What is going on? Why is Xiao Mai having his favorite snack right now? where is that annoying old woman? Where is Lu Lin?' Chen Xiao Mi was so confused.
"You are back, brother!" Chen Xiao Cai beamed a warm smile at Chen Xiao Mi, then he pushed his bowl to Chen Xiao Mi, signaling him to have some together with him.
Chen Xiao Mi stroked Chen Xiao Cai's hair, "You have it, Mai."
Chen Xiao Cai tiled his head with confusion, 'Why is no one sharing this yummy food with me?'
Little boy had no idea that everyone was saying no to him because they doted on him and wanted him to have it by himself.
Chen Xiao Cai greeted Chen Xiao Mi and said, "Have you heard about the farce? Lu Lin accused that annoying woman of stealing money from us, but that's not true."
Chen Xiao Mi squinted his eyes and said, "Let's keep it to ourselves, just back him if someone asks you, all right, Cai?"
Chen Xiao Cai nodded.
Chen Xiao Mi was actually very surprised to hear that, in a small village like theirs, nothing valued more than reputation. The villagers liked to gossip, surely they would keep talking about this for a long time, so he felt obliged to ask Chen Xiao Cai to side with Chen Xiao Mi for he knew Chen Xiao Mi had a solid reason to say that.
Chen Xiao Mi couldn't help but think about his own reputation in the village, he felt sorry for his two little brothers, the villagers didn't like them due to him.
Stealing was no small matter in a rustic village like the Big Stone Village. It bordered on a disgrace that Grandma Lu should bring her entire family into disrepute. Especially for Lu Cheng Yu, her grandson who was preparing for the imperial examination at the county level. This might ruin his reputation and his potential official career. Chen Xiao Mi couldn't even imagine what an uproar Grandma Lu had provoked in the Lu Family.
With that in mind, Chen Xiao Mi walked to the kitchen to look for Lu Lin.
"Lu Lin, I think the Village Head starts to dislike you."
Lu Lin smiled, "Why would I care about his opinion?"
Lu Lin knew the Village Head had always put a high valuation on Lu Cheng Yu, how he wished Lu Cheng Yu could bring glory to their village by excelling at the imperial examination.
That was why the Village Head was partial to Grandma Lu just now, he didn't want Lu Lin to give enormous publicity to this stealing scandal. Grandma Lu was also Lu Cheng Yu's grandma, he didn't want Lu Cheng Yu's reputation gets affected.
Lu Lin admitted that he went a little bit too far, but he didn't regret it. That was the only way he could think of to stop that nonsense, he didn't have the time or energy to reason with someone who meant to harass him with unreasonable demands. Plus, he didn't have anything to lose given neither him nor Chen Xiao Mi had a good reputation in the village.
Chen Xiao Mi was taken aback by Lu Lin's reply.
"Our Village Head is quite prestigious among the villagers, people say he is a good leader, you don't want to offend him openly."
Lu Lin gave a snort and said, "I'm not counting on him to do anything for us. Now all I want to do is to make a hundred taels and open our own shop in town, we don't need to please anyone by then."
Chen Xiao Mi looked at Lu Lin with admiration written all over his face.
Chen Xiao Mi would feel lost and hurt from time and time ever since he moved out with his two little brothers, no one liked the feeling of being isolated. And now he felt emboldened by Lu Lin's company.
In Lu Family.
"Damn that Lu Lin, he only brings trouble for us!" Grandma Lu fumed. She couldn't believe none of her family members believed her, they all thought she had actually stolen from Chen Xiao Mi. Everyone voiced discontent, they all saw her as a disgrace, especially Lu Cheng Yu.
As the saying went, ill news had wings.
Soon the other two kids from Big Stone Village who were classmates with Lu Cheng Yu had heard of that farce, one of them was Chen Jing.
Lu Cheng Yu did well at school while Chen Jing tended to fall behind and get scolded by the scholars. Even Chen Jing's family always urged him to study hard like Lu Cheng Yu, therefore, Chen Jing had bore a grudge for Lu Cheng Yu for a long time. Plus Lu Cheng Yu had a good opinion of himself, he always looked down upon Chen Jing and firmly believed Chen Jing would accomplish nothing.
Chen Jing was thrilled when he heard about the farce Grandma Lu, Lu Cheng Yu's grandma, made.
