“Now you’re planning this area, each household will pay five taels of silver. Either pay up, or you can forget about building anything again.”
Faced with the village chief's domineering attitude and the villagers' resolute determination, Su Laoda and Su Laoer's expressions were not very good. The courtyard wall had already been erected high. If it hadn't been erected, they would have been willing to pay for it. Now that it was built, they had no face to tear it down and rebuild it.
However, if they don't think of other solutions, it's extremely inconvenient for them to get in and out of their house. Now that the villagers are all standing here, they really can't start any construction work.
"Fine, fine, we're just unlucky!" Su Lao Er looked helpless and started rummaging through his clothes.
"Pah! What do you mean you're unlucky? Having villagers like you is unlucky for our entire village! You could have solved this with just three taels of silver, but you insisted on taking shortcuts. What's going on? Are the people in our village targeting your two families?"
"Exactly, I really don't know how your two families are so stupid!"
Faced with the villagers' sarcastic remarks, the Su family members' faces turned very ugly. They were angry but dared not vent their anger and could only suppress it.
The village chief received the money. With five taels of silver in hand, his family now had ten taels. With this ten taels of silver, the villagers' cost of building the courtyard wall could be reduced, which made him happy.
Then they had someone bring white lime and circled the area they had planned again.
"Now that you've already paid, this area belongs to both of you. So you can build whatever you want. But let me make it clear first: since you've chosen this area, it's yours now. Don't touch any other areas that aren't yours."
Even road construction is not allowed, because this area has already been planned, and we cannot give you even a fraction more!
"What? We spent so much money just to buy this area? Then if we build a gate here, there will definitely be a road in front of it..."
"Haha, didn't you buy this area? You can set aside a portion of it. That way, it'll be fine, right? After all, this is village property, not yours to build on as you please!"
"Hey, what are you all arguing about here?" Brother Qiu, along with his men and a large vehicle behind them, rushed over in a hurry. He was a little puzzled when he saw so many people.
The villagers were a little surprised when they turned around and saw Brother Qiu leading people and pulling things over, but they quickly realized what was going on and their mouths were full of smiles.
"Haha, Brother Qiu, you've come at the perfect time."
What happened?
"What else could it be? Isn't it just that someone wants to take over our village's land for free?"
Upon hearing this, the Su family immediately objected and stood up aggressively.
"Who got something for free? When did we get something for free? Didn't we just pay for it? Why are you talking so rudely?"
"Oh, oh, oh, that's because we discovered what you've been doing. If we hadn't come, would you have given us this day? If so many of us hadn't come and laid everything out in the open, would you still have given us this day?"
"That's exactly how it was done, and you all seem so wronged?"
"Thank goodness, from now on we won't have to walk the same path as these people!"
Qiu Ge looked at the current situation and saw everyone's angry expressions, and he understood what had happened. However, he didn't say anything and instead led those people away from the scene.
Then other workers arrived. After they drew the white lines on this side, Brother Qiu led them to start making the fried food.
This was all planned in advance, so he did it with great ease.
When the white line crossed the designated area in front of the Su family's new gate, the Su family members' expressions turned incredibly grim.
"What do you mean by this? This land has already been claimed by our family. Are you not planning to leave us any way to survive?"
"The Su family? Do you understand that this land has already been planned? The village chief is here too. If you don't believe me, you can ask them. If you still don't believe me, you can look at the land deed. It's already been planned that fruit trees will be planted here."
"Besides, we didn't take an inch of your land. We took exactly what we were entitled to. How can you say that?"
"That's right, this was planned long ago, so stop nagging! Everything he did was legal and legitimate, and he paid for it!"
The other person's words made the Su family members' faces turn even uglier, and they all breathed heavily.
“How would we know this whole area has already been occupied? Anyway, no way, there absolutely cannot be any fences in front of our house, and you are not allowed to put anything here.”
"That's right, you're bullying people..."
"Alright, it was all planned out long ago that Su, the eldest, is the second eldest and was directly given to that girl Yunhe. The seventh is also in his hands. If you have any complaints, you can go and consult him!"
After the village chief finished speaking in a cold voice, he led everyone away in a hurry. Qiu Ge didn't care about anything else and continued to call out to everyone. First, he dug a very deep trench, placing a piece of wood at each end. Before long, another row of fences appeared in front of the Su family's house. This time, the fences were much sturdier than the fences of the vineyard.
The base is made of wood, and then bamboo poles are layered on top of it.
After the bamboo was laid out, there was a layer of iron netting covering it, making it completely airtight. It would be extremely difficult for anyone to climb over it.
The Su family was so angry that they couldn't go there anymore. They had spent so much money and bought such a large area of land, but not only was their own front door not properly maintained, they had also created a dead end.
The two families were at odds over this matter. They had agreed to pay the money in advance, and they had discussed it beforehand. Now that this problem had arisen and it was inconvenient for them to go out, how could they not be angry?
Money has been spent, but the gate hasn't been built yet. No one would want to feel this frustrated.
Finally, having no other choice, they had to expand half of their newly purchased land to create a road leading out of the village.
The road was not only narrow, but it could only accommodate one horse-drawn carriage at a time. It looked incredibly cramped.
Since the construction of this high courtyard wall, the villagers of Yue Shang Village have become incredibly enthusiastic, cleaning the entire village spotless and eliminating its former slovenly appearance.
Most importantly, they not only have good incomes, but their homes are also spotless, which makes everyone feel much more relaxed.
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