Chapter 44: Consideration
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“It all thanks to Zhou Lan that we manage to find this plot ofnd that can provide us with the food we need. Zhou Lan, your family did not interact much with us in the past. But in the future, you can alwayse to me!” The vige chief’s wife spoke first.
“Yes! In the past, we only ever interacted with Old Jiang and did not know your family was such good people. You should definitely visit us more often.”
Zhou Lan’s face showed a smile when she heard what her neighbors had to say.
“Mom, are you happy?”
Zhou Lan nced at her without saying a word only showing her smile.
After digging for nearly an hour, more than half of the wild vegetables were in everyone’s basket.
Jiang Xia saw that they almost all of their baskets were full and said, “Aunties, the wild vegetables will go bad if we dig too much. Why don’t we dig up enough tost us three to four days ande back then?”
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Everyone stopped digging as they agreed with Jiang Xia’s theory and rested on the spot. As most of them came to the harvest on empty stomachs, one by one they started taking out some cornbread and started eating.
Jiang Xia was trying to figure out a way to stop these people from spreading the news on this plot ofnd before the vige chief’s wife pped her hand and said, “Everyonee here, I have something to say.”
The vige chief’s wife holds certain status when ites to Tong Shan Vige, especially among the women. After all, there were topics where it was inconvenient for men to speak up, and she was always there to help out.
Everyone walked over and surrounded the chief’s wife.
“We all know what the current situation is like. After such a long drought, the food we have is decreasing bit by bit. If the other vigers find out about this space, how long do you think we can allst with this amount of wild vegetables?”
Upon hearing the vige head’s wife’s question, the few people who were previously excited to show off their harvest lowered their heads.
“Yeah! We cannotst long if people find out!”
“Think about it again. This is a treasurend discovered by Zhou Lan. They brought us here to dig because we helped build the house. If you tell everyone the location, they would all end up being really greedy. What if they are determined to dig everything away?” The vige chief’s wife went straight to the point again.
This mountain belonged to everyone. If the news spread, people from all over the vige will start digging everything up.
Indeed if they were to tell their rtives about this good location, they would get a good reputation. But the end result only meant lesser vegetables for themselves.
“But what I’m most afraid of is that some local ruffians will hear about this and take this ce for themselves.”
The words of the vige head’s wife were the truth. There were no signs of exaggeration. It was not that people did not want to be good people, but they could not afford to be. Between themselves and strangers, they would naturally choose themselves first.
It was the same as how a child will be willing to share if he had hundreds of pieces of candies, but he would not if he only had one piece.
The current situation was simr. Everyone only manage to get what was needed for a few days, they were not willing to share it.
Jiang Xia was really surprised to hear the vige chief’s wife say this and it was what she had in mind.
Originally, she thought that no one would listen to her, but now, with the vige chief’s wife’s speech, there should be lesser news spreading around.”
Everyone seems to havee to a conclusion themselves. Not only did they want to seal their mouths, but they also wanted everyone else to do the same. Seeing that she had achieved her goal, the vige chief’s wife waved her hand and let everyone proceed with what they were doing.
After that, she sat down beside Zhou Lan and Jiang Xia and said with a smile, “Were you two worried about this?”