Chapter 201 I, Li Shiyue, am the most reasonable person.
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Li Shiyue turned around and grabbed her mother's hand. She slowly said to her mother, "Mother, how could I be the kind of person who doesn't know the consequences and only knows how to fight and kill?"
I just went there to reason with them.
In broad daylight, why would I go and kill someone?
"Mother," Li Shiyue said to her mother, while also looking up at Zheng Meiniang, who was also looking over anxiously behind her mother, to explain, "And Aunt, if you're worried, you can come along too."
I, Li Shiyue, am the most reasonable person.
If you ask me, in our village, no one is more reasonable than me.
Upon hearing Li Shiyue's words, everyone present, even Yan Jiuniang who had known Li Shiyue the least, almost rolled their eyes on the spot.
Yan Jiuniang couldn't help but think to herself, "How can anyone believe what she's saying?"
But since Li Shiyue has already said that, what can Li's mother say?
Finally, Li's mother, Zheng Meiniang, and Yan Jiuniang followed Li Shiyue and the others out of the courtyard.
Instead of going to the village entrance first, Li Shiyue went to the paper mill.
As soon as she entered the paper mill, Li Shiliang (Dog Lao San), who was cooling off under the eaves at the entrance, stood up abruptly.
October! You've arrived.
Everyone's not in here; they're all cooling off in the back warehouse.
Don't worry, there's no paper in the warehouse. You took the last batch, and the next batch that's been drying hasn't been put into storage yet.
Li Shiyue nodded to Li Shiliang, then said, "Third Brother, call all the men in our village over here, and call all the men from Brother Mole's kiln too, and the men from Li Youfu's side..."
Before Li Shiyue could finish speaking, a person ran out from behind the paper mill.
"October?
October! You're back!
“Brother Ma Zi, perfect timing! Brother Ma Zi, gather all the men from our village who are watching over the house construction at the village entrance and have them wait for me there.”
Ma Zi paused for a moment, but only for a moment. Then he responded and ran outside.
"Third Brother?"
"Yes, I'm going right now!"
Li Shiliang shouted twice towards the back of the paper mill, then left the paper mill and headed towards Daheishan Mountain.
On that side was a kiln that Mozi and his group had built specifically for baking wood, based on Li Shiyue's advice.
It's too hot to roast wood now, but they've listened to Li Shiyue and are experimenting with how to make charcoal. If the experiment is successful, selling charcoal in the winter will be a legitimate and good business.
Therefore, the kiln was located quite far from the village, and several dogs were kept there.
After all, it's a business that can make money, so we have to keep it a secret from outsiders.
Li Shiyue then led his mother and the others to the back of the paper mill, where they met Zhao Min and the other women. They sat down together and started talking.
Zhao Min, being a straightforward person, whispered to Li's mother, "What's wrong? Why did you come over in the middle of the heat?"
Li's mother, being open with others, told them about Zhou Lanhua and Zheng Meiniang's affair with the men who were forced into labor.
Zhao Min clapped her hands and took Li's mother's hand, whispering, "That's right. Sanlang told me a few days ago that I don't need to wash the clothes at home anymore. He can just go to the river to wash them himself in the morning and evening."
The two women sitting behind Zhao Min were Yangzai's aunt and Erdan's mother.
The two women were surprised to hear what Li's mother and Zhao Min were saying. They exchanged a glance, then lowered their heads and whispered among themselves.
They waited for half an hour before Li Shiliang finally returned.
He reported to Li Shiyue, panting, "Shiyue, I've called everyone here. They're on their way here."
Li Shiyue nodded and handed the large bowl of tea on the table to Li Shiliang.
"You've worked hard, Third Brother."
Li Shiliang took the large bowl of tea and drank the whole bowl. He waved his hand, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand to remove the water stains, and then looked up at Li Shiyue and asked, "Shiyue, what do you want to do? Tell me."
Li Shiyue smiled and said to Li Shiliang, "Third Brother, grab your weapons, let's go and reason with them."
Thus, Li Shiyue walked at the front, with Li Qiutian, Li Xiatian, and Yan Jiuniang on her left and Li Shiliang and Weizi on her right, followed by more than thirty men.
Walking at the very back were Li's mother, Zheng Meiniang, Zhao Min, and several other women.
In fact, the Li clan had no shortage of weapons during their escape from famine. Although they didn't have many large weapons, they still had quite a few long and short knives and axes.
However, when they went to reason with him this time, Li Shiyue only had the men take wooden sticks, the kind of thick wooden sticks used to stir pulp in the paper mill.
This wooden stick is quite long, about four or five feet long, and it is specifically used for stirring paper pulp in the earthen vat.
Thus, such a large group of people heading towards the village entrance still made quite a commotion.
At least Jiang Huai, who was in the school not far from the paper mill, saw it.
Jiang Huai glanced at the children sleeping soundly on their desks in the classroom before hurriedly running out towards Li Shiyue.
He ran while calling out Li Shiyue's name, which forced Li Shiyue to stop and wait for him to catch up.
"Madam Li, what's going on here?"
"Mr. Jiang, it's nothing, I just went to reason with them."
How could Jiang Huai possibly believe what Li Shiyue said?
Anyone who saw Li Shiyue and his group's posture would know that this was definitely not a simple matter of "reasoning with them".
Who would reason with twenty or thirty men armed with sticks?
Not to mention the wood-chopping knife that Li Shiyue was carrying at his waist, which was about the length of an adult's forearm, and the longbow that Li Xiatian was carrying on his back!
In this situation, who would think they're trying to reason with each other?
Jiang Huai, speechless after being taken aback by Li Shiyue's words, could only watch as Li Shiyue cupped her hands in greeting before leading the group of people towards the village entrance.
Meanwhile, Ma Zi had gathered about twenty men at the village entrance, waiting for him.
Among these nearly twenty men, there were not only Li Shiyue's own people, but also Yangzai's cousin-in-law;
Among them were the eldest and youngest sons of Eighth Uncle, who had built their houses together with the people from Sunjia Kiln and Zhao You's family at the village entrance.
Since Li Shiyang brokered the deal and Li Youfu and his group backed down, things are looking very good in Liujiatun on the surface.
Of course, among these twenty-odd people, there were a few men from the Wang family. These men were related to Wang Shisan. Because of the good relationship between Wang Shisan and Li Shiyue, these men from the Wang family got along well with the people of Li Family Village, and they would call on each other to do any work together.
When building a house, you'll inevitably have hoes, carrying poles, machetes, and other tools laid out on the side, ready to be used at any time.
When Ma Zi came over and greeted them, they were initially confused. But when Ma Zi said that Li Shiyue had ordered them to gather, they quickly grabbed their machetes and sticks.
So when Li Shiyue and the others arrived at the village entrance, Ma Zi had already led his men, armed with knives and clubs, to confront dozens of men performing corvée labor.
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