Chen Jing said it to anyone he came across how Grandma Lu's grandmother tried to steal from Lu Lin, Lu Cheng Yu's cousin who married his own cousin Chen Xiao Mi, a Bio; how cold-hearted Lu Cheng Yu's entire family were, and how they had sold Lu Lin to Chen Xiao Mi for ten taels of silver.
Chen Jing and Lu Cheng Yu's classmates were dumbfounded when they heard the shocking news, they started to see Lu Cheng Yu differently.
Chen Jing maintained that Lu Lin was married into Chen Xiao Mi's family, he and Chen Xiao Mi were cousins, Chen Xiao Mi's money technically belonged to all the family members. He wasn't the only one who thought that way in his family, Grandma Chen had been seething with frustration since she heard Chen Xiao Mi made a fortune together with Lu Lin. How she wished Chen Xiao Mi could share the money with her instead of Lu Lin! She cursed Lu Lin and the entire Lu Family.
Chen Jing had been secretly hating on Lu Cheng Yu and the Lu Family already, so he had been spreading Grandma Lu's scandal at school. Some other classmates who were jealous of Lu Cheng Yu's good grades joined Chen Jing, together they slandered Chen Jing and his family. It came to a point where the scholars started to see Lu Cheng Yu differently.
Lu Cheng Yu was fully aware the initiator of evil was Chen Jing, the two boys had a fight. The scholar had to both of them for two days.
Anger simmered inside Lu Cheng Yu when he walked back home, he told Grandma Lu how Chen Jing had slandered him at school and how it was all Chen Jing's fault that everyone saw him differently.
In a towering rage, Grandma Lu marched down to Grandma Chen's house and started to shout abuses on the street. Grandma Chen had heard her grandson Chen Jing's version of story, she was not going to just sit around and take the abuses.
Neither Grandma Lu nor Grandma Chen was a pushover, they called each other names, they accused each other of being greedy and cold-hearted towards their own grandson, and neither of them had showed any sign of concession until the Head Village intervene.
The villagers had a good laugh from the fight, they kept talking about it for days.
Lu Lin heard about it that very night, he didn't expect his little lie would cause such a string of events, the Chens and the Lus had shed all pretences of cordiality due to him. But he didn't care, neither of them was good people, he was not interested in the chaos.
Chapter End Notes
Buying a Mule
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In Chen Xiao Mi's house.
"Big brother, why are you carrying a basket, are you going to town again?" Chen Xiao Cai asked.
Chen Xiao Mi nodded.
Chen Xiao Cai squinted his eyes, he recalled it had been over twenty days since Chen Xiao Mi went to town last time. And it seemed that Chen Xiao Mi wasn't that keen on hunting any more, and he would immediately discuss with Lu Lin about how to cook the game whenever he had hunted some.
This was very new to Chen Xiao Cai, in his eyes, his big brother was someone who had always been prepared for any eventualities. He was surprised to see this side of Chen Xiao Mi who became more talkative when he was around Lu Lin, they would talk and laugh for a long time on how to cook the meat.
Chen Xiao Cai had also found Chen Xiao Mai, their baby brother, had grown taller and looked healthier thanks to Lu Lin's perfect cooking and utmost care. Chen Xiao Cai was impressed by Chen Xiao Mai when they went to collect firewood, Mai was able to wield a small axe vigorously in the manner of their big brother Chen Xiao Mi.
Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin had a discussion, they decided to sell one more batch of alcohol before the heavy snow sealed the mountain passes.
The restaurant owner who bought the alcohol from them last time highly approved the quality and wanted to buy more, same price as last time, eight taels of silver for ten jugs. Chen Xiao Mi would just sigh with emotion whenever he was reminded of the fact that one jug of alcohol was worth a boar.
Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin sold ten jugs of alcohol to the restaurant and another ten jugs to Yang Heng Zhi. Chen Xiao Mi stroked the sixteen taels of silver in his pocket, it was such a surreal feeling for Chen Xiao Mi.
The last time he had this much money in hand was when he sold the tiger he had hunted, but that money was hard-earned, that money was from dancing with Death. Chen Xiao Mi found the fact that you didn't have to risk your life to get this rich too good to be true.
"Shall we check the market again? I still want to buy a mule." Suggested Lu Lin.
Lu Lin wished to have a mule for a long time, he returned home in low spirits last time when he didn't find a healthy mule, so he would love to try his luck in the market this time. Plus, he was feeling sore all over from walking all the way to town, how he wished he could buy a mule and ride a mule back home.
