By the time dawn broke, the workers had all gotten up. Seeing the empty inner courtyard, they looked at each other in surprise.
When they saw Hu Ma appear and continue to assign tasks and sweep, they finally understood in their hearts and quickly lowered their heads to work.
A change of order had come to the Manor. Sometimes, such changes were not accompanied by thunder and lightning, but occurred silently, unnoticed.
Yet the lives of everyone in the Manor were now truly in Hu Ma's hands.
Not only were Zhou Datong and the others joyful, walking with a spring in their step, but the two workers who had followed Xu Ji into the Manor were particularly frightened, secretly calculating:
We previously offended Shopkeeper Hu, but later that Xu guy died, and we became well-behaved. Our knives were taken by Brother Datong, and we never complained, even sneaking him wine and meat... So, he won't trouble us anymore, right?
