nycdaug Chapter 144 Selling it to you at a low price
Chapter 144 Selling it to you at a low price
In fact, whether you can make this money is another matter. The key is, after Shen Yitian said this, no one is willing to pay five kilograms of fish a month first and then pay fifteen kilograms later.
After one month, each person contributed an extra five kilograms of fish every day, which is no small number.
Over the years, Maidong would fool every time a group of exiled prisoners arrived.
Just relying on the extra five pounds of fish that each prisoner handed in every day, he and his family lived a prosperous life.
At this moment, he looked at Shen Yitian with hatred and anger.
"You are just a prisoner. You have no right to speak here." Mai Dong shouted angrily.
The short man's mother also said: "Yes, I took them in. My family has been fishing for many years and has experience. How can you, a new girl, hand over ten kilograms of fish in a day?"
Song Yuerong found a backer and immediately stood up.
"You don't know, this is the daughter of the Shen family in the capital, she's very delicate. Let alone catching ten kilograms of fish a day, she can't even handle five kilograms. Look at her delicate appearance, she doesn't look like she can fish at all."
She suddenly jumped up, and Shen Yitian was not surprised at all.
After all, this woman has never been content. She didn't jump around for a while, but she was afraid of being beaten.
If she doesn't show off now that she has a backer, then she wouldn't be called Song Yuerong.
The short man's mother patted the back of Song Yuerong's hand and laughed happily.
"Yeah, I just don't like fair and tender women like this. I prefer dark skin like you. You look very capable at first glance."
As soon as these words came out, Song Yuerong's smile froze on her face.
She didn't even know whether she should laugh or cry.
Anyway, in her eyes, the shorty's mother's words seemed to be praising her, but also seemed to be belittling her.
Shen Yitian ignored the two men and said to the village chief Mai Dong, "Don't worry about whether I can catch fish or not. As long as I pay my share every day, that's all that matters."
"If you insist on not paying the five kilograms first and then making up for it later, then as long as you can't pay this share, I will let the village supervisor whip you." Maidong snorted coldly.
These prisoners were placed in the village, so naturally there would be someone to supervise them. The supervisors were two strong men selected from the village, who had no problem taking care of these old, weak, women and children who came from the city.
Shen Yitian nodded decisively: "If you can't hand it over, you can do whatever you have to do."
Maidong snorted and ignored this ignorant woman.
It doesn't matter if she refuses to listen now, she will be obedient after being beaten twice.
As for the others, Mai Dong believed that not everyone was as reckless as Shen Yitian.
Sure enough, none of the others had ever fished before. After hearing Maidong's words, they all lowered their heads and kept silent, tacitly agreeing to pay five kilograms of fish catch for a month first, and then pay fifteen kilograms after they learned how to fish.
However, there were also those who listened to Shen Yitian's words and were unwilling to pay their respects in this way.
For example, Yue Niang, and Song Wanshi and others.
Yue Niang did this out of trust in Shen Yitian, while Song Wanshi and others did it because their families were also in business and they knew that the pit here was too big.
A rough calculation shows that among this group of people, there are about ten people who are unwilling to hand over their catches according to Maidong's method.
This is unacceptable! How much less money will he make in the future?
Maidong's expression was uglier than the bottom of a pot. He glared at Shen Yitian with a gloomy face.
It’s all this woman’s fault!
"Okay, I've made note of all of you who have to pay ten kilograms or more. If you don't pay enough on a certain day, don't blame me for being ruthless."
He snorted and walked away.
The prisoners looked at each other, wondering what he meant by leaving like that.
The short man's mother had already pulled Song Yuerong and said, "My dear girl, I like you the most from the moment I see you. Come on, come home with me, I'll make you something delicious."
After saying that, he looked at Song's mother again.
Shen Yitian clearly saw deep disgust in her eyes.
Why did he still bring her home when he obviously disliked her so much? This is too weird.
Before she could wonder, Mai Dong, who was walking in front, turned around and yelled impatiently at everyone, "Hurry up and catch up! Are you going to mark out the land and build a house?"
When the prisoners heard him roar, they immediately trotted after him.
Many people had been beaten with sticks, and even after using silver, they still had wounds on their bodies. They carried large and small bags, and even though they were in a mess and could not walk, they still struggled forward.
After all, we have been traveling for several months, and who doesn’t want to settle down as soon as possible?
Maybe if you arrive first you can get a good piece of land and build the house more smoothly.
Shen Yitian was still walking at the back leisurely with Yue Niang and her son. She had just said that there were traps in the distribution of shares, and she felt that there would definitely be traps in the division of land later.
As she expected, Maidong took them to a bumpy place with a rocky mountain next to it.
Anyway, there are only a few trees within a few miles around here that can be used to build a house.
Shen Yitian then remembered that she had rarely seen big trees since she entered the village.
The houses in the village seem to be mainly made of mud.
The most important thing is that this piece of land does not look big. If it is divided equally, I am afraid that each family will not get much land.
Shen Yitian and Yue Niang looked at each other. The village chief in front had already started talking about building a house.
"You have seen this land. There are many people and little land in the village, so this is the only piece of land we can allocate to you." Maidong sighed and said seriously.
"But as I said before, you have to buy this land with your own money. As for how much you buy, that depends on how much money you can come up with."
Shen Yitian glanced at Yue Niang, who squeezed the two coins in her hand and mustered up the courage to ask, "Then, Village Chief, how do we buy this land?"
This is what Maidong was waiting for them to ask.
"This land was originally not cheap. But considering that you are all exiled and probably don't have much money, we villagers are kind-hearted, so we will sell it to you at a low price." He looked very kind-hearted.
After hearing this, everyone was eager to do it, and the crowd immediately became excited.
“The village chief is such a nice person.”
"Yes, the village chief is really kind-hearted."
"The village chief is a good man. We must listen to him from now on."
Before they even asked the price, these people were already working like slaves for the village chief.
Shen Yitian's mouth twitched again and again, but she ignored them in the end.
We are all exiled prisoners, who can control who?
Fortunately, Yue Niang and Song Wanshi did not follow the trend.
Maidong just watched everyone cheering with a smile, and only continued speaking after they finished cheering.
"This land, one mu of land is ten taels of silver. How about that? My price is fair enough, right? I don't require each of you to buy a certain amount. Whoever has a large family and needs more land can buy first."
Yue Niang suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Shen Yitian with helplessness.
Ten taels of silver for an acre of land, where does she get so much money!