You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

The child was moving too fast; by the time the family tried to stop him, he had already finished kowtowing and gotten up.

Faced with Su Chen, the whole family was at a loss and didn't know what to say.

"This kid is quite honest," Su Chen commented.

One sentence made the whole family next door burst into laughter.

"Yes, yes, that's the only good thing about this brat."

"That's right, he's really stupid. His grades are always at the bottom, and he even dares to skip classes."

The boy protested, "I didn't."

"Can't you go swimming so early in the morning without me?"

The boy said, feeling wronged, "We really didn't mean to skip class. We even made plans to play ping-pong with them!"

His family didn't believe him and were about to say something more when Su Chen stopped them.

"You really can't blame the child for this."

"The resentment of the vengeful ghosts was too great, so it's normal that they were affected when they walked along the stream."

"...Huh? Is that so?" The middle-aged man suddenly realized, and quickly tapped the boy on the forehead again. "That's his fault too. Why did he have to walk along the stream instead of the proper path?"

The boy clutched his forehead and said, "Dad, please stop hitting me."

Then he muttered under his breath, "He's already slow-witted, if I knock on him a few more times he'll become an idiot!"

Su Chen laughed.

The family stuffed all the gifts they had bought into Su Chen's arms, including a large pig's leg and a big red envelope.

"I'll accept the pig's leg, but I'll pass on the red envelope. I'll buy the child some more food to help him recover. He's suffered a lot this time, so let him get some sunshine and go to crowded places."

"Hey, eh, okay."

Su Chen stood up: "Then, Fourth Sister-in-law, I'm going back."

The boy's eyes widened as he watched him disappear before his eyes.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

He was knocked on the forehead again.

The middle-aged man said, "Nonsense, this is Master Su. He's the most powerful man in the city, and many high-ranking officials don't dare to mess with him."

"You really hit the jackpot this time, kid. It's all thanks to your Aunt Ying. If she hadn't made that call for you, you'd be a stiff corpse by now!"

His mother pulled up his ear.

"Pah! Pah! Pah! How dare you curse my grandson?"

"Spit it out right now!"

Ah Ying was trying hard to suppress her laughter.

When the boy looked at her, she felt a wave of confusion and disorientation.

"You, you stop kowtowing, give me... sweep the floor, right here by the door, you can sweep for me for a week."

The boy paused for a moment, then quickly nodded.

On the other side, Su Chen delivered Tu Long Tang back to Houshan Village.

At first glance, you can see small patches of lush greenery in the distance.

The rice seedlings have all sprouted, and it's estimated that everyone will be transplanting them around this time.

Su Chen put down the earth dragon soup and glanced around the field.

There weren't many paddy fields in Houshan Village. When the land was distributed, the Su family, including several unmarried sisters, only received about two mu (approximately 0.16 acres), which were not even contiguous but divided into three plots.

Su Chen glanced around and saw that the paddy fields had been plowed and the water had been drained.

It seems that the eldest brother and sister-in-law have done all the preparations.

It will be much more convenient for everyone to come over tomorrow.

When he returned, Su Maolin and Chun Jiao had already come back.

One is washing their hair, and the other is taking a shower.

Upon seeing him return, Su Mao asked, "Why did you bring so much soup? Your sister-in-law and I can't finish it!"

"There was nothing I could do; I caught too many earthworms, so I stewed a lot of them."

"Brother and sister-in-law, I plan to bring them back tomorrow so the children can plow the field a bit more and learn how to transplant rice seedlings. That way, we won't fall behind the schedule by the day after tomorrow. Is that alright?"

Su Mao nodded: "Is it really necessary to go through all that trouble? The kids are all in school now, and they probably won't be farming anymore, so there's no need for them to learn it, right?"

“We have to learn it. Even if we move our household registration to the city in the future, our family roots are still farmers. It’s not right for a farmer not to know how to plant rice seedlings.”

Before Su Mao could say anything more, Lin Chunjiao coughed lightly.

"Ah Chen, you know more than us, we'll listen to you."

