Chapter 2077

"I don't want to be famous." This kind of fame was terrible. The man knew this clearly. Once famous, people would look down on him, his wife, and his children. They would be seen as a cheating family.

"I'll pay. I'll pay, okay?" He couldn't fight her. He really couldn't. So he had to pay. "I won't have much money then."

"How many times have you done this scam?" Zhu Yanyi looked at her seriously and asked.

The man sighed. "Third time."

"How much did you cheat?" Zhu Yanyi asked.

"Five hundred the first time, three hundred the second." The man was honest.

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Take out all the money and donate it. Be good people. I will have people watch you. No, I will have people visit you. If my people catch you scamming once, I will make you famous."

"Oh." It seemed they could never scam for money again. Scamming was fast money. Now that path was cut off. But what could they do? The girl in front of them was a boss they couldn't offend.

Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment. "How about this? You can't be actors, but you can do publicity. I will have people contact you. You will go around the country explaining how to scam, to stop others from being tricked. I will pay each of you eight hundred a month. If you help others spot scams, you get extra bonus."

"Really?" Their eyes lit up. They thought the path was gone, but a new one appeared. Eight hundred a month was a lot for them. They only made eight hundred from two scams, shared among ten people. That was less than one hundred each. And Zhu Yanyi’s offer was a real job.

"Little ancestor, auntie, we are willing to do this." As long as there was a salary and bonus, it sounded good.

Zhu Yanyi hummed. "I will call them to come. They will train you. Then you will go around promoting how to spot new scams. Work hard."

"Okay, okay." They nodded seriously.

"My surname is Zhu. The character is Zhu. The people coming will tell you I sent them. Give me your address." Zhu Yanyi said.

Someone nearby quickly gave the address. They lived nearby, so it was easy.

Zhu Yanyi took the address and called Luo Gang. Luo Gang would arrange the details. She told them.

To thank Zhu Yanyi, they insisted she visit their village for a good meal.

Zhu Yanyi discussed it with Yan Aohan. They didn't refuse and went to the village.

Entering the village, Zhu Yanyi saw many fields were barren. She frowned slightly. "You are all farmers, right?"

"Our village has been farming for generations." The man around fifty spoke. "I am the current village chief. My name is Wu Qiong. Our village is called Koutian Village, named after our surname."

Wu Qiong looked nostalgic, remembering the past.

"If you are farmers, why are the fields abandoned?" Zhu Yanyi asked curiously. She didn't understand. Did they throw away their main value just to cheat money?

"We don't want to abandon the fields. But developers bought our land. We had no choice. If we planted now, the land would be filled before harvest. We would lose everything. So we had to leave the fields empty." Wu Qiong looked helpless. Seeing so many empty fields, the farmers felt anxious and heartbroken.

Zhu Yanyi frowned. "I remember good farmland cannot be sold freely. What you did is illegal."

Wu Qiong sighed. "We know now. But the paperwork is done. We can't change it."

"Do you know who bought your land?" Zhu Yanyi asked again.

"A businessman from Guang City. Someone from Fengxiang Group." Wu Qiong thought for a moment. "About eight thousand mu of land was sold."

"All of you are squanderers." Zhu Yanyi sneered. "Selling good farmland? You are eating your descendants' rice. Do your children and grandchildren not need to eat?"

"Ah…" Wu Qiong lowered his head. Others did too.

"It's because our village is too poor. Everyone wanted a good life. You don't know, every family had three or four mu of land. But we had little money. After selling the land, every family got at least twenty thousand yuan." Wu Qiong said.

Zhu Yanyi almost exploded. What kind of price was that? In the future, land would be worth gold. She took a deep breath. "Selling land is one thing, but good farmland must not be sold. Aohan." Zhu Yanyi looked back at Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan nodded. "Don't worry. I will handle this."

Yan Aohan went aside to make a call. He was better at handling this than anyone. The farmland issue seemed small now, but it would be bad later. If the land became gardens, it was okay. But if it became an industrial zone, the environment would be destroyed. Protecting the environment was hard. If this happened, the local environment would be ruined.

Zhu Yanyi considered herself a healer. As a healer, she couldn't ignore known environmental problems. So she had to ask about this.

Zhu Yanyi could have called someone herself. But doing so might cause unnecessary trouble. It was better for Yan Aohan to do it. He could handle it simply. There would definitely be someone to deal with this.

Although the economy was developing rapidly, it should benefit the people.

The barren farmland and sales were a big problem. This wasn't happening in just one place. Many places had this issue. If they handled this case well, it could serve as an example. It would influence other places too.