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The entrance of Yangjia Village.
A dozen young men with a scholarly bearing gathered at the village entrance, and the head of Yangjia Village was so frightened that he didn't care about his age. Even though he was not in good health, he would run over to take a look, for fear of neglecting some important person.
The village chief hadn't arrived yet, but Xu Yunfan and his two brothers-in-law had arrived first. They were still a few meters away when Qin An pointed ahead, "Brother, it's Brother Ye and Brother Lin."
"Yes, brother-in-law saw it." When Xu Yunfan arrived, Ye Chen and a dozen others hurriedly saluted and greeted Xu Yunfan.
"Master Xu, which way is Haoqi's home?" Although Ye Chen and his friends were classmates of Yang Haoqi, they had never been to Yang Haoqi's home, so naturally they didn't know where the Yang family was.
They were not very close to Yang Haoqi, and they were all busy with their own things, preparing for the college entrance examination in October. They were just nodding acquaintances with Yang Haoqi, but Xu Yunfan said that the students in their class came from all corners of the world, and being able to gather together and become classmates was fate. Those who could come today, all came.
Xu Yunfan had been here once before and still remembered the way. "This way. How did you get here so quickly?"
"We rented a carriage to come here, but we sent them back when we got to the village entrance. We'll have them come back in the afternoon. After all, there's probably nowhere to park seven or eight carriages."
Xu Yunfan felt jealous. Look, he, the teacher, is doing worse than his students.
He walked here early in the morning, but how could he be faster than someone riding on four wheels?
Before Xu Yunfan could continue to complain, Village Chief Yang had already arrived.
Perhaps, just looking at the other students, Village Chief Yang would have worried about what these people were doing, but when he saw Xu Yunfan, he recognized him immediately, "Master Xu, you're here."
On the day of the trial, as the village chief and a relative of Yang Xing's, Village Chief Yang asked his son to drive an ox cart to take him and Yang Xing's father to the county government office. On the way, he learned from Yang Xing's father that Yang Haoqi's teacher wanted to help Yang Xing overturn the case.
At that time, Village Chief Yang thought that this matter might not be accomplished, but who knew... As expected, this person's ability really cannot be judged by his age.
Therefore, Village Chief Yang has a deep memory of the young man Xu Yunfan.
"Village Chief Yang." Xu Yunfan greeted Village Chief Yang and then glanced at the students behind him. "These are all students in my class, and also classmates of Haoqi. Today is the Yang family's funeral, and it happened to be a closed period for the academy, so we came here when we had some free time."
"Oh, that's great! Haoqi will definitely be happy that you can come. Xing'er's matter is really thanks to Master Xu's help. If it weren't for Master Xu..."
Village chief Yang was not stupid, so he naturally understood what Xu Yunfan meant. At that moment, he was so moved!
Liu Tian was put in jail, but as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Liu family has made a lot of money over the years thanks to Master Liu. The Yang family did not let the Liu family go and sent Liu Tian's uncle and nephew to jail. How could the Liu family not bear a grudge against the Yang family?
Because of this concern, those who had previously tried to curry favor with the Yang family have now kept their distance from them. Although there were many people attending Yang Xing's funeral banquet today, not many of them really wanted to come, but they had to come because of face.
If it weren't for the fact that Village Chief Yang still had some authority in the village and personally went door to door to call people to help, I'm afraid that today's funeral banquet would not be able to be held even with the help of a few relatives of the Yang family.
As the old saying goes, 'You have to call for happy events, and you must come for funerals'. The Yang family didn't even have anyone to help with the funeral, so you can imagine their predicament.
Xu Yunfan and his group were led by Village Chief Yang to the Yang family, and everyone who was having a meal at the Yang family also looked over.
When they suddenly saw a dozen young men in brocade clothes and with a scholarly air coming over, everyone who was originally sitting at the table stood up, feeling inexplicably nervous.
There is no way. Which villager would not be curious when suddenly seeing so many students in the village?
Yang Xing'er's father was called several times, "Xing'er's father, come out quickly, are those people here to look for you? I saw the village chief brought them here, come out and take a look."
An aunt who came to help sincerely was holding a bowl of food in each hand. She didn't even have time to put the dishes on the table. She hurried over to call for help, fearing that the Yang family would neglect the visitors.
When Yang Haoqi and the others came out and saw what was happening, their eyes widened.
Yesterday, Yang Xing's father sincerely invited Xu Yunfan to come for the banquet. After returning home, he also knew that it was unlikely that Xu Yunfan would come.
He is just Yang Haoqi's teacher, so there is naturally no need for him to come. If he comes, it will be troublesome for Xu Yunfan.
The reason why they called Xu Yunfan over was not because the Yang family wanted to get more money, but because Xu Yunfan helped their Yang family, so he was their benefactor. For them, this relationship must be special.
