"So, you are only doing this to preserve the ecosystem here?" a good-looking young woman among the outsiders asked.
"Preserve the ecosystem?" Miao Xihe asked. "Well, I guess you could say that. I'd like very much to keep this place as it is, and I'm not referring to just nature. I'm also referring to our culture and daily living. I do not wish to see too big of a change in those parts. If changes were to take root, getting back to how things were would be difficult."
"I reckon there are a lot of rumors regarding our village circulating outside, and there are also a lot of misunderstandings."
"There are indeed a lot of rumors, and most of them are anything but good things," the leader, who was tall and stout, replied.
"I can understand why," Miao Xihe said.
"Chief Miao, there are also those from the village who still want to see the outside world," the leader of the outsiders said.
