EBE Chapter 235 Road Construction and Paving
Chapter 235 Road Construction and Paving
Under the majesty of the goddess created by Cheng Yuntao, the people at the scene stood in order and formed a long queue in an orderly manner.
There was still some excitement in everyone's eyes from witnessing the wonders they had just seen, but more than that, there was an eager anticipation for their future lives.
Everyone consciously received the corresponding amount of supplies according to the number of people in their family. The line moved slowly. No one cut in line, no one scrambled, only whispered conversations.
As time went on, the supplies were gradually divided up.
Cheng Yuntao walked out of the dilapidated temple, her figure as light as a butterfly. The sunlight poured down generously, covering her entire body, as if outlining a circle of dreamy and soft halo for her.
The people subconsciously raised their heads, and the moment their eyes met her, awe surged in their hearts again. Like a conditioned reflex, they all knelt on the ground, their foreheads pressed against the cold ground, not daring to even breathe. The surroundings were so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuntao raised her hand and lifted the veil from her face. The moment the veil fell, her beautiful face was revealed in front of everyone, and her eyes were gentle and firm.
She took a deep breath, then opened her lips and spoke. Her voice was as clear as a nightingale in the woods, but it also carried a powerful force that could penetrate people's hearts, and it echoed leisurely above the crowd.
"Fellow villagers, I'm not some so-called goddess. I'm just an ordinary person like you."
When the people heard this, they were stunned at first, then they raised their heads slightly, their eyes full of shock and confusion. They whispered to each other but did not dare to make too much noise.
Cheng Yuntao looked around with a determined gaze, then spoke loudly, "All of these supplies before you come from the City Lord's Mansion's warehouse. Shen Linfeng has plundered the people's wealth and accumulated a large amount of assets. Since he took from the people, he must naturally use it for the people."
"In this world, no god has ever descended from the sky to save us. The ones who truly saved us were you yourselves!" Her gaze swept over every citizen. "If you hadn't mustered the courage to resist today, how could these looted supplies have been smoothly distributed to you?"
"It is the desire for life and the anger against injustice in your hearts that have gathered into a powerful force that makes all this possible!"
Warm sunlight poured down from the cracks in the temple's dilapidated roof, casting Cheng Yuntao's shadow on the mottled wall. The statue's drooping eyelids overlapped with her raised eyebrows. At this moment, the boundary between god and man quietly blurred.
The crowd fell into a brief silence, followed by a buzz of conversation.
Then, the hunched but vigorous old man took the lead, shouting with a hoarse voice and all his strength: "You saved us all. In our eyes, you are a goddess!"
The young and strong young man, with bright eyes and a flushed face, waved his strong arms and responded loudly: "That's right, the goddess has come to save us from the water and fire!" His voice was like a bell, echoing in the crowd, and others echoed him.
The shouts of "Goddess! Goddess!" intertwined together, like surging waves, one higher than the other, rushing straight into the sky.
In the past, although everyone was dissatisfied with Shen Linfeng's brutal rule, they shrank back because of fear. It was only after Cheng Yuntao appeared as a goddess that everyone had the courage to fight.
If we really had to argue, it was her guiding "cause" that gave rise to the subsequent "result." Although she claimed to be mortal, everyone had witnessed her miraculous ability to conjure materials from thin air, and everyone present was filled with gratitude and respect for her.
Cheng Yuntao was overwhelmed by the crowd's enthusiasm. After the cheers died down, she continued, "The city no longer has a mayor to oversee affairs, but life must go on. If everyone is willing to listen to me, then I hope everyone can work together to repair the damaged roads outside the city."
The people responded one after another: "As long as it is your order, we will definitely do it! Moreover, this is a matter of great importance to everyone."
"Yes, now that the road is repaired, we have hope for the future!"
"Yes, it's absolutely right to listen to the goddess!"
At Cheng Yuntao's suggestion, the people responded one after another, rushing out of the city with tools, gathering beside the damaged road outside the city like streams converging into the sea.
The clanging sound startled the crows on the dead branches. The strong young man swung the hoe and brought it down with all his strength. The hoe blade dug into the re-frozen soil. The dull "bang bang" sound made people's teeth ache, and the solid and cracked soil clods were loosened one by one.
The old men waved their shovels, gathered the turned-up soil and scattered dead branches and gravel into piles, shoveled them up skillfully, and piled them in designated locations on both sides of the road. Dust fell on their gray cotton trousers, they patted them off indifferently and continued with the work at hand.
The woman rolled up her sleeves, took a rake, and carefully raked the soil, clearing out the small stones, grass roots and other debris mixed in it, preparing for the subsequent filling work.
A light white mist rose from the loosened soil, and the men began to fill the pit with shouts. Half-grown children ran around like rats with baskets of soil in their arms. Freshly mixed clay mixed with coarse sand was poured into the gully. The young men stepped on the loose soil, and with every step, the filling became more dense.
Experienced old men walked back and forth holding rakes, scraping smooth arcs with the jujube wood rake teeth. While raking, they observed the flatness of the road surface and stepped on it from time to time to adjust the height of the road surface.
The strong men shouted slogans in unison and pulled the heavy stone roller with all their strength. The stone roller rolled slowly on the road, raising fine dust wherever it passed.
The stone roller was extremely heavy, and every time it was pulled, all the strength of the body was required. The men's muscles were tense, and their veins bulged like earthworms. Sweat flowed down their cheeks and necks, soaking their clothes.
But his eyes were extremely firm, revealing a determination not to give up until he achieved his goal.
After being rolled over so many times, the originally bumpy and soft road surface gradually became solid and smooth. Pedestrians could walk on it steadily, and no longer felt the embarrassing situation of being stuck in the road as before.
At the same time, the reinforcement work on the road edge is also progressing in an orderly manner.
The people rushed to the nearby woods, found branches of varying thicknesses and solid tree trunks, dug shallow pits in the soil at the edge of the road, buried the branches and trunks, leaving some exposed on the ground. These branches and trunks intertwined with each other, turning into dense teeth, firmly biting the edge of the road.
As the sun sets, the arms moving back and forth form a flowing net. A young man takes over the old man's trembling water pot, a woman takes over the man who is massaging his waist, and a child stands on tiptoe to blow air on his brother whose hands are covered with blisters.
The dirt road, which was originally bumpy and severely damaged, gradually became flat.