Chapter 163: Chapter 159: Relocate the Vige_1


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    Jiang Sang finally understood why the n Leader and the vige elders chose him to be the vige head.


    But was he a person who would easily admit defeat? Definitely not.


    Since he decided to take over Dongchen Vige, he couldn’t back down.


    However, the matter of renovating the houses had to be carefully considered.


    After informing the n Leader and vige elders about his decision at Sun Licheng’s ce, Jiang Sang officially assumed the position of vige head of Dongchen Vige.


    When Jiang Sang returned from the town, Old Jiang immediately asked, “How’s the town?”


    “Some houses have been destroyed, but it’s not severe, though Sun Licheng’s house was burnt down. His family escaped to the mountains just in time.”


    “And what about Doctor Zhang’s house?” Dani worried about Doctor Zhang’s grandson whose birth she had mentioned, regretting if anything should happen.


    Jiang Sang: “Dr. Zhang’s house is fine. I went there once, everything in his house is good, the bandits didn’t invade his house.”


    “That’s good.” Old Jiang was relieved, “No wonder Dacheng said the town is better than our vige, many houses are intact without being burnt.”


    Jiang Sang remained silent, contemting.


    The bandits seemed to have left, but regardless of their victory or defeat, they would surely return. How should the vigers resist them?


    Should his people hide like dogs who have lost their homes?


    Jiang Sang remembered a vige he encountered while fleeing from the bandits a few days ago.


    This vige was built like a small fortress with walls all around. When the bandits attacked, the vigers stood on the walls shooting arrows down, or throwing rocks, sessfully repelling the hundred-odd bandits.


    “Sang, what are you thinking about?” Seeing his third son didn’t respond, Old Jiang asked: “Do you find it hard to be the vige head?”


    Jiang Sang shook his head.


    Today, Old Jiang particrly wanted to chat with his third son, “Then why are you ignoring me?”


    Jiang Sang: “I was thinking, the vige is already almost destroyed, why not let everyone move to South Slope and build houses there.”


    He wanted to build the vige like a fortress, so no matter how many bandits came in the future, they wouldn’t be afraid.


    Moreover, his little girl had mentioned before that the vige would be flooded in the future, even the n Leader’s house would be swept away.


    If that is the case, what’s the point of spending money building houses in the vige?


    So, he must discuss this with the vigers thoroughly. If they want their homes to not be flooded or invaded by bandits, they must build their houses on South Slope.


    But he can’t do this alone, the entire vige has to back him up.


    As long as everyonees, he can organize them to build a fence, which wouldn’t be too difficult.


    “Everyone moving to the South Slope to build houses?” Old Jiang shook his head, “I’m afraid that’s not feasible.”


    Jiang Sang: “It has to be.”


    If they want him to be the vige head, they must listen to him on this matter.


    After making up his mind, Jiang Sang immediately went to n Leader Chen’s house to express his ideas.


    “What do you say? Let the whole vige move to build houses in South Slope?” n Leader Chen frowned: “Then what about here?”


    Jiang Sang: “We can slowly repair it when we have time, otherwise we can only give it up.”


    n Leader Chen sighed: “Let me think about it.”


    “Okay, I’ll go discuss it with others. If there’s anything, I’lle back to talk to you.” With that, Jiang Sang got up and left.


    After seeing Jiang Sang leave, the n Leader’s eldest son scoffed, “Dad, see? He has just be the vige head and he’s already caught up. He even wants us to build houses on the South Slope, I think he’s gone mad.”


    Seeing his father remaining silent, Chen Jiaxing continued: “What were you and the other elders thinking, letting an outsider be the vige head? What good cane to our vige in the future?”


    n Leader Chen gave his eldest son a stern look: “What are you trying to say? What’s wrong with an outsider? There’s no one more suitable than Jiang Sang, this outsider, to be the vige head!”


