But soon many people realized it.
“I was wondering why your relationship with Old Lady Xiao suddenly improved before. Feelings are meant to sow discord!”
"It's really unfair of you to do this. Dalang's wife is from our village, and you guys are still going there to stir up trouble."
"The Wu family is so bad, and you actually helped them do bad things. I never realized that you are such people."
"No wonder Dalang's wife doesn't want your family to work. I wouldn't dare to ask you to do it if it were me."
"That's right. What if you learn the recipe of how to make mosquito coils and secretly tell the Wu family?"
"The Wu family loves to steal other people's recipes. Did your family sign up just to steal the recipe?"
We are all from the same village, so it is normal to have conflicts with each other.
But the villagers were not happy with the idea of colluding with outsiders to deal with villagers.
The old lady didn't expect that Shi Qingluo actually knew about this.
But she denied it. "Where did you hear that? I didn't do anything like that."
Anyway, all the members of the Xiao family have gone to the capital, so there is no way to confront them in public.
Otherwise, if this matter is implemented, how can their family survive in the village? They will be despised to death.
I also blame Shi Qingluo, but it's just a small matter, is it worth bringing it up like this?
Shi Qingluo was prepared. She took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to the clan leader.
"Chief, this is a letter from my ex-grandmother's family to me when she left the village. It contains all the words that this old lady said to instigate us at that time."
"There are also handprints from my great-grandmother here."
This was what she asked Old Zhai Dalang to write when she went to Old Xiao's house that night, and asked the old lady to put her fingerprints on it.
This would not result in any loss of benefits for the Xiao family, so they just did as they were told.
The clan leader took it and looked at it, then looked at the old woman unhappily, "The evidence is right here, are you still trying to quibble?"
The old lady didn't expect that Old Lady Xiao was so vicious that she actually told Shi Qingluo all these things and even wrote them down.
There was no way she would deny it now.
I could only smile awkwardly, "I just said a few words casually, it can't be considered as provoking."
"We signed up just to earn some money. It has nothing to do with the Wu family."
Recently, the Wu family has a bad reputation in the county, and an even worse reputation in their village.
Now I definitely can’t have anything to do with the Wu family anymore.
Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully, "Really? Then can you guarantee that you won't leak out to the Wu family after you learn how to make mosquito coils?"
"Working in my house, you only get a hundred coins a month, but if you learn the recipe and sell it to the Wu family, you can get at least dozens of taels, or even hundreds of taels."
"Before, you stabbed us in the back because someone in your family worked as a waiter at the Wu Family Inn. Now that there is such a high reward, can you still hold back?"
Everyone felt that this made sense.
How to choose between a hundred wen and dozens or hundreds of liang? Judging from what this family had done before, they would most likely choose the latter.
Not to mention, there are actually people here who are tempted.
Shi Qingluo took a quick look around and had an idea in mind.
In addition to making an example of someone to scare the monkeys today, she also had to make the keeping of the recipe a top priority.
Rules alone are not completely reliable; the key lies in everyone's self-awareness and mutual supervision.
So before the old lady could explain, she spoke again.
"If the Wu family learns this, my family's workshop will lose business, and we won't be able to hire people to work. Are you not used to seeing other villagers doing better than you?"
"There's an old saying that cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Do you want to make enemies with the entire village?"
The old lady was frightened by these words, "No, we don't."
In fact, she did have such thoughts before.
The wage of one hundred coins is not low, but if they can get the recipe and sell it secretly, that is the purpose of entering the workshop.
Her son had asked her to keep an eye on the Xiao family before. If she had any useful information, she could take it to the Wu family and there would be a generous reward.
Who would have thought that Shi Qingluo would point it out in advance.
At this moment, the whole village looked at them with disgust and suspicion, which made her heart skip a beat.
She immediately retorted, "You can't open your mouth and wrongly accuse a good person. We don't have such thoughts."
Shi Qingluo pointed at the paper in the patriarch's hand and said, "You said before that you didn't go to Old Madam Xiao to instigate her, but when the evidence was finally presented, you admitted it."
"So your words have no credibility."
The villagers also spoke up.
“Yes, who knows what you are thinking.”
"If I learn the recipe and give it to the Wu family, no one would say they want to be a thief."
"If you really give it to the Wu family, the others will lose their source of income. You are too cruel."
It involves everyone's interests, so everyone is indignant.
Even though the old lady felt guilty, she refused to admit it, "No, we didn't."
"At worst, we won't go there to do any mosquito coils. We won't go there."
After all, she was an old lady in the village, and when Shi Qingluo provoked her in public, she revealed her true colors.
"You must be feeling guilty." Shi Qingluo continued to lead the conversation.
The villagers found that they looked more and more alike, so they condemned the old lady and her family again.
The old lady and her family were too embarrassed to stay any longer, so they said they would not participate and just slipped away.
This also makes them seem more guilty.
After the people left, the villagers were still cursing.
The patriarch was a clever and wise man.
Seeing this, one could more or less guess that Shi Qingluo was trying to make an example of someone and take precautions in advance.
Not only did he not feel disgusted or blame others, he even felt it was right.
The village has finally started to get better, and we can’t let some bad things mess it up.
So he raised his hand and said, "Everyone be quiet and listen to me for a few words."
The patriarch was very authoritative in the village, so everyone quickly quieted down.
"This incident also gave us a warning. Let me make a statement here."
"From now on, whether you work in the Xiao family workshop or anywhere else, you are not allowed to leak the recipe."
"Otherwise, you are going against our entire village and will be severely punished."
"In serious cases, the clan will be expelled from the village."
If the regulations are not stricter, there will always be people who will try to cross the line for their own benefit.
The village chief's words stunned everyone.
But it makes sense when you think about it. If anyone steals the recipe and sells it, it will not only harm the interests of the Xiao family, but also everyone else.
The key is that it will also bring bad reputation to the village.
"Yes, from now on no one can do such sneaky things that ruin the reputation of the village, otherwise you will be against the whole village."
"Anyone who doesn't listen will be driven out of the village."
Everyone passed it unanimously.
Shi Qingluo discovered that the patriarch of the Xiao family was not only smart, but also very sensible.
She was afraid of bringing along stupid teammates, and now she was not disappointed.
She smiled and added, "The clan leader is right. My requirements are not high. When you come to work in my house in the future, just stick to this principle."
By tying everyone's interests together, it depends on who dares to commit the crime.
In this ancient time when clans were the main culture, being expelled from the clan and driven out of the village was a very serious matter.
And you still want to stay in the village after you have caused public outrage? Then give it a try.
See you at 13:00 noon~~ (End of this chapter)
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