Shui Qing had expected Zhang Chunhua to flee in such a panic.
Wanxia is the kind of person who can be helped up. It's okay if she's timid, but if she can't stand up even when there are people to help her and support her, that's more infuriating than seeing her being bullied!
The three girls distributed the items without any problems, and it seemed they could handle any issues that arose. With her own affairs settled, Shuiqing opened the door and went home with peace of mind.
Looking up at the sky, it was already late. Bai Manshan and his group had gone to Nanning Prefecture last night and had returned this morning to pick up the second batch of potatoes, but Bai Manshan had not come back with them.
I wonder how his land purchase went. It's been almost a year since the floods; the land in Zhulin Village has probably already been sold... I wonder if any of the disaster victims have found suitable land yet...
As night fell, the clatter of horses' hooves sounded again, and candles were lit inside the house, illuminating it as bright as day.
The table was laden with food; Shui Qing's family had already eaten, and this was prepared for Bai Manshan and his group.
More people returned than expected, so Mrs. Hu hurriedly went to the kitchen to get a few more bowls of rice.
The five men beside Bai Manshan were dressed in tattered clothes and stood awkwardly beside him, their heads down, looking only at the ground in front of them, not daring to look around. They were honest and law-abiding men.
Wiping the sweat from his brow, Bai Manshan stepped forward and said directly, "Sister, I've selected twelve households, about a hundred people in total. These five are the ones I think are clever and intelligent. I'll bring them over so you can get to know them."
The village in Zhulin Village will definitely need a village head in the future. Sister Shuiqing can just communicate with the village head and give instructions. Otherwise, it's impossible to give instructions to more than a hundred people one by one every time you give instructions.
It's fine if Zhuangzi is close at hand when he's young, but if he expands too much later on, he'll be exhausted and it won't work.
As soon as Bai Manshan finished speaking, the five men immediately bowed and introduced themselves: "This humble one, Gong Shang, greets Madam. Madam may call this humble one, Gong Da."
“This humble servant, Zhou Youzhou, greets Madam. Madam may call me Zhou Lao Er.”
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Shui Qing clearly understood that Man Shan was letting her recognize faces and, after getting to know them better, see which one was suitable to be the head of the village.
She looked at the five people, made notes on each of them, and then said to them with warmth, "You must be hungry after traveling so far. Let's go to the dining hall and eat first, then we can talk."
We're all human, and this is our first time here. We can't let someone ask us questions on an empty stomach. Besides, Bai Manshan has been traveling all day and is exhausted, so we need to fill our stomachs first.
Gong Shangzhou and the other five looked up in surprise. They hadn't expected their master to let them eat first. But were they even worthy of going to the dining hall?
This was a master they had finally found. Master Bai was very strict in choosing people. If they didn't perform well, they would definitely be sent back to the brokerage. They had a lot of wives, children, and elderly people at home, and they couldn't let themselves be picked over again because of their mistakes.
The five people remained motionless, their hunched backs feeling even more cramped, their chapped hands unsure of where to place them.
Shui Qing sighed and said to Bai Manshan, "Brother Bai, you take the lead."
Bai Manshan happily accepted the task and said to the five people, "Let's go, just follow me."
The five looked at each other, then at Shui Qing. Seeing that she showed no sign of testing or blaming, they hesitantly lifted their large feet, clad in tattered straw sandals, to follow Bai Manshan.
There were only four dishes on the table: a pork stew with potatoes, a lamb offal soup, a shredded pork with garlic sprouts, and a steamed egg dish. Each dish was served in a soup bowl, and the portions were generous!
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