Chapter 284: 280. The Ambition of the Village (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

At the same time, inside Tianjia Mountain Village, a group of people in charge were also holding a meeting.

"Isn't it a bit wrong for us to do this? After all, Mr. Zhang helped us so much back in the day." Someone spoke up with hesitation.

"Uncle, I don't know how much this Mr. Zhang helped us, I only know that everything we have in our village now was achieved through our own hard work."

"In the past, I only heard you all talk about what Mr. Zhang helped with, but from the time I was small until now, I have never once seen this Mr. Zhang come here."

"And look at what he said today; is that something a person would say? Has he really ever looked at us as equals?" A young man in his twenties stood up and said, his face full of dismissive expression.

"Right, I think this Mr. Zhang just thinks that because he gave us some small favors back then, he can look down on us and think we are a tier below him. What a piece of work!" This was the young man who had threatened Principal Su and Zhang Ran earlier.

With the two young men taking the lead, several other young people also spoke up one after another; none of them had ever met Zhang Ran.

After they were born, life in the village had already become much better, and they had not experienced those days of poverty.

Some of the older people heard their words, and their expressions relaxed a bit; it seemed they also thought these young people were right, or rather, the young people's words lessened their psychological burden and convinced them.

"Then what if they don't leave tomorrow? Also, Xiaoyuan, is that distinguished guest you mentioned actually reliable?" Someone spoke up again.

As soon as these words were out, the expressions of some of the elders who had just relaxed began to shift again.

They still had some sense of shame after all; if they were made to come forward and drive Zhang Ran away, they really couldn't bring themselves to do it.

"Uncle, don't worry. If they insist on staying tomorrow, I will go and drive them away. He said himself he would only stay for one day; if he doesn't keep his word, then don't blame us. This is our village, not a place where he can do whatever he wants," the young man named Xiaoyuan said with a fierce look on his face.

At this moment, Miao Lao finally spoke, "Just do as Xiaoyuan says. I will go contact Ligou Village in a moment and have them host Mr. Zhang and his group. Besides, Mr. Zhang himself said that the matters of the past would be settled with this one time, so we don't need to have any psychological burden."

With Miao Lao having spoken, the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"The most important thing now is, what about that distinguished guest of yours, Xiaoyuan?" Miao Lao brushed aside the matter of Zhang Ran in an understated manner.

Xiaoyuan immediately said, "Grandpa Miao, don't worry. This is a true distinguished guest. His father is Mr. Mu from Hong Kong; I don't need to say how much money he has. As long as we host him well this time, he is willing to help us build a factory—a factory belonging to our Tianjiashan. By then, we can sell finished products directly to Yaotian Pharmaceutical, and the money we earn will be much more than now."

"It's that simple?" Miao Lao asked uncertainly.

Xiaoyuan said with a confident face, "It's that simple. However, Young Master Mu also wants to see Doctor Gu this time to have him help check his health. But no matter what, as long as we host him well, the factory matter is absolutely no problem."

It had been difficult for Xiaoyuan to make this connection; he had only occasionally heard that this Young Master Mu seemed to have a minor ailment that was not easy to cure, so he thought of Doctor Gu, the Miao medicine practitioner in their village.

Moreover, the other side had promised that regardless of the outcome, as long as this Doctor Gu had real skill, it wouldn't matter if it was effective or not; he would still help build the factory.

However, this Young Master Mu might have had a cleanliness obsession since childhood and liked things to be clean and tidy; as for what they told Zhang Ran earlier about him liking quiet, that was pure nonsense.

"Fine, then do as Xiaoyuan says. As long as we host this distinguished guest well, our village will be able to truly develop, and maybe we can even become a big company!" Miao Lao said, his eyes beginning to burn with intensity.

From the village's initial state of poverty to now, where every household had nearly a million in savings, all of this was, in his view, led by him—it was his achievement. Zhang Ran had nothing to do with it other than lending them some money at the beginning.

Now that he was about to lead the village to create new glory, how could he not be excited!

As for Zhang Ran's kindness?

Nearly thirty years had passed; they had long forgotten it. And now, from the bottom of their hearts, they did not believe that their current life had much to do with Zhang Ran.

"A big company is a certainty. If we can win Young Master Mu's favor this time, then exporting directly won't be a problem, and we will become an international company," Xiaoyuan said loudly.

Xiaoyuan's words made the others look excited as well; they seemed to have already begun to imagine the beautiful future.

Zhang Ran, having been in the car for a day, was a bit tired, so he went to sleep early.

The others were the same; even the children didn't have much energy left to play.

The next morning, Zhang Ran got up early and moved around a bit, only to see smoke rising from the entire village. It had to be said, this scene was actually quite beautiful.

It was just that Zhang Ran scoffed twice—were they in such a hurry to drive them away?

Sure enough, at six-thirty, everyone was woken up. The people in the village had prepared breakfast, which looked quite sumptuous.

While Zhang Ran was eating, he saw Miao Lao and his group walking over. Without Zhang Ran saying a word, He Yong directly put down his chopsticks and walked over.

Zhang Ran just ate slowly, while the people over there were blocked at the door by He Yong and not allowed to come closer; their expressions became somewhat unpleasant.

When Zhang Ran finished eating slowly and walked over, a smile was squeezed onto Miao Lao's aged face as he said, "Mr. Zhang, how did you sleep last night? Are you accustomed to it?"

Zhang Ran said with a chuckle, "It's alright."

"This is the breakfast we specially prepared for you, Mr. Zhang. Does it suit your taste?" Miao Lao said with a smile.

"Not bad, the taste is much better, it's just a bit nauseating." The smile on Zhang Ran's face remained unchanged.

However, Zhang Ran couldn't be bothered to waste any more breath on these people. Before Miao Lao and the others could speak, Zhang Ran said, "Alright, have you found a place? If you have, we'll leave. You don't need to drive us out."

"Mr. Zhang, what are you saying? We couldn't welcome you enough, Mr. Zhang." Miao Lao said, and seemingly afraid that Zhang Ran would really stay, he hurriedly continued, "I am truly sorry this time; we encountered some matters in the village. Next time there is an opportunity, we will definitely host you properly when you come, Mr. Zhang."

Listening to Miao Lao's words, Zhang Ran felt truly nauseated in his heart. If they wanted to drive him away, they should just say so; did they not feel disgusted by putting on such a pretense?

In any case, Zhang Ran was disgusted to the point of being unable to stand it. If it hadn't been so late last night, and he hadn't been worried about the children's safety and didn't want to leave a bad impression on them from the start, he really would not have wanted to stay here.