The village chief solicited opinions on the spot, and the people of Fengjia Village made their attitude clear: they would not tolerate such people and would resolutely not let them stay!
The other newly naturalized citizens didn't have much to say either.
Under Sun Chengen's instructions, A Yuan detained several people, and the next day at dawn, he and his guards took them to the county government office.
Song Shiyuan accompanied the village chief, while Ruan Meng, her brother, Feng Yun, Feng Xi, and others arranged for them to form groups at home.
Feng Yun and Feng Xi, along with their respective wives, continued to visit villagers' homes to persuade them to cooperate, especially the remaining newly registered villagers.
The main goal is to alleviate their concerns. If the business in Fengjia Village is to expand, there will definitely be a shortage of manpower. The village's labor force has not yet returned. They and those who have returned will have the same opportunities, as long as they perform well.
These people didn't say anything more, but they each had their own thoughts and were not of one mind.
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When Magistrate Deng heard about the situation, he was quite amazed by Ruan Meng's method.
The facts are clear: these individuals originally lived in Wanjiacun Village, only having their household registration in Fengjiacun Village as a nominal address. Because many people were transferring their household registration at the time, these individuals expressed strong dissatisfaction, along with other people from other villages who also had nominal household registrations...
In order to ensure fairness, Magistrate Deng agreed to register the individuals' household registrations in Fengjia Village.
These people have only been here a few days, and they've already been causing trouble. Now they're even trying to harm the village's livestock...
Absolutely heinous!
With the facts clear and the evidence conclusive, Magistrate Deng immediately reassigned the individuals' household registrations to Wanjia Village.
As for the Sun family, represented by A-Yuan, they sued the individuals for intentionally damaging their property. Because the property was of substantial value, although no immediate damage had occurred, the individuals were refusing to pay compensation...
Magistrate Deng ordered his men to give each of them twenty strokes of the cane according to the law, and to imprison them for a month before sending them back to Wanjiacun.
On the way back, A Yuan took it upon himself to buy a roll of firecrackers. When he returned to the village, Ruan Meng praised him for a long time and said she would reward him with a chicken leg.
The second son still had a question, "Little sister, the business hasn't started yet, are the firecrackers just for later?"
Ruan Meng shook her head and smiled at A Yuan, "No, right now, let's celebrate sending away the plague god!"
With the sound of firecrackers, villagers gathered around to watch, and upon hearing the good news, they celebrated.
The newly naturalized women, bored out of their minds, found out what was going on, pouted, and left.
After arriving home, the village chief had a simple meal and rested, and then convened the entire village in the afternoon to discuss the distribution of supplies.
The communication work had been completed separately and was about to be finalized, but the newly naturalized person is now unhappy!
"No way! Since it's a village collective, why should we be treated differently? I want to work, whether it's planting or raising livestock, I can do it all. Why shouldn't we have a way to make a living?"
"I can work too. This is already the poorest village, why are we divided into different classes? What kind of nonsense is this!"
"That's right! Even if we go to the magistrate, we're in the right and we can explain ourselves clearly!"
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The village chief raised his hand, signaling these people to calm down and patiently explain, but they just wouldn't listen.
Ruan Meng stood up abruptly and looked at the complaining group.
"Aren't you making a mistake?"
"The Sun family does business because of us. They're not begging or taking advantage of our status as people from Fengjia Village."
"Do you think you can just coast along and wait to be handed out money just because you have a household registration in Fengjia Village?"
"Why don't we provide the technology and let the Sun family find their own people to do the work? They'll treat us well and provide for us. Wouldn't that save us a lot of trouble?"
After Ruan Meng spoke, the complaining women finally shut up.
Ruan Mengreng still felt unsatisfied and asked the others in return:
"Before you arrived, everyone was doing well, respecting and loving each other, grateful and understanding..."
"Why are you making such a fuss when you come? Did we beg you to come?"
"The village chief has promised that once the business is on track, we will definitely expand production. As long as everyone performs well, they will all have a chance."
"There are still so many men in the village who haven't come back. They're still working in the mines and on the ships. They've lived in the village for decades and haven't fought for anything, not even for their share of the family's..."
"With so many opinions from you all, and you're worried about not having a way to make a living, why don't you do what they're doing and work in the mines or on ships? Or perhaps set up a stall in the city?"
"Or do you think that what we can do, you can't? You say the village is divided into different classes, but who really thinks they're superior?"
The group was utterly humiliated and dared not utter a sound.
A-Yuan silently gave a thumbs up.
Even the small characters stand upright.
The other newly naturalized citizens didn't dare to breathe loudly. Ruan Meng looked towards the head of the table:
"Village chief, please continue!"
The villagers smiled and looked over.
The group of people, rendered speechless by the shouting, looked at Ruan Meng's retreating figure with malicious expressions.
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