"Chief Supervisor Qu, this family is probably rushing the construction of their house. Usually, people hire one construction team to build a house, but they've hired several."
Supervisor Qu frowned, as if deep in thought. He was definitely not a soft-hearted person and would not let go of someone who shouldn't have been let go just because of a few fruits.
However, he couldn't find any reason.
The Grain Inspection Office instructed that they must act within the rules. After all, levying heavy taxes and requiring donations from the people could easily incite rebellious sentiments among the populace. Any overstepping of the rules would inevitably provoke public anger and resentment.
Moreover, this little girl definitely has no source of information.
People in remote areas like this don't even know what's happening when a knife is held to their throat.
"Remember the date of the collection, and remember what we should be doing now," Chief Supervisor Qu said coldly.
The man quickly clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Yes."
Thinking of the taste of those sweet fruits, he said no more.
This family is simply blessed.
Once she was sure these people had left, Qiao Lian'er finally breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, she knew how decisive and cold these people were; how could a few fruits possibly impress them?
Honestly, no matter what dirt they have on her, these people will still deal with her if they want to.
It's just that I hope these people won't get the urge to nitpick if I can't see anything wrong with it.
Everyone knows she's rushing to finish building this courtyard; these people can tell too.
But there's nothing wrong with rushing to meet deadlines.
"Lian'er, what's the point of using these good things to entertain these strangers? It's such a waste," said Old Mrs. Qiao with heartache.
“Look at them, they’re eating all this good fruit like it’s food, they’ve ate half a basket clean.”
"They're thirsty, why not just give them a drink of water?"
Grandma Qiao really didn't understand, and she knew that Lian'er was definitely not someone who would do good deeds for no reason.
There's no need to do this since I don't even know these people.
"Grandma, this act of kindness might help you in the future." Qiao Lian'er couldn't tell Grandma Qiao too much right now.
Grandma Qiao recalled that during this period, Lian'er was not going to the county town every day like before. Although she was currently too busy to set up a stall, she could still provide ingredients to the restaurants and earn a lot of money.
But she changed to going every three to five days, seemingly only supplying Mr. Cai's restaurant.
They're building houses so fast.
Furthermore, when the men in the family were going to work as镖师 (bodyguards/escorts), they were instructed not to tell the family members or the villagers, but only to say that they were going to do hard labor.
It's unreasonable in every way.
This made Grandma Joe feel like something was about to happen.
Old Mrs. Qiao then pulled Qiao Lian'er into the main room.
"Lian'er, tell Grandma, is something going to happen?"
Seeing the wary look on Old Madam Qiao's face, Qiao Lian'er knew that if she didn't say anything, the old lady would inevitably start to guess.
He said, "Grandma, I had someone calculate it, and it says we'll suffer a financial loss soon."
Grandma Qiao suddenly became very nervous: "What, financial loss?"
Qiao Lian'er nodded seriously: "The fortune teller said that someone is eyeing our family's property. We can't be too ostentatious about it in the future. We should make money secretly and discreetly, and wait until this period is over before making any moves."
"So, I wanted to build the house quickly, spend all the money on it, and make it a fait accompli. Also, my uncle and the others went to work as镖师 (bodyguards/escorts). If they succeeded and earned so much money, what if people found out and coveted it? I simply said they were doing manual labor, since manual labor doesn't pay much."
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