Chapter 230: A Reminder

Zhao Xiang, Lin Mo and others found out and started complaining.

But ignoring them is obviously impossible.

Zhao Xiang warned, "Although helping them isn't our job, since we've already helped so many other villages, we can't just turn our backs on some. Otherwise, it could lead to disaster. They won't listen to reason. I've inquired, and there aren't many villages in Gaolian County with the population of Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village, but there are still hundreds or even thousands of people. If a conflict really breaks out, it won't be good. You just need to be more careful in your actions, be more thoughtful, and instill more reason in them. Things will always get better and better in the future."

Simply reasoning? That's impossible here. When emotions run rampant, villages will start fighting each other.

Why didn't Mao Dexing dare to provoke the villagers of Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village? With their help, why didn't Mao Dexing dare to provoke even his own family? It was precisely because he was afraid that the villagers would band together.

The villagers stick together and face the outside world in unison to safeguard the interests of the village. Reason and other things are secondary.

In this area, it's almost the same in every village.

If Zhao Liya and the others dared to openly ignore Tongshan Village, they would definitely cause a lot of trouble. If they held a grudge against them, it would be no small matter.

Hu Ling sighed. He didn't quite understand and wasn't convinced, but he knew that what his adoptive father said must make sense, so he just listened.

Zhao Liya thought more, nodded, and smiled, "Don't worry, Dad. This isn't just Tongshan Village. This incident has served as a reminder to us that not all villages are as good as Zaihu Village, Bajiaozhai, and Baijia Village. When we deal with other villages, we must put rules and interests first, not personal relationships. What needs to be signed should be signed, and what needs to be made clear must be clearly stated in black and white. In short, we can't let anyone get involved and argue later."

Zhao Xiang nodded with satisfaction: "This is the right thing to do."

Everyone agreed.

When there are a lot of people, there are all kinds of people, so it is not necessary to make it clear in advance.

If you sincerely treat everyone as if they were in Zaihu Village or Bajiao Village, you will fall flat on your face sooner or later.

Because of the interference in Tongshan Village, the content of the meeting scheduled for that day would have to be changed.

Fortunately, there is still plenty of time, so we can discuss together, slowly consult, supplement and revise.

In my spare time, I have time to hunt some game in the mountains or catch some fish in the river.

In recent days, the most impressive ones are Zaihu Village, Bajiao Village and Baijia Village. After all, the persimmons in Baijia Village have just been planted, and they can't compare to the other two villages which have already generated income. There are not many visitors to Baijia Village, but there are many people visiting Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village every day.

Look at the sugarcane groves, the sweet potato fields, the potato fields—the potato fields are now starting their second crop. Look at the workshops.

The villagers of Zaihu Village and Bajiaozhai were very proud, with their backs straight and their steps showing a sense of wind.

When people from other villages come to visit and ask about it with envy, the villagers will introduce it proudly. When they take people to see the sugarcane fields, they not only show off but also remind them again and again.

"Be careful, don't step on our sugarcane!"

"Hey, big brother, please step back! You can't go into the sugarcane field!"

As for the workshop, outsiders are naturally not allowed to enter.

Even villagers are not allowed to enter, only the hired workers in the workshop can enter. As for the matters concerning the workshop, the villagers unanimously kept their mouths shut. Anyone who wanted to know, had no way!

In the blink of an eye, the agreed day arrived.

There were quite a lot of people coming. In addition to the merchants from the villages who got the news, many merchants from the city also came.

This is going to be lively.

After all, there are so many relatives and friends between villages that it seems like a large-scale family reunion scene. Everyone greets familiar relatives and friends warmly and chats and laughs.

Zhao Liya and others were very happy to see that the atmosphere at the scene was quite good.

That's good.

This means that the incident in Tongshan Village may not have spread widely, and even if it did, it would not have much impact on everyone.

However, Zhao Liya immediately felt a little unhappy when she saw that the Mao family's shifty butler was also present.

Mao Dexing's ghost is really lingering!

"Everyone be quiet!"

"Let's all find a place to sit down and get started. We're all straightforward people, so let's not talk about all that irrelevant nonsense and get down to business!"

This was what everyone was concerned about. Everyone cheered and quickly called those they knew to sit together, staring eagerly at Zhao Liya, Hu Ling and others above.

Zhao Xiang still didn't care about all this and was still teaching the children in the academy.

"Before I get into the details, I have a few things to say. These are very important, so I hope you'll listen carefully."

"Our boss is a businessman. What is a businessman? Like all the merchants you've met, businessmen do business to make money. The boss did all these things in Zaihu Village, Bajiao Village, and Baijia Village to make money for himself. While he made money, he also helped the villagers. It's called having the best of both worlds."

Although the leaders of Zaihu Village, Bajiao Village, and even Baijia Village did not come today, many people came to watch the fun and nodded when they heard this.

"That's right, it's the best of both worlds! We in the village are very grateful to the boss!"

"Yes, yes, it's a blessing for our village that the big boss has taken a fancy to it!"

Butler Mao provoked him sourly, "You guys really don't know how to count. You've been taken advantage of, yet you're still so foolishly happy. The boss makes a mountain of silver, and how much do you make? Just a few copper coins! Compared to him, it's nothing, and yet you're still so grateful and complacent. Tsk!"

What Butler Mao said angered the villagers of Zaihu Village and others.

"What do you mean by exploit? The money originally belongs to the big boss. It's not reasonable for him to earn a lot of money. Do you think he should share the money with us? Oh, that would make us bandits! We are not so shameless!"

"Where else can that big boss buy land and make money? Why does he have to come to our village? Why does he have to take care of us? If he comes, we can only be grateful! Only greedy people would say that!"

"Exactly. If they eat meat, what's wrong with us drinking the broth? You Mao family eats meat, but we don't even get any broth!"

"Speaking of others, what have you done?"

"I don't mind the copper coins, how about your Mao family let us make some money too?"

When the others heard their criticism, they nodded in agreement.

That’s right. Does the NPC boss owe anyone in the village anything?

Butler Mao didn't expect that he had become the target of public criticism without realizing it. He couldn't help but glance guiltily in the direction of Zhao Liya, Hu Ling and the others, lowered his head and dared not say a word.

(End of this chapter)