Chapter 218 Ning Bao Doesn't Want to Be a Landlord
Upon hearing Zhao Juhua speak, Ning Bao quickly turned her head. Since her personality changed, Zhao Juhua looked much kinder.
She heard from her grandmother that Zhao Juhua had made clothes and shoes for Mu Laidi and her sisters a few days ago. Ningbao never looked down on kind people.
Although there was a slight unpleasantness between her and Zhao Juhua before, Ning Bao has always been a "generous" person.
He no longer disliked Zhao Juhua as much, even though she had improved, and greeted her sweetly.
"Hello, Grandma."
"Good! Good! Good!"
Zhao Juhua's face wrinkled even more as she smiled. Now, Zhao Juhua not only didn't dislike Ning Bao at all, but also liked her very much. When she saw Ning Bao greeting her, she smiled even more happily.
"Grandma, it's neither cold nor hot right now. If we heat the kang (heated brick bed), we can sleep more comfortably at night. The village chief said that we have enough firewood to last until next year's New Year, so we should start it sooner and enjoy it sooner."
The village chief also used this kitchen. Ningbao said the village chief had already heard about the kang (a heated brick bed) being heated. Ningbao had just stepped out of the kitchen when she ran into the village chief who was walking by.
"Baby, I just heard your village chief's grandma say that your family is heating the kang (a traditional heated bed) tonight?"
Ning Bao looked up at the sky and nodded solemnly.
"Yes, we'll start heating the kang tonight and keep it running until the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, whether it's day or night."
"Does the village chief have enough firewood? If not, I have some more here."
The village chief paused for a moment, then gave Ning Bao an approving look.
"What a thrifty child you are. Don't touch the firewood and other supplies over there yet. They are your family's safety net and backup plan."
I know you're a good child, but we can't let a little kid like you support an entire village.
How about this: I'll keep track of everything you take out from now on. Once things settle down, we'll distribute all the supplies to each household at market price. Even if no one has the money to pay you back, it can be used to offset your wages.
I believe that with your family's capabilities, your family fortune will definitely be quite large in the future. At that time, everyone will work for your family to pay off our debts.
After listening to the village chief's words, Ningbao frowned and began to think seriously.
"Village chief, if everyone works for my family, won't my family become landlords?"
The village chief paused for a moment,
"Yes, your family will definitely become landlords in the future."
For farmers, being a landlord or a wealthy landowner has always been the most desirable life. In the village chief's mind, owning a piece of land and becoming a small landlord is the happiest thing in his life.
The village chief had assumed Ningbao would be overjoyed to have her family become landlords, but to his surprise, Ningbao frowned and shook her head.
“Ningbao doesn’t want to be a landlord. My master said that fat landlords are heartless; everything they eat and use comes from the hard-earned money of the farmers…”
"Achoo! Achoo!"
The Taoist priest, who had just finished arguing with his plump, still-living widow neighbor, suddenly sneezed twice. He rolled up his sleeve to wipe away the snot that had come out of his nose from the sneezes, then looked into the distance.
"Ningbao must be missing me. Sigh! When she's here, I'm annoyed, but when she's not here, I miss her terribly. It's so frustrating."
Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones Taoist priest was unaware that once, when he went down the mountain, he encountered a landlord bullying the weak. After returning, he complained to Ningbao about how bad the landlord was.
Ningbao was young at the time and couldn't remember other things clearly, but she remembered very clearly that the landlord was a bad person.
The village chief was taken aback when Ning Bao said he didn't want to be a landlord, but when he heard the reason why Ning Bao didn't want to be a landlord, he burst out laughing.
"Hahaha!
Our Ningbao is just kind and doesn't want to be a bad person. But don't worry, landlords aren't necessarily bad people; there are good people too. I believe that no matter what Ningbao does, he can't be bad.
Ningbao looked up at the village chief with her little face up.
"Then Ningbao should be a good landlord in the future!"
"Great! Let's be good landlords, Ningbao!"
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That night, all the heated brick beds in the entire temple were lit.
Shen Muyang lay on the heated kang bed, rolling around on it with a sense of wonder. However, he was soon panting and sweating profusely after only a few rolls.
Gu Yunrou tenderly took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.
"Yang'er, stop playing and take a rest."
Shen Muyang, panting heavily, tried to catch his breath. Once he had recovered, he looked at Gu Yunrou seriously.
"Mother, I want to learn martial arts."
Gu Yunrou frowned.
“Yang’er, your most important thing right now is to take care of your health, not to practice martial arts. As for martial arts, let’s talk about it later. If you like it, I will help you find a master. None of the previous martial arts masters are suitable for you.”
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