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Xiao Ruo laughed: "What Steward Cai just said was exactly what I meant. I hadn't had the chance to mention it earlier."
Xiao Ruo paused, her gaze sweeping over the tenant farmers, and spoke again: "I do understand your concerns, but rest assured, once you sign this labor contract, as long as you keep the estate's secrets and the land redistribution confidential, there won't be much change, and you will never become slaves."
The tenant farmers hesitated because they feared that signing the labor contract might harm their descendants and cause resentment. With Xiao Ruo's reassurances, they were relieved.
If their new master insisted on them signing the labor contract, they would have had no choice but to comply, even if unwillingly. But Madam was patient in persuading them, and this alone made them believe she truly had their best interests at heart. They decided to take a chance.
