Fortunate Beautiful Farm Girl
Fortunate Beautiful Farm Girl Chapter 82

Chapter 82: The Way of Rats

As soon as this topic was brought up, Chen Ming became furious, gritting his teeth as he said, “We are all honest people and never hold grudges against others. But for some reason, yesterday, a child deceived my Dabao into going to Black Pine Forest and pushed him down the hill, covering him in mud and leaving him with numerous injuries on his face and body. Then, last night, someone actually threw filth into our yard. These people are truly excessive and wicked.” Pausing, he added, “Someone has their eyes on our two parrots, and since we refused, it’s definitely their way of seeking revenge.”

Upon hearing this, the people from the neighboring villages realized that these actions were characteristic of Hu Laowu. It turned out that he wanted to take the parrots to sell for money, and when refused, he resorted to threatening the family. Suddenly, they understood why Luo Xiao had suddenly arranged for them to dine at the Chen family’s, clearly coming to support them.

With great interest, they glanced at Hu Laowu, who appeared nonchalant. Since he didn’t admit to it, these people joined Chen Ming and Luo Xiao in denouncing those who had committed these misdeeds.

Luo Xiao coldly huffed, “Provoking Uncle Chen’s family is the same as provoking my Luo family. If we find the mastermind, I’ll definitely deal with them properly.”

Hu Laowu, equally indignant, said, “Which children bullied Dabao? Dabao is my grandnephew. Bullying him is the same as bullying me, Hu Laowu. Wait and see, I’ll have those families come and apologize to you tonight. It’s outrageous, in Xiangluo Village, there are still people who dare to bully my relatives!”

Luo Xiao glanced at Hu Laowu and then said to Gao Lizheng, “Uncle Gao, my home is quite far from your village. I’d appreciate it if you could help look after Uncle Chen’s family. If anyone bullies them, lend a helping hand. My father and I will remember this favor.”

Gao Lizheng hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Hu Laowu also interjected, “Mr. Luo, please rest assured. Not only will Brother Gao look after Uncle Chen’s family, I will also help oversee it.”

Luo Xiao continued, “And as for the two parrots at Uncle Chen’s house, they are also beloved birds of our young miss, and she often lets them play in Tangyuan. If anyone greedy dares to have designs on them, I, Luo, won’t allow it.”

Hu Laowu chimed in, “Master Luo, rest assured, I, Hu Laowu, will also help safeguard your young miss’s interests. I won’t allow anyone to have designs on those two parrots.”

Master Yu couldn’t help but chuckle as he picked up a braised quail egg and said to the others, “Try this, once you’ve peeled it, it’s quite flavorful.”

Everyone laughed again, and Hu Laowu, seemingly unaware, also chuckled a few times.

Chen Feng happened to bring over a plate of braised meat. He looked at Hu Laowu with deep disdain. Such shameless individuals, when facing those weaker than themselves, could trample them into the dust. When facing those stronger, they would willingly submit to the dust themselves.

Luo Xiao, with a smile that wasn’t entirely sincere, said, “Uncle Hu, I’ve noted down both of your promises and appreciate your understanding. If anyone tries to plot against Uncle Chen’s family again, or dares to have designs on their parrots, I won’t seek anyone else first, I’ll come to you.”

Hu Laowu wiped his sweat, nodded, and agreed with a smile.

Understanding the situation, Yang Mingyuan realized that the Chen family’s gathering today was akin to the Hongmen Banquet. It turned out that Hu Laowu had been bullying the Chen family, and Mr. Luo had come to support them. He also said, “Although I, Yang, am just a merchant, I do have some connections in the government offices. If anyone dares to bully Uncle Chen’s Family in the future, he can come to me in the county town, and I’ll ask my good brothers to help.”

Chen Ming was very moved and stood up to toast Luo Xiao and Yang Mingyuan. After that, he toasted everyone at the table, except Hu Laowu.

Chen Ye also raised a toast in his brother’s name to everyone at the table, also excluding Hu Laowu. He felt bitter inside, it was obvious that Hu Laowu didn’t respect him. He had worked as a “laborer” for the Hu family for so many years, but Hu Laowu’s respect for him had always been a facade. Despite boasting to his younger brother, in the end, it was thanks to Mr. Luo and the others at the table that the situation had been resolved.

Seeing that both brothers didn’t toast him, Hu Laowu felt frustrated but had no choice. Trying to save face, he raised his bowl and toasted everyone at the table in the name of Chen Ming’s relative.

The meal was enjoyed by all, except for Hu Laowu. Every dish on the table was well received, and even the cold cucumber salad was devoured by the plateful. The guests couldn’t stop praising the cooking skills of the Chen family’s woman.

Master Yu even stood up and joked, “Brother Chen, we all love eating at your place. Let’s get together here more often in the future.”

The others all chuckled and agreed.

Chen Ming promptly assured them that in the future, they would definitely invite the esteemed guests to gather at their humble abode more often.

As the guests left one by one, Luo Xiao saw that everything had been taken care of and wanted to leave with Luo Ming Cheng and Luo Mei. However, the children were having such a good time that they didn’t want to leave. He then instructed Xiao Qing to take care of Cheng and Mei, and he left first.

As Chen Feng tidied up the dishes, she thought to herself that their family’s bullying issue had been resolved just like that.

Even though they hadn’t made Hu Laowu publicly admit his mistake, the sound of the slap in the face was quite loud. Given their current capabilities, this was already the best outcome.

The Luo family couldn’t completely turn against Hu Laowu for the sake of the Chen family. After all, there were certain matters that families like the Luo couldn’t openly address, and they had to be mediated through people like Hu Laowu. So, even if these families disliked Hu Laowu, they would still maintain a facade of getting along with him.

Hu Laowu had indeed managed to get to where he was with his shrewdness. He could adapt and adjust, shamelessly building relationships with those in power, taking it to the extreme. Such individuals were more formidable than those with courage but no strategy.

After everyone had left, Yang Mingyuan and Chen Ye stayed behind. Yang Mingyuan had some business to discuss, and Chen Ye wanted to hear about their business matters.

Chen Gui pulled Chen Ye aside and whispered, “Dad, let’s go.”

Chen Ye reluctantly got up and, seeing that Chen Ming and the others didn’t insist on keeping him, had to leave.

Yang Mingyuan got straight to the point, expressing his desire to purchase the recipe for the golden smooth pork for sixty taels of silver. He also hesitantly mentioned that he had already had the osmanthus glutinous rice jujubes made. Although the taste was slightly inferior to what Chen Feng had sent, it was still good. However, no matter how they tried, they couldn’t replicate the flavor of the golden smooth pork.

Since Yang Chao visited the Chen family last time, he had been clamoring to eat the golden smooth pork every day. After hearing the description from Old Yang, Yang Mingyuan felt that it was similar to the garlic-flavored pork loin made at the restaurant.

Old Yang shook his head and said, “No, it’s not the same. Although the garlic-flavored pork loin is also fragrant, the color of the fried dish isn’t as appealing, the skin isn’t as crispy, and the meat isn’t as tender.”

He even asked Old Yang to describe it to the restaurant’s chef, but the meat made by the chef wasn’t as tasty.

Initially, he had wanted to come to the Chen family to taste this dish a few days ago but was delayed due to some family matters.

Today, he finally tasted it and found it to be much more delicious than the garlic-flavored pork loin made at their restaurant.

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