The casual life of the flat space

Bai Tieying put his hands behind his back and paced a few steps before continuing, "If no one wants to accept my proposal just now, then I will first talk about how to solve Uncle Chen's problem:

First, I will take back all the remaining chickens from his family. I won't charge for the remaining chickens. I will use them to offset Uncle Chen's medical expenses, labor costs, and feed costs. If he thinks it's not enough, we can talk about it later. I won't waste your time today.

Second, my family has no place to raise these chickens now, so I will send them to Aunt Li's house later, one chicken per household, according to the accounts in our village. You should go and pick them up before this evening. If you don't pick them up by then, they will be given to Aunt Li to raise.

This chicken is not included in the total amount that will be returned to me in the future. It is given away for free by our Bai family to thank everyone for their concerted efforts to protect our Xianhe Village from disasters. Anyone who is not present can help convey this message, so I won't notify everyone one by one.

Third, if anyone doesn't want to raise the sheep before they are ready for sale, or feels that they are losing money, they can just tell me directly, and I will still pay twice the price of artificial feed. There is no need for everyone to be embarrassed by this matter, and there is no need to ruin the atmosphere of our village and hurt the friendship between fellow villagers for a little profit.

If I'm not in the village, I can go talk to Aunt Li and Aunt Chen about this. We can do it the same way as now, one for each family, and the ones that are not taken away in time will be given to Aunt Li and Aunt Chen to raise."

Seeing that everyone agreed that they couldn't, Bai Tieying knew it was time to use the Dinghai Shenzhen, so he said, "Grandpa Wang, please say a few more words to the villagers!"

"Ahem!" Village Chief Wang cleared his throat and then said, "Chen Ergou, do you agree with the solution Tieying just mentioned?"

"I admit it, I endure it, I admit it..." Chen Ergou was beaten so badly that his face was swollen and his speech was incoherent. He couldn't figure out whether he was "admitting" or "enduring".

"Humph, no matter whether you 'admit' or 'endure', this matter is your fault no matter how you look at it." Seeing that he had helped him so much but he still didn't know what was good for him, Village Chief Wang became angry after being suppressed for a long time.

"Your father was pissed off to death by you, a bastard. If it weren't for your elder brother and his wife being filial, your mother would have died long ago! When Old Chen left, your elder brother wanted to split up the family, and I was not happy about it. Now it seems that it's thanks to the split up, otherwise your mother might not have lived to this age.

What do you call what you do? You don't put your mind on the right path on weekdays, but you are very cunning and lazy. Your wife takes care of everything at home and outside with gold ingots. Are you still a man? You have brought shame to the Chen family!

I was a little angry about what Tieying did today. After all, she is a junior and shouldn't have hit you. But now I understand that when our Xianhe Village was in great trouble and every family was united, you came out to stir up trouble. That's unfilial and disrespectful!

You don't have to feel wronged. Everyone knows what happened. Even if you file a complaint with the government, you will still be wrong. Do you want me to bring people to search your house? If I can find fifty chicken bones, I will say that this is Tieying's fault!

Our Xianhe Village has been around for nearly 400 years, and there have been ungrateful people. Our Wang family has always been the village chief, and it is not passed down from generation to generation, but because we can hold the position of village chief steadily, levelly, and uprightly!

The people of Xianhe Village have always been simple and honest. I wouldn’t say it’s the case in the north, but in Shang’an County, our village is one of the few that can be isolated and safe. Most of the time, we have good weather, a good harvest, and can fill our stomachs.

Don't you always go to the county town? Don't you see how many refugees have come to Shang'an County this year? Don't you see people selling their children just for a bite to eat? Don't you see that people are like ants and their lives are worthless?

People should be content and cherish their blessings. For hundreds of years, the people of Xianhe Village have never forgotten to thank their ancestors who traveled thousands of miles to find this Feng Shui treasure land. They have not forgotten how the people of Xianhe Village have worked together to overcome difficulties time and time again, and they have not forgotten every painful experience and lesson. Only because of this can we have what we have today in Xianhe Village!

To be honest, I didn't agree with Tieying when she first said she wanted to sell mountain products, but her family really had lost their means of livelihood. They are all children of Xianhe Village. How could I watch them continue to be naked and hungry, or to live beyond their means?

So even though she said she was repaying her fellow villagers, I still treated her as a child, and thought that we villagers would help each other if we could. But until just now, I admitted that I was wrong. As the village chief and grandfather, I was not as good as a child in understanding the importance of things!

Let's put aside the mountain products for now and talk about the mill! It has been built for a month. Who hasn't used it? How much trouble has the waterwheel saved the villagers? When the canal and reservoir are built next year, how many years of good weather and good harvests will there be?

When Tieying went to the carpenter's shop, I followed her. The idea of ​​the keel turning wheel with a millstone was given by her, and the drawings were also drawn by her. At that time, the carpenter asked her if he could buy out the idea. Guess what she said? "

Without waiting for the villagers to answer, Village Chief Wang immediately responded: "She said she won't sell it! As long as the carpenter can bring this method to more water-deficient villages at a cheaper price!"

At that time, not to mention me, the carpenter was so moved that he swore that if anyone in the village ordered a water mill, he would sell it to them at the cost price with only one tael of silver added! People in our village even only charged half of the price!

What does "one guan of money" mean? That means that more than a dozen people in the carpentry shop worked hard for four or five days, and only received one or two taels of silver. Each person earned less than a hundred coins. If you were given this job, what would you do?

Is it that the carpenter doesn't know how to count? Is it that Tieying finds money too hot to handle? I was standing there and felt so ashamed of being the village chief that I wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into! "

As soon as Village Chief Wang shouted out the last sentence, Bai Tieying hurried to his side and rubbed his chest, fearing that the old man was too emotional. He also advised: "Grandpa Wang, please don't say that. I just have some small ideas. Isn't it just to make the waterwheel cheaper for our village? It's not as good as you say."

"Tieying is a kind and righteous child!"

"There is such a thing here? Village chief, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"Uncle Wang, which carpenter's shop is this? I need to tell my mother's village about this good news as soon as possible!"

"Tieying, don't be so modest, you are just as righteous as your father!"

"Tieying is such a good kid, you are the one who has no conscience, Chen Ergou!"

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