Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

In Mashan Village, a group of people were setting up a large pot and starting a fire in the open space outside Chu Chen's house.

Li Qinglian looked at Chu Chen with a worried expression. Her husband had returned unharmed and had even hunted a wild boar and several live piglets.

However, after a little thought, she understood Chu Chen's intention.

Chu Chen handed the piglets from the sack to her and said, "Wife, let's find a place to raise them."

"Raise them? The meat isn't poisonous, but it doesn't taste good," Li Qinglian said.

"It's alright, I have a plan. In the future, it will probably become a way to make money," Chu Chen replied.

After dealing with Brother Long and Ma San, Chu Chen started thinking about how to make money and live a peaceful life in this ancient world.

Since people don't eat pork in this era, I'll just make a profit from pig farming first.

Li Qinglian didn't ask any further questions, but instead quietly asked, "Husband, has everything been resolved?"

"Don't worry, no one will be able to bother us anymore." Chu Chen said and walked out.

A joyful expression appeared on Li Qinglian's face as she carried the piglet to the other side.

Chu Chen came to Hu Zi's side and handed him ten taels of silver: "Brother Hu Zi, I have to trouble you with something. Go to town and buy some grain and wine. There are over a hundred people in the whole village, and one wild boar isn't enough to feed them."

Tiger immediately nodded in agreement when he heard that he wanted to buy alcohol.

Chu Chen set up his mule cart and headed towards the town with the two young men.

Chu Chen looked at the bustling crowd and a meaningful smile appeared in his eyes.

Meanwhile, at the village chief's house.

The village chief's wife was kneeling on the ground, looking at the village chief, Wang Defa, with pleading eyes.

"Defa, please forgive me this time. I was just momentarily bewitched and let Ma San get his way. I didn't want to do it."

"You shameless woman, how dare you say that? If it weren't for Chu Wa Zi, I would still be in the dark."

"What did Ma Lao Er and the other men who went to the clinic with you that day say?" After saying that, he lashed her hard with a whip.

It turned out that ever since Chu Chen pretended to say that she had syphilis, several men in the village had gone to the clinic in town.

When Wang Defa led her into the clinic, they happened to run into them.

Wang Defa looked at the group of men from his village who had come to check for syphilis, and for a moment he felt a surge of unease.

However, lacking evidence, he vented all his anger on the woman.

Fortunately, after the doctor's examination, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The men were too ashamed to face Wang Defa, and they all slunk away in a short time.

Wang Defa angrily dragged the woman back home and beat her severely with a leather whip.

According to the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, a woman who is unfaithful shall be punished by being put on a wooden horse.

To protect his reputation, Wang Defa didn't report it to the authorities. After venting his anger at home, he summoned a slave trader from town and sold her to a broker for one tael of silver.

Just as I finished all these tasks and was about to take a break, there was a knock on the door.

Wang Defa straightened his clothes and called out to the outside, "Who is it?"

“Uncle Wang, it’s me, Chu Wa Zi…” Chu Chen said from the doorway.

While watching the bustling crowd, Chu Chen realized he had overlooked one person: the village chief, Wang Defa.

If the government troops come knocking, the first place they should go is Wang Defa's.

Although I slightly offended him yesterday, I decided to try my luck and reluctantly asked him for help.

It's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings. When the village's top leader starts causing trouble, he's the most damn troublesome.

So he took out ten catties of rice and five catties of mutton from his spatial storage and knocked on Wang Defa's door.

"Chuwazi, what's he doing here?" Wang Defa asked, puzzled.

Although Chu Chen exposed his wife, he also made Chu Chen lose face in front of everyone.

Therefore, in his mind, his impression of Chu Chen was neither good nor bad.

However, after thinking about it, I decided to open the door myself.

"Chu boy, why don't you go to the city to make your fortune instead of coming here to laugh at me?" Wang Defa said with a displeased expression.

"Uncle Wang, what are you saying? It's all a misunderstanding. I was just thinking about your health..." After saying that, Chu Chen handed over rice and mutton.

As the saying goes, "You can't hit a smiling face," and Wang Defa couldn't bring himself to get angry when he saw Chu Chen bringing a large piece of mutton to his door.

Although he was the village chief, he was, to put it bluntly, just a farmer.

Although life is good, that's relative; we can only afford to eat meat once a year during festivals.

With such a large piece of mutton and fine rice, how could he not be tempted?

"You rascal, you've come all this way, why bring anything? Don't be so formal." Wang Defa immediately beamed with joy.

Seeing that the medicine was working, Chu Chen revealed his purpose.

"Uncle Wang, I went to the mountains this morning and hunted a wild boar. Uncle Liu and the others are setting up a fire and stove at my house now."

"I've come today for two reasons. First, to apologize for my recklessness yesterday. Second, to invite Uncle Wang to my place for some wild boar meat."

Chu Chen put on an innocent expression and said to him.

This filled Wang Defa with joy. "Look," he thought, "I, Wang Defa, still call the shots in the whole village. So what if you have money? You still come to invite me to dinner."

So he said, "Does that mean you, Chu boy, still remember this old man? Then I'll come over and bother you in a bit."

Having achieved his goal, Chu Chen turned and took his leave.

Back home, the aroma of meat wafted from the pot.

Thanks to the mule cart, Tiger was able to bring back the purchases.

He handed the remaining 200 copper coins from the purchase to Chu Chen, saying, "Chu boy, here are two hundred coins left. Keep them."

Chu Chen didn't take it, but said to the purchasing team, "Brothers, you've all worked hard, you can divide it up."

Upon hearing this, the group beamed with joy, thanking the mule cart as they worked diligently to unload the supplies.

It was nearing noon, and although winter was fast approaching, the area around Chu Chen's house was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation, a lively atmosphere.

No one felt cold at that moment.

The open space was already filled with tables, chairs, and benches that everyone had gathered together.

With Wang Defa's arrival, the atmosphere reached its climax.

Tiger bought a lot of millet from town and steamed a big pot of millet rice.

On each table, there was a jar of wine, not much, only about one or two jin (500-1000 grams).

You have to understand that in those days, alcohol was still a very expensive thing, and ordinary families could only afford to have a few sips during the New Year.

Chu Chen scooped up a little and tasted it, only to find it bland and tasteless, hardly worthy of being called wine.

So he turned around and went back into the house, taking out a few bottles of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) from his storage space.

To avoid being too shocking, they filled a large vat with water before having Tiger and the others carry it to the open space.

"You've really struck it rich, kid. All this wine must have cost a fortune," Wang Defa said, looking at the wine jars in front of him.

"Uncle Wang, please don't laugh at me. I've only made a little money. Here, let me fill your glass." Chu Chen said, pouring him a glass of diluted Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).

Wang Defa picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Hmm... Chuwazi, this wine?"