flstandardbreds Chapter 156 Why, Are You Not Accepting?
Chapter 156 Why, Are You Not Accepting?
The implication of Bai Yongwang's words was very clear, that is, the brothers in their Baitie Village had no food to eat, and if he wanted to help Shen Ruolan, it was fine, but he couldn't do it for free, and he had to provide everyone with at least three meals a day.
Shen Ruolan cursed Bai Yongwang in her heart as an old fox before smiling at him and saying, "Don't worry, Boss Bai. When Ruolan needs your help, she will not treat you unfairly."
"That's great." Bai Yongwang felt relieved to hear that Shen Ruolan would not exploit them.
As they talked, it was already noon. He Gu, who was in charge of cooking, called out from outside the door, "Master, the food is ready. Do you want it brought in?"
Shen Ruolan responded from inside the house: "Bring it in."
"Yes," He Gu heard it and quickly turned to the kitchen, calling her companions to bring the food to the main room.
Today's meal is simple, a boiled vegetable, a steamed smoked fish, and a bowl of pure white rice.
However, even such a simple meal is considered a feast for the Bai family father and son. You know, due to the drought in the past two years, it has been very difficult for them to exchange or steal food.
Although they are the village leaders, their daily meals are similar to everyone else's, either game or wild vegetables.
Of course, they had taken on a large business deal from Shen Ruolan this year, so during the autumn harvest, they also went down the mountain to buy some grains, but they were all taken advantage of by Mrs. Bai, who only put a little bit of it in the porridge every day, causing them to almost forget the taste of white rice.
Shen Ruolan served the meal to the Bai family father and son, and smiled at them, "Master Bai, Master Bai, the conditions in the mountains are limited, and we don't have any good dishes to treat you, so please don't mind."
Bai Zhen took the bowl from Shen Ruolan and said to her with a smile, "Miss Shen, being able to have a meal is already the best treat."
Afraid that Shen Ruolan wouldn't believe him, he continued, "Really, in our house, this bowl of white rice is enough for our family for three days."
Bai Yongwang looked at his silly son who kept telling everything, which made him feel ashamed. He stepped hard on his son's foot under the table and said to Shen Ruolan, "Miss Shen, my son is right. In this barren mountain forest with nothing, it's already very good to be able to eat a mouthful of white rice."
Bai Zhen cried out in pain when his father stepped on him, "Ouch!" He said to him with a look of dissatisfaction, "Dad, you stepped on me."
Bai Zhen glared at his son and said, "Shut up and eat your meal."
After he finished speaking, he gave Shen Ruolan a dry laugh and said, "My son has only grown up but not developed any brains. I'm sorry to make you laugh, Miss Shen."
Shen Ruolan said to Bai Yongwang: "Master Bai is a man of genuine character and straightforward, which is good."
Shen Ruolan was telling the truth. Dealing with Bai Zhen was much easier than dealing with Jiang Dichen or Mu Jinxuan.
Bai Zhen is a straightforward person with no ulterior motives towards others, so it is easy to get along with him.
Of course, it's quite speechless sometimes, like in the morning, when I asked him to throw a bag of explosives and he almost lost his life because of his stupid behavior.
Bai Yongwang was in a good mood when he heard Shen Ruolan praising his son. He put down his chopsticks and said to Shen Ruolan, "Thank you, Miss Shen, for thinking highly of me."
After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "If Miss Shen doesn't mind, let him help Miss Shen in the future."
Bai Zhen asked his son to be with Shen Ruolan, not because he did not trust Shen Ruolan, but because he wanted to take the opportunity to make his son popular with her, hoping that one day, they could become a couple.
But his words had another meaning to Shen Ruolan. After thinking it over again and again, Shen Ruolan said to Bai Yongwang, "Alright, after today, I will prepare to train a team. If Master Bai is not afraid of hardship, you can stay in Fuzhai with us."
Now that everyone's affairs have been discussed, Shen Ruolan no longer hides anything. As long as the other party's requests are not excessive, she can fulfill their wishes.
In her opinion, Bai Yongwang let her son stay in Fuzhai just because she was worried about her, so she let her son work here so that he could know her purpose and movements.
When Bai Zhen heard that he could stay in Fuzhai, he said to Shen Ruolan happily, "Miss Shen, I am not afraid of hardship. I will do anything you ask me to do."
Shen Ruolan responded with an "hmm" and told them to eat while the food was hot.
After lunch, Shen Ruolan discussed with Bai Yongwang and his son the future development direction and division of labor of Nanshan.
Needless to say, Baitiezhai’s main business is iron smelting and forging, with farming as a supplement.
As for the other villages taken over by Shen Ruolan, they mainly engaged in farming. In addition, each village had to send one-third of its people to join the Tiger Roar Guard of her Fu Village according to the proportion of the population in the village.
After a discussion among the few people and confirming that there was no problem, Bai Yongwang stood up, said goodbye to Shen Ruolan and left.
In order to thank them for telling her in advance, Shen Ruolan gave him 500 kilograms of food before leaving. This made Bai Yongwang even more satisfied with Shen Ruolan. His intuition told him that it was absolutely right to follow this young girl.
As he left, he turned back every few steps and warned his son, "Zhen'er, you have to be more diligent here. Don't be lazy, okay?"
After saying this, he smiled at Shen Ruolan and said, "Miss Shen, if Zhen'er makes any mistakes here, just punish him, don't be lenient."
Shen Ruolan said: "Don't worry, Boss Bai. I, Shen Ruolan, will clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. No one who makes a mistake will escape."
"That's good." After Bai Yongwang finished speaking, he left without looking back.
After Bai Yongwang left, Shen Ruolan brought Ji Han and Shen Jing to a thatched cottage. As soon as she entered the house, she said to Shen Jing with a cold face: "Shen Jing, take out the rope and beat him hard for me."
"Yes, master." After Shen Jing finished speaking, he took the rope he had just found and started whipping the village leaders on the ground.
As Shen Jing's rope fell, screams of "Ah" were heard in the room.
The head of Nanshan, holding his injured leg tightly, said to Shen Ruolan with an angry face: "Miss Shen, haven't I surrendered to you? Why are you still torturing me?"
Shen Ruolan pointed at the people around him and said to him coldly, "You found them all. Your surrender does not mean that they will surrender as well. Therefore, if there is anyone who does not surrender, you will also suffer with him to the end."
After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, she continued to instruct Shen Jing: "Hit him hard."
"Yes," Shen Jing said, and then he used all his strength to beat the surrounding village leaders hard.
There were originally a few stubborn village chiefs, but after being tortured repeatedly by Shen Jing, they had no choice but to agree to Shen Ruolan's request.
Seeing that everyone was willing to surrender, Shen Ruolan took out the agreement she had just written and asked everyone to put their fingerprints on it.
After reading the contents of the agreement, several village chiefs who could read frowned and said to Shen Ruolan, "Miss Shen, do you mean that we will have to pay taxes to you every year when we open up wasteland and cultivate the land in the future?"
After hearing this, the other village chiefs said anxiously, "What? Farming requires paying taxes? How is this different from the imperial court?"
Shen Ruolan glanced coldly at the people who were talking, and asked them sinisterly: "Why, you are not convinced?"