I am engaged in construction in Datang

On the stage, Wu Qi had on exquisite makeup, her black hair was piled up high with a red jade hairpin, her eyebrows were like willow leaves, her eyes were lively, and her red lips were smiling.

"Next, please welcome Chenxi Entertainment... to present the musical "The Legend of the White Snake"."

After Wu Qi finished speaking, the lights in the venue were turned off again. The noise of the people gradually died down, and they were all silently waiting for the "Heavenly Couple" that they had never heard of before.

When the lights were turned on again, there were more props on the stage, including paper trees and birds, farm tools, and needles and thread.

"The birds in the trees are in pairs..."

Before seeing the person, I heard his voice first. A graceful female voice came, followed by a mellow and rich male voice singing: "Green water and green mountains bring smiles..."

On the shore, the people saw a man and a woman slowly walking out from behind a fake tree. They were wearing the simplest clothes and their clothes were the same as those of several people on the shore.

The two of them were in love with each other and had fun playing in the fields.

Everyone was infected by the atmosphere and were relaxing and enjoying themselves when the music in their ears suddenly became faster.

A burly, white-faced man came onto the stage and said, "Boy, why don't you go and do some work?"

"My family provides food and clothing for you and your wife, not for you to sing and have fun here."

"Manager!" The man said with a miserable expression, "I have been working from dawn to dusk without a break today. I have already toiled for eight hours. I really can't do it anymore."

When these words were spoken, the people on the shore were in an uproar.

"Working for eight hours is exhausting!"

"This black-hearted person doesn't care about other people's lives at all."

"Why are you so excited? Didn't you and I do the same job two years ago?"

"Wow! Now that you mention it, I remember it."

"Now, let alone eight hours of work, no one is willing to do six hours of work."

“Labor laws are good…”

Nowadays, the regulations in the areas around Chang'an only allow work to take place for four hours. Overtime pay must be given for the excess, and the maximum working time cannot exceed six hours. If caught, one must either make up for the holiday or pay a huge fine.

When the white-faced man heard this, his expression became grim: "You can't do the work, but you can sing well."

"Manager!" The woman couldn't help but walk out from behind her husband. "Singing and working require different amounts of strength, how can one compare?"

"And my son Ah Lang is kindhearted and honest, diligent and conscientious, never cheating or playing dirty, and works hard. How could he..."

"Don't talk to me anymore. What does a country woman know?" The white-faced man swung his sleeves and said, "Don't let me see you resting!"

"Otherwise, you shouldn't rent my fertile land!"

After saying this, the white-faced man walked away.

"Manager!" The couple couldn't let anyone leave. They both knelt down and hugged each other's thighs: "You can't stop me from farming!"

"Don't touch me!" the man screamed, "You've soiled my robe!"

"Manager!" The couple was startled. Before they could do anything, they saw the manager pick up a hoe from the ground and hold it high.

"Damn it, he's going to hit someone!" the people in the audience shouted angrily.

"That boy, why don't you just stand there and fight back?"

"Can you still survive after this hoe is used?"

"Hey……"

The people couldn't bear to watch any longer and they thought of themselves.

If you offend a high-ranking official, you can only blame yourself for being unlucky even if you are beaten to death. No matter how well the law is written, it cannot restrain those upper-class people.

The expected loud noise did not come. When the people opened their eyes, they saw the strong boy holding the other end of the hoe.

"Manager, this is my hoe. I bought it. I won't rent your land anymore." He pulled the hoe towards himself.

"What do you mean by yours? In this piece of land, all the land belongs to the boss." Then, the white-faced steward pulled the hoe back to himself and said, "Let go."

The boy refused and pulled the hoe again: "Let go."

"Let go!"

"Let go!"

"Let go..."

The two of them were pulling back and forth like a huge saw, neither willing to let go.

Suddenly, a bright light came from far away: "Who is there? What are you doing?"

The boy shuddered with fear and let go of his hand instantly.

With a loud "ouch", the burly manager fell flat on his face.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience and the people cheered.

The atmosphere was heated for less than two minutes when the manager who had fallen down started to blame the boy. He pointed at the boy and said, "First he stole my hoe and then he pushed me to the ground!"

"Damn it, I really want to go on stage and beat someone up!" Cheng Chuliang had a bad temper and his fists clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.

"When it's over, let's put him in a sack." Yuchi Baolin came up with a bad idea.

"Come on, this is just acting. Besides, he's an actor from Chenxi Entertainment..." Wen Zhen spoke helplessly, fearing that these rascals would really embarrass him.

on the stage.

The officer looked at the three men carefully, then turned to ask the white-faced man, "You said the hoe was yours, so why don't you have calluses on your palms and no dirt on your shoes?"

After that, he looked at the boy again and said, "How are you going to prove that the hoe is yours?"

"This is a hoe I made at the blacksmith shop in the county. The master may know me." The boy spoke hurriedly.

"But the money you paid for the hoe was paid by your boss!"

"That's my wages!" The boy began to feel jealous. "I work eight hours a day, and you always deduct my wages. It took me a long time to save up and buy a new hoe..."

"Eight hours!" the soldier was surprised.

"Correct!"

The soldier continued to ask: "Boy, you can't read, right? Have you never read Chang'an Weekly?"

"This……"

"Oh, you don't know!" The soldier walked to the front of the stage and shouted, "We in the Tang Dynasty have issued a law called the Labor Law, which clearly stipulates..."

After listening to the soldier's narration, the boy's eyes widened in surprise: "Is this true?"

After saying this, he glared at the flour steward fiercely and said, "I'm going to sue him and the boss!"

"Oppressing tenants, exploiting their labor, and withholding wages..."

"Demand that they publicly apologize and return the money!"

The young lady agreed: "Yes, apologize and return the money!"

"Don't worry!" The soldier patted his chest and said, "Not only do you have to apologize and pay the money, you also have to be punished. How can you bully us ordinary people like this?"

Upon hearing this, the white-faced steward's face turned pale, then he closed his eyes, kicked his legs, and passed out.

There was applause from the audience.

The lights went out, and when they came on again, the stage was filled with a warm scene again.

Houses, fields, trees, orioles...

The music gradually started, and the lady, with pink flowers in her hair, said shyly: "From now on, I will no longer suffer from slavery..."

"The couple returns home together..." The man wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the hoe and continued to work.

"You till the fields and I weave cloth~"

"I'll fetch water for you to water the garden~"

The two interacted with each other continuously, you brought me flowers and I helped you wipe your sweat.

In the middle of the performance, a baby jumped onto the stage and asked his mother to buy him some candy.

"You and I are like mandarin ducks

Flying together in the world..."

At the end, the lady was mending clothes at the table, while Alang was holding the baby and teaching it to read and write.

The actors left the stage and the host came on.

“Does everyone know the Labor Law?”

"Know!"

The Labor Law was introduced with great fanfare, and people living around the capital naturally knew about it.

"Tonight we will randomly select 20 audience members to participate in a quiz about the Labor Law with prizes..."