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Qin Wuya looked at Wu Laoqi coldly, and made a slight smile, "It's fine if you don't say it, but from tomorrow onwards, you don't have to come to the Villa to work."

After saying that, Qin Wuya no longer looked at Wu Laoqi's face, and turned to the group of servants in tattered clothing. In the end, her gaze landed on the young woman, and asked slowly:

"You said that you were recruited by someone to help with the work? Can you tell me who brought you here? "

"You … "Who are you?" The young woman nervously grabbed her own thin clothes and looked at Qin Wuya.

"You don't need to know who I am. Just tell me who brought you all up the mountain. As long as you say it clearly enough, Sunset Cloud Villa will not miss out on even a single bit of work that you have done on the mountain. Furthermore, Sunset Cloud Villa will also settle the issue of accommodation and food that you guys mentioned earlier. " Qin Wuya said gently.

"Fu …" Madam, can you really give us justice? " The young woman's eyes brightened when she heard Qin Wuya's words, and her voice also grew a little louder.

Seeing this, Qin Wuya smiled and nodded at her, then turned and glanced at Wu Laoqi. Seeing that Wu Laoqi's expression was somewhat suspicious, he couldn't help but curl his lips and say coldly: "Don't worry, in this villa, there isn't a time when I can't make the decision yet."

Qin Wuya's words were neither light nor heavy, yet it caused the faces of Wu Laoqi and the two kids behind him to turn pale and white. They were filled with disbelief as they stared at Qin Wuya in panic.

Qin Wuya did not care about them and only asked the young woman: "If that's the case, can you explain to me in detail how you were recruited into the sect?"

"But …" "Sure."

The young woman nodded her head nervously and continued, "We are all from Wu Jia Village. A few days ago, Wu Gou, who was at Wu Tianliang's manor and was interrupted by Wu Tian Liang's family, returned to the village and said that Sunset Clouds Mountain was building a huge villa. There was a lack of manpower, so he asked if there was anyone in the village who wanted to work on the mountain with him.

He said he would pay sixty gold coins a day, and settle the bill once every three days. He also offered two meals as food. I don't have many children in my house. The man left two years ago. After the new year, there wasn't much food left at home, so … "So, I brought brother and big guy to come up the mountain together …"

The young woman spoke a little bit more, then Qin Wuya finally understood the whole situation, and the reason was also related to Qin Wuya herself.

Originally, it was because a year ago, when Qin Wuya was visiting the Villa, she saw that the inside of the Villa was completely empty and did not have a trace of life in it. She told Xu San, Liu Da and the rest to prepare some servants that would cultivate the plants.

Xu San remembered this matter carefully. After Yuanxiao passed, he sent this matter to a steward under his command to handle it.

The people at the villa were all nervous to begin with. After the new year, the people on the mountain who signed the deed for five years were the hired workers, and each of them had their own position, so there was no way for them to gather any extra people to deal with the matter of planting plants.

This manager couldn't just ask his subordinates if any of his subordinates were willing to help.

The overseer's original intentions were not bad, and he had thought in the wrong direction. After all, most of the servants on the mountain were farmers, and their families had all been to the ground.

But the idea was right, the eyes that picked them were a little off, so for some reason, he chose Wu Laoqi. Wu Laoqi then turned around and went down the mountain to find his nephew, Wu Gou Can. He also asked Wu Gou Lei to go to the Wu Jia Village and find some people from the same village to help out.

The reason why Wu Laoqi did this was to show his face in front of the steward, and was also planning to earn some face in the hands of his fellow villagers.

After all, Wu Laoqi had stayed in the Villa for half a year, so he already knew that the Sunset Cloud Villa was extremely generous with his money, and there were at least dozens of people he needed to recruit this time.

Wu Laoqi could be considered to be a good person, but he also had a little bit of skill in doing things, which was why in the short span of half a year since he entered the Villa, he was already selected by the manager above him from the numerous hired workers as a somewhat big boss.

Although this foreman was unremarkable, he had around seven to eight men under him. He held the real power, and his salary was more than 30% of what it used to be when he was a hired worker.

This point caused Wu Laoqi to be very proud, and he often boasted to the people under him about how much of a manager he was being valued.

However, as he spoke, his words changed.

Especially when Wu Laoqi found out that the villa's manager had the surname Xu one day, he spread the news that he was on good terms with Chief Steward Xu. This caused the ordinary employees of the villa to feel even more respect and fear for him.

Wu Laoqi, who had tasted the sweetness, received a great deal of satisfaction from his vanity, and liked to speak of his relationship with the Villa Supervisor Xu even more.

