The Song family has made up their minds: they can't earn this money, and neither can the Qiao family.
If this continues, the Qiao family will probably have to build a spacious courtyard, or they could build it now, they just want to build an even bigger one.
They absolutely cannot stand by and watch this happen.
"What exactly is on that mountain that allows the Qiao family to make so much money? If there's something on the mountain that can make money, why haven't the villagers known about it all these years?" a villager asked.
"The Qiao family got lucky, but no matter how lucky they are, the mountain is for public use, not their private property. Everyone should earn that money together," Chen continued to fan the flames.
"As for what's there, why don't we all go and see for ourselves?"
This made the villagers sitting on the dam interested.
The Qiao family earns several dozen taels a day. There are sixty households in this village. If each household earns one tael a day, that's thirty taels a month. And that's a conservative estimate. How much they can sell depends entirely on their own abilities.
“If there’s such a good thing, then your Song family should take the lead, and we’ll go and learn from the Qiao family,” said an older woman.
The money-making opportunities are on the mountain; only a fool wouldn't pick them up.
Today, the Song family didn't get fifty taels from the Qiao family, so they reluctantly gave away thirty taels in exchange. Seeing that the villagers were being rallied, they certainly wouldn't let such an opportunity pass them by.
It would be great if they could make money, but if they couldn't, the Qiao family shouldn't even think about making any.
“Alright, let’s go up the mountain. Call more people and bring some handy weapons. After all, the Qiao family is like bandits,” said Madam Shen.
The Song family members exchanged glances, mobilizing the entire village to see how the Qiao family would resist everyone's wishes.
No matter how powerful the Qiao family is, they still need to survive in this village.
Qiao Lian'er carried water into the pigsty and cleaned the pig trough and pig manure.
The old hen had been eating and drinking well these past few days and had started laying eggs, one a day, and now she had three. Qiao Lian'er took out the three eggs, and was a little worried that the old hen would peck the back of her hand, but the old hen turned her head to the side and pretended not to see it.
Qiao Lian'er smiled and patted its head.
"Good boy, there's no rooster at home, so these eggs won't hatch. Why don't you trade them for food?"
The old hen seemed to understand, and looked a little dejected.
Suddenly I heard a commotion coming from somewhere, not too loud, and it seemed to be quite far away, but it reached my ears in a rustling sound.
However, she cannot see from here.
Qiao Lian'er stepped onto a stool, climbed onto the courtyard wall, and then onto the thatched roof.
She saw that many villagers were heading towards the nearby mountains, some of them carrying weapons.
Among them were members of the Song family.
Qiao Lian'er thought for a moment and began to guess what was going on.
In fact, she had long expected that it was unlikely that the Qiao family could make money from this for a long time.
So these days, the entire Qiao family went up the mountain to earn as much money as they could. This was the best course of action. At least with more than a hundred taels of silver in hand, they could ensure they would have enough to eat and drink for several years without having to build a house, and they could also withstand certain risks.
If it weren't for the Song family, selling everything at this pace wouldn't have been a problem this summer. But because of the Song family's commotion, they won't be able to get such great deals later on.
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