Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1279 - 1281: We Pay Wages

Because Xiaoxiao called out to them, everyone panicked, afraid something had happened, and they nervously looked at Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoxiao was speechless—this really gave the impression of someone acting arrogantly with money. Clearly, the mountain belonged to everyone, and their family hadn’t bought it yet. Even if the food wasn’t returned, the Yang Family really had no right to say anything about others. Now, they’re eagerly sending it back, and Xiaoxiao almost felt like she was bullying them.

However, given the circumstances, she couldn’t ignore the fact that they knew the family had plans to buy the mountain, but still went to harvest it. Xiaoxiao felt a little uneasy about that.

If others don’t trouble me, I won’t trouble others. It’s just that everyone acted first.

But Xiaoxiao wasn’t the kind of person who liked to bully others. Considering everyone’s good attitude—actually returning the items, and not asking the family to pay or compensate them for their work—after this incident, she wouldn’t make things difficult for everyone.

After all, as she mentioned, the Yang Family would still live in this village in the future. They would see each other often.

Indeed, compared to money, she preferred to win hearts through kindness.

Seeing Aunt Li’s anxious expression, Xiaoxiao knew she was worried and put on an innocent smile, "Aunt Li, I just want to say that we can’t take your food for free. No matter what, your whole family spent several days on the mountain. If word got out that you worked for our family for free, it wouldn’t look good for us."

Xiaoxiao’s words left everyone stunned; they didn’t react for a moment and just heard her continue, "Let’s consider that food as our family hiring you to help harvest. Calculate how many of your family went and how many days you worked on the mountain; we’ll pay 20 coins per person per day. I’ll go get the money for you right now."

As Xiaoxiao spoke, she went inside to get the money, leaving everyone staring at each other in disbelief.

Aunt Li was the first to speak to Yang Ming, who hadn’t gone inside, "This is too kind of you. We didn’t mind working those few days; it was just a matter of some effort."

"Yes, how can we accept your silver?"

"Yes, yes, yes, we can’t accept it."

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Although everyone said they wouldn’t take it, they didn’t leave and waited for Xiaoxiao to return with the silver.

At this moment, Yang Ming sighed and still pretended to be in a difficult position, "Oh, actually, I was against this. I didn’t want my wife to fuss over it. If the food doesn’t sell, she’ll be worried and upset; if it sells, people in the village might be envious and cause trouble for her. Do you think our family, living comfortably now, needs to take on this task?"

Although Yang Ming didn’t say it directly, everyone knew that the people in the village he referred to were the ones present. Each of them looked a bit embarrassed. What Yang Ming said made sense, and no family would want to take on such a task. After all, the food wasn’t worth much anymore.

But even in these circumstances, Yang Ming’s wife was still willing to pay them for their work—it was truly not easy—and everyone thought they shouldn’t do such unkind things again in the future.

Without speaking, Yang Ming continued, "Since my wife says to give you wages, everyone should just accept it. She has a good heart and would feel uncomfortable taking everyone’s labor for nothing."

"This..." Everyone still looked unsure of what to do, looking at each other until finally, all their eyes rested on Aunt Li, waiting for her decision.