Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 222 Silly Girl

Shen Fuyu's mouth twitched, and her eyes were extremely complicated. She glanced at the village chief. How could she not see it? The village chief was also a senior actor. Look, he had the villagers stunned.

"Yes, some time ago, I asked my mother's family to buy some food for us. My brother secretly told me that the head of the neighboring village held a meeting to warn them that they were not allowed to have any contact with Dahe Village. If they were discovered, they would be expelled from the village."

"They're deliberately trying to kill us. Being possessed by monsters is already pitiful enough, and the other villages won't sell us food. We don't need monsters at all. They'll starve us to death."

For a moment, the crowd was filled with negative emotions, and seeing that the crowd was about to riot, the village chief quickly spoke again.

"Everyone, please be patient."

"Heaven has a conscience. When a door closes, a window opens."

"Look, Erhua met a conscientious master, who specially sent people to Erhua to visit relatives."

The village chief changed the subject and patiently described Shen Yi as a hermit. He also made up a story that Shen Fuyu had saved the master's life, so he was particularly valued by the master, who specially sent people to protect Shen Fuyu.

"Last night, Erhua came back and noticed something was wrong with the village, so she went to the riverbank with Lord Shen to check on the situation. Guess what? Lord Shen fought a monster, but the monster was no match for him and had one of its legs chopped off. Now it's hiding at the bottom of the river recovering from its injuries."

Everyone believed the village chief's words without a doubt and looked at Shen Fuyu expectantly.

"Is the monster dead?"

The crowd suddenly quieted down, looking at Shen Fuyu expectantly, waiting for a satisfactory answer.

Shen Fuyu didn't say anything, so the village chief took over the conversation and turned the topic to the issue of draining the river.

"What!? Drain the river? Isn't Lord Shen very capable? Why can't he lure the monster out?"

"Come on, the monster isn't stupid. How could it be fooled? Since the monster is good at making trouble at the bottom of the river, it won't come up easily."

"The river water is the resource that Dahe Village relies on for survival. Wouldn't it be a shame to just drain the river like this?"

"What a pity! The river has been taken over by monsters, how dare you carry water to drink? Even if we take a step back, it's still uncertain whether we can survive. You are still reluctant to give up the river water. If you delay any further, you will lose your life!"

The villagers erupted in a heated argument.

The village chief stood silently by and did not get involved.

"I don't care what you think. I strongly support draining the river. As long as I can survive, I can accept going far away to fetch water in the future."

"What is river water compared to life?"

"Village Chief, I support draining the river! As long as Lord Shen can kill the monster, it doesn't matter if we suffer a little."

At this time, the village chief spoke calmly.

"The river water is the common property of the village, so naturally we all need to discuss it together. Now, those who support draining the river, please raise your hands."

There were about three or four hundred people, and a large number of them raised their hands.

The village chief tried hard to suppress the corner of his lips and pretended to be profound, "Okay, the minority obeys the majority. Everyone go back and prepare your things."

"Meet at the riverbank in half an hour."

The village chief made arrangements in an orderly manner, and the villagers immediately started to carry them out.

The efficiency was so high that Shen Fuyu was stunned.

No wonder in ancient times, the village chief had an extremely high status among the villagers.

If you weren't so poor, you could be called a local emperor.

……

Here.

Shen Mengwu also successfully gathered a large group of people.

"What do you mean by going to Dahe Village? I won't do it. Dahe Village has been cursed by the gods. There are monsters in it."

The young man holding a shovel in his hand noticed that the direction was wrong and immediately questioned it. When the others heard the three words "Dahe Village", their faces changed and they immediately threw their tools on the ground and glared at Shen Mengwu.

"Miss, why do you lie?"

Shen Mengwu frowned, "When did I lie? I only mentioned one tael of silver per person, and before I even finished speaking, you took the initiative to agree, and even called your family to come along."

"We don't care. If you had told us it was Dahe Village earlier, we wouldn't have agreed. It's really bad luck." "That's right, miss, you have to give us some mental damage compensation. The villagers of Dahe Village are all disaster stars. If we go in, we will definitely not end well."

Shen Mengwu rolled her eyes.

"I don't know what's a disaster or not, but I'm just asking, who's willing to go with me to Dahe Village to drain the river? Five taels of silver per person."

Time was urgent, Shen Mengwu didn't want to say much, so she just threw money at him.

It was a famine year, and it was a problem for ordinary people whether they could have enough food to eat, let alone make money. It was considered a lot if they could save a hundred dollars in a year.

Everyone looked at each other and felt a little moved.

However, the situation in Dahe Village is strange. If you go there, it is even a question whether you can survive. Do you really want to sell your life for such a small amount of money?
Shen Mengwu glanced around and noticed that many young men were hesitating.

She continued, "Twenty taels of silver. I'll pay a deposit of five taels first."

People are starving to death.

Why bother with these things?
"Miss, I'll go!"

That's twenty taels of silver. Even if I leave it to my family after I die, they can live a peaceful and stable life.

"Miss, I'll go too. I'm a man, I have plenty of yang energy, so I'm not afraid of any monsters. As for the heavenly punishment, we haven't done anything wrong."

Suddenly, everyone crowded in front of Shen Mengwu and rushed to sign up. Shen Mengwu calmed everyone down, directed them to line up in a long line, and gave each person five taels of silver.

The young and middle-aged man happily followed Shen Mengwu.

Shen Mengwu raised her chin proudly. There is nothing in this world that money can't do.

If there is, it must be because there is not enough silver.

……

Dahe Village.

River bank.

The villagers have gathered together and made water pipes out of bamboo to pump river water out.

Those who don’t have water pipes use wooden buckets to scoop water out little by little.

Shen Mengwu led the young and middle-aged men over and saw this scene.

The villagers noticed the movement and unconsciously stopped what they were doing, looking at Shen Mengwu with shocked expressions.

This is, what is going on?
Shen Fuyu spoke at the right moment, "Village Chief, this is the Second Young Lady."

"The second young lady understands the villagers' hard work and has specially gone outside to invite people to help."

The village chief was stunned and looked at Shen Fuyu in disbelief.

"Erhua, you're thoughtful."

Shen Mengwu ran to Shen Fuyu happily, looking like she was asking for praise.

"Shen Fuyu, I'm awesome, right?"

Shen Fuyu gave a thumbs up, "Awu is awesome."

Shen Mengwu unconsciously straightened her back and instructed the young man, "Hurry up and pump water from the river. Finish the job quickly so we can pay you."

Glancing at the villagers from the corner of her eye, Shen Mengwu silently added another sentence.

“The same goes for the villagers of Dahe Village.”

"As long as you participate in draining the river, each person will be given twenty taels of silver."

The villagers immediately cheered.

The silly girl of a landlord.

Six big words suddenly appeared in Shen Fuyu's mind.

(End of this chapter)