Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 55: Flowers Grow on the Grave

In the afternoon, Cui Fu said goodbye and left the Chen family with eight guards.

Before leaving, he unloaded a lot of gifts from the carriage, saying they were gifts from the owner of the house.

Of course Chen Xu refused, but Cui Fu said with a bitter face, "Please, Master Chen, have mercy on me.

It is a big mistake that I failed to take Mr. Chen to the city this time. If I can't even deliver this gift, then I don't have to go back home tomorrow.

Go find a hole on the road and bury yourself there as soon as possible. Maybe a flower will grow on your grave soon.

If I can please Master Chen, I will be able to rest in peace."

After saying this, he jumped into the carriage while Master Fang and the others were staring at him in a daze.

The driver cracked his whip, and the shiny black horse raised its four hooves, kicking up a cloud of dust and galloping away like flying.

Eight guards followed behind him, striding forward, each step covering a distance of several feet.

The speed at which they ran was like a wolf running and an arrow, and the eight of them were running together with great momentum, just like a rolling river, sweeping through the roads of the village, large and small, making all the onlookers feel excited and shocked.

I don’t know how much time passed until I could no longer see the group of people.

In front of the Chen family compound, the trembling Mr. Fang finally touched his chest and uttered "Ouch".

The voice faded away and the person seemed to be about to fall down.

Fang Xinbai quickly supported him, thus preventing the old man from making a fool of himself in public.

"Hehe..." Master Fang gasped heavily, and when he came to his senses, he blurted out, "How come these people, these people seem to be able to fly?

Why didn't they tell me earlier? I was just fighting with them for the wine!"

Speaking of grabbing the wine, Fang Xinbai couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Earlier at the dinner table, he couldn't help but snatch the wine from Butler Cui and others.

But the focus now is not on how powerful Butler Cui Fu is, but on the fact that such a powerful Butler Cui Fu is so humble and fawning in front of Chen Erlang from their village.

Fang Xinbai suddenly started to think, and quickly turned around and said to Chen Qianshan: "Brother Qianshan, by the way, didn't our Dalang say the other day that he was going to repair the canal? That, that silver..."

Chen Qianshan was also a little dazed at this moment. It had been most of the day, and he was still in a daze.

Hearing this, he replied in a daze: "Oh, silver. Yes, our Dalang won't go to repair the canal anymore. I, I..."

His face turned pale again, and he subconsciously wanted to say that he didn't have ten taels of silver.

But then Chen Xu said, "Uncle Muramasa, here are ten taels of silver. Please take the trouble to help my elder brother get his name off the list for canal repair."

How could Fang Xinbai dare to accept another ten taels of silver from Chen Xu?
He quickly said, "Erlang, why would you ask for ten taels of silver? Eight taels, eight taels is enough..."

Before he finished saying "that's good", Fang Xinbai suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing.

He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Chen Xu in panic.

Chen Xu's expression remained unchanged, except for his pair of dark eyes, which seemed as deep and unfathomable as stars immersed in a cold pond.

Fang Xinbai's back was about to bend, but he suddenly felt a chill on his hand.

It turned out that Chen Xu had grabbed his hand at some point and stuffed two ingots of five taels of silver into his hand.

Chen Xu said, "How can I let Uncle Muramasa go through so much trouble in vain? I'd like to ask Uncle Muramasa to take more care of the canal repair and name reduction.

Besides, I will be going to the provincial capital to take an exam soon, so I would like to trouble Uncle Muramasa to take care of me at home.

If there are any complicated matters that I cannot handle, I will need Uncle Muramasa's timely assistance." After he said this, the panic on Fang Xinbai's face disappeared, and then he felt an indescribable sense of surprise and honor.

Yes, being entrusted by Chen Xu like this, Fang Xinbai actually felt a special sense of honor and happiness.

He straightened up, patted his chest and laughed: "Erlang, don't worry, you go to the capital to take the exam, how can I, your uncle Xinbai, not take care of your family?

Besides, we're all from the same hometown, and Brother Qianshan and I have known each other since childhood. With the friendship between our two families, why would we need to talk nonsense?

Erlang, just don't worry, just don't worry, hahaha."

Chen Xu said, "I'm naturally very confident in my hometown. By the way, the brothers Lihui and Lihui from Uncle Muramasa's family are grown up now, right? I wonder what kind of career they're looking for?"

"What future?" Fang Xinbai's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Chen Xu cautiously, "Erlang, Lihui is such a troublesome kid. He has never had the desire to study, so it's impossible for him to go to school.

I asked him to go out and learn a craft but he refused, and I asked him to stay in the fields but he was unwilling to do so. He just liked to get angry with his brother at home.

I was thinking, if I could find him a job as a yamen runner, or have him follow some nobleman...

"Erlang, don't you think so? Although your brother Lihui is not very smart, he is honest and stubborn, and he is a man who gets things done."

Chen Xu smiled and said, "I also think Brother Lihui has the ability to get things done. Uncle Xinbai has made an excellent plan."

The two looked at each other, Chen Xu's face cold and lightly smiling, Fang Xinbai's face was even more delighted, he hurriedly bowed to Chen Xu and sighed, "It is still the scholars who are insightful, every word is so reasonable. Uncle thanks you, Erlang."

After saying that, he laughed again, gathered the silver in his sleeves, and helped Master Fang leave.

When Chen Xu returned to his hometown, the troubles he had expected to cause were easily solved, and some things that he had not thought about carefully were also solved.

The reason for all this ease seemed to be due to the butler Cui Fu.

Cui Fu's sudden visit directly raised Chen Xu's reputation to a level that the villagers could never have imagined.

It can be said that it is a true and realistic interpretation of what it means that the world is unpredictable.

It's also very interesting.

Then why did Cui Fu suddenly come to the village to find Chen Xu?
Is it really like what he said, that it is purely because the master of the Cui family loves and admires talents?

Chen Xu suspected that the Cui family might indeed have some intention of investing in him. However, if they asked a housekeeper to make such an exaggerated move just for investment, it would be too much.

So, it is flattery?

Similar, but not quite the same.

Chen Xu pondered the Cui family affairs for a while, until Chen An came to him happily. The young man said enthusiastically: "Second brother, you are really amazing. Uncle Muramasa actually nodded and bowed to you just now.

I've never seen Uncle Muramasa so friendly. He walked past us with a long face and nose upturned. This... hum!

As he spoke, Chen An imitated Fang Xinbai's usual serious expression.

This immediately caused Chen Qianshan to slap him: "You little bastard, who told you to imitate others like this? Why don't you learn something good?"

What does it mean to “not even learn something good”?
Although Chen An got hit on the head, he shrank his head and laughed.

The family returned home, closed the gate, and gathered in the main room.

Only then did we really have time to talk.

Chen Xu reunited with his family, but he didn't know that the two mice far away in Ping'an Lane were in trouble.

(End of this chapter)