The drought is severe this time. If he makes some contribution at this juncture, he will indeed be easily rewarded.
But he was reluctant to pay for it.
"Village chief, if you don't want to let go of your children, you won't be able to trap a wolf." Zhou Sheng said this deliberately.
These words awakened Xu Dalong.
After much hesitation, he finally agreed, "Okay, then I'll give you the capital!"
"Okay, I'll go to the cellar to count the sweet potatoes." Zhou Sheng got up and went to the cellar.
Xu Dalong looked at Zhou Sheng's background and narrowed his eyes slightly. He hoped that after the drought, he could get the reward smoothly, otherwise he would not let Zhou Sheng go.
Although he is the village chief, he is still quite cautious.
Zhou Sheng was counting in the cellar, and Li Rou was helping, but at the same time he had doubts, "Are you going to give all the sweet potatoes to the village chief?"
"No, I will save some for survival." Zhou Sheng shook his head.
Moreover, the drought lasted for a long time, so he wanted to save some of it for emergencies.
Li Rou was obviously relieved when she heard this.
Zhou Sheng saw Li Rou's reaction in his eyes and comforted him: "Don't worry, our family will not be short of food, but we will be a little worse for food later on."
"That's not what I meant. I just worried about giving it to the village chief. If something happens in the future, we will be in trouble." Li Rou explained.
Zhou Sheng smiled and understood what Li Rou meant.
After counting, Zhou Sheng gave some of the sweet potatoes to the village chief for emergency relief, and also collected the principal of the sweet potatoes.
In order to show his support for the village chief's work, he gave some sweet potatoes to the village chief for free.
Soon, the village chief distributed sweet potatoes as emergency food to every household in the village.
The villagers knew that it was the village chief who paid for the gift, and they were very grateful to the village chief, and they all said good things about the village chief.
At the same time, word spread to Cao Village next door that there were sweet potatoes in the village that could save people from emergencies.
The head of Cao Village learned that Zhou Sheng had sweet potatoes here, so he also came to see Zhou Sheng and expressed his desire to buy them.
Zhou Sheng had purchased a lot of sweet potatoes before, but if they were sold to other villages, his sweet potatoes would never last until the drought ended.
Even though he had made a lot of homemade pickles for storage, he couldn't fill his stomach.
So, he was a little hesitant.
When Li Zhou, the head of Cao Village, saw Zhou Sheng's refusal, he stood up, cupped his fists and bowed to Zhou Sheng, completely letting go of the dignity that a village chief should have, and said, "Brother Zhou, please sell me some of the sweet potatoes! I'm willing to pay a high price to buy them.
"After a pause, he said in a helpless tone, "Otherwise, some of the villagers in our village will starve to death, which would be a human tragedy."
"Village Chief Li, please don't do this, I can't bear it." Zhou Sheng hurriedly helped Li Zhou up.
Li Zhou looked solemn and sighed, "I have no choice but to go to the top to allocate food and help."
Meeting Li Zhou's expectant eyes, Zhou Sheng softened his heart.
If he doesn't take it out, the villagers in the next village will indeed starve. If they really starve to death, then he can clearly provide a chance to survive, but he just stands by and watches, and in the end he will have a bad conscience.
Thinking of this, Zhou Sheng still agreed, "Okay, I'll give it."
But the price of the sweet potatoes sold to Li Zhou was the same as the price sold to the villagers before, so he also made a profit.
So Zhou Sheng sold the remaining sweet potatoes to Li Zhou.
The sweet potatoes were sold out and there was not much food left. Zhou Sheng had to prepare for the next period of drought.
After thinking about it, he decided to go into the deep mountains and forests to see if he could find some edible food as a food reserve.
So, early the next morning, he went into the mountains.