Chen Xiao Mi had seen him through, he asked Lu Lin with confusion, "Are you still feeling tired? You didn't carry a thing on the way."
Lu Lin showed a bitter smile and nodded.
Chen Xiao Mi tilted his head and murmured, "Really? I felt much better on this trip, we have stored the jugs in your store, neither of us needed to carry anything, I feel like I can keep on walking forever."
Lu Lin cast a glimpse at Chen Xiao Mi and rolled his eyes, 'Yeah yeah yeah, you are the best, Mr. Olympic!'
And at the same time Lu Lin wished he could endure hardships better.
"But yes, let's go, let's get a mule." Chen Xiao Mi's eyes sparkled.
Lu Lin looked Chen Xiao Mi up and down, he asked with disbelief, "What made you change your mind?"
"We may need to do regular trips from our house to town. Everything will stay fresh in your little shop, we can store fresh veggies and fresh meat in your shop and sell them in town in winter time. We can get a good price for fresh food in winter." Chen Xiao Mi replied with a smile.
The two went to the market in a high spirit, and it didn't take them long to find a healthy-looking mule this time. What was even better was a sturdy carriage was included in the deal. It looked like both the mule and the carriage were both in great condition.
Chen Xiao Mi talked to the owner briefly, apparently the owner was in a rush to sell it to repay his gambling debt.
Chen Xiao Mi haggled with the owner over the price, luckily the owner was in urgent need of money, so they ended up paying seven taels of silver for both the mule and the carriage. Six taels for the mule and one tael of silver as a token fee for the carriage.
The young couple paid the seller in great delight.
"What else do you want to buy while we are in town?" asked Chen Xiao Mi.
Lu Lin thought for a little while and suggested buying some bones to make bone broth.
In modern society, people were willing to pay a high price for bones to make soup, so Lu Lin was amazed to find out you could buy kilos of bones with as little as ten cents because people had no idea bone broth was a good source of Calcium.
Chen Xiao Mi smacked his lips on thinking about the bone broth Lu Lin once made for them, "Sounds good."
Chen Xiao Mi took Lu Lin to a butcher, they spent thirty cents on kilos of bones the butcher had accumulated for an entire month.
The two then bought a new winter quilt for three hundred cents. The villagers tended to buy second-handed quilt because they were only half price, but they were not as soft or thick as the new ones.
Chen Xiao Mi put everything in the carriage and asked Lu Lin to take a seat, with that he whipped the mule gently, Chen Xiao Mi was fired with boundless enthusiasm, he couldn't wait to go home and show everything to his two little brothers.
Lu Lin lied down in the carriage with a big smile, he was fully satisfied and content with what they come accomplished so far. And he was sure this mule carriage would improve the quality of their lives greatly.
Chapter End Notes
New Projects
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The news that Chen Xiao Mi bought a mule and a carriage caused uproar in Big Stone Village.
Chen Xiao Cai walked back and forth around the carriage in excitement, "Big brother, is this really ours now?"
Chen Xiao Mi rested the arms on his hips and said with pride, "That's correct, Cai, come look at the mule, look how long his legs are."
Chen Xiao Cai beamed with smiles, only a handful of villagers could afford draught animals, a mule carriage was definitely a symbol of opulence in the village.
Chen Xiao Cai stroked the mule and said, "How great this is!"
All kids liked to go to town just for the sake of it, their parents might buy them some snacks and some toys if they behaved themselves. Going to town was just an exciting experience for kids that they could brag to their friends even if they couldn't get anything in the end.
Never had Chen Xiao Mi brought Chen Xiao Cai to town, for Chen Xiao Cai was still too young to walk several hours straight. Chen Xiao Cai could vaguely recall that the last time he went to town was with his father before he passed away, but that was years ago.
Chen Xiao Cai knew it was hard for his brother to borrow the ox-cart from other villagers, so never had he showed any sign looking forward to visiting the town even though he had been dreaming of going to town and doing some sightseeing. Chen Xiao Cai stroked the mule and couldn't help but picture him tagging along with Chen Xiao Mi next time he went to town.
It took Chen Xiao Cai a long while to notice the new quilt in the carriage, "Big Brother, this quilt looks so thick and warm!"
"Lu Lin just recovers from a dangerous illness, this quilt is for him." Said Chen Xiao Mi.
