53 That Was Amazing! He Loved His Job! (1/2)
The mutated rat had bowed down to Hong Xiaofu.
Everyone was stunned. What on Earth was going on?
The rat had knelt down before Hong Xiaofu. Was Hong Xiaofu the king of rats? Even if he was the king of rats, no one had ever heard of a rat bowing down to the king...
Out of everyone who was there, old Wu got the greatest shock—he was the only one who knew about Hong Xiaofu's power. He had not believed it at first, but now that he had seen it…
It was definitely true! Hong Xiaofu did not lie to him!
”Little brother, you…” Uncle Chen who was standing nearby looked at Hong Xiaofu anxiously and asked, ”You can control rats?”
Hong Xiaofu, ”...”
Only ghosts could control rats!
However, he did not have time to explain what was going on. Hong Xiaofu shouted at the mutated rat at once, ”Go away, quickly go away!'
It seemed to have understood what Hong Xiaofu had said, because it circled twice around Hong Xiaofu and immediately disappeared into the nearby bushes.
Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief.
The rat was absolutely frightening. Its mouth was filled with thick shovel-like teeth. If it had bitten someone…
But every creature had a weakness. Before Hong Xiaofu, even the rat had been forced to bow down.
”Fortunately, there weren't any accidents.” Just then, Chief Wang Zhen ran over. He had been hit by panic earlier on. If any workers had been bitten by the rat, it would be considered a work injury and therefore be compensated—and judging by the teeth, the compensation fees would not be little.
He was starting to like Hong Xiaofu a lot. He said while smiling, ”Little brother, great job, you are so capable! I won't say anything else, I'm obliged to give you an additional one hundred dollars on top of your pay for today!”
Extra pay of one hundred dollars! Indeed nothing was more practical than that! Hong Xiaofu let out a smile instantly and said, ”Thank you Uncle Wang.”
”Yup, good job!” Wang Zhen patted Hong Xiaofu's shoulders firmly and said, ”I have faith in you!”
Nothing significant happened in the remaining time. Everyone was working their guts out; very quickly, it was already five in the evening. The sky had gotten dark and it was time to wrap up.
”Everyone please gather. We are collating the numbers and doing the accounts now.” Wang Zhen instructed, ”Everyone is to report the number of bricks you have moved for today.”
Everyone started reporting the figures.
”Six thousand and three hundred.”
”Six thousand and six hundred.”
”Five thousand and eight hundred.”
Going one after another, the accountant would calculate their earnings after they were done reporting. It was easy to calculate. There was a specific way in which the workers had to arrange the bricks and people could tell in a glance how much they had moved. As they were collecting their pay one by one, it was Hong Xiaofu's turn. He carefully reported his number, ”Erm… I moved thirty-five thousand and five hundred bricks…”
Upon hearing the figure, the accountant was so shocked that his pen fell onto the ground. He asked, ”How much?!”
Hong Xiaofu repeated himself, ”A total of thirty-five thousand five hundred and sixty bricks, you can forgo the sixty…”
The accountant, ”...”
He had moved nearly thirty-six thousand bricks in a day? Was that a joke?
”Are you serious…”The accountant stood up and walked outside. He saw a terrifying scene: there were mostly small piles of bricks around, but at the side of it, there stood a huge pile of bricks which was six to seven times the size of the other piles.
The accountant gulped in disbelief and asked, ”How… how did you do it?”