In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

"The one thing we have plenty of is time!"

Li Dadan sighed softly, "Now that we can't grow any crops in the fields, we have no work to do and plenty of time!"

After saying that, Li Dadan added, "We haven't come to see you before simply because we were too embarrassed!"

In the past, whenever Li Dadan came to Chenjia Village to visit Li Ping, he would bring some food and wild vegetables. However, as his family's life became more difficult, he simply couldn't afford to give Li Ping anything, so... he had no choice but to stop coming.

"Brother, what are you saying?"

Li Ping rolled her eyes at Li Dadan and said reproachfully, "I'm your sister, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

Li Dadan scratched his head, not saying what was on his mind, but simply said, "Xiaoping, I heard that your family helped the villagers of Chenjia Village pay their taxes?"

"That's what happened."

Li Ping nodded and said, "This was Daoge'er's idea, and I don't know much about it!"

Li Dadan and Li Feng exchanged a glance, while Li Jin, who was eating a steamed bun and listening to the adults' conversation, seemed to be deep in thought. Chen Dao was her cousin by blood, only a few months older than her, but Chen Dao was so capable that he could not only feed his whole family, but also pay more than two hundred taels of silver in taxes for the entire village...

Li Jin couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

"Pingmei."

Feng Xiang suddenly interjected, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to pay taxes for the whole village? It's spending too much money."

"I don't know what Daoge'er is thinking either."

Li Ping replied, "Anyway, Dao Ge'er told me that these two taels of silver weren't spent for the villagers in vain; we'll definitely earn it back!"

Can I earn it back?

Li Dadan and the others frowned. They knew nothing about business and therefore were not in a position to offer much advice.

Soon, everyone moved on from that topic and started chatting about everyday things.

These things were clearly not of interest to Li Jin and Li Cheng, the two children, and soon the two of them left the living room and went to the front yard.

In the front yard, Chen Dao and Chen Cheng were practicing boxing, while on the other side, Chen Fei was playing with Xiao Yuan.

As the family's meals improved these days, Chen Fei grew even more fair and delicate. When Chen Dao first transmigrated, Chen Fei's hair was dry and yellow and her face was thin and gaunt. Now, not only are her features much fuller, but her hair has also gradually become shiny. If she weren't still wearing coarse cloth clothes, people would probably believe she was the child of a landlord.

Looking at Chen Fei playing, Li Jin couldn't help but walk over and say with a smile, "You must be my cousin Chen Fei?"

Li Jin had met Chen Fei before. She had visited Chenjia Village with her father, Li Feng, before. In her memory, Chen Fei was a thin and frail little girl who never had enough to eat.

But now... Chen Fei's changes are too great, making Li Jin somewhat unsure.

Chen Fei, who was playing with Xiao Yuan, looked up, sized up Li Jin, and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

Li Jin thought for a moment and replied, "I am your cousin, Li Jin."

"It's my cousin!"

Chen Fei had actually met Li Jin before, but being so young, she hadn't remembered her at the moment. Now, reminded by Li Jin, she finally remembered: "Cousin, do you want to play with Xiao Yuan together?"

"May I?"

Li Jin glanced at the incredibly cute little round one and really wanted to go over and pet it.

"Of course!"

Chen Fei, without any hesitation, picked up Xiao Yuan with her two small hands and presented her to Li Jin.

Li Jin tentatively reached out and touched Xiao Yuan's head. Seeing that Xiao Yuan did not resist, a look of joy appeared on his face. He took Xiao Yuan in his hands and held her in his arms, stroking her continuously.

Li Cheng, who was standing nearby, hurriedly called out, "Sister Jin, let me touch it too."

"Row!"

Not far away, Chen Dao saw three children playing with Xiao Yuan and a smile appeared on his lips as he continued practicing his boxing with Chen Cheng.

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afternoon.

Li Ping, Ding Xiaohua, He Cuilian, Feng Xiang, Luo Xiu and other women were busy cooking in the kitchen.

Upon returning to the living room, Chen Dao said to Li Dadan and his brother, "Why don't you two uncles have dinner at home tonight?"

Li Dadan scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Is this appropriate?"

These days, eating at someone else's house is considered very disliked, so Li Dadan felt somewhat embarrassed.

"What's inappropriate about that?"

Chen Dao waved his hand and went straight to the backyard, asking Chen Lian, who was busy at work, "Sister Lian, are there any hens that aren't laying eggs today?"

"Have!"

Chen Lian picked up a yellow-feathered hen and said to Chen Dao, "This hen hasn't laid an egg for two days."

"Then give it to me."

Chen Dao took the chicken and went straight back into the house.

Wu Yun said with no small amount of envy, "Dao Ge'er's family lives a life like gods! They even kill a chicken to entertain guests when they come over."

Hearing this, the others nodded in agreement. Chen Dao's family was the envy of the whole village. The villagers were very satisfied with just being able to eat a steamed bun, let alone like Chen Dao who would kill a chicken to eat every now and then.

"When I get paid, I want to taste meat too!"

Wu Yun couldn't help but say that her craving for meat had reached its peak at this moment.

In addition, she once heard Chen Dao say during a casual chat that eating more meat can make children grow stronger, and that if her own child could eat more meat, he would definitely grow better.

Chen Dao was unaware of Wu Yun's statement. Carrying the chicken to the kitchen, Chen Dao said directly, "Mother, kill this chicken. We'll use it to entertain my two uncles tonight."

With that, Chen Dao placed the chicken, its feet bound, in the kitchen and turned to leave.

Feng Xiang and Luo Xiu, who were busy in the kitchen, were stunned when they saw the incredibly plump chicken on the ground!

In their eyes, Chen Dao's act of serving them steamed buns and egg drop soup was already a very extravagant gesture, but they never expected...

There are even more luxurious options!

Not only are there steamed buns and egg drop soup, but there's even meat to eat!

"Pingmei, you can't kill this chicken!"

Feng Xiang quickly said, "We can have enough steamed buns! There's no need to kill a chicken!"

The chicken that Chen Dao put in the kitchen was so big, with golden feathers, it looked very valuable. How could Feng Xiang have the nerve to let Chen Dao's family serve her something so precious?

"Yes, Pingmei!"

Luo Xiu also said, "We can just eat some steamed buns, it's too wasteful to eat chicken!"

It wasn't that the two didn't want to eat meat, but rather that meat was so precious these days that they would feel guilty if Chen Dao's family served them a whole chicken.

After all, for most ordinary people, the chickens they raise at home are one of their most precious assets, and they are not something they can just eat casually.

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