However, the area under the grass was fenced off, and the village chief sent several people to guard it.
If you want to kneel down, you have to queue up and pay money.
The village chief's son shouted, "Everyone, don't rush, line up and take your time, it's five coins per person!"
The county magistrate and his advisor also strolled over here and were quite surprised to see such a blade of grass.
Looking at the tall blade of grass, the county magistrate's advisor exclaimed, "Wow, this grass is huge!"
The village chief from the neighboring village asked in confusion, "Old Bai, when did such a big blade of grass grow in your village?"
He was so jealous; look at all those people in line, all vying to take out their money.
The village chief said happily, "This spirit is indeed not from our village, but our village is blessed that my son encountered it, and then we invited the spirit back."
On the other side, Dazhu and several other children from the village were standing at the tofu pudding stall that Zhou Siya was looking after, swallowing their saliva.
Zhou Siya had been watching them stand there for a long time and couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to buy it?"
Dazhu and the others discussed it among themselves for a while, and then said, "We want to buy it!"
Dazhu said, "Your family agreed yesterday that everyone in our village would get half price on your food. Give me a bowl."
"I want a bowl too!" another boy said.
The others also ordered a bowl each.
Zhou Siya asked doubtfully, "Do you have money?"
She remembered that all the money they earned in the Chen family was handed over to the adults in the family for safekeeping.
Dazhu said smugly, "We just led the way for those gentlemen, and they gave us a reward of ten coins, which we haven't handed over yet."
Another boy chimed in, "I also earned ten coins!"
Zhou Siya asked, "Didn't Grandpa Village Chief arrange for people to guide those people in the village? And isn't all the money going to the village?"
Dazhu explained, "I know, we didn't get the job in the village, we went a long way to find it."
Actually, these kids were quite lucky. They encountered a few people who were directionally challenged. They were taking a break and got so engrossed in the beautiful scenery that they accidentally went the wrong way and ended up being picked up by these kids.
Upon hearing that Dazhu and his friends were earning money by showing people the way, the children playing nearby eagerly ran off, hoping to earn a few coins in return.
The food street became increasingly crowded and lively.
The village chiefs of the neighboring villages, seeing how well those stalls were doing, deeply regretted not having their own people come and set up stalls there.
Of course, the happiest person was the village chief of Anping Village, because his village had made a lot of money from the service project.
Suddenly, a villager from Anping Village ran over and said, "Village Chief, a young master wandered into our village's chicken farm and wants to go in to hunt. He said he would pay him, but the others are stopping him. I ran back to ask for your opinion."
Old Man Chen said, "Why don't you take him somewhere else? The chickens raised there are our future food source. They haven't even fattened up yet, how can we let outsiders hunt them?"
The village chief chimed in, "Yes, let's take him to see other places!"
After the chubby boy and his friends finished their prayers to the deity, they returned to Chen's cold drink stall and began to eat and drink to their hearts' content.
The chubby boy's older brother and his classmates watched enviously from the sidelines, enjoying the free-flowing cold drinks, but unfortunately, they weren't included.
The chubby boy said happily, "Brother, look how generous my friends are! Shouldn't you bring your friends along and spend a little more money so my friends' families can earn a bit more?"
The chubby boy's classmates were speechless. Was this really his younger brother?
Just then, Xiao Bao's older brothers ran over, chatting and laughing, and said excitedly, "Uncle, Xiao Tian, let's go watch the fun. Those kids in the city have provoked the big water birds, and now they're being ganged up on by them."
Another bunch of reckless kids. Why did they have to provoke those birds? Luckily, their family had prepared plenty of ointment for minor injuries.
A little boy from Anping Village said gleefully, "A few people heard that there were big fish in our village, so they went to look for them, and they actually found one."
"They were scrambling to catch fish, and ended up getting injured by a big fish. The bamboo raft was even torn apart. Luckily, the big fish didn't continue attacking them, or they would have been in serious trouble!"
Chen Kai is in a real headache. He never expected there would be such a reckless person. He doesn't want anyone to get seriously injured on the first day of the event!
After a while, the competition started, and Chen Nong noticed that Er Ya was not there, so he went to look for her.
When Chen Nong found Er Ya, she was still idly swinging her short legs on the rock, staring at the entrance to the village.
Chen Nong shouted anxiously, "Er Ya, the competition has already started, let's hurry back!"
Er Ya stood up and replied, "Oh!"
Actually, nobody knew that Er Ya came out today to wait for someone.
The competition began, and the scene was incredibly intense. The Chen family children were all exceptionally skilled.
Chen Kai and Xiao Tian were genuinely surprised watching the competition among their children. They usually saw them causing trouble and being quite good at fighting, but they never expected that among so many children, they could still stand out and win first place.
Although Daya is just like her mother, very feisty, she's never been seen to run very fast before. I never expected her to be so good at running when she gets serious!
The foodie Er Ya and the vain San Ya were surprisingly not only good at fighting, but also quite fast runners.
Among the boys, Xiao Bao's third brother surprised everyone. He looked thin and weak, but unexpectedly, he won first place and ran much faster than the second place.
Old Man Chen and his family were not surprised at all; in fact, they were quite proud of themselves. Look, this is the child of their Chen family.
Originally, according to the original plan, the ages were roughly divided into children, young people, middle-aged people and the elderly. However, in order to motivate everyone, Chen Kai further subdivided the ages. This meant that the prizes increased, and their family's expenses also increased. Because of this, Old Man Chen and Mrs. Zhou had a big argument.
Soon, the competition moved to the junior group. Since the top three finishers in the previous rounds had already received their prizes, this spurred the competitive young people to all want to be number one.
"Fifth Uncle, go for it! Fifth Uncle, go for it!" Chen Nong shouted excitedly.
The sprint race was proceeding in an orderly manner. Looking at this lively scene, Chen Kai was reminded of the sports meet held at his school in his previous life. It was just as lively. If he weren't too young now, he would have participated in the race himself.
When the sprint race reached the middle-aged group, the style suddenly changed.
Everyone before us followed the rules, so why did it turn into a shamelessness contest for the middle-aged people?
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