"It's easy to deal with our Lin family, but it's a bit more difficult to deal with the other three surnames in the village."
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, one of the old men spoke.
Their village is a village with mixed surnames. In addition to the group of people with the surname Lin, there are also people with the surnames Li, Xu, and He.
The Lin family is the largest, accounting for 80% of the village population. They are also the most united of the four surnames in the village.
Therefore, the village chief of Yamada Village has always been someone with the surname Lin, and the decision-makers in the village are also people with the surname Lin.
But even so, if there is anything important that needs to be decided, it must be decided after the other three surnames express their opinions. The Lins cannot have the final say in the village.
“That’s easy. The whole village will hold a meeting and let the people of the other three surnames decide whether to participate and how to participate.
If they can't bear to part with half the money, just isolate them." said the village chief.
In fact, he would rather only have people with the surname Lin participate, as they would be easier to manage.
But this idea is unrealistic.
Not to mention only giving 50% of the money, even if 10% of the money reaches the villagers, there will be people who will do it.
The only difference is the degree of their inner dissatisfaction.
"Then let's settle it like this!"
…
After the matter was settled, the village chief arranged for people to hold a meeting overnight, and the location was still set at his own home.
The big yard was packed with people.
The light from the torches clearly illuminated the expectant faces of the villagers.
At this moment, they really wanted to talk to the people around them, or they wanted to ask the village chief loudly.
But none of them said anything. Previous experiences told them that keeping their mouths shut would get them results faster.
As expected, seeing such a quiet scene, the village chief stopped talking nonsense and got straight to the point:
"Dr. Lin has replied that he can continue to purchase the herbs, provided you stop causing trouble."
Everyone nodded obediently.
"Whatever I think is wrong."
The village chief's eyes were like those of an eagle, scanning them.
No matter what the villagers thought in their hearts at this moment, they all continued to nod obediently.
"To ensure you don't cause trouble, after consultation with several uncles and aunts in the village, I've added a few village rules. The first one..."
The village chief read out thirty new village rules in one breath.
At first, the villagers listened attentively, but later on they were completely confused, and all they could hear was the first, second, tenth...
"There are so many new village rules for now, and they will be increased or decreased based on actual conditions in the future."
Finally, the village rules were read out. The village chief took a long breath and the villagers also breathed a sigh of relief.
No wonder studying is a hard job. They have a headache just by listening to a few village rules. How painful it must be for those scholars to listen to the teacher reading every day!
"If you have any objections, please stand up and don't say it in the background."
The villagers were whispering to each other, looking at each other.
There are actually a few people who want to take the big step.
But before they could take a step forward, they were frightened back by the village chief's next words.
"If anyone objects, all the herbs picked by that person will not be accepted."
At this moment, those who originally wanted to stand up and ask about the village rules that they didn’t quite understand retracted their feet.
The village chief asked twice more, and after confirming that no one had any objections, he continued:
"Very good, everyone has no extra thoughts. Then, in order to prevent you from making mistakes, everyone must memorize the village rules tonight before leaving."
Everyone: Σ(????)?
Village chief, do you want to understand what nonsense you just said?
“Those who have memorized it can take the herbs to the young doctor’s house to register tomorrow.
Anyone who hasn't memorized it won't be able to take herbal medicine to register starting tomorrow."
The village chief didn't care how they wailed. After he finished speaking, he asked his son to read the village rules word for word, and the villagers below cheered up and followed along.
I was afraid that I would not live up to my expectations and let the money run away.
Driven by money, the villagers who thought they were stupid spent two or three hours stammeringly memorizing the village rules.
The kind that's very impressive.
Except during the Chinese New Year, the villagers, who had never stayed up all night, all yawned after memorizing the village rules.
However, the village chief refused to let me go, so I couldn't even go home and sleep.
"It's all Tusheng's fault. He's the only one who can't recite it, so we're stuck here in the cold."
The November wind is still a bit cold even in this place where it is spring all year round.
"That kid has had a bad brain since he was little, and now it seems he's really not that smart."
…
Tu Sheng was not angry when the villagers talked about him, but apologized happily.
"Okay, okay, I've finished reciting it all, let's go home!"
Everyone moved out of the yard.
"Wait a minute! Come back here."
The village chief shouted loudly, stopping all their actions and driving away most of the sleepyheads.
"Village chief, can't we talk about it tomorrow? It'll be dawn soon, and I still have to go to the fields tomorrow."
Someone complained.
The village chief glared at me and said, "If you don't want to listen, then go back. Just don't regret it."
After he said that, who would dare to leave? If they left, they would miss out on something good and would regret it to death.
The village chief knew that everyone had spent a lot of time here today, so he didn't intend to keep it a secret:
"The young doctor plans to stock some new varieties of herbs. Tomorrow, each family should arrange for someone to go to her to identify the herbs."
The villagers' breathing suddenly became heavier, and they were glad that they had not left just now.
"Let me make it clear to you right now: the purchase price of the new herbs will be the same as the old ones, but you'll only get half of what you paid."
The villagers were puzzled.
The villagers were puzzled.
The villagers were angry.
"The remaining half of the money will be turned over to the public for other uses."
As for other uses, he is not particularly clear at the moment, so he won't say anything.
"Originally, this was given to our Lin family by the young doctor, but I think as the head of the village, it would not be good to exclude the people of the other three surnames, so I am telling you all here.
If the other three of you with the surname Shi are unwilling, then leave immediately. If you wish to join, then stay and continue the discussion."
People with other surnames looked at each other, and no one left.
There are few people with this surname, and there is no leader like a clan leader, so the decision-making process is mainly made by the head of the family.
No one left. The village chief felt a little uncomfortable, so he gave them some precautions and let them leave.
People with other surnames left, but the Lin family stayed tacitly.
"Village Chief, why did you give such a good thing to other tribesmen?"
As soon as the outsiders left, the impatient Lin family member started asking.
The village chief sighed, "We were supposed to include them anyway. Leaving those three surnames out would bring discontent to the young doctor's family, so it's better to just say we're doing them a favor."
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