Chen Xiao Mi was fully aware that Lu Lin was the reason that their whole family was doing so well, he felt like they were taking advantage of him, and he had noticed Lu Lin wasn't as tough as they were, so he was trying his best to make Lu Lin feel comfortable.
Chen Xiao Mi and the kids hadn't complained about the coldness since they built the kang, but Lu Lin would still grumble to him about how bitter the wind was.
Lu Lin told Chen Xiao Mi that there was a thing called air-conditioner from where he came from, the air conditioner would make the room cool in summer and warm in winter. Chen Xiao Mi was rather dubious of whether it was true, it had nothing to do with how much he trusted Lu Lin, he just found it too good to be true.
Chen Xiao Cai pouted on hearing that quilt was for Lu Lin, he thought the quilt was for their baby brother Chen Xiao Mai. He couldn't help but cast a glimpse at Lu Lin who was busy in the kitchen, 'He is alive and kicking, he doesn't need this quilt!'
The villagers who heard Chen Xiao Mi had just bought a mule carriage did some quick math, they were amazed by how rich he was, he spent ten taels on marrying Lu Lin, and now he had spent about another ten taels on this mule carriage!
The more they talked about it, the more they were convinced that it was true that Grandma Lu tried to steal from Chen Xiao Mi. They all knew how greedy Grandma Lu was. Plus Chen Xiao Cai had confirmed that, 'Children and fools speak the truth'.
And soon there came the news that Chen Xiao Mi had been selling alcohol to a restaurant in town, that was why he became so rich.
A lot of villagers started to regret that they didn't marry their sons into Chen Xiao Mi's family. 'Our entire family could live in ease and comfort if my son were betrothed to Chen Xiao Mi!'
Grandma Lu was so furious when she heard Chen Xiao Mi had bought a mule carriage. She fell ill due to the pent-up frustration for days, none of her family members believed her when Lu Lin accused her of stealing, and then her grandson Lu Cheng Yu was suspended from school due to that, Grandma Lu was so ill that she couldn't get off bed. But no one believed her because she used to pretend sickness to make the family members do stuff for her.
"Mom, that Chen Xiao Mi is so rich, isn't he?" Lu Tong exclaimed. Lu Tong still hated the couple for turning her down last time when she asked Lu Lin to come back home to help with the Autumn Harvest.
Tang frowned and said, "Bastards! Bastards the lots of them! That Lu Lin, it's outrageous how he ignored us since he married Chen Xiao Mi, he shouldn't have said a thing even though your grandma indeed had stolen from them, it has ruined your brother's good name! Even I have been too embarrassed to leave the house recently."
"But mom, do you really think grandma has tried to steal from them?"
"I don't think Lu Lin would lie about that, but the thing is that's not stealing, we are all family now! Lu Lin is married to Chen Xiao Mi!" Tang said brazenly.
Lu Tong squinted her eyes, but she didn't say anything. She just felt her Cousin Lu Lin was a changed person ever since he tried to commit suicide.
To return to the couple.
Lu Lin could finally say goodbye to the door planks since they built the kang, he and the Chen Brothers had been sharing the kang. Chen Xiao Cai had noticed Lu Lin always tried to cuddle Chen Xiao Mi after it got dark, and Chen Xiao Mi would always blush.
Chen Xiao Cai was just a boy, but somehow he knew married couple should have privacy, he felt he and Chen Xiao Cai should sleep on a different bed now.
Lu Lin woke up this morning with a morning glory, he felt so embarrassed because he was cuddling Chen Xiao Mi. Chen Xiao Mi was so embarrassed that he pretended nothing had happened and left the kang.
Lu Lin, on the other hand, was lost in thought. 'This time and space is boring as fuxx, there's no entertainment except some adult activity. I need to build a room for the two kids soon, otherwise I will die a virgin!'
Lu Lin pulled Chen Xiao Mi aside after they had breakfast, "Xiao Mi, what's your opinion on building more rooms?"
He continued when Chen Xiao Mi was about to say no, "Xiao Cai is becoming a big boy, he will get married one day, let's build him a nice and beautiful room so he can impress the girl he likes in the future."
Chen Xiao Mi squinted his eyes, he had never thought of that.
"Let's build a stable for the mule as well, and a chicken coop. We paid good money for the animals, we don't want them to freeze to death in winter."
Chen Xiao Mi hesitated a little while, "Hmm, I agree with you, but it's not cheap, we are talking about at least eight taels of silver here."
