They Called Me a Coward, My New Master Asked for Lessons novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: The New Roof
The carpenter in the yellow cap arrived at Low Step before breakfast with nine neighbors and one ladder.
Ji counted them from the doorway, still holding a bowl of porridge.
The festival had ended four days ago, and the valley had begun to settle back into autumn.
The judge had sent the recognition bench over from the shared terrace's store, wide and backless.
Shen sat on it every morning as if it might be taken away.
The roof above her had not changed.
It still leaned toward the river like a person listening at a door.
"Your beam is split at the north end," the carpenter said, pointing at nothing Ji could see.
"It has been split since the last flood."
"We call that character," Shen said.
"I call it a hazard," the carpenter said, and began to unroll his cord.
"I also owe you an explanation about your old bench," he added.
"It was cheaper wood than the quote said."
"We have been waiting for that explanation," Shen said.
The food seller had brought a basket of steamed buns for the workers, which was how she paid for lessons.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of They Called Me a Coward, My New Master Asked for Lessons are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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