Chapter 259 - Blockhead

To ensure passable roads for the neighboring villages, Chen Yang really bled himself dry.

He cooked up a wild mushroom soup worth 701 RMB per pound for everyone to enjoy.

He treated wild hare, costing several hundred RMB apiece, as common meat for consumption.

It’s worth noting that if these ingredients had been sold, they would have brought in at least tens of thousands of RMB.

From a certain perspective, today’s lunch was equivalent to Chen Yang forking over tens of thousands.

“If the villagers knew the prices of these foods, I’m afraid they’d feel uneasy eating,” Yang Ruoxi remarked in a low whisper, watching the villagers devour their meal with appetite.

Li Han gave her a look, “Knowing that, why mention it?

Can’t you just let everyone enjoy a good meal?”

“Oh.”

Chastised by Li Han, Yang Ruoxi felt a little aggrieved.

But after a while, she perked up.

As everyone happily slurped their soup, Uncle Niu also came forward to get a bowl for himself.

After taking a sip and realizing the extraordinary flavor of the mushroom soup, he couldn’t help but wonder aloud.

What kind of mushroom soup is this delicious?

He scrutinized the contents of his bowl carefully and then recognized the wild mushrooms from Chen Yang’s greenhouse.

“Good Lord!

Mushrooms that cost 700 RMB per pound!” he exclaimed uncontrollably.

“What?

Uncle Niu, what did you say?

These mushrooms cost 700 RMB per pound?”

“Damn, no way!

These delicious mushrooms, 700 RMB a pound?”

Uncle Niu’s cry of surprise was quite loud.

People around who were enjoying their soup all heard him, and they got up with faces full of disbelief.

Uncle Niu looked around at everyone and then nodded affirmatively.

“That’s right, this type of mushroom does cost 700 RMB per pound!

They’re from Yang Zi’s greenhouse.”

Upon getting Uncle Niu’s confirmation, the place immediately buzzed with excitement.

People came up to Chen Yang one by one, inquiring about the situation with the mushrooms.

Initially, Chen Yang didn’t want to divulge the specific prices of these foods; he just wanted everyone to treat it as a casual meal.

But seeing the wild mushrooms exposed by Uncle Niu, Chen Yang had no choice but to admit it.

“Yes, these mushrooms are indeed sold for 700 RMB per pound on the outside,” Chen Yang said.

Hiss.

Upon hearing this, everyone inhaled sharply, feeling like they had just consumed soup worth thousands of RMB.

They immediately felt uneasy.

“Chen Yang, that’s too generous of you…

We can’t afford to pay you all that money,” someone said.

“Yeah, Chen Yang, just one pound is over 700…

We can’t afford it; we can’t afford it,” others echoed.

The villagers who got the actual price shook their heads, indicating they couldn’t afford it and didn’t wish to drink anymore.

Seeing this, Chen Yang quickly explained with a smile, “Everyone, you’ve got it all wrong; I voluntarily offered these meals for you all to eat.”

“You don’t need to pay for it; everyone has been working hard on the road, so it’s only right that you get to eat some good stuff,” he said earnestly.

Hearing this, people finally felt relieved.

They were straightforward and honest villagers without any devious intentions.

Knowing that Chen Yang was offering it for free, they immediately came forward to express their thanks.

“Then we really thank you, Chen Yang.

We didn’t expect you to be so generous!”

“Well done, Chen Yang.

There might not be many men in Liuhe Village, but you’re worth dozens!”

“I won’t say much in thanks, Chen Yang, but I consider you a friend from now on!”

Some villagers from around the area originally had their reservations about Chen Yang.

But seeing Chen Yang’s character, they approached to make friends.

Chen Yang had no malice toward these local villagers to begin with, seeing their enthusiasm, he wouldn’t put on airs either.

Soon, they all meshed well with one another.

Watching Chen Yang surrounded by a group of men, Yang Ruoxi stood at a distance, unable to suppress a pleased chuckle to herself.

“Didn’t expect him to have such a charming personality,” she mused, her face betraying the glee similar to that of someone looking at their crush.

