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The two found a place to sit, and the village chief said:

"Now our Lihua Village has caused such a big stir that the surrounding villages have been asking me about it. They are all very envious."

The village chief was cheerful, with a hint of pride in his tone. Now he had gained enough face in front of the village chiefs of other villages.

Li Qingqing nodded to show that she understood.

Such a big commotion in Lihua Village will naturally attract the attention of surrounding villages.

The village chief continued:

"Even Zhangjia Village next door, which previously refused to merge with us, now claims that Zhangjia Village and Lihua Village are one and the same, hoping we can give them some help. They are so shameless! Shameless!"

"Also, it's said that Zhang Xingyuan used to frequent brothels and got into some trouble. Some time ago, bad guys came to the Zhang family and killed Zhang Xingyuan and Zhang Shi at home. The village chief of Zhangjia Village even sent someone to the Zhou family, wanting you to send some money over, but I repelled them."

After listening to the village chief's words, Li Qingqing pondered for a moment, as if weighing something.

Then she said to the village chief:

"I have an idea. We can agree to merge with Zhangjia Village, but the name of the merged village will still be Lihua Village. You can only be the village chief. There can't be two village chiefs, and they must abide by the village rules and regulations of Lihua Village."

"If the villagers of Zhangjia Village can accept these conditions, we can consider providing the necessary bricks and tiles free of charge to support the construction of the merged village. However, they will need to pay for the land and the wages of the builders themselves, and we will provide the house design drawings free of charge."

Li Qingqing thought that the flat land on the hillside behind Zhangjia Village was originally close to that of Lihua Village.

If Zhangjia Village could be relocated, the combined population of the two villages would be about a thousand people, equivalent to a large village, which would make the entire area more lively and prosperous.

As the population increases, wild animals dare not easily leave the mountains.

Moreover, the original intention of building the brick and tile kiln was to use Lihua Village as a point to lead the whole construction of Qiu Shui Town.

The money used was that of Mr. Liu.

But the village chief didn't know and thought that the Zhou family paid part of the silver and the government allocated part of the silver.

Li Qingqing thought for a moment and then said:

"As long as the people of Zhangjia Village fully abide by the rules of our Lihua Village, we will treat them equally with the villagers of Lihua Village in the future, whether it is building public facilities or developing new industries and providing employment."

The village chief nodded as he listened to Li Qingqing. When Li Qingqing finished, he said:

"Qingqing, you're right. If we don't accept them, what if our river floods in the future and their houses are submerged? We'll have to go and rescue them. It's better to move them up here in advance."

Li Qingqing blinked when she heard this, and thought to herself, only the village chief can think so long-term and comprehensively.

It seems that when I have time, I have to go and see if the river drainage and irrigation need to be improved to avoid possible floods in the future.

After the village chief finished speaking, he asked with some concern:

"We've given Zhangjia Village such a big discount. What if people from other villages get wind of this and want to merge with ours?"

Li Qingqing smiled and said:

"No, people from other villages won't agree to move to our Lihua Village."

How could people in other villages give up their way of life so easily?

Moreover, the merger means giving up some of the original interests, which is difficult to accept in any village. She even suspected that the village chief of Zhangjia Village would not agree.

However, that was not within her consideration. If Zhangjia Village was unwilling to merge, it would be possible to recruit outsiders to move in if there was an opportunity in the future.

For example, Xie Xuan'an insisted on booking a villa near her house.

Li Qingqing looked at the village chief and said:

"After all the houses in our village are built, we can invite people from other villages to visit and promote our bricks and tiles. The first 100 buyers will get a 10% discount."

"If other villages come to us to build brick and tile houses, we can send craftsmen to us and they can pay their own wages. We can provide house design drawings free of charge, and we can also offer a 30% discount on brick and tile materials based on the group purchase price."

A 30% discount is already a great concession. In addition to paying labor wages, the remaining money will be used to build public infrastructure in Lihua Village.

The main purpose is to find the next job for these hundreds of workers while building Qiu Shui Town.

If it is a village far away, Li Tiezhu can lead people to build a temporary brick kiln nearby to solve the problem of transportation difficulties.

The village chief was very satisfied with Li Qingqing's idea.

He thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and said:

"There are still two families in the village. I don't know how to arrange it. Do you have any good suggestions?"

The village chief then introduced the two households:

In one of the households, there was only a 60-year-old woman and a 6-year-old grandson who depended on each other for survival.

The other household belonged to a man whose leg was chopped off by the enemy during military service.

These two families have almost no income and are unable to work outside. Even if we give them land on credit and repair their houses, they may not be able to pay back the land loan in the future.

Li Qingqing pondered for a moment and said:

"Let's build houses for them first. We want to ensure that none of the fifty-seven households in Lihua Village are left behind. Later, I'll open some other businesses so that they can find jobs in the village and support themselves."

Li Qingqing's plan made the village chief's eyes light up. He didn't expect that Li Qingqing not only considered the current problems, but also considered the long-term development of the village.

"Qingqing, you are so thoughtful." The village chief said approvingly.

Li Qingqing smiled slightly and continued:

"You register the residents in the village who are in need. When our village develops well in the future, we will set up a village mutual aid fund, with the villagers contributing funds together, to help those residents who are temporarily in need."

Li Qingqing's proposal made the village chief nod repeatedly.

"Once your plan comes out, the future of our village will be bright." The village chief smiled happily.

Li Qingqing responded modestly:

"Thank you for the compliment, village chief. I'm just doing my best to make everyone's life better."

After the two discussed some implementation details in detail, Li Qingqing hurried home again.

Zhou's mother's leg injury has now healed. When Li Qingqing came back, she was busy cooking dinner in the kitchen.

There were many dried fish drying in the yard.

These small fish were caught in the river by Changshun, Shitou, Dashan and other older children.

Now every household is building brick and tile houses, so these children who learn kung fu stay at Zhou's house during the day except sleeping at home at night.

They felt embarrassed to eat for free, so in addition to learning kung fu, the older children learned to fish using the method that Li Qingqing had taught them before, and the younger children did some work within their ability.

The children's parents sometimes ask them to bring some food from home.

In short, don't let the Zhou family suffer any loss.

Although Changshun and Shitou haven't sold any prey during this period, they haven't been idle either.

Changshun learned how to drive an ox cart from Shitou, and Shitou also practiced basic skills with Dashuang and Xiaoshuang. At this time, they were practicing seriously in the yard.

Everyone was very happy to see Li Qingqing come back.

Xiao Shuang then rushed forward and came in front of Li Qingqing and said:

"Sister, you are finally back. I missed you!"