The old village chief didn't take credit, but mentioned Shuiqing's suggestion and emphasized that it was Shuiqing's idea. He said that if anyone felt it was inappropriate or had a better suggestion, they should speak up and discuss it with everyone.
The people in the courtyard were all influential figures in each household in the village, and they were all extremely satisfied after hearing the decision.
Let them have better suggestions?
What a joke! If they could come up with something even better, wouldn't they be able to live the same good life as Hu Shuiqing?
It only dawned on me then that they were able to live such good lives because they were quick-witted; look how they could come up with such comprehensive plans for village protection in such a short time.
With such a quick mind, it's no wonder that making money is easy for her.
No one had any objections, and it passed smoothly and quickly.
Li Wen suddenly said, "Father, Da Mu still hasn't returned, and neither has Fan Qian. What should we do about these two families?"
Zhang the Bald couldn't shirk his patrol duties, but he was indeed too lazy. Even if he wanted to, the villagers wouldn't trust him.
Fortunately, his son, Zhang Xiaogou, is fourteen years old this year. He is clever and not as lazy and greedy as his father, so he takes over the protective work.
When Zhang Xiaogou heard that he had been selected, he jumped for joy and is now showing off all over the village.
Now, probably most of the boys in the village know about it.
The old village chief frowned.
The other families in the courtyard looked at each other in bewilderment.
Protection is a matter for the entire village; it concerns everyone, and even those who do not participate will receive protection.
Those who don't participate can affect the mindset of others.
A murmur arose in the courtyard: "Big Timber didn't participate in digging the ditch before, will he just follow suit this time?"
"That won't do!"
"Who can say for sure?"
The old village chief raised his voice to stop them: "Wait until they come back and ask them. Don't speculate."
"I don't know what happened, why have you been gone for two days?"
"He went out yesterday and hasn't come back all night. It's not safe out there, I hope something happened to him."
"Pah, pah, pah, don't talk nonsense! Can't you just hope others have a better life?"
"I was just talking nonsense."
Ultimately, they were all from the same village. Although Fan Damu had been a bad person before, they didn't want anything to really happen to him.
As people were whispering in the courtyard, a familiar, triumphant voice rang out: "Old village chief, my son told me you were looking for me?"
Everyone turned around to look, and saw that the people who were chatting had returned!
Fan Damu wore a bright blue short-sleeved shirt, which was neat, clean, and brand new without a single patch.
They weren't wearing straw sandals, but a pair of black cloth shoes, and to avoid getting them dirty with mud, they also had a pair of wooden clogs underneath.
A man immediately asked, "Da Mu, you... you've struck it rich?"
How come overnight, the patched clothes are gone, and the straw sandals are no longer needed? Everything is new.
Although the short clothes were also worn by workers, they were new and made of coarse cloth, not the linen they usually wore.
"Yes, where did these new clothes come from?"
"We went to the prefectural city yesterday and found it much more chaotic outside. Are you alright out there?"
"We were just worried that something might have happened to you."
Fan Damu looked everyone up and down, then snorted and scoffed with utter disdain: "Something happened? Only others could get into trouble, it's not my turn."
As for whether the prefectural city is in chaos, or whether the entire Guangning Prefecture is in chaos, that's entirely up to my master's family!
Li Wen and Li Wu frowned as they watched Fan Damu's arrogant words and actions.
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