"What is it, Decai? Tell me," Ye Lizheng said.

Liu Decai stepped forward, followed by a dozen or so men and women.

He said, "The cassava will be distributed soon, but there are some things we need to clarify."

"The Ye family had already dug up a lot of cassava before that. We all saw them carrying basket after basket of it home that day!"

A woman behind him said, "It looks like it weighs over a thousand pounds!"

Liu Decai continued, "Those cassava were originally meant for everyone, but they dug up so much of it ahead of time. The village head just said that each person gets 32 jin (16 catties), so the amount they dug up last time means each person in their family must have an average of over 60 jin (30 kg)!"

“We’ll let those things slide. But now that it’s time to divide the cassava, what do you all think? Shouldn’t their family get a share too?”

Upon hearing this, the villagers all looked at each other in bewilderment.

Some had never thought about this issue before, while others had thought about it long ago and were already somewhat bothered by it. Now that Liu Decai had taken the lead, they started muttering to themselves:

"There are fourteen people in the family, so if you calculate it this way, they will have to take more than 300 jin."

"They already dug up over a thousand kilograms, and now they want to divide it up..."

"If they hadn't told us how to remove the toxins, we wouldn't have gotten a single pound. It wouldn't have mattered if they had more!"

“I also think they should get another share.”

“But they dug up over a thousand kilograms beforehand… We didn’t make them take it out, but if we divide it again…”

Ye Lizheng was so angry that his chest heaved.

Old Mrs. Ye's face darkened, and Ye Daquan and the others were practically cursing. "There's no such thing as over a thousand jin; it's only a little over eight hundred jin!"

Ye Caiping sneered.

At this moment, Old Man Ye looked at her questioningly. Ye Caiping nodded, and only then did Old Man Ye step forward with a dark face.

"Everyone, once we decided to share this method with you, our family never thought of taking even half an ounce more! We're all neighbors, and my wife Caiping said we can't keep it to ourselves, we have to tell everyone!"

"After we told everyone, we were afraid that they would break the cassava while digging, so all the men in our family went up the mountain to dig it together. Cai Ping even personally taught everyone how to cut and soak it. She was busy doing everything for the village."

"Listen to this! Listen to this!" Ye Lizheng stepped forward and scolded the villagers, "Besides, the things on the mountain don't belong to anyone, they're ownerless! It's a favor to tell us the method of detoxification, it's our right not to."

"They shared their methods with us without holding anything back. And you still want to turn around and bite the hand that feeds you? Are you even human?"

"Even if the whole family takes another share, on average we'll only get a tael or two less. Will we starve to death if we eat one less bite? Besides, they never even intended to take a share in the first place!"

The villagers were filled with shame, especially those who had questioned the statement.

Yes! The things on the mountain were originally unclaimed. People were so generous, yet they still picked on them. They're so inhumane.