Reborn and married to a stupid scholar, she has a prosperous husband and multiple children

Lin Shuangshuang shook his head and said with a serious face: "Village Chief, I'm not being alarmist, this matter is really too dangerous."

"You haven't seen it with your own eyes. The bottom of the river embankment is really hollowed out, and there is a danger of collapse at any time."

"That's more than a hundred lives."

"If not, you can gather the people in the village and I'll talk to everyone."

"If they still insist on going after I say it, there's nothing we can do about it."

Village Chief Li thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, you also have good intentions."

That afternoon, Village Chief Li gathered everyone together and asked Lin Shuangshuang to speak.

What Lin Shuangshuang said to everyone was nothing more than what he said to the village chief, but it had little effect.

Some families who had a good relationship with the Gu family, as well as those whose families were not very short of money, chose to pay.

There are only a few people in Hegou Village who need to pay six taels of silver like the Gu family. After all, no one has divided their families as early as they did.

Most farmers are members of the same family, so they only need two taels of silver.

It's just two taels of silver, nothing compared to human life.

If it's really as serious as Gu's wife said, then it's money well spent.

It’s just that these are only a minority, and most of them still have no money, so in the end they choose to provide people but not money.

"You're talking lightly. Not everyone can afford two taels of silver. Do you think everyone is as rich as you?"

"If you are really kind, why not lend us some money, then we don't need to help anyone."

The speaker was Lao Hu, Hu Fangfang’s father.

His original intention was to make things difficult, but he didn't expect Lin Shuangshuang to readily agree: "Okay, I'll borrow it."

"Anyone who wants to borrow money should register with the village chief, but the borrowed money can only be used for this labor service."

The villagers were in an uproar when they heard this. They didn't expect that she would dare to borrow it.

"Ms. Lin, do you charge interest on this money?"

"No!"

"Then when will we pay back the money?"

"When the next harvest is good and everyone has no shortage of money and food, it can be harvested this year or next year."

This year's autumn harvest may not be successful. After all, according to the trajectory of the previous life, this flood will be followed by a once-in-a-century epidemic, causing countless casualties.

When the villagers heard this, they thought it was okay. No interest was charged, and the time to repay the debt was not urgent.

If it is really not enough by then, then the entire village will not be able to, and it will definitely be able to go back further.

If the whole village can pay it back, then I can definitely pay it back.

"Do you want to borrow it or not?"

"Is it necessary to borrow it?"

"Would you like to borrow it?"

"I'll borrow it. If I really get wet while practicing, it won't be a matter of two taels of silver."

"Yes, I'll borrow it too. Anyway, when the rain stops, I can earn it back by going out and doing more work."

"She doesn't charge us interest, can we still repay the two taels of silver?"

Everyone was talking about it, wondering whether to borrow money to pay for the labor.

The village chief came over and asked, "Fourth daughter-in-law, have you thought about it? Do you really want to lend money to the villagers?"

"borrow."

"Okay, I'll go back and write the IOU."

That night, the village chief compiled a list of people who wanted to borrow money. In the end, 70% to 80% of the people chose to borrow money.

"Village Chief, there is no need to distribute the money to the villagers. Anyway, you will hand it over to the Yamen in person in the end."

"Some people in the province regretted it after taking the money and went to do other things."

"In the end, all your hard work will be in vain."

The village chief nodded: "What you said makes sense. You can just leave it here and save the money."

"I'll just write down a list of people exempted from labor and notify the village."

"Ah."

"How many households are still unwilling to borrow money?"

"About thirty-eight households."

As the village chief said, he took out a list and showed it to Lin Shuangshuang.

Lin Shuangshuang took a quick look and found that except for a few ruffians with bad reputations, the remaining dozen or so families all had special circumstances in their families.

For example, the Liu family, a single man in his thirties, has a blind mother and a paralyzed father.

In the Song family, both parents are gone, and only a man in his thirties is left in the family. His wife and children are nothing but medicine...

For example, the He family was a gambler when they were young and owed a lot of foreign debt. They have been paying off the debt over the years...

In short, they are the ones whose family conditions are extremely poor and cannot afford to pay back even if they borrow money.

Lin Shuangshuang frowned. Their life was already so difficult. If the only labor force in the family died, wouldn't it mean that the whole family would be destroyed?

"I'll pay for these dozen households."

"Can I trouble the village chief to go tell them and don't let them make any noise when you read the list tomorrow?"

"Otherwise, people in the village will think it's unfair, and may even think that I should pay out the money for the whole village."

The village chief nodded: "Okay, I will go to these houses to sit in a while."

"Then what's left?"

Lin Shuangshuang thought for a while: "You should try to persuade them again. They have money, but they just don't want to give it out on purpose."

"Just like this old man Hu, he yelled the loudest when he wanted to borrow money, but in the end he didn't borrow it."

"Actually, his family doesn't lack these two taels of silver. He just has trouble getting along with me."

"There is also Wang Mazi. He does things like sneaking around and molesting women all day long. He also always bullies my husband-in-law. This kind of person is not worthy of my help."

The village chief nodded: "Okay, you have done your best."

After Lin Shuangshuang left, the village chief went to the houses where the money had not been borrowed and sat down door to door.

For those poor families, he still gave an IOU, but also explained that if he had money, he would pay it back, and if he didn't, he would forget it.

I wrote this IOU just to silence other people.

Those poor households are naturally grateful.

Then Village Chief Li went to the homes of Hu Laolai, Wang Mazi and others to sit and do some ideological work.

But these people did not feel the kindness of Village Chief Li and insisted on providing people but not money.

Early the next morning, it was the last time for the Yamen to collect labor.

After Village Chief Li read out the list of villagers exempted from labor in the village, he went to the town with a dozen people and a bag of money.

When Song Minghao learned that only a dozen people came to Hegou Village, he felt unhappy.

What does it mean?

Not complying with his orders?

Is this challenging his majesty or going against him?

But it was clearly stated in the official document that the money would be paid if no one was involved. People had already brought the money, so even if he was angry, he couldn't get angry in front of him.

I just asked Master to ask Village Chief Li what was going on and why he was so uncooperative?

Or is Hegou Village already so wealthy that everyone is exempt from labor?

Village Chief Li had already thought of his words on the way here and was able to deal with it fairly easily.

But after Village Chief Li left, Master Chen asked Hu Laolai and others again, but their words were completely different from Village Chief Li's.

Hu Laolai even deliberately slandered Lin Shuangshuang for being against the county magistrate, obstructing him in every possible way, and even lending money to the whole village.