The ground in front of the mausoleum had been broken, and the bricks and stones for building the structure had been brought up from the plateau below. But the work group had taken the pair of Hanbai jade tablets erected at either end of the plateau and placed them on the walls of the provisional latrines that had been erected for the construction site, and as a result they had become splattered with urine and excrement. Spirit Mountain was under the jurisdiction of Boshuzi township, and consequently Chief Liu had asked the township chief to take care of the situation.The township chief had ordered, “Take the Hanbai jades down from the latrine walls.”The head contractor replied, “This is just temporary, and besides, what are you worried about? We’ll rinse them off afterward, leave them as good as new.”The township chief said, “I’ll fuck your mother, that’s what I’ll do. This is some of the Han jade that we’ll be using for the mausoleum.”The head contractor said, “There’s no need to insult my mother.
