Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1319 - 1321: Summoning the Villagers
Such a significant matter, of course, can’t be handled by them alone; they must involve the Village Chief of Stone Village.
After explaining it to the Village Chief, he couldn’t stop smiling.
The Village Chief of Stone Village is surnamed Song, about the same age as the Uncle from the Zhong Family. The Zhong Family has been working on the mountain for decades, and the Village Chief has witnessed it, knowing well that the Zhong Family has made quite a lot of Silver from this mountain.
If it weren’t for the accident on the mountain, the Zhong Family wouldn’t be sharing such a great profit with the villagers.
Being able to become the Village Chief suggests that he must possess extraordinary qualities, with keen insight and sound judgment.
This is definitely a great thing for the villagers of Stone Village. Perhaps from now on, their village could become the wealthiest village.
Originally, their village was already doing slightly better than others because of the work available on Stone Mountain.
But ever since the daughter from the Zhong Family married into Yang Family Village, the villagers there started leading better lives one after another.
However, since Yang Family Village only recently found livelihood opportunities, it’s still not as good as Stone Village, after all, Stone Mountain has provided work for decades.
But in his heart, he was still worried that Yang Family Village might surpass them, Stone Village.
Just as he worried, the worst happened; there was a fatality on Stone Mountain, putting the future livelihood of their village in jeopardy.
However, unexpectedly, the Zhong Family offered such favorable terms, and naturally, he was overjoyed.
He, of course, went all out in cooperation, calling the villagers to gather at the big square that very day.
The villagers summoned to the square were quite puzzled, not knowing what the Village Chief intended to say. If it was about recent events, it must be concerning the Zhong Family. Seeing the Zhong Family members next to the Village Chief, they could reasonably guess what it was about. Was the Village Chief going to persuade them to go up the mountain to work on behalf of the Zhong Family?
"Village Chief, why have you called us here, what exactly is going on?"
"Yeah, what’s the big deal, gathering so many people?"
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The crowd at the big square started murmuring; although their voices were low, the sheer number of people made it quite noisy.
Seeing so many people had arrived, Village Chief Song, noticing most household heads were present, clapped his hands a few times to signal everyone to be quiet, "Everyone, stop making noise, listen to me first."
Upon hearing the Village Chief’s voice, everyone fell silent, turning their attention to him, waiting for him to speak.
Once it was quiet, the Village Chief began, "I’ve gathered you all here today to discuss something important, something that offers a great opportunity to earn Silver."
Upon hearing about earning Silver, someone spoke up, "What’s this great opportunity to earn Silver, Village Chief? I see Zhong Lihui from the Zhong Family here, are you asking us to go up the mountain on their behalf?"
This topic was like a trigger, causing everyone to chime in.
"Village Chief, there’s been a fatality on the mountain, we won’t go."
"Yeah, Village Chief, didn’t you see? That boy from the Feng Family died horribly, his arm was chopped off, and his guts were spilling out."
"When it happened, my son was right there and saw it all; he still feels sick thinking about it."
"Don’t talk about it, it’s creepy."
"..." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
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Hearing such discussions made Village Chief Song frown; he hadn’t even spoken yet, and the villagers were already reacting as if he was siding with the Zhong Family. He clapped his hands a few more times to signal everyone to be quiet, "Stop it, everyone. It’s been days since the incident on the Zhong Family’s mountain, let me say a few words about it first."
