Chapter 587 Benefiting the Whole Town

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Today is Xu Taiping's first morning in Chiyan Town.

It's not yet dawn, but the chickens somewhere have already begun to crow.

Xu Taiping got up early. Xia Jinxuan was still sleeping next to him. Xu Taiping locked the door and walked out of the room.

On the first floor, Emma and Guan He also got up. They each spread a yoga mat on the ground, and then practiced yoga facing the direction of the rising sun.

"Morning!" Xu Taiping greeted the two of them. The two glanced at Xu Taiping, but did not speak.

Xu Taiping knew that sometimes you couldn't speak during yoga, so he smiled and pointed outside and said, "I'm going to buy breakfast on the street."

After saying that, Xu Taiping went to the town alone.

Chiyan Town was still very lively in the early morning, with many people carrying burdens coming and going on the road.

Xu Taiping looked at the date and found that today was February 6th. In his mind, the 6th of every month was the market day in Chiyan Town.

Now that the Chinese New Year is only about a week away, Xu Taiping really needs to buy more things to go home, or at least decorate the house so that he can have a Chinese New Year look.

People greeted Xu Taiping from time to time on the road. Some of these people were still remembered by Xu Taiping, while some Xu Taiping had never seen them at all.

Since what happened yesterday, Xu Taiping has become completely famous in the town. However, if Xu Taiping had a choice, he would rather not become famous.

Xu Taiping wandered around and bought things he found useful. After a while, Xu Taiping bought a lot of things.

"Peace!"

Zhou Jun rode his bicycle and stopped in front of Xu Taiping.

"Isn't it a holiday yet?" Xu Taiping asked. Although Xu Taiping did not agree with many of Zhou Jun's actions, he was Xu Taiping's classmate after all, so Xu Taiping was still willing to say a few words to Zhou Jun.

"It will take another three days to get twenty-six before I can have a holiday. There are too many people who have returned to the town recently, which has put a lot of pressure on public security!" Zhou Jun sighed.

"I asked why it's not a holiday yet." Xu Taiping smiled and said, "Let's wait until the holiday is over before we sit down."

"Yeah!" Zhou Jun nodded, and then said, "By the way, have you seen Zhiyun?"

"Zhou Zhiyun?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Yes, aren't we also our old classmates? Some time ago, we returned to the primary school in our town to work as a teacher. We have been on holiday recently and have been in the town. Haven't you seen me? I remember that you two were admitted to the same university. "Yes?" Zhou Jun asked.

"I haven't seen you for a while," Xu Taiping said.

"I heard that Zhou Zhiyun was divorced. It seems that she divorced not long after her marriage. It's really pitiful. She is so good-looking, but her life is not very good. Alas!" Zhou Jun sighed.

"Does she live in her hometown now?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Yeah, she's the only one. I saw her a few days ago. She's lost a lot of weight, but she's still pretty!" Zhou Jun said.

"Unexpectedly, she came back." Xu Taiping said with emotion. Zhou Zhiyun always has a place in Xu Taiping's heart. Although that position has become no longer important, it still represents the love that Xu Taiping had at the beginning of the year. Dou, Xu Taiping is still a little touched when he hears that Zhou Zhiyun is in this town. However, Xu Taiping will not deliberately go to find Zhou Zhiyun. After all, Zhou Zhiyun has decided to come back here to start a new life, so he will go to find her again. Her words may bring back bad memories for her.

Xu Taiping chatted with Zhou Jun for a few words, and then took the things he bought to Atu's restaurant.

The restaurant was closed today and A Tu was not in the restaurant. Only Qiuying was there. When Xu Taiping asked, he found out that A Tu's son had a school holiday today and he was going to fly to Jiangyuan City. A Tu went to Jiangyuan City to pick up his son.

Xu Taiping didn't stay in Ah Tu's restaurant for long, and returned to his old house at around eight o'clock.

As soon as he arrived at the door of his old house, Xu Taiping was stunned.

There were many people sitting outside my old house, many of whom were carrying large and small bags.

Xia Jinxuan was already awake at this time and was greeting these people. When she saw Xu Taiping coming back, Xia Jinxuan hurried over and said, "These people are all here to find you."

"What are you looking for me for?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I seem to be here to ask for something from you." Xia Jinxuan said with a strange expression.

Xu Taiping frowned and walked in front of everyone.

"Taiping, you are back. Do you still remember me? I am your Uncle Chen! The pillar of our family, you and I were high school classmates!" A middle-aged man said to Xu Taiping with a smile.

"Taiping, I am your Aunt Zhou. When your father and his friends came to Chiyan Town, I helped them find a place to live!" A woman in her fifties patted Xu Taiping on the shoulder and said.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Taiping asked.

A group of people looked at each other for a moment, and then a man stood up and said, "This is what happened..."

Xu Taiping stood there and listened to the other party briefly explain their affairs.

