Sun Tiezhu still needed to go up the mountain to find tree roots and help Pei Qian catch bamboo rats and wild rabbits, but he laughingly declined.
A few people gathered a crowd and went to find Sun Lizheng.
Pei Qin hadn't given in, and since the incident with Sun Xiujin, Sun Lizheng had stopped associating with Pei Qin and her family, so there was no good way to bring up the matter.
Sun Lizheng naturally made excuses, telling them it was better to ask Pei Qin, and if she was willing, she would naturally open the workshop.
Then someone accused him of not seeking the welfare of the villagers, claiming that his role as Lizheng wasn't much good. With him as Lizheng, perhaps that's why Pei Qin chose to open the workshop in Fang Family Village rather than starting in the town first. If someone else were Lizheng, they argued, the workshop matter would certainly have been settled by now.
