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Seeing him say that, Lin Yuan looked very happy, and then pointing to the several piles of smelly animal dung nearby, she said with disgust, "Everything about this land is good, it’s just that there’s too much dung here.

It makes me want to throw up last night’s dinner.

Here’s what we’ll do, if you quickly move all this dung away, I’ll buy it. "

So it was because of this dung after all!

Lizheng breathed a sigh of relief and agreed readily, "Alright, alright, we’ll move it right away!"

From the beginning, Lin Yuan had mentioned that the smell of the dung was too strong, but they hadn’t expected that it would actually be the reason she would ultimately choose not to buy the land.

The various village chiefs were both amused and relieved, and they echoed the sentiment to quickly get rid of the stinky stuff.

Lizheng called out loudly to He Guangming, who was squatting nearby doing who knows what, "Village Chief He, hurry up, go to your village and find a few strong men, and quickly get this dung cleared! Move quickly, don’t delay Consort Guiren’s time."

He Guangming, without even lifting his head, muttered, "All the men from our village have gone out to work, where can we find strong men? Lizheng, if you’re not in a rush, I can go back and find some old men, how about that?"

Old men?

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but laugh at this moment, finding He Guangming rather amusing.

Lizheng, however, almost vomited blood in frustration.

He had long known that this He Guangming was too direct and had tried several times to strip him of his village chief position, but the villagers from He family village were very united and no one agreed, so there was no choice but to let He Guangming continue as the village chief.

"Enough, enough, don’t go looking for old men and old ladies from your village.

They wouldn’t finish the work until who knows when!

" Lizheng spat out in annoyance, turning to another village chief and ordering, "You go, your village is the closest, go and find a few men to come here, and quickly remove this stuff. "

The village chief’s eyes lit up, and he scampered off, not to call for help, but to whisper something into Lizheng’s ear.

Lizheng frowned impatiently and waved him off, urging him to hurry, "Alright, alright, you’ll get an extra fifty taels."

The village chief chuckled with a ’heh heh,’ cried out ’ay’ loudly, and ran towards his own cart.

However, Lin Yuan, who had intended to deal with Lizheng all along, wouldn’t let him actually go to call someone to work.

And from the whispering between the two men just now, it seemed that not much of the one thousand five hundred taels of silver would end up in the hands of the villagers of He family village.

"Hold on," Lin Yuan called out loudly, "How far is your village from here?"

The village chief turned back and replied with nods and bows, "Not far, not far, only half an hour away."

Half an hour?

Lin Yuan, pulling Xia Zheng along, said, "In half an hour, I could find another piece of clean land. Why wait for you? Let’s go, let’s go, we don’t want this land."

Xia Zheng had not previously discussed this with her, but he had come to understand Lin Yuan’s intention and he looked at her fondly, following her lead.

As the two of them walked away, the faces of Lizheng and the few village chiefs all turned green.

Lizheng gritted his teeth and called out loudly, "Wait, wait, no need to call anyone, I’ll do it myself, do it myself, we will move the dung to another place right now."

With that, he began directing the other village chiefs to get to work urgently, "You two take care of this pile, and you two that pile, you, you, quickly go to the village to find some shovels. Hey, Old He, stop squatting there, clear away these two piles!"

Several village chiefs, having been named by Hua Hui, all started working one after another, while He Guangming reluctantly dragged his feet and was the last to start.

Soon enough, two nimble village chiefs carried back seven or eight shovels from the estate, one for each person.

Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng stood quietly to the side and observed that apart from Lizheng, who wasn’t working, and He Guangming, who was responsible for two of the biggest piles of dung on his own, the others were working in pairs.

How could Lin Yuan not see that they were clearly bullying He Guangming?

Furthermore, from the moment He Guangming honestly introduced the land, both Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng had appreciated this upright village chief and felt an impulse to help him when they saw him being excluded.

Besides, the original plan had been to deal with Lizheng Hua Hui, who ended up being cunning enough to delegate all the work to others while he stood aside giving orders—an astute move!

"Aiyo, why am I suddenly so thirsty? I want to drink water," Lin Yuan pouted and complained with a hint of irritation.

Before Xia Zheng could say anything, Lizheng had already come up with a keen ear, smiling and saying, "Miss is thirsty? Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’ll prepare tea for both of you straight away."

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow and sent Xia Zheng a sweet smile.

Xia Zheng, speechless, shook his head and stopped Lizheng, "How can we trouble Lizheng to go himself? You still need to manage the situation here!"

Feeling important from Xia Zheng’s reliance, Lizheng stood a little straighter.

"Alright, alright, I’ll have someone else go," said Lizheng, pointing at He Guangming, who was bending over, busily working, and yelled, "Village Chief He, hurry, Consort Guiren is thirsty, quickly go to your house and bring some hot tea. Make sure it’s fast, you got that?"

He Guangming had just filled half a basket of dung, furrowed his brow, and muttered something under his breath, plunging the shovel into the ground forcefully before heading toward his oxcart.

As he passed by Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng, Lin Yuan seized the moment Lizheng wasn’t paying attention, and with a radiant smile, said, "Village Chief He, take your time coming back, no rush!"

He Guangming paused, not understanding what she meant.

"Move it, go now!" Lizheng ordered, urging He Guangming again.

He Guangming tightened his lips and continued walking with his head down.

But just as he had barely taken a few steps, he heard the same young lady who had told him not to hurry back speaking to Lizheng, "Lizheng, see, with one person gone, this pile of dung is unattended. Since you’re free, why not help clear it for now!

Once finished earlier, we can sign the lease sooner. "

He Guangming suddenly bulged his eyes, turned his head, and saw Lizheng’s disgusted expression as if he had swallowed a fly, which dissipated a good deal of the sullenness in his heart.