Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Boss Jin, what brings you here?"

Ruan Xiaoer's wife had met Lao Jin on the mountain before and knew that he was an important accountant. She had even come to greet Ruan Xiaoer and his group.

"So that my sister-in-law can know, today is a big day for the whole Liangshan. My brother asked me to finish clearing the accounts early this morning. Now that everyone is here, let's clear all the accounts from this period."

Old Jin, along with a group of accountants, was moving between the tables, distributing all the recent rewards and other funds from Liangshan.

"Then you can continue with your work. We should be fine here."

Liu was also quick-witted. As soon as she saw that the henchmen behind Lao Jin were still carrying boxes, she knew that this matter could not be delayed.

“Who said it has nothing to do with you? Look, this is also your business, sister-in-law.”

Old Jin flipped through the ledger and took out a piece of paper.

"Ruan Liu, for assisting the kitchen in arranging the banquet and helping to settle the people, you shall receive six strings and six hundred cash. Sister-in-law, please check if the amount is correct. If it is, please sign here."

The waiter behind her handed over the counted money, and Liu looked at the paper in disbelief.

"Really? You pay me to help in the kitchen and give directions? No, no, no, Boss Jin, you'd better put that away. My husband and my two uncles are already paid by the leaders. You can't give our family any more."

Liu couldn't believe that she would actually receive a reward.

“Sister-in-law, how could we dare to fake this? My brother knows perfectly well what he's doing. We don't have the brains to do something like this.”

“Okay, but I can’t write, what should I do?” Liu asked, somewhat troubled.

"It's alright, there's paper and ink here, we can just leave a handprint."

Clearly, Ren Yuan and his team considered that many ordinary people couldn't write, so they had Lao Jin prepare ink pads for them.

Upon hearing this, Liu breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully she hadn't embarrassed her husband.

She immediately pressed her fingerprint on the slip and accepted the reward. Old Jin also said goodbye and left, as he still had many debts to settle. When Liu looked back at her two younger brothers, she found them somewhat stunned.

"Sister, if this were in our family, we might not even earn six strings of cash in several months!"

Liu Jinsheng looked at the six strings of cash and sighed.

The villagers of Shijie are all ordinary fishermen. In recent years, their businesses have been struggling. There are too many corrupt officials, and ordinary people can only barely make ends meet and fill their stomachs.

This is the first time Liu Jinsheng has ever seen so much money in his life.

Although Liu Shuisheng was a little better off, he was clearly shocked. He never expected Liangshan to be so generous.

"Alright, you two should work hard with the chieftain. When you become leaders in the future, it will be a way to give your parents a proper account."

……

At the same time, similar scenes were unfolding at other tables.

"Fourth Brother, do you usually eat this well on Liangshan Mountain? This year's New Year is especially good!"

At Liu Si's table, a young man was asking him a question.

Actually, the dishes have already started to be served, and some tables are already quite full of food, but the banquet hasn't started yet because not all the guests have arrived.

Ren Yuan specifically instructed that this banquet should be simple, with large portions, and that everyone should be full.

But for most people who have long struggled to make ends meet, the food on the dinner table is already a rare delicacy.

“It’s not something we eat every day. When Chief Wang was around, we rarely had this feast, maybe once a year. But now that Chief Ren is here, we eat it more often. We just had this feast a few days ago.”

As an old man who has served as the leader of two generations of Liangshan strongholds, Liu Si has a lot of authority to speak on this matter.

After all, when Chief Wang was in power, Liangshan was used to being stingy. Even when there were banquets, the supply was limited. How could they eat to their hearts' content like they do now?

Moreover, he had become a minor leader of Liangshan in just a few days, something he could never have imagined when Chief Wang was in charge.

"Hey, everyone, start eating! What are you waiting for?"

When Liu Si came to his senses, he found that the group of seventeen or eighteen-year-olds around him were all drooling over the dishes on the table, but none of them touched their chopsticks. It seemed that these young men knew that Brother Si was the leader now, and if Brother Si didn't eat, they couldn't either.

As soon as Liu Si spoke, his voice sounded like heavenly music to them, and everyone immediately sprang into action, picking up the best mutton and beef and stuffing it into their mouths!

Some people even poured wine for their neighbors in a very serious manner, imitating the way elders used to sip wine during the New Year, and solemnly took small sips of the wine in their bowls.

Some people, with tears in their eyes, chewed the meat in their mouths desperately, and even before swallowing it, they kept stuffing it into their mouths.

Some older men have a habit of setting out one or two extra bowls and chopsticks next to them, filling them with food, and talking to themselves.

Many of them, even years later, could still savor the taste of that open-air feast, even though they no longer had to worry about food and clothing.

However, no matter how much they reminisced about it then, they could never recapture the feeling of that day.

Because on this day, what they ate was not just a delicious meal, but also the bitterness of the first half of their lives.

……

"Brother, what are you looking at?"

In front of the Liangshan Hall of Righteous Gathering, Ren Yuan stood by the low wall, looking at the banquet in the distance, listening to the laughter and chatter carried on the wind, holding a cup of wine in his hand, remaining motionless for a long time.

"Ah, Yuan Lang, why aren't you going to drink?"

"If my brother doesn't go, all the brothers will be worried, so I came to see him."

Yuan Lang, holding a bowl of wine, stood behind Ren Yuan with a smile.

"Nothing, I just suddenly felt a bit sentimental."

Ren Yuan pointed towards the banquet below and said to Yuan Lang:

"Do you see those people over there? The existence of Liangshan is for the sake of those people's smiles."

Yuan Lang also looked over. Coming from a lower-middle-class background, he was deeply moved by this scene.

"A peaceful and prosperous world, where people can live and work in peace and contentment, is what ordinary people want most."

After a long pause, Yuan Lang also uttered a similar sentence.

"Yes, why do we go up the mountain? It's not just to satisfy ourselves, but to strive for people like them all over the world."

Ren Yuan turned around and said to Yuan Lang:

"In today's world, corrupt officials run rampant, and the people suffer greatly. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me for saying that this world is dark, but I hope to use my own efforts to preserve a peaceful place for everyone."

"Therefore, I will definitely not take the path of surrender in the future. I will inevitably have to fight with the current court a few times."

"so……"

But before he could finish speaking, Yuan Lang interrupted him.

“Brother, ever since I met you, I have been determined to stand with you through thick and thin. Now that I have learned of your grand ambitions, I admire you even more! Even if you were to conquer the Heavenly Palace, I would be willing to be your vanguard!”

After saying that, Yuan Lang raised the bowl to Ren Yuan and drank it all in one gulp!

"Good bro! Cheers!"

Ren Yuan happily raised his glass.

This world may be tough, but with a group of brothers like this, he is not alone!