Hearing her father's words, Qibao, who had remained rational in both lives, was also a little moved. She threw herself into Xu Laosan's arms and said: "Father, thank you!" She thought this was family affection and fatherly love! What a wonderful feeling it is!
The old man asked: "Eldest and second, do you two couples have any comments?"
Xu Dabo replied: "I have no objection. The family is what it is today because of Qibao. I never thought that one day our family could earn so much money, and I never dared to think that there would be servants around me. I have always treated Qibao as my own daughter, I support Qibao's decision."
Second uncle Xu also said: "Big brother and I think the same way, I have no problem with it."
Although Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li were a little worried, they nodded in agreement.
The old man nodded and said: "The village chief said that after the villagers get off work in the evening, he will call everyone to the ancestral hall for discussion, and everyone will go together."
Mrs. Jin and Mrs. Yin had already prepared the food and put it on the dining table, and the family just started to have lunch.
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In the evening, after the villagers had finished work and had dinner, the village chief beat the gongs and drums and organized the villagers to go to the ancestral hall for a meeting. The people who came were those who could be the masters of the family.
The villagers were all a little surprised, usually not about the survival of the Xu clan or major things, would not meet in the ancestral hall where the Xu clan's ancestral tablets were placed, so they all felt that something big must have happened for the village head to let everyone go to the ancestral hall at night.
The ancestral hall of the Xujia Village was not very large, and the year was not short, it was built with the silver that the Xujia clan had jointly contributed back then, and over the years, the furnishings inside had become very old, but the disturbing sweep was very clean.
The village chief sat at the head, the old man was also beside him, and behind him stood everyone from the Xu family.
At this time, there were densely packed villagers standing around, some even standing outside the door listening.
Seeing everyone gathered, a clan elder asked: "Village Chief, what happened to calling everyone here this late at night?"
The village chief said solemnly: "Yes, this matter is related to the Xu family. I can't make the decision for you, so I will let Brother Xu tell you. This matter may change the entire Xu family village."
Everyone was quite surprised. Looking at everyone in the Xu family, Xu Daniu said: "Uncle, what is it? Just tell everyone."
"Yes."
The old man exclaimed: "It's like this, our family wants to make the Xujia Village a village for vacation and entertainment, in the future. Everyone will be able to make money at home, but we need to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the early stage, so we need everyone to help out together... I don't know if you're willing to do that?"
"What! A village for touring? Is that even possible? Why haven't I ever heard of a village for entertainment?"
"Yes, who among the rich would come to our poor village to entertain? They must have gone to the big city to enjoy themselves. Why come to our countryside for entertainment?"
For a while, everyone expressed their doubts, and suddenly the ancestral hall was filled with voices of all kinds of questions.
The village chief said: "Everyone be quiet. Please listen to what I have to say. It's not too late for everyone to express their opinions."
Suddenly, the villagers gradually became silent and looked at the old man waiting for the next step.
The old man told everyone Qibao's plan in a very emotional way. Not to mention, the old man really didn't read book in vain. He told everyone his ideal and grand plans for the future one by one. Everyone was very engrossed in listening, and unconsciously followed what the old man said, imagining that when their families have money in the future, they can eat meat every day and buy whatever they want.
By the time the old man finished speaking, his mouth was a little dry, and he looked at the villagers, waiting for their answers.
Xu Dafu asked: "Brother, I know you want to lead everyone to get rich together, but what is the success rate of this matter?"
The old man replied: "I told everyone when I was confident. After all, I couldn't let everyone take risks with our family. To put it another step back, even if this thing doesn't succeed, as long as my family has something to eat, everyone can have something to eat."
Xu Daniu patted his chest and said: "Good! Since Uncle has said so, I'll follow him! Anyway, I'm still young and afraid of nothing! If I don't put up a fight, how do I know that I will definitely fail! If I can't, I'll still be living the same life as before, and I won't be any poorer!"
"Yes, I am currently working in Uncle Dashan's greenhouse, and my wife is working in the wine shop. Sometimes I can even get rewards. When I add up to two, I earn more than three taels of silver every month. All of this is given by the Xu family. I believe in Uncle Dashan, and I am willing to follow."
Basically, those who said they were willing were the young men and wives working in the Xu family in the village.
The older ones thought more about it and were a little wavering for a while, but after hearing that their sons agreed, thinking that the Xu family was indeed reliable, they had no objections.
A clan elder said: "Good, you young people will be in charge of Xujia Village from now on, and we of the older generation will support you. Anyway, most of our life has passed and we have not experienced anything. I just hope that you can let your children live a good life in the future. We did not do it when we were young. I hope you can do it. In the future, we can close our eyes with peace of mind even after we die. "
Xu Daniu said: "We rely entirely on Uncle Dashan's family to live a better life. Whatever the Xu family decides in the future, I will be the first to stand up and agree!"
Seeing that he had finally convinced everyone, the old man patted the table proudly and said: "Good! Sure enough, you are a good child of our Xujia Village! I'll put this here today, in the future, when there's food from my Xu Family, we'll never starve everyone."
"Good! I believe in Uncle's words, I thought my life would be so uneventful, but I didn't realize that there was such a meaningful thing waiting for me to do, it's worth it!"
The village chief said: "Since we all agree, in the future, older brother's family will be the main priority, we must be united, no infighting. The Xu family will contribute money, we will provide the effort, folks, it's time to put up a fight for the sake of our children and grandchildren!"
"Right!"
"The village chief is right!"
The old man said: "Tomorrow I'll give the village chief the silver to buy the fields, so everyone just needs to bring the deeds, and we'll collect everyone's fields at five taels of silver an acre."
"This fertile land is only sold for five taels. Uncle Dashan, aren't you at a loss?"
The old man waved his hands and said: "It doesn't matter if I suffer a loss, I can't let everyone else suffer a loss. In the future, everyone will have no land to harvest food, and they will definitely feel uneasy. With the extra money, everyone will buy more food and keep it at home."
"Okay, thank you very much, Uncle Dashan."
The villagers were discussing happily below.
Qibao pulled the old man and said a few words in his ear.
The old man glanced at Qibao in surprise and asked: "Qibao, are you sure?"
Seeing Qibao nodding, the old man coughed slightly and said: "I wonder if everyone at home would like to let their children go to school?"
The crowd fell silent instantly.
A man cried out: "I want to, I dream of it, although we can afford it now, this ink, paper, and inkstone are really too expensive."
The old man said: "So I plan to build an academy in the village so that the children in the village can read and learn at home without charging any tuition fees. I have also prepared pens, inks, paper and inkstones for the children. It would be great if the children can excel in this area. If not, our Xu family will arrange work for them in the future. What do you think?"