Several acres of land on the hill behind the village have been designated as investment projects. Liang Shuyan prepared the plan and handed it to Li Zheng.

Li Zheng looked on with a completely bewildered expression: "Did you make this yourself? Oh my, Aunt Dashan, what kind of brilliant idea is this in your head? This is a great idea, shall we start recruiting investors now?"

Liang Shuyan thought for a moment and said, "Righteous, the planting of trees and flowers on the back mountain should also be separated. It can be contracted to individual households. This way, we can be responsible for the survival rate of each plant. Only after the plants survive can we pay the remaining balance. Otherwise, we cannot pay the remaining balance."

Li Zheng gave Liang Shuyan a thumbs up, praising her good ideas from time to time.

However, after this method was implemented, many people felt it was unfair and went directly to Lizheng, saying that this was a deliberate attempt to delay everyone's wages.

Li Zheng was so angry that he was panting heavily. These people had come from other villages and had gathered at the entrance of Daling Village. They were holding tools and were very arrogant. As soon as they saw Li Zheng, they surrounded him.

They looked like they wouldn't give up until they got the money.

"Are you all from Shihezi Village? What are your reasons for causing trouble here?" Li Zheng shouted at the top of his lungs. "Look at you all, you look like beggars, and you're carrying tools. What, are you going to start a fight?"

A capable-looking man stepped out from the crowd and patted his chest, saying, "We've all come here to get our wages. We've planted trees and flowers for over ten days, and you've only paid us for the first five days. I want to ask you, what's the meaning of this? You're clearly trying to withhold our wages."

Li Zheng held up a piece of paper and waved it in front of his eyes: "Didn't anyone tell you this procedure when you came to work in our Daling Village? We've paid you for the first five days, and we'll only pay you for the remaining days if we guarantee the survival rate of the flowers, plants, and saplings. What's going on? You signed the agreement, and now you want money again? What do you mean by that?"

“A few days ago, because of the outbreak, we all went back home. Now it's been almost a month. What's wrong with that? Do you think it's our own choice not to come back to work? If you're going to say something, it's because you didn't let us come. How can you blame us?”

"You'll only get paid after you've worked the required number of days and your survival rate is guaranteed. What, you're asking for money like this? Don't you think that's a bit excessive?"

"We don't care. It's you who won't let us go to work, not that we don't want to come. How can an illness keep us stuck at home? Do you even know what we eat at home?"

He had lived most of his life and had never seen anything so ridiculous. Because he was sick, he stayed at home and dared not go out to work. What kind of trick was this?

Li Zheng didn't know what to do, so he said, "In short, you may want to die, but we may not. It's absolutely impossible for you to come and work in our Daling Village!"

“It’s fine if you don’t let us work in Daling Village, but then you should pay us our wages. Otherwise, we’ll stay at your Lizheng’s house. We haven’t had anything to eat for three days.”

When a man is filled with righteous indignation, he speaks with conviction and confidence.

Li Zheng felt that these people might not have recovered yet, and if they spread their illness to Daling Village, he couldn't bear the risk. So he said, "Fine, since you insist on having money, I'll give it to you now. But in the future, no matter what kind of work we have in Daling Village, you will not be allowed to enter our Daling Village. I will keep your personal information as part of Daling Village's blacklist."

These people, who thinks about the future? They can't even solve their immediate problem of food and drink.

They only knew that they had a few dozen coins, which they had worked hard to earn, and they had to get them back; that was all.

The main issue is that some of them have contracted illnesses and need money to buy medicine, which is understandable.

Li Zheng gathered several strong young men from the village, who, wearing masks, set up a table and chairs and took out a booklet.

Li Zheng instructed the others to read out the names, Jin Erniu was in charge of distributing the silver, and Zhao Heng circled the names of those who received the silver and then drew an "x" next to them.

When the leader of Shihezi Village saw this, he realized that Daling Village was indeed rich, and that they were distributing silver in whole bags. He wondered if he really shouldn't threaten Lizheng for such a small amount of money, even risking being blacklisted by Daling Village.

Seeing that everyone in Daling Village was wearing masks and avoiding him like the plague, he couldn't help but take two steps back and cover his mouth with his hand.

Could it be that this disease is really going to kill people?

With so many people around, if they were dead, they would have all died long ago. How could they have waited until now? The man began to comfort himself.

After receiving the silver, everyone left happily, and Jin Erniu and his group guarded Daling Village tightly.

Qiu Dong said, "Who is this person? He's willing to risk his life for just a couple of coins, even if it means losing his job in the future, just to get those coins back."

Li Zheng looked at Qiu Dong: "Do you have any way to find someone to plant the trees?"

Qiu Dong said, "There's no need to rush. We can figure out a solution after the pandemic is completely over. It's better not to mess around now. We can plant trees anytime."

Liang Shuyan brought in a truckload of medicinal herbs from outside. These herbs were originally intended for her cosmetics company, but now, at this critical juncture of the epidemic, Liang Shuyan decided to store them first and consider the cosmetics company's business after the epidemic is completely over.

Several people were stopped at the village entrance. Li Zheng even prepared some medicine and food for them in case they had to solve their problems temporarily.

These three people lived in a cave dwelling at the entrance of the village. Li Zheng had instructed people to clean the cave dwelling in advance and prepared some hot food, which was a very happy thing for them.

Along the way, whether in towns or villages, there were different infections and injuries. Only Daling Village seemed like another world. Not only was it peaceful and smooth, but the people were also very warm and did a good job of prevention.

Li Zheng knew that the situation in Daling Village was entirely due to Liang Shuyan's guidance. The situation in the town and several other villages was not optimistic. Not only were there more and more people being infected with the disease, but some people had also died, causing families to be torn apart. Many children had lost their parents and were begging everywhere. If this continued, it might lead to some unrest. The county magistrate had already written down these situations in a memorial and was preparing to report them to the emperor.