The official from Kaifeng Prefecture continued, "Zhu Ganglie, you've never held an official position, you can't understand the reasoning."
"There are so many people to consider, a village might temporarily be neglected, but it's only temporary, what's yours, even if you have to wait a little longer, it's still yours."
Tian Peng exchanged a glance with the official from Kaifeng Prefecture and immediately understood what to do next.
He pretended to still be confused, even beginning to be willfully obstinate.
"This won't do, how long have we been waiting already, if it weren't for the canal being repaired, our village would probably have no people left, making us wait so long, how is that justifiable?!"
The County Magistrate paused, then explained with a sense of grievance, "Zhu Ganglie, it's not that I didn't want to help you, it's just that I hadn't had the chance to help you before you repaired the canal yourselves, how can you turn around and blame me?"