Zhang San's wife blushed and turned pale after being scolded, then blushed again, and retorted in embarrassment and anger.
"The village head is being too cautious. There aren't that many bad people around. I was just trying to help out, how did that become doing something wrong!"
"Hmph!" The village head snorted coldly, not bothering to reason with her, and simply made things clear.
"I won't waste my breath on you. Just remember, our village is about to start raising pigs and chickens like in the new village, and money will flow in like water."
"If you dare to cause trouble for the village now, and cause everyone to lose their livelihood, I'll kick your whole family out!"
At this moment, the women who had come to watch the show, seeing the excitement, became anxious upon hearing this and began to chime in.
"Third sister-in-law, come back quickly, don't let a hairpin cause trouble for everyone."
"That's right! We've earned so much money, we can't buy that with any number of hairpins!"
"There are many important people in the new village, so it's best not to bring outsiders there!"
"If we offend someone important, we'll all be in trouble."
Some people even tried to push the peddler away, trying to shoo him off.
"Young man, you can't get us into trouble, you'd better leave quickly."
"Yes, yes, we can't help you. You should go look somewhere else."
Zhang San's wife was also frightened. She pulled the hairpin out of her hair and stuffed it into the peddler's arms.
"Young man, just pretend your wife didn't say anything. Hurry up and go. There are many people in the city. Go and give it a try. You'll definitely be able to sell them."
The peddler wore a wry smile, as if he was very disappointed.
Actually, his fists were clenched tightly in his sleeves, and he wished he could beat these stupid peasants to death...
Seeing that the peddler had left and the village head had dispersed the women, something seemed amiss.
Although their village is very close to the city, there aren't many outsiders coming and going on weekdays.
But these past few days, for some reason, a woman who had gone the wrong way came along the day before yesterday. She talked about people from the new village recognizing their relatives and asked about the new village for a long time before finally admitting that she had made a mistake.
Another peddler has appeared today, also wanting to sell his goods in the new village...
He hesitated for a moment, then started walking towards the new village.
Whether it's useful or not, tell Brother Wu. If someone tries to take advantage of the new village, it will be a great achievement!
Even if nothing's wrong, a few extra words won't really make a difference.
Right now, in the new village, the village chief and Uncle Zhao and a few others are happily laughing around the newly caught piglets in the pigpen.
Although the big white pig in the pigsty is a good father, having contributed countless offspring to the village.
But when its offspring grow up to be pigs, they also need to find a like-minded companion to eat and sleep together, sleep and eat, and reproduce together, contributing their "strength" to enrich the villagers' plates!
Therefore, every year the pigsty needs to add some new members who come from afar.
Uncle Zhao tossed a handful of cabbages and laughed, "These piglets will be fed cooked food from now on, and they should grow to over a hundred pounds by the New Year."
The village chief tapped his pipe and chuckled.
"Of course it can. The princess is currently working on a feed formula and has had her family's fleet transport a lot of fishmeal back from the south."
"These piglets will soon be eating better than humans, they'll definitely grow fat like crazy!"
Just as they were talking animatedly, the village head of Xiaowangzhuang arrived.
After everyone exchanged greetings, the village chief led them to three small rooms on one side for tea.
This small house was provided as a place for villagers who raised pigs and kept watch at night, and it was kept very clean.
Xiao Wangzhuang was drinking water to moisten his throat when he told them what had just happened.
Finally, fearing that the villagers would think he was making a fuss, he quickly explained.
"Perhaps I'm just being paranoid, but I feel like there are a lot of outsiders in and out of the village lately. I've had unfamiliar faces coming and going for several days, but I don't want to interrogate them."
“Only those who want to come to our new village can I stop.”
The village chief squinted as he listened, took a couple of puffs on his pipe, and then thanked the village head of Xiaowang Village.
"Old brother, thank you so much for making the trip today. Like you said, regardless of whether it's just wishful thinking or not, it's good for everyone to keep in touch."
"Nowadays, there are more and more ways for us to make money in Suijintan, and life is getting better and better. Inevitably, there are some envious people who want to steal some of our methods and take them back to us to steal our wealth."
"Putting everything else aside, if our pigsty and chicken farm were built, we could fatten pigs to 200 jin in just six months, and still sell eggs in the winter. That would be much more profitable than farming!"
"Oh dear!" Xiao Wangzhuang suddenly realized, "I was wondering why there were so many outsiders lately. Turns out they're after our pigsty and chicken farm!"
"These damn things, we haven't even started making money yet, and they're already eyeing us."
The village chief nodded and continued his charade.
"Yes, there are always people in this world who don't want to work hard but just covet other people's good things. When you go back, don't talk too much about it with the villagers, or they might end up doing you a disservice instead."
"But you'll definitely have to work harder. You'll need to spend more time wandering around the village and surrounding areas. If you encounter anyone suspicious, don't act rashly or you might get hurt."
"Just send someone to inform our village. We have many veterans in our village, so we won't suffer losses when facing bad guys."
Xiao Wang, the village head, felt a warmth in his heart and quickly replied, "Don't worry, brother, I'll definitely keep this in mind."
The village chief patted him on the shoulder and gave him a tall hat.
"My old brother is reliable and trustworthy, I trust him the most. With you helping me out, I can sleep much more soundly."
After exchanging a few more casual words, the village head of Xiaowangzhuang was about to take his leave.
The village chief pulled him to sit for a while longer, then instructed the villagers to go to the cellar and collect a basket of the stored fruit, and also added a basket of eggs.
Finally, they happily sent Xiao Wangzhuang back home.
Seeing that Xiao Wangzhuang had disappeared, the village chief immediately headed straight for Li's house.
It just so happened that Li Zhensheng and Li Lao Er returned from the city together and ran into the village chief at the door, so they quickly welcomed him into the house.
Jiayin was leading Xingxing and Yueya in a game when she saw this, so she asked Shuiling to take the children downstairs for a snack.
The village chief knew the inside story, after all, the safety of the entire village was in the old man's control.
To prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation, Li Lao Er had a long talk with the village chief a few days ago.
At this moment, the village chief got straight to the point: "Someone is planning to attack our family. We've already sent people over to investigate!"
Li Zhensheng and Li Lao Er both sat up straight and straightened their expressions.
Li Lao Er was afraid that the old man would get too agitated, so he quickly calmed him down.
"Uncle, take your time. There's no rush, no matter how urgent the matter is."
The village chief took a deep breath, paused for a moment, and then recounted the whole story.
Li Zhensheng and Li Lao Er exchanged a glance and both nodded.
Li Lao Er said, "Uncle is right, these people must be spies from the Wu family. But I wonder what they plan to do by gathering information about our village?"
Li Zhensheng couldn't understand it either.
Jiayin was completely bewildered and extremely frustrated. She couldn't understand how she had gotten herself into this mess!
She said helplessly, "Are these people out of their minds? There are so many people in our village. Even if they find out everything, would they dare to come and arrest me?"
"This isn't the city, this is Broken Gold Beach, my fiefdom, my territory!"
Li Lao Er laughed when he heard this, and was about to speak when a flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly remembered a possibility!
Served at midnight~~
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