"Take it, it's nothing!" Jiang Ling smiled faintly, wrapped the silver again, and placed it in front of Jiang Zhishan.
Jiang Zhishan wanted to decline, but looking at Jiang Ling's eyes, he finally gave up the idea.
Then Jiang Ling's gaze fell on Jiang Yaojie, who was standing to the side, and she said to him, "Yaojie, why don't you go to the county town later and buy some things to visit Master Shen?"
Thinking about meeting his sweetheart soon, Jiang Yaojie nodded repeatedly, trying hard to suppress his smile.
Breakfast consisted of congee with preserved egg and lean pork, along with egg pancakes made by Jiang Ling and some pickled radishes.
All the children in the family ate until they were stuffed.
Before Jiang Zhishan left, the children's eyes welled up with tears. Their little uncle had been so kind to them. They were reluctant to part ways so suddenly.
But all good things must come to an end. Jiang Ling and the children saw Jiang Zhishan off at the village entrance, watching him disappear into the vast white snow with reluctance.
Jiang Yaojie also drove the carriage away towards Guangping County.
Jiang Ling looked up at the sky. The heavy snow showed no sign of stopping, and an ominous premonition suddenly welled up in her heart.
She looked around and, after confirming that it was safe, left with the children.
Jiang Ling's heart was in a state of constant anxiety all day. She was restless and kept looking around until Jiang Yaojie returned in the evening, when she finally felt a little relieved.
"No...it's terrible! Jiang Shi! You! You have to go and see!" The village chief's anxious voice reached Jiang Ling's ears.
Jiang Ling felt a jolt in her heart, and she immediately put down her work and rushed out.
Because of the snow, the village chief's eyebrows and eyelashes were covered in ice crystals, and even his dark face was red from the cold.
Seeing the village chief's anxious expression, Jiang Ling felt flustered and uneasy again.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Ling asked the village chief.
"Come on! Go check it out, something's happened over there!" The village chief said, frowning as he pointed to the place where the refugees were being resettled.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ling felt a sudden darkness before her eyes. She tried to rub her temples and, forcing herself to stay awake, ran after the village chief.
The winter wind cut Jiang Ling's face like a knife. Jiang Ling rubbed her face, which was red from the cold, and continued running after the village chief.
As soon as Jiang Ling arrived at the resettlement site for refugees, she heard a loud "boom," which startled her so much that her heart skipped a beat.
Jiang Ling looked in the direction of the loud noise and saw that a house had been crushed.
It turns out that some time ago, these refugees, in order to have a home to live in as soon as possible, chose the simplest thatched huts and built them without adding soil.
As a result, no one expected that this year's snow would cause such a disaster that it actually collapsed some thatched houses.
People who were sleeping were buried under the roof before they even realized what was happening.
The people around were thrown into chaos, but Hu Yue'er reacted quickly and ran to find the village chief.
The sound of the thatched hut collapsing came again, followed by screams.
Jiang Ling frowned and said to everyone, "You all come out right now! Come out! Don't stay inside!"
Everyone ran to Jiang Ling's side, shivering. Jiang Ling looked at them, still wearing thin, tattered clothes, and quickly said to them, "You should go and stay at my shampoo shop first. I'll find a way to fix the house after the snow stops!"
The people were deeply moved upon hearing this. Jiang Ling was worried that they would catch a cold, so before they could say anything to express their gratitude, she urged them to head towards her shampoo shop.
"Wow, this place is so warm!"
"Yes, yes, this place is so comfortable!"
"What kind of magical place is this?"
This was the first time the refugees had such a large area to move around in, and they couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after seeing Jiang Ling's shampoo shop!
Jiang Ling quickly took out some of her clothes, many of which were cotton coats she had just bought at the mall. She distributed the clothes to everyone and then said, "After observing you for a while, I am very satisfied with your performance. Now you are allowed to move around freely, just like the villagers of Lujia Village!"
"Secondly, these next few days, go to the village chief and register your names. Then submit them to the county government. That way, you'll have household registration in our Lujia Village and won't be lonely people anymore!"
When these two pieces of news were announced, the expressions of the refugees varied, but most of them were grateful, especially Hu Yue'er, who almost bowed and kowtowed to Jiang Lingxing!
During this time, Hu Yue'er's belly gradually grew bigger. Because she had no worries about food, her complexion improved a lot. Jiang Ling even specially invited a doctor to come and take Hu Yue'er's pulse.
Hu Yue'er saw everything Jiang Ling did.
She wiped away her tears and turned to the refugees, saying, "Brothers and sisters, we were lucky to meet Sister Jiang. Without her help, you all know what the consequences would have been. I hope there won't be any traitors among us! The current stability is the result of everyone's hard work, so we must cherish it!"
Hu Yue'er's words made all the other refugees nod vigorously.
After all, Lu Family Village still had a village chief, and Jiang Ling didn't want to steal the limelight from him, so she quickly said, "It's all because of our village chief's kindness and compassion! The person we should thank even more is the village chief!"
After hearing this, everyone nodded and expressed their gratitude to the village chief for a long time.
Seeing that the matter had been successfully shifted to the village chief, Jiang Ling quickly continued, "In the spring, the village will allocate some land to you so that you can grow crops and survive in Lujia Village. After that, you'll have to rely on yourselves! As for the land, it can be rented to you temporarily. You can redeem it after the autumn harvest when you repay the loan with the grain. As for the price, you can rest assured, it will be 8 copper coins per mu of wasteland!"
“Our benefactors! Lujia Village is our benefactor! I never thought we would have land again! Rest assured, we will always be of one mind with everyone in Lujia Village! We will never have any disloyalty!” one of the refugees, surnamed Yang, said loudly.
Jiang Ling remembered this refugee; he was very simple and honest, and his carpentry skills were so good that even the village chief praised him!
Seeing that someone had already started, the people around them echoed the sentiment.
Just as the atmosphere was getting heated, Jiang Ling's next words brought it to its climax.
"Of course, I also have something to announce. This is our shampoo factory. Shampoo is probably a very unfamiliar thing to you, but once you use it to wash your hair, your hair will feel absolutely wonderful. Because the shampoo business is booming right now, my factory needs to hire more staff!"
"It's okay if you don't know how to do it, it's okay if you're slow. I only have one requirement for people who come to work here: no cheating or taking shortcuts. If I catch you doing that, you'll be fired immediately and never hired again. Does anyone want to apply?"
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