Chapter 281: The Master of the Astonishing Sword

Chapter 281: The Master of the Astonishing Sword

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, early in the morning, Li Xiang was still visiting the whole village to pay New Year's greetings. Whenever he met a child, he would take out a red envelope with not much money in it, just 18 yuan.

It’s not that he was reluctant, but he couldn’t give too much.

If too much is given, the red envelope belongs to the adults, and only a few or a dozen yuan can be spent by the children themselves.

Besides, red envelopes are just a gift.

Some lonely elderly people, such as the Third Grandma's family, were naturally the targets of Li Xiang's visits. He carried gifts and sat in the Third Grandma's house for a long time. He also secretly used his earth-related abilities to help the Third Grandma level the land and loosen the soil and weed the vegetable garden.

It was done so subtly and silently that even Grandma San didn't notice.

The village ancestral hall has been rebuilt and looks brand new.

Under the leadership of the village chief Li Xiang and the older generation such as Li Jinyu, the ancestral tablets were moved from the old ancestral hall to the new one.

The old one is still preserved and will be renovated later. Because the house is old and antique, it can be used as a tourist attraction in the village. Many foreign tourists are very interested in this kind of old building.

As for the graves of my grandparents and parents, I had already visited them to pay homage before, so I won’t be going there again on New Year’s Day.

In addition, on this day, the movie version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" in which Li Xiang participated was released!

Li Xiang didn't go to see it, as Jiang Cai'er still disagreed. Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui and others went to support it.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, several aunts came back to their parents' home, and Li Xiang entertained them warmly. Although the aunt kept it a secret and did not reveal her income, it was obvious from her dress that she was different from before. She also brought her new husband back, saying that they were going to hold a wedding on May 1st, and her son would also have a wedding on the same day.

The eldest and second aunts asked where she worked, how much dowry she gave to her son for marriage, and all kinds of gossip. The youngest aunt handled it with ease, but in the end the eldest and second aunts couldn't help but see through the clues and make some guesses.

The two families were naturally very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do. Li Xiang had been very nice to them, and if they made any more excessive demands, Li Xiang would probably get angry.

Therefore, after discussing privately, the eldest and second aunts decided to take things slowly and plan for the long term, hoping to repair the rift between relatives as soon as possible. In their opinion, the past incident was not a big deal at all, and Li Xiang was just too stingy after becoming rich.

You said this kid, blood is thicker than water, but he still holds a grudge? They are both aunts, but he still distinguishes between relatives and strangers. It's so infuriating.

On the third day of the Chinese New Year, Li Xiang went to his grandparents' house to pay New Year's greetings, and also brought gifts to several aunts' houses to pay New Year's greetings. As gifts are exchanged, he naturally had to "return the gift" when others came.

But now everything is "fast-paced", and his family doesn't have many relatives to visit, so they can all visit within a day. Unlike when he was a child, each family would visit for at least a day.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the village held a Ding wine party and set up a buffet in the open space in front of the new ancestral hall. The requirements for this buffet could not be too high, but the food was much better than last year. Many young people took this opportunity to ask Li Xiang if they could work in his company.

After secretly comparing themselves with others, these migrant workers found that after working outside for a year, their income was less than half of what they earned by working in the village, and some were even less than one-third.

As for the money saved, let alone, food, clothing, housing and transportation, which one is not expensive?

It saves a lot of money to stay at home, and I can also take care of my parents nearby.

Li Xiang's scenic spot didn't need so many people, so he decided to let those who were willing to work on the construction site. The third phase of the shelter had already started construction, and the workload was even greater. The previous construction company, due to its relatively small scale, had complained to Li Xiang several times that it was difficult to find workers, which might affect the progress of the project.

Now, Li Xiang sent them dozens of strong laborers, many of whom were experienced and had worked on construction sites for many years.

Anyway, everyone has a low level of education and does hard labor outside. Now they go to build a shelter, and the salary is not worse than outside, so they all ask to join.

Some female comrades can be arranged to work in the construction site canteen.

With so many people eating and drinking, and this being a mountain village, it would not work without a dedicated canteen.

Then, Li Xiang picked out a few older sisters who were pretty good-looking and arranged them to work in a traditional Chinese teahouse and tavern.

Luo Feifei is a guarantee of box office success. As soon as the movie version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" was broadcast, it became a hit on the entire Internet. As expected, the protagonist Yang Guo did not get any limelight at all, and the limelight went to Xiaolongnu and Yin Zhiping.

The "Fantastical" CP has once again created a wave of popularity on the Internet. As soon as you open your phone, the screen is filled with messages about them, which makes Jiang Caier jealous. She presses Li Xiang against the wall and does a wall-bang.