In fact, the matter is not complicated. These people used to be staff members of the Fairy Mountain Resort. Now that the resort has collapsed and Su Jinlong has run away, no one will settle their wages. Moreover, because the new year is approaching, their year-end benefits It was gone, so this group of people came to Xu Taiping to see if Xu Taiping could do a favor and get the money back.

This matter actually has nothing to do with Xu Taiping. Su Jinlong is their boss, and it was Su Jinlong who ran away. Although it was Su Jinlong who was driven away by Xu Taiping, Su Jinlong could have paid his salary before leaving. At the moment, Su Jinlong has no He paid his salary and ran away, obviously leaving a problem for Xu Taiping.

It can be said that the people here are all from the countryside. If Xu Taiping really doesn't care about this matter, he will probably be stabbed in the back. After all, in the eyes of these people, Su Jinlong was driven away by you and Xu Taiping. Their salary No, why don't you ask Taiping to pay for it?

Although Xu Taiping's performance yesterday shocked many people, for these people, nothing is more important than money, especially the money they earned through reasonable and legal labor. Therefore, no matter how scary Xu Taiping's performance yesterday was, Today these people still came to the door.

Xu Taiping was in a bit of trouble now.

These people are indeed fellow villagers, and Xu Taiping still remembers many of them. Although these people have changed a lot over the years, they did help him and his family before they changed.

If Xu Taiping doesn't give him money, then they definitely can't do anything to Xu Taiping. But for Xu Taiping, being stabbed in the back would not only make him unhappy, but also make his parents feel sorry for him. I really can't ignore it.

"How much is the total?" Xu Taiping asked.

"We did the math. This month's salary for all of us, plus the year-end bonuses from previous years, totals about half a million yuan. It's less than 10,000 yuan per person. I know how much this money means to you. It's definitely nothing, but for us, we only earn 30,000 to 20,000 yuan a year. If this money is gone, we will not be able to live well this year." One person said to Xu Taiping.

Five hundred thousand is not much money to Xu Taiping. After Xu Taiping pondered for a moment, he said, "I will give you this money."

"Oh, that would be great!" People around said excitedly.

Xu Taiping picked up his cell phone and called Zhou Xiaoyu, asking Zhou Xiaoyu to go to the bank to withdraw money.

Not long after, Zhou Xiaoyu went to get 500,000 yuan.

Xu Taiping directly handed the money to the leader of the group, and then said, "I will give you this money for Su Jinlong first, and you should stop coming to my house. I need to be clean for a few days."

"Okay! Let's leave now!" Everyone cheered in unison, and then left one after another.

"Why did you help Su Jinlong give this money?" Xia Jinxuan asked in confusion.

"Do you want me to call Su Jinlong now and ask him to give me money? It's only half a million. It's not worth calling Su Jinlong. Besides, he should have arrived in the provincial capital by now. My people can't get him. If I let him It's not cost-effective for people over there in the provincial capital to do it. It's better for me to pay the money. Firstly, these villagers will not have to rely on our family. Secondly, it can be regarded as doing something for everyone. Otherwise, we will wait for Su Jinlong to give us the money. , I don’t know when it will be." Xu Taiping said.

"People's hearts are dissatisfied. It's not good for you to do this." Guan He shook his head.

"The method is not good, but it can temporarily solve the problem." Xu Taiping smiled, then raised the bag in his hand and said, "Let's decorate our home! I'll cook."

"good!!"

A group of women quickly got busy, some wrote and posted, some hung lanterns, while Xu Taiping was making breakfast in the kitchen.

However, before breakfast was finished, there was a noise outside.

Xu Taiping walked out of the kitchen and looked outside, only to see another group of people coming from nowhere and gathering at the door of his house.

"What are you doing?" Xu Taiping asked with a frown.

"Taiping, I heard someone said that you want to help Su Jinlong settle the account. It just so happens that this villa bought more than two hundred kilograms of pork from me a few days ago, and the account hasn't been settled yet. Please settle the account."

"This is more than a hundred kilograms of goat meat, and I haven't paid the bill yet. Taiping, please calculate the money!"

"I sent them more than three hundred kilograms of vegetables the day before yesterday, and the money hasn't been given to me yet!"

Everyone said one after another.

Xu Taiping said dumbfounded, "Are you treating me as a charity?"

"Aren't you helping people settle their accounts? You gave them hundreds of thousands, but we are still short of thousands and hundreds of dollars!" someone said.

"Yes, you are so rich, what will you get after settling our bills? It's not even enough for you to drink a bottle of wine. I heard that you drink hundreds of thousands for a bottle of wine!" someone else said.

Xu Taiping frowned. Before he could decide what to do, he saw many people walking in the distance. There were old people and children. Everyone was talking and laughing while walking, just like celebrating the festival. Yes.

"What are you doing here?!" Xu Taiping asked, looking at the people in the distance.

"Didn't you say you are giving out benefits? We are here to collect the money!" said an old man.

"Taiping, you are really promising, you have brought benefits to the whole town!" Another old man said.

Xu Taiping's face suddenly turned dark. Who the hell spread this rumor?