Chapter 52 pt 2 (1/2)

It wasn’t until villagers came to Zheng’s house one after another to inquire that Zheng Lizheng recovered. He told his son Zheng Gaofeng to ring the gong and call on the whole village to speak.

Not long after, the gong with the big lid under the old locust tree in front of the Zheng family’s ancestral hall was struck, so those who took a nap didn’t take a nap anymore, and those who worked at home stopped working. They all gathered in Zheng Lizheng’s large courtyard.

If there was not enough space to stand in the yard, they stood outside the yard. The trees and walls were full of people. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are three floors inside and three floors outside.

Some people were curious and asked what was going on. Some people told others what they had heard before, so even though Zheng Lizheng hadn’t spoken yet, what he was about to say was already spread out.

In the hall of Zheng Lizheng’s house, another group of people changed at this time. Several village elders from Yuqing Village were all there, and they all had a good reputation in the village.

According to the rules, Zheng Lizheng first told the village elders about the matter, and without waiting for them to discuss and make a decision, he pridefully went out to talk about this matter with the otthers.

Such a good thing is what he, Zheng Li, helped the villagers do. As for the question, why don’t you wait for the consent of the village elders? A shattered fire stick can sell for five hundred taels, not to mention that the small mountain is no better than a shattered fire stick in the hearts of the villagers!

Sure enough, Zheng Lizheng went out to talk, and the villagers had no objection except cheering.

There are more than two hundred households in Yuqing Village. After paying the county government, from the rest of the money, each household can get two liang of silver.

Two liang of silver! In places like the countryside, if you live frugally and eat your own food, you will spend two liang of silver a year, which is still nothing! As for clearing the thorns on the top of the mountain, there are so many people in the village, and one person will clean up a handful of them. That is not a problem at all!

So when Zhao’er came back from outside, she heard the Xue family happily talking about Ming’er going to clean the mountain with everyone.

The Dafang couple was especially happy. Xue Juncai had to spend money again in school, but the old couple had no money. The bride price offered by the Zhao family was ready-made money, but it was a pity that Xue Cui’e, the chicken thief, looked after her bride price seriously.

For this matter, there have been frictions between the DaFang and the main room these days.

After a quarrel, Xue Cui’e also put down her foot. If the old couple dared to give part of her betrothal gift to the DaFang, she will go outside to meet people and say that the sister-in-law’s has eyes on the sister’s betrothal gift money. Because of this threadt, the matter was eventually dropped.

When you think about silver, there is silver to be delivered to the door. No wonder the DaFang couple is so happy.

Third family’s Zhou shi’s face was dark again, and Fourth family was okay, not getting involved. But this time, without waiting for Elder Xue to speak, Zhou shi expressed her attitude very clearly. Her own man was too tired to work in the mountains every day, and so they will not help out in cleaning the mountain.

The third family was not getting involved, and neither was the fourth family. Needless to say, the second bedroom was definitely not going to get involved either!

Father Xue was very pleased, and the Dafang couple were also happy. After being happy, they suddenly turned their heads and thought, third family and fourth family are not getting involved. Who will do the work then? There are regulations in the village that there must be at least two people working in a family.

Father Xue was also a little worried, but the general direction was still right, saying that whoever gets the money will do it. The Dafang couple promised, but they complained to each other when they got back, saying that they had revealed their intentions too early. They should have said things vaguely and had everyone work, and then talk about it when the money is divided.

Not to mention here, Yu Qing Village entered a rare lively scene the next day.