He had a ready-made excuse to stay and tend the stove. Qian Youdong didn't dare to say anything to him, so he turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.
After the next season's grain was planted, Qian Youdong took most of the village's able-bodied young laborers to the steel plant in the county.
Now that Qian Youdong needed to be kept in the county, Xie Ming temporarily refrained from taking action against him. Seeing that those who needed to leave had all left, Xie Ming immediately led his men to start making "grain bricks".
Grinding, cooking, pounding the grain into a paste, air-drying, building walls... the cycle continues endlessly. The grain is rapidly reduced, and neatly stacked "drill bits" are formed.
At this point, everyone involved felt more than just gratitude towards Xie Ming.
That day, Chen Fu approached Xie Ming, hesitantly saying, "Mingzi! I have something to tell you!"
Xie Ming stared at Chen Fu with a half-smile, waiting for what he would say next. In fact, he could guess what he was going to hear next.
"Brother, this is a difficult story to tell, but I have to swallow my pride and say it. The neighboring villages are in pretty much the same situation as us lately; they also want to burn all their unharvested grain. Our clan chief went to talk to a few old folks about it, and then..."
Xie Ming had long known what the people involved were worried about. It is said that people are more concerned about scarcity than inequality. If something really happens, Xiangyang Village, which has grain, is likely to become the target of everyone's anger. The older people who know what is important are afraid that the Chen family will become the target.
The food they painstakingly hoarded could save their lives, or it could take them.
"So how do you plan to keep it from the village?"
Xie Ming's involvement in this matter wasn't just about saving lives; several villages in the area were facing serious problems. Chen's ability to take the lead and establish authority was undoubtedly a good thing for him.
The Xie family will continue down the same path they took in their past lives, and he won't save a single one of them.
But Xie's parents plan to bring their children here in a few years. With the help of nearby villagers, their family will live a comfortable life.
"Hehe! We're all related by marriage. They said they wanted me to go over before and after work, to work an extra 4 or 5 hours a day, so I could make some money back."
Chen Fu spoke lightly, but Xie Ming knew that this matter would not be easy to carry out. The struggles between clans and families in other villages were similar to those in Xiangyang Village.
If a mistake occurs in any of the intermediate steps, those involved may suffer severe consequences.
"There's only one thing you have to do: don't expose this place."
Xie Ming didn't want to take on too much responsibility. He was aware that since the Chen family dared to make a move, they must have the ability to do those things.
Seeing that no one objected, Chen Fu breathed a sigh of relief. He admitted that the clan was in the wrong, and no one could guarantee that those people did not have ulterior motives. But they had no better choice than to drag other villages into the mess.
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