Wow, this rough-around-the-edges pregnant wife is something else, she's incredibly ruthless!

"Madam, I am willing to follow you, as long as I have something to eat."

"Madam, I... I'm willing too, please accept me!"

"lady……"

Suddenly, more than a dozen people crowded around Meng Tong to pledge their loyalty. Lu Chuan narrowed his eyes, grabbed the whip and vines, and ignored the people lying behind him as he walked over.

Standing beside Meng Tong, Lu Chuan gripped his machete tightly and asked in a low voice, "Wife, are you alright?"

"I am fine."

Shaking his head, Meng Tong looked at Wu Biao, who had spoken first.

The man was very tall, with a determined look in his eyes.

When Meng Tong looked over, his face stiffened slightly, and he said with a forced smile, "Madam, I really admire you. I can help you with things, I really..."

"Why choose me?"

Meng Tong didn't find her attractive, and they probably had ulterior motives for wanting to join her now.

His calm gaze carried an undeniable sense of pressure, which even Wu Biao, a man of considerable experience, found difficult to resist.

After stammering for a while, Wu Biao finally said only one sentence: "I want to live."

This is indeed his truest thought.

Compared to so-called sweet talk, it was an unexpected stroke of luck that surprised Meng Tong.

When the same question is asked of other people, some respond obsequiously, while others remain ambiguous.

In short, he was not sincere.

To be honest, Meng Tong is someone who hates trouble and has never thought about "recruiting more people," since his family can live a good life on their own.

But then I thought, people need to communicate.

Even if she doesn't need it, the children do, and Lu Chuan does too.

Besides, when you're a landlord, how can a landlord personally go down to the fields to do the work? It's always the subordinates who do it.

Meng Tong's mind was immediately opened.

With her arms crossed, Meng Tong asked Wu Biao with a smile, "Are you sure you want to come with me?"

"……Sure."

After a moment of stunned silence, Wu Biao realized what Meng Tong meant. The man immediately knelt on one knee and bowed to her.

This move was too fast; Meng Tong couldn't stop it even if she tried.

Seeing that others wanted to follow suit, Meng Tong quickly stopped them.

"Kneeling won't help. I'll just say one thing."

"It's fine if you want to follow me, but I have one condition."

"What conditions."

Suddenly, the boy who had been standing on the edge was the first to ask the question.

Meng Tong glanced at him and said, "You must obey me completely and never betray me in your life."

"And I have a medicine here that you must take."

"It won't work if you don't betray me, but once you do, I will be tortured to death by having my internal organs burned."

Hiss... I gasped.

Many people have become regressive; they only want to have enough to eat and don't want to entrust their fate to others.

Besides...

Many people are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards Meng Tong's true strength.

Looking at the silent crowd, Meng Tong sneered.

All of this was within her expectations.

Following her is not an easy thing; she's not a garbage collector who takes in just any kind of trash.

One sentence deterred many people, leaving only Wu Biao, the boy, and his sister standing firmly in front of her.

Are the three of you sure?

"determine."

Wu Biao said loudly.

Wu Zheng, who was standing to the side, was extremely anxious and tried to pull him away, but he couldn't budge him an inch.

Meng Tong took out three thumb-sized black pills from his spatial storage and placed them in his right palm, handing them to them.

"Eat it!"

Wu Biao hesitated for a moment, but the boy bravely picked up two.

He and his sister each had one.

Without hesitation, he ate it and then consciously walked behind Lu Chuan to hold the whip for him.

The man was stunned, then realized that this kid was no pushover.

"He really ate it, but he doesn't seem to have any reaction!"

"It burns your internal organs! How poisonous must this thing be! This woman is terrifying, how could this kid dare to do that?"

"Wu Biao can't eat, the escort agency still needs you..."

"Snapped."

With a raised hand and a tilted head, Wu Biao, who had been somewhat hesitant, swallowed the pill as soon as he heard Wu Zheng's words.

Sweetie didn't cry at all. Wu Biao smacked his lips twice and followed behind the boy.

He looked exactly like a bodyguard.

“Very good.” Turning to look at the three of them, Meng Tong nodded in satisfaction. She said, “I hope I don’t have to see you with your internal organs burned.”

Because Meng Tong gave them pills that actually worked.

However, the prerequisite is that her special ability is needed to trigger it.

Betraying her really means death.

……

After that, people came to see Meng Tong one after another, but she refused them all.

Do you really think she's a great philanthropist? Willing to take anyone?

Looking at the twenty-odd people standing in front of me, each of them had a complex expression in their eyes.

Meng Tong had no desire to keep several unknown tigers around him.

Taking a deep breath and looking at them, Meng Tong spoke again.

She said, “Although you can’t come with me, I have a job for you out of pity. If you do a good job, I can guarantee you will survive.”

"What kind of work?"

someone asked.

"Clearing the land".

"Reclaim wasteland? Reclaim what wasteland?" Wu Zheng asked in confusion.

He was tempted when Meng Tong mentioned there was work to be done.

Now that there is a food shortage, they have had enough of gnawing on tree bark in the mountains and now they just want to eat some real grain.

Glancing at him, Meng Tong looked at the others and said loudly, "Do you know Xiangshui Village?"

“I know, my home is there.”

One person in the crowd raised their hand and said.

Meng Tong glanced at him and continued, "Your village has a lot of farmland, and your task is to cultivate all of that land."

"You want to plant it? But we don't have any seeds!"

"Who said I didn't?"

"You...you really have seeds."

The man clearly didn't believe it, because in Laoshan Town nowadays, even a single ear of rice could be picked up and eaten.

How could there possibly be seeds?

Judging from Meng Tong's rosy complexion and Lu Chuan's muscular physique, they... seem to really have the ability.

How much do you have?

“These are not things you need to worry about,” Meng Tong replied. “Just tell me one thing: are you in or not?”

"As long as you go to work, I will provide three meals a day, including meat."

This... is a huge temptation.

Within a minute, more than ten people nodded in agreement, and the remaining one was Wu Zheng.

He actually had his own agenda, but Meng Tong saw through it.

Seeing that everyone else was actively participating, he had no choice but to give up and raise his hand to join in.

Meng Tong had always been concerned about the tens of thousands of acres of farmland in Xiangshui Village.

She had originally planned to go and till the land with Lu Chuan in a few days, but now it seems that all she needs to do is provide some food.

Besides, she does need some help, as having them here would be a potential hazard.

It would be better to send them all to Xiangshui Village to work; if they can survive, she can become a true landlord.

Kill two birds with one stone.