Village Chief Lin looked at Zhou Yueshen and said apologetically, "Comrade Zhou, I don't ask for your forgiveness. I only hope you won't be disappointed with our Lin Family Village because of this group of people and stop doing business with us. The others are all innocent."
When people from the village go to the Zhou Family to buy meat, they get it a bit cheaper.
Especially since the Lin Family Village is now the village of Zhou Yueshen's in-laws, and it's so close by, when they go to buy meat, the Zhous are generous and give them a little extra.
If because of these people, the Zhou Family stopped doing business with their Lin Family Village in the future, everyone would have a hard time even getting a meal with meat.
Zhou Yueshen said, "Don't worry, I'm not so petty as to stop doing business with your entire village because of their behavior. But I certainly don't plan on doing business with these specific people anymore."
He swept his gaze over the group.
The faces of the people who had just been shouting that they would never go to his house to buy meat again grew increasingly pale.
When they bought meat from the Zhou Family, they not only saved money but also didn't have to make the trip to town.
Furthermore, the supply and marketing cooperative now had a daily limit on meat, first come first served.
The market had some for sale, but it was much more expensive.
Ever since the Zhou Family started their business, everyone no longer had to rush to the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning just to queue for meat.
In their momentary impulse, they had thought the Zhou Family's pig farm couldn't survive without their business.
Only now did it dawn on them that it wasn't that they didn't need the Zhou Family.
It was that the Zhou Family didn't need them!
They had not only ruined the village chief's well-intentioned efforts but also harmed their own families.
The expressions on the group's faces were a sight to behold.
"N-no, Manager Zhou, this is all a misunderstanding."
"Second Brother Lin, please talk to Manager Zhou. Isn't he your son-in-law?"
"We're all neighbors from nearby villages. It's not good for things to come to this."
Lin's father said with a headache, "I already tried to talk sense into you all earlier, but you wouldn't listen. And what you said was too offensive. I think Xiao Zhou has been very polite to you all."
His words instantly made the group's faces turn ashen.
The village chief sighed and took his leave.
"Nian Nian, is Xiao Zhou alright?"
Si Nian found an excuse to go into the kitchen to help and heard Lin's mother's worried voice.
She shook her head. "He's fine, Mom. Zhou Yueshen isn't that petty."
After all, he's a boss. What kind of situations hasn't he seen?
A few people causing trouble is nothing he'd take to heart.
It was the family who were worried that Zhou Yueshen might be upset by the incident.
Lin's mother breathed a sigh of relief. "That's true, but what those people did was really too much. You also don't need to feel pressured because of how the village chief acted."
Si Nian nodded, not dwelling on it.
Inside the room.
Several children were sitting together doing homework.
Actually, Lin Feng and Lin Yu didn't want to do it.
They had been happily playing.
Who knew that while playing, Zhou Zedong would suddenly pull out a notebook and start studying.
Goodness, when the adults saw that, it was a big deal. They immediately shooed the other kids over to study with him.
The children looked at their homework, utterly despondent.
Zhou Zehan was showing off the few words he had learned.
"You guys don't know this, right? My mom says this is called ABCD, not 'ah-boh-tsuh-deh.' Of course, it's from another country's language. Even though it's foreign, my mom says learning it will be very good for me."
The two brothers looked at Zhou Zehan, who kept saying 'my mom says, my mom says.'
They felt like he had been brainwashed by their sister.
Lin Feng glanced over and said, "I know, it's called English. Lin Sisi studied it before."
Lin Yu looked surprised. "Don't you learn that in middle school?"
Zhou Zehan puffed out his little chest proudly. "My mom says we should start learning early, work hard in secret, and then amaze everyone later."
The Lin brothers: "..."
