"Maybe with these rare items, I can earn enough money to build a house next year."

"Oh, by the way, when the weather gets cold, you can also collect poisonous mushrooms and acorns."

The villagers were greatly encouraged by Lin Shuangshuang's words, as this was all extra money.

We will definitely have a prosperous winter this year, and maybe even have enough money to slaughter a pig.

Next, the village chief assigned tasks to each household. Some people reclaimed wasteland, some dug pits, some planted trees, and some built houses...

Although the village chief's arrangements were fair and equitable, some minor problems still arose during the distribution process.

After all, when the passion fades away, it’s time to do the real work, and those with many laborers at home will naturally be unwilling to do it.

"Why should the Hu family, who only provided one laborer, get the same benefits as us in the future?"

"I have eight sons, so I deserve to suffer?"

The village chief was a little troubled, but he had to solve it. After all, this was a real contradiction.

If it is not resolved properly, something big will happen in the future.

After all, this isn't something you can do for just one or two days. If you suffer a little loss, it's fine. This will take five years, and no one wants to suffer for five years.

"Why don't you divide my house and plant peach trees?"

"Anyway, the dividends for peach trees are calculated based on the number of people. Since my family provides the labor, we can get eight shares."

"..."

"But you can't keep planting trees. How many trees are enough for you to plant?"

"Five years?"

Mrs. Zhang was unwilling: "I don't care. I won't suffer that loss."

"Otherwise, my family can provide one laborer, and the rest can go to town to find work. Anyway, we can't work for nothing in the village."

The village chief tried to persuade Mrs. Zhang but failed.

Instead, more and more people are seeking justice, and basically they are those who have more labor force in their families and come to seek justice.

Those who have less labor force at home hide themselves away and dare not come out to attract dislike.

The village chief had no choice but to go to Lin Shuangshuang for help. This kind of thing could not be resolved with just a few words of persuasion.

We must solve the problem in a practical way.

Lin Shuangshuang listened to the village chief's distressed words and said slowly, "It's also my fault for not considering it properly."

"This is indeed a problem."

"But this kind of thing is easy to solve. The more you work, the more you get has always been the fairest way of distribution."

"Families that provide more labor will receive more dividends in the future, based on the number of people."

The village chief was still distressed: "I told them the same thing, but now everyone is scrambling to plant trees, and no one is willing to do the work of digging holes and clearing wasteland."

Lin Shuangshuang explained: "That was because I didn't explain it clearly. There are many ways to make money in the village besides planting trees."

"By then, the money from booth fees, advertising fees, sponsorship fees, ticket fees, membership fees, tuition fees...all this money will be distributed to the villagers on a per capita basis."

The village chief was a little confused: "What are booth fees and advertising fees?"

"People from other villages come to our village to set up stalls and sell goods, and we charge them."

"After all, the new village did not appear out of thin air. It was built brick by brick by the hard work of our villagers."

"The villagers of our village deserve to earn money by setting up stalls, but the peddlers from other villages just come here with courage, without paying the initial cost and hard work, and they can easily make money. Why?"

“Is this fair to the hard-working villagers in our village?”

The village chief frowned and suddenly felt pain in his heart. He felt even more upset, as if the wedding dress he had worked so hard to make was being worn by someone else.

"That's definitely not okay. We've worked so hard to build a new village and attract tourists. Why should we ask people from other villages to make money?"

“Just don’t let people from outside the village enter the village.”

Lin Shuangshuang shook her head: "It's definitely not possible to prevent people from other villages from entering the village. First of all, you can't stop them at all."

"Secondly, if you keep making money quietly and don't let others make money, it will easily attract envy. What if you offend a villain and he burns down the village? Wouldn't all our hard work be in vain?"

"What's more, if we allow peddlers from other villages to come in, the village will sell everything and have a full range of goods, which will attract more tourists."

The village chief understood. This is just like going to a big market. There are many people at a big market because all kinds of goods are available and you can buy whatever you want. Everyone is happy to join in the fun.

On weekdays, there are stalls set up in groups of three or four. Although there is less competition, there are also fewer customers.

"So, as long as we charge a reasonable stall fee, it will be a win-win situation. The peddlers from other villages can make money and don't mind paying a little stall fee. They can just treat it as investment capital."

"In addition, we have to do our job after receiving the money. We have to ensure that the peddlers from other villages are not squeezed out by the people of our village, and we have to clean up the garbage generated by the peddlers when they sell their goods."

The village chief nodded: "Then we are not collecting this money for nothing, I believe they will be willing to pay some money."

"And what are the advertising fees and membership fees you mentioned?"

"For example, if you sell tea and see that there are many scholars here, would you come to promote tea?"

"Of course. Scholars love to drink tea. This is indeed a good place to sell tea."

The village chief's eyes lit up. They could then buy some tea and sell it.

"Mrs. Lin, please continue."

"There are many kinds of tea, right? There must be more than one merchant selling tea, right?"

"If merchants want their tea to be famous and become a household name, do they have to spend a lot of effort on publicity?"

"For example, if your tea is called Biluochun, and you print the three words Biluochun on the tea cups used to entertain guests in Hegou Village, wouldn't your reputation spread quickly?"

"That's what advertising means, to make it known to the public."

The village chief suddenly became very excited: "I understand."

"If the tea merchants want to have the words Biluochun printed on our tea cups, they have to pay us."

"Otherwise, we can print other people's tea, why should we print his?"

“Yes, that’s the advertising fee.”

"Don't underestimate the advertising fee. You can make a lot of money from tea alone. In addition to tea, other things, as long as they are commodities, can be advertised in our Hegou Village, and you have to pay us advertising fees."

“These add up to a lot of money.”

The village chief became more and more excited as he listened. He rubbed his hands and asked, "What is the membership fee?"

"Although our library is open to all students for free, if some people want to take books home to read, or specify what books they want to read, they can have these privileges as long as they pay the membership fee."

After talking about the membership fee, Lin Shuangshuang mentioned the tuition fee.

"There are also tuition fees. The school in our village is not only for people from our village to study, but also for people from other villages to study."

"The school was built by our village. We can charge no tuition or half the price for our children."

"For children from other villages, we should charge as much as we can."

"The money received belongs to the school, not to the teachers. The teachers' wages will be calculated separately."

"After all, the academy was not built by the Master, so they have no right to collect the money."

"Apart from the teacher's salary and the money for maintaining the academy, any surplus will be shared among the villagers as dividends."


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