Liu Gui Yong and his team started talking at once as soon as they left Big Stone Village.
“Father, that Chen Xiao Mi seems to be very kind, he is not as people say.” Liu Gui Yong’s son Liu Wen said.
They were from a neighboring village called Big Gulf Village, and they had heard Chen Xiao Mi’s story from people who married in Big Stone Village.
Liu Gui Yong nodded. He remembered the scene where he and his teammates were discussing whether they were willing to work for Chen Xiao Mi, and they all agreed to stop on the spot if Chen Xiao Mi was really as fierce as they had heard.
Liu Gui Yong actually found Chen Xiao Mi to be a very kind, polite, and reasonable young man. He had paid them at the end of the day as he had promised. His husband Lu Lin was also kind and generous, he cooked a big pot of porridge with minced meat for them!
It was a long journey, but none of them wanted to stop.
One of Xiao Da Li’s disciples chimed in: “How delicious is that porridge! Do you remember our last boss, he only paid me 15 cents a day, and he only gave me a small bowl of porridge, I had to work on an empty stomach all day. I’m so grateful to Lu Lin for giving us so much food!”
Xiao Da Li was interested in digging up some ‘muddy sticks’ and cooking yam porridge herself, he found the yam porridge Lu Lin cooked for them to be very delicious.
Xiao Da Li couldn’t believe the villagers in Big Stone Village had rejected Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi, they were the best bosses anyone could hope for!
Xiao Da Li and the other disciples were tasked with bringing black bricks to Chen Xiao Mi’s house the next day. The villagers in Big Stone Village asked curiously: “Hey, you two, do you work for Chen Xiao Mi?”
Xiao Da Li nodded.
“Really? Have you guys heard of Chen Xiao Mi before? Hmm, he has some stories….” The villager’s face, trying to intrigue Xiao Da Li.
Xiao Da Li only nodded his head in response. He really had no interest in those made-up stories.
Xiao Da Li really enjoyed working for Chen Xiao Mi, he would not boss them around or pretend to know something he did not actually know, nor would he pick holes just to demand a lower price like the people who used to work for Xiao Da Li.
And Xiao Da Li admired Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin’s intelligence so much when he saw the kang they built, how he wished he could learn from them! But it was too early to bring it up, they didn’t know each other yet.
The villagers became very anxious when they saw Xiao Da Li showing no interest, they babbled: “Did you know he’s a Bio? He has even hunted tigers, he is so ruthless that his family cannot stand him and they have kicked him out! Aren’t you afraid of him?”
Xiao Da Li rolled her eyes and said: “Look, I’m here to work for him, I have no interest in his personal life, he has my respect as long as he pays me as he promised at the end of the day.”
Xiao Da Li did not understand why the villagers were so obsessed with Chen Xiao Mi’s name. There was nothing wrong with hunting tigers, it meant Chen Xiao Mi was brave and strong, and the villagers were envious.
The villagers shook their heads in despair and left.
Xiao Da Li had met some other villagers who tried to convince them that Chen Xiao Mi was evil and they should not work for him. Xiao Da Li was really confused, he didn’t understand why those people were doing nothing but ruining someone’s reputation.
Lu Lin was well aware of the villagers’ behavior and sighed when he saw that no one showed any signs of stopping.
And of course it would be a different story if Liu Gui Yong and his team found the work boring and wanted to find something better, Lu Lin would talk to them openly and let them go if they insisted on leaving.
The villagers became envious when they saw Liu Gui Yong and his team working vigorously, they too wanted to find odd jobs and have some income!
They had tried their luck in the city, but no one was hiring, so they envied Liu Gui Yong and his team. The envy had intensified when they uncovered Liu Gui Yong’s salary!
40 cents per day for Liu Gui Yong, even disciples like Xiao Da Li were paid 20 cents per day! It was the most excellent pay in the market, and Lu Lin even provided food for them!
Voices of discontent were heard everywhere. Lu Lin feigned innocence and said that it was the Village Chief who told him that the villagers were too busy to work for them.
The villagers were jealous of the good pay, and they also coveted kang, they hoped they could learn how to build kang from the couple. So they went to the Village Chief’s house to complain.
They insisted that they should keep things in their own village, and they were more than willing to work for the couple, they asked Zhang Cheng why he rejected Lu Lin without even consulting them first.
Zhang Cheng was furious when the villagers confronted him. He had just assumed that everyone hated Chen Xiao Mi and there was no one wanting to work for him, he was not wrong, but he had underestimated the power of money, the villagers were willing to do anything for money.
Therefore, Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi had a discussion, they were willing to pick six villagers to build a donkey stable and chicken coop for them since Liu Gui Yong and his team had already built rooms for them.
T/N: Moral of the chapter is money over rumors. All hail the Almighty Yuans! Comment below what you thought of this chapter!
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