Chapter 102: Peaceful days

Nikola sent the last petitioner home, a Ghost Liar who spoke in lies and had basically wanted an additional grotto. Nikola needed the caves for greenhouses, but he had promised he would search for a plot of land, so the rabbits could settle in.

 But if the Ghost Liars demanded land from him, then Nikola was in his right to tax them as citizens. He had spoken with Mister Wu. It was agreed that the Ghost Liars would work for the village, sweeping streets and helping people around, to earn fifty silver coins per month to pay for the privilege of living in Gangcho.

That had prompted some rabbits to go on a protest, stating that if their former burrow wasn't taken, then they wouldn't need the grottoes. But Nikola had stood firm as the rabbits half-marched, half-hopped their way around the village.