Chapter 73 I Want to Be the Boss

At this time, someone shouted from the city wall.

"Village head, it's almost time to plant rapeseed, and my family doesn't have enough manpower. Can I ask the people from Dahuai Village to help me plow the fields?"

The village head looked up and saw that it was Sanheizi's mother.

Sanheizi was heartbroken and felt depressed. He had no motivation to work. After the rice was harvested, the fields had to be plowed and rapeseed planted. Sanheizi's mother could not finish so much work by herself.

The people of Dahuai Village were all excited when they heard this, "We can do it! As long as we give them something to eat!"

"I have a cow at home. I can give you one liter of rice for every acre of land you plow. Is that okay?" said Sanheizi's mother.

Rice is grain that has not been husked.

The people in Dahuai Village jumped up excitedly, "Sure!"

One liter of rice after pounding becomes half a liter of rice, and half a liter of rice can allow a whole family to live for several more days.

Liu Dacheng looked at the village head and said, "Village head, what do you think about this matter? Will it be inconvenient if we let the people from Dahuai Village in?"

Since Heihe Village has built such a high wall, it must be because it does not want outsiders to interfere with its lives.

The village head liked Liu Dacheng's sense of boundaries. "Brother Liu, as long as you are responsible for selecting people, I have no objection."

"Okay!" Liu Dacheng was overjoyed. "Don't worry! I told them to just focus on their work and leave the village immediately after they're done. They definitely won't bother you!"

"Boss!" Liu Dacheng shouted at Sanheiniang.

Boss?!

Sanheiniang was stunned by the word "Dongjia".

How could she, a woman half buried in the earth, suddenly become the boss?

Sanhei Niang was so nervous that her lips trembled, not knowing whether to agree or not.

"Boss!" Liu Dacheng called again, "I'll pick some good farmers and have them go in and work for half a day, okay?"

Liu Dacheng wanted to share the opportunity equally with everyone so that everyone could earn something to eat.

"I, I can do it, as long as I can do the job well." said Sanhei Niang.

"Thank you, Boss, for your kindness!"

Liu Dacheng quickly arranged the people, and after a while, Sanheiniang came out to pick them up.

"Hello, Boss!"

The man's voice was like a bell, which scared Sanhei Niang. "I, I, I...Okay."

Everyone laughed.

Sanhei Niang led people back to the village to work in a daze.

The villagers of Heihe Village are now completely unable to remain calm. Who doesn’t want to be the boss?

The word "boss" is such a distant word to them!

But now, they only need one liter of rice to become the boss!

So, on the city wall, the villagers of Heihe Village raised their hands.

"Village head, my family needs to hire a digger!"

"My family needs a wheat farmer!"

"My family needs someone to grow rapeseed!"

Under the city wall, villagers of Dahuai Village enthusiastically recommended themselves.

"I'm the best at digging!"

“I’m the best at growing wheat!”

"I love growing rapeseed the most!"

…

That scene was simply amazing!

The headman's face became increasingly darker.

Liu Dacheng's face became more and more cheerful.

The village head hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Dacheng, returned to the village and closed the city gate.

"Everyone, get down here!"

The head of the village raised his face, which was darker than the bottom of a pot, and shouted at the people on the city wall.

The people of Heihe Village exchanged glances with each other and pushed and shoved their way to the head of the village.

"What do you want to do? Are you going to cause chaos?" The village head was so angry that his eyebrows stood up.

"A bunch of lazy asses, you're so proud of yourself just because you have a little wealth, aren't you?! Just because I call you 'boss' makes you lose your mind, aren't you?! San Heizi's family only has one son, and they even have cows, and you dare to compete with him?!"

Everyone was scolded so hard that they dared not say a word.

The village head was still furious and continued to scold, "Zhao Dafu, you have five brothers, and you have the nerve to hire people to plant wheat?"

"Mr. Li, you have three sons and three daughters-in-law. How much rapeseed can you not plant?"

"Who was the first one to say they wanted to hire someone to dig the ground?! Get out here!"

Someone raised their hand, "Me!"

The village head was so angry at the self-righteous "I" that his beard was shaking. "You, the one who got stabbed, you still think you're right!... Well, it seems you do have a point..."

Because the owner of that hand is...

It’s Luo Qiuyue.

Surprisingly, it was Luo Qiuyue.

"Cough cough cough cough..." The village head turned too sharply and couldn't catch his breath, and almost fell over.

Luo Qiuyue said, "Isn't my house busy with construction? I just want to hire someone to do the work in the fields!"

"Ahem...well, your family's situation is naturally a different matter!"

The village head finally stopped coughing. He felt a little embarrassed, but soon regained his composure.

"I'm not forcing you to hire people, am I? It's just that we've just started living a good life, and we can't develop those lazy habits. We still have to do the things we need to do ourselves, and we can't sit back and act like the boss. After all, our life is not that prosperous yet, right?"

The villagers nodded and said, "I understand, Lizheng. You are doing this for the good of everyone. We all understand!"

The village head said, "If you are really short of labor at home and need to hire someone, go and register with the third son of the Ye family. I will go to Dahuai Village to hire someone for you tomorrow!"

…

The next day, the village head went to find Liu Dacheng with the list.

During the conversation, we learned that there was a man in Dahuai Village who was particularly good at building houses, including pavilions and towers. Such a talent was naturally invited by the Ye family.

In this way, many people were hired to work in Heihe Village, and the people of Dahuai Village finally survived.

After drinking a bowl of porridge in Heihe Village every day, the hired people went to work to earn food, and the rest returned to their own fields to do farm work.

Dahuai Village has found a new water source, so they can now grow wheat, rapeseed, radishes, and cabbage. This way, they won’t go hungry in the winter.

The villagers of Dahuai Village are very conscious. Families that can earn food will not come to drink porridge.

Moreover, they also planned to follow the example of Heihe Village and build a city wall. The world is in such chaos that it is impossible to live a peaceful life without defensive measures.

Before long, the four large pots of porridge cooked every day in Heihe Village were far from enough to share.

As the news of the porridge distribution spread like wildfire, more and more disaster victims flocked to the scene.

Among these people, some are from nearby villages. After drinking the porridge, they will return to their own villages.

Another part of the people were displaced and homeless, and these victims simply settled down outside the city walls.

It’s called settling in, but it’s just a tattered straw mat for the whole family, plus a bunch of pots and pans.

It would be fine if they were just well-behaved victims, but the problem is that there are quite a few bad people among them.

These people have no organization and no order. The reason they can survive until now is their ruthlessness.

They bullied the weak and snatched the porridge that others had queued up for. After drinking it all, they smashed the other people's bowls.

The old man and the woman whose porridge was taken away cried miserably, and the baby in their arms cried with hunger.

"How could you do this?! You are a man who does such shameless things just to grab a bite of food!"

The woman who was distributing porridge in Heihe Village scolded them.

But those people laughed and said, "You give away your porridge, why do you care about us? It doesn't matter who you give it to. You do your good deeds, and I drink my porridge. We have nothing to do with each other!"