The people in the hall flattered Yun Zechen again, praising his ideas as brilliant and wise, making him seem like an ancient emperor. The court officials below bowed and scraped.
Lin Yue watched with little interest, her eyes lowered as she leaned back in her chair, looking as if she were asleep.
Yun Zechen saw it but didn't say anything.
Actually, he was still a little unconvinced. What was there for his old man to be afraid of when his daughter was just a little girl? He even went to complain to his grandfather, but his grandfather told him not to provoke Lin Yue.
He's not very capable, but since the two people in charge in the family say so, he'll just do as they say. His father and grandfather wouldn't harm him.
"Since everyone agrees, let's settle on this. There are two options: one is to hire people from outside to form a security team, and the other is to provide our own people to form a security team. If we hire people, each household will contribute ten catties of rice per month to support the operation of the security team; if we provide our own people, each household must provide one person as a member of the security team. Let's discuss and see how we can do this."
After saying that, Yun Zechen fell silent, clearly waiting for the others to come up with a solution.
The others were stunned for a moment when they heard this. They didn't expect that they would have to discuss it. They thought that the Yun family would give them the result directly and they would just have to do it.
Lin Yue raised her eyes, feeling a bit resistant to what was about to happen.
The group whispered among themselves for a while, during which some of them turned to look in Lin Yue's direction with a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes.
Ten minutes later, someone started talking.
"Young Master Yun, we'd like to ask if we can use the servants in our home?" The one asking was Zhang Na's father from the Zhang family.
As soon as she asked that question, Lin Yue knew that the ensuing scene would definitely be directed at her.
Sure enough, Yun Zechen glanced at her and then replied, "Of course."
The two people in the family only said not to provoke Lin Yue, but didn't say that he couldn't do things normally. He was asking for everyone's opinion.
“We think that one person from each family is enough. After all, they have been working as domestic helpers at home all along, so they are considered family members. We can trust our own people more. Who would trust someone hired from outside at this time? Anyway, my family wouldn’t trust them.”
“That’s right! What if we let a wolf into the house? We patrol for safety, not to invite thieves in,” Chen’s family member added.
He still remembers Lin Yue ruining his family's banquet a few days ago!
Others also expressed their agreement.
Yun Zechen smiled and said, "Then it's settled. Each family will send one person to patrol, and the cost of the patrol will be borne by each family."
Living conditions are good in villa areas, and even servants, as long as they are treated normally by their employers, can generally survive the extreme cold.
After all, someone who can work as a maid must be physically strong. If she notices that the temperature has dropped, she can turn on the air conditioner as long as she can get up. If there is no air conditioner, she will definitely have a heater.
Therefore, most of the families still living in the villa area still have their servants, who have been employed for many years, so they feel relatively at ease.
But Lin Yue was all alone at home, with no one to help her, which made her happy.
Although the base requires that anyone who can afford the points can move into the villa area after the apocalypse, so far, only Lin Yue, who has no identity, has moved in, so naturally they are not welcoming her.
How can an ordinary person be worthy of living with people of status and position?
Of course, if they couldn't use servants, they would definitely choose to hire people from outside, but now, they can.
Lin Yue raised her eyelids, sat up straight, and her clear voice filled the noisy living room: "If no one from my family comes, what do I need to give in return?"
She was alone, so patrolling was impossible, but she wasn't prepared to not support the work. After all, everyone had moved in, and since it was for everyone's benefit, she was willing to offer cash instead.
“Of course not! Anyone who lives in the villa area is part of the villa area. How can we make exceptions and not send anyone? We can’t use other people to replace them,” Zhang Na shouted.
The Chen family chimed in, "That's right. If no one is going to contribute, what's the point of having a patrol team? Your family is so precious that you don't want to send anyone."
Lin Yue smiled.
She knew this damn committee was targeting her, but she didn't expect these people to talk to her as precious. So she really was precious, more precious than them.
“I am indeed precious, after all, I was raised with the love of my parents. They have always treated me like a precious gem, so my family will definitely not contribute any personnel. However, since it is all about the villa area, I don’t want to make things too special, so I’m thinking of using supplies instead. But if you don’t want them, I don’t mind making things special to the end.”
These people are really trying to embarrass her; they just want to see her make a fool of herself. She's already been giving them face by acting this way, and they still want to push their luck? No way.
"Lin Yue, who do you think you are? This isn't a place where you call the shots." Zhang Na stood up and pointed at Lin Yue, yelling.
Lin Yue didn't even glance at her, and said directly, "My opinion doesn't count. You're not even a family representative, so your opinion doesn't count either."
"You...you..." Zhang Na was so angry that you couldn't speak for a long time.
"Miss Lin, those words are too harsh." Zhang Na's father, however, was more sensible than Zhang Na and didn't resort to direct insults.
Lin Yue turned to look at him: "What, your family's stuff isn't unpleasant to hear, but it is when I say it is? If you don't want to hear it, you don't have to."
She didn't want to argue with them anymore; since they couldn't agree on anything, there was no need to continue.
"Young Master Yun, you haven't answered my question yet."
The person in charge wasn't from the Zhang family, so she didn't care what they said; she wanted to hear what Yun Zechen had to say.
“Miss Lin, you see, this concerns the entire villa area. I can’t make exceptions for anyone, otherwise how can I convince everyone? Miss Lin, don’t you agree?” Yun Zechen shifted the blame to someone else.
"Young Master Yun, so you mean I have to provide this person and won't accept any supplies as payment, right?" After saying this, Lin Yue stood up.
"Miss Lin, please don't make things difficult for me..."
"Just tell me, yes or no."
If she wants to keep making excuses, it depends on whether she wants to hear them or not.
Yun Zechen wanted to embarrass Lin Yue, both openly and secretly, but he didn't expect Lin Yue to be so difficult to deal with, not playing by the rules at all, and not being a normal person.
"Ms. Lin, this was a decision made by everyone. I can only apologize and say that we cannot make exceptions for each other."
"Since it's not possible, then I won't provide the supplies. You can form your own patrol teams; my family won't participate." After saying that, Lin Yue turned and left.
“Lin Yue, your family isn’t part of the patrol team, so our patrol team won’t protect your family. Think it over. You’re a woman, what if something happens to you…” Zhang Na’s father threatened with a gloomy face.
Lin Yue stopped walking out and turned around: "If there's anything you want to do, then bring it on. I want to see what kind of trouble you can cause me."
I tried to threaten her with this, but she wouldn't listen.
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