Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1336 - 1338: Stone Mountain’s Normal Operations

One person leads the way in leasing the mountain, then a second and third will follow.

The news of someone leasing the mountain spread to every household in Stone Village that same day.

As expected, the next day, many more chose to lease the mountain.

In the big square, people could be seen heading towards the Village Chief’s house.

Those who didn’t lease the mountain started speaking mockingly, "Hey, you’re really going to lease that mountain? Someone just died up there, aren’t you afraid? Afraid they’ll come for you?"

"Just wait until something bad happens again, and we’ll see how you manage."

"Exactly! You really are brave. That mountain just had an incident, and who knows when it’ll happen again."

"Can a mountain that had an incident really make money? Instead of earning silver, you might lose your life."

"I think the Zhong Family is just deceiving everyone for the mountain leasing silver."

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Those who wanted to lease the mountain gave as good as they got in reply.

"Stop with your jinxing; nothing’s happened on that mountain for decades, and what happened to the Feng Family’s boy was just an accident."

"Exactly, if you’re not leasing, don’t say such cold words."

"Humph, you say we won’t make silver? Just wait until we’ve made silver and send our kids to school while you envy us."

"Let’s hurry along; they’ll regret it later. Once we’ve made silver, they might not even get the chance to lease the mountain."

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No matter how the villagers gossiped, someone leasing the mountain would lead others to do the same, so the Zhong Family’s leasing went smoothly. In about three days, nearly two hundred people had leased the mountain.

Stone Village was the largest village in the town, with about a hundred households, each with a large population. Unsplit families could have dozens of people.

So even if some families didn’t lease the mountain, many could still be attracted.

Xiaoxiao was very satisfied with this turnout; the remaining people could be sought from other villages.

Moreover, Xiaoxiao had previously agreed to give special privileges to families leasing the mountain, allowing their members to work in piece-rate jobs or as apprentices.

This arrangement was to prevent everyone from avoiding the mountain leasing, waiting instead to do the less dangerous work.

Thus, those families not leasing the mountain wouldn’t get the chance to do piece-rate jobs or apprenticeships.

Of course, due to the incident with the Feng Family’s boy, their family was an exception.

After finishing recruitment in Stone Village, Zhong Lihui took people to other villages for recruitment, and because of Stone Village’s participation, leasing went smoothly elsewhere too.

Everyone paid their silver, and after a day, they drew lots for positions, distributing the locations.

The piece-rate workers and apprentices were also selected, and everyone signed and stamped their agreements.

Though farm work takes a long time, the families leasing the mountain had more labor than just those leasing, so they were given ten days for farm work, and after ten days, everyone started work on time.

During those ten days, the Zhong Family wasn’t idle either; they organized every position. Who would record the stones coming from the mountain to the quarry, who would go outside to attract business, and other related tasks.

After all, this was a major event of starting a factory, and although Xiaoxiao said if it failed, it would be a wasted year, who doesn’t want success?

Thus, Xiaoxiao actively helped her maternal family, giving many suggestions to increase the chances of success.

In this way, unknowingly, after Yang Dong left, Xiaoxiao stayed at her mother’s home for over half a month until everyone started work, and she felt assured enough to leave, thinking she should hurry back as the farm work at home wasn’t finished yet.

But during this half month, a major incident happened at the Yang Family.