"What's so bad about it! If it weren't for the policy prohibiting giving things away for free, would the village even want your money?"
The old village chief pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, with a red stamp on it, and said, "Come on, sign here, and that cowshed will be yours from now on."
"OK!"
Zhang Cheng happily took the note, but upon closer inspection, he realized there was no pen.
"Use this." The old village chief, as if he had expected this, took a pen from his coat pocket and handed it over, while asking:
"Ergouzi, I heard Da Nao mention that you're planning to go to other villages to collect Solomon's Seal and Panax notoginseng?"
"Okay!" Zhang Cheng nodded as he signed his name on the slip of paper.
"We do have that plan, but we'll have to wait until the snow melts in the spring."
"Why wait until spring!" The old village chief waved his hand. "There are plenty of idle people in the village now. Let them go out and run errands for you to collect things! By the way, what do you want to do with that cowshed? Uncle will help you figure it out."
Shi Yangyang, sitting next to him, trembled her long eyelashes slightly and stared straight at the old village chief.
She always felt that the old village chief's tone of voice was... like he was currying favor with Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Cheng also felt that the cowshed needed to be repaired properly; they couldn't just stay cooped up in that mud hut forever.
The heavy snow has blocked the roads, preventing the construction of houses and other materials from getting in.
He thought for a moment and said to the old village chief:
“Village chief, I don’t know anything about building houses, so I’ll have to trouble you to take care of it. I don’t have any big requirements, just a room for people to live in inside, and a larger place outside to store goods… It’s just that I’m out of money right now…”
"Don't worry about the money!" the old village chief patted his chest. "Uncle will cover it for you first!"
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