My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 428: Supporting Voices

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Supporting Voices

The village chief let someone grab a handful of rice in their palm, and then he took a camera, zoomed in, and started filming, "Our rice, with its plump grains, is crystal clear and exceptionally fragrant when cooked, and it has a nice elasticity. How good our rice is, is evident at first glance."

"Can they tell from the video?" Aunt Fan asked worriedly.

"Yes, they can. City folks are experienced; supermarkets have all kinds of rice brands from different regions. The prices all vary. The good, expensive ones and the cheap, poor ones can be easily distinguished," the village chief said, "I went to the supermarket and bought those expensive, high-quality rices, and cooked them using the same pot, the same amount of water, and the steamed them for the same amount of time, then tasted each one. It proved our village’s rice really is delicious."

"It’s not just me, Grandma Xu, Youxi, and her parents think so, too, and even classmates who work in restaurants say the same," the village chief said confidently.

"So, Youxi said our village’s rice should be known by everyone, let everyone have a taste. After they’ve tasted it, they’ll know how good our village’s rice is. It’s only by earning money from our rice that we can live a better life, not just during festivals and birthdays when we can afford meat."

"People in our families don’t have to go out to work and be away for a whole year; we can focus on producing our village’s rice," the village chief said, "We can also take the time to refurbish our houses, install heating for the winter, and no longer need to burn coal."

"Exactly, my home’s fan broke during the summer, and I didn’t have the heart to replace it. I could only keep the doors and windows open to create a draft, but there’s just no breeze during the midday heat, and every year it feels like I’m going to die from it."

"I can finally fix the roof of my house properly. I dread the rain; it always leaks. But I really had no money for repairs, so I could only use a bucket to catch the dripping water. Hearing the rain hitting the bucket pitter-patter at night, I can’t sleep well."

"Youxi has appointed me as the CEO of Hexing Rice Company, saying that once the Hexing Rice business is on track, she will completely hand it over to me," the village chief said, "One reason is that she genuinely doesn’t have time to manage so much, having to attend school, run her own company, and look after Hexing Rice. The pressure on the child is really too much."

"It just shows how valuable it is for Youxi to be helping us now."

"Youxi is actually going to hand over the company she founded to you, village chief?"

"Youxi didn’t start Hexing Rice to make money for herself, it was to help us live better," the village chief said with teary eyes, "And Youxi trusts me, believes that as the village chief I’ll definitely prioritize our village. Handing it over to me is better than giving it to someone else. With me here, I won’t let our villagers suffer a loss."

"Youxi has really thought it all through," Aunt Lin remarked.

"So, I can’t stand it when I see people slandering Youxi. What right do they have!" the village chief said angrily, "You guys aren’t in the Imperial Capital, you haven’t seen all that misinformation spread online like I have. When I saw it, I was truly... truly grinding my teeth in rage."

"I am clearly the village chief, yet those people, in order to frame Youxi and smear her, actually said stuff like I am Youxi’s client, that to flatter me, she accompanied me shopping, and did who knows what with other clients. Disgusting!"

"That’s going too far!" Aunt Liu exclaimed angrily, "Right, village chief, when this matter was being talked about in Youxi’s school, didn’t Lu Youbang say anything? He knows you, too."

"Heh," the village chief coldly chuckled with disdain when this was brought up, "I’ve inquired about it. He said the photo was too blurry to tell if it was me."

"In the morning, when the post slandering Youxi came out, someone went to ask him for confirmation, and he said he didn’t know who it was, even hinting that I was Youxi’s client. Later when the school issued a clarification statement and classmates asked him again—since I’m the village chief, Lu Youbang couldn’t possibly not recognize me—he said the photo was too blurry to make it out."

The village chief saved the photo and showed it to Ge Qiangzhuang, who was standing closest to him, "Qiangzhuang, take a look, can you tell it’s me?"

Ge Qiangzhuang glanced at it and said, "Isn’t it obvious at a glance?"

"If you’d only seen you once or twice, maybe you couldn’t make it out. But Lu Youbang has lived in our village for eighteen years. He says he can’t recognize you from this photo?"

"What is he? Isn’t this just blatantly framing Youxi?"

"Did he do this? Is he the one framing Youxi?"

"Even if it wasn’t him, he’s still an accomplice!"

The village chief gestured for calm with a hand, "Let’s not jump to conclusions; this video is meant for the journalists. If we wrong Lu Youbang without proof, won’t we be just like those who wrongly accused Youxi?"

"Our main goal is to show the efforts Youxi has made for our village. Those who slander her are conscienceless!"

"Right!"

"We all will testify for Youxi!"

"Village chief, can the reporters see what we’re discussing? Will they broadcast it for us?"

"I’ve thought about that. I’ll give a copy to the journalists and also upload a copy online," the village chief said, "Youxi’s classmates are all computer savvy. I’m not, but I’ll have them help upload it to the internet. Even if the journalists don’t report it, by uploading it online ourselves, we can let everyone see it."

"Village chief, if there’s anything else we can help with, just let us know!"

"Right, should we send a representative to the Imperial Capital or something?"

"Yes, to the Imperial Capital. Because of Youxi buying our rice, we’ve all made money," Aunt Lin said, "We couldn’t afford to go to the Imperial Capital before, but life is better now. If we grit our teeth, we can still make the trip."

"Absolutely, village chief, if you need us to go, I can go too," Aunt Liu said, her eyes reddening, "We’ll find journalists, go to the school, and tell them all that Youxi has done for us. Let’s see who’s so evil as to slander such a good child!"

"Thank you all," the village chief said gratefully, "I’ll go back first and see. If I really need everyone to come to the Imperial Capital to show support, I’ll let you know. If I can represent us and save everyone money, that would be better. We’ve only just started making a little money; it wasn’t easy."

"I’ve made up my mind," Ge Qiangzhuang said, "The money was made for me by Youxi, and spending it to help her is no problem at all. Youxi can help me make even more money in the future."

"That’s the spirit."

After filming the video, the village chief took advantage of his rare visit home to check on Fang Yanshun’s studies.

He encouraged Fang Yanshun to study hard, so in the future, he could also help out at Hexing Rice.

After all, Fang Yanshun didn’t have any particular dreams.

He hadn’t even thought about what he would major in in the future or what job he’d do after graduating.

His current goal was simply to score as high as possible, then choose a popular major that makes finding a job easy. What he did after graduating didn’t matter, as long as he found a good job.

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