Chapter 180 People from Baijia Village

As long as he has more and more chips in his hand, the county magistrate's brother-in-law who wants to take advantage of him can just go wherever he wants!

But Zhao Liya didn't dare to make promises easily. Promises are taken seriously here, and once you say something, you must keep it. Otherwise, your reputation will collapse, and it will be difficult to rebuild it.

If that time really comes, I'm afraid even the people in Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village will no longer believe in her or the Zhao family.

Deng and the others had already gone to cook, so Zhao Liya warmly invited Bai Lizheng and the other two to stay for lunch and chat about the situation in their village. She and Hu Ling would go over to take a look when they were free in a couple of days.

"It's hard to say right now, and I can't make any promises to you three. Just treat it as making friends. Even if nothing else works out, we can still keep in touch in the future. If there's anything we can do to help each other, that's fine."

Bai Lizheng and the others were very happy that Zhao Liya could say this.

"Okay, okay, Miss Zhao is right, it would be nice for us to be friends!"

"Miss Zhao, you can come to our place whenever you are free. We always have people in the village."

"Miss Zhao, please don't be polite to us! If you need anything, just give us a call. As long as we can do it, we will definitely do it!"

“That’s right!”

Even if the collaboration doesn't work out for now, that's fine. There's always a long way to go! What if there's a chance in the future? Even if there isn't, it's still worth making friends.

According to what they inquired, the Zhao family is worth associating with.

Let's not talk about anything else, just Mr. Zhao. He was the top scholar and a high-ranking official in the capital. Although I don't know why he was demoted here, haven't there been many officials demoted here since ancient times? In fact, how many of them are truly bad people? None!

From this we can see that Mr. Zhao must be a good person!

He must be smarter than everyone else. If there is anything in the future that he cannot make up his mind or cannot think of a solution, he can ask Mr. Zhao to help analyze it, right?

Zhao Liya didn't expect that they would be so talkative after they relaxed and unrestrained. They kept talking and both sides were having a great time.

When Zhao Xiang came back, they met Mr. Zhao one by one, but they couldn't help but become reserved and respectful. Their voices were several levels lower. At first, they were so nervous that they didn't know what to do with their hands and feet.

Zhao Liya was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. If anyone was to say who was the most powerful, it would have to be her father!

Bai Lizheng and his friends had lunch at Zhao's house, accompanied by Zhao Xiang, Hu Ling, Lin Mo, and Yu Xiaofang.

They were astonished by Shu Yan's craftsmanship. When they left, their attitude became even more respectful, and their eyes showed their complete admiration.

It seems to be saying: It’s worthy of being the Zhao family. Even their cooking is so delicious. There is really nothing they can’t do!

After sending away Bai Lizheng and the other two who were obviously completely conquered by the meal at the Zhao family, Zhao Xiang, Hu Ling, Lin Mo and others all felt that, just like what Zhao Liya thought, the more allies the better.

On the premise that they already have Zaihu Village and Bajiaozhai, if there is Baijia Village, it does not only mean that these three villages are their allies, but also means that there will be countless villages that are their allies in the future. Even if there are other villages that have not received their help now, they may not be thinking about the "future", so it will be another guarantee.

Bai Lizheng and his two companions hadn't come empty-handed; they had brought two pairs of hares, two pheasants, and a tiger skin. Hares and pheasants were fine, but tiger skins were not easy to come by. While the weather in Lingnan was good year-round, and even if winters were cold, they didn't last more than a few days, tiger skins weren't particularly useful, but they commanded a high market value and were worth a fortune if sold elsewhere.

There was still a lot of candy at home, so Zhao Liya packed about three or four pounds of yellow sugar and a piece of bacon for each of them.

Since we are friends, we should interact with each other.

Bai Lizheng and his friends, who usually didn't want to buy candy, were delighted by this return gift. Thinking of how Zaihu Village would profit from the sugarcane plantation, their hearts burned with joy.

Zhao Xiang said, "But we still need to think this through. What can Baijia Village do? If it really doesn't work, then forget it. Don't make promises lightly. If you give people hope and then let them down, you're afraid it will create resentment."

Zhao Liya nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, Dad. We will find out everything before we act."

Zhao Xiang smiled and nodded: "Dad is just giving you some empty instructions. I will naturally be at ease with you guys doing the work."

Zhao Liya and the others knew nothing about Baijia Village before. Although they had a good impression of Bai Lizheng and the other two, and had a preliminary understanding of Baijia Village from their stories, they naturally could not rely on their descriptions as the basis.

I need to find out more.

When Zhao Liya went to see the paper mill and sugarcane plantation, she also asked the people in Zaihu Village about it. Hu Ling and Qu Yutao went to Bajiao Village to check it out and asked there as well.

"Baijia Village, I know, it's north of the city! Their village has more mountains than fields, and it's backed by the Daqing Mountain. 70% to 80% of the people in the village are hunters, making a living from that."

"Hey, hunters don't have an easy life either. When you're lucky, you don't have to worry about anything. But when you're unlucky, you might not even bring back a big fish in a month. It's hard to support a family just by hunting small animals like pheasants and rabbits."

"Yeah, and besides, when you go into the mountains to hunt big game, you're bound to get injured. And once you get injured, it's often fatal. So, who wouldn't save some money? Otherwise, if something really goes wrong one day, you'll just be waiting to die! Being a hunter is really not easy!"

"That's exactly the point! They've never had an easy life. Those people are actually pretty good. They look fierce, but they speak kindly. Just don't provoke them."

"Yes, we can talk to them nicely, but if we provoke them, we'll be in trouble! They are very united."

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After some inquiries and analysis, Zhao Liya and the others decided to go to Baijia Village.

There are many mountains and few fields, and most people make a living by hunting. In such a place, you really don’t know how to find a way out before you see it in person.

At least if there are too many mountains, it will be inconvenient to grow ordinary cash crops.

Zhao Liya, Hu Ling, Lin Mo, Yu Xiaofang and Qu Yutao went there together without any prior notice, just because they wanted to make a surprise visit and see what Baijia Village was like.

The entire Baijia Village stretches from the foot of the mountain to the top, occupying the entire mountain. Looking from the foot of the mountain, it is densely packed with houses.

The walls are made of rammed yellow mud and covered with black tiles or fir bark. Some fruit trees are planted in front of and behind the house, especially grapefruit, persimmon, loquat and lychee.

There is basically not much vacant land in front of each house to be cultivated into a vegetable garden. The vegetable gardens of each family in their village are all near the edge of the village.

(End of this chapter)