"If money is your concern, we can always sell one more batch of alcohol. The restaurant owner said he would love to buy more alcohol from us, plus it's so popular to warm up over a bowl of alcohol among the rich people."
Chen Xiao Mi shook his head and said, "That's not necessary, we have money for that."
Chen Xiao Mi had a total of twenty taels of silver in hand now, he could easily afford to build one more room, a stable and a chicken coop. But the the silver had great sentimental value to him.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "Great, let's get started then. I was just thinking people might start to ask us how we managed to brew so much alcohol in such a short time if we sell a batch again."
Chen Xiao Mi nodded and said, "I agree with you, money is the least of our concern now, the thing is I don't think we are able to hire any extra help."
Chen Xiao Mi was confident that he could do renovation all by himself, but building a room from the scratch was not easy, the smart thing was to hire someone professional.
Chen Xiao Mi was worried that people would refuse to work for him due to his reputation even though he was willing to pay a high price.
Lu Lin looked totally unconcerned, "Money talks. I'm sure we can hire some help as long as we are willing to pay a good price, we can hire people from other villages if our own villagers don't want to work for us."
Lu Lin couldn't help but think about the modern society where all the employees complained about their bosses, but they felt reluctant to quit for the sake of the Almighty Yuans.
Hearing that, Chen Xiao Mi nodded and said, "That's a good idea, we can hire somewhere else."
"All righty then, I will talk to the Village Head and ask him to spread the word for us." Said Lu Lin.
"I don't think that's a good idea, you have just offended him the other day, remember?"
"Haha, this is more like a token effort, otherwise people will complain if we just hire from other villages." Lu Lin showed a cunning smile.
"You have a point." Chen Xiao Mi was impressed.
"Are we really going to build a new room? Do we have the money, big brother?" Chen Xiao Cai asked in surprise.
"We are, Xiao Cai, and don't worry about the money."
Chen Xiao Cai gasped.
'We are that rich now, since when?'
Lu Lin visited Zhang Cheng, the Village Head, and told him they would appreciate it if he could spread the news and hire some help for them.
The Village Head turned Lu Lin down flatly on the pretext that he was sure the villagers were busy.
"Father, why was Lu Lin doing here?" asked Zhang Jin.
"They are building a room, and he wants me to hire some villagers for them."
"Why did you turn him down?"
"Have you met Chen Xiao Mi before? What if he goes crazy and starts to assault people?" Zhang Cheng was surprised that his son should ask such a question.
Zhang Cheng was critical of the couple, especially Chen Xiao Mi. He firmly believed it was just a matter of time before Chen Xiao Mi brought disaster to their village. So he just turned Lu Lin down without even thinking about it.
Zhang Jin defended Chen Xiao Mi, "But it's not Chen Xiao Mi's fault! Grandma Chen forced Chen Xiao Mi's father to risk his life in hunting! Chen Xiao Mi had to act tough and provide for his two little brothers!"
Zhang Cheng pulled a long face and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Chen Xiao Mi is unfilial, end of the story! I dread to imagine what would become of our village if everyone were like Chen Xiao Mi."
Zhang Jin frowned, but he didn't the conversation any further.
"But father, the mule is innocent, you don't want to see the mule freeze to death, right?"
"The thing is no one is willing to work for Chen Xiao Mi even if I spread the word for him." Zhang Cheng said that with the greatest assurance.
Zhang Jin just let out a sigh in silence.
Chapter End Notes
Finding Help From Other Villages
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"The Village Head didn't care to help us out, right?" Chen Xiao Mi asked Lu Lin.
Lu Lin nodded, "Correct. But I'm not mad or anything, I have totally seen it coming. Let's look for help from other villages, and we also need to buy some black bricks, I don't mind giving out current floor some renovation while we build a new room."
Chen Xiao Mi frowned, "Why bother?"
Lu Lin smiled, "We are building a new room anyways, why not make our own room more comfortable as well?"
'What a fussy rich kid!' Chen Xiao Mi rolled his eyes in the heart, but he didn't reject Lu Lin's suggestion.
Soon the villagers had heard the news that Lu Lin went to the Village Head to look for help in building a new room. And they were dumbfounded, they couldn't believe how rich Chen Xiao Mi had got! He could afford to build a new room right after he bought a mule carriage. But some villagers comforted themselves in a sour grape way, "I'd rather stay poor than being so unpopular, no one wants to work for him in our entire village!"
Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi went to town the next day again. They headed to the labor market directly to look for strong and healthy casual laborers.
They picked a team of five people who were experienced in building houses. The team leader was called Liu Gui Yong, he was a man in his mid-thirties, his two sons and two young apprentices were in the team as well.
Liu Gui Yong and his team were always looking for work in farm slack season, they hadn't done any work for days when Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi showed interest in hiring them. Liu Gui Yong really hated the feeling of returning home empty-handed.
Chen Xiao Mi and Liu Gui Yong talked about the wage quietly.
"40 cents per day, really?" Liu Gui Yong found that too good to be true.
"Only you get paid that high, your two sons will get paid 35 cents per day, and the two young apprentices are 20 cents per day, but I will provide one meal per day." Chen Xiao Mi added.
That was a very generous offer. Liu Gui Yong made that quote with the mindset that Chen Xiao Mi would haggle for sure, he was surprised to hear Chen Xiao Mi took the quote without haggling at all. But he knew why Chen Xiao Mi didn't haggle as soon as Chen Xiao Mi made a self-introduction, Liu Gui Yong had heard about Chen Xiao Mi's stories.
'He must be having a hard time finding help, so he is willing to pay me and my team a good price.' Thought Liu Gui Yong.
Liu Gui Yong was a great laborer with a lot of experience, but he was used to people haggling with him because he was disfigured from an accident several years ago, and he had suffered discrimination ever since.
Disfiguration was a huge issue in that time and space, people would discriminate you and you weren't even able to pursue a political career if you were disfigured.
Liu Gui Yong was even more surprised when he found out Chen Xiao Mi was from Big Stone Village, he wondered why Chen Xiao Mi would go through the trouble of going to town and looking for laborers from other villagers.
Usually, your own villagers would charge you less and they would work longer because they didn't need to commute. But Liu Gui Yong didn't ask Chen Xiao Mi, he just cherished this working opportunity. The last thing he wanted Chen Xiao Mi to feel was he didn't actually want to work for him.
Liu Gui Yong and his team followed Chen Xiao Mi back to Big Stone Village, a lot of villagers had seen them. They didn't know who those strangers were, so they asked around, they couldn't believe Chen Xiao Mi had actually found laborers from another village.
Liu Gui Yong and his team were stunned when they saw the kang in Chen Xiao Mi's house, but they didn't pester Chen Xiao Mi or Lu Lin with questions.
Liu Gui Yong looked around Chen Xiao Mi's house, he was confident that Chen Xiao Mi was able to pay them as he had promised.
Lu Lin cooked them lunch, it was yam porridge with minced meat and pickled vegetables made by Granny Shen.
It wasn't a fancy meal, but Liu Gui Yong and his team found the food quite hearty, they ate the porridge with relish.
Rice was expensive in that time and space, Liu Gui Yong's team had never met a boss who promised them that they could eat as much as they want. Everyone was quite grateful, the two young apprentices' eyes sparkled when they saw the minced meat in the bowl. Lu Lin cooked a whole pot of porridge for them, and they finished it all.
They had seen Lu Lin using 'muddy sticks' as the main ingredient in the porridge, they found that mind-blowing.
Lu Lin was very generous with the yam because they had money to afford real food now.
Lu Lin's generosity paid off. Liu Gui Yong's team worked so hard the whole day, none of them had slacked off a single bit. Lu Lin called it a day at dusk because he knew they all lived far away, he had even escorted them to the exit of the village with his mule carriage.
Chapter End Notes
A Handsome Wage
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Liu Gui Yong and his team started to talk all at once as soon as they had left Big Stone Village.
"Father, that Chen Xiao Mi seems really nice, he is nothing like what people say." Said Liu Gui Yong's son Liu Wen.
They were from the neighboring village called Big Gulf Village, and they had heard Chen Xiao Mi's stories from people who were married into Big Stone Village.
Liu Gui Yong nodded. He recalled the scene where he and his teammates discussed whether they were willing to work for Chen Xiao Mi, and they all agreed on quitting on the spot if Chen Xiao Mi was really as ferocious as they had heard.
Liu Gui Yong actually found Chen Xiao Mi was a very nice young man, polite and reasonable. He had paid them at the end of the day as he had promised. His husband Lu Lin was nice and generous as well, he cooked them a big pot of porridge with minced meat!