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"Saintess Achen, didn't you go to the Ji Niao Ancient Village? Why did you come back from this direction?"
At three o'clock in the afternoon, just as Ah Chen and Ah Mo appeared on the mountaintop, an auntie who came out of the orchard asked curiously.
"We went in circles, so we came up from the back of the mountain."
As soon as Ah Chen finished speaking, he saw his mother-in-law carrying two large bundles of vines out of the orchard. He asked curiously, "Mom, why are you carrying these? They're not fresh anymore!"
"Feeding Duoduo's chickens, ducks and geese. Oh...you just got back?"
Ah Chen nodded and stepped forward to take the load off his mother-in-law's shoulders. After all, it was their own chickens, ducks, and geese; how could they trouble their mother-in-law to take care of them!
To his surprise, his mother-in-law neither gave him nor Amo any money. Instead, she said, "I'll help Arui with the housework and lend you a hand. You should go back home now."
"What's wrong, Mother?" Amo asked.
The mother-in-law said, "You've been away from home these past two days, and the chieftains of dozens of villages nearby have come looking for Achen. There are still people at home."
"What do you want from me?"
"Didn't you want land?"
Upon hearing this, Ah Chen immediately realized what was going on.
Sure enough, at his doorstep, Chief Tang and his clansman were surrounded by a dozen elderly people of similar age, and the conversation was all about the same thing.
Ah Chen had driven his SUV out that day and parked it in front of his house. He glanced at Ah Mo and whispered, "Look at my uncle, he's as arrogant as a rooster. It's just land, but he's so old and still putting on airs."
flutter---
Amo covered her mouth and smiled, "They're all this age, letting them put on airs won't hurt them. Look at my grandpa, he's even more imposing than Chief Mu."
"These two old men have such a playful side."
Then, Ah Chen took out some still damp tea leaves and two small grasses from Jiu You's space, walked to his car, opened the car door and took out two plastic bags.
After packing it up, I handed it to Amo. "Give this to that old man from Yanjing, the one who's called 'Hou Duoduo'."
"This is..." Amo sniffed it, "It smells so strong, like fruit!"
"Although these two things are not treasures to me, their true value is not much less than that of the Seven-Colored Sacred Fruit and the Star Sugar, and they are also one of the major things we need to do next."
Upon hearing this, Amo hesitated only briefly before quickly understanding.
"You want Elder Chi to verify and confirm the value of this thing?"
"Pretty much. I believe that once this old man discovers the value of these two items in your possession, he will come to me. But don't reveal anything. I will talk to him about it later."
Upon hearing this, Amo smiled and nodded, "No wonder those rich people say you're cunning; you even take advantage of an old man."
"I'm providing them with what they consider rare and precious materials so they can study them. This isn't exploitation; it's me giving them face."
"Yes, yes, it's because the young prince thinks highly of them. Look at how smug you are."
Amo glared at Achen with exasperation, then took her things and went to the orchard.
Ah Chen leaned against the car door, listening to the argument between the village chiefs over land in the courtyard.
Just as Ah Chen was getting into the story, his patriarch's roar startled him.
"Mu Achen, what are you doing hiding behind that car? Hurry up and come over here to clean up this mess."
Ah Chen peeked out and saw that the clan elder and a dozen other old men were staring intently at him.
He gave an awkward smile and stepped around it.
But who knew---
A dozen or so chieftains immediately strode over, surrounded him, and repeated what he had just heard.
Ah Chen was immediately overwhelmed by the noise.
After a while, when the dozen or so chieftains were parched, he said, "Chieftains, I have basically understood what you have to say."
“I know your village has land, but there’s no point in fighting for it now.”
It didn't work?
Has Ah Chen changed his mind?
Ah Chen didn't waste any time and said directly, "Even if everyone is willing to give it to me, I still need to be able to grow the things I want to grow."
"So, after I'm done with these few days, you guys come with me to look around. Whichever village I fancy, that village will sign an agreement with us, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, the dozen or so village chiefs actually stopped arguing.
One of the village chiefs looked at Achen and said, "Achen, are you sure you want two hundred acres this time?"
"At least two hundred acres."
"Alright, we'll wait for your news. When you need to inspect the land, just send a message and we'll come."
Afterwards, Ah Chen chatted with them about some other things before they left.
Ah Chen got up and chopped off the vines in the courtyard. Then he went down to the ground floor to check on the chickens, ducks and geese that Ah Duo had been thinking about before she left.
"Brother--"
Little did they know that Arui was already feeding Duoduo.
Ah Chen nodded, reminding Ah Rui to take advantage of the remaining time and quickly prepare all the necessary documents for enrollment, then turned and went upstairs.
Pavilions in the air.
Ah Chen took out paper and pen and wrote for two hours straight.
"Ah Chen, come down for dinner."
Amo shouted from below.
Downstairs, before we had even finished our meal, Uncles Agan, Adong, and Arong arrived.
Not only that, even his father-in-law was there, but he was sitting by the wall at the very back, which made Ah Chen a little embarrassed.
Ah Chen didn't know his father-in-law's identity before, but now that he does, how could he let his father-in-law sit on the sidelines?
"Uncle Yue, come sit here, it's too far from your side."
"No need, I'm right here, you can continue your conversation."
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