She transmigrated into a widow and farmed to raise vests.

The village chief watched Qin Gongzi walk two miles until he was out of sight before turning to the crowd.

"Great news! Great news! Tell your whole family to come to my place. I have something important to announce!"

After finishing his speech, the village chief went home without looking back and waited for everyone in the yard.

Upon hearing that it was good news, everyone quickly went home to inform their families.

Before long, the village chief's courtyard was packed with people.

Those who couldn't squeeze in stood outside the courtyard wall, straining their ears to listen.

"Village chief, what do you want with us all here for?"

"Changfu, what's going on?"

"Everyone's here, village chief, please get started!"

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the village chief slowly stood up.

"Everyone knows who Young Master Qin is, right?"

"Young Master Qin just came to our village and chose that abandoned old ancestral hall. He said he would build a factory there and would consider employing people from our village to make money in the factory."

"Don't you think this is a good thing?"

After Zhang Changfu finished speaking, he looked at everyone with anticipation.

Under his expectant gaze, the crowd began to whisper among themselves.

"That doesn't mean we don't need to go to the dock."

"Then I don't need to go out and find work anymore."

"Great news, of course it's great news!"

Everyone knew that they no longer needed to travel far to find work.

I was naturally happy to hear this news.

"Yes, it's a good thing, so we all need to be more proactive..."

"Are they all here?" The officials walked around the village but found no one.

I didn't expect everyone to be here.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

Zhang Changfu was taken aback when he saw the officials, thinking something had happened.

The officials knew about this, but they couldn't say it in front of so many people.

He reached out and pulled the village chief aside.

The village chief, trembling with fear, asked, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Here's the thing, Lord Zhao asked us to inform you that Stone Village and White Water Village, a total of 102 households, will be merged into Clear Water Village. He asked me to let you know so that we can discuss the arrangements with the village chiefs of the two villages in a couple of days!"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Village Chief Zhang was struck dumb.

"This...this is such a big deal...I..."

Village Chief Zhang was completely caught off guard; this was hardly a good thing.

"The magistrate has given the order; you mustn't fail to handle it properly!"

The officials didn't understand why, but since the magistrate had given the order, they had no choice but to do as he instructed.

"Why is that? You have to tell me!"

The village chief was clearly unwilling.

Their village now has a hundred households. With the two villages merged, how will they be managed?

Not to mention that the people from several villages are not familiar with each other, there might even be conflicts between them.

If several villages are brought together, conflicts are bound to arise.

Although their village is indeed quite large, so many households have come in.

The terrain here isn't very large.

"The magistrate will be here then, so you can just ask him! How would I know the reason?"

He was just a government official; how could he possibly know the reasons behind all this?

After saying this, he didn't even look at the expressions on the villagers' faces.

We rode horses to Stone Village and White Water Village.

"What happened to the village chief?"

You don't look well!

The people at the front were somewhat surprised to see the village chief looking like this.

Judging from their expressions, something must have happened.

"fine......"

The village chief didn't know the reason yet and didn't intend to tell everyone. After thinking for a moment, he said...

"Leave a few people to clean the ancestral hall. Ah Gui, go to town and buy two buckets of varnish to paint the ancestral hall!"

"Is any of you literate?"

Zhang Changfu saw several young people gathered together.

"I need two literate people now. Which of you can read, step forward. Young Master Qin is looking for people who can read!"

When the village chief spoke, Sun Tong and Li Huai, who were initially reluctant to go, stepped forward.

"I can do it!"

"I can read!"

Sun Tong and Li Huai exchanged a smile and stepped forward from among the young men.

Sun Tong stepped forward. "Why does Young Master Qin need someone who can read?"

"How would I know? I'll wait at the ancestral hall in two days."

After the village chief finished speaking, he told everyone to disperse.

Then, remembering something, he added.

"Sun Tong, let me tell you, Young Master Qin is no ordinary person. Don't act like a scoundrel. If you offend Young Master Qin, you'll be the one who fails to accomplish your goal!"

After the village chief finished speaking, he waved for the two men to leave.

Sun Tong wanted to say something, but Li Huai pulled him back.

The two then walked away.

After receiving the news of the village merger, the village chief's initial joy vanished.

For two days in a row, I couldn't eat or sleep, and I just wanted those two days to pass quickly.

Qin Yu first went to Stone Village to find someone in the village who could read.

What a coincidence to see Zhu Dalan washing clothes by the river.

She was somewhat surprised to see Zhu Dalan.

Although I often go back to the village.

However, aside from planting garlic and wheat, they don't appear in the village very often.

Therefore, it is unknown when this person was released from prison.

Seeing Zhu Dalan was somewhat unexpected.

Because Zhu Dalan had lost a lot of weight and looked much thinner than before.

The clothes she was wearing looked very large.

If it weren't for the small mole on her forehead, she almost wouldn't have recognized her.

That's not the point. The point is that Zhu Dalan has bruises on her face.

There were also many bruises on his swinging arms.

This surprised Qin Yu.

Qin Yu was carefully examining her.

She looked up and saw Qin Yu.

However, Qin Yu was dressed in men's clothes at the time.

Although her face was fair, her eyebrows and lips had changed.

He looks like a young master.

Zhu Dalan did not recognize who this person was either.

But when he saw the person staring at him, he quickly lowered his head so that others wouldn't see the wound on his face.

She turned around, her back to Qin Yu.

Continue with what you're doing.

Seeing that she didn't recognize him, Qin Yu ignored Zhu Dalan.

He turned around and went to the village chief's house.

Just like Qin Yu in Qingshui Village.

This time, however, they were looking for the village chief to find two literate boys.

You don't need to get involved in this yourself.

The village chief had met Young Master Qin before, and when he heard him say he needed two literate children, he agreed without hesitation.

After finishing his business, Qin Yu changed his outer clothes and washed his face on the way home before returning.

Time flies, and two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

After changing his clothes, Qin Yu went to Qingshui Village.

Unlike before, the ancestral hall has been renovated.

Although there is still a slight paint smell, it will be fine after two more months of drying.

Before Qin Yu could even take a look, the county magistrate walked in with several people.

The village chief led Sun Tong and Li Huai.

"Young Master Qin, you've arrived!" The county magistrate stepped forward to greet Qin Yu.

No sooner had he finished speaking than several people stepped through the main entrance.

Leading the way was the village chief of Stone Village, accompanied by Wu Dahua and Xu Feng.

Behind them are the village chief of Baishui Village and his son.