The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension-Chapter 969 - 945: Unexpected Event

"We are all ordinary folks. Brother Lin, I didn't want to say this initially. Mr. Jiang, out of the goodness of his heart, taught us valuable secrets and methods so we could make money, hoping we could lead peaceful lives. What does Mr. Jiang get in return?

Yet look at you, not only did you take the villagers to work on your own, but also ignored everything. Even when disaster struck you, Mr. Jiang, with great compassion, didn't hold grudges and came to your aid.

We never once calculated what we gained from you. Mr. Jiang said we are all poor commoners, life isn't easy; there's no need to make it hard on ourselves. We should unite as one to lead better lives."

Li Tieniu couldn't hold back these words any longer; he had been holding them in for a while. Lin Dawang disregarded Mr. Jiang's advice and suffered greatly, but Mr. Jiang's kindness must be remembered.

Lin Dawang was overwhelmed with shame, "Mr. Jiang, I was wrong. I, Lin Dawang, swear here today: if I ever do wrong to Mr. Jiang again, may I be struck by lightning, condemned by heaven and earth, and cursed with a son without an anus."

This was the most severe oath one could make.

"Mr. Jiang, I hope you can forgive me and accept us to work with Li Family Village again. From now on, we'll listen to whatever you say. Our two villages, as neighbors, must support each other. Otherwise, the people of Lin Family Village will truly have no other path but death."

Lin Dawang was genuinely in tears, fearing Mr. Jiang wouldn't accept him again. They had suffered severe losses, were as good as crippled, with no manpower or money—soon, the government's tax collectors would be at their door; at this rate, they couldn't overcome this crisis.

If the village faced another draft, they truly would be left with no other path but death.

Li Tieniu, seeing the elders' heartfelt pleas, felt compassion arise in his heart. After all, these people were not bad.

Even though Lin Dawang had ill intentions, it was also because the hard times forced him to.

"We need to sell smuggled salt again. If you want to join, organize capable people to come with us. We must first get through this hurdle."

Jiang Xiaoxiao could see from Li Tieniu's expression that he had already softened his heart, but she wasn't a hard-hearted person either.

Moreover, although Lin Dawang had intentions, the poor common folks couldn't be said to be bad people. It was just that their vision was limited, poverty-stricken; without education, they naturally only wanted to quickly grab immediate benefits.

This time, they learned a harsh lesson, likely they would remember it well.

Lin Dawang and his people were overjoyed and hurried back to the village to make arrangements.

Early the next morning.

Twenty strong men from Lin Family Village set off with horse carriages.

Lin Dawang's body wasn't well yet, so he sent a brother to lead all the strong men to go with the people from Li Family Village.

He made it very clear that upon arrival, they would take orders directly from Mr. Jiang and do whatever they were told.

Absolutely no unnecessary talk.

To avoid offending people.

The village gathered 200 taels of silver, bringing out all the hidden reserves they had.

With horse carriages this time, they were confident in a quick return.

Looking at the village's numerous new graves, the villagers felt uneasy.

Especially Lin Dawang's brother, Lin Erniu, who was leading the group. Seeing now that Li Family Village had a hundred strong men going out:

The mighty parade compared to their sparse twenty people was like heaven and earth. Their once powerful group was now overshadowed to almost nothingness.

Regardless, they now had to rely on Li Tieniu and Mr. Jiang.

Luckily, Li Tieniu and Mr. Jiang weren't narrow-minded; on the contrary, they were extra attentive to them along the way, placing them in the middle of the group for protection.

Lin Erniu and his people felt deeply ashamed, having done such embarrassing deeds, yet receiving such generous treatment in return.

What do you call this? This is winning people over with virtue; this character earned them such admiration that they were in awe.

Only such people deserve to lead.

They smoothly arrived at the salt field, loading up the smuggled salt they needed; both villages had put up considerable silver. Especially Li Family Village, they made a big move this time, taking 2000 taels' worth of smuggled salt.

Ten horse carriages carried this much salt, with the rest of the load on strong men pushing tricycles. These men weren't afraid of hard work, as their days were looking up, they were willing to put in effort for the village.

Especially since they heard the village contained skilled individuals; Mr. Jiang was one such talent. The village chief learned to make snowflake salt with Mr. Jiang's guidance. Having settled here, they naturally became members of Li Family Village.

Contributing to the village brought them future benefits as well.

Traveling miles, fleeing with their families to get here, these people were naturally not afraid of hardship.

The fact that they were trusted to join the village strong men in such an important task showed their value. Although everyone knew selling smuggled salt could lead to execution, they weren't afraid.

After all, execution was death, and without food, they'd starve to death too. If they could live comfortably and eat well, death would be worthwhile.

Jiang Xiaoxiao and Li Tieniu sat in the lead horse carriage, and the journey was smooth without any bandit encounters.

Of course, it was because their massive group looked intimidating, and no bandit would dare provoke such a force of a hundred plus people.

Seeing they were just two miles from the village, everyone relaxed and began chatting and laughing while sitting on the carriages or walking.

After all, since they were so close to the village without incident and hadn't encountered bandits, it meant a smooth and injury-free return home.

Naturally, their hearts were light.

Even the newcomers who joined Jiang Xiaoxiao's group had initially felt apprehensive. The idea of selling smuggled salt was daunting, with the fear of encountering government troops.

Yet the seamless journey back to the village left everyone content.

Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly had the carriage stop because in the distance, Li Tieniu saw smoke rising from the village—it wasn't right; it seemed like the place was on fire.

Everyone's hearts were on edge; Jiang Xiaoxiao and Li Tieniu instructed all villagers to quickly drive the carriages to Lin Family Village.

Lin Family Village had seemed calm and trouble-free when they passed by earlier.

The people of Lin Family Village had already returned.

Their biggest concern now was that the bandits might have targeted Li Family Village.