But Xu Yunfan definitely couldn't come to this kind of banquet and eat for free.
When the Yang family thought of this, they didn't have any expectations. However, they didn't expect that Xu Yunfan not only came, but also brought more than a dozen students with him.
"Master Xu, Ye Chen, Lin Zifei... why are you here?" Yang Haoqi looked at Xu Yunfan, then at his other classmates, his eyes red. When the village chief went door to door calling for help, he had no place to vent his sadness and bitterness, so he could only hold it in. He knew that people didn't come because they didn't want to get into trouble. Even the villagers were like this, let alone the others who were just classmates.
But even those he thought were close to him were unwilling to come, while those with whom he was distantly related came uninvited.
Xu Yunfan patted Yang Haoqi's shoulder, glanced at the other villagers who looked over, and didn't deliberately lower his voice. "Today is your cousin's banquet, so we came here when we had time. You can focus on your studies in the future. The Liu family is no longer a force without Master Liu. If the Liu family dares to cause trouble for you, come to me. Although I, your teacher, don't hold any official position, I know a lot of people. It won't take more than a few words to deal with the Liu family."
"Yes, we are all classmates. I can't help with your cousin's injustice. After all, we are not familiar with these things. But if the Liu family dares to bully you, tell me and I will let my father make them bankrupt."
"Yes, without Master Liu, it would only take a few words from us to bring down the Liu family. You have us as your classmates, so there's no need to be afraid of him."
"Well, what other classmates say is also my words. Although my Ye family has no officials, we are still the richest family in the area. It's just the Liu family. With just one word from me, the Liu family will have to sleep on the streets tomorrow. My father is very powerful. Whoever he wants to bankrupt will not make a penny. With a classmate like me, you can rest assured."
Ye Chen's words made Xu Yunfan hate the rich again.
Damn it, if he was still the Xu Ershao, he should have been the one to say such a domineering CEO quote, but now... forget it, a hero doesn't brag about his past achievements.
Compared to Xu Yunfan's hatred of the rich, the other villagers who came to the banquet were shocked beyond words.
What did they just hear?
What teacher from Qingfeng Academy, what son of the richest man in the area... No, Yang Haoqi is a student from a poor family, how could he meet classmates of such status in Qingfeng Academy?
Hadn't they heard before that those students were very arrogant and that even those from the same academy had different levels of closeness to each other?
In short, it is about forming small groups.
They all tacitly agreed that even if Yang Haoqi knew someone at Qingfeng Academy, the other party should be from a poor family like him. Who would bother to play with poor people like them if they were students from wealthy families? After all, without money, they couldn't even play together. It was because of this that they didn't dare to get too close to the Yang family after they offended the Liu family. Now... it really made them regret it.
They understood the implicit meaning behind these people's words. To put it bluntly, they came to support Yang Haoqi.
To be honest, many girls and boys who came here were so excited to see so many students and learn that these students were very wealthy that they wanted to get close to them right away.
But will Yang Haoqi introduce them?
Maybe before, but it’s hard to say now.
After talking with Village Chief Yang and Yang Xing's father, Xu Yunfan felt that enough was enough, so he led the students to pay their dues.
"Hey, isn't that the son-in-law of the Xiao Qin family in Dali Village?"
Among the villagers, someone recognized Xu Yunfan.
But he did not recognize the man because of his identity as Master Xu Yunfan, but because he remembered that this man was the husband of Qin Jiarun.
Qin Run's ugliness was something that everyone in the surrounding area had heard about. After learning that Run'er from Dali Village had picked up a man, this man went to take a look at him out of curiosity.
Originally, Xiao Qin's brother-in-law didn't have such a great reputation, but he was good at making money!
Look at the Qin family in Dali Village today, who wouldn’t envy them?
I heard that Qin's people could earn at least twenty copper coins a day by working with Xu Yunfan. They counted on their fingers and found that twenty copper coins a day meant six hundred copper coins a month, which was more than half a dollar!
Now, who wouldn’t envy the Qin family, who wouldn’t envy that ugly boy Qin Run?
After the woman said this, everyone, who had already calmed down from the shock of Yang Haoqi having such a rich kid as a classmate, were now surprised again.
When it comes to weddings, the ancients valued matching of social status.
For families like theirs that are small and weak, even if they are really favored by rich young masters, most of them can only become concubines, and concubines are not considered presentable.
They had never seen Xu Yunfan before, and they thought that Xu Yunfan, who was so good at making money, should be a middle-aged man. Unexpectedly, he was such a young and handsome man.
If Xu Yunfan can like an ugly guy like Qin Run, how are they worse than Qin Run?
If Xu Yunfan takes a fancy to them...
