Lan Yingxiong said sarcastically, "It seems you also know that you are useless. To be honest, you are the only teacher in the whole village, but think about it, how many families in the village can afford a teacher? Only my father would hire you to teach us how to read and write. For so many years, my family has been giving you free food. Don't you feel guilty?"
Mr. Chen was so guilty that he almost knelt down. He nodded and said, "Master, you are right. I am really useless. I am grateful to the Lan family for raising me. Otherwise, a useless person like me would have starved to death long ago. Master, if you have anything to ask, just tell me. I will do my best to do it."
Lan Yingxiong said, "I want you to go to my house and supervise my second brother's studies."
Mr. Chen: ???
Is it that simple?
The eldest son had said so much, and he thought he was going to kill someone. He didn't expect that he was just going to watch over the second son's study. This was too easy. Mr. Chen felt a sense of relief and gratitude in his heart, and patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I'll go right away!"
After saying that, he trotted all the way to the Lan family, found Lan Zheyu, and said, "Second Young Master, it's time to study."
Lan Zheyu smiled warmly, "So it's Mr. Chen..."
Mr. Chen looked at the smile on his face and sighed in his heart that among the young masters of the Lan family, the second young master was the easiest to get along with. He explained, "It was the eldest young master who asked me to come."
Mr. Chen didn't say the word "supervise", but said very tactfully: "The eldest master is worried that you will encounter problems while studying, so he asked me to be by your side. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
"Okay, then I'll trouble you, sir." Lan Zheyu smiled slightly, went to the study, and sat down to read.
"Sir, please sit down too."
"No, no, I'll stand here for a while." Mr. Chen was too embarrassed to sit down when he thought about how he had been eating and drinking for free for so many years. He stood beside the desk like a book boy.
Lan Yingxiong passed by, took a look inside through the window, nodded with satisfaction, and went to the kitchen to cook.
With the Lan family's financial resources, they can afford to hire a cook, but the village chief thinks the kitchen is a very important place. What if the cook has bad intentions and puts poison in the food?
Like his father, Lan Yingxiong doesn't trust outsiders, so he simply learns to cook by himself. In the past few years, he has become more and more skilled at cooking, and the food tastes better and better. He cooks all three meals a day for the family.
Lan Yingxiong did not need to go out to work. His family had the most farmland in the entire village, and all the farmland was leased to the villagers. What's more, the village chief also had additional business. He bought things made by the villagers and sold them in town to make a profit. The family had accumulated a lot of wealth, which was enough for the three brothers of the Lan family to live a life of idleness and waiting for death.
On this day, Lan Zheyu was studying at home while Lan Jinyu was out looking after the shop. Both brothers behaved very well.
At noon, Mr. Chen went home to eat and did not stay at Lan's house for a free meal.
After lunch, Lan Zheyu planned to go back to the house for a nap, but as soon as he lay down, it was dark outside.
It got dark suddenly.
A dim moon hung in the night sky.
Lan Zheyu was stunned. "Why is it dark now?"
"Yes, Daddy is still out there collecting bodies..." Lan Jinyu sat up, a worried look on his face. "What if Daddy happened to be on the street and didn't have time to find a house to hide in? Wouldn't that be a disaster?"
Lan Zheyu narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Dad's reaction is very sensitive. He will definitely be able to hide in the nearby house. Nothing will happen."
"I remember Dad told us not to go out after noon... Does he know the pattern of darkness?" Lan Jinyu pondered for a moment and asked hesitantly, "If Dad knew, why didn't he tell the villagers about this pattern?"
As the village chief, shouldn't you consider the villagers?
Then Lan Jinyu thought of his father's special habit of eating ashes, shuddered, and said, "Dad, I don't think he wants more people to die, so that he won't lack food..."
"I don't know. Dad is always mysterious."
Lan Zheyu was now worried about something else, "Is Tianmiao in danger?"
Lan Jinyu stood in front of the window, murmuring as if to comfort herself, "Tian Miao is fine. The Zhu family has no land, so the siblings don't need to go out. They must be staying in their room."
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farmland.
Many young and middle-aged people work under the scorching sun.
Some villagers' wives came to deliver food, which made many single young people envious.
Smelling the aroma of rice, several single young men could not bear the hunger and left their fields to go home to eat.
Some people quietly took out their dry food, ate it up in big mouthfuls, and then planned to continue working.
But who knew that the surroundings suddenly became dark. Looking up, the scorching sun in the daytime had been replaced by the crescent moon in the night.
"Go home quickly!"
A cry of terror erupted from the crowd, and everyone was in a panic. Some villagers who lived nearby quickly ran back home and locked the door.
Some villagers who lived far away from home saw many white cloaks floating over and surrounding them after running a few steps.
"Please spare us!"
Someone fell to his knees and cried bitterly, "My daughter is still waiting for me at home..."
"I... I haven't married yet. Please, let me go home..."
"My wife is not pregnant yet. Please let me go now. When my wife becomes pregnant, I will come here to die."
"My husband and I live frugally and have never had a full meal. Can you let me go home and cook for us so we can have a full meal before we set off on our journey..."
"I don't want to die..."
More and more villagers knelt, hoping that the White Mantles would show some mercy.
The white cloaks let out a cackle of laughter, seemingly enjoying the feeling. However, some villagers refused to kneel. They roared, "Everyone, stand up! We are many. Stand up and resist. Whoever can escape will be a success!"
However, a few villagers were already frightened and would rather pin their hopes on the enemy than take the initiative to seize the opportunity.
How can humans defeat monsters?
It's just a fool's dream...
Only a dozen villagers were waving farm tools like hoes, hitting the man in the white cloak. As the cloak rose and fell, the pale skeleton underneath was vaguely revealed.
So everyone became even more afraid.
"They are demons rising from their graves..."
“Run!”
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the white cloaks were attracted by the dozen villagers, some people ran away, but they did not run far. Instead, they lay down in the nearby farmland.
It’s so dark now, as long as I hide carefully, I shouldn’t be discovered, right?
However, after hiding, they saw a long crimson worm looking at them with a teasing look.
Long worms entangled themselves around.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sharp pain in the lower back.
Blood gushed out and the screams continued for a long time.
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