Liujia Village Ancestral Hall.
Qin Yao: "Let's build the road."
The village chief and the clan leader were completely shocked.
"Why, why are the roads being built?" the patriarch asked curiously.
The village chief also looked confused. "All the villagers are working in the stationery factory now. How can we repair it?"
All that's left are these old bones. They have strength, but not as much as the young people.
And this is not the point. The point is, why did Qin Yao suddenly talk about road construction?
Qin Yao then told them about her encounter with Hua'er and her daughter. "In the current situation, they are all hiding in our Beishan area. They will come out sooner or later. Instead of being passive, we should take the initiative."
Hua'er and her daughter may seem harmless, but they may not be from the same hometown.
If Hua'er hadn't let it slip, Qin Yao wouldn't have known that so many refugees had come to Beishan.
Although he said he was looking for a job, if he saw a child alone in the village or a family with their door unlocked, he might suddenly have some bad thoughts.
Qin Yao would rather speculate these people with the greatest malice than say anything like regretful after the incident.
The village chief and the clan leader had no idea that there were refugees on the North Mountain, and not just one or two, but a group of fellow villagers.
Hearing Qin Yao say this, the two old men's hearts skipped a beat.
Thinking about it this way, Qin Yao’s proposal to build a road is actually a good way to solve the hidden danger.
We gave those people a range of activities, asked them to help build the road, and provided them with two meals a day. This not only settled these refugees, but also built roads for the village, achieving the best of two worlds.
Of course, we can also gather the young and strong men in the village and rush to Beishan to drive them all away, but once the conflict breaks out, the subsequent situation will be unpredictable.
Besides, Hua'er and her daughter and others have not done anything harmful to the world yet. The village chief and the clan leader looked at each other, and thought of the difficulties and helplessness they faced when they encountered natural disasters, and could not help but sigh with pity.
"They are all poor people. Since our village is short of manpower to repair the road, let them come." The village chief said with relief.
The clan leader did not insist and asked Qin Yao if he had any rules or something.
They don’t know how many people the other side has yet. There are places for them to stay if there are fewer people, and there are places for them to stay if there are more people.
Fortunately, it is summer now and the weather is hot, so we don’t have to worry about the leaky house. There are still a few dilapidated earth houses in the tribe that have been uninhabited all year round. We can clean them up and make do with them.
As Qin Yao said, these refugees will leave before winter comes, which means it will take three months.
The road from Xiahe Village to Liujia Village already had a roadbed, and it took about three months to repair it.
Qin Yao also acted on impulse, without any rules or regulations.
But it’s not too late to discuss it now.
"What about those refugees living by the river?" The village chief was a little worried.
Qin Yao waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Let them wait a little longer. We'll make arrangements here first."
So the village chief and the clan leader immediately sent two nimble young men to call everyone from each household and announced that they would use the refugees to build the road.
Half an hour later, each family sent a representative over, and everyone sat around in the ancestral hall, including men, women, young and old.
The family paid the lion's share for the road construction money. Qin Yao's stationery factory had just paid five or two years' rent, which was enough to provide breakfast and lunch.
Qin Yao also expressed her opinion that the stationery factory's fleet would use the road most frequently in the future, and if there was any shortage of money later, the stationery factory could make up for it.
The factory is also responsible for half of the road maintenance.
Seeing Qin Yao received unanimous praise from the villagers, Liu Dafu was unwilling to lag behind and immediately said:
"My three ancestral houses are empty. Let them clean up and live there temporarily. It's better than those mud houses without roofs."
The clan leader gave him a thumbs up and praised him, "Da Fu is indeed a man of integrity. This family has a scholar, so it's special. We should all learn from him!"
After praising Liu Dafu, he also criticized Liu Facai and his ilk.
He is always scheming here and there, with a very narrow mind. He never does anything serious and just thinks about taking advantage of others.
Liu Facai subconsciously looked towards Qin Yao, feeling that the clan leader's words were hinting at the fact that he had gone to Qin Yao's house to request the reopening of the literacy class.
Obviously everyone in the village thought the same, and he stood up for them, but now they blamed him for taking advantage of them. He was so angry that his face turned green.
Qin Yao just smiled and said nothing.
As a result, the villagers had no more objections and all approved the proposal to build the road.
The next step is to discuss details such as where the refugees will live, who will be in charge of management, and how the road will be built.
The elders were experienced and supplemented each other's ideas. Qin Yao was responsible for taking notes, and the discussion lasted until the evening.
At the foot of the north mountain, beside the small river.
Twenty-three people, big and small, gathered here, looking anxiously towards the village not far away.
Among these people, there were sixteen young men, four women dressed as married people, three half-grown children, two boys aged thirteen or fourteen, and a girl about ten years old, named Huaer.
"Hua'er, didn't you say that kind-hearted lady was coming? Where is she? We have been waiting from noon till afternoon, and the sun is about to set but there is still no sign of her. Are you being fooled?"
The oldest woman in the group asked quietly.
They are all grouped as families, some are couples, some are brothers, and there are also father-son groups and father-daughter groups.
Those who can stay and let their family members return home first have some skills and are more flexible in their thinking.
Although they had waited for the entire afternoon without complaining about Hua'er and her daughter, it was getting dark and they were worried that the father and daughter were being deceived.
Besides, being hungry is not a big deal. After coming out of the mountains, I even ate all the wild fruits I had stored.
I could have found something to eat in the mountains, but now I’m just standing by the river waiting for people, and I don’t even have dinner.
Hua Er was a little flustered by the villagers' questioning, and could only explain dryly: "The lady told us to wait here for her."
The mute patted his daughter's head, signaling her not to worry, and gestured to the villagers with certainty: Wait a little longer, she will definitely come!
Everyone nodded and decided to wait a little longer. As long as there was work to do, the wait would be worth it.
Their stomachs were rumbling, so the three boys found a tree branch and invited Huaer to go to the river to catch fish together.
When the four children were competing with the cunning fish in the water, the sunset had unknowingly set, night fell, and the sky darkened in an instant.
The villagers around the mute had already given up hope by this time. Just as they were about to leave in disappointment, the boy on the shore suddenly shouted in surprise, "Look! There's a fire!"
Huaer ran from the river to the ridge of the village field and shouted loudly: "Madam! Is that you, Madam?"
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Qin Yao walked in front holding a torch, followed by Awang, Liu Zhong, Liu Qi and other young and strong people in the village.
The reason why they came so late was to wait for the workers to finish work. After all, Qin Yao didn't know how many people the other party had. It was their first meeting, so they naturally had to bring some young and strong people from the village to calm the situation.
Seeing Qin Yao's smiling face appear in the firelight, Hua'er and her daughter finally felt relieved.
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