There was a lot of noise all around.
The villagers stared at Chen Xian with a kind of fanaticism and worship.
Many women in the village suddenly noticed that this seemingly ordinary farmer had fairer skin than other men, was tall, and despite being 35 years old, had an upright posture and was completely different from the other men in the village.
He possessed an inexplicable air about him, standing out from the crowd, completely different from the farm men who had done rough work in the countryside.
With a slight smile, Chen Xian said to Chen Gui, "Uncle Gui, how about I treat the villagers to a feast?"
Chen Gui stared wide-eyed, rubbed his temples, and looked at him with a hint of reproach.
"Alright, you've been building pig farms and brick houses lately, and paying tuition for the village children. You must have spent a lot of money, right?"
"Brother Xian, I think you just have too much money to burn!"
Uncle Chen looked pained. "Don't get too cocky. Even if you've made a lot of money in business lately, you can't keep spending like this. I don't agree!"
The discussion wasn't loud, but the villagers are now watching them all the time.
Sister Guihua frowned and waved her hand, saying, "It's not appropriate. The village just distributed meat to your family a while ago. It hasn't been that long. Even if a landlord has a mountain of gold, he can't waste it like this!"
Da Cheng's mother is usually loud and boisterous, which annoys people.
She said seriously, "I don't agree. Da Zhu's father just paid for my child's tuition, and now you're going to spend money again? Wouldn't that make us look like greedy pigs and dogs?"
"Yes, we'll wait until later, hehe. Once Da Zhu's pig farm is up and running, the chicken farm can be set up too. Everyone can find work in your workshop and earn some money. Hehe, everyone can contribute money and have a feast together."
"good."
The suggestion came from Zhao Dayou, a notorious lazybones in the village.
Zhang Daguang exclaimed in surprise, "I never would have guessed that a lazy bum like you could come up with such a reliable idea."
Zhao Dayou grinned, "I'm just lazy, not stupid; besides, I've said it countless times, I'm not lazy at all, I just get tired more easily than you guys and prefer to rest in bed."
He chuckled.
As the sun sets, its soft golden light shines on the villagers' beaming faces.
The person's shadow stretched very long.
The villagers of Hongye, who seemed to have been forgotten from beginning to end, had their mouths half-open and half-closed. They hadn't drunk a drop of wine, yet their dark red faces were unusually rosy.
"My goodness, that's an imperial edict! Go and ask around the whole village and the surrounding area for miles around. Is there any farmer who has been directly appointed as an official by the emperor? Even if it's just a low-ranking official, that's still an official."
Several men stared intently at Su Laosan, their faces displaying flattery and obsequiousness.
"Hey, third brother, today was really exciting. I still have a few bottles of strong liquor at home. I'll have my wife catch a chicken from the yard, and we two brothers can have a good drink."
The man's face occasionally showed a look of struggle and heartache; he was going to keep that chicken to sell to wealthy families in town as a New Year's offering.
Another person sneered, "Get lost, Liu Er. Does your wife even know how to cook? She can only stew perfectly good meat dishes haphazardly, making them tasteless."
“My wife picks red berries from the mountain and adds half of one to the pork when she cooks. The taste is indescribable, spicy and fragrant. I guarantee you'll want to swallow your tongue when you eat it.”
Damn it, pork prices soared to over forty wen a while ago, it was ridiculously expensive. But whatever, as long as I can get on good terms with this Su Laosan, it's worth it!
The honest, hardworking farmer, who had toiled his whole life, was dragged and pulled along by them, swaying unsteadily.
She smiled, a smile that never stopped, looking at those men, and then suddenly sighed: Some things have really changed.
Looking at those men, I felt inexplicably guilty.
Under the setting sun, a cool mountain breeze blew coldly across his face. He calmly asked, "Liu Er, Wei Wu, Qi San, are we that familiar with each other?"
A sudden silence fell.
Qi San, who was always smooth and worldly, grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Well, it's just that we brothers found some work, so we're happy and having some fun to catch up with each other."
Tapping his head, Su Laosan looked at them and said calmly, "I'm just honest, not stupid."
A sudden remark left Qi San, who thought he was very good at dealing with people, speechless and frozen in place.
It's like a courtesan, skilled in social graces and adept at playing the field, fawning over wealthy young men, making them drool with envy and jealousy, thinking that their patrons really like her and feeling smug about it.
She tentatively asked: "Young master, will you marry me?"
The young masters turned their backs on you without hesitation: "A single red lip can be tasted by a thousand men, and a pair of white jade arms can be cuddled by ten thousand men. What's wrong with you? I find you disgusting."
Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife.
The villagers of Hongye stared at him blankly for a long time before slowly leaving, their laughter ceasing, their eyes occasionally glancing at Su Laosan.
Everything has changed.
...
Chen Gui slapped his forehead. "Oh no, how could I forget about the county magistrate?"
Chen Xian remembered whether the county magistrate was rushing to the village, and who he was looking for.
Suddenly, he chuckled softly. "No way, the Su brothers are perfectly fine as wealthy young masters, yet they choose to come here and be farm boys."
Rewind a little, and the Su brothers had just returned from the mountain.
A pheasant and a rabbit were hanging from a tree branch.
Staying at home reading was tiring, so the two of them discussed it and decided to mooch off Uncle Chen's meals every day. Although teaching him boxing would offset the cost of food, it still wasn't a good idea.
I'm planning to go up the mountain to see if I can catch any wild rabbits or something.
I was lucky.
Standing on the mountain, seeing the dense crowd, I felt somewhat confused and uneasy. Just as I was about to go down, I heard cheers from below.
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