After entering the house and closing the door, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Through the crack in the door she saw Feng Er's wife walking away, and only then did she dare to speak.

"You're going to kill your whole family, why didn't the Ye family beat you to death?"

At Wang Qiang's house, Mrs. Wang knew that the Ye family was recruiting workers, but when she thought of the pressure her family had suffered because of the Ye family, she was too embarrassed to say anything.

It was Wang Xuening who spoke first: "Mom and Dad, the Ye family is looking for villagers to help open up wasteland and repair the bridge. Why don't we go with them?"

Wang Qiang lowered his head without even a glance. Wang looked unwilling, "The Ye family is just high-profile and wants us to bow down to them. We can't be spineless."

Especially because her two sons joined the army because of the Ye family. Being a soldier, life and death are unpredictable, and it is unclear whether they can come back in the future.

Wang Xue Ning couldn't help but frowned: "Mom, you think too highly of us. Our family is poor, what is there for the Ye family to target?

What they did was because they had the ability. Our family is penniless now. At this time, we should think about how to make money. Why should we be so hypocritical and care about things that don't exist at all?"

Seeing that his parents still refused to give in, Wang Xue Ning continued, "We don't even have a piece of land now. Even if we rent it now, we won't be able to harvest crops until next year. If we don't have money, how are we going to survive this winter? What are we going to eat and drink?"

"Dad, you've been to the county town and Wanning Prefecture, so you should know how difficult it is to find a way to make money. The Ye family is in our village, so we can make money without leaving Changning Village every day. Our family of three can earn forty or fifty cents a day. Where can you find such a good thing?"

Wang had been tempted for a long time, but when she thought of her two sons, she felt awkward and refused to give in.

"Okay, if you don't go, I'll go by myself."

Wang Qiang said with difficulty: "But what happened between our family and her family, if it gets discovered..." Wang Qiang expressed his worries.

"As long as we don't say anything, no one will suspect us. Even if it is revealed, it was done by the two brothers without our knowledge. We didn't know anything at all."

After hearing this, Wang asked again: "But they may not necessarily use us, right?"

Wang Xue Ning had already made up her mind: "We are all refugees, and we settled here together, so we have some friendship after all. I will go to her and tell her now. I believe she will let the three of us go."

This is what Wang Xuening thought and did.

Yu Xiuying agreed without hesitation, and arranged for Wang's mother and daughter to do light work and asked them to help with cooking, since they lived nearby anyway.

Ten cents would provide a meal at noon, fifteen cents would provide a day's work on land reclamation, and twenty cents would provide a day's work on bridge repair.

If you don't want to eat here, you have to pay three cents more a day.

After hearing about the treatment, the people of Changning Village rushed here, fearing that if they came too late, the Ye family would no longer want them.

The villagers were waiting at the door of Ye's house early in the morning. Ye Xianchun looked at the crowd of people.

There was a lot of chatter in the crowd, both men and women were chatting in groups of three or five.

Sun squeezed through the crowd with a smile on her face, and greeted enthusiastically the people she knew in the village.

"You're here too. Yeah, the Ye family has a lot of work to do, so I came to help. I didn't plan to come here at first, because my Da Zhuang can't leave without someone. The eldest lady said it herself, so it would be inappropriate for me not to come."

Her voice was neither loud nor soft enough for everyone around her to hear.

Yesterday afternoon, she happened to run into Ye Xianchun when she went out. Unexpectedly, Ye Xianchun took the initiative to smile at her and said, "Sister Sun, come over to help when you are free tomorrow. We don't have enough people to cook at home, so come and help."

Sun was overjoyed. She had been anxious at home when she learned that the Ye family was hiring. Last time, she had a terrible fight with Ye Shian and his mother because of Da Zhuang's matter, so the Ye family would definitely not want her help.

Even though her husband has already apologized to the Ye family.

The Ye family is not an ordinary family in Changning Village. There are so many people rushing to work for them, but none of them can find a job. Even if she loses face, she is afraid that others will not need her.

When she thought that most of the people in the village came to Ye's house, but she couldn't go, she was so angry. Seeing her son playing nearby, she slapped him in anger. Although she didn't use much strength in that slap, it made Dazhuang feel aggrieved for a while.

But she didn't expect that the eldest daughter of the Ye family would take the initiative to ask for her help. She was so happy that she started showing off early in the morning.

It was very simple for Ye Xianchun to use Sun. Although the two families were unhappy last time, Tian Fengshou apologized, so he could save face. More importantly, Tian Fengshou drove a carriage for a wealthy family, so he might be useful in the future.

Just when everyone was getting impatient, Mrs. Peng opened the door. Behind her, Ye Xianchun walked out yawning. Seeing so many people outside the door, she swallowed her yawn halfway.

Ye Shian glanced at these people and said only one sentence: "Sister, I leave this to you." Then he went straight to Wanning Mansion.

After all, Ye Xianchun had been to a wealthy family before, so he quickly reacted: "Everyone, stop arguing and line up."

Obviously, she didn't expect so many people to come. Among them were people from not only Changning Village, but also people from the neighboring village.

So many people packed the alley, and Feng Da passed by the alley and looked inside, with hatred in his eyes undisguised.

"Ye family, just wait for me."

Ye Xianchun counted the number of people and found that there were more than 60 people. Yu Xiuying couldn't believe it: "So many people came."

Seeing that everyone was still talking in a low voice, Ye Xianchun shouted for everyone to be quiet.

"Okay, everyone, stop talking and listen to me. Our wages here are calculated on a daily basis. You will get a day's pay for a day's work, and you will get a meal at noon. If you don't want to eat here, you can pay an extra three cents."

"I have to say one more thing. If I find anyone slacking off, I will kick him out on the spot without giving him a penny. We are all from the same village, and I believe that no one is the kind of person who would cheat or act cunningly."

Ye Xianchun used both kindness and force, and no one dared to say a word. Ye Xianchun selected more than ten strong laborers to build the bridge, and the rest went to open up wasteland.

Liu originally thought that she and her son would be invisible in the crowd. In fact, Ye Xianchun did not recognize them. It was just that the two of them were sneaking around in the crowd and did not look like good people. Only after asking Zhu Li did he know what was going on.

After everyone was arranged, Ye Xianchun whispered a few words in Zhu Li's ear. Zhu Li nodded and turned to walk towards Liu's mother and son.

Zhu Li called the two men to a corner and said, "We have enough helpers. You two can go back now."

Liu understood what was going on as soon as she heard it. She glared at him and said, "Nonsense. We just said we were going to the next village to recruit people. How come it's not enough? I told you not to bully us, an orphan and a widow. Others can do this job, and we can do it, too."

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