Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 924: Chapter 925: Gaining Strength in Wings

Upon hearing this, Ge Dejun suddenly felt a bit nervous.

Could someone possibly be trying to compete with them for the contract?

However, Xu Linjiang and Chiang Xiao seemed very calm.

Certainly, no one would compete with them for it, at least not now.

Sure enough, Secretary Yao continued, ”Three days have passed, and not a single person has registered. I’ve announced it over the broadcast to the entire village, and now that no one has registered, if the mountain is contracted out later, I won’t allow any of them to complain for any reason. If they do, they won’t get a single cent of the money from the mountain contract!”

”Secretary Uncle, are you planning to distribute this money to all the villagers?”

”Yes, I think this will keep them in line and make things smoother for Brother Ge and the others in the future.”

Only if the villagers received money would they stop coming over to grumble about how the village’s mountains could not be contracted to outsiders, and outsiders making money off their mountain.

Chiang Xiao also thought this was a very good idea.

Quite selfless of Secretary Yao.

It was because Ge Dejun and the others were just ahead in the step he wanted to take, and they had inadvertently helped him.

”So that means we can sign the contract now, right?” Ge Dejun asked eagerly.

”Yes, the contract is being drafted, and the day after tomorrow, you can come over to sign. But, the money has to be paid in full upfront; otherwise, it’s hard for me to explain to them.”

”That’s no problem at all.”

”Secretary Uncle, how many years is the contract for?”

”Fifty years.”

Upon hearing this, Chiang Xiao felt there were no problems.

After leaving Secretary Yao’s house, they held up their umbrellas on the way back to the Chiang Family home.

In the past, Chiang Xiao always felt a bit depressed and in pain when returning home, all because of the neighboring Old Chiang Family, but now she could completely disregard the people from the Old Chiang Family, and she was no longer afraid of them.

If anyone dared to confront her again, she would simply hit back. What was there to fear?

However, it was still an eyesore.

Luckily, she didn’t come back often.

In the pouring rain, there was no one from the Old Chiang Family outside, but as Ge Dejun used his key to open the door, someone walked out of the main house and stood under the eaves, looking out.

Chiang Xiao glanced over and spotted Chiang Baoguo.

It had been half a year since she’d seen Chiang Baoguo, who now looked darker and more disheveled.

Chiang Baoguo grabbed a large bamboo hat from the side of the door and ran out.

”Chiang Xiao!”

Just as Chiang Xiao was about to enter, upon hearing his loud shout, she stopped and turned around.

”What can I do for you?”

Hearing her mockingly sarcastic remark, Chiang Baoguo’s face turned ashen with rage.

”Don’t play innocent! Chiang Xiao, you’re just a little village girl from Siyang Village, what act are you putting on? What can I do for you, indeed!”

Chiang Xiao couldn’t help but laugh, ”I’m already being nice talking to you like this. If you have nothing to say, then roll back to your place. Why come barking at my doorstep?”

”You!”

”What, you don’t like it when I speak politely, and you don’t like it when I’m blunt either?”

Xu Linjiang and Ge Dejun were trying hard not to laugh on the side. Chiang Xiao’s talent for infuriating others had really grown stronger! She could truly exasperate someone to death.

”Chiang Xiao, you’ve really grown some tough wings now! Seems like no one can control you, huh?”

”My wings, whether they’re tough or not, didn’t grow from eating your family’s rice and meat, so what’s it to you if they’re tough?”

It was at this moment Chiang Baoguo realized he was getting nowhere in a war of words with Chiang Xiao and took a deep breath to suppress his anger before saying to her, ”Chiang Xiao, I’m out of a job now, you’re responsible for this, right? You’ve become a Painter, haven’t you? I heard you even joined some association?”