Rebirth of a Farmer's Dad

Since you've made a promise, there's no reason to break it. Honesty and integrity are the foundation of business. This is the essence of being a person and the way to do business. Luo Feng has always regarded this as his motto.

In the countryside, all you need to do to help with a banquet is attendees; everything else is provided.

However, to avoid affecting the shop's business, Luo Feng didn't bring Hu Zi. Besides himself, Hu Zi was the only one who could manage the shop on his own. He'd just bring Shun Zi along, and since Xing Hua was spending the weekend, he'd bring her too! The kids couldn't always be away from home, could they?

After instructing Hu Zi to keep an eye on the shop, Luo Feng took Shunzi and his daughter and boarded the bus back to his hometown.

After more than an hour of bumpy travel and several hours of hiking through the mountains, Luo Feng finally arrived home. It was already getting dark. Luo Feng and the others ate a quick bite, then washed up and went to sleep. The day's journey had left the three of them exhausted. Fortunately, the wedding wasn't too far away, which relieved Luo Feng. If they had had to travel any further, it would have been unbearable!

The next morning, Luo Feng took his daughter for a walk around the village, making a point of visiting the villagers. It would be good for her to meet people. Since Luo Feng had arrived a day early, he had time to do this. As for Shunzi, he was still lying on the kang (heated brick bed).

Luo Feng spent the entire morning visiting people throughout the village. At each stop, he would chat with them for a few minutes. He saw this as an opportunity to connect with his fellow villagers.

Some might think this is unnecessary. But Luo Feng doesn't see it that way. Having more friends means having more options—that's Luo Feng's life motto. After all, everyone needs roots!

It's worth mentioning that everywhere they went, people praised the apricot blossoms for being beautiful, which made the little guy very happy.

Indeed, who wouldn't love such a chubby, exquisitely beautiful little guy?

After visiting other people's homes in the morning, Luo Feng went home to cook lunch and woke up Shunzi, who was still lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), so they could go visit other people's homes after lunch.

Actually, there are specific customs and traditions in the surrounding villages and towns. Generally speaking, the head chef takes his place at the same time as the meal preparations begin.

But that was built on the foundation of convenient roads and efficient transportation in later generations.

That's clearly not possible right now. We can only have the head chef arrive early, which will also be a good help. It's also a way for the villagers from the surrounding area to strengthen their bonds.

Luo Feng clearly understood this principle.

After the meal, Luo Feng went to find Luo Laoquan. Although he had a general understanding of the eight townships in the city, Luo Feng still didn't know the exact address of the wedding banquet, so he needed Luo Laoshuan to lead the way.

Originally, he hadn't planned to bring his daughter, but Xinghua kept insisting on going with her father. Unable to persuade her otherwise, and seeing how pitiful she was to be alone at home, Luo Feng softened and agreed.

So Luo Feng and his two companions, along with Lao Shuan and his son, set off.

Along the way, Zhuzi and Xinghua skipped and hopped ahead. It has to be said, children are naturally inclined to join in the fun.

The three adults followed not far behind the children, without disturbing them.

And so, Luo Feng and his group finally arrived at their destination.

This was a small village, with about thirty or forty households. However, every household lived in an old mud-brick house, which reminded Luo Feng of the impoverished villages he had seen on television in his later life.

He had many feelings about this, after all, a few months ago he lived in a similar or even worse place than them now.

At this time, even families with modest means would try to save money on wedding banquets. Fireworks were out of the question; Luo Feng only saw two large strings of red firecrackers at the entrance, apparently to be set off after the newlyweds entered the house.

Having grown accustomed to the scenes of firecrackers exploding and fireworks deafening in later generations, Luo Feng found this somewhat unsettling.

However, thinking back, this wasn't the first time I'd seen such a scene; I'd seen it at least when I first started in the wedding industry.

Shaking his head slightly to clear his mind of the jumbled thoughts, Luo Feng followed Lao Shuan into the newlyweds' home.

They were greeted by an elderly couple, who looked to be around 60 years old. But Luo Feng knew they were definitely not that old. In those days, people's living standards were low, struggling to make ends meet. Being able to eat their fill was a blessing, and they simply didn't have the time or energy to spend on health and wellness. Coupled with the heavy farm work they did every day, it was understandable that they had become like this from exhaustion.

After going inside and chatting with the elderly couple for a while, I learned the whole story.

The elderly couple hadn't originally planned to ask for his help. The story goes back to when Luo Feng left town to do business.

After Luo Feng left, a void was left in the wedding banquet business in the surrounding villages. Although there were still a few feng shui masters, people had witnessed Luo Feng's skills and no longer treated them with much respect.

On the contrary, it was Dunzi who, perhaps instigated by someone, took advantage of the few days of learning the craft from Luo Feng to start her own business and run the wedding banquet business in this area.

But Atsuko is just a mediocre person. He's slightly better than those feng shui masters, but he's far inferior to Luo Feng.

That day, Lao Shuan and his family went to visit relatives and happened to run into Luo Feng at the market. Actually, the old couple had also gone there to buy some things for their son's wedding.

Old Shuan knew that his relatives were not very satisfied with Dunzi's cooking skills, and since he happened to run into Luo Feng, he mentioned it casually.

Unexpectedly, Luo Feng agreed. When Lao Shuan went back and discussed it with his relatives, they also thought it was a good idea. That's how they transferred the business that originally belonged to Dunzi to Luo Feng.

It seems I've unintentionally stolen my apprentice's business! Luo Feng shook his head helplessly.

But there's no other way now. They're already here, so let's help them. We can't let the elderly couple suffer a complete loss.

Next, Luo Feng got busy, making a menu based on the materials provided by the host.

After that, Shunzi, Lao Shuan, and I started washing and chopping vegetables. Everything had to be ready, otherwise there would definitely be trouble tomorrow.

Feeling that they didn't have enough manpower, Luo Feng called a few more people from the other party's family to help.

And so, everyone kept busy until nightfall. At the host's arrangement, Luo Feng and the others stayed in a villager's home. They spent the night there.

Having been away from home for several months, this was Luo Feng's first time returning to the countryside. Looking at the scene before him, both strange and familiar, Luo Feng was overwhelmed with emotion.

If I hadn't learned the skills I gained from traveling from the future, my life would probably be worse than theirs.

Thinking about this, Luo Feng couldn't sleep even more. He could only stare blankly at his daughter sleeping silently beside him, occasionally covering him with a blanket or swatting away mosquitoes.

And so, Luo Feng fell asleep without anyone noticing.