Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

After Chen Zexi arrived at Xiuying's house, he took on all the big and small jobs, including going up the mountain to plant Gastrodia elata, weeding, loosening the soil, planting vegetables, applying fertilizer, feeding chickens and ducks, mowing the grass, washing dishes and clothes. He did more work than the servants at home.

I really don't know where so much work comes from here every day. There is never enough work to do.

The servants at home have their own division of labor, with rest and wages, but here they have to get up and work as soon as the sun rises. The only thing that makes them satisfied is the food here.

Now Chen Zexi no longer has the enthusiasm he once had, and he lives worse than the servants in the mansion!

He just didn't understand why Xiuying's family had to grow so much food when they already had enough grain and vegetables. Could they eat them all?

But Xiuying told him that they should be prepared for danger in times of peace and plan ahead. They cannot be careless just because they have enough food now. What if there is a famine, flood, or drought?

Chen Zexi thought that Yang Xiuying was worrying too much. How could there be so many natural and man-made disasters when the weather was good and the crops were harvested? Even if there was no food to eat, just eat meat. Eating meat would make you full. Why did you have to eat rice? He was not so particular.

If Yang Xiuying had considered everything carefully and planned everything, she would have built a brick house long ago, and her family would have been able to get by with just three meals a day.

But he was not a greedy person, and his demands were not high. As long as he could be given a few meals a day, maybe the master would give him some money if he saw that he was doing a good job.

He decided that he would leave Xiuying's house.

He came to Xiuying and stammered, "Aunt Xiuying, I... want to go work for another family..."

He pinched the corner of his clothes and frowned. He was the biggest labor force in this family. What if he was not let go?

Xiuying looked at the childish boy in front of her and thought that she was too nice to him. She wanted to go to another theater to experience "Super Boy".

"Okay, go ahead. You're welcome to come back anytime."

Chen Zexi looked at Xiuying in surprise. His aunt didn't even ask him to stay. They would regret it once he, the largest labor force in the family, left.

But this woman had done me a favor. Without her ox cart as a cover, I would not have been able to escape successfully.

He bowed respectfully to Xiuying and said, "Aunt, I will definitely repay your kindness one day."

After he was reunited with his grandmother, he asked her to give some money to his aunt's family to help them build a new house.

"Well, you must remember to repay me well."

Chen Zexi didn't expect that Xiuying didn't refuse at all and asked him not to forget it. What a greedy woman.

He turned and left angrily.

Taohua watched Chen Zexi walk away before walking to Xiuying

"Mother, are you really going to let him go like this?"

Xiuying replied nonchalantly, "What else can we do?"

Taohua looked at the direction Chen Zexi left

"But Brother Awang still wants to repay us."

Brother Awang is a good man who knows how to repay kindness.

Shi Liu came over and said to Tao Hua, "He's been eating a lot these days. He'll be back after he goes out for a walk to help digest his food."

An ungrateful rich young man!

Xiuying said to Taohua, "He eats a full bowl of food at every meal. He never misses meat or eggs. He will come back when he is hungry."

This is too much for him to eat!

Taohua heard her mother and second sister say that Brother Awang would come back when he was hungry, so she stopped talking.

After leaving Xiuying's house, Chen Zexi came down the hillside and looked at the rows of thatched houses. There were only two brick and tile houses. Only then did he realize how poor this village was. Those who could build brick and tile houses must be much better off.

Just as I was about to knock on the village chief's door, a male voice stopped me.

"Where are you from? Why haven't I seen you in the village?"

Zhou Dazhu and Zhao Cunliang met Chen Zexi when they came back from outside.

"Uncles, I'm from outside the village. I'm looking for help from anyone who wants to give me food."

Zhao Cunliang saw that the boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old, just the age to eat. There were already four half-grown boys in the family, but there was no extra food for others. Even if the busy farming season was coming, the father and son would be busy, and they would bring honor to the family. It would not be a problem for them to take over the spring plowing season, so there was no need to waste one person's food.

Zhou Dazhu looked at the young man who was alone, and a cunning glint flashed in his eyes: "This village will not hire people. You look so pitiful and alone, and I am a kind-hearted person in the surrounding area. So, just follow me."

Hearing that the person in front of him was a kind-hearted person, Chen Zexi immediately thought of his father distributing rice to poor families who had no food to eat. He was lucky that he met this kind-hearted person as soon as he came out of Aunt Xiuying's house. He could eat well at his house and maybe even get paid.

Chen Zexi immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for taking me in, sir."

Zhao Cunliang watched the young man follow Zhou Dazhu and laughed in his heart. This kid would be in trouble if he didn't die. Maybe Zhou Dazhu would be cruel enough to sell him out.

Zhou Dazhu's family lived in an adobe house with a tiled roof. Chen Zexi looked at the three adobe houses in the yard. Although they were not very good, they were much better than the wooden house built on the hillside by Xiuying's family. What's more, this was a kind-hearted man who was generous and charitable.

Zhou Dazhu's wife Hongmei was sitting in the yard mending shoe soles. There were two old hens in the yard.

"Hey, boss, is there anyone coming to your house today?"

She stared at the young man who came in with Zhou Dazhu. He had delicate skin and tender flesh. Her husband said that once he had established a relationship with the shopkeeper of Fenglai Tower, he would take over the business exchanged by Xiuying's family. Could this young man in front of her be the young master of the shopkeeper's family?

Just as Hongmei was about to stand up to greet him, Zhou Dazhu said, "This is the helper I hired for you. If you have any problems around the house, just let him do them. When the exchange deal comes, our family will be very busy, and we can't do without someone to do those jobs."

When Hongmei heard that it was a helper hired by the family, her expression changed immediately.

"This half-grown boy is just at the age when he's ready to eat. I think you were kicked out by your family, right? Who in this area would hire a half-grown boy to work?

You are also a cunning person. You chose this time to come, and you chose our family. You think we are going to be prosperous, and you want to live a good life too."

……

Hongmei pointed at Chen Zexi and talked about him from head to toe. When had the pampered eldest son of the Chen family ever suffered such humiliation? Usually at home, when his father was not at home, his aunt gave him a cold shoulder, and no matter where he went, others had to look at his face.

Thinking back to when he was at Xiuying's house, although his aunt had made him do a lot of work, she had never said a harsh word to him. His friends had also treated him warmly and had never insulted him like this. Just when Chen Zexi was thinking about whether he should shamelessly go back...