About seven days later, the movie's box office revenue exceeded 2 billion yuan, which was a huge profit for a martial arts film that was shot in a short time and produced at a "low cost". The filming location of the Tomb Squad also became popular again, and there were more tourists in Lijia Village.

Luo Feifei was one of the investors of this film. In addition to the film salary, she at least earned a small amount of money.

Time flies, the Lantern Festival is over, and Jiang Caier has to return to school.

It is said that high schools will start to cancel evening self-study and implement two-day weekends off, but there are only more than four months left before the college entrance examination. Jiang Caier is in the third year of high school, so naturally she can't enjoy it. This year's winter vacation did not make up for the missed classes and did not start school early, which is already a special situation.

After the Chinese New Year, Luo Feifei had some free time, so she invited Li Xiang to visit her newly bought villa in Suzhou. The two exchanged Taoism together, and when she talked about her trip to India last year when she pretended to be a messenger of God, Luo Feifei laughed so hard that she shook with laughter.

"Come on, Brother Xiang, let's go for a stroll around India. The temples there must have accumulated a lot of offerings. It would be a waste if we don't accept them."

At Luo Feifei's suggestion, the two of them traveled together again, "plundering" various places in India, and the monks knelt devoutly to worship the messengers sent by Lord Shiva and the Goddess of Parvati.

When Li Xiang "accepted" these offerings, he screened them and did not accept some flashy but worthless things, or things that were not very practical.

The monks were stunned: "...Are the messengers of God so real?"

After the trip to India, Li Xiang went to North America alone because Luo Feifei had to film another movie.

The rumor that "Li Xiang is Luo Feifei's exclusive actor for passionate scenes" that was previously circulated on the Internet is not true, because since the last time the two of them filmed a passionate scene, Luo Feifei has never taken on any passionate scene again.

She is very interested in action scenes. Every time a director contacts her, she will ask excitedly: "Is there an action scene? If there is no action scene, I won't take it!"

As for the passionate scenes, forget it. Even if there are scenes with more emotions, she is reluctant to accept them.

Then the news came out, and netizens were very surprised. Such a cute little girl, a national goddess, a top actress, actually likes fighting all day long instead of talking about love? However, this is also Luo Feifei's core competitiveness. When she shoots fighting scenes, wirework is just for cover-up, and it is actually not necessary to use it. No martial arts instructor is needed, no stand-in is needed, and all kinds of martial arts movements are smooth and beautiful.

Someone once commented: "If Luo Feifei participated in the National Wushu Competition, she could easily win first place." Therefore, in addition to the name "Little Fairy", she also got another title, called "Kung Fu Empress".

She earned this through hard work, not by relying on her beauty.

After Luo Feifei knew about it, she interacted with netizens and inadvertently revealed that she was somewhat disgusted with this "nickname" because it was too common. Therefore, netizens gave her nicknames one after another, such as "Jinghong Sword Master", "Liuyun Sword Lady", "Jade Sword Goddess", "Nishang Wukui", "Bingpo Sword Master", etc. Because the weapons used by Luo Feifei in most movies or TV series are "swords".

In fact, she was also better at swordsmanship. She practiced the White Tiger Sword given to her by Li Xiang for one or two hours almost every day. Her swordsmanship had reached perfection, and in terms of swordsmanship alone, she was far better than Li Xiang.

Li Xiang is more proficient in heavy weapons and overpowering others with force.

Luo Feifei prefers the title "Master of the Jinghong Sword".

The netizen who designed this name said: "Jinghong" was taken from "Pian Ruo Jinghong" in "The Goddess of Luo River", which also coincides with his surname "Luo", and at the same time reflects that the movements are as swift and graceful as a fleeting glance of a beautiful bird.

"Sword Master" demonstrates his high attainments in martial arts, and is also compatible with commonly used weapons.

Luo Feifei got this title and happily shared it with Li Xiang.

Unfortunately, she couldn't contact Li Xiang again.

"Where is this guy going this time? Humph, he's not taking me with him again." Luo Feifei was angry, but she smiled soon, because it wasn't that Li Xiang didn't take her with him, but that she really didn't have time.

"It seems that we should pay more attention to online news, especially those on the external network. Wherever there is a storm, that's probably where it is." Luo Feifei whispered, stroking the hairpin given by Li Xiang.

Li Xiang is currently scouting North America. He has found a large bat cave and is wondering when to come and reap the perfect harvest.

This is the largest bat cave in the world, Bracken Cave in the United States, which is known as the world's number one.

(End of this chapter)

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