Reborn as a New Farmer of the 1980s

Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....

Chapter 330: He's so handsome when he's fierce

Seeing Chen Cang being fooled, Wan Feng wanted to laugh, but he absolutely could not laugh at this time. He had to hold it back and pretend to be disgusted.

Wan Feng threw the two dollars he won to Chen Cang and said, "Your daughter worked so hard to embroider and earn money for her studies, and now you give it to you, a bastard, to gamble. How can you have the nerve to take her hard-earned money? You are an adult, you have a wife and a family. If you don't have the ability, don't marry a wife and have children. A man who can't even be a good husband and father is not worthy of being called a human being. Go back and think carefully about your future path. I don't want to see you in Wahou tomorrow. You can leave now."

If this wasn't Chen Wenxin's father, Wan Feng, he would have just told him to get out.

Chen Cang and the three monsters went out timidly. Out of courtesy, Liang Wan even got up to see them off to the gate, so Wan Feng naturally did not go out.

As soon as the door of the inner room opened, a group of women rushed out and applauded Wan Feng loudly.

"The nephew is mighty, the nephew is domineering, the nephew is so handsome." Qiuyu took the lead in making a noise.

It would be strange if I could be so majestic and overbearing when being called "nephew" by you bitches every day.

"Wow! You were so fierce just now. No wonder Luan Feng is afraid of you even though she's always making a fuss."

"But he's really handsome when he's aggressive! He looks very... manly."

"He's a man with a big tofu-like demeanor, he's really quite handsome, hahaha!"

These women have learned the word "handsome" from Luan Feng. Fortunately, he is neither unlucky nor a dumper, otherwise how could he bear being dumped by them?

Wan Feng smiled brightly: "I am only cruel to those who deserve it. Those who deserve my respect will see my sincere smile."

Liang Hua hid behind the crowd. Wan Feng's fierceness just now and his current smile made her feel extremely unreal. She didn't think his smile was nice, but when he got fierce, it hit her heart like a hammer. At that moment, she felt that Wan Feng was the most handsome.

Why didn't I notice his handsome side earlier?

"Just now, Zhang Xian pulled Chen Cang off the kang, which scared me. I thought he would fall badly." Liang Wan said with lingering fear.

"Zhang Xian knows what's going on. We were just trying to scare him."

"Do you think this will be effective? It's very difficult to change a man who relies on gambling to support his wife. If he doesn't change, you won't really throw him into the rubber dam to feed the fish, right?" Liang Wan asked jokingly.

"Of course I won't let him feed the fish. That's illegal. I hope he can understand the ins and outs of gambling. If he refuses to change, I'll find someone to disrupt his gambling games until those gamblers are too scared to play with him and he behaves himself."

Sometimes extraordinary situations require extraordinary measures. He didn't believe that no one would be willing to do such a disruptive thing for two dollars a day. If it really didn't work, he would let Zhang Xian go and see who dared to force it.

"You can even come up with such a dirty trick."

"That's not a bad move, that's guiding people to do good."

"Hey, what's the matter with your poker card record?" Liang Wan suddenly asked in a mysterious tone.

"You want to learn? Bring me a hundred yuan for tuition first."

"One hundred! You bastard, you want to steal it!" Liang Wan blew his beard and glared.

"Then why are you learning that stuff? Want to be a professional gambler? Aren't you afraid of dying? You should just earn some solid money and forget about those crooked ways. I just finished talking about guiding people to do good, and you want me to teach you how to cheat. I despise you, Zhang Xian, let's go."

Wan Feng would definitely not teach them that thing, and even if he taught them, they might not be able to learn it. Making marks on playing cards looks simple, but it is not easy to make the marks without anyone noticing. Once discovered, it would just be a matter of who has the bigger fist.

If a kid like Liang Wan learned this, he wouldn't even know how he died.

There are gambling masters everywhere. Wan Feng once saw a mahjong master with his own eyes. In the era when mahjong machines had not yet been invented and players had to place the cards manually, he would seemingly place the cards casually. No matter how you rolled the dice, the cards he would get were almost always one up and one down. If he was the banker, he would directly place the up and one down.

There is also a dice catching expert. No matter what dice he throws into the bowl, there are almost no dots.

It would be a miracle if you, a clueless person, could win by gambling with such people. The best way is not to gamble, not even with your relatives and friends. No one can cheat you out of your money. How can he cheat you if you don't gamble?

I don’t know whether Wan Feng’s intimidation worked or Chen Cang suddenly came to his senses. Although he didn’t go to Wahou to work the next day, he ran to the school to find Wan Feng.

After arriving at school in the morning, Wan Feng asked Chen Wenxin whether her father had gone to Wahou.

Chen Wenxin shook her head and said she didn't know. Her father was still at home when she came to school. As soon as she said this, Chen Wenxin looked at the back window of the classroom as if she had seen a ghost.

Wan Feng followed her gaze and saw Chen Cang peeking out of the back window of the classroom like a thief.

Seeing Wan Feng looking at him with a frown, Chen Cang quickly waved to Wan Feng.

Why is this guy running here instead of going to the swamp?

Wan Feng left his seat and went around to the back of the school.

"Didn't I ask you to work at the Wahou Brick and Tile Factory? Since you didn't want to go, why are you planning to continue gambling?" Wan Feng asked without any expression of disgrace.

"Hey, nephew, I want to ask if the brick and tile factory in Wahou really can make 300 yuan a year?"

Next year, the brick and tile factory will be basically back on track. With an eleven-month production schedule, we can produce 1.3 million red bricks and nearly 40,000 cement tiles. These two combined will bring in a gross income of nearly 90,000 yuan, with a net income of between 30,000 and 40,000 yuan.

Even if each worker doesn't get 300, it won't make much difference.

Wan Feng nodded: "Definitely no problem."

"If I could really make that much money, I'd go for it."

Why does every job seem like climbing a mountain of swords?

"How can you endure the hardship of being idle all year long? If you work for a few days and then run away, you will only get half your wages."

"I used to be a strong man, but in recent years, Dashutun has often been robbing people of their money. Isn't it because there is no profit that people gamble? If there was a profit, who would gamble all day long?"

"Haha, it's hard to say this anywhere else, but even in Dashu Village, it's hard to have a future. It's all because of Feng Shui. So are you going now? If you go now, just say I told you to come, and you'll get a full day's work."

"I'll go now."

Chen Cang turned around and ran to the back of the depression.

Oh shit, it’s on bus 11, this…

Returning to the classroom, he sat back down in his seat facing Chen Wenxin's inquiring gaze: "Your father went to work in the back of the village."

Chen Wenxin smiled with satisfaction when she heard this. If her father could really calm down and work hard, even if he couldn't make back 300 yuan a year, at least he could make 200 yuan. If she could make another 100 or 200 yuan working for Wan Feng, her family would have a better life next year.

At this moment, Chen Wenxin's face showed a look of longing.

After all, children from poor families become sensible early on.