When he ran out of the door, Jiang Huaixu realized that the people being filmed were the Lin family. Fu Tuan was standing on the collapsed brick wall and stretching. Lin Jiuyi walked over and suddenly saw Fu Tuan. He couldn't help but scream. Both the man and the cat were scared.

Could Fu Tuan, frightened, spare Lin Jiuyi? Of course not. He slapped Lin Jiuyi on the forehead with his claws, but considerately didn't scratch him.

Jiang Huaixu patted his forehead to clear his mind. "Don't show your claws now when you don't have to flee. Look, you almost knocked someone unconscious with just one slap. We were right before, but you almost knocked us out."

[Who made him so loud and startled me?] Fu Tuan reluctantly agreed to his host's request, [Hmph, I'll try not to show my claws from now on.]

After squeezing into the crowd and seeing that Lin Jiuyi was not seriously injured, Jiang Huaixu felt relieved.

Lin Jiuyi sat on the ground waiting for the dizziness to pass. He looked up and saw so many people surrounding him. He felt a little embarrassed and stood up immediately.

"Are you the one called Lin Jiuyi yesterday? What are you doing here? You outsiders are not allowed to touch that big fat cat. It's very aggressive to outsiders!"

"What are you doing here? Are you going to cause us trouble again?"

Lin Jiuyi was confused by the question. When he heard the question, he was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly, "I just came to apologize to you. We were not responsible for what happened yesterday. From now on, we are from the same village and we will see each other every day. It is the right thing to do to be friends..."

Someone interrupted him, "Village Chief Jiang made it clear yesterday. Don't you just want to live in peace?"

"That's right. If you want to be friends, then be friends. If you don't want to be friends, then use dirty tricks. How shameless! Why doesn't that troublemaker come and apologize? Could it be that you were the one who ordered this all?"

"That's not it, absolutely not!" Lin Jiu was so panicked that he almost knelt down and swore.

Jiang Zhengmao waved his hand, "Alright, alright, I see you're not the type to stir up trouble. Lin Jiuyi, right? Everyone knows your intentions. As for the people around your Lin family, as the acting village chief, I'll definitely notify them if anything happens. Don't even think about it."

Lin Jiuyi was very grateful to hear such a sentence, and he thanked the man repeatedly before leaving.

Seeing them leave, Jiang Zhengmao called out to everyone, "Da Zhuang, go get some help. The rest of you, follow me!"

Then he said to Jiang Huaixu who was joining in the fun, "Xu girl, ask your second brother to come and settle the account."

"Uncle, I can do the math, too!" Jiang Huaixu volunteered. "I can do it really fast!"

Jiang Zhengmao smiled, "Then you come."

After gathering everyone in the yard, Jiang Zhengmao ordered people to unload the items from the carriage one by one.

When the big guys saw the commotion, they knew that these were things that had been moved from the bandits' lair, and their eyes widened in excitement. Some of the shorter ones even climbed up trees and walls to see.

Jiang Huaixu took the simple account book made of several pieces of paper handed to him by Jiang Erlang and flipped through it. He found that there were quite a few things looted from Yangjiao Mountain.

After all the things were unloaded, Jiang Zhengmao said, "We all moved these down from the mountain and brought them here together. After loading them, I asked Erlang to record them in the account book so that everyone knows."

"Our current problem is reclaiming wasteland. Do you know what reclaiming wasteland means? It means we might not be able to eat our own crops until the year after next. We are all farmers who depend on the weather for our livelihoods. What are we going to eat in over a year?"

Jiang Zhengmao was so worried that he couldn't sleep last night. When he woke up in the morning, he felt that his hair had turned a few grayer. On the way to escape, he was worried about when he would reach his destination, and what to eat and drink when he arrived. He was destined to be a hard-working person.

Someone called out, "Uncle Village Chief, there are so many of us who have escaped here. Why can't we live a good life after settling down?"

This sentence resonated with many people, and the scene became lively.

Jiang Huaixu approached Jiang Erlang, pointed at the account book and asked, "Second brother, have Dad, Uncle, and Second Grandfather discussed how to distribute these?"

"We've discussed it, and we've decided to divide it up per head, with a set number of people divided among adults and children." Jiang Erlang lowered his voice. "Uncle wants us to take 40% of the silver, and share the rest. Dad disagrees, saying that things are tough right now, and it would be good to use these stolen goods to help the villagers through their current difficulties. Nothing has been decided yet."

Jiang Huaixu now feels a kind of fatigue with silver and money after being satisfied, as there is too much of it piled up in the space.

"Dad is right. It's all money that can't be seen in public. Just think of it as robbing the rich to help the poor. But..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jiang Zhengmao.

"Xu girl, what are you two whispering about?"

Jiang Huaixu expressed his thoughts, "Uncle, I'm thinking that after we divide the remaining silver and grain, we can make it our collective property. If anyone needs help in the future, they can take it from here. Of course, we have to make up for it after it's used up. If we want to start a small business in the future, we can also use this silver. Whoever participates will get a share of the profits. What do you think?"

The noisy crowd gradually quieted down after Jiang Huaixu's words. Everyone was extremely excited, but they dared not speak because they had not made a decision. If they really did what Xu girl said, this money would be their backup money!

Unlike others, Jiang Zhengmao is concerned about "doing business" - Xu girl wants to do business?

He tugged at Xu's sleeve and turned his back to her. "Girl, what kind of business do you want to do?"

"Hehe, I haven't thought about it yet. Just plan for a rainy day."

Jiang Zhengmao: "...what a stinky cat, stinky cat, think about it carefully, and if you figure it out, I'll fight you!"

"..." Now it was Jiang Huaixu's turn to be speechless, "Uncle, you really trust me. Aren't you afraid that I might lead you into trouble?"

"We've been escaping from the wilderness for so long, what else is there to be afraid of?" Jiang Zhengmao said decisively, waving his hand.

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