ch 74 - Crazy News; Everybody Has Their Own Thoughts 7 (1/2)

ch 74 - Crazy News; Everybody Has Their Own Thoughts (7)

“Yeah, Patriarch, please see how you can ask Mr. Cheng to accept all of our youths under his wing. We won’t ask for much. We just want the young ones to be able to pick up a skill so they won’t have to starve in the future. That’s all we ask!”

“All our young ones here are kind of rough, but they have a lot of respect for the Cheng brothers. They will be able to learn and grow so much with them and we will have to worry less. We agree to have them practice martial arts!”

“I agree, all our kids are unruly. So hard to keep them in line. It will benefit them greatly to learn under Mr. Cheng!”

“…..”

Patriarch was very happy listening to the opinions from the villagers. This was the outcome that he had hoped for. He needed everybody’s buy in before he go and approach Mr. Cheng.

Suddenly, he noticed one of the villagers had a scowl on his face and had not uttered a word. He couldn’t tell whether he agreed or disagreed with his suggestion. He couldn’t help but to ask, “Liu Daxiong, what’s up with you? Your wife didn’t tell you you can’t speak, did she?”

Everybody laughed at Patriarch’s words, Liu Daxiong, who was called out, was a little uneasy. Softly, he said, “Uncle Liu, it’s not that I don’t want to send the young ones to practice martial arts, but doing that requires money. As it stands, we can barely make ends meet, how are we going to come up with extra money for this?”

His voice was soft, but everybody heard him clearly. Their smiles faded away. All the families were in more or less the same situations, this will indeed be an issue!

“……”

Everybody quieted down, Patriarch looked at them and said, “Don’t you worry. I will go and talk to Mr. Cheng in person. I am sure we can figure something out.”

“Uncle Liu, we are counting on you!”

“Patriarch, we trust you!”

“Patriarch, we are putting our hopes on you!”

“Uncle Liu, we thank you for our young ones!”