When the Village Chief left the Yang Family, he was beaming with joy, but the closer he got to ho, the more his expression beca serious. He was pondering how to make the villagers willingly return the food.
With his hands behind his back, he unconsciously walked to the doorway of his own ho.
The Village Chief’s wife saw him return and hurried to greet him, "How did it go?"
The Village Chief snorted coldly, "Humph, how did it go? It fell through!"
The Village Chief’s wife was very surprised, "It fell through? What happened? It can’t fall through!"
Upon hearing about the failed mountain purchase, the Village Chief’s wife beca anxious. If this fell through, her husband’s chance of getting elected as neighborhood supervisor would be jeopardized.
"Humph, how did it fall through? Isn’t it because of those few villagers causing trouble? Old Yang Family had their eyes on that food and were willing to spend twelve hundred taels to buy the mountain. But after the villagers ddled, nobody wanted that stuff even for two coins. Would Old Yang Family still buy the mountain?"
Upon hearing this, the Village Chief’s wife slapped her thigh, "Oh my, those scoundrels, always ruining things. What do we do now?"
The Village Chief was also furious. These villagers kept creating problems for him, "What to do? I told the Yang Family to have the villagers return the food."
"Return it? Returning it will make them buy the mountain? They know the stuff is no longer valuable." The Village Chief’s wife asked sowhat incredulously.
"This matter is hard to say, but the Yang Family didn’t say they won’t buy for sure. They just said to wait for the return and then we’ll see; there’s still hope." The Village Chief analyzed as he spoke.
Upon hearing this, the Village Chief’s wife’s eyes lit up, hurrying to say, "Well, if there’s hope, then quickly let those people return the food to the Yang Family."
"Don’t rush, let think about how to handle this first." The Village Chief entered the room and sat there; his wife dared not disturb him, so she sat aside, waiting for him to co up with a plan.
A mont later, the Village Chief finally spoke, "Go find those few households where decision-makers can be found and tell them I need to see them."
"Got it, I’ll go right away." The Village Chief’s wife agreed and went out.
It wasn’t long before many people ca to the Village Chief’s house. The intention was for the heads of the households to co, but each family sent several mbers, crowding the Village Chief’s house.
"Village Chief, why did you call us here?" Actually, they could guess roughly why the Village Chief called them, because looking around, there were people from eight households, precisely those who had gone up the mountain for the food.
The Village Chief sat there with a very serious expression, trying his best to suppress his inner anger, and slowly began to speak, "Called you over to inquire about the mountain food; how’s the selling going?"
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expression turned a bit awkward, as the selling was really bad. They initially thought they could make a profit, not caring if they offended the Yang Family. But who could have imagined things would turn out this way?
Seeing everyone silent, the Village Chief nodded to signify his understanding, "Of course, you all made a secret profit, how could you tell how much silver you earned?"
Upon hearing the Village Chief’s words, so villagers spoke up, "Village Chief, how could we have made any secret profit? That food is hard to sell, hardly any of it got sold. We still have plenty at ho. Since it won’t sell, we’re just keeping it at ho to fill our bellies. Village Chief, later I’ll have my little one send you so. You can enjoy a al too."
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