Su Chen nodded: "So, shall we eat at the old house, or here?"

Su Mao frowned and looked at Lin Chunjiao, who was tossing her hair. She stopped when she heard this and thought for a moment: "Let's come over here. The old house hasn't been cleaned up much."

"Ah Chen, tomorrow, can your sister-in-law buy some pork ribs to stew, a few pounds of shrimp, stir-fry some noodles, and make some fish ball soup?"

Su Chen took out the pig's leg directly.

"Sister-in-law, don't bother buying the ribs, we can just stew these."

"You rarely come back, we don't spend much money on groceries, you should take this with you, it's such a big leg!"

Su Chen laughed: "Sister-in-law, even such a big leg can't support our whole family eating. Let me tell you, these kids have probably eaten enough to empty your rice jar."

Su Mao: "So what if we empty our pockets? We still have rice at home. We can just take it and husk it later."

"That's it!"

Su Chen sighed helplessly, "Alright then, hurry up and get ready to eat. You don't have to go to work tomorrow, right?"

Lin Chunjiao waved her hand: "No, no, I'll go to work when you come back. People will definitely talk behind my back. Your sister-in-law is very shrewd."

When Su Chen returned to the villa, the two tutors and several children were drinking soup.

The aunts Liu Chunhua had invited to the house had all left. Old Man Su was talking to Liu Chunhua in a low voice when he saw her return and quickly waved to her.

"what happened?"

Old Su coughed twice: "Ah Long and the others heard that we're going home to plant rice seedlings tomorrow, and they want to come along too."

"Just follow along, it's just a matter of cooking more rice."

Old Su worried, "I hope we don't ruin all the rice seedlings."

Liu Chunhua nodded: "We'll unplug it and plug it back in later, but they probably won't be happy about it."

“Then let them set aside a small plot for themselves to cultivate.” Su Chen looked at Old Man Su. “Dad, ask them if they want to rent a plot of land to farm themselves.”

Old Man Su and Liu Chunhua looked at each other.

"I'll make a call and ask."

Before long, Old Man Su returned with a beaming smile.

"I agree, I agree. I'll rent two acres of paddy field and pay you two hundred a year."

"Wow, Ah Long is quite generous."

"That's for sure, but we don't know how much rice they'll be able to harvest from their land."

"Why do you care how much they take? Just call them over when it's harvest time."

"I know, I know."

……

Su Chen turned and went back to the restaurant.

In July, the earthworm soup was served.

He drank the bowl, and his stomach was already half full.

But the seafood rice cakes were quite good that evening, and Su Chen ate another large bowl.

Lin Yan returned just as he was giving Xiao Ayun a small piece of rice cake to nibble on.

"Did you exorcise evil spirits again today?"

Lin Yan nodded.

"Have all those Xuan Masters returned?"

The boy nodded again.

"Ah Chen, it's so late, Xiao Yan is hungry. You can ask me anything after we finish eating. Xiao Yan, would you like some earthworm soup or rice cakes first?"

The boy's eyes reddened slightly: "Grandma, I want to eat rice cakes."

"Okay, Grandma will serve you some now."

Su Chen looked at Lin Yan carefully.

"Did no one bully you in the exorcism team today?"

Lin Yan slowly shook his head.

Su Chen: "Don't you know what bullying is?"

Lin Yan lowered his head.

"They didn't hit or scold me, they just said a few things about me behind my back."

Liu Chunhua frowned: "What did I say to you?"

Lin Yan: "..."

Su Chen: "Speak!"

He whispered, "They say I lack talent, and that the Lin family will be ruined by me."

Su Chen's face darkened, knowing that Lin Yan had only picked out the relatively pleasant-sounding words.

Even so, Liu Chunhua still rolled up her sleeves.

"Who said that? Grandma will take you there right now to settle the score with him!"

"How old are you? What do you mean by 'defeat'? Is he not going to live for another thirty or fifty years or what?"

"Ah Chen, take me to your group, I want to see who's talking about Xiao Yan!"