Chapter 629: Once You Make a Decision, You Can't Regret It
The sudden change shocked everyone.
Village chief Zhao Dahe held the bowl in his hand and glared at Su Yu with an unpleasant expression, "If you don't want us to stay, you can just let us go. Why do you have to humiliate us?"
“This soup, is there any poison in this soup?” The villagers who hadn’t drunk the soup froze in place with their bowls in hand, not knowing whether to drink it or not.
Su Yu raised the corner of his lips lightly, "Everyone misunderstood, there is no poison in this soup, I just saw that it was freezing cold so I asked them to add some chili peppers to the soup, thinking that it would help you get rid of the cold, and I didn't expect that you would not be able to get used to it."
Zhao Dahe took the soup bowl and smelled it, then picked up a little with his fingertips and tasted it. As soon as the juice touched his tongue, a spicy taste rushed up.
"It seems that I have not thought it through, but food is very precious here. If you don't want to drink it, let other brothers drink it. Don't waste it."
After Su Yu finished speaking, Cheng Ming and the others understood and stepped forward to take the soup bowl and started drinking.
Su Yu asked them to make spicy soup because he wanted to see if these people were really fleeing famine.
When a person is hungry for a long time, his stomach and intestines are extremely weak. If he eats irritating food at this time, it will cause extreme discomfort in his stomach and intestines.
They are real disaster victims, so it is normal for them to vomit after drinking the spicy soup.
When those people saw that Cheng Ming and the others had no unusual reactions after drinking the soup, they felt that hunger overcame the fear in their hearts and they all picked up their soup bowls and started drinking.
Zhao Dahe was a man who had experienced many things, and he could see things more clearly than ordinary villagers. He quickly understood Su Yu's intention.
Although he did not know Su Yu's identity, he knew that those who could gain a foothold in the Northern Wilderness were definitely not ordinary people. It would be better not to provoke them easily since they had just arrived.
Su Yu glanced at the villagers who were drinking the soup one by one. Seeing that they were trying to drink all the soup even though their stomachs were upset, he asked the men in black to change the soup to a less spicy one and also brought them some dry food.
Zhao Dahe was grateful to Su Yu for providing him with a place to stay and food and drink.
"Thank you for your reward."
"Are you the leader of these people?" Su Yu asked.
"Madam, I am the head of the village."
Su Yu took Zhao Dahe to another room.
"As you can see here, there is enough room. If you are really good citizens, you can stay here."
Su Yu's words made Zhao Dahe's eyes light up.
"I wonder what the conditions are for staying."
"Of course, from the moment you decide to stay, you are the people of my Northern Wilderness, and no longer the citizens of any country. In other words, you have to abandon all your past and start over in this place."
In other words, even if the snowstorm in the south is over, they cannot leave.
She, Su Yu, is not doing charity. She provides help when they need it, and can just walk away when they don't need it anymore.
Now that she is here, she must realize her own value in the Northern Wilderness. She will not keep idle people.
"If you can do this, I'll have someone tell you the rest of the rules."
Once you come here, you can't leave. This condition really makes people hesitate, especially since many of them still have relatives in the South. Doesn't it mean they can never go back in the future?
"This matter is of great importance, and I cannot make a decision for them. Madam, please give us some time. I will inform you after I have made inquiries clearly."
"Okay, I'll give you one day."
"Thank you ma'am."
When Zhao Dahe returned to the next house, villagers came up to him and asked him questions.
"Village head, who are these people? Aren't they all the criminals who were exiled to the Northern Wasteland?"
Zhao Dahe could not answer this question.
"Everyone, listen to me first."
Zhao Dahe called everyone to his front and stood in the middle of the crowd. Only after everyone was present did he begin to tell everyone what Su Yu had said.
"You won't let me go? How can I do that?"
"That's right. We are from the south. We are different from the people here. We are good citizens."
These people knew what the Northern Wilderness was and were instinctively repelled by it.
Zhao Dahe listened to them talking to each other for a long time without saying anything.
"Village head, can't you talk to those women? We'll just stay for a while, and when the weather isn't so cold, we'll leave."
Zhao Dahe glanced at the man coldly.
"Do you think she's a good person doing charity? She's giving you this place to stay for free? She's giving you the hot soup that's owed to you?"
These words made people choke and dare not say a word.
"You are the head of the village. Almost all the people in the village are here. What do you think we should do?"
"Yes, Li Zheng, you say, we will listen to you."
Zhao Dahe has been the head of the village for so many years that he has a certain understanding of the personalities of these people. He is not stupid enough to take on such a heavy burden, as if anything goes wrong later, it will be blamed on him.
"I can't make the decision for you. The lady said that she will give you one day to think about it. You can make the decision after you have thought it through."
On the other side, Su Yu asked Cheng Ming and others to continue looking for wasteland.
If these people are willing to stay, they will become labor, and of course the more land the better.
There was enough charcoal in the northern wilderness, and after having a meal during the day, these people felt like they were alive again.
Before it got dark, many people had decided that they wanted to stay.
If they stay, they may have a chance to go back after their lives gradually stabilize. If they don't stay, death is the only thing waiting for them.
"Have you thought it through? No one is forcing you to do this." Zhao Dahe asked very seriously. After all, this is an era that values one's roots, and no one is willing to give up their nationality easily.
"No matter what, survive first."
"That's it, survive first, and we'll deal with the future later."
Zhao Dahe thought so too, and that night he found Su Yu.
"Ma'am, we are all willing to agree to your terms and stay."
Su Yu was not surprised by this answer at all, because leaving here would mean death.
"Have you thought it through? I have no room for regrets here."
"yes."
"Okay, tomorrow I'll have someone tell you about the rules here, as well as your placement issues."
"Then it's Mrs. Lao."
With so many people coming in at once, we have to move things out.
Su Yu asked the men in black to send a message to the city, asking them to send some food and supplies the next day, to at least ensure that these people would not starve to death.
"We'll take them to the three districts tomorrow and let them choose which district they'd like to settle in." It would be easier to manage if the people were concentrated in one district.
"I understand."
(End of this chapter)
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