The village chief cleared his throat, then called out loudly, "Is everyone out here? I said you could stay home with your phones."
His voice echoed across the square, stirring up the villagers' noisy chatter and laughter... Everyone really had come out. At least they had company this way.
Even though they had repeatedly been told no one would be missed, they had all been elderly before, after all. They still worried about being left behind at home somehow.
The village chief coughed and waited for everyone to quiet down a little before saying, "I called everyone here today mainly to talk about two things."
"For one, after you get to Li Township, don't start making a fuss. Our village will still be
our village. They said we wouldn't be split up."
"It's just that there'll be some new people arranged nearby, and the little fields we're farming now might not be assigned to us in Li Township."
The village chief repeated the words that had been broadcast countless times before, mainly because he worried someone might act up and join people with ulterior motives in causing trouble.
But it seemed no one was making a fuss.
Most people could still tell right from wrong...
After all, the people in this village had moved here because Angels had been causing trouble everywhere. They had originally been reorganized from various villages.
There were no land deeds or anything like that. They were simply making do by growing little vegetables and seedlings after the landowners had died.
Their food was entirely supplied by the city as well.
They figured it would be good enough if they could hurry to Li Township and live stable lives. They would not make demands about this or that...
Besides, Cong Yu had said it, so there