Chapter 1150: Security

Back at the Song family home, everyone was full from their meal and tidying up together, chatting idly as they worked:

"Lianhua, will your mother-in-law be alright at home by herself? Since there's nothing much going on right now, wouldn't it be nice to have her come over and chat?"

"It would save her from being all alone and lonely at home, especially with her limited mobility."

Aunt Lianhua smiled, however: "No, no, my mother-in-law has been living quite a carefree life lately... The paths in our house have all been fitted with ramps, so she can get around easily with just a light touch on her electric wheelchair."

There's a toilet with a commode now, too; living alone at home is much more convenient than before.

As long as a person can move around and take care of themselves, their spirits will be much better.

Not to mention, she has a new emotional anchor—

"She's been scrolling through Douyin lately, watching people livestream rope weaving, and she even bought rope from a livestream room to practice with..."

Actually, the tool is very simple: just a board with a clip on top to hold the end of the rope for easy operation, plus a few fixing pins.

In the past, her mother-in-law would never have spent money on such a simple tool. But now that she has money in her hands and her mindset has changed, she buys whatever she takes a fancy to.

"Your son and daughter may be your own flesh and blood, but they aren't even as good as my Great-Uncle's son! If we really make a scene, I'll just go all out, buy a ticket to the city where we are staying, and make a scene wherever they work..."

"Isn't that a bit too vicious?"

"Tan Tan, can the few treasures we're raising at home handle guarding the mountains?"

Working at the Song family, washing and scrubbing carefully, they can earn a few thousand yuan a month. Although it's not much, it's stable, the work isn't heavy, and there's always laughter and chatter.

"Sigh, with more people, nothing gets done without enough hands. With fewer people, the labor cost increases significantly—do we need to recruit some people to patrol the grounds as security?"

Wu Lan and Song Sancheng were also a bit worried: "We can't just find fellow villagers for this kind of work, either."

Who nearby doesn't have some sort of connection? If they end up stealing from the very place they're guarding, that's far too likely.

Song Tan took out her phone and shook it:

Why did she build dormitories on the mountain in the summer? It was for the possibility of recruiting people in the future.

"Just look at the people around Secretary Xiao Zhu and my grandfather, like Brother Xiao Du and Brother Xiao Yang—don't they look incredibly capable? You can tell at a glance they've been soldiers."

She hesitated, acting coy, but Chen Chi was instantly speechless:

Zhang Yanping was listening from the side and sighed at this moment:

The only thing he wasn't happy about was probably not knowing whether the men in the family would be coming back this year.

Aunt Lianhua didn't hide this matter either—

What, you have a good eye! Do you know how the people around my grandfather were screened?

Zhang Lianhua felt a little nervous subconsciously.

During those two months in winter, they didn't go out much, but they weren't idle at all; they learned over a dozen different patterns!

The money the mother and daughter-in-law saved this year was more than the last four or five years combined!

Secretary Xiao Zhu, who had been listening silently and hadn't spoken, choked, nearly spitting out a mouthful of tea, and stared at her with wide eyes—

Speaking of this, Song Tan also furrowed her brows.

If they come back...

Secretary Xiao Zhu grunted for a long time, but in the end, had nothing to say.

But upon second thought, what did she have to be nervous about?

And her mother-in-law is idle now, but when she can earn money in the summer and autumn, she makes eight or nine thousand a month...

So where should they recruit from?

But she knew that since someone had asked, the people were becoming many and mixed. After visiting relatives and whispering during the New Year, things in the village would surely increase next year.

Professor Song's connections are all over the country; boxes and boxes are sent over, with no names written on them, just messy serial numbers that she can't understand at all.

"Then let's hire people from outside."

"Brother Yanping, Brother Xiao Du and the others replied to me, asking about the salary and benefits... how should we provide that?"

It's said on TV that you have to grasp their weaknesses; what they value most is their weaknesses.

She had installed surveillance, and the dogs were doing their duty, but if someone really went all out to be a rascal and demand compensation, even if the villagers protected her due to their own interests, it would still be a troublesome and annoying matter.

But now the mountain slopes and land combined exceed 1,000 acres; such a large area takes a lot of effort just to drive across, and relying solely on dogs won't work!

"I'm just hiring people to watch a mountain peak; what, do I need special forces or a king of soldiers? I'm just asking if they have any comrades who need work."

Now is exactly the right time.

You can tell at a glance that it's in preparation for weaving patterns next year.

If it goes on like this, the effort spent tidying up every day is annoying enough.

Zhang Lianhua was also extremely satisfied.

Why wouldn't one be in high spirits when happy events occur?

She was a little worried: "Recently, people in the village have started asking where your family's seeds come from?"

Zhang Yanping subconsciously frowned; after all, working in a mountain village doesn't sound like a good condition. The best they can offer is an ordinary salary, with no special benefits.

Where do the seeds come from?

Not to mention the salary, the welfare benefits here at the Song family can't keep up, let alone some invisible advantages.

Having been exposed to all kinds of people at the Song family and watching many videos online herself, Aunt Lianhua now has her own ideas.

If it were in the past, she would have swallowed her pride and thought about just enduring it.

Besides, when it comes to fighting, she can't beat a man. But as long as a person is willing to go all out, what method is there not?

She is not wrong at all; her own husband doesn't even care about his own mother. Whether it's reasonable or not when said out loud, the villagers have their own sense of justice.

It is said that they have to come and organize it before planting next year, saying it's to create an original ecological farm, with natural farming methods covering it, forming a natural ecological zone...

She didn't say these words out loud, but looking at her confident and flying appearance now, no one present would doubt it.

"That's right!"

Secretary Xiao Zhu had to explain this special forces or king of soldiers thing: "They aren't really..."

But now that she has tasted the sweetness of a wonderful life, she can't live that kind of day for even one more day; let's see who can outlast whom!

However, Aunt Lianhua has other things to say now:

Song Tan calculated—originally there were 300 acres of land at home, watched by one dog together, plus surveillance, and her own family could manage it.

She swallowed the breath that had gone down the wrong pipe and advised tactfully: "Isn't that a bit unrealistic? Brother Xiao Du and the others' salaries... um... the salaries are quite high."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Song Tan already typing away on her phone:

As a mother, she has no other requirements; she just hopes that he and the woman outside can keep their father in check.

"I see online that if a dog bites someone, the dog doesn't end up well, and the owner has to pay compensation. What if they rely on that point and insist on entering the vegetable garden?"

"Oh my!" Wu Lan was extremely pleasantly surprised: "Really? That's great! Lianhua, your life was bitter before, but now that your mother-in-law's salary is all given to you, you've finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel."

In short, it sounds very awkward, and Aunt Lianhua doesn't understand it.

Even if they steal from the very place they're guarding, if the security guard patrols and finds that the petty thief in the field is their own relative, what can they do? Just turn a blind eye! ===== CHAPTER 1151 =====