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Jiang Zhengmao's head hurt from the noise, so he asked why Jiang Huaixu had left him a message early in the morning two days ago for no apparent reason. It turned out he was waiting here!
When he arrived at the door of the tofu shop, he saw many people looking in. Jiang Zhengmao squeezed in and opened the door. He saw that everyone was working as if someone was urging them on. They were working quickly and meticulously. On the other side, the hair on the donkey's buttocks that were grinding tofu were all pulled up and stood on end.
He slammed the door shut again, turned to the Dafeng villagers who were still questioning him, and said, "Everyone, be quiet! Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"
The noise gradually died down, and everyone stared at Jiang Zhengmao with fiery eyes.
Jiang Zhengmao was already used to speaking in public, but the stares from these people still made his scalp tingle.
He cleared his throat and said, "To be honest, we might hire some people to grind spices here soon. We were considering whether to let people from the two villages work together for the sake of Zhou Lizheng."
The villagers looked happy and started to make noise again.
"I heard they pay by weight. How much is one pound?"
"You'll see us everywhere you look, so you've come to the right place! We're definitely not the ones to be lazy!"
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Jiang Zhengmao took some effort to signal the villagers to be quiet before he spoke again, "Don't get excited, don't get excited. I just said it was 'the beginning'. Now—"
He smiled apologetically, "I'm afraid I can't."
The villagers of Dafeng Village were all stunned, "Why?"
"Why can't I do that again?"
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Someone thought of what happened yesterday and speculated, "Is it about that old woman Chai yesterday..."
Everyone looked at Jiang Zhengmao, who just smiled and said nothing. Finally, he said, "Everyone should hurry home. We have a lot of work to do here and can't delay any longer!"
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