How could such a considerate husband not move her? Countless tis, when her family questioned her, her considerate husband always stood by her side.
He encouraged her, supported her, and silently did everything for her.
She turned her head towards her father-in-law, "Dad, let’s give it a try. If we can’t dig up water, we can use it to bury pickled vegetables."
Old Mr. Yang thought for a mont, and since it was just a matter of exerting so effort and both the third son and his wife suggested so, he decided to give it a try.
Moreover, the money was earned by the daughter-in-law. Even if it was all spent, it wouldn’t matter much; after all, the Yang Family originally had no money, so he nodded in agreent.
The group continued digging after eating, while Yang Ming and Xiaoxiao went back to hire help, but what they least expected was that there would be a problem with hiring people.
Many people gathered at the village square of the Yang Village, as if sothing had happened.
Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming moved forward to check out the situation, and then they heard the Village Chief’s voice coming from the crowd.
"Everyone, quiet down. Listen to ," the Village Chief maintained order first, and the noisy square gradually quieted down.
Seeing everyone calm, the Village Chief nodded in satisfaction and continued, "I believe everyone has heard that our village’s land has been bought by a wealthy person."
Upon hearing this, the villagers started whispering among themselves; they had indeed heard about this. They wondered who was so foolish; if their village’s land had been good, the entire village wouldn’t have been so poor as to have only earth houses.
Seeing the villagers getting noisy again, the Village Chief imdiately waved his hand for quiet, "Everyone, quiet down. Let introduce, this person next to is Mr. Lee, the manager sent by that wealthy family."
Everyone looked unanimously at the person beside the Village Chief, whom they had thought looked unfamiliar and should be an outsider. They hadn’t expected him to be the manager sent by the wealthy family.
"Mr. Lee has sothing important to tell you, which is great news for you all. So, no more talking."
Hearing the villagers whisper among themselves, the Village Chief furrowed his brow even tighter; he felt embarrassed in front of Mr. Lee as these villagers only knew how to whisper to each other.
After the Village Chief introduced him, Mr. Lee shouted into the crowd, "People of Yang Village, greetings, I am Mr. Lee, sent by the Master. The Master has bought quite a lot of land in this village and needs people to manage it, so today, I am mainly here to recruit workers."
Upon hearing this news, the square imdiately exploded with activity. This was great news; wives were now working at the Scholar’s wife’s place and already bringing ho money. So, without finding so work themselves, they felt powerless. If they could earn money within their village, there would be no need to leave ho, so they all eagerly moved forward.
"We are recruiting temporary workers today to help till the land. The wage is twenty wen a day, and you must bring your own food. Work hard, and we will pick so from these temporary workers to beco permanent workers."
Twenty wen a day was quite similar to what they would make outside, and moreover, it was in the village, and bringing their own food was convenient. Most importantly, it would be great if chosen to be one of the permanent workers.
So everyone squeezed forward.
"I want to sign up."
"Count in."
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This made Xiaoxiao very anxious on the side. Spring had arrived; so families had already tilled their fields and others had gone out to work. The village already had few able-bodied laborers left. If all of them went to till the land for that wealthy family, who would dig her fish pond?
She had to compete for labor, so she shouted to the crowd.
"Everyone, listen to ."
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