All of a sudden, everyone's minds became active.
Qin Run, who didn't know that her husband had been noticed by someone else, had just finished her work in the town and was called over by an old man when she arrived at the village entrance.
When Qin Run came back, he was carrying three big carps weighing two kilograms. When he got home and saw that there was no one at home, Qin Run knew that Xu Yunfan probably took Qin An and the others out to play somewhere.
The Yang family's funeral was held at 3:00 p.m., and it was already 4:00 p.m. now. Logically, Xu Yunfan should have returned. If he hadn't, he must have gone out to play.
Before they reached the entrance of Dali Village, the people sent by Qi Xiu Ze hurriedly stopped Xu Yunfan and asked Xu Yunfan to go to the town with him.
Last time, Xu Yunfan saw the big horse that Qi Xiuyuan was riding and was quite envious.
In the early years of the Great Yan Dynasty, horses were considered important strategic materials. Later, after the war ended, there were still not many people who could afford to raise horses, which led to the situation where horses were more expensive than cattle.
Xu Yunfan walked around the town. The horses sold by the horse dealers in the town didn't look very good, and one horse was sold at a high price starting from thirty taels.
At this price, no matter how much Xu Yunfan likes it, he will definitely not be taken advantage of.
The horse that Qi Xiuyuan rode was very good, with smooth fur, long and powerful limbs, and big, round nostrils. You could tell at first glance that it was a good horse.
Later, he met Qi Xiuyuan several times. Qi Xiuyuan was a very considerate person. Knowing that Xu Yunfan liked the horse, he readily gave it to Xu Yunfan.
Today, Qi Xiuyuan has asked someone to bring another horse over, and Xu Yunfan can take that horse away.
Immediately, Xu Yunfan smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, turned around and left with his two brothers-in-law.
At this hour, Xu Yunfan had not returned yet, but Qin Run was not worried. He knew that Xu Yunfan loved eating fish and had a big appetite, so he planned to cook all three fish.
There was still half a jar of pickled cabbage in the kitchen that Grandma Fang had given her a few days ago, so Qin Run planned to make pickled fish and sweet and sour fish with the rest.
Ever since the family had some money, Xu Yunfan had been eating fine rice for every meal. Qin Run also noticed that Xu Yunfan not only had a good appetite and enjoyed eating everything, but he could finish three or four bowls of food every time. However, without meat, he would not be very enthusiastic about eating.
Because of his good appetite, Xu Yunfan eats a lot. In addition, he is in the period of growth, so Xu Yunfan eats to his heart's content. Qin Run tries his best to make delicious food for Xu Yunfan. As a result, after a month, Xu Yunfan has grown a lot taller. Thinking of what Xu Yunfan said before, Qin Run is full of motivation to cook.
He had just finished preparing the dishes and placed them on the table when he heard a noisy noise outside.
"Brother Xu, it's Dadan's turn. It's Dadan's turn this time." Dadan's clear and childish voice came, with excitement that could not be ignored.
Then, a deep and pleasant voice came into his ears, "Okay, Brother Xu, remember it. Now, please invite our little prince Dadan to mount the horse."
Xu Yunfan helped Dadan onto the horse and noticed that Dadan was excited but also nervous and frightened to the point that his limbs were stiff. Xu Yunfan smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, our little prince. As the prince's knight, Brother Xu will protect you."
The little ones naturally knew what princes and knights were after listening to Xu Yunfan's stories.
Dadan's face was flushed. When Xu Yunfan climbed onto the horse and pulled the reins, the horse raised its front hooves, and Dadan immediately shouted excitedly.
Hearing the noisy voices of several children, the other people from the Qin family came out to see what was going on.
When I saw this, wow, it was incredible. Where did this kid Xu Yunfan get such a big horse?
Moreover, this horse is tall and big, and you can tell at a glance that it is not cheap. It is estimated that it will cost at least one hundred taels.
Horses are so expensive that there is not even one in every village within a dozen miles, let alone anyone who knows how to ride one.
But looking at Xu Yunfan like this, this kid was very good at riding a horse. Qin An and several other little kids from the Qin family were chasing after the horse and screaming. When they saw Dadan sitting in Xu Yunfan's arms, the kids were so envious that they almost couldn't walk.
Some children in the village have never even ridden in an ox cart, let alone ridden a horse. Not to mention the children, even some men have lived for decades and have never even touched the hair of a horse.
Here, men love horses, much like modern men love cars.
This time, not only the children came to watch, but also a group of men looked at Xu Yunfan who was riding his horse freely with envy.
Xu Yunfan took the children for a ride in turn, fulfilling their wishes. When he saw Qin Run coming out, he immediately treated all the little brats as invisible: "Brother Run!"
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