and said, "We can get this done faster if we all work together than if you do it alone."

"You must have a use for these stones."

This was the first time Zongyu had received unconditional trust from the villagers. His face reflected a long pause before he listened to the man's words again.

"Actually, you're not as scary as people said before. You're quite reliable and capable."

"That's just a bit too few words."

"It's okay if men talk less, it doesn't matter much. We aren't those village women who gossip incessantly, even when they are starving, always talking about this person and that person."

"Brother, if you smiled more often, I don't think people would call you a demon."

When he heard this, Zong Yu raised an eyebrow. He had been working the whole time, and when the man started talking to him, seeing that he didn't show any displeasure, he just kept talking to him.

"Actually, I find you look pretty tough." The man pointed at his eyebrows.

"This scar you have here, truly a man's mark."

Zongyu raised his eyebrows again, “Really”

The man, upon seeing Zong Yu's reply to him, visibly grew excited.

"Of course! A few scars on a man are normal, but this scar of yours, it looks like something happened."

"A bit further down, this eye is about to be gone, it must have been very dangerous at the time, right"

Zong Yu hummed in response.

Zong Bai had been keeping an eye on his elder brother's situation.

The elder brother didn't like to interact with the villagers. He originally wanted to step forward to break up the fight and let the man leave, but unexpectedly, instead of getting angry, the elder brother started chatting with him.

It looks like you're in good spirits.

Jade Lotus leaned closer, "Second Brother, don't you think Big Brother seems different"

He had never bothered to chat with the villagers before, especially despising talkative and noisy people.

Zong Bai angrily tapped her head, "Who in our family is more talkative than you Does Big Brother dislike you"

He just dislikes people who are dishonest and have bad manners.an Xiangli remained by his side, touched by her loyalty but also very rational.As long as her father remains the Grand Minister, she still has a chance to turn things around.He was so grateful that Yu...