Chapter 387 The Affairs of Guanshi Village

When Wan Qiqi saw the person arrive, her face lit up with a bright smile.

"Chen Lizheng, what brings you here?"

Chen Lizheng stopped in front of Wan Qiqi, glancing at the busy people behind her, and said with a smile, "I heard you were back, so I came to see you."

Wan Qiqi nodded, then turned and followed Chen Lizheng's gaze to glance at the busy people. "Chen Lizheng, what do you think of the decision I made this time?"

Chen Lizheng was stunned, seemingly not expecting Wan Qiqi to do this.

Then he said seriously, "Throughout history, those who reclaimed wasteland either became wealthy and powerful or their families were destroyed and their lives were lost."

"Does Chen Lizheng think I'm the former or the latter?" Wan Qiqi asked seriously.

Chen Lizheng withdrew his gaze and looked at Wan Qiqi, saying, "Yours isn't either!"

Wan Qiqi raised an eyebrow and looked at Chen Lizheng curiously, waiting for his explanation.

“Those who pioneered the land did so because they were poor, but you are not!” Chen Lizheng gestured for Wan Qiqi to walk out of the wasteland and continued, “You have a way out, and even better prospects for development, so why would you choose to buy wasteland to farm at this time?”

He smiled faintly, "Forgive me for exaggerating, but you want to give the rest of the Chen family a foothold, while also driving the great development of Hefeng Town."

Chen Lizheng was right, but this was only half of Wan Qiqi's idea.

She wasn't that great, nor did she want to be a savior. Her goal was simple: to grow crops that didn't exist yet and then make money!

Anything that already exists, no matter how you change it, will remain the same; but new things are different!

Perhaps, regardless of the past or present, new things are hard to accept, but food is different!

When people are starving, they are capable of anything.

If new things can solve the problem of hunger, then everything is not so hard to accept.

She was also greedy, wanting both fame and fortune.

If this action can satisfy my own needs and relieve the pressure on those around me, why not do it?

However, the most complex thing is the human heart. You can't control other people's thoughts, nor can you stop them from wanting to oppose you.

Wan Qiqi understood even more clearly that the reason everyone was able to work so diligently today was because of her.

If she goes to town in the future, Chen Yongxing may not be able to control these people.

Wan Qiqi did not deny Chen Lizheng's words, and smiled and said, "Reclaiming wasteland is not an easy task. I have already encountered problems at the very beginning. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult when I am not at home."

Chen Lizheng understood what Wan Qiqi meant.

Many elders in the village disagreed with the idea, but they arranged for someone to come because the wages were paid daily.

If Wan Qiqi goes to the town, no one can say for sure whether these people will still behave themselves.

“Chen Lizheng, Qiqi has a favor to ask.” Wan Qiqi said earnestly, “The Chen family will pay for the land reclamation, but if we want the villagers to contribute their labor, we need someone with prestige in the village. Qiqi would like to ask Uncle Chen to help supervise the work.”

She grinned and said, "Uncle Chen, don't worry, you don't need to keep an eye on things all the time. Just come here for a walk when you have time. In the future, when I grow something good, I will definitely share it with you to try."

Chen Li was falling for Wan Qiqi's repeated calls of "Uncle Chen".

For a long time, Wan Qiqi had always called Sun Yin "Uncle Sun," but he had always referred to him as the village head.

Today I finally heard them change their tune.

Although arguing about this is pointless, Chen Lizheng always felt that Wan Qiqi was more constrained by her own identity than by her own.

Nowadays, the name "Uncle Chen" sounds particularly pleasant.

He grinned and said, "That's a small problem. If you give them jobs in the village and they can earn money, what other complaints could they possibly have?"

Wan Qiqi shrugged, tilted her head and smiled, "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Chen!"

She immediately replied, "Siyu drank so much of your goat milk, so I brought back some mutton from town. I'll have Yongxing send some over to your family later for a treat."

Chen Lizheng immediately waved his hand and said, "You should keep it for your own family. Sun Yin said your mother doesn't look well, perhaps she hasn't eaten anything good. It's good for her to have something to eat while you're at home..."

Wan Qiqi was taken aback, only then realizing that she had overlooked this matter.

Wang Zhi knew she couldn't stop, but she also had a problem: she would give all the good things to her son and daughter-in-law, and she wouldn't eat them herself.

Wan Qiqi had mentioned this before, but she hadn't paid attention to it since she left. Now it seems she's become somewhat malnourished!

"Thank you for reminding me, Uncle Chen." She smiled, her eyes crinkling.

Suddenly realizing that Chen Lizheng must have come to see him specifically for something else, he asked, "Uncle Chen, what's been happening in the village lately?"

"Nothing new, just two new wells dug, one of which was paid for by your family." Chen Lizheng said, glancing back at the wasteland.

Wan Qiqi looked surprised.

Is it true or false? Did Chen Yongxing do it?

You see, Chen Yongxing and Li Chongniang were not willing to spend money, so how could they possibly pay to dig a well?

This was certainly not the work of Chen Yongxing alone; it was the decision of the three Chen brothers.

Before Chen Yongnian left, he left a few taels of silver and instructed him to dig a well.

Later, Chen Yongliang and Chen Yongxing discussed it and decided to pool their money to dig the well.

"You didn't see it?" Chen Lizheng was somewhat shocked. "The well is right at the village entrance on the road to your house... Thanks to Yongxing's suggestion, we dug the right one on the first try..."

Wan Qiqi's lips curved into a smile as she suddenly realized that she had underestimated these three brothers.

Chen Yongnian is changing, and so are Chen Yongxing and Chen Yongliang.

However, compared to Chen Yongnian, the changes in the other two were not as obvious.

She laughed and said, "I really didn't notice. I'll go take a look when I have time."

Chen Lizheng is finding the Chen family increasingly pleasing to the eye, and he shares many of the same ideas as Chen Yongxing, leading to more frequent interactions between them.

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