Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1322 - 1324: Three-Day Deadline
In fact, the villagers had already discussed how to answer their questions the night before.
So when facing these questions, Zhong Lihui was quite at ease in answering, "Actually, everyone thinks about it, the venue fee is really not a lot, working together, it’s only five hundred coins a year per person, and when working in the factory, all the big hammers and other tools will also be provided by our Zhong family. The most important thing is, I can guarantee to everyone that you will definitely make a profit this first year, because I already have a deal in hand, as long as you work, you’ll be earning Silver."
Afterwards, everyone asked many more questions, and Zhong Lihui answered them one by one.
He also guaranteed monthly payment of Silver, and promised absolutely not to owe anyone, all of which would be stated clearly in the contract. He also explained everyone’s responsibilities and precautions, in short, everything that needed to be said was said.
The most important point, he even offered everyone two free months. The plan was to start contracting Bao Mountain every spring, working until the end of winter, then re-drawing lots for the next year’s contracting during winter, with personnel changes. Calculating from now, next year’s contracting time would interfere with working time, so might as well give everyone these last two months of the year for free. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Sure enough, everyone was very happy to hear this, and began to get interested in this matter.
Just as Zhong Lihui felt the matter was about to succeed, a voice arose, stirring fear among everyone. This voice was none other than from the old Feng family, and only Aunt Feng was heard shouting, "Have you all forgotten? My son just had an accident on that mountain, do you also want something to happen? Did a little Silver make you all forget?"
Seeing the villagers like this, Aunt Feng was very angry. Her son had just died that way, and the government office had just released the Zhong family, and the mountain was unsealed, now they want to make the mountain big, seeing that the villagers were about to agree, she couldn’t help but voice her thoughts.
"Sob, my son just died in vain like that."
People indeed forgot because the suggestion from the Zhong family was too tempting, and also because of the Village Chief’s words.
But when this matter was brought up again, they couldn’t help but get a little scared, each heart started to feel uneasy again, in case something happened again in the future, what would they do.
Hearing the cries from the Feng family, the Village Chief frowned and said, "Aunt Feng, don’t cry anymore, that matter with your family is already over."
This response made things worse, Aunt Feng transformed into a shrew-like demeanor, "It’s not over, my son was so young, now he’s dead, my son is dead, hasn’t that sounded the alarm for you yet? You all dare to go up the mountain? You’re sending yourselves to your deaths."
Seeing Aunt Feng in this state, the Village Chief couldn’t help but call the eldest Feng son, "Hurry and take your mother home."
No matter what, the Village Chief’s words were authoritative, the eldest Feng son listened and quickly pulled his mother home.
After this little incident, it’s uncertain whether it affected the villagers, but surely it did to some extent, although there’s nothing to be done, as someone had indeed died on the mountain.
Seeing the Feng family leave, the Village Chief said, "Now everyone knows about this matter, go home and think it over, whether to contract the mountain or not. If you decide to, form a group of four, bring the Silver, and come to me to register. The time limit is three days, after three days, the Zhong family will start recruiting people from other villages."
