Meeting

The enthusiastic villagers were nothing new to Old Mai. He smiled and agreed, then asked Jiang Xia, "Have you eaten lunch?"

Jiang Xia nodded. "I have."

"Come with Grandpa Jiang and me to take a look at the school site?"

"Sure."

So Jiang Xia accompanied Old Mai and a group of town officials to select a site for the school and inspect the expansion of the wharf.

Zhou Bingqiang's Wife wanted to follow along. After all, she was the Village Chief's wife!

Zhou Bingqiang grabbed his wife. "What are you doing?"

Zhou Bingqiang's Wife said, "I'm coming along to take a look! I know best where in the village would be suitable for building a school."

Zhou Bingqiang said irritably, "What do you know about where the school should be built?! Don't cause trouble. Go home! I'll go."

After speaking, Zhou Bingqiang hurried forward to lead the way.

Zhou Bingqiang's Wife pursed her lips!

Because of what she had said, some villagers had worried that the Hong Kong Island tycoon really wouldn't come to their village to build a road. They had obediently followed her orders and worked all morning without even eating, only to find that things weren't like that at all!

Now they were angry, too!

"Sister-in-law Qiang, you've gone too far! It clearly wasn't Zhou Bingqiang who found the Hong Kong Island tycoon, but you deliberately claimed that he had, making us work for nothing for half a day!"

Zhou Bingqiang's Wife said angrily, "What do you mean, work for nothing? Isn't it more comfortable with the village cleaned up?"

"What's comfortable about it? It would be more comfortable not to clean it!! Did you see us sitting around with nothing to do and deliberately find work for us? You have nothing to do, but I've got