Chapter 296 The whole village has made progress
Although Fan Jieqiang's heart was bleeding, he was proud! He had finally saved his name!
Who would believe it if I told you?
He spent thirty thousand taels of silver to buy his own name. It was such a ridiculous and shameful thing to tell others about it, but he felt a sense of joy and relief at surviving a disaster.
It's not easy! It's so hard to fight with a little baby! He will definitely avoid the little baby next time he sees one!
Some guests, unaware that the bet had been cancelled, jokingly said, "Fan Jieqiang, are we going to call you a robber from now on?"
Fan Jieqiang shouted loudly, "Everyone! The bet is cancelled! Don't bring it up again!"
Then she squatted down and looked at Xiao Jiuer, "Little aunt, please help clarify this!"
"Yeah!" The little dumpling waved his hands vigorously, "Cancel it! Zun Da cancel it! He's not robbing me!"
Everyone laughed, "Congratulations, Mr. Fan, you've finally gotten rid of the reputation of a robber!"
Fan Jieqiang blushed slightly, "Since the bet is cancelled, everyone remember to pay the bill to Heihe Village!"
"Don't worry! I've already paid for it!"
"I knew you were going to lose!"
Fan Jieqiang laughed and said, "I owe you all a favor! If we meet again after returning to the capital, I'll definitely treat you all to a drink!"
At this time, someone shouted: "The inn is built, but how can people live in it when it's empty?"
"Don't worry, dear guest!" said the villagers of Heihe Village. "The beds and furniture are here!"
Xiao Jiuer couldn't create things from the space and fill the inn rooms in front of so many people, so she could only ask the villagers to move out of the village.
After the beds and furniture were moved in, the women had just finished their work in the kitchen and went into the inn to clean up.
This time, toiletries were placed in the inn rooms in advance, and Xiao Jiuer asked the ladies to decorate rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4 so that they could be distinguished from each other, after all, the price difference was quite large.
After decorating the newly built inn today, the villagers continued to decorate the inn from last night. Based on the feedback from the guests, they added some new daily necessities. Almost all the guests praised the toiletries, and Xiao Jiuer was not stingy and gave each room some extra.
Then hot water was delivered to each room, and by the time all the guests had gone to bed, it was already late at night.
I don't know when Shilibaxiang and Black Eagle Village had left.
"Everyone go back and have a good rest. We will hold a village meeting tomorrow morning!" said the head of the village.
"good."
Everyone closed the city gates and went home to rest.
The next morning, gongs sounded in the village and the villagers gathered in front of the ancestral hall.
"Fellow villagers, while we have some free time this morning, call everyone over to get together!" The village head had a smile on his wrinkled face. "Everyone's been so busy these past few days that we've barely managed to eat a couple of bites. Is it hard?"
“It’s not hard!”
"What I'm least afraid of is hard work! Strength is something that can be used and then reappeared!"
"Yes, even if it's hard work, it's fun! It's not like our hard work is in vain!"
The villagers answered one after another.
The village head nodded approvingly, "Well said, fellow villagers! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Heihe Village! We used to rely entirely on the harvest from the fields for our livelihood, but from now on, we have the income from running the inn, and our lives are getting better and better!"
"Village head, how is the inn's revenue these past two days?" the villagers asked impatiently.
The village head said with a smile, "Let the teacher talk to everyone about this matter!"
Zhao Xingjian walked out with two huge dark circles under his eyes, "Good morning, fellow villagers..."
The villagers exclaimed, "Master, did you stay up late last night to settle accounts?"
Zhao Xingjian smiled and said, "Brother Yanping and I are the same. We spent all night reconciling our accounts, and thankfully, we finally got the numbers right!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Master and the three Yanping brothers!" The villagers sighed sincerely, "It seems we still need to learn to read and write! If it weren't for you scholars, we would be blind even if such a good opportunity was presented to us!"
Zhao Xingjian smiled and said, "Fortunately, there are successors. When the children grow up, everyone in Heihe Village will be able to read and write!"
Although Xiao Jiuer only takes a stroll around the female teacher's school every day, in the eyes of the villagers, Xiao Jiuer is going to school, so now many families in Heihe Village have sent their daughters to school.
"Let's get back to the point. All the profits from the day before yesterday and yesterday have been calculated!" Zhao Xingjian couldn't hide the joy on his face. "Everyone, are you ready? Stand firm!"
The villagers laughed and said, "Master, are you afraid that we will faint from joy when you say that?"
"Master, don't worry! I've seen a lot of things! Tell me now! I can handle it!"
Zhao Xingjian shouted, "Everyone, listen carefully! In two days, the total income from the inn and food is 4,927 taels and 52 coins!"
After Zhao Xingjian finished speaking, the expected excited cheers did not appear. The whole audience was silent. The villagers seemed to be frozen in time, each of them stunned.
Zhao Xingjian smiled quietly. He knew that for the villagers who had lived in poverty all their lives, this figure was nothing short of a fantasy, and they needed time to digest it slowly.
After a while, the village head's trembling voice came, "Master, four thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven taels of silver, how much is that?"
Zhao Xingjian said, "If I put it another way, you'll understand. There are 205 households in Heihe Village, and each household will receive 24 taels of silver! That leaves 7 taels and 152 coins undistributed!"
"Twenty-four taels? Each household gets twenty-four taels?"
The villagers' expressions changed, with tension, suspicion, hesitation and more of disbelief in their faces.
"Master... Master, did you make a mistake in your calculations..."
"How could we possibly get so much money..."
The villagers' voices were trembling, with obvious crying tones.
Zhao Xingjian smiled gently and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Let me calculate it carefully for you. Of the more than four thousand taels of silver, the inn's revenue accounts for the majority. The night before last, more than four hundred guests stayed in a total of one hundred and twenty-one inns, each with four rooms. Rooms one, two, three, and four in the Tianzi building cost fifteen taels of silver per night. Therefore, the inn's revenue alone was one thousand eight hundred and fifteen taels of silver the night before last..."
Zhao Xingjian patiently explained the earnings of the past two days in detail. When he said, "Fellow villagers, I guarantee that there will not be a penny deviation in this earnings," low whimpers and sobs were heard throughout the village.
No one cheered, no one laughed, and all the villagers were crying uncontrollably.
The village head's face was covered with turbid tears, and he murmured excitedly: "It's been more than 30 years, I have been the village head for more than 30 years! Heihe Village has finally made progress! My fellow villagers, our Heihe Village will never starve to death again! Our Heihe Village is finally going to turn things around!"
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