After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

At the signal of Village Chief Yang, Father Bai walked to the front. He humbly bowed respectfully to the villagers who formed a semicircle, as a way of thanking everyone for their congratulations.

Then he spoke as if he was giving an inaugural speech, and there was no timidity in his words and actions, as if he had rehearsed it long ago.

But only the Bai family knew the truth, and he just learned the news.

Seeing that everything was almost done, Village Chief Yang began to speak in a deep voice: "This second matter is also a major event related to the future development of Dayang Village!"

"Not long ago, when we sent people into the mountains to look for stone materials, we discovered a coal mine on a nearby hill..."

In the following time, Village Chief Yang told everyone about the discovery of the coal mine.

But the more they talked, the joy that originally came from the Bai family becoming the village head was gradually replaced by solemnity on their faces, and the crowd fell silent for a long time.

This eerie silence was probably what the village chief had expected, so it did not disrupt the rhythm of his speech.

"Everyone should make some honeycomb coal together. We all know the benefits of this thing. It was thanks to it that we were able to survive last winter. Otherwise, I don't know how many people would have frozen to death."

"I, Yang Fuhai, can't make big promises about saving the people, but I can still discuss with the villagers how to make money."

"This honeycomb briquettes business, if it is to be done, it depends on whether everyone wants to do it..."

He slowly lowered his voice, wanting to hear the villagers' opinions.

"Village chief, we are not stupid and we know how to make money, so let's do it!" The speaker was one of the people who discovered honeycomb coal. He had wanted to do this business for a long time.

At this moment, he couldn't wait to express his opinion.

With the first person, there will be a second person speaking.

"Yes, village chief, we have all made this honeycomb coal. We just need to dig some coal, add some yellow mud and charcoal, add some water and stir. It is as simple as a child playing with mud. It doesn't require any money!"

"That's right. Just that one piece can burn for four or five hours. It's much better than burning firewood. Last year, I didn't have to go up the mountain in the snow to chop firewood."

"Your family's is too wasteful. My stove has a small vent and can burn for six hours! I don't need to add fuel to the stove all day!"

"Really? My family will do the same this winter, and we can save a lot of coal!"

"..."

Seeing that everyone was not averse to this business, Village Chief Yang continued, "We can't just mine the coal on this mountain. If the government officials find out, they may take it back at any time."

"I asked Dashan to ask the government. In this case, we can buy the mountain and mine it ourselves. It will be fine and we can eliminate the trouble forever. What do you think?"

Once money is involved, people start to hesitate.

"Village Chief, do we still need to buy a mountain?"

"This will cost a lot of money, right?"

Village Chief Yang replied, "Our place was almost deserted before. The mountain is much cheaper than other places. Besides, since we are going to do it, we should do it properly. We can build a larger tile house at the foot of the mountain. We need a special place to make honeycomb coal and dry it!"

"Buying a mountain, building a house, hiring people, all require money to maintain!"

Village chief Yang did not say where the money would come from, but everyone guessed from these few words that this was an attempt to take the money they earned from selling potatoes!

"Village chief, I remember there is still some silver in the village account. Can't we use that directly?" His family had just sold a lot of potatoes, plus he helped in the Bai family today, so the total income was not small.

But as soon as these words came out, before the village chief could refute, someone stood up and refuted: "How can this be possible? The money in the account must be reserved for the children to go to school, and the teacher has already been found!"

"Yes, I heard that the master was once an official in Beijing. If the children can receive their teachings, then maybe there will be a few scholars among the children in our village!"

Everyone was talking at once, and if you observed carefully you would easily find that those who were talking were all families with children who were planning to send to private schools.

Just when the opinions overwhelmingly favored families with children, families whose children were already grown up but who were not married and had no children began to refute.

"Village head, we should also be fair. It's no problem for everyone in the village to contribute money to build a private school and an ancestral hall. Who doesn't have a child who wants to go to a private school in the future? But the money for hiring a teacher should be raised by all the families who study there every year, right?"

"Yeah, do I have to help other people's children pay for schooling just because I don't have any children these years?"

"If you calculate it this way, then the more children a family has, the better."

"Then we don't have to think about making money by making honeycomb coal. We can just stay at home and have kids with our wife."

"..."

Seeing that everyone's words were becoming more and more extreme and the obscene words were unbearable to hear, the boys from the Bai family reached out tacitly and covered the ears of the girls.

It's not surprising that everyone is like this. This private school has not officially started operation yet, and many details have been postponed for discussion and announcement due to the busy farming season. It is understandable that everyone is having heated discussions about the injustice.

Although the ancients said that suffering losses is a blessing, they never said that you will always enjoy happiness if you always suffer losses!

It's inevitable to feel unbalanced when paying for other people's children's education every year.

When Village Chief Yang saw that the conversation had reached this point, he struck the gong in his hand three times, "dong dong dong", to calm the people who were fighting fiercely on both sides, and then he began to speak.

It was nothing more than clarifying the details of the operation of the private school, including what money should be paid by the village and what money should be paid by private individuals, in order to appease the restless crowd.

But in the end, he brought the topic back to today's main topic: "If you want to keep this honeycomb coal business going steadily, you'll need a lot of money at the beginning. There's not much money in the village account, and each family has a fixed amount of money to pay every year. You know it well."

"When the time comes, we will need the money to repair the ancestral hall and the private school. The money in the account must not be touched!"

It's no wonder that Village Chief Yang is timid. The population of Dayang Village is small, and the money paid by each household is only enough to cover the normal expenses of the village, and it is difficult to have any surplus.

This year they are all newly made, and the cost is even higher.

It is difficult to have more money available in the account now.

"Village head, can't we each go to the mountains to dig coal ourselves? We have all made honeycomb coal, it's not difficult. It's not bad to make some and sell it in the city!"

"Yes, this way we don't have to spend money to buy a hilltop and build a tile house, and we can still make some money, how great!"

Many people don’t like to be disrupted from their comfort zone. They always think that maintaining the status quo and having enough food to eat and having extra money is good enough.

Not everyone likes to stay content with the status quo.

"What's so good about that? Didn't you hear what the village chief said? If you sell honeycomb coal, the government will take your mountain back. What else can you earn besides smearing coal dust on your face?"