Furthermore, through his nephew Wu Gou residue, Wu Laoqi first called the old, young, and young, men and women, around twenty temporary workers, up the mountain. Before going up the mountain, Wu Laoqi gave each of the Wu Jia Village's village villager sixty grams of wages per person per day as well as lunch and dinner to coax them into going up the mountain.

But when everyone was busy the whole morning, waiting for lunch to fill their stomach, Wu Laoqi's face suddenly fell.

They said that the food prepared by the Villa was for the official workers who had been engaged with the Chief Supervisor for five years, and not for outsiders like them.

After that, Wu Laoqi started to brag about how the food in the Villa was as delicious as it could get, and said that he knew Manager Xu and had connections, that even the cafeteria manager had to give him some face if he saw him, so if he were to lead the group to the dining hall, the cafeteria manager would give Wu Laoqi face and allow them, who were outsiders, to eat a full meal. But

The condition of this matter was that the people of Wu Jia Village must first give Wu Laoqi some benefits.

It was just past the start of the year, and Spring was just about to start with farming. If not for the fact that there were too many people at home, who would be willing to run out and beat them up? With Wu Laoqi's extortion, the people of Wu Jia Village were all confused.

When they went up the mountain, they had all heard that Sunset Clouds Mountain was the one who took care of food and shelter, so most of them only brought a few sets of clothes to change before going up the mountain. As for everything else, they didn't bring anything, so how could they possibly bribe Wu Laoqi to let him take them to the dining hall for a meal?

Wu Laoqi obviously knew that these people would not be able to take out any money to bribe them, so he changed the topic and said that he could let the people from the Wu Jia Village owe them something for eating first, but after three days, they could only give out half of the salary, and the other half would be equivalent to money for eating.

Wu Laoqi saw that these villagers were too easily bullied, and spoke with a big mouth, if it was according to his original plan, then he would only extort them with 10% extortion, and this matter would not get out of hand.

After all, the wages offered by the Sunset Cloud Villa was extremely high, and 60 yuan a day for food and drinks was a good thing that could not be found anywhere. The average rich family would only pay thirty coins each to hire a worker. Forty coins was already considered not bad.

Speaking of which, if Wu Laoqi was greedy and stopped, and everyone extorted them every day, these Wu Jia Village's villagers would feel uncomfortable, but they would still accept it.

After all, the food given by the Sunset Cloud Villa was really good. Giving 10 coins would allow him to eat two meals to his heart's content and also allow him to amass 50 coins a day in wages, was truly not a small amount.

However, Wu Laoqi was insatiably greedy, the villagers of Wu Jia Village easily agreed with the two workers under him and asked for half of their wages.

The Wu Jia Village was quite far from the Sunset Clouds Mountain, and it would not be easy for the villagers to travel all the way here.

The two sides did not retreat at all, and had actually started making a ruckus in front of the Villa, causing Qin Wuya to hit him squarely in the face.

After figuring out the reason, Qin Wuya found a craftsman behind him and said to the Wu Jia Village villagers, "It's still early, the dining hall should still be open. I'll get someone to bring you guys to the dining hall to eat."

"Not deducting half of our wages?" The young woman asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, I won't charge you a single cent. I'll pay sixty coins a day just because I promised you guys." Qin Wuya nodded his head with a smile and then signaled a craftsman behind him.

The craftsman then led the villagers of Wu Jia Village out of the village to the dining hall outside the manor. As soon as the Wu villagers left, the front door of the village fell silent.

Wu Laoqi looked down on everyone, but he was not a fool. Even if he could not figure out Qin Wuya's identity, Wu Laoqi had already known that Qin Wuya was someone with a huge background, and was far from something a small foreman like him could compare to. Her face immediately lost all color, and she cowered and wanted to escape, but did not know where to run to.

The two workers behind Wu Laoqi had even more unsightly expressions on their faces. They could not even be considered foremen, and normally, they relied on their familiarity with Wu Laoqi to show off their strength in front of the other workers. Now that they were caught by Wu Laoqi, they were naturally even more worried about their future.

Qin Wuya quietly looked at Wu Laoqi and the other two for a long time, and then sighed: "The three of you can go back and pack your things, go ask your manager to settle the bill for the next few days, and go down the mountain tomorrow.

Relax, Sunset Cloud Villa will not owe any of you money. But the actions of the three of you today, Sunset Cloud Villa will definitely not be able to tolerate it. Learn from your mistakes and find another way out. "

Qin Wuya's words weren't heavy, but in the ears of Wu Laoqi and the other two, each and every one of their words felt like they were being sentenced to death.

Wu Laoqi's face had long turned pale and green. After trembling for a short while, his legs actually knelt down in front of Qin Wuya with a heavy thump as he begged:

"Don't... Madam, please let me off this time! This little one has both old and young friends. If I lose this job, this little one's old mother will starve to death. "