The young man continued with a smile. "The heart of the matter is that all you see is money. But in the eyes of us Ning'an people, money is merely an ordinary tool. What we care about is not money, but whether we can keep our wives well fed and warmly clothed; whether we can let our children study properly; whether our parents can live without toil in their old age; whether our relatives and friends can enjoy good lives; whether we ourselves can live as we please. Those are our ultimate goals. Sometimes we use money to measure certain things, but it is not so we can compare who is better at bullying whom. We simply do not want to live worse than others! So when people say we Ning'an people have crawled into the eye of money, it is not because our morals are so rotten. It is only because they want to attack us Ning'an people and deny our efforts and progress. Back then, the people of Jing Kingdom made the same mistake, accusing the wealthy Qing Kingdom of extravagance, waste, and being blinded by profit. That is why we Ning'an people do not do such things."
Zong Weixiong stared at the young man and praised him. "Ning'an truly is a place where crouching tigers and hidden dragons abound. Even an ordinary young man possesses such insight."
"This is not insight. It is something all us Ning'an people know. Fellow elders and neighbors, am I right?" the young man asked.
"Of course!" Numerous Ning'an people answered proudly.
Zong Weixiong saw the light of confidence in their eyes.
Only after a moment of silence did Zong Weixiong say, "Ning'an truly is extraordinary. I came to the right place."
The old man said with a beaming smile, "Indeed, you