This caught Li Han by surprise.

Ruoxi…

has she fallen for Chen Yang?

As this thought crossed Li Han’s mind, her heart felt a sourness, an indescribable taste.

“Sis!

Let’s go over and play with Chen Yang and the others,”

While Li Han was pondering what that strange feeling inside her was, Yang Ruoxi suddenly suggested this.

“Uh…

okay…

sure, let’s go over,”

Li Han hesitated for a moment, then nodded and walked over with Yang Ruoxi.

The enthusiasm of everyone after lunch was still very high.

Scattered near the road, they all started cracking jokes and chatting away.

Occasionally, someone would tell a risqué joke that made everyone burst into laughter.

This pleasant atmosphere was truly enjoyable.

Yang Ruoxi and Li Han were experiencing the simplicity of rural life for the first time.

“If only it could always be like this,”

Yang Ruoxi murmured sitting next to Chen Yang.

“Sure, you can just move to my house and not go back; then it can be like this every day,”

Chen Yang heard what Yang Ruoxi had said and replied with a smile.

At Chen Yang’s words, Yang Ruoxi’s cheeks instantly flushed red, embarrassed.

“Who wants to live at your house forever, I certainly don’t want to,”

Yang Ruoxi said in a low voice, looking down.

“Haha, if you’re not willing, then forget it,”

Chen Yang laughed heartily, not dwelling on the subject any further.

His words genuinely annoyed Yang Ruoxi.

It was clear to anyone that her response was a coy refusal, yet Chen Yang had bluntly disregarded it!

“Does this person have a blockhead?”

Yang Ruoxi silently cursed in her heart, teeth itching with irritation.

However, she couldn’t do anything to Chen Yang and simply sat to the side, sulking.

After sitting by the roadside for a while with Yang Ruoxi and the others, as people around them began to stand up to get back to work, Chen Yang then remembered.

Wu Kexin hadn’t eaten yet.

With that thought, he quickly stood up, went to Aunt Zhang’s place to get another serving of food, and prepared to take it to Wu Kexin.

“You two help out here first; I’m going to see if the village head is done.

I’ll come find you guys later,”

Before leaving, Chen Yang said to the two women.

The two women nodded in response, “Okay, make it quick.

We’ll wait for you to work together.”

“Alright, I’ll be right back,”

Chen Yang grinned and then rode his bike towards the village.

In no time, Chen Yang was back at Liuhe Village and had reached the entrance of the village committee.

Chen Yang, carrying the meal, first went to Wu Kexin’s room, but didn’t see her there.

So, he immediately went upstairs.

He saw Wu Kexin sitting in the office, sorting through some documents.

Chen Yang, with the meal in hand, approached, “Village head, what are you busy with?

How come you’re not eating?”

Chen Yang’s sudden arrival surprised Wu Kexin.

She looked up at Chen Yang with a bit of delight and smiled, “Didn’t the town call just now?

They asked me to quickly tally up the flooded farmland in the village, so the town can prepare seedlings and fertilizer for us.”

After speaking, Wu Kexin lowered her head and continued sorting.

“I see,”

Chen Yang nodded understandingly, then pushed the meal he was holding in front of Wu Kexin, “You’ve got to eat something even when you’re working, or where will you get the energy from?”

Wu Kexin initially had no appetite, but after hearing Chen Yang say that, she reconsidered.

“Alright, I’ll eat first and then continue.

Later on, you’ll accompany me to the fields to see how many acres of rice paddies have been flooded,”

Wu Kexin put down her work and started to eat.

“No problem,”

Chen Yang agreed with a smile.

Wu Kexin lowered her head and ate earnestly,

and shortly after finishing her meal, she stood up immediately.

“Let’s go, we’ll head to the fields now to check; the sooner we report to the town, the better they can prepare.”

Wu Kexin said.

“Mm-hmm, this heavy rain has caused a lot of rice paddies to flood, the fertilizer needed and the replacement seedlings are probably not a small amount,”

Chen Yang also stood up and, alongside Wu Kexin, with a notebook for tallying, headed to the fields at the edge of the village.