"Good day, Leader Su!"
"Thank you for your hard work! Isn't it cold, standing here?"
"Not at all, sir. We serve the community and stand guard for the village—we won't ever feel cold doing that!"
Su Mo nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the two militiamen standing at attention in front of him. He then clapped them both on their shoulders.
One could easily tell if a village was doing well merely by looking at the sentries.
At the very beginning, the militiamen guarding the village were as scrawny as monkeys. Circumstances in the village had progressed to where the two sentries were now beefy and barrel-chested. Based on this alone, one could tell how well Hope Village's development was going.
In fact, the villagers had already allocated funds to pave the entirety of Iron Rock Mountain, including all the roads, with cement.