Chapter 450 - Chapter 450: Chapter 437: Good Things (1/2)

Chapter 450: Chapter 437: Good Things

“In short, Uncle, help me gather everyone, I’ll talk to them all.”

Zhuang Jingye lowered his head to ponder for a moment.

Zhuang Qingning didn’t say anything and just asked him to gather the people. This somehow made people feel uneasy.

But then again, this was something that Zhuang Qingning wanted to do, and it certainly wouldn’t be anything bad.

If she said she would explain after doing it, there must be a reason, and pressing for answers might not be appropriate.

Once Zhuang Jingye understood this, he nodded, “Alright, when the rain stops, I’ll gather everyone. Whatever the matter is, you can talk to everyone properly.”

“Thank you, Uncle Village Chief.” Zhuang Qingning smiled.

To be entirely trusted like this, without regard for the consequences, it felt exceptionally good.

However, she would never let this trust be betrayed.

With a smile, Zhuang Qingning bid Zhuang Jingye goodbye and went home.

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The autumn rain was continuous, pouring for two full days.

As soon as the rain completely stopped, and the clouds began to clear, Zhuang Jingye blew the bamboo whistle according to Zhuang Qingning’s instructions, even before the ground had a chance to dry, and summoned all the villagers to the entrance of the ancestral hall.

“Why are we rushed to gather at this hour? What’s going on?” someone asked.

“I don’t know.” a person shook their head beside, full of excitement, “but I think it’s not a bad thing, mostly something good.”

As soon as they uttered these words, everyone around them nodded in agreement.

Take the recent example, the last time the bamboo whistle rang, it was to confront the people of Zhaojiazhuang. Even though it didn’t seem like a good thing, it preserved the workshop in the village, showing outsiders their strength.

After that, the news spreading about Zhaojiazhuang people coveting their workshop’s prescription made Enji Village famous overnight. The surrounding villages all said, “We knew there was a workshop in Enji Village and it seemed profitable, but we did not expect it to make so much money that it would make Zhaojiazhuang envious.”

In the village, the workshop gives priority to hiring villagers and taking supplies mostly from the village. In the future, if anyone’s daughter married into Enji Village, or their son married a girl from Enji Village, they would be relatives. They’d get more benefits if they wanted to sell beans, salted duck eggs or work in the workshop, compared to those with no connections at all.

So these two days, there were many more people coming to greet the village than before. You have to pick and choose before you can settle down. Overall, these are the benefits of confronting the people of Zhaojiazhuang.

If we go back further, the last time they were summoned was to discuss the workshop expansion and the need for more workers.

The time before that, it was about giving everyone dried tofu and mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

And the time before that…

Anyway, every time it was something good.

Everyone had reason to believe that this time Zhuang Jingye summoned everyone to the front of the ancestral hall, there must be some good news.

As for what the good news is…