With a basket on his back, a rope around his waist, and a machete inside, this young master, who was a powerful figure in the global business world just a few days ago, has now become a woodcutter. It's quite comical.

However, it must be said that even though clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse, Ye Liang, now fallen on hard times, still couldn't hide his noble air despite wearing coarse clothes.

He was nothing like anyone else; even in a dragon robe, he looked like a nouveau riche.

Even dressed in simple clothes, this fallen young master could not hide his air of nobility.

Our Ye Liang actually looks just as good in plain clothes.

With his background, even on Earth, without money, he probably wouldn't lack infatuated girls who would throw themselves at him.

Of course, this is a different world, and there are no women like that here.

Yang Ting doesn't seem to understand romantic relationships yet. Right now, she sees Ye Liang as her fellow student and good friend, and the two are completely innocent with each other.

This is actually quite wonderful.

The two of them happily went up the mountain together, chatting and laughing, having a wonderful time.

As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, Ye Liang picked up a machete, intending to chop down trees.

Chopping wood, huh?

It's not difficult, is it?

Ye Liang thought so.

A reinforced machete can cut through iron chains, let alone a small tree.

Our young master may be weak in combat, but he's not stupid.

Knowing that large trees are difficult to cut down, they specifically chose to cut down small saplings.

One machete for each, how dashing!

He felt good about himself and was about to show off to his junior sister how quickly he had chopped a lot of firewood.

To everyone's surprise, his junior sister had already come running over, yelling angrily at him, "Ye Liang, what are you doing! How could you cut down these saplings? That's so immoral! If you cut down all the saplings, where will the forest be left?"

"Then cut down big trees?" Ye Liang readily agreed, immediately thinking that it was indeed unethical to cut down only small trees for firewood.

The junior sister said, "Even a big tree won't work. Big trees are wet. If we take them back, it will take more than half a year, and they might not even dry properly. If we take them back, they won't burn, so what's the point?"

That's true.

The fresh, large tree was cut down; it was wet, so it definitely wouldn't catch fire.

"What should we do then?" The young master was at a loss.

If you can't cut down saplings, and you can't cut down big trees, then what's the point of going up the mountain?

"You, I really wonder what you ate to grow up like this. You're got all these rich kid ailments, how come you don't know anything? I know that when you go up the mountain to chop firewood, you have to look for those big trees that have been blown down by strong winds, infested with insects, or died of disease. Dead trees are dry on their own, you can just cut them down and burn them directly." Yang Ting was truly defeated by Ye Liang's ignorance.

This guy can't even dress himself properly; as expected, he has no idea what it means to go up the mountain to chop firewood.

"Will there be many dead trees like this?" Ye Liang began to worry. At this rate, how long would it take to gather enough firewood after a single trip up the mountain?

"There are quite a few. However, there are definitely not as many as the trees that are still alive. So, we need to look carefully. Otherwise, do you think going up the mountain to chop firewood is a simple matter? Yes, it's easy for you to just come up and cut down perfectly good saplings, but will they be able to be burned when you get back?" Junior Sister Yang Ting started her吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online criticism) mode on Ye Liang.

Ye Liang was embarrassed by what he said.

Although he was pampered, he had, after all, run a company and acted as a domineering CEO. While his business success relied on family connections and capital, he must have had some ability to succeed in the business world. He's always been the domineering CEO; when has he ever been criticized like this?

If this happened on Earth, who would dare say that to him? He would have been... long ago.

That's all.

This is not Earth, and he is no longer the powerful young business tycoon he once was.

Besides, the person criticizing him wasn't an outsider, but his own senior sister.

Like family, Ye Liang himself felt that he deserved to be criticized because he had always been lazy and ignorant of farming.

Now you know what real human suffering is like.

Ye Liang was actually quite happy that he had become much more sensible.

I imagine that if I go back in the future, my parents will be shocked to find out that I learned to chop wood, carry water, do laundry, and cook during this time.

Just thinking about it, it's quite beautiful.

However, this is on the premise that he can actually learn these skills.

But really, Ye Liang is studying seriously now.

Of course, whether he can actually learn it in the future remains to be seen.

It's true, there are some things that you can't necessarily learn.

Although he was teased by his junior sister, Ye Liang actually learned a lot about chopping wood from her words.

Actually, the key issue with something as simple as this is that Ye Liang lacks experience.

With his junior sister Yang Ting passing on her experience in chopping wood, even this spoiled young master with no fighting skills could do it.

After all, he was just too lazy and lived a too pampered life before. He's not stupid, so how could he not learn to chop wood?

Once you know to look for the dead tree, the rest becomes much easier.

Ye Liang and Yang Ting started running around in the mountains, searching everywhere for dead, dry trees.

Before long, they found a large tree that had been broken by the wind and had fallen at least last year. It was now dried out and perfect for chopping firewood for cooking.

"Such a big tree, just one tree, is enough for us to burn for a long time." Yang Ting was happy.

Ye Liang was also excited and couldn't wait to put down his basket and grab his machete.

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