    “You can’t say that.” Chen Jiaxing couldn’t help but argue with his father: “In other viges, if the father doesn’t do it, the son takes up the position. I think our cousin Chen Shu isn’t bad, why not let him rece the third uncle as the vige head, instead let Jiang Sang be the head?”


    n Leader: “You don’t know shit! Can the vige head position be taken by just anyone you want?”


    “Really, isn’t it?” Chen Jiaxing muttered quietly.


    The n Leader wanted to smack him for being ridiculous, “The vige leader is chosen through a vige-wide election, can’t you realize that? Do you think Chen Shu has what it takes to win the votes of our vigers? Moreover, your third uncle’s life was saved by Jiang Sang’s little daughter. Without Jiang Sang, you would have been chopped up by the bandits!”


    Chen Jiaxing curled his lips, his heart filled with disagreement.


    The n Leader waved his hand, “The decision to move the vige depends on everyone’s consensus. If everyone agrees, you and Eng can move to South Slope. Your mother and I will take care of the old house.”


    “I won’t go! My younger brother won’t go either!” Chen Jiaxing turned around and stormed off.


    Humph! He would never move to South Slope, and his younger brother wouldn’t either. Why should they abandon their grand house and suffer in that damn ce where not even a bird would want to shit?


    The next day, Yingbao took Youyou to the bamboo forest, followed by a bunch of kids.


    Trailing behind the kids were two puppies.


    Yingbao nced not far away to see her dad leading the vigers in measuring thend.


    Yesterday, her dad said that everyone in the vige had agreed to build houses on South Slope.


    So, Yingbao gave him a rough sketch of the n.


    The blueprint was modeled after theyout of the Prefecture City, with rows of neatly arranged houses that were aesthetically pleasing and space-saving.


    Considering this was a vige, every household should have a big, square courtyard, and then a plot outside the courtyard for growing vegetables.


    With only about thirty or forty households in Dongchen Vige, constructing five rows of eight households each would be more than enough.


    Two ponds could also be dug for the vigers to wash clothes and vegetables, and the excavated soil could be used to build the outer wall.


    This was a big project that might take time.


    Hence, the vigers decided to first measure thend for the houses and construct the outer wall gradually.


    If anyone upied someone else’snd during this process, they had to offer an equal amount of their ownnd aspensation.


    Everyone agreed with this rule.


    Therefore, today, everyone in the vige came to South Slope to select a site for their house on the nnednd.


    Yingbao, along with her little brother, Yuanbao, Huzi, and Wei Zhan came to the small melon field within the bamboo forest.


    Interestingly, after these vines were transnted, they not only survived but continued to bloom and bear fruits.


    But the growth was much slower than that in the nutrient-rich soil of the cave dwelling.


    The children turned over the gourd leaves, looking to see if any ripe guava had been missed underneath.


    Jiang Wu and Jiang Jie were counting the young gourds. When they got to the second vine, they were shocked, “Sister! Two of them are missing!”


    Yingbao went over to inspect, “Where are they missing?”


    She really didn’t know how many young melons were left on these vines.


    “They really are!” Jiang Jie pointed at the cucumber vines, “I counted yesterday, there were four on this vine. Now only two are left, and they are the smallest.”


    Jiang Wu echoed, “Yes! I also counted.”


    He had counted together with his brother, and they couldn’t have got it wrong.


    Wei Zhan leaned over, “Could someone have stolen them?”


    Jiang Wu and Jiang Jie pursed their lips, feeling like crying.


    They couldn’t believe someone would steal their gourds. Even the ones that hadn’t grown to full size were stolen. It was really infuriating.


    Yingbao didn’t take it that seriously, saying, “If they were stolen, so be it. Maybe they didn’t know this was our melon field.”


    Jiang Wu frowned, then went to count the remaining gourds on other vines. As he counted, he found that all the bigger cucumbers were missing.


    Not only were the slightlyrger cucumbers missing, even the goose egg-sized melon buds were gone.


    “Sister, a thief has stolen all our gourds.” Jiang Wu looked up and cried.