The Little Lucky Girl

As the saying goes, when fellow villagers meet, their eyes will be filled with tears, let alone their relatives who have been separated for decades and have tried every means to help them escape from the hell.

Old Man Shi looked at the old man walking in front and thought he looked very familiar. He called out carefully, "Is he my second cousin Shitou?"

Village Chief Shi burst into tears and choked up, "It's me, my fifth cousin. I never thought we would be able to see him alive again."

The two old men hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Other elderly people also found their relatives one after another, and soon the crowd was filled with crying sounds.

The two young people standing by didn't feel that deeply, but they felt it was not good to just stand there, so they tried hard to hold back their tears and shed a few as well.

Later, I found that I couldn't squeeze out, so I looked across awkwardly, only to find that the situation across from me seemed to be similar.

When their eyes met, they both smiled shyly. The older one looked at him and said, "You are my uncle's youngest son, right? How old are you this year? There are three brothers in my family. Let's rank them..."

The relatives recognized each other very quickly and were about to take everyone home for dinner. Village Chief Guo, who was watching the excitement, quickly came to his senses and called out to Village Chief Shi, who was crying loudly.

"Lao Shi, wake up and see how many people you are going to take back with you. You can't recruit them even if they occupy your entire yard."

Village chief Shi wiped his tears and realized that he had the most people surrounding him, including his cousin's family, his wife's family, his cousin's father-in-law's family, his cousin's son's father-in-law's family, his cousin's neighbors... there were at least fifty or sixty people.

Even if the number of people in other families is not as large as theirs, there are at least 20 people. It is indeed inconvenient to invite them all home.

"Old Guo, my mind is a little confused now. Please come and get us a charter." Village Chief Shi said, wiping away his tears.

Village Chief Guo lit a pipe for him to calm down. "Originally, we thought of dividing them according to the closeness of the relationship. For example, your cousin's family will naturally live with you. As for his father-in-law and in-laws, if there is no room for them in other families in your village, you can bring them to live in our village."

"But you heard what Lord Tao said just now. I think since we are going to become a town in the future, we will be one, so we might as well make plans now."

Village Chief Shi exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Okay, Lao Guo, please tell me more about it."

Village Chief Guo gestured on the ground with a stone while speaking, "Look at the layout of our county. The restaurants are all next to each other. If you don't want to eat at one restaurant, you can go to another one. It's easier to do business on the same street than to run a single restaurant because you can attract more customers."

"So I thought, those who are good at cooking or want to start a food business should come to our village. The villagers are now skilled and can help them get started. If you like to grow medicinal herbs and want to learn how to make medicine, you can stay in your village."

"The village will be more lively in the future," said Village Chief Guo with a smile, "but more people means more trouble. The most important thing is where to build houses. Although everyone is satisfied with having a place to stay now, they may not think so in the future. We need to understand more about other people's ideas, which will save us trouble in the future."

"Those who want to do small business can be placed at the head of the village, which is closer to the center of the future town. Those who want to farm can be placed at the end of the village, which is at the foot of the mountain and has better soil than other places. I believe that in this way, no one will say anything else."

Village Chief Shi understood. He took two puffs of his cigarette, slapped his thigh and said, "This is a good idea. Old Guo, you think long-term. Let's give him that thing in advance, oh yes, planning! If the planning is done in advance, there will be no need to worry about it later. I didn't expect that your brain, Old Guo, is getting better and better as you get older..."

Village Chief Guo listened to Village Chief Shi's flattery with a calm face, and his heart was already beaming with joy.

It was indeed the great uncle who had foresight. When they had nothing to do with the recognition of relatives just now, the great uncle called the children to his side and told them about the promotion of the village.

The three young masters were worthy of being from the capital. They quickly drew several plans of the capital's layout for them; Ming Youyou even read out the business secrets of the county town, and only then did they know the ins and outs of it.

The matter of building the house has been settled, and the next thing to discuss is eating.

Village Chief Guo said: "Lord Tao said that he would leave a few big pots for us, but the people from the government office will withdraw first to avoid making the villagers feel constrained."

"I think we shouldn't just entertain your village alone. With so many old people, the wives who cook will be exhausted. Why don't we just put the tables and chairs between the two villages and have a long table banquet to welcome everyone and celebrate properly."

Village Chief Shi was so moved that he was about to cry again. He held Village Chief Guo's hand tightly and said, "I am sorry to trouble your village. I really feel..."

"It's okay. Many families in our two villages have become relatives. We are one family and should not have different opinions." Village Chief Guo said with a chuckle, "If you feel bad about it, just let Ming Youyou live peacefully in our village."

Village chief Shi's clenched hands suddenly loosened. He didn't expect that someone was waiting for him here.

He was groaning in his heart, but what could he do? The other party was providing both manpower and labor, and the help was real.

Village Chief Shi swallowed the cigarette in his mouth with frustration and said sullenly: "Then let the child arrange it himself. I won't interfere."

Village chief Guo was very happy. He saw that the child was living well across the river. As long as Lao Shi didn't instigate him, he would not move back to Dafeng Village. He felt relieved.

After such a long time, the people in Xiaguan Village have figured out what's going on. They can have the life they have today thanks to the child Ming Youyou.

At first they all thought that it was all thanks to the three young masters, because Ming Youyou was too young and was a child who grew up in everyone's care, so it was impossible to associate her with the word "noble person".

But when one village after another came to learn from them and Village Chief Guo passed on his experience again and again, he realized that whether it was the food such as inlaid bean candy, herbal tea, lotus leaf chicken, etc., or the way of doing business, it was all taught to them by this child.

As for Zheng Huan's three young masters, and the guard Jia Er who cooperated with them in Mao Tofu, in fact, they were not easy to get along with. If it weren't for the child to mediate between them, I'm afraid they would not dare to say a word to others until now.

Not to mention that the guards had somehow brought in a lot of ducks this time and asked them to help raise them, and the eggs laid by the ducks would count as their wages.

The villagers were happy to find a side job. They were afraid that the duck eggs would go bad if stored for too long, so they wanted to make salted duck eggs. As a result, Ming Youyou got a recipe from somewhere and taught everyone how to make salted duck eggs. He said that they were especially delicious when mixed with vinegar. Now he has a jar of duck eggs covered with yellow mud at home, waiting to be pickled and tasted.

This child is a treasure, they must do everything they can to keep him.