Chapter 301: It’s Great to Have a Dream
The villagers sighed and said, "We would love to have one, but unfortunately we don't have one! There are so few people like Daqiang's father!"
"Yes, over the years, we've been starving and living day by day. Daqiang's father is the only one who still has dreams in his heart. He's truly amazing!"
Daqiang's father's face turned red with praise from everyone, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
"Everyone, please stop praising him!" Daqiang's mother glared at her husband. "Whenever he has a free moment, he locks himself in his room and works until midnight. He's like a possessed man. He can't even hear us when we talk to him. It's really annoying me!"
The villagers laughed and said, "Don't complain, Daqiang's mother. Heihe Village is still counting on him to make more money!"
"From now on, if you have too much work to do at home, let everyone help you! Let Daqiang's father concentrate on improving his ventriloquism!"
"Look, the villagers are all supporting you." Daqiang's mother said with a smile, "Don't hide anymore, the kids and I are all supporting you!"
"Our whole village supports you!" said the villagers.
"Okay!" Daqiang's father was touched and his face was full of joy.
"There are 360 professions, and every profession has its top talent!" The village head concluded, stroking his beard. "Now is the best opportunity for Heihe Village. If everyone can bring their strengths to bear and contribute, our village will have no worries about its future!"
At this time, the guests had finished lunch and some were about to return.
Because the carriage was parked outside the village, the villagers saw the guests off all the way when they were about to leave.
Yunniang and other cooks prepared fried snacks, wrapped them in oil paper, and gave them to the guests to take with them on the road.
The guests boarded the carriage, and Little Dumpling took the lead, waving his hands and saying, "Welcome to the Qizhai!"
The villagers smiled and said, "Welcome to come again next time!"
The guests leaned out of the carriage.
"Let's all go back!"
"Build the parking area and the stables quickly!"
"It would be better if the ground was paved with stone slabs!"
"We need to build a shed over the kitchen and dining area, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with if it rains!"
"We will promote Heihe Village when we return. Just wait and see for more guests!"
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This first group of guests also cared deeply about the development of Heihe Village.
"Thank you, our guest! We will remember this!"
"Have a nice trip! Come often!"
The villagers' shouts could be heard from far away.
Most of the guests who had come in the first batch had left, and many inns were empty.
“Tear it down!”
Xiaotuanzi pointed to the long row of inns outside the village that stretched all the way to Jingui Village.
"Shall we tear all of this down, Master Xiaojiu?"
“Yes!”
"good!"
The villagers started to dismantle it without saying a word.
People from Jingwan Village and Jingui Village also came out to help when they heard the noise.
"Master Xiaojiu, why do you want to demolish this inn when it's already well built?"
"The car can't get in!" Little Dumpling said in a baby voice, "Don't worry!"
"Yes, it's inconvenient for guests to walk a distance to get in."
"We've been stuck at the entrance to your village for a while, and we're sorry for the inconvenience," a Heihe villager said. "We're planning to build a parking lot and stables at the entrance to Heihe Village, so the road won't be blocked anymore."
"Just let us know if you need our help. You're welcome!"
Everyone chatted while working, and in more than half an hour they had demolished all the roadside inns.
After moving the materials back to Heihe Village, the villagers returned to the entrance of Heihe Village, demolished part of the inn, and created space for a parking lot.
The guests' carriages were finally able to stop at the entrance of the village.
The villagers continued to work non-stop, some carrying soil and some building horse posts.
It is definitely too late to build a stable today, but we can use the horse posts for now.
At dusk, the villagers on duty on the city wall shouted, "Fellow villagers, put aside what you are doing and go to the village entrance to welcome the guests!"
This has been an unwritten rule since the establishment of the inn in Heihe Village. When guests arrive, the whole village welcomes them; when guests leave, the whole village sees them off, creating a warm and heartwarming atmosphere.
Zhou Huaining brought hundreds of guests with him. Many inns and restaurants had been built in the town in recent days, so accommodation and food were no longer as tight as before.
The guests Zhou Huaining brought were all those who had high requirements for accommodation.
A long line of horse-drawn carriages drove into the village entrance amid the villagers' enthusiastic shouts of "Welcome, welcome, welcome with tears".
"Of course, but I haven't been here for two days. There have been big changes. I now have a parking space!" Zhou Huaining jumped off the carriage with a smile.
After seeing the collapsed mountain next to the city wall, he was struck by lightning. "What happened? You dug up the mountain in just two days?"
The villagers laughed, "Didn't the County Magistrate tell Master Ning?"
"He only told me that the mountain was struck by lightning, but he didn't tell me that the mountain was broken into pieces!" Zhou Huaining looked convinced.
There are more than 300 guests in Heihe Village tonight.
With fewer customers, everyone’s workload has also decreased, and we can finally take a breath.
However, starting tonight, they have to feed the guests' horses. The villagers use wheat bran, bean cakes and fresh grass to make horse feed. Although it is one more thing to do, it also means more income.
Work ended early tonight, and except for those on duty, the villagers of Heihe Village went to bed early and slept well until dawn.
The next morning, the whole village held a meeting because they needed to distribute money.
Yesterday we just settled the accounts, today we are going to get serious.
Zhao Xingjian stood in front of everyone, holding the account book. "Yesterday's total revenue was 1,275 taels and 300 wen. On average, each household received 6 taels. The remaining 45 taels and 300 wen will be confiscated."
"Combining the money from the previous two days, each household will receive thirty taels of silver!"
"Because the peaches haven't been sold out yet, the revenue isn't included yet!"
"Thirty taels!" The whole village was ecstatic. "This is worth it!"
Today is the fourth day of running the inn. After calculating the profits from the first three days, I can actually get so much!
"Actually, I was confused and overlooked something!" said the village head. "When we divided the money before, our village was counting based on 205 households, and we forgot about the Master's family!"
"Ah?" The villagers looked at Zhao Xingjian. "So the Master never got his share of the money. Why didn't he tell us?"
Zhao Xingjian smiled and said, "If I were here for money, I would have stayed in the capital. Money is just a thing outside of my body. As long as I have food and shelter, I'm fine."
The village head shouted, "I suggest that we give all the confiscated money to the teacher! We were poor before and couldn't afford the tuition, but now we can afford it, so we can't save this money!"
"Agree!" the villagers said in unison.
Zhao Xingjian hastily declined, "I won't accept this money. I'm living and eating at the Ye family's expense now, so I can't spend any money. I'll leave this money to the village. It'll be useful in the future."
"If Master refuses to accept it, please recalculate the income from these few days based on 206 households! You are also from Heihe Village, so you should get a share of this money!"
Zhao Xingjian shook his head. "There are only two of us in my family. Rong'er didn't help much with the inn's affairs. How can she be treated as a family and share the money?"
It is not convenient for unmarried girls to meet men other than themselves, so the girls’ families in Heihe Village did not come out to help.
"Alright, stop arguing." A cold voice came, "The Master is a member of the Ye family, and the Ye family will support him."
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