“There aren’t many people in our village to begin with, and the drought isn’t over yet. Whether it’s carrying water up the mountain or turning the soil for autumn planting, we need manpower. I agree to let these families join.”

With Grandpa Jiang taking the lead, the village elders all started speaking up for Granny Wang and her family. After all, these elders still valued relationships, and they had some connection with the deceased elders.

Only then did the other villagers relent.

At this moment, Wang Bo also stepped forward and solemnly promised everyone on the grass platform, "Everyone, no matter what our families were like in the past, I, Wang Bo, hereby assure you today that our families will definitely follow in everyone's footsteps from now on and will never hold you back!"

From then on, Wang Pozi and her family joined the collective life of Dingshui Village. Village Chief Li and his inspection team immediately set a standard work point for them.

Apart from Wang Bo and the youngest son of the Ma family, who each received ten work points, the others did not receive many work points, especially Wang the Cripple, who only received six work points per day, and Wang the Granny, who received four work points per day.

Granny Wang wanted to confront them, but Wang Bo held her back tightly. "Mother, don't say anything now. We can add them later!"

He knew their family's reputation in the village very well. It had been a long and difficult process to get these people to accept them joining. If he were to argue about the standard work points again, it might backfire.

They might as well make a good impression during this time, and when the benchmark work points are redefined next time, they will naturally not be treated differently.

"Everyone, quiet down," Village Chief Li shouted again from above, "I'll explain what we need to do tomorrow, and you all should write it down..."

Wang Bo was stunned when he heard them talking about going down into the mountains to investigate the direction of the underground river.

What exactly did these people do before? They even found an underground river more than 100 meters underground?