inspire-indiana Chapter 683 Paying for Meat
Chapter 683 Paying for Meat
When everyone heard what he said, the few people who were with him at the time remembered and pointed at her and started yelling. She was beaten so badly that she could only barely get out of bed yesterday.
At this time, most people in the village got up and gathered in the yard.
The man shouted, "Shut up! If you hadn't been so blind as to try to rob someone, would you have been beaten? This is our boss from now on. Now that you're here, come meet the boss."
The person who just woke up had not figured out the situation yet. He only knew that when he woke up, the boss had been replaced by someone else, and he was shocked.
But due to the boss's usual majesty, he dared not refute and had to do as he was told.
Salute to Zhou Guo.
Except for those who were still outside, more than a hundred people in the village stood up, and the sound of greetings echoed throughout the village.
The old man couldn't help but look at Zhou Guo and whispered, "You are so good. What kind of magic potion did you feed this person? He doesn't want to be the head of the People's Congress anymore and wants to let you be the head of such a big village. You will be the head of the family from now on?"
Zhou Guo whispered, "How else can I get him to drink? I'll bribe him, Master. Money makes the world go round."
The man looked at Zhou Guo and said with a smile: "Look, now you are the boss of our village. What we are going to do next is just a matter of your words. Just tell me."
Zhou Guo looked at the sky outside and said, "In just over an hour, it will be daybreak. This is my first time as the head of the family, and I didn't bring anything for the brothers, so I'll treat everyone to a good meal."
He took out two large silver ingots from his bosom, estimated to be twenty taels, and handed them to him.
"Now ask people to go down the mountain and buy pigs, sheep, rice and wine. Buy as much as you can. Today we will eat meat and drink wine. Send a letter to ask everyone else to come back. I have to meet them. I have to meet everyone in this village."
The man looked at the two silver ingots with shining eyes, and asked unwillingly, "Can you spend all of them? Buy meat and rice?"
Zhou Guo laughed, "You said you are also a big boss, so you feel sad to spend such a small amount of money?"
"No, no, no, I'm not the boss anymore. I'm the second in command. This is twenty taels of silver. How much rice and flour can I buy with it..."
Having said that, he still called a group of people and asked them to go down the mountain with money and torches, and also reminded them, "Use the remaining money after buying meat, rice and noodles to buy wine. Remember not to buy the good ones. A few coins per pound is enough for you to drink."
No one who came down the mountain complained; they were extremely happy. God knows how long it had been since they had eaten meat or drunk wine.
The people who stayed on the mountain kowtowed to Zhou Guo several more times. This time they kowtowed sincerely, and the boss also kowtowed with full sincerity.
Putting aside other things, whoever can give them meat to eat and wine to drink now is their second parent. Don't just call them the boss, you can even call them ancestors.
In the past few years of being locked up in the mountains, all he had to eat was wild vegetables all day long. Occasionally he would hunt a few rabbits and pheasants, and each of them would get one dollar for each head of food. Even though he was a good man, he lived like a monk.
At this moment, the first thing Zhou Guo offered was pork, mutton and wine. In their eyes, he was like a god from heaven. They no longer had any regard for their former boss. They just treated Zhou Guo as their ancestor.
Zhou Guo couldn't help but look at the man beside him. He couldn't see his expression under the light, so he could only say, "Go and prepare it. When the pigs and sheep come back in the morning, we can put them in the pot directly."
When everyone heard this, they all dispersed and rushed to the kitchen to boil the pot, heat water, and sharpen knives. They were more eager than anyone else to eat meat.
But there were still four or five people who did not leave. They stood beside the current second in command, looking at Zhou Guo with hidden hostility in their eyes.
Zhou Guo didn't care and said to the man, "Are these all your confidants?"
The man looked at them, slapped one of them on the head, and said, "Why don't you go and help? What are you doing here? Is there any meat to eat?"
One person said, "Boss, where did this person come from? He came and tried to take your position. Who can be our boss?"
"That's right. If she wants to be our boss, she has to have the ability. Money alone is not enough."
Zhou Guo said: "Oh? If I want to be your boss, what else do I need besides money?"
"At least you can beat me and us. We became the boss by fighting with our fists. You have to beat all of us to become the boss. How can you withstand even one finger of mine?"
Several people looked at her small body with disdain. A baby wants to be the boss?
"The boss coaxes and pampers you, but we don't. If you don't have this ability, get off the mountain after eating this meal, or don't blame us for being rude."
The second in command wanted to speak, but Zhou Guo gave him a look and said with a smile, "What if I don't?"
"Then let's have a competition. If you lose, you have to leave all the money you have and give us... one hundred taels of silver notes, otherwise you can't leave the mountain."
"What if I win?"
"You won? Haha, then you will be our boss. From now on, we will do whatever you tell us to do and follow you wholeheartedly!"
"Okay!" Zhou Guo slapped the kang and looked at them and said, "You said it, so don't go back on your word later."
"Humph, a man should be upright and keep his word."
Zhou Guo's eyes narrowed with smiles, and he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I won't bully you. Go down and sharpen your weapons. I'll take a rest."
The old man was old and had fallen asleep nearby.
A few of them actually went down, and before leaving they said, "Don't blame us for bullying a kid like you, you can rest as long as you want."
Zhou Guo looked at the man next to him and asked, "I haven't asked you your name yet?"
The man said, "My last name is Qian, and my name is Qian Duo. I don't know what to call you."
Zhou Guo said: "My name is Zhou Guo. When will the rest of the people in your village come back?"
Qian Duo said: "They will be back tonight at the latest. The buyers have already gone out and they will be brought back with them. You will be able to see everyone in the village tonight."
Zhou Guo nodded. She didn’t have that much time to waste here. It was a pleasant surprise that she could subdue this group of people in a few days.
Soon, the sky brightened and the ground was filled with rosy clouds.
She stood on the top of the mountain and watched the sun rise slowly from the other side of the mountain, illuminating the entire mountain. The people busy in the village looked at today's sun and always felt that it was particularly beautiful.
Breakfast was thin porridge with pickles. Even Qian Duo, the boss, only added a salted duck egg.
There was also one placed in front of Zhou Guo and the old man.
Although the meal was simple, everyone enjoyed it.
The old man looked at this group of grown men who ate a bowl of porridge and stopped eating. He shook his head and said to Qian Duo, "There are probably not many such